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Just a Little Bit of a Runny Egg

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  • I have fallen in love with my breakfast.  1/2  a baked sweet potato with 2 runny eggs on top.  It’s delish.  I would have taken  a picture, but I never leave time for that when they are done as they seem to apparate into my belly very quickly.
  • I tried a new protein powder this morning in my smoothie – 1 banana, 1 cup of frozen strawberries and almond milk with Optimal Nutrition Chocolate Flavored Whey.  I was told by some of the women on the NROLFW board on facebook that it was good and they all liked it, so I gave it a go.  Trutein and I have been friends, but I am kind of over their flavors, and their price.  I have a bit of stomach discomfort – which usually happens when I try a new protein powder, but it’s ok.  At least as long as it goes away after a few uses.
  • I’m double tracking on two calorie sites because I need the extra motivation.  I know that food/tracking is my downfall.  I have the workouts down.  I love to sweat and feel better when I do, so I tend to exercise as much as possible (about 6 days a week now).  This past week looked like:
    • Friday May 3 – NROLFW Stg 2 A3 & 2 Mile Run – 533 Calories
    • Saturday May 4 – 4 Mile Run – 592 Calories
    • Sunday May 5 – 3 Mile Run – 477 Calories
    • Monday May 6 – NROLFW Stg 2 B3 & 2 Miles of HIIT running – 431 Calories
    • Tuesday May 7 – 35 Minutes Running – 479 Calories
    • Wednesday May 8 – NROLFW Stg 2 A4 & 30 Minutes of HIIT Running & 1 mile incline walk – 552 Calories
    • Thursday May 9 – REST DAY
  • So in all I burned: 3064 Calories.  I most likely ate that much extra and more this week, but I am not weighing myself, so I won’t see that cursed number.  I know I’m pretty much maintaining my size right now, because nothing feels looser – in fact some clothes feel tighter.  But I am also sure I am bloated.  I still feel sick from my sugar binge yesterday.
  • Oh yeah I binged.  Wanna hear what I binged on?
    • 2 Homemade Chocolate Chip cookes
    • 2 fun size snickers bars
    • 3 fun size 3 Musketeers bars
    • 1 Apple Cinnamon Nutrigrain bar
    • 1 bag of M&Ms
  • I ate all of these in one sitting in a bathroom at work, while I cried.  Bipolar Disorder sucks y’all.  If you don’t have it you don’t understand.  That was self medicating so I didn’t go ape shit crazy and do something really dumb – like drive to Tampa because I miss my husband (the thought crossed my mind more than once this week).  But I called my “Bi-Polar Buddy” (a free counselor I found through an online network that I call when things get bad) and he talked me through it.  We both agreed that I need to go back to my doctor.  So I am making an appointment for next week.  We also agreed that I need more positive people in my life.  So anyone want to move in with me and be my bright ray of sunshine?  Seriously.  You can’t have any problems that you expect me to deal with, because I can’t deal with my own. :-)
  • The binge continued with toast and peanut butter last night, but as I went to bed, feeling particularly gross and stuffed, I realized I didn’t want to do this anymore.  I am not ‘starting over’ I am simply moving on.  Clean eating and water like it’s my job from now on.  I don’t even want cheese.  I just want ice on a stick.
  • The Husband Comes Home Tomorrow!  I have laundry and some light cleaning to do that I will get to tomorrow after my Praxis II exam, and then hopefully have enough time to just relax before Dinner with a Friend.  I am planning on waking up at 5:30 tomorrow and getting my workout done, so I can work from home in the morning and then head to my exam without having anything else on my mind.  Plus the workout is just NROLFW and HIIT so I should finish it in like 40 minutes.

What workout are you doing today?  Or is it a rest day?

Sweet or Salty Snacks?

Are you happy it’s almost Friday?

Food For Thought Thursday:

When Everything You Do Isn’t Enough (In Your Own Eyes)

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My “week” starts on Friday’s, when I weigh in each week.  This is something I’ve adapted to from the years of being on Weight Watchers, or weekly weighing and tracking that in some form or another.  So from last Friday to today this is how my workouts have looked:

  • Friday April 19 – 573 Calories
  • Saturday April 20 – 527 Calories
  • Sunday April 21 – 360 Calories
  • Monday April 22 – 476 Calories
  • Tuesday April 23 – 597 Calories
  • Wednesday April 24 – 419 Calories
  • Thursday April 25 – TBD

So that equals: 2952 Calories (so far.  The verdict is still out if I will exercise today or not)

I would say, for a week, that is great!  If I was following Weight Watchers still, where 80 calories unofficially equals 1 Activity Point, I would have earned 36 Activity Points this week.  Again, I think that’s amazing.

I am in awe of how dedicated I am to making sure I get my workouts in, and making sure that I am eating the foods off the Paleo list (80% of the time).  I am proud that I have so far stuck with the NROLFW through stage 1 and am enjoying the act of lifting.

While I know I can control what I put in my mouth, and what I do for activity and how much I do, and that I know I can’t control the number on the scale, it’s still incredibly frustrating to not see it move in the right direction.

I know, I know.  You will gain weight by lifting, because you are building muscle.  BUT, when you have a good 20 pounds of extra weight that you need to lose with a Body Fat Percentage that is still high, I would expect the scale to dip, at least slightly, in my favor while this extra exertion and whole eating is going on.  But I guess I am eating too much?

Too much fruit?  Too many nuts (hah.)?  Not enough water?

On Myfitnesspal I have my caloric intake set to 1500 calories a day, and then I have the freedom to eat whatever I burn as well.

  • Yesterday: 1500 daily calories
  • Calories Burned: 419 Calories
  • Calories Consumed: 1897 Calories
  • Calories Left Over: 22 Calories
  • Calories Netted: 1478 calories

This would make me wonder if I am eating enough?  I’m not trying to be hard on myself, I am just trying to understand.  Today I was still up from last weeks weigh in, and I am just confused.  I know, trust the process.  I am trying to.  But, if you have never been called the fat ass, or had people refer to as a whale, and never dealt with body weight issues, I don’t care how much you sympathize, you don’t understand the mentality of someone who is doing everything right not feeling like they are moving.

If I do workout today, it will be my 7th day in a row, and it will be Workout B from Stage 2 of NROLFW.

Tomorrow is my run day, and Saturday is a rest day due to a daytime excursion to a brewery fest with friends.  And right now, I need that drink.

It’s Never Goodbye

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First and foremost, I’d like to take a moment to tell you about a beautiful person I was lucky enough to meet when I walked in the Washington DC 3-Day Susan G. Komen Walk.  I remember when I met her I was taping up my foot with medical tape and crying a bit over the blisters and the blood on my foot.  I think I said something along the lines of “I can’t believe I wore these stupid socks.”  and she appeared.  She smiled and said “Let me help you.”  I smiled and laughed saying it was gross, and she laughed and said “I’ve seen worse.”  That was when she began to tell me who she was.

Then after the walk, I found her blog: My Big Girl Pants

if you look at her last post from December 26, 2012, she asked us to say goodbye and let her go.  Last night a vigil started as her time to leave this earth has begun and with a heavy heart I cried.  The power in my house went out for about 30 minutes and by candle light I prayed to myself, eyes open, just thoughts to God on easing her passing.

Bridget, we love you, we’ll never forget you, and we will walk for you, your memory, and your strength.

Spring?

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So I woke up to this:

Yeah.  Spring my ass.  I was planning on running outside today, but everything will be gross, muddy and icy by the time I get out of work.  Plus, people tend to act like crazy idiots when stuff starts falling from the sky, like we are cavemen and the snow or rain is actually fire and lava and blood from children and we all must drive either too fast or too slow and weave in and out of traffic to avoid being pelted by this plague of weather.

Can you tell I had a great commute?

Plan of the Day:

  • Breakfast: Smoothie with Chike nutrition added, English Muffin w/ Strawberry jam, Coffee
  • Snack: Water
  • Lunch: Yogurt, fruit, carrots and hummus, Advo Meal Replacement Bar
  • Snack: Tea
  • Dinner: Whole Wheat Pasta w/ ground turkey and tomato sauce
  • Activity: NROLFW Stage 1, Week 2, Workout B & 2 miles on the treadmill

Yesterday after lunch (per my video) I came home and ran a sub-40 4 miles.  I was extremely excited by this, because I haven’t run that in a while.  My legs took a random turn of not wanting to listen to me around January of this year, and I started to think I was headed down the path of injury again, and now, yes now, it seems as though they have been beaten into submission Christian Grey Style.

Today I will be kinder to them with lunges and 2 miles of running just to keep them limber.

I know it’s supposed to take like 12 weeks or something for you to notice a difference in your body, and since the scale I know has stalled – which is fine, at least it’s not going up! – I need to see some sort of change.  A slight difference in my pants?  May be a shirt fits better than before?  Anything?  Well okay.  I realize it’s only been two weeks.  It’s really hard to watch other people (I should just wear a blindfold and not look in mirrors at all) have such instant success when they buckle down.

But may be that’s my problem.  Have I buckled down?  I’ve been following WW to a T.  Weight Watchers allows you to eat “Most” veggies and fruits without having to “count them” in their points system, which at first I was like “BAM!  I WILL ONLY EAT THOSE.”  Yeah that never works past one meal for me.  I love salads, but I also love cheese.  And Wine.  And Chocolate.  And Bread.  Wine, Chocolate, Bread and Cheese.  I have just formulated my dinner…

So I started double tracking again on My Fitness Pal.  I need to make sure with lifting I am getting enough protein, and protein on WW is always higher in points so I end up neglecting it.  Funny how that works.  Then just when I thought, “man this is gonna suck.  Jennifer is gonna make me give up my English Muffins :-) ”  I was thinking about all the stuff she  was telling me to add to my diet that I was neglecting which ultimately was Good Fats (YES THEY EXIST PEOPLE) and Protein.  Then as I was running through my blog reader (Google I hate you for giving me a doomsday on this) I saw Caitlin’s post on ‘Adding not Subtracting’

healthy living

 

So I’ll just be adding things that my body needs to my diet.  If I am fueling properly, I won’t have time (or room) to eat the junk.  But I am not giving up my English Muffins or Oatmeal! :-)

In other news, school is going well.  I’ll be crazed for 9 weeks over the summer (yeah I can’t count and thought it was 6, but no, it’s 9.) but that’s okay.  I am terrified I didn’t pass my VCLA test.  I got unofficial results which are percentages and mean nothing because the results you need are in points values, so I have no idea what this percentage equates to, or how much each question was worth, but needless to say I am scared.   I know I can take it again and that I have time to take it again, but from everyone being like “Oh it’s so easy, and you’ll be fine” for me to NOT pass, would make me rather, um, stark raving mad.   My Praxis II are slated for May 10 at noon – I get to leave work early to take them, so that’s a plus, but I am also pretty sure I needed to start prepping like a year ago.  Apparently anything pertaining to English (eras of literature, linguistics, grammar, spelling, editing, writing, reading comprehension, the development of language, etc) COULD BE on the test.  So the study guide is larger than any textbook I’ve ever pretended to study from.  So I will most likely get on that this week.  If not tonight.  Actually I wish it were here with me now.

Food For Thought On Monday:

Tuesday Things #SkinnySnowman

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Five Positives Of Today

  1. I only have 4 more workdays (today included) until my Vacation starts!
  2. Although I got some unsettling news at the doctor yesterday, I have a plan to turn it around and fix all the things that could go wrong, and I feel good about these changes.
  3. My breakfast of scrambled eggs and chicken sausage is kind of amazing
  4. I slept really well last night, and although I am still tired, I feel a lot better than yesterday
  5. The ‘parents’ (leads) at work are all at an offsite meeting, so it’s a bit less stressful than normal today
  • Yesterday was my blog silence day to honor the memory of the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  There was a lot of debate at work, at home, and on facebook about what the actual root cause of these tragedies are, and while you can blame mental illness, guns, etc for them, I think it goes deeper.  As someone with a mental illness that is diagnosed, I feel that you can’t just throw that as the ultimate excuse.  There are plenty of people with Bi-polar disorder, and various other disorders that don’t go and shoot up schools, hospitals, movie theaters, etc.  While I am not saying this isn’t part of the reason, I am saying it’s not the only reason.  I don’t know the answers or all of the questions that should be asked in a situation like this, but I do know that it is tragic.  My heart and prayers and thoughts continue to be with the families of the community at this time.
  • It’s hard to segue into anything else after that but I’ll try….
  • I’m really enjoying my circuit training workouts so far.  Largely made up by my own little mind, I am seeing what works, what I need to work on, and how to possibly go about doing so.  Rather than focusing on lower or upper body I am trying to focus on both, because they both need it.  Not to mention the tummy.  My workout yesterday was pretty awesome:
    • Run 0.25 miles (6.0 mph)
    • 10 snatches (1 round = 1 arm, switch at next round)
    • 10 Squats
    • 10 Donkey Kicks (1 round = 1 leg, switch at next round)
    • 10 Shoulder Presses
    • 10 Wide Grip Rows
    • 10 Lunges ( 1 round = 1 leg, switch at next round)
  • I did that 4 times, and then added 40 crunches at the end and a cool down of 5 minutes on the treadmill of just walking.  It was hard.  But not too hard.  I actually felt like I should make it harder.  Today is a run day of 3.1 miles, which I will do on the treadmill. It’s hard for me to get motivated to go outside when my runs are so short and I can space out while watching TV when doing them.
  • We had Sushi for dinner last night at Wegmans.  I had the Veggie roll and the Spicy Tuna roll.  It was amazing.  I couldn’t believe how incredibly filling and awesome it was.  Plus Wegmans puts their calorie count on the package so there was no guessing.  WAHOO.
  • I had a weird reaction to Barefoot Merlot last night.  It made my throat and ears itch.  Like my inner ear.  May be I am just allergic to cheap wine?

This is funny; I don't care who you are....this is funny.

  • That’s me.
  • I went to the doctor yesterday and got some news, that I am not exactly ready to share on here, or with anyone for that matter (TPWSNBN knows, because he lives with me) but it means a real clean up to my act.  My doctor wants to see a significant weight drop when I go back in March 2013 for a check up.  So I have like 3 months.  I am not putting a time limit on my weight loss, but this time I don’t really have a choice.  It’s medical know, which it has never been, so may be this was the push I needed.
  • I am starting with a stark decrease in carbs – no more English muffins, tortillas, bread in general.  This stinky-poos because I love bread, but it’s chock full of sugar (hint hint if you know of bread products I can have that are lower in sugar – that would be amazing.  Otherwise, I might go bonkers.)  I am also trying to eliminate all sugar (sans fruit and natural stuff like honey or agave nectar) from my diet as well.  I am basically trying to eat really cleanly to detox my body of all the craziness that is going on.  I am going to continue with the lean protein and veggies route I have been going, but I am upping my protein by eating a bunch of it at each meal.  I need to do this to be successful.
  • As for exercise, this was the one place she said I am doing really well on.  I am really loving the addition of strength training, and while I know I won’t see a change so quickly, I am hoping by March she will notice.  I hope the scale moves slightly down so that at least there is a number to associate.
  • So that’s my plan.

Any support, words of wisdom, etc that you can give would be most appreciated!

Tuesday Things

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  • It’s technically Thursday for most who don’t have to work over the holiday weekend, and for this I am thankful.  I have to work tomorrow, but am planning on doing half a day in the office and half a day at home so I can bake pies and other desserts for Thursday.  I love baking.  I also love how I will have all of these treats in my house for a full 24 hours before anyone else will eat them, and then I will have the leftovers in my house for the entire weekend, with me trying not to eat them.  The main worry is the apple pie.  Oh how I love pie. (That’s what she said.  Oh yes she did)
  • A local radio station has been playing Christmas music since Veterans day.  Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole, but it’s a little early don’t you think?  I mean I may have cleaned my house on Sunday to the sounds of a She&Him Christmas, but I’m not forcing anyone (other than TPWSNBN) to listen to it (and he was outside mowing the lawn).  One holiday at a time people!
  • I am actually very proud of the Walmart Employees who are striking against working on Thanksgiving (or opening at Midnight Friday morning).  I think it’s ridiculous how companies expect their employees to just come in on a holiday where we should all be with out families.  Same goes for Christmas.  Even if you don’t celebrate in anyway, a day off is deserved.  NO ONE needs to go buy things that badly.  Line up the night if you wish outside, but don’t have people opening the store when they should be home in a well deserved food coma.
  • I had a good run yesterday 5k – 32’17″ – 10’25″ pace – I’m taking today off because I have class and before class I have to take an exam at the testing center.  Tomorrow will be 4 miles, Thursday will be an easy 5k in the morning to get ahead of the calories consumed that day, and then Friday is my 10 MILER.  My longest run since the half marathon in March, and subsequently my longest run till my half marathon on Dec. 1.  Eep.  I think I’ll be okay as I didn’t run farther than that before the last one during my training, and this time I am not in a walking boot 3 weeks before the race.

March 17, 2012 – Half Marathon Splits

  • I hope my splits/time is better and slightly more even than these were.  I would love to beat my time from March – and while that is a strong possibility, I am really doing this to have fun.  AND HAVE FUN I SHALL.  no but seriously.  I would like to beat my time.  No joke.
  • I really need a new pair of running shoes.  Since I stopped using the Mizunos – at least for now to see if those are the problem – I’ve noticed how old my other shoes are… But I have a half next weekend, so breaking in a new pair right now is not going to happen. AGH Runner Problems.
  • I think it sucks that I didn’t take this week off.  I should have.  But because of England, I have no more vacation hours.  But it was worth it.  So worth it.  Let’s go back to that happy week, shall we?

  • Sigh.
  • I am having copious amounts of salad today for lunch and dinner.  I noticed last week how great I felt eating salad everyday, and now that I have a great mindset of things to add to a salad I am very happy.  GIVE ME ALL THE KALE.
  • Well I guess I should get to work.. whine.

Weigh In: Face It Friday

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WI: +0.4
Total Lost: -38.2
Emotion: Trying to find the balance
This Weeks Goal: To Lose. ANYTHING. JUST TO LOSE.

I know it could have been far worse.  I know about 2 days ago it was A LOT worse.  I know what I have to do to change things, and then cereal happened.  Or Marshmallows (WHY ARE THESE IN MY HOUSE?) or anything really.  I am pretty sure, if ‘hungry’ enough I would eat breadcrumbs.  Like for cooking.  What is going on?  Where was this massive amount of control that got me within 15 pounds of my goal weight.  WHERE IS MY GOAL WEIGHT?

I know it could be worse.  I could be the 200+ pound woman starting this journey for the first time and crying on the treadmill because the simple act of walking at 2.5 mph was painful.  I could be the 200+ pound woman who thought getting an Iced venti vanilla breve latte (That is a latte made with about 1.5 cups of HALF AND HALF) was a smart breakfast choice.

WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH ME?

I was misguided.  I was ignorant, and I was in denial.  So what is wrong with me now?  Much of the same.  I have lost 38 pounds of the physical weight, but with that I have lost none of the emotional weight.

I realized this fact this morning when I saw this blog post linked from another blog post:

Emotional Weight Loss

I read this and felt like someone had done an analysis on me.  I have stood in the mirror and literally was sick over what I was looking at.  I was in disbelief that this picture below was me:

Because when I look in the mirror I don’t see her.  I see this:

I know there is a difference.  I know I am not ‘Her’ anymore.  But I don’t really see it that way.  My eyes are working I promise, but my mind is not interpreting the actual image.  Why is this?

What am I holding on to?  I think this is a very good reason for why I am struggling with this weight loss.  I try not to compare myself to anyone else, but it’s really hard.  Then I look at what I actually do in a week and realize, well, it’s not like I am 100% following the plan.

So that is Step 1: Follow the Plan

I can only get out of Weight Watchers what I put in.  I know it will get me to where I want to be, because it has worked in the past.  This time it’s just harder because I want to eat baguettes, brie, and wine with it.  Well there is a time and a place for that frankly, and it’s not every night (no I have not indulged in Baguette, Brie and wine every night.).

But if I am only tracking kind of, and then working out, and then eating like there is no tomorrow because “I worked out” I am negating all the benefits – AND WASTING LIKE $20 A MONTH.

I am not one of those people who can say no to dessert.  I am also not one of those people who can say no to seconds, or thirds – especially if the food is amazing.  But I can be one of those people.  I can say “I’m stuffed” and mean it.  I know what the sick full feeling feels like.  I know what the “I could eat a horse” (I would never actually eat a horse.  I would pet one, but not eat one.) feeling feels like.  I am still figuring out what the “I am no longer ‘hungry’ but I am not ‘full’” satisfied feeling is.

I am getting better at when we eat out (save for the pizza excursions) on what to order.  I tend to stick with salads, or protein with veggies.  I am also queen of complicating an uncomplicated dish.

Fajitas at Sweetwater

  • Chicken and Mushroom combo
  • no oil (yes they can do this)
  • No tortillas to be brought
  • no sour cream
  • no cheese
  • Please only bring the beans, veggies and Guacamole to the table
  • no side of rice

When I order it this way, I get looks from pretty much everyone in ear shot, but I eat about 35-55 g of protein in that meal, very little fat, very little carbs, and I am good.

Until that damn flourless chocolate waffle comes out.  Stupid Waffle.

I also think it’s easier for me to be on track when I am around others minding their intake – which with TPWSNBN it’s like impossible.  He orders a Cheese Steak Sandwich and burns 500 calories in the anticipation of the Sandwich.

Step 2: LET GO OF THE PAST

I am not that girl anymore.  I am not the size 16 bride who barely fit in her dress.  I am not the girl who gets Coldstone Milkshakes for dessert after eating five guys.  I haven’t been to Coldstone in 5 years.  I never plan on going back.  But more than letting go of Coldstone, I need to let go of my “failed” mentality.  Yes, I was (and still kind of am) overweight.  I get that.  I am not nearly as bad as where I was, and I know that every day, step, right choice, bottle of water, weight lifted, mile run, race completed, fried food avoided I am getting there.

I think this is also why I go into races with fear and automatic feeling of failure.  Not even races, just my normal long run on the weekend.  I think me letting go and realizing I am not only capable of doing this, losing weight, running 6.2 miles without stopping, I am capable of anything.

 

So this is my plan.  My rambling of a plan.  I am going to make sure that I am thinking as positively as possible and never take one run or workout for granted.

Plan of the Day

  • Breakfast: English Muffin, PB, Coffee, Fruit
  • Snack: Fruit
  • Lunch: Chipotle: Salad w/ rice, pinto beans, salsa and guac
  • Snack: Fruit
  • Dinner: Big Bowl: Stir Fry – No rice
  • Workout: Run 2.5 Miles

xoxoxoxoxoxox

 

The Wall

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I think I hit that point last night when I was watching the end of ‘Live and Let Die” with TPWSNBN.  I was looking an Jane Seymour and how incredibly thin she was and how clothes just looked amazing on her.  I then looked down at myself and my pudgy tummy, my thighs, and my general sense of flubness, and thought, I bet Jane Seymour, even in her, what 60′s? Doesn’t scavenge the kitchen at random hours for random snacks.

Where is my shut off button?

I thought about the things I am in control of:

  1. What and how much food I put in my body
  2. How often I decide to exercise
  3. My Mentality

So That is what I am focusing on.  I am focusing on my food intake.  I can’t have treats for a while.  Because I never treat them as treats.  My goal this evening is to not have any halloween candy.  There is no point.  I will make myself tea, and hangout while TPWSNBN does the handouts.  I will pre-track meals, and weigh and measure.

I can always find an excuse not to work out.  This week I’ll only be active 4/7 days.  I’d rather that be at 5 days personally, but this week was a hard one.  There is my excuse.  From now on, I will make at least 30 minutes 5 days a week available to myself.  I plan on either taking advantage of the gym at work or waking up early and getting it done.

I’d rather wake up early and get it done because this waking up at 6:40 am every morning is really throwing me for a loop.

My mentality is getting better.  The race on Sunday helped a lot.  Something I never thought I would be able to do – run 6.2 miles without stopping – came true, and all I had to do is push myself.  It truly wasn’t that hard.  Wasn’t as hard as say, going to war and defending my country.  Wasn’t as hard as going through chemo.  Wasn’t as hard as any of the other million important difficult tasks people do on a daily basis. I just had to tell myself to suck it up.

Run Happy.

Today’s Plan:

  • Track Everything – DONE
  • Run 3.1 Miles – This afternoon, either outside or in.  Would rather outside, since the temps have dropped this shouldn’t be too hard to convince myself.  Plus, more layers means more hiding of the flub.
  • 100 ounces of water

I always set up a goal date that I would like to have the weight gone by, well, I realize that is when I usually get in trouble.  As it stands right now as of this morning I need to lose 25.6 pounds to be at my goal.  I would like this to be gone by my birthday 2013.  Start my last year of my 20′s off right and set the tone for my 30′s.

Rest of Week Plan:

  • Wednesday (Today): Run 3.1 miles
  • Thursday: Circuit training before work (30 minutes)
  • Friday: Run 2.5 Miles
  • Saturday: 8 Mile Long Run
  • Sunday: Rest/Stretching

I can’t believe tomorrow is November. It’s almost Thanksgiving!  Then Christmas!

What are your workout plans this week?  Do you have any good circuit training workouts? What advice would you give me right now in my current crazy state?  What is your favorite Thanksgiving Dish?

My nephew, Julian, as Harry Potter.  Because he is the coolest.

Tuesday Things

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  • So my plants split up the ass last night at Wegmans.  I think if I needed a sign to get back on track that was it.  Mortified doesn’t begin to explain it.
  • Although I can’t exercise today, because of class and work, I am going to be 100% on par with my eating.  I’ve already tracked everything, including my coffee this afternoon.  If I indulge in anything it will be a fruit cup from Starbucks.  I need to regain control.
  • It took me 1 hour and 47 minutes to get to work this morning.  I hate Rain.  I hate living so far (well only 16 miles) from work, I hate the fact that the DC metro area has the worst traffic ever.
  • I’m aiming for 100 oz of water again today – I made it to 119 yesterday – and I think it’s helping.  I’m stressed so my face is breaking out, but hopefully the water will do some work in that department as well.
  • Speaking of stress, I had all these grand plans yesterday of doing an hour of yoga.  Yeah I got in 10 minutes.  Why?  My back started screaming like it was on fire and being stabbed.  I guess Yoga will have to wait till I am fully healed.  No worry.  Today is an off day, and tomorrow is 4 miles.  Outside.  Unless its a downpour.
  • Speaking of downpour – WE LEAVE IN 3 DAYS (basically) FOR ENGLAND!  We should really pack umbrellas.   I’ll have my trench coat so I’ll be ready!  CAN’T WAIT.
  • My neck is in complete revolt at this point.  It’s now a stinging pain running down the side of my neck into my shoulder.  There isn’t enough bengay in the world at this point.
  • I feel like I am running around with my head cut off.   I haven’t begun packing.  I hung up all of our clothes last night.  I had been living out of laundry baskets, and then decided I was tired of it, and how in God’s name would I pack if all my clothes were wrinkly? Exactly.
    • Gotta look good to impress Kate and Wills.
  • I am way too productive on this Rockstar Energy Drink

Meals:

  • Breakfast: English muffin with Elderberry Jelly and Coffee w/ Coffeemate
  • Snack: Apple and Tea
  • Lunch: Turkey wrap with lettuce and cabbage and hummus, yogurt, carrots with tzatziki sauce
  • Snack: Banana
  • Dinner: Chicken Sausage with Purple Potatoes
  • Snack: Ice Coffee with Half and Half and fruit

Activity: Getting through today.  I MEAN REALLY.

32 ounces of water – DONE.  68 more to go.

Enjoy your rainy or if your lucky, sunny Tuesday loves.

xoxo