Weigh in day

Well today was weigh in day!! Down another 2.5 lbs and 6 more inches. Which brings the grand total to 9 lbs down and 17 inches! Hoorah!

I definitely can do better on both exercize and diet. I am on a little trip for the weekend so I am trying to eat well... But I'll also have a few sweets as well. I am going to do my best to get 10000 steps in though. 

Anywho. Hard work pays off even if the results aren't totally visible. Keep on trucking! 

Seriously! Enough already!

Oook. So this day started off awesome woke up. Did a great work out (and and legs). I are really well. Walked over 11000 steps drank my water. It was great. 

But tonight I went on my run. Just 1 min run then 1.5 min walk. Nothing major. But my shins and middle toe on my left foot exploded with pain. I believe I may have shin splints again that either didn't get healed or are back. Boo. I don't know what is going on with my toe. But holy moly. Pain. 

So I have decided it may be time to seek some professional help on some level. I am not totally sure who I need to talk to. But this is getting ridiculous. That or I take up swimming. That's just super inconvenient. 

Tonight. I  gonna ice them. And out some icyhot stuff on them. Hopefully that will help alleviate the little swelling that is starting to happen and also the pain. 

If I have to start walking ... I guess that is my lot for now. 

Anywho. Here's to an otherwise incredibly successful day!

My workout worksheet wall. I love it. That is all. 

Bumps along the way... Just gotta keep on moving

Well... Today I am extremely disheartened. I got up. All ready to do the sprint workout. I got like 1/4 the way finished and I couldn't do anymore because of these blasted shins. I am really feeling discouraged. I don't know what else to do. It's frustrating because I finally gain some momentum and I am taking rests and stretching too. But I guess my body is just too out of shape for "real" work. I don't know what to do. I guess walking will be my thing. Gah I am seriously so frustrated I just wanna curl up in my bed by myself and cry. 

Somehow though. I will dust myself off. And keep going. Because eventually I will run that 5 km in 30 minutes. It may just take me longer than I thought it would to get to that point. Seriously though, this really sucks. 

I talked to Deiter about it and he reminded me that I can't just jump right back in to the last time I was in shape. So ya he is right. So I will keep on trucking until I am at that point again. 

Anywho... Gotta go do the rest of my workout. Ttyl

Ok... Well now it is nighttime and I still haven't done my workout. Mostly because I had a nap and have been busy. Buuuut I had the thought to take N after 3 weeks picture. Lucky enough I happened to be wearing pretty much the exact same clothes. So here they are. Not a whole bunch different. But definitely noticeable in the tummy area and lower bum and shoulders. 

So I guess that was a pleasant surprise. I think I will go on the elliptical now. Hope ya'll  are having a great weekend!

Umm... It was girls night

Ok. So today I took a rest day from my run. But I started my squat challenge and ab ripper and my strength exercizes. Holy man am I so freakin sore. It hurts to sit walk lie down everything. 

Eating... Probly 400 calories over. But that's ok. It's just one night. Don't have to fall off my horse.  

Sooo yah. Tomorrow I might not be able to move. But I have a sprint workout tomorrow night. So some morning stretching might be in order. 

Well here is to moving around tomorrow. Let's hope I can

Push it baby!

Well today I took my kids to visit my sister in law. Her myself and her friend C did this reeeeaaalllly exhausting workout. Afterwards even though I was sore and tired I still went for my 5km week 1 training. So proud of myself. It proved to me that we can indeed do hard things if we believe in ourselves and why we are doing them. Also, these 2 large dobermans decided they did not like me and started to bark and come right at me. I wish I had my knife. If my hubby is reading this he will Probly roll his eyes. 

Anywho... I haven't eaten the best today. I will still meet my calorie goal - just not the beat use of food intake....I will do better tomorrow. 

Here is a pic of me after the run... So sweaty I am. (Oh and my cheeks look weird for some reason. Just disregard that bit) 

2 weeks down.... Again!

Well. I have lasted another 2 weeks. No injuries so far thank goodness! I "checked in" on Friday at my real 2 week mark. I have lost in total 11 inches. I feel great! It was really re-motivating to see that progress was being made. As part of this though I am also trying to change habits. I eat healthier because I want to be healthier and not just to lose weight. I workout because it does good things to my body and not only to lose weight. I am trying to build a better lifestyle for myself. And right now it sure feels like sacrifice and counting calories and drinking water and working out even when everything in me is telling me not to. Like yesterday for example. D was out so I had some time to myself. Old me would have popped a bag of popcorn grabbed a chocolate bar or ice cream plumped down in front of the TV and watch something. New me did none of that. I cleaned the kitchen, tidied up then I changed into my workout gear did some good sweating on the elliptical, then some strength exerciEs and then went and did some martial arts training. It was awesome. I was done by 10pm. Which is super late for me and pretty much my bedtime. But I was so proud of myself!!!!!! 

So yes! I feel like I'm breaking the lazy barrier and have found my real motivation. It's great. 

But alas. It is no 10pm again. And I need to go to bed. Here's to a beautiful sabbath day tomorrow! 

10 days down 4.5 months to go

Ok. So I have readjusted my goals and how I obtain them and how I record progress. So basically everything. BUT. It's going great! I started at 210 and am now at 203.5 lbs! Hoorah. Feeling pretty good. 

So now. It's similar in execution. Except EVERY day I do a brisk walk, jog if I can, and a muscle strengthening workout program. 

I only take measurements every 2 weeks instead if one. No more fast food. Period. Except subway. And then I only get a 6inch instead of a foot long. I drink 3L of water per day, walk 10000 steps total, and only 1600 calories. 

I have a big calendar display on my pin board showing me exactly where I am. Goals are shown as well as check in days. And I have to say that it's going extremely well!!! I started aug 1, it's now the morning of the 11th. I've walked worked out every day except Saturday because I could barely move due to pain and Sunday, well cause it's the day of rest. 

I went back and re read everything I has written before. And whoa did I go through a lot of obstacles. Even if they were of my own making. Something I realized is that I have to commit fully to a healthy lifestyle or it is too easy to slip back in to my old ways. But I want to be healthy. So here it goes. With my new shoes. Heaven in a shoe. 

And my workout buddy. I love that now he asks to workout with me and if he feels sick he is like "mom, I gotta work out" and like drops right there into push-ups. It's wonderful. Such a great kid and motivator. I really want my kids to be healthy and active and a large part if that will be me being that way. 

So cheer me on! But for some reason the motivation this time is more internal. Failure is just simply not an option. 

So  my goal right now is to be able to run a 5km. By end of September. And if I lose weight along the way really awesome. And if not... I'll be a little disappointed but atleast I'll be in shape so that when the zombie apocalypse hits I can run. 

Peace out ( as the youth of the world say)