Just realized that I forgot to weigh in yesterday. Was home sick and totally forgot. Oh well, what can you do? Haven't been able to run in well over a week, and am definitely missing it. However, the upside of having little appetite and dulled taste buds due to a raging cold-a loss without working out!!
Starting weight.........................................187.2
Challenge starting weight......................183.0
Last week..................................................179.8
This week..................................................178.0
Loss................................................................1.8
Challenge loss..............................................5.0
Total Loss.....................................................9.2
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Power of One Weigh-In #6
This was not a great week for exercising, unfortunately. Lost of stuff at work and then kids got sick, but I was able to squeeze a couple of runs in, including one on Thursday that was my longest ever-33 minutes! Now I've picked up a cold from my kids and I'm miserable. Haven't been to the gym in a while and don't see it happening tomorrow either. SUCKS!
However, I still managed to lose. Am worried that maybe there is something wrong with my scale, I just don't understand why I would have a loss this week at all. Oh, well, I'll take it since next week might not be so good!
Starting weight.................................187.2
Challenge starting weight...............183.0
Last week......................................... 181.6
This week..........................................179.8
Loss........................................................1.8
Challenge loss.......................................3.2
Total loss...............................................7.4
However, I still managed to lose. Am worried that maybe there is something wrong with my scale, I just don't understand why I would have a loss this week at all. Oh, well, I'll take it since next week might not be so good!
Starting weight.................................187.2
Challenge starting weight...............183.0
Last week......................................... 181.6
This week..........................................179.8
Loss........................................................1.8
Challenge loss.......................................3.2
Total loss...............................................7.4
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The Power of One Week 5 Weigh in
Not a great week. Snow and ice hit last week and I ended up with 3 days of no school due to snow and ice and no power in a ton of the schools. Three days home with my kids resulted in lots of snacking and no exercising (except for shoveling snow).
My parents had no power for a few days and we had them over. Instead of cooking, we ordered Chinese food. Haven't had it in a while, and it was so good! I didn't feel like I ate a lot of it but it kicked me in the butt and I put on close to 5lbs in just a few days. I really feel like the Chinese (and that special time of the month) led me to retain a TON of water. My socks dug into my legs and left indentation marks like when I was pregnant. I've been slugging water ever since, but couldn't fix it completely by today. For the first time, this challenge, I had a gain. So frustrating, but whatevs, it happens :)
Here are my weekly numbers:
Starting weight.................................187.2
Challenge starting weight...............183.0
Last week......................................... 180.8
This week..........................................181.6
Loss.....................................................+0.8
Challenge loss.......................................1.4
Total loss...............................................5.6
My parents had no power for a few days and we had them over. Instead of cooking, we ordered Chinese food. Haven't had it in a while, and it was so good! I didn't feel like I ate a lot of it but it kicked me in the butt and I put on close to 5lbs in just a few days. I really feel like the Chinese (and that special time of the month) led me to retain a TON of water. My socks dug into my legs and left indentation marks like when I was pregnant. I've been slugging water ever since, but couldn't fix it completely by today. For the first time, this challenge, I had a gain. So frustrating, but whatevs, it happens :)
Here are my weekly numbers:
Starting weight.................................187.2
Challenge starting weight...............183.0
Last week......................................... 180.8
This week..........................................181.6
Loss.....................................................+0.8
Challenge loss.......................................1.4
Total loss...............................................5.6
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Power of One Weigh-In #4
Weigh-In day today arrived with SNOW!!! I woke up this morning and happened to peek out the window before jumping in the shower to get ready for work and saw the ground covered in the white fluffy stuff. We were expecting some rain/snow last night and then a big storm Wed night, but they never led us to believe that last night's snow would be anything worth worrying about. The temperature was high and it wasn't supposed to be an issue. Thank goodness I thought to look out, just in case. School was cancelled today! We probably could have gone with a delay, but then they may have called for an early dismissal, so who knows.
Spent the day organizing my closet and waiting for a couch to be delivered and carpet to be installed. It was a pretty productive day, all in all!!
I didn't get to work-out much this week either, but had an awesome run yesterday at the gym. My husband recommended that I slow my pace a bit and I could probably run farther. I decided to take his advice...and it worked!!! I dropped to 5.0 from my usual 5.4-5.5 on the treadmill and I was able to run for 30 minutes straight...an new personal record! With my 5 min warm-up and cool down, I ran (walking for warm-up and cool down) 3.2 miles in 40 min!!! I was on cloud 9! I'm a little sore today, but so thrilled I did it!!!
My weigh-in wasn't great-no loss at all this week.
Here are my weekly numbers:
Starting weight.................................187.2
Challenge starting weight...............183.0
Last week......................................... 180.8
This week..........................................180.8
Loss........................................................0
Challenge loss.......................................2.2
Total loss...............................................6.4
Spent the day organizing my closet and waiting for a couch to be delivered and carpet to be installed. It was a pretty productive day, all in all!!
I didn't get to work-out much this week either, but had an awesome run yesterday at the gym. My husband recommended that I slow my pace a bit and I could probably run farther. I decided to take his advice...and it worked!!! I dropped to 5.0 from my usual 5.4-5.5 on the treadmill and I was able to run for 30 minutes straight...an new personal record! With my 5 min warm-up and cool down, I ran (walking for warm-up and cool down) 3.2 miles in 40 min!!! I was on cloud 9! I'm a little sore today, but so thrilled I did it!!!
My weigh-in wasn't great-no loss at all this week.
Here are my weekly numbers:
Starting weight.................................187.2
Challenge starting weight...............183.0
Last week......................................... 180.8
This week..........................................180.8
Loss........................................................0
Challenge loss.......................................2.2
Total loss...............................................6.4
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Power of One Weigh-In #3
Another week of the challenge and I'm already slacking. I really didn't get to work-out that much this past week. Schedules with three kids is tough and then the holiday weekend, events, basketball, Girl Scout cookie selling, then illness and an ice storm sidelined me! Still managed to lose though!
Starting weight................................187.2
Challenge starting weight..............183.0
Last week..........................................182.0
This week..........................................180.8
Loss........................................................1.2
Challenge loss......................................2.2
Total loss...............................................6.4
Starting weight................................187.2
Challenge starting weight..............183.0
Last week..........................................182.0
This week..........................................180.8
Loss........................................................1.2
Challenge loss......................................2.2
Total loss...............................................6.4
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Power of One Weigh-in #2
I totally forgot to weigh- in yesterday. Not sure where my head is lately, but better late than never, right!
I didn't get in as much running as I would have liked and we had company over the weekend (and that always means not-so-great eating). But I managed to eek out a loss!!
I wrote my letter to my 2011 self and am working on the weekly challenge for this week. I am super proud of my 5K run on Sunday!!! Because I fell behind on my C25K training, I wasn't able to run the whole thing, but it felt sooo good to do it and finish. I still can't believe that I ran for 28 minutes straight!!!
Here are the numbers:
I didn't get in as much running as I would have liked and we had company over the weekend (and that always means not-so-great eating). But I managed to eek out a loss!!
I wrote my letter to my 2011 self and am working on the weekly challenge for this week. I am super proud of my 5K run on Sunday!!! Because I fell behind on my C25K training, I wasn't able to run the whole thing, but it felt sooo good to do it and finish. I still can't believe that I ran for 28 minutes straight!!!
Here are the numbers:
Starting weight.........................187.2
Challenge starting weight......183.0
This week..................................182.0
Challenge loss..............................1.0
Total loss.......................................5.2
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Virtual 5K
Way back in November I decided to begin the Couch to 5K program along with the sisterhood of the shrinking Jeans in preparation for the Sisterhood Virtual 5K.
Well, today is the race-day for the Virtual 5K!
Up until right before the holidays, I was doing really well with my training regime. I was going to the gym 3-4 days a week and was following the C25K program on my iPod. My husband was cheering me on, and I loved being able to come home and give him a report as to how many minutes I ran. Christmas proved to be such a busy time. I didn't get to the gym for a few weeks and I knew it was going to screw me up, but there wasn't a whole lot I could do, there just wasn't the time.
So, just before New Years, I got back on the treadmill and started running again. over the past week and a half, I have progressed back to where I was when I stopped! However, I'm still not able to run a 5K without walking at this point. But, I still did my 5K today for the virtual 5K and am pretty pleased with my results!
10 minutes of walking (warm-up & cool down)
28 minutes of running (between 5.5 and 5.0 mph)
38 minutes for my first 5K!
Not too bad!
Well, today is the race-day for the Virtual 5K!
Up until right before the holidays, I was doing really well with my training regime. I was going to the gym 3-4 days a week and was following the C25K program on my iPod. My husband was cheering me on, and I loved being able to come home and give him a report as to how many minutes I ran. Christmas proved to be such a busy time. I didn't get to the gym for a few weeks and I knew it was going to screw me up, but there wasn't a whole lot I could do, there just wasn't the time.
So, just before New Years, I got back on the treadmill and started running again. over the past week and a half, I have progressed back to where I was when I stopped! However, I'm still not able to run a 5K without walking at this point. But, I still did my 5K today for the virtual 5K and am pretty pleased with my results!
10 minutes of walking (warm-up & cool down)
28 minutes of running (between 5.5 and 5.0 mph)
38 minutes for my first 5K!
Not too bad!
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