Today's 5k & weight update

Here are today's results:


Still improving! The first time I did 3.1 miles (and had an accurate time to measure it), it was in 39:59. Then it was 37:43, and now I made it to 37:08.

As far as an update on my weight - there isn't one. My weight really hasn't went anywhere since May 22nd, other than up a little, down a little. Tomorrow I will weigh in and let you know how that goes.

Interesting...

I have been meaning to go back and write down what weight I was on what days. So I finally did, and from here on out I will re-post after every few losses. Here is what it looks like...it is interesting to read down the timeline....

January 1st - 227
January 12th - 222
January 13th - 220
January 17th - 217
January 22nd - 215
January 27th - 214
February 2nd - 213
February 3rd - 212
February 8th - 211
February 13th - 209
February 15th - 208
March 8th - 207
March 23rd - 205
March 25th - 203
March 31st - 202
April 11th - 200
April 18th - 199
May 15th - 197
May 21st - 195.5
May 22nd - 194

Pic for the day

I realized I need to do more pictures. So here is one I took of myself in the sort of thing I typically wear 90% of the time - a sweatshirt. Ignore the messy bed behind me and ignore the fact that it is a cell pic :-)

Today's 5k

I am happy with today's run on the treadmill. I did 3.1 miles (so my 5k) in 37:43. Not too bad! Shaved 2 minutes and 16 seconds off of the last time I did 3.1 on my treadmill :-)
Never mind the calories in the pic. While I wish I burned that many, I am pretty sure treadmills are notoriously inaccurate when it comes to calories burned. But who knows.



So I am going to hope that, if you are reading a weight loss blog, you won't be grossed out to see me say: I LOVE sweating during a work out. If I don't pour sweat off, I feel like I wimped out. Today for example I had sweat down to the lower back of my shirt. It was dripping off my nose. THAT is the kind of workout that makes me happy. Makes me feel accomplished. I guess it is also helping me to lose weight. And to feel like I am starting to become a different person. Definitely a different person than who I was 10 years ago, that's for sure. I'm sure there are people who knew me in High School who would fall over laughing if you told them that I am running 3 miles at a time, or that I ran an 11 minute mile. Let's just say I was NOT Ms. athletic.

But now, who knows... if the 5k goes well and I keep losing weight like I want...I might go for a 10k sometime.

Today's mile AND pics

Today I ran a mile in 11:07! No breaks! That was exciting :-)

Following is a pic of myself I posted back in January (taken during Christmas) along with a pic taken today in the same sweater. I guess this is what 33 lbs looks like?



And here is one I took of myself in a mirror a couple of weeks ago:

Showing the scale who's boss!

Yesterday morning I weighed in and lost another 1.5 lbs for a 31.5 lb loss. I meant to blog but we we had a busy day and then I had computer issues. Last night it was between fixing the computer issue (simple fix, just some stuff not plugged in) or having some wine, and I chose wine.

This morning I weighed in and lost another 1.5 lbs! My total is now 33 lbs lost. It is beyond me why I got stuck at 28 for a month, and now the last 5 lbs have fallen right off. I don't understand, but I ain't complaining either! I have kicked up my jogs on the treadmill, running less distance and more speed. I was excited to do a mile in 11:39 the other night, and last night I did it in 11:21 (although I don't really count it, because around 8 minutes I got a horrible stomach cramp that I had to stop the treadmill for).

This is really exciting. Maybe I have finally found a groove, for the time being at least. And knowing that I have real time from here on out to work on my jogging and prepare for the 5k and push myself so that I keep losing weight...well that is awesome. (I say real time because I am now officially back on a normal schedule of 40 hour work weeks rather than 50-72 hour work weeks. It is going to be AMAZING!!! I did that overtime for 7 months...I am ready for a break).

So anyhow that is my exciting news. 33 lbs now. I am off to update my ticker!!!

Well Helllloooo Friday!!

Last night my husband dragged my ass out to the Lake walk (for those who are "strangers" and don't know me, the Lake walk is a nice paved path along side Lake Superior) for some jogging. He pushed the stroller with the girls in it and I just jogged. We did less than 2 miles, but he figured our pace was around a 12.5 minute mile give or take. I am very happy with that!

Even happier is that I weighed in this morning and was back to 30 lbs lost. Yes "back to". After I hit 30 lbs last week, the weekend came and killed me. I gained a couple back. Yikes! This weekend I won't let that happen. This weekend I will work hard and try to knock more poundage off.

And finally, in happy news is that today is my LAST day of overtime. Not sure what I have ever put in this blog for details, but basically I have been working overtime for the last 7 months....anywhere from 50 to 72 hours a week. I have been exhausted. The money sure is nice, but man...being that it is almost summer, it sure will be amazing to have some time back again. My first week of a normal 40 hours is going to feel so short! My core schedule is 6 am to 2:30 pm, and I have decided one thing I will do with my extra time (after work but before I pick the kids up from daycare just before 5:00) is exercise of course. I now have an appointment with myself at 3:00 nearly every day (of course i will take rest days as needed) to use the treadmill, do 30 day shred, or some other form of exercise. I really think having consistency will help me keep on keeping on and hopefully get ready for the 5k and lose weight to boot.

One last thing I want to include is a list of goals. We all know I like to work in very small "goals". Currently I am at 30 lbs lost - 197 lbs. Here are all my goals for the future, I thought it might be nice to have them listed out ahead of time:

192 lbs - 35 lost
189 - 38 lost (one pound under what I was when I got pregnant with my first)
187 - 40 lost
182 - 45 lost
175 - 52 lost
172 - 55 lost
169 - 58 lost (one pound under what I was when I got married)
167 - 60 lost
162 - 65 lost
157 - 70 lost
152 - 75 lost
149 - 78 lost (and holy crap I don't ever remember being in the 140's)
147 - 80 lost
142 - 85 lost
140 - 87 lost

So you can see that by the end my goal will have me at 87 lbs lost - 10 lbs more than I originally planned. I decided to aim for 140 after checking height/weight charts which say for my height a person should be 130-150 lbs. I am aiming for the middle of that. Then I guess, we shall see how that looks and feels, and how accurate it is compared to the "charts", and I'll go from there.

Awesome!

Sorry I haven't updated in a few days again. Not that you know it, but I really wanted to. I tried to. Blogger was down for a couple of days it seems like.

I managed to jog a FULL 5k on my treadmill in 39:59!!! I had made my goal to be under 45 minutes, and I did it in under 40 even! I was SO excited!!!

Then the next day, I weighed in, and FINALLY hit 30 lbs!!! Talk about a great couple of days! In fact I was close to 31 lbs (but not quite enough to consider it official or change my ticker).

This weekend we were visiting my parents and my hubby dragged my butt out for a 5k jog outside. This is in the country, on hilly gravel roads and it was a super windy day, but I managed to finish in under 45 minutes. I was happy with that! Then today we went out with good intentions to jog 5k again, but couldn't quite make it after a late night out last night. We did power walk when we weren't jogging, so it wasn't useless....every little bit helps, right!?

Sorry!

Oops, it has been awhile hasn't it.
To be honest, I haven't posted because I haven't weighed in (until today). I hadn't weighed in because I felt like I was doing crappy. I haven't done any hardcore exercise (thought I do walk some of my breaks at work. Any time weather allows.) And I never did really count my calories. The last couple days in particular have been rough, since hubby is out of town and it has been just me and the kiddos. I didn't make the best choices at times as far as what to eat. Just kind of working with what is "easy" I guess. Mac n cheese with hotdogs in it IS pretty darn good....

So anyways I finally decided to take the plunge today. I was prepared for a big fat PLUS THREE or PlUS FIVE. Honestly, that is what I was afraid of. Especially with the time of month taken into consideration, I have been feeling bloated. I thought to myself, wtf am I doing weighing myself NOW? But I did it anyways. And I LOST weight?!

By lost, I am not talking anything significant. In my last post I mentioned losing gaining the same weight every time. I was up .5, down 1, up 2, down 1....it was getting ridiculous. However I had stopped seeing the "low" I had hit when I announced I hit 28. My lowest BMI was 31.99, but after that I never saw it go below 32.1, and it ranged up to 32.25.

But today it was 31.96...technically a new low! It isn't enough to make it 29 lbs, but I will take what I can get. I am bewildered that I haven't gained weight....last night I had mac n cheese for supper, popcorn for a snack at 10 pm, 2 drinks...I just thought for sure those things alone would result in a gain.

Anyways I am heading to the treadmill right now after blogging. The 5k is in ONE MONTH. I need to at least make sure I can do a full 5k, so that is my goal today. I am not aiming to speed, I am aiming for distance. Although it would be nice to do it in under 45 minutes. I will let you know.

No more scale!

So I am ticked off at the scale (well, the Wii I should say, because that is what I use). I am on strike, no more weigh ins until next Monday at least. Weighing in 4 or 5 times a week was fine when I was losing weight more regularly - it kept me motivated, even just to see a - .2. But now! OMG I just want to throw the thing out the window!!!!

Just trying to remember that even though I am totally stuck (in fact have apparently gained almost a pound), I am still doing good for myself. Last night I did 2 miles on the treadmill in my fastest time yet of 25:55 which is not so fast, but is decent for me. It keeps getting better every time and that kind of exercise can be doing nothing but good for me, even if my weight loss is stalled. Who knows, maybe I gained a bit of muscle or something.

With that said, I am going to try and count calories the next week and see what that does for me. I NEED to hit that 30 lb mark!

Frustrating

So I am completely stuck at 28 lbs. SO CLOSE to making 30, and I'm stuck. It is so frustrating!!! I know I can eat better than I have been, but knowing and doing are two different things. I will try my best this week, because I am sick of looking at my ticker saying 28!

On the plus side, I have been able to go up to 2.5 miles on the treadmill (jogging/speed walking). Next I am aiming for 3.2 or whatever a 5k is, and once I can do that, my next step will be to work on time. Yesterday I did 2 miles in 26:28, and 2.5 miles in 32:32 (so that last .5 miles was almost a 12 minute mile average). I know I can keep improving so I will concentrate on that for awhile.

Cross your fingers for me that I can get through this weight loss slump. It is so disheartening to work hard and weigh in only to find I am up and down the same pound or so. I mean really, that is what it comes down to. One day I might be up 1.1, a couple of days later I am down 1.2, then I am up .5, then I am down .4....this is the pattern of the last few weeks. It makes me so mad!