Why, why, why!

I'm back again.  Still in the same struggle with weight that I've always been in.  Why can't I just lose the weigh, then KEEP it off?!?!  This summer was so fast and busy, and even though I tried to get to the gym regularly, I wasn't super good at eating.  So it's time to start again.  Again.
I actually started again, again, the day after Labor Day, and I was on fire.  I did really good, and didn't even cheat that bad on my cheat day that weekend.  Then Luke's birthday came this Tuesday.  I was great until I sampled a bit of the frosting as I was decorating his cake.  That little lick started the ripple effect that took all my motivation away.
So naturally I look back to what I was doing when I kept that fire and motivation.  Korina, you are the only one that sees this blog (pretty sure) so you might get sick of me, but I'm going to report my weigh ins starting tomorrow and also a midweek check in too.  I need to keep the umph going during the week, not just Monday.  I'll also post a starting picture, which will be depressing, but it's something I have to see and be real about.
As far as my workouts, I'm toying with starting the half marathon training schedule again.  I REALLY don't want to do a race right now - or even train for one.  Those long runs are really long.  But I can for sure start out on the training schedule, then when the weekend runs get above 6, I'll just stick with the 6 instead of going up to 9 or 10.
Between my trip to UT next month and our CA trip in November I really need to step it up.  I don't want to avoid being in pictures because I'm feeling ugly.  I want to be feeling good about myself - at least better than I do now!
So look for my pictures tomorrow on here, and my updates.  If you want to join me it may help keep me on track too!  But no pressure. haha!

Week 2

I am proud of myself because I did really good last week, but the weight still is SO slow coming off!!!  GRRR.  I knew I was going to eat bad on Sunday during the Super Bowl, so I was good on Friday and Saturday.  And boy did I pig out during the game.  I don't even really watch football- it was just an excuse to eat yummy food.  Back on the wagon this morning though, except it is snowing really bad outside and school was cancelled.  So I guess I'm going to have to do weights at home - which is good, but I kinda wanted to run today to do some cardio.  Oh well.  So long as I work out today I will not get too discouraged with myself.  I actually took pictures yesterday.  Depressing.  But it's good to see.  I'll post them when I get them downloaded.  This week is going to be super busy with a friend's birthday party breakfast on Wed. and Sydney's birthday Sunday.  And just a busy schedule.  Hopefully I can make it through without cheating:)

Weigh In #4

This week was a tough one.  I really wish this was so much easier! I maintained this week.  I was starving all week, it was hard for me to hit my steps,  it was just long slow week!  Hoping for a better week!!  I did go running on Saturday I've not ran in forever!  So I really wasn't sure how long I would be able to go.  At the gym I usually do hills on the treadmill, ellpitical or the ellpitical bike.  Anyways I did almost 2 miles and it felt really nice.!

Weigh in #3

This was a tough workout week, I actually had extra kids over here 3 of the 4 days the kids were in school. Which meant no gym.  I found a new website it's by livestrong DailyPlate basically a calorie counter but it has a 30min workout everyday if you do the workout you press done and it gives you your calories based on your weight and everything!  Then I just go over to the fitbit and can add in the calories.  

Still no soda.

And eating after 7 was good! It sucked!!  When the kids go down I just want to eat!!  

As of Wednesday Morning I was up 2 pounds I was LIKE WHAT!!!  But it finally starting coming off so as of this morning I'm down another 3 pounds!  Which means 11 pounds so far!!  Wouldn't it be so nice to lose 11 pounds a month every month?!  I could be done by summer.....   

This weeks goals

Hit the Gym more often.   

Log my food

Hit my steps

No soda

And no eating after dinner.  

Ugh!!! Starting over... AGAIN!!!

Why, oh why am I back where I was a year ago??  I started out this year fully motivated.  I love my fitbit that I got for Christmas.  It is motivating me to exercise and just be more active even outside of my workouts, but I am seriously struggling with my eating!  Jerry was gone all last week and I thought that would make it easier to eat good.  NOPE!  I was horrible.  Maybe because I knew there was no one here actually seeing how bad I ate.  I've got to get a grip on my eating.  Jerry's birthday is tomorrow, which does make it a little hard.  We're planning to go out for dinner and how on earth can I turn down cake and ice cream??
I need to get back in the habit of really reporting everything on my fitness pal.  Probably the most frustrating part is seeing how quickly and easily the weight can just creep back up.  I worked so hard last year, and in the last 4 months of the year I put pretty much everything back on that I had lost all year.  I can use the stress of moving to a new place and finding new routine to blame, but still I have to learn to deal with stress without pigging out.  Sadly, I am realizing how much eating is a part of weight loss.  And I love to eat! :(  So I will try to get back on the wagon... again, this week.  I can't get discouraged when I don't lose 10 pounds or 10 inches in a week.  I need to just keep plugging along and give myself 4 weeks to even expect to notice any difference.  But, I know I'm still going to fully enjoy cake and ice cream tomorrow night.

Weigh in #2

Well I really was hoping for a grand number this week.  With the fitbit it gives you goals so I thought for sure hitting all those every day would have to pay off.  It paid off with 1 pound.   I did a little  blog research and that was exactly what I lost week 2 last time.  "So keep going" I am telling my self....

I've enjoyed the fitbit this week it has me getting 30 activity mins which I usually hit really quick except for Friday I'm guessing it wasn't on right I spent a hour and half at the gym (hour being cardio) and I left with 13 mins of activity walking 10,000 steps which I usually get pretty easy.  But the 5 miles takes till about 11,000 steps and I think it has me 2697 calories which to be honest there are times at 11:30pm I'm doing jumping jacks trying to hit this number.


I've also fell in love with detox bath, I'm going to try take one a week.


Still no soda.  Which yesterday at the grocery store they were giving everyone a soda!!  I was like REALLY!!!  The kids got one and Maylee kept having me hold hers I think she may be against me.

Hardest part is night time!  Once the kids are in bed all I want to do is EAT!!

Weigh In #1

Weigh In #1 of the new lifestyle.....  Before I give the information a little about this week.

Probably wasn't the best week to start.  (remember one of the goal was no soda)
 - Family in town
 -Anniversary- week of
 -Time of the Month
 -kids back to school
 -husband back to both jobs


I'm happy to say No soda touched these lips!  It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  At the end of week the loss is 7.2 pounds yes that .2 is very important! :P

I got my fitbit!!  Gary also got one so I'm hoping next week it gives me a goal to reach and helps motivate me to keep moving!!

I'm BACK!!

I have been fighting the bulge a nice YoYo hoping this time it stays down.  I get to a certain point then plateau get frustrated and eat!!  I feel like after Dallin it was just a lot harder I don't know.  My plan is to use this blog and go back and forth and review my progress and hopefully help me when i get frustrated!

I did take before pics I put those up at the end of the month and hopefully their will be a difference!!  

This weeks goal is hard for me to even type.

-Getting off the diet soda!!  UGH Soda in general, I dropped soda the first time around but it was regular coke cola so logically it made since stop drinking and save calories.  Diet has no calories so logically it makes it harder for me.  BUT I have seen enough videos and read enough to know it's not good. So hopefully I can stay away.  I really drink it like I SHOULD drink water.  So I'm really nervous.  

-Watching what I eat, trying to stay within calories and watch out for carbs. 

- Workout M and W - Strength Training

- T, TH and Sat- Cardio

Friday I'm thinking maybe a walk and Sunday off 

Wish me luck.... 

Slow and steady

 January 2013

 February 2013

I've been a little discouraged this month because I STILL haven't lost all my holiday weight.  Yes, I totally indulged, but should it really take over a month to lose what I put on in 2 weeks?? Especially when I'm really working so hard daily at the gym.  But I did measurements the other day and was a little encouraged to see that even though I am not down weight wise to what I was on Dec. 23rd, my measurements are a little better.  At least some changes are happening. 
I'm really thinking I'm going to do the "mini-marathon" in May.  I'm really excited about doing it, it's just the training part that I'm not too excited about.  Finding time for those long runs, plus I don't have a running partner, and I don't really even know the terrain around my house.  I don't dare run on the highway that's close to my house, because there isn't much of a shoulder.  So there is basically one road other than the 1/2 mile around my neighborhood.  I've only gone 1 1/2 miles out from my house, so I guess it's time to explore.  I'm also going to be gone a couple of these weekends where I'm supposed to be doing some big miles.  Hopefully it will equal out and I'll be prepared.  I'm not planning to run to make any personal record times, I just want to do it.  Time to decide and register. 
P.S.  Totally loving the facebook group.  Great motivation.

New Year!

Feb 2012

Feb. 2012

Nov. 2012

Nov. 2012

Dec. 2012

Dec. 2012

Jan. 2013

Jan. 2013

So, I'm still here.  I'm excited about the facebook group, and it's totally motivating me.  I still wanted to post my monthly pictures on here for motivation sake.  I've been having stress downloading pics, so if it doesn't work - oh well, this blog might be going by the wayside.  Wish me luck!
I still have so far to go, but to make myself feel better about how far I've come I put a pic from 11 months ago too.
I haven't really been able to run since November because of hip pain.  I've been stretching it a ton, and taking ibuprofen before exercising and this week I've been able to run a few miles.  It actually feels really good to run.  Oh, it kills me, but I feel like I'm pushing it to the limit and getting all my calories worth out of it.  Gotta lose all the weight I gained over Christmas!!

I'm still here!!

Is it really November 24th!!  Well I actually did loose 3 pounds!! Finally got over my long long plateau!! I was so happy to see the scale actually moving I could have had a party! 

 

On Thanksgiving I ran my half marathon!  Before I start this post I will warn you it's probably not for the weak of stomach! My ankle is still bugging me so I took some Ibuprofen.  We started rather early, to be honest it was pitch black we had to wear a head lamp so we could see. But the weather perfect, no wind nothing!  So off we went!  I only ate one spoon full of peanut butter which I guess wasn't enough. so the Ibuprofen upset my stomach.  So for the first several miles that was bugging me.  We actually were going a pretty good pace for us!  Then we turned around and my side started hurting to much water!! UGH!  Then about mile 8 my feet!! OH MY FEET.  I could feel the blisters being made.  I really felt like I was running on needles.  I just kept saying in my head, "I'm never doing this again just push it through!"  over and over and over again!  So much pain.  Around mile 10 I was so done.  Mile 12 we could see the darn finish line and it never came.  FINALLY FINISHED!!!  I seriously just sat on the ground.  Which yes I know is the worst thing you can do, but my feet hurt so bad!!  When I got home I took off my shoes and counted the damage 12 HUGE blisters!  The whole ball of both feet one huge blister, in between toes blisters, on the heels, all around my heels of my feet.  Really my worst most painful run ever.  

 

Here comes the gross part, yes even grosser.  I still went black Friday shopping!!  No pain no game!!  And I love Black Friday!!  But here is the gross painful part has I was walking around the blisters would  POP!  The liquid oozing out, and the raw skin hurt so bad!  I really can't even wear tennis shoes at this point.  I'm planning on taking this week off from running I'm hoping by next Friday my feet will be healed up!  This week weight training! 

 

 

I stole this picture from Ejona, one of my running buddies and this is actually the run from the week before.  I think Monta took a picture of us this week.  But I wasn't has happy to say the least! 

 

Oh Well gives me a excuse to Pig Out for Thanksgiving which I have done so!!

New month!

 Sept. 2012

 Nov. 2012

Yes, I know, the white shirt is very unflattering, but it lets me see just how much work I've done, and still need to do.  Lot's to go, but I'm feeling encouraged.  It just takes so long to lose it.  I was looking through all my Biggest Winner pictures though, and I'm determined to get back to where I was.  I lost 1.2 pounds this week.  That is good for Halloween week I suppose, just still frustrating considering I spend at least 1 hour at the gym every day.  I really want to control myself during the holidays.  I still want to enjoy yummy food, but if I can get down even 5 more pounds before Christmas that would be great.  I'd actually love to get down at least 1 more by Christmas, but that might be a little too ambitious. 

Holidays!

Holidays have begun!!  Which I love but I also love eating!!  Halloween candy in my home from last Friday till who knows when, and why did people only give out good yummy chocolate??  Why not the fake stuff that I have no problem turning down?????  We are almost out.  But then Friday we had a girls night favorites party and again went home with more chocolate See's chocolate can you really turn it out down! 


But I did run 10miles this Saturday so between the 10 miles and the chocolate I maintained.


I also started a new goal.  Workout every day for 31 days except for Sunday, I'm on day 6 and going strong.  My Uncle got put in the hospital and I'm trying to visit him everyday, so I think someone will either be going late or very early to workout. 

New weigh in

So I think I've decided that I have a low numbers week, then a big numbers week, alternating each week.  This week I lost 3.4 pounds!! WAHOO!!  I really did work hard this week.  I'm doing 6 miles on Fridays for the next couple weeks, and it was hard on Friday.  Harder than the week before - but I did improve my time by about a minute.  I ran 6.2 miles and walked till I got to 7 miles.  One bad thing about running more miles is the time.  I was at the gym for so long.  And even though my kids love the daycare there I don't really want to spend that long at the gym on Fridays.  BUT....it's working. 
Then yesterday hit.  I was going to try to wait until Sunday for my eat day, but Jerry had way too much fun buying Halloween candy, and it was just too tempting.  So I ate, and ate, and ate.  And got sick.  I was going to be so good today.  And I was until about 7, but then my resolve got weak.  Even though I got sick yesterday I got amnesia and "needed" more sugar.  Crazy girl.  I'll have to work hard this next week - physically, and with my will, turning away from the Halloween candy.

The Change!

Something happened this weekend.  I wasn't really ready for nor know if I am really happy about it either!! 


FIRST- We ran yesterday so no running today, so sleep in YAHOO!!  But all day I WANTED to run.  Like I needed it, it was so weird.  A good thing but I really just wanted to enjoy my day!!


SECOND-  YUMMY Halloween candy, I was so looking forward to digging through my kids bags!  I really was, dig all the chocolate out and eat it!  Well two mini chocolates later, I'm setting here sick on the couch.... 

I know this something I should be happy about, my body is no longer craving it.  But just weird when your minds is one way but your body is craving another. 


Weight wise maintained which I really would like the scale to change but I did go down a shirt and pants size.

We ran our 8 miles on Friday.  We left early and we are trying to run the path we will be doing on Thanksgiving.  But when you run along this street it is always the worst when it comes to weather.  So the sun no shade and the wind no hiding from it.  So we started after 2 miles running against the wind it was so strong.  We watched the trees going the opposite direction.  Our ears hurt so badly.  We headed down a street just to try to avoid some of the wind.  As soon as we turned it was like a switch we turned off the wind seemed like nothing.  I am usually okay until I hit the new miles. Not sure if that makes sense like last week good til 6 but that last mile to 7 hurt.  This week the first 7 okay the last mile wanted to die.  This next week we bump it up to 10miles!  YEEEEKK!  The last 2 miles are going to hurt. 

Upping the miles!

Well, after totally pigging out for my birthday last weekend I worked SO hard all week.  I even upped my miles - 3 Monday, 2 Tuesday, 4 Wednesday, and 6 Friday!  I was totally dreading the run on Friday, especially because my knee has been hurting a bit too.  And 6 miles on a treadmill is so boring.  I think my ultimate limit on a treadmill will be 7 because I survived - probably only because of an interesting show I was watching, but still, much more fun to run outside on that high of miles.  So after all that work, and eating good all week I lost a total of.... wait for it..  .4 pounds.  Yeah, not even 1/2 a pound.  Very frustrating.  But I'm going to try to stay positive and assume that I'm just building muscle??  I am using our 1/2 marathon training schedule because I like having a schedule tell me what I need to run, if I just run what I "feel" like doing, I'd hardly do anything.  So I have about 5 more weeks of long runs being 6 miles.  After that we'll see if I dare up it to 7.  I don't really have a race in mind, or one that is around.  And by the time I get to the 1/2 marathon on the schedule it will be the end of December and freezing.  Not sure what I'll do then, maybe just keep my long runs at 6 miles?  I'll see.

7 miles!

Today we did our 7miles we are getting there slowly but surely.  I have to say this run sucked!  My feet hurt, my ankle hurt, my knee hurt, hot, tired and just not in the mood!  YUP it was one of those runs where you are like WHY???!!  And what do we get to look forward to 8 miles next week!  YEAH! It is October 20th and still so hot, we were dying today.  We even had to stop and run into a store because all three of us were totally out of water.  Usually I come eat, take a shower and I'm good to go.  Not today I have dragged all day, it was a rough run. 

 

 

As for weight loss I lost a pound this week!  I'm okay with that.  I need to push things up again.  I'm not being bad, but I've kind of just got in a routine and I need to change it up again.  Hopefully that will help get off some more weight!  I really want to be down another 6lbs before I run the half marathon. 

 

I did find a 12 min workout of Pinterest, I did it on Tuesday with my strength training. My bottom hurt till Friday.

Birthday Weigh in

I weighed in the morning before my b-day and was pleasantly surprised to see that I'd lost 3.6 pounds!!  I'll take it.  Especially since last week I worked hard and only lost 1 pound. 
I'm encouraged because today I was able to wear a shirt that I bought in the summer, but it shrunk the first time I washed it, so I haven't been able to wear it since July.  Yay!  It fits, and even a little loose.  This starts the tough time of year though, when I really have to watch myself because there is such delicious food everywhere.  I finally met my first benchmark goal weight, now onto the next one.  The weight I was when I got pregnant - which was Dec. so I'd put on some from my low.  Hopefully I'll get there before Christmas. 
I did eat ice cream last night, but didn't go over my calories, and today I'm going all out.  Enjoying my birthday to the fullest.  Who knows how many pieces of ice cream cake I'll eat!!

Weigh In

Well another week of 0!  But really not to upset.  I have been kind of easy going on the diet lately.  Not really being bad but not perfect.  I have notice my pants are getting looser which is nice. We ran 6 miles today, including doing Temple Hill backwards.  Still having to tape my ankle all up.  It doesn't bug me to bad while I run, but I don't push it, even at the end I usually try to speed it up.  I'm not ready to chance it.  Today we made a few detours to avoid gravel.  It's not flat so it bugs my ankle.  I'm getting there slowly but surely and on my way to 13.1 miles!

New week check in

I was a little bummed today as well.  I lost 1 pound, and I shouldn't be bummed about that, because it's still a loss.  But I was a tiny bit less yesterday morning, and ate great all day, and ran 5 miles, but weighed a bit more this morning:(  Oh well.  I guess next week maybe I'll lose more.  I am SO CLOSE to my first benchmark goal.  I was there yesterday morning, I think that's why I'm more bummed than normal about it.  It could be that I ate pie like, Monday, Tuesday, and Wed. for dessert - but I was still way below my calories for the day - when I include exercise.  Oh, well it was delicious, and I couldn't just let it go to waste in my fridge. haha.  I'll be at my goal by my birthday!!  Then onto the next goal.