Sack of Taters

I am writing this blog today with a HUGE SMILE ON MY FACE!!!!  I have really buckled down this week.  I worked out 5 of the 7 days...which is a big deal.  A couple of nights I didn't get home until after 9:30 p.m. and when you leave your house at 7:30 a.m. that is a big deal.  I had my weekly weigh in tonight.  After last week and my REALITY CHECK I was excited to weigh.  I knew that I had done everything that I was supposed to do this week to have positive results tonight. I am happy to report that I lost......6 POUNDS THIS WEEK!!!!  I am not allowing myself to think about how much weight that I have to lose...instead I am enjoying my accomplishment.  Have you ever carried around a sack of potatoes??? It gets heavy...well I just lost a sack of potatoes plus one pound!! :) 

I have REALLY buckled down this week.  Our runs are to the point of NO WALKS.  I never thought I would be able to run for 25 minutes straight...but I did last night.  I am excited and nervous about our 5k.  It is in 3 weeks.  My goal now is to try to work on my speed.  I am not concerned with finishing the race...I am however concerned with being the last one to cross the finish line.  I am excited about my next week on my weight loss journey.  Hopefully next week I will have an awesome weight loss again.  It does pay to track what you put in your body.  Look out JHud...I am going to knock your weight loss out of the park!! :)

Show Off!!!

Ok so I have been SUPER PROUD of myself this week!  I have written EVERYTHING DOWN that I have eaten.  I now understand that quantity does matter!! :)  I am actually looking forward to my weigh in on Thursday.  I am excited to see how much weight I have lost this week.  I have set small personal goals for myself...and of course I have the BIG GOAL but I just keep that in the back of my mind.  I try not to think about all the weight that I want to lose so I am able to enjoy the small steps that I am taking. 

Gym, Gym, Gym...he has become my new best friend!!  I brought my workout clothes to school last night so I could head straight to see Gym.  I was so proud of myself!! Look at me working out after work and then school all night.  Go me, Go me!!  I get to the gym and only one treadmill is open.  So I jump on next to Forrest Gump.  He just kept running and running...and running.  He was going soooo fast too!!  I am very jealous!!  This seemed to make my "Yay Me"  that I was yelling in my head go to a whisper.  I was like um yeah look at me, little snail running away next to this cheetah!! I tried to use his speed as encouragement.  Maybe one day I will be able to jump on the treadmill and run 3 miles with my eyes closed.  I should be able to do this seeing as I am now a RUNNER!! :) While Forrest was on my left...GI Joe was on my right.  This made for a very amusing run.  GI Joe ran for a second...then made his treadmill go on an incline and then...he turned around.  He was running backwards on the treadmill.  All I could think was if he falls off I am NOT going to be able to hold in the laughter.  Just when I get my composure he jumps off the machine and starts doing spastic push ups.  OOOH what I would have done to have a video camera with me.  I give it to you GI Joe you are very ambitious!! Go to town James Brown is all I have to say....that and thanks for the laugh!! :) 

I love to people watch...if you haven't already been able to tell.  I hope I give others as much joy and entertainment as they give me.  I love to think about blogging while I am running.  It helps take my mind off what I am actually doing.  Wish me luck on the rest of my week...I will report back on Thursday after my weigh in....FINGERS CROSSED!!

Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Right?

I have always heard that saying..."slow and steady wins the race"...but it is really hard to change my mindset to that!  I have mentioned before that I run with a group of friends.  They are ALL in way better shape than me. Recently when we all ran I pushed pushed puuuushed myself to keep up.  It was so hard and I had to stop...which was really frustrating.  My next run I went back to my trusty treadmill.  I like the treadmill because it keeps me at a particular pace the whole time and doesn't let me slow down.  I didn't have to stop one time.  I realized that my goal with the 5k was to finish it and not have to walk....not to win the race.  The next run I did with my friends I kept this in mind.  I didn't let the fact that I was waaay behind bother me.  They were great as usual and very supportive and encouraging.  I ran way slower but I was able to run the whole time and not stop.  Yay, goal achieved!

In this personal challenge of mine I have obviously decided that I need to shed the pounds I have gained over the past few years.  I always seem to fall into a relationship and get happy and HEALTHY OUT OF SHAPE.  I have decided that I want to feel as attractive as I did when I was out on the dating scene.  The fun me when I met my husband.  I am sure he misses that me too!! It is hard to stay all peppy and fun when you are struggling with who you have let yourself become.  I have not changed as a person...I am still silly and fun.  I just don't fell as confident as I used to...and that bothers me.  I want to walk into a room and feel confident. I love the way I feel when I am working out and eating healthy (oooh boy).  I can have a good workout and it affects my mood dramatically!!  I may be tired afterwards but I have a smile on my face.  I am hopeful in the changes to come my way as long as I stay on track.  bikini season...well maybe next year...but this year I want to be confident in my non bikini!! :)

The DREADED DIET!!!  I have always struggled with staying on a plan for an extended period of time.  If there is a diet out there I have been on it! I have taken appetite suppressants, etc, but I want something to work for the long run.  Here is my current challenge.  I didn't get this way overnight so I am not going to get back to my old body overnight.  I have recently started the Weight Watchers diet.  This for me is the way to go.  I can still eat normal food...I JUST HAVE TO COUNT THE POINTS.  That is the hard thing to do.  I have to come to terms with the fact that I am NOT the new SI Model who recently said she eats whatever she wants and doesn't workout....anyone else want to throw something at her?  I have to work to achieve my "dream body."  With the encouragement of my sweet mom who always says that "I can do it"  I am buckling down and writing EVERYTHING that goes in my mouth down!  WOW...it really helps.  It wasn't that I was eating bad food...it was the quanity.  I am really taking a look at what I am doing.  This is my first week to JHUD (Jennifer Hudson...she lost 80lbs on weight watchers) the program.  I am going to do it to a T.  I will post next week my results.  Wish me luck and lets hope I don't have a come apart at the weighn in if it isn't what I wanted to see.