Third Monday of the week.
Well, I PRd a 5k this week. I Ran a local 5k called the Melon Run on the 4th of July and finished it in 26:53. I'm pretty happy with that. I was hoping to be around 28:00 since that is about as fast as I could go before losing weight. The funny thing is, is it wasn't that hard. I was stunned to see the first mile marker when I did as I was guessing we had only run about a half mile. That was so weird.
I have been underestimating 3 things, I think. 1) the effects of weight loss, 2) the strength training I've been doing and 3) the training I've done by intentionally running on tired muscles, running in the heat and targeting hills.
Had another great weigh in last week, too. I lost 1.6lbs so I'm down 23.6lbs, now. Inching closer and closer to goal.
BUT, there's always a but...I have eaten poorly this week because of the holiday. I feel so bloated. I am considering not weighing in this week...I just don't want to see an uptick but I need to face the music, lol.
Well, today is stadium day. Oh how I hate stadium day. But this will also help me to atone for my bad eating. It is currently sunny, hot and feels hotter. It is 94 degrees but "feels like" 99! The humidity is gross. It's amazing how the humidity just makes it feel like you're wearing a sweater when you're working outside. It's not like dry heat where you can evaporate and cool. Nope, the sweat and water just stay on you and drip, drip, drip! No cooling. In fact, you have to wipe off your arms and face every so often to thin out the moisture on your skin so you can cool a little.
But, like I've said, it can only make me a better runner in the cool, dry weather.
Well, I'm gonna change into my run stuff, now, and get ready to melt.
TTFN
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
PLEASANT SURPRISE
Second Monday of the week.
Well, I had a pleasant surprise at weigh-in this week. I thought I was going to have another flat week but I actually lost 1.2lbs! So I am officially down 22lbs even!
I cleared out my drawers the other day. I was tired of not having any room to put away the clothes I always wear in favor of storing ancient clothes I never where. So, I cleared them all out. To my surprise, I collected 2, 13 gallon bags of clothes that were all too big for me! I did buy some new shorts and pants about a month ago since my usual clothes had gotten to big but I had no idea I had so many more big clothes. It was very liberating.
look like a sack of potatoes.
I want my lumps and bumps to go away so I look good in a bathing suit. A sack of potatoes, no matter the size, just doesn't look good in a bathing suit, lol.
I want my stupid boobs to shrink a cup size so I don't feel like a massive linebacker. Y'all that aren't overly endowed let me tell you something. Boobs that are too big can actually make you feel unfeminine. I feel like when I walk through a doorway my boobs are the first thing to enter followed by the rest of me at some point. BUT, I *think* my boobs may be starting to shrink. My bra is feeling a little looser. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The day I get to buy a new bra will be a great day!
Sigh...but that is still quite a ways away. But, chin-up, it is on the way.
On the running side, running is definitely easier. It is regularly easier to move my body. This is exhilarating. I have gone running a lot, lately, while very tired, both mentally and physically. It has been getting pretty hot these days, too. Summer is definitely here. But I went out Monday and ran at 3:15 in the afternoon (I had to, it was the only opportunity). It was the heat of the day and I was so sleepy from a crappy night's sleep.
But you know what? I was still able to run without feeling like a lead balloon! That is so weird and new to me. I love it. I am surprised and proud of myself for this run. I still keep thinking every time I go for a run I will feel like a lead balloon. I know that will happen at some point but I'm enjoying the feather footed feeling I'm experiencing.
Then there's this, what does it feel like to run at your ideal weight? I just can't wait to find out.
Well, I had a pleasant surprise at weigh-in this week. I thought I was going to have another flat week but I actually lost 1.2lbs! So I am officially down 22lbs even!
I cleared out my drawers the other day. I was tired of not having any room to put away the clothes I always wear in favor of storing ancient clothes I never where. So, I cleared them all out. To my surprise, I collected 2, 13 gallon bags of clothes that were all too big for me! I did buy some new shorts and pants about a month ago since my usual clothes had gotten to big but I had no idea I had so many more big clothes. It was very liberating.
The cool part is even some of my shirts are starting to get too big. Wow. I can't wait till my body shape starts to change. As it is, I am smaller but I am still the same shape. Honestly, I feel like I
look like a sack of potatoes. I want my lumps and bumps to go away so I look good in a bathing suit. A sack of potatoes, no matter the size, just doesn't look good in a bathing suit, lol.
I want my stupid boobs to shrink a cup size so I don't feel like a massive linebacker. Y'all that aren't overly endowed let me tell you something. Boobs that are too big can actually make you feel unfeminine. I feel like when I walk through a doorway my boobs are the first thing to enter followed by the rest of me at some point. BUT, I *think* my boobs may be starting to shrink. My bra is feeling a little looser. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The day I get to buy a new bra will be a great day!
Sigh...but that is still quite a ways away. But, chin-up, it is on the way.
On the running side, running is definitely easier. It is regularly easier to move my body. This is exhilarating. I have gone running a lot, lately, while very tired, both mentally and physically. It has been getting pretty hot these days, too. Summer is definitely here. But I went out Monday and ran at 3:15 in the afternoon (I had to, it was the only opportunity). It was the heat of the day and I was so sleepy from a crappy night's sleep.
Then there's this, what does it feel like to run at your ideal weight? I just can't wait to find out.
Monday, June 19, 2017
REIGNING IT IN
Monday.
Ok, time to reign it in. So, I kinda had a good and bad weigh in this week.
The good news is that I stayed utterly flat lined. Why is that good? Well, I sort of got too liberal and lax with my eating last week (that's not good...). I think the only reason I had any kind of good weigh in was because I upped my exercise a bit which balanced it out (which is good).
The bad news is that I stayed utterly flat. Same reasons.
So, if I'm going to lose the amount of weight I would like to before Hood to Coast Aug 24 then I need to realign myself and reign in the eating. I can do that.
I have just been lazy about preparing my own food. I need to just pony up the effort and do that. So, another week at 20.8lbs down. Oh, I think I need to make a correction on that. I think I said 20.2lbs in my previous post but it is 20.8. I'll take every oz I can get, lol.
Ok , let's see, The race is 10 weeks away. If...no, when...no, while I get back on track I need to lose 1.5lbs/wk average. That means 15 more lbs I could conceivably lose. I'd be down 35lbs. I think that still keeps me on track as per my original plans. I could go into that race at 144lbs. Cool!
I went out for a run this morning and decided to weigh AFTER that, lol. I was really surprised to see 157.2. Usually, I see 158.something. Now, 157 is what I call my dehydrated weight. BUT, I have seen that number 3 times which means I'm flirting with more lbs down. I usually see a new number on the scale a couple times before it becomes official. I'm pretty excited by that. I even saw 156.something once. I need to really encourage that this week. I. WILL. NOT. MESS. UP! It would rock if I could get 2 lbs down this week. I could catch up a little from Flat Line World.
Two steps forward, one step back. I'll keep marching on.
TTFN
Ok, time to reign it in. So, I kinda had a good and bad weigh in this week.
The good news is that I stayed utterly flat lined. Why is that good? Well, I sort of got too liberal and lax with my eating last week (that's not good...). I think the only reason I had any kind of good weigh in was because I upped my exercise a bit which balanced it out (which is good).
The bad news is that I stayed utterly flat. Same reasons.
So, if I'm going to lose the amount of weight I would like to before Hood to Coast Aug 24 then I need to realign myself and reign in the eating. I can do that.
I have just been lazy about preparing my own food. I need to just pony up the effort and do that. So, another week at 20.8lbs down. Oh, I think I need to make a correction on that. I think I said 20.2lbs in my previous post but it is 20.8. I'll take every oz I can get, lol.
Ok , let's see, The race is 10 weeks away. If...no, when...no, while I get back on track I need to lose 1.5lbs/wk average. That means 15 more lbs I could conceivably lose. I'd be down 35lbs. I think that still keeps me on track as per my original plans. I could go into that race at 144lbs. Cool!
I went out for a run this morning and decided to weigh AFTER that, lol. I was really surprised to see 157.2. Usually, I see 158.something. Now, 157 is what I call my dehydrated weight. BUT, I have seen that number 3 times which means I'm flirting with more lbs down. I usually see a new number on the scale a couple times before it becomes official. I'm pretty excited by that. I even saw 156.something once. I need to really encourage that this week. I. WILL. NOT. MESS. UP! It would rock if I could get 2 lbs down this week. I could catch up a little from Flat Line World.
Two steps forward, one step back. I'll keep marching on.
TTFN
Monday, June 12, 2017
B&A
Actual Monday of the week.
Well, great news from WW. I am officially down 20.2lbs! I took a before and after comparison pic but I'm a little disappointed. You can see a difference but it is hardly noticeable to me. I see so many other people post 15, 20, 25lb before and afters and there is such a dramatic difference but there is no drama for me :-(. But I said I would post a B&A pic at 20lbs so I will.
So, here it is. I guess upon seeing here like this there is a bigger difference than I thought but still, I wish it were bigger. BUT, I'll take it! About 35 more to go. Gotta keep the glass half full rather than half empty!
I did get to buy new clothes last week. For the first time in a long time doing that was actually fun. I started at a size 16 and am now in a 12! To that end, the size 12 fits perfectly, not tight! Unfortunately 10s are a bit tight but I can actually get in them, lol. They resemble sausage casings when on but, none the less, they are on, lol!
Running, in general, has gotten easier. It just doesn't feel as hard to move my body. There are days when you go out to run and just feel like a lead balloon 'cause you're tired or something. I have had a couple of those days lately. But even on those days the quality of the drag-ass feeling is different. I still feel like I can move easier. It's weird. A good weird. These feeling and experiences are all new to me.
I was in Wal-Mart this weekend. I stopped in the sports section to look at some stuff. I saw the weights there and picked up 2 10lb weights and handed them to my daughter. "That's how much weight I've lost!" I told her. She was amazed. I took the weights and held them up straight over my head and walked around to see if I remember feeling like that when I was heavier. I can't say that I did but I was amazed at how much weight I felt bearing down on me. Wow...and I have 35 more to go! That's soooo much heaviness! How could I have been running marathons like that????
Well, I will post another B&A pic at -30lbs. Huh, I'll be on the flip side of the weight loss journey by then :-). I will have lost more than half of what I want to lose. I can't imagine that. I can't wait!!!
TTFN
Well, great news from WW. I am officially down 20.2lbs! I took a before and after comparison pic but I'm a little disappointed. You can see a difference but it is hardly noticeable to me. I see so many other people post 15, 20, 25lb before and afters and there is such a dramatic difference but there is no drama for me :-(. But I said I would post a B&A pic at 20lbs so I will.
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| Me minus 20lbs |
So, here it is. I guess upon seeing here like this there is a bigger difference than I thought but still, I wish it were bigger. BUT, I'll take it! About 35 more to go. Gotta keep the glass half full rather than half empty!
I did get to buy new clothes last week. For the first time in a long time doing that was actually fun. I started at a size 16 and am now in a 12! To that end, the size 12 fits perfectly, not tight! Unfortunately 10s are a bit tight but I can actually get in them, lol. They resemble sausage casings when on but, none the less, they are on, lol!
Running, in general, has gotten easier. It just doesn't feel as hard to move my body. There are days when you go out to run and just feel like a lead balloon 'cause you're tired or something. I have had a couple of those days lately. But even on those days the quality of the drag-ass feeling is different. I still feel like I can move easier. It's weird. A good weird. These feeling and experiences are all new to me.
I was in Wal-Mart this weekend. I stopped in the sports section to look at some stuff. I saw the weights there and picked up 2 10lb weights and handed them to my daughter. "That's how much weight I've lost!" I told her. She was amazed. I took the weights and held them up straight over my head and walked around to see if I remember feeling like that when I was heavier. I can't say that I did but I was amazed at how much weight I felt bearing down on me. Wow...and I have 35 more to go! That's soooo much heaviness! How could I have been running marathons like that????
Well, I will post another B&A pic at -30lbs. Huh, I'll be on the flip side of the weight loss journey by then :-). I will have lost more than half of what I want to lose. I can't imagine that. I can't wait!!!
TTFN
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
FINDING BALANCE
Third Monday of the week.
Ok, weigh in last week was good but I think it was better than what showed up on the scale. I was down another half lb BUT I think it was more. Here's why. I ate a large dinner the night before weigh in but it was a near zero point dinner. It was, however, a large dinner and when I woke up I was still full! I thought it would digest before the morning because it was only a bunch of stir-fried veggies easy for the body to deal with and I thought I would go through the normal morning "duties" before weighing in...but I didn't! Ugh... That being said, I was still down a half lb at 161 even for a grand total of 18lbs gone...bam!
....of course, over the Memorial Day weekend I sort of went overboard. But I'm still within striking distance. I'm less than a lb up from weigh in. So, I'm trying like Hell to get myself to the 160lb goal for weigh in this week. I think I can do it.
I seem to have found a great balance between running and eating. First, it took a couple months for my metabolism to adjust to trying to run and have a lesser general intake of food, I won't lie, it was uncomfortable going out to run and feeling lower on energy than I was used to. But now I think I have learned what is good to eat on a run day and when to eat it and still stay within my WW point limit.
I went out last Friday for an 8 mile run. I was sooooo sleepy. It was really hard for that reason. I had gotten such a crappy night's sleep for some reason. But I made myself go out for my run AND it was a hill run, to boot! I'm so proud of myself for getting out there and doing that. It was not any faster than my typical 8 mile pace. Actually, it may have been a little slower due to my being so tired. I managed a 10:45 pace but I still think that's just fine, especially under the circumstances.
Yesterday, I went to the stadium and did my stadium workout. I only had a half hour to workout but it went better than I expected. I was able to run the dreaded ramps more times than I could before.
I didn't do any bleacher steps or bleacher seats, though, because it was raining and lightening. I just won't run in the lightening. So I stayed within the walls of the stadium, mostly.
It was a good and challenging workout. I still hate stadium workouts because they are hard. But therein lies the reason I do them, lol.
Well, TTFN
Ok, weigh in last week was good but I think it was better than what showed up on the scale. I was down another half lb BUT I think it was more. Here's why. I ate a large dinner the night before weigh in but it was a near zero point dinner. It was, however, a large dinner and when I woke up I was still full! I thought it would digest before the morning because it was only a bunch of stir-fried veggies easy for the body to deal with and I thought I would go through the normal morning "duties" before weighing in...but I didn't! Ugh... That being said, I was still down a half lb at 161 even for a grand total of 18lbs gone...bam!
....of course, over the Memorial Day weekend I sort of went overboard. But I'm still within striking distance. I'm less than a lb up from weigh in. So, I'm trying like Hell to get myself to the 160lb goal for weigh in this week. I think I can do it.
I seem to have found a great balance between running and eating. First, it took a couple months for my metabolism to adjust to trying to run and have a lesser general intake of food, I won't lie, it was uncomfortable going out to run and feeling lower on energy than I was used to. But now I think I have learned what is good to eat on a run day and when to eat it and still stay within my WW point limit.
I went out last Friday for an 8 mile run. I was sooooo sleepy. It was really hard for that reason. I had gotten such a crappy night's sleep for some reason. But I made myself go out for my run AND it was a hill run, to boot! I'm so proud of myself for getting out there and doing that. It was not any faster than my typical 8 mile pace. Actually, it may have been a little slower due to my being so tired. I managed a 10:45 pace but I still think that's just fine, especially under the circumstances.
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| Just LUUUV those ramps! |
I didn't do any bleacher steps or bleacher seats, though, because it was raining and lightening. I just won't run in the lightening. So I stayed within the walls of the stadium, mostly.
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| It wasn't this bad but was close enough! |
It was a good and challenging workout. I still hate stadium workouts because they are hard. But therein lies the reason I do them, lol.
Well, TTFN
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
WOOHOO
Third Monday of the week.
I can't wait for Friday. Three day weekend! Woohoo! And speaking of woohoo, last blog I wrote about how I was hoping my WW weigh in would be what my scale said, 161.4, and it was :-D. I really hope I can come in at 160 this Saturday. That would be UH-MAZING! When I get to 159 that will mark my 20lb point! Maybe I'll post a before and after pic of some sort then.
For the first time this week I have had 3 people ask me how much weight I've lost! That's so cool :-). It's noticeable. I don't notice it so much in terms of looks but my clothes definitely fit better and are even a little loose. Actually, I got into 2 pairs of pants that I haven't been able to wear in years. They fit perfectly. I love that. I can't wait till those are too big.
I am consistently running sub-10 minute miles now. BUT, I really need to test that on a moderately longish run, maybe 8 miles, soon. I actually have no idea what my pace would be beyond 6 miles right now. That's about the longest I've gone lately. Yup, gotta put my nose to the grind stone and up those miles more.
But, on the upside, I have not missed a run day in 4 weeks. Training is going well, despite the heat. It is in the mid 90s now on a regular basis and it really makes running those longer distances hard. But, I have been running in the heat to acclimate to it. If I can do well in the heat then I will have a ball in cool weather.
Well, gotta go. Chat at y'all soon.
TTFN
I can't wait for Friday. Three day weekend! Woohoo! And speaking of woohoo, last blog I wrote about how I was hoping my WW weigh in would be what my scale said, 161.4, and it was :-D. I really hope I can come in at 160 this Saturday. That would be UH-MAZING! When I get to 159 that will mark my 20lb point! Maybe I'll post a before and after pic of some sort then.
For the first time this week I have had 3 people ask me how much weight I've lost! That's so cool :-). It's noticeable. I don't notice it so much in terms of looks but my clothes definitely fit better and are even a little loose. Actually, I got into 2 pairs of pants that I haven't been able to wear in years. They fit perfectly. I love that. I can't wait till those are too big.
I am consistently running sub-10 minute miles now. BUT, I really need to test that on a moderately longish run, maybe 8 miles, soon. I actually have no idea what my pace would be beyond 6 miles right now. That's about the longest I've gone lately. Yup, gotta put my nose to the grind stone and up those miles more.
But, on the upside, I have not missed a run day in 4 weeks. Training is going well, despite the heat. It is in the mid 90s now on a regular basis and it really makes running those longer distances hard. But, I have been running in the heat to acclimate to it. If I can do well in the heat then I will have a ball in cool weather.
Well, gotta go. Chat at y'all soon.
TTFN
Friday, May 19, 2017
I'M GOOD WITH THAT
Finally Friday!
Well, as of my weigh in last week at WW I actually was at 162.4! Woohoo! I saw 161.4 on my scale today but I don't know if that will hold up for weigh in tomorrow.... I'm still afraid the WW plan won't work but so far so good. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed to lose at the very least 14 more lbs by the end of August for the Hood to Coast Relay. That's only 1lb/wk. That's totally reasonable. That would put me at 148lbs. I' good with that...as long as it keeps going beyond that after the race.
I have been keeping a little higher running schedule. Not nearly as much as it needs to be but I'm slowly building up distance, again. I've been maintaining 13-15 in-week miles and strength training the last month or month and a half. I know that doesn't seem like much but I was at about 6miles/week for a while because of my marathon burnout, lol. So, I'm building again. If I can average about 25-30 overall miles/wk over the summer I'll feel pretty good. I just gotta rock those miles.
I'm trying something a little different for training this year. I'm trying out shorter but harder workouts/runs in lieu of crazy long runs. I'm not training for a marathon; I just need a break from fulls this year. But, I want to crush the half. I want to make or break 2:00:00.
I've been reading about how shorter but harder runs and speed work can get you faster for the same long distance but with fewer injuries. I'm intrigued. So I think my longest runs this year will be the occasional 15 miler but mostly 10-13.
Well, I will let y'all know how weigh in went.
TTFN
Well, as of my weigh in last week at WW I actually was at 162.4! Woohoo! I saw 161.4 on my scale today but I don't know if that will hold up for weigh in tomorrow.... I'm still afraid the WW plan won't work but so far so good. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed to lose at the very least 14 more lbs by the end of August for the Hood to Coast Relay. That's only 1lb/wk. That's totally reasonable. That would put me at 148lbs. I' good with that...as long as it keeps going beyond that after the race.
I have been keeping a little higher running schedule. Not nearly as much as it needs to be but I'm slowly building up distance, again. I've been maintaining 13-15 in-week miles and strength training the last month or month and a half. I know that doesn't seem like much but I was at about 6miles/week for a while because of my marathon burnout, lol. So, I'm building again. If I can average about 25-30 overall miles/wk over the summer I'll feel pretty good. I just gotta rock those miles.
I'm trying something a little different for training this year. I'm trying out shorter but harder workouts/runs in lieu of crazy long runs. I'm not training for a marathon; I just need a break from fulls this year. But, I want to crush the half. I want to make or break 2:00:00.
I've been reading about how shorter but harder runs and speed work can get you faster for the same long distance but with fewer injuries. I'm intrigued. So I think my longest runs this year will be the occasional 15 miler but mostly 10-13.
Well, I will let y'all know how weigh in went.
TTFN
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