Wednesday Weigh In

Lost another pound to bring me to 183! I have been doing The Shred at lunch and I am noticing a difference and I guess others are too! I have been getting compliment after compliment about how good I look!  I must be toning in places! :)  My butt still looks big but maybe it is a little higher up! LOL!  Thank you squats!

The holidays are coming close now and the stress is on!  I stayed home from work yesterday to go to appointments and such and I got so sick in the morning!  But it passed as I went to my appointments.  I think the stress finally got to me.  I sat for about 30 minutes and watched a show on my DVR and I just got so nauseated! 

I have been doing some craft swaps and have been getting some awesome stuff!  I just got a package from my crafting partner in England and oh my did she spoil me!!!  I got all sorts of pouches and some cool wooden colored pencils.  All sorts of yummy low cal/low fat goodies that they only sell in England!!  Can't wait for the next swap!!! 

Last night we made our gingerbread house. My daughter did an wonderful job!  She is so creative...she must get that from me! LOL! Then we wake up to find that the cat ate part of the head off the gingerbread man during the night!

Well on to tomorrow...after tonight.  :)

If your happy and you know it...

clap your hands!  :)  I sing this song all the time to my kids.  I think it helps to remember to smile. 

I had achieved Tuesday's goals of water consumption and movement.  Ate well too!  I got in over a 100 oz of water, not sure of exact amount.  But I do know it was over 100!!!  I walked at break time and at lunch and did lunges and a ton of hustling around the office.  Instead of emailing or calling my co-workers, I walked to their desk.  I am sure it drove them crazy but it actually saved me time because I got an immediate response instead of having to wait for their reply or call back. 

Awesome dinner of whole wheat spaghetti!  Small portions.  No dessert. 

I got up at 4am this morning.  Was planning on 4:30 but my little boy decided 4 was better! :)  Although he went back to bed at 4:40 and I stayed up.  I am sure I will be sleepy later, but it was worth not having a hectic morning and it will be nice to not have a busy night! Don't know if you know the Flylady, but she is helping me get through my weeks!!!  Her system works great! And I am getting a kick out of the "No Parents Left Behind" emails I get! Gotta check it out! My husband has helped me keep the sink shiny and to not have a ton of things to do on the weekends is fantastic! 

On Twitter this morning, one of my twitter friends said she wouldn't speak to her friends the way she speaks to herself.  I thought me neither!  Why do we talk so badly to ourselves??  So I tweeted her back saying lets not do that today!!!  A challenge!!!  ;)  So today, only good self talk. 

Keeping on with my goals one day at a time, one ounce of water at a time, one minute of movement at a time! 

I could Zumba my days away!

I got up this morning at 3:12 to let the dogs out 3:50 to feed baby and figured I might as well stay up cause my alarm is going to go off at 4:12.  So I got up started the coffee and got dressed in workout clothes.  My husband gets up and I am like "what are you doing up?" He says he wants to spend time with me, so I told him to get his shoes on!!! So since he hasn't had a chance to try this yet, I was nice and put the basics on and he learned the moves until baby boy woke up again.  He was such a trooper!!!  It was a blast with him!!! Although he didn't think he could do it and says that he may just jog on the treadmill while I do this Zumba stuff!  LOL!  :) 

So my lunchtime workout is again Zumba cause I love the way it makes me feel mentally and physically! And I need the energy cause it is date night!  No going to bed at 7 tonight! ;)

Shake your money maker!

Oh my goodness is Zumba fun!  I was shaking my thang for all it was worth and my thighs are a bit sore today!  I did it on my lunch hour yesterday and it was a blast! I am going to try to do it again today at lunch if I get a lunch hour.  I may be the only secretary at lunch time so I may not get to take a lunch.  So that would mean I would try and fit it in tonight! :)

I wish I could Zumba all day! LOL!  It brightened my mood and made the rest of the day so much better!  It gave me the energy to make good choices and energy to be with my family last night.  Maybe I will just practice my moves at the copy machine! :) 

Bummed...

So I walked to the track today at lunch to see about some jogging.  I got my inhaler for EIA (exercise induced asthma) and was all set.  I haven't jogged much since the race because of pain in my legs when I run.  So I was all stoked to get going! 

I couldn't.  I got there in about 10 minutes and walked a lap and a half for a warm up.  I stretched first too.  Then I went to jog and IT HURT SO BAD! From my ankles to my knees! I was so disappointed!  It doesn't hurt to walk so why is it hurting when I jog?! UGH.  I was getting frustrated and about to just go back to the office, but I didn't.  I did a long walk for the rest of the hour I had.  I walked fast and strong! Just because I can't jog, doesn't mean I can't exercise right?!

Just makes it even more exciting for my Zumba DVD's to get here!!!  :) 

Weigh in and decluttering!

So I just weighed in on the challenge blog. I have lost a pound to bring me to 184. 

My weekend was great!  I finished my 5K in 41 minutes, and I jogged a good portion of it.  I went at it alone but I had Trisha in my sights the whole way.  Everyone was so nice!!!  Next year, I am jogging the whole thing! I was sore for the next three days!  My shins felt like the bone was bruised and I couldn't even touch my them!!  My ankles were sore and couldn't twist them around.  I made sure before the race that I stretched out really good in those areas because I knew doing my mock run that they would hurt.  I think, well I know, that I need to work on form and breathing.  I mentioned in the other blog that I had EIA (exercise induced asthma) before, and I know it doesn't just go away but I haven't had to use an inhaler for many years. Course I don't think I have ever done anything this intense for quite sometime! But I had the wheezes for that night and the next day.  I am seeing about a refill on my inhaler! See how that helps my endurance!

Yesterday, I did my lunchtime workout and went to the bleachers and then for a long walk.  My thighs are feeling it today!

Tomorrow is my daughters Jog A Thon and I am going to see about doing a couple laps with her!  We shall see, she is pretty quick! 

I haven't written down my food the last couple of days.  But I haven't went over 1300 calories because I eat the same things everyday!  ;)  Tonight is NOT leftover night, so I am tracking today.

I am going through a phase where I need to declutter, everything.  I want to simplify my life a tad bit.  So at home I have boxes that I am going to go through each room and see what I can throw away and/or donate and/or store in storage.  Our house is small and we don't have any extra space and I feel cramped!  I also need to give my jeep a good cleaning on the inside.  And I am going to work on my procrastination.  I think that goes hand in hand in decluttering!  :) 

lunch time walk

HI!  So yesterday I did a mock run of the 5K in 20-25 mile/hr winds!  It was crazy I tell ya!  I didn't do very well, I did it in about 45 minutes. It was really, really hard to do with the wind and I got a charlie horse in my calves lol!  But I did it!!  I plan on working on some endurance this week and maybe another mock run on Wednesday and then resting a bit Thursday and Friday with some light walking so that I am fresh and ready for Saturday.  I didn't realize how hard this was.  It sounds so easy in my head! LOL!  I think I am feeling a little down on myself but my husband keeps telling me positive stuff about how good I am doing and how proud he is of me and that he can see a difference.  I don't feel that I push myself enough when I am by myself.  I think on Saturday at the race, it will be different.  I know now how to prepare just a bit better.  I definitely need to stretch more! :)

So today at lunch, my co-worker asked me to walk the hill with her.  I mapped it out at Google pedometer and it is 3 miles! And two hills!!!  I did that in 45 minutes!  Walking!  So I just don't get it!  Why is my mock 5K the same as this walk???  Maybe I timed it wrong?  I totally need to do it again. 

oh, the view... :) totally worth it!  It was a nice cool, drizzling day and it was perfect!  I needed it! 

What I have eaten so far today:
Greek Yogurt with oatmeal: 225
Pear - 81
Carrots and chicken dip - 125
protein shake - 100
Fruit snack - 70

The hard time of day is coming for me...the 3 o'clock munchies!!!!  And everywhere you look there is candy corn, snickers mini bars, bad sugar monsters!!!  I will put a piece of gum in my mouth and chew chew chew until my mind stops playing tricks on me!  It is like Halloween every day in my little brain!!!  :)

Oh Ya!! Go Me!

So I posted my weigh in yesterday of a gain.  Not a big deal, I can handle that.  I have reread some inspiring "About Me" stories and got my mojo back!!! 

I got up this morning at 5 and I fed my baby boy and got him all comfy on his play mat and I looked at the clock, 5:15...still had time.  Still had time to put on my shoes and do intervals on the treadmill...AND I DID! :)  I am so happy with myself!  Working out in the morning is very hard for me.  I am always telling myself how I don't have time and I will be late and blah blah blah!!  But me, my health and I are more important than blah blah blah!  So I did 15 minutes, better than nothing!!!  I got my heart rate up and moving...I feel good!

Then, at lunch, I did this...

I walked to the local track about 13 or 14 minutes away and I walked the corners and jogged the straight stretches.  I had a meeting right after my lunch hour so I only got in 2 laps and then I had to head back.  I probably could have done another lap but I didn't want to be late and all sweaty, so I played it safe.  I felt good too!!! 

I am going to kick that gain to the curb!!!  :)