A loss is a loss

Completing week 6 of C25K yesterday made me feel so great that I started week 7 today. Usually I skip a day in between to give my knee a rest, but I really wanted to jogg before church. So I got my butt up early at 6:15 and did another 5 min walk, 25 min jog, 5 min cooldown. Then I weighed in for the week and I was 173.4 (-.6). I wasn't thrilled but at least I went down. It could've been worse!

My next mini goal is to be 170 by my birthday weekend which is April 9th. I think I can do it. I don't know what we're doing yet to celebrate but the next night we are going to prom. My husband is a high school teacher and was asked to be a chaperone. He's wanted to go the last few years but I haven't really wanted to get all dressed up. I usually don't wear dresses/skirts. But I'm starting to like them more and more and I think it will be a fun night. So today after church my mom and I went to Dillards and I fourealm awesome dress that's cream,coral, and black and makes me feel like a million bucks! It's so pretty and I'll be able to wear it more than the one time. Now I just need to find some new heels (also something I don't wear very often.)

I'd better go to sleep now. I'm actually looking forward to Monday! That might change when the alarm goes off at 5:30 ,but for now I'm ready to get it all going again. :)


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My Super Saturday

It's 11:00 at night and I'm finally able to sit down and write about today and my week. Today was a super Saturday! I started out my morning by getting to "sleep in" until 8. Which was much needed...too bad it wasn't 11, but I'll take it! Then I did level 2 on the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred DVD. After a few minutes of rest and some cereal I decided to complete week 6 of my couch to 5K training. Last week when it came time for day 3 I flaked out and didn't want to try it. So this week I started week 6 over, then day 3 landed on today. It consisted of a 5 minute warm up walk then 25 minutes of jogging(no walking), then a 5 minute cool down walk. I set up a play list of rock songs(mostly Nickleback, Shinedown,Disturbed,and some others) which really seemed to help me with momentum. Usually when I'm on the treadmill the TV is on or I might choose hip hop or praise and worship to listen to. Well after today I figured out rock is definitely the best choice for me! At the end of my run a song called "Change Your Mind" by Sister Hazel came on and I started crying while I was running. I heard the song for the first time yesterday and instantly loved it. The chorus says, " If you want to be somebody else, If your tired of losing battles with yourself, Change your mind...".http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sisterhazel/changeyourmind.html
I was just thinking about the past and how I used to be and now I'm able to run for 25 minutes straight?! It was just a really cool moment, and made me realize I can do anything I want if I just set my mind to it. So my day was started out awesome and just got better. My husband and I took our dune buggy out for a drive since it was so pretty. We got to see my nieces and nephews. Then we met some friends downtown at a wonderful seafood place called Hook, Line and Sinker. After all of that we went to Super Target and the Neighborhood Walmart to load up on all kinds of good food for the week. So all in all it was a pretty active day. I used to look forward to the weekend so I could relax and stay home and watch TV. But now that I have my bodybugg I realize I can't slack off for two whole days because relaxing and doing nothing is not going to help me burn the calories I need to keep reaching my weight loss goals. I hope tomorrow is just as productive. I weigh in tomorrow morning before church. I think I'm going to wake up a little earlier and start week 7 of couch to 5K.
These are my bodybugg goals:Burn 2450 calories, Consume 1950 calories, Calorie Deficit of 500 calories. At that average I should lose 1 lb a week.
Here was my week:
Sun-Burned 2069, ate 2177, surplus of 108 :(
Mon-Burned 2684, ate 1780, deficit of 904
Tue-Burned 2685, ate 1810, deficit of 875
Wed-Burned 2398, ate 2200, surplus of 198 :(
Thur-Burned 3178, ate 1722, deficit of 1456
Fri-Burned 2626, ate 1921, deficit of 705
Sat-Burned 2762, ate 1698, deficit of 1064
2 bad days mixed in with some really good ones where I exceeded my 500 calorie deficit. So we shall see on the scale tomorrow if it evened out. Either way I am pleased with myself and where I'm at, and realize I'm making little life changes every day to become a healthier me.

Body question for the lady runners. :)

As some of you might have seen on Twitter I've been doing the Couch to 5K program over the last several weeks to ease me into running a 5K. The program has been great and I love it, but the more I run the more I have to pee! Sorry if that's TMI. I know that is weird and I wasn't sure if I should write about it, but I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Running is still new to me. I can go just before I start my workout and it never fails, once I get into jogging I've got to go again. The other day I had to get off the treadmill 3 times in the middle of one workout(a 30-40 min time frame).

In April I go for my yearly checkup, so I guess I'll be asking her what's wrong with me!


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Moving on

I didn't write a post last week because I was upset. After a great first week loss of 5.2 lbs I was excited to weigh in last Sunday. Excited because I was less than a pound away from reaching 60 lbs gone FOREVER. Then I weighed and was UP. It was so discouraging because I had had such a good week. I had reached my goal on the bodybugg website everyday except for one, because I had strep throat and rested all day and didn't wear the bodybugg. But after talking to several of my twitter friends they reminded me of several factors that could have contributed to my gain. Not eating enough ,eating the same foods, or water retention due to the antibiotics.
So this week I tried to add a little more food, and make sure I was getting close to my 20% Protein, 60% Carbs, and 20% Total Fat target each day, and I finished up my 10 day antibiotics. I weighed this morning for my week 3 results and I lost 1.8!
This week was also my parents and mother-in-law's first week using the bodybugg system. We are all weighing on Sundays so my dad was down 4.6, and my mother-in-law lost 6! My mom was still sleeping so I'm not sure of her first week progress, but from talking to her all week I'm sure it will be good. I think she's finally seeing that she doesn't have to go join a gym, she just needs to MOVE MORE and live a more active lifestyle.

Well...I'm off for now. Saturdays and Sundays are my lowest activity days. Sunday especially because we just go to church, and spend the afternoon at my mom and dads. But today we stayed in because of the snow so it's time to get moving!

How to keep your momentum going on weekends?

A Realization

Today was exactly one week since I starting wearing the bodybugg and I lost 5.2lbs!!!! This was a great week! I ate really well, logged everything I ate, got in lots of exercise(though I still could do more). To top it off I went shopping yesterday and for the first time trying on clothes in the dressing room I realized, "Hey, I actually look good!" Instead of looking in the mirror and seeing all the flaws and things I needed to work on, I saw the positives and the things I've already accomplished. It was a fun experience. Fun to not have to shop in plus sizes anymore. Fun to see where I've come from(a size 18/20 to a size 10). Fun to think that I'm only 1 size away from wearing a single digit clothing size. I'm proud to say the days of me crying in the dressing room and being frustrated at not being able to find anything that looks good are gone.

This afternoon I was trying to update the info on my blog so I was looking at my WW books with my past weights and noticed a pattern. Every time I was within a pound or half a pound of hitting another goal, I gained the next week and then it took me another 2 weeks or more to get back down. I had a consistent pattern of this that repeated over a 18 month period. I think this was really important for me to see today because right now my total is 59.6 lbs. Which means this week I will hit the 60 lb milestone. I am going to start a new pattern. From now on I'd like to be within a pound or half a pound of a goal and achieve that goal the next week. I feel like this is a new chapter in my life.

So here's to another great week. Hopefully I will continue to learn more about myself during this journey. I contemplated changing the title of my blog, but it is what it is....My Weight Loss Journey. A journey of not only learning to eat healthy and exercise. But a journey of learning to think more positively and loving myself.

My week so far...

I've only had my bodybugg for a couple days now and i'm already LOVING it!!!! Monday I had a great day and had a deficit of 1183! My plan is set up for me to have at least a 500 calorie deficit each day so I can lose 1 lb a week. So that was really exciting to more than double it! Yesterday I was only able to get in 30 extra minutes on the treadmill. I wanted to see how many calories the Shred or Bootcamp DVD burns but my hubby was tutoring here at the house & i didn't want to do those while company was here.

This morning i weighed in at 175! I was so happy! I know this may change this week but at least I'm going down! I've been hitting the wall at 178 and haven't weighed less than that since Christmas! It's like I have an accountability system strapped to my arm now. It makes me think about every little thing do. I am constantly thinking of how to move more while I'm at work and I haven't eaten anything I didn't logged. I've even managed to stay away from the delicious chocolate candies at work. Lately i'd been grabbing them every time I walked into the office. Which really adds up throughout the day!

I can't wait to get home and see how today has gone. Then the plan is to do the 30 Day Shred and some time on the treadmill for my Couch to 5K(of which I'm on week 4!).

I feel like I'm back on track for the first time in a long time. And I actually BELIEVE I can hit my goal weight this summer!