Week 24 Weigh In

After a horrible week w/ my TOM, I'm finally starting to feel myself. Jumping on the scale today showed me down 3 lbs bringing my total weight loss to 70lbs!!! What a relief to finally hit this goal! There is officially 20 lbs to go!

Looking back at this month, I would say that my momentum has slowed. I'm going to use this next week to get back to basics. Shakes, cereal, MR's, muffins, water. I will minimize my veggie intake to no more than 2 servings per day.

I believe my veggie eating is leading to more out of the box eating which is adding hidden calories. This is okay for maintenance, but not for weight loss!

I feel confident in my exercise plan. I've been alternating running, walking and biking. I would like to take up yoga to help with my flexibility but that will have to wait until life settles down. I was talking with my oldest son yesterday during our 4 mile walk and mentioned that I would like to eventually do a triathlon in 3 years. I think that's a pretty good long term goal.

While I have not lost a lot of weight this month, I have noticed I'm still shrinking. My waist is 33 inches now and my thighs are a bit smaller. My upper body is pretty slender. My arms, face, chest are lean and there is the beginnings of a six-pack showing. I believe the running is replacing my fat with muscle; I'm not complaining. :-D

Week 23 Weigh In

This week's weigh in showed no weight loss. I'm disappointed but not surprised. While my running has definitely increased to the next level, my eating has also been less controlled than earlier weeks.

I believe I know where I need to make some adjustments.

1. Less bars! While these are handy on the plane and travelling, the calories add up quickly over the course of a week. I need to go back to treating these as emergency rations.

2. Eat more earlier. I've been so busy lately that my midmorning snacks turn into lunch and I end up with 3 shakes I need to drink at the end of the day. This is doing two things wrong: loading up on calories at the end of the day and unnecessarily over stuffing myself at night. I already know night time overeating is my bad habit. So more shakes during the day - even if that means doubling up in the morning.

3. Measure veggies. I have not been very good about actually measuring what I'm eating. I need to start doing that!!

4. No more OTB eating! I need to buckle down and get these last 20 lbs off before I start opening my box up to other foods.

Now that all my travel is over, I need to stuff myself back in my box and back into my routine and hope next week will show some progress.

Back from Chicago

Hubby and I had a great weekend in Chicago to celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary. Needless to say, I was out of the box! I had such a great time. It was SOOOOO worth it. :-D

To highlight my OTB foods:

Thursday, I ate 2 shrimp kabobs, a side of steamed veggies and a salad.

Friday, I had a no-salt pretzel w/ mustard, a BBQ pork sandwich, and a veggie sandwich.

Saturday, I had dinner at a Brazilian restaurant and ate until my poor tummy pooched out!

Sunday, I had another BBQ pork sandwich, a turkey sandwich, and a chicken avocado panini.

That wraps up my food fest. During this time, I also did a lot of exercising. 

Thursday, I worked out for an hour in the gym, Friday, we walked 4 miles, Saturday and Sunday I walked 4 miles each day on the treadmill at a 60% incline. That does not count all the walking we did. Overall, I felt it was a great test to see how life could be like on vacation.

Jumping on the scales today showed no weight gain for the week (no weight loss either) but I have 3 days to work on my numbers until my official weigh in on Wednesday.

Week 21 Weigh In

My weigh in last night showed me down 1/2 lb. Not much but I will take anything that gets me closer to my 150 goal. My PA over the weekend was pretty high so I expect next week's numbers to show the results of all my hard work.

I am still hoping to get below 170 by next Wednesday. Hubby is joining me in Chicago next Thursday and we're planning a long Anniversary weekend exploring the Windy City. It should be fun and I'm looking forward to it!

Memorial Day Weekend PA

I am so proud of myself! The HMR assignment this week was to do 1500 PA over the holiday weekend and I totally blew the doors off that number! I walked 4 miles w/ my teen on Friday, ran 4 miles on Sat, ran 4 miles on Sunday, then walked 4 miles / ran 2 miles on Monday. My total PA for those 4 days was 2300!

I'm currently on week 4 of the Couch to 5K program which is the first week that you run more than you walk. It has not been too bad. As soon as the last 5 min run is over, I'm throwing my hands in the air like Rocky Balboa with a big ol' grin for making it to the end!

I feel stronger. The initial soreness of running has passed, my joints have accepted that running is here to stay so for the most part, I have little to no discomfort after a long work out. Yesterday's 6 mile trek across Lake Murray ended with a small pre-blister on the bottom of my left foot, but even that is going away.

Today I plan to either walk or go on my bike. Time to burn burn burn calories for my mid-week weigh in! 160's here I come!