Weekly Weigh-In 1/19/2016

Woo hoo!! And we went camping this past weekend. 21 day fix workouts are no joke lol. I just finished up the last two for the first week. I was behind three days because we went camping. Doubled up today so I can catch up maybe by Wednesday. We will see. Just need to start using my containers since they finally came. I've just been guesstimating. But I'm counting calories and logging in mfp. I think I like that vs. being stuck with the containers. I'm doing a semi hybrid approach. Well. I e got work to do today! Keep rocking on!!

Monday Weigh In

And that's not bad!! I was 2 lbs lighter the day before. Hmm. Oh well. A loss is a loss is a loss right? As long as I'm moving down that's all that matters. 

So today was the start of my 21 day fix program. Yeah!! The schedule for today was Total Body Cardio. Man. That workout is no joke!! My legs are 

all jello-y!! It was hard to walk up and down the stairs going to work this morning. Lol

Pretty good burn. I'd like to see more. Guess I need to push myself more to see more right?? I will probably go walk at lunch. I need to get my step count up so I can hit my 10,000 today. Did not hit it either Saturday or Sunday although all I did was run around both days. It was a tiring weekend. And next weekend we are going camping. I can usually stay on track over the weekend it's just getting the exercise in. Hmm. Challenge that I will have to figure out how to do. 

Still at it

Went to the gym today. Workout #4 in the books!! Going to sleep in 15 mins tomorrow and do beach body on demand. I'll be starting the 21 day fix on Monday. They just shipped me stuff out today so I probably won't have the containers yet but I'm slowly getting the hang of what I need from references in the Internet. Plus with beach body on demand I already have to workouts. Hoping to rock the 3 weeks!!! My only hiccup is MLK weekend is the first weekend and we will be camping. No excuses though!! My beach body coach Alesha said one of her goals this year will be "to be stronger than her excuses."  Love it!!! I'm going to print that out so I can see it every day! Definitely worth striving for both in diet, exercise and everyday life!!!

Throwback Thursday

It's Throwback Thursday. Let's throw it back to 2009. This was when I was at my all time low of 152. And I thought I was fat then. I WILL get back to that. Only 44 lbs to go!! 😜 Haha. 

Weigh In Monday - 1/4/2016

And so begins 2016. I am not happy with my weight. I'm three pounds heavier than I was last year at this time. I'm not going to say that a year from now. I'm ready to kick these unhealthy habits away!! I can and will do this!! 

Weigh In Wednesday

It's been awhile since I've done an actual post. Here is weigh in Wednesday. 😊

Weight: 185.6 

Loss of 0.6 lbs. since the last time I weighed was two weeks ago and we were on vacation for 9 days. I'll take it!! I lost weight On vacation. Yeah!!! 

I was reading through my 2010 posts. That's the year I gained 30 lbs. 😕 Yeah. It was a tough year with Connor starting kindergarten and being busy with three kids in activities. I've gotten more used to it but it's still crazy. Im hoping I've learned how to choose more wisely now. Not to let every change in routine be an excuse not to choose healthy because let's face it, with three kids, working full-time and trying to do a lot of stuff with the kids, there is no "routine". Every day, every week, every month is different. We just have to figure out how to get through it sanely and healthy!!

Weigh In Wednesday

Weighed in today. Down 1.1 lbs

Weight: 186.1

I'll take it. Another lb lost. Another lb NOT to gain back again. I DID NOT go to the gym. I don't know what it is about Wednesday's. Ugh. Sigh. Oh well. My body needs a rest right? I'll go Thursday and Friday. Yes I will! If I want to lose another lb before our vacation to the Grand Canyon I will. 

NSV last night. I so wanted an ice cream cone. You know. The nestle drumstick with nuts on the chocolate shell over the ice cream. (Drooling) But I didn't. I stayed in my bedroom and did not go into the kitchen. Yeah me!!

Tuesday's Exercise

April 29th was the last Wednesday that I hit the gym. Gonna fix that tomorrow!! Have to get to the gym. I will!!! 

Went this morning even though I didn't want to get up. When my Fitbit says 5 hours of sleep you know I'm tired. I need between 6-7 hours but if I go to the gym that won't happen. I cannot go to bed by 8 pm at night. Not possible with everything that needs to be done at night and for the next day. I'll just catch up on sleep on the weekend. 👍🏻 

Friday

Today I'm off from work but I got up at 4am and hit the gym anyway!! Gotta get that workout in. I did a 5 min warm up. Then 25 mins weights. Worked the legs. Then I did Week 2 Day 3 of the 10k trainer. Boy are my legs feeling it now!! They gonna be jello later. 

Super busy with helping out at the kids school and end of year school activities today so no time to rest. Probably a good thing!!

Lowest weight

I decided to look through all my calendars where I write down my weights just to see where I was over the years. I always thought that my lowest weight was after I had Connor, but before I had the twins. I was wrong. While I did get down to the 160s, I actually made it all the way down to 152.4 in December of 2009. Then in 2010 I gained 30 lbs. ugh. I will get back there again. I have about 35 lbs to lose to get there again and get in "virgin" territory but I will do it!!!

Memory Lane

I've been reading my old journal entries when I was losing weight in 2003-2005. Wow. Brings back lots of memories and makes me want to keep this journal up this time. So here we go!!

Weighed in yesterday. Current weight 187.2. That is up from last week 0.3 lbs but I'm down 10 lbs from March so I'm happy. Just need to keep at it. I've logged onto mfp for 72 days in a row an logged my food each day. That's an awesome streak and I'm so proud of myself. :-)

New Week

It's Monday. Start of a new week. Yeah! And my leg is feeling 100% better. double yeah! I went to the gym this morning. Did the elliptical. Took it easy since I wanted to be careful with my leg. But it didn't hurt nor was sore at all. 

I went a little overboard with food this weekend. We went out to dinner for my birthday on Saturday. And then Sunday was Mothers Day. But I'm back at it today. And I've journaled it all in mfp. That's what's keeping me going. As long as I keep journaling, I can keep this up. Memorial Day weekend may be a challenge since we are going camping but I'm gonna keep at it. I'm determined. Fitbyforty!!!

Fit by Forty

Well my 39th birthday was yesterday. I am determined to get Fit by Forty. I just am. I'm tired of looking in the mirror and being unhappy with what I see. It's time to change that. I've already started. I started in April with trying to hit the gy once a week and tracking all my food in myfitnesspal. I'm happy to say I'm on a 44 day streak at mfp. 😊 

My goal for May is to hit the gym twice a week. Of course I have not done that yet this month. I must have pulled a muscle in my leg last weekend. Ugh. I was on such a roll too. Went on an awesome hike with Monica M. So I've had to rest it. So no gym at all this week. 😞 ugh. And since it's my birthday week and no exercise the scale is up. But that's ok. I've still been logging all my food. The good the bad and the not so good. Lol. But I realized today it's 364 days until my 40th birthday and I don't want to be where I am today (or God forbid heavier) in 364 days. My leg is feeling a ton better but I'm not gonna push it. Gonna rest it till Monday. Don't want to reinjure it. But I will succeed. And I WILL do this. 

Starting weight: 192.0

Here I am at the waterfall we hiked to last Saturday. I will take updated pics when we go back. I WILL not look like that again!!!!

Lazy

Lately I just feel lazy and sluggish. This is not good. I have no motivation to do exercise or get of my ass. :-( Ugh. I need something to slap me upside the head and tell me to stop being this lazy. Ugh.

Resurrection

I need to resurrect my blog. Maybe that's the kick start I need to get this body moving. Ugh. I like food too much. I need to start eating the healthy food though. I like that too. It's just easier to reach for the crap then the healthy food. But I need to retrain myself. I need to get the crap out of my house and out of my work too. It can be done. Baby steps.

Villa Park 5K – June 23, 2012

This was the third run in my quadruple crown series races. Very small run. Flat course though so that was ok. I could see doing a better time next year if I decide to do this one again. Beautiful neighborhood that you run through. I liked that it was small enough that parking was not an issue and I didn’t have to get there at the butt crack of dawn. But it was still large enough that I didn’t feel like I was the last one coming in. It also helped that this was a 5k/10k so some people that were behind me were finishing up their 10k. Of course the 10k winner beat my 5k time. Haha.



Time: 38:59
Overall: 322/550
Age Group: 19/33

WetnWild 5K – June 16, 2012

This was the FUNNEST 5k I have ever done!! It’s not called the WETnwild 5k for nothing. This event was held at Knott’s Berry Farm/Soak City. It was a very cool race course since we got to run throughout all of Knott’s Berry Farm. The only problem was it was narrow. And there were a lot of people. So there were a couple times that I literally had to stop to make a turn because there were too many people and it was too crowded. But at the end, we got to run through Soak City and ran through the lazy river. It was a very cool experience! It also helped to cool me down after running the first part of the race. LOL! I went in shoes and all. Totally cool I tell you. ;) Of course, since we were “running” through water my time obviously suffered but it was good. I would totally do this again.


Time: 42:58
Overall: 1348/2564
Age Group: 84/194 (Much better!)

Anaheim 5K – June 9, 2012

I signed up for the Anaheim 5k as part of the quadruple crown race series (we are signed up for 4 races and get a medal at the end of the fourth race!). I did not get a medal for this race but there were quite a few goodies to pick up after the race. I liked this race. It wasn’t too large and the course was FLAT. That was good. Easy in and easy out for parking as well. My stats:

Time: 39:10
Overall: 786/1032
Age Group: 40/61 (Wow – That’s close to the bottom!)

Miscellaneous Notes

I may start doing hard copy notes and posting them here since I just can't seem to get on here and post. Lol

OC 5K – May 6, 2012

I did the OC 5k at the Orange County Fairgrounds on May 6, 2012. It just happened to be my birthday as well as my 2nd 5k of the year. Unfortunately, it ended up NOT being a true 5k. It was only 2.68 miles per my Garmin. Apprantly, they forgot to open up part of the course (the part that was supposed to take us through the ampitheater) and so it shorted the race. A LOT! I was like, there is NO way I finished in under 34 minutes without having trained. Oh well. Lesson learned. Always wear my garmin and make sure the route is correct! As compensation, we are getting a free entry into next years 5k.  So I know what I’m doing on May 5, 2013. Haha! Here are my stats (for what it’s worth):



Time: 33:38
Overall: 950/1606
Age Group: 72/127