I'm starting to feel normal. Not that I really felt abnormal, but I'm slowly starting to feel like my old self again. On a whim, I tried on my old jeans (not my old size 10 jeans but the jeans I was in before I got pregnant) and, although they were tight, I was able to pull them on and zip them up. This completely thrilled me! I'm hoping that another 10 pounds and I'll be able to wear the clothes I wore before I was pregnant. This is not my final goal by any means, but boy will it be nice to fit into some clothes that I used to wear and feel good in.
After my workout yesterday, I looked up my statistics on ifitlive.com. This program tracks all my treadmill workouts and can give me totals of how many miles gone, calories burned, time spent, etc for any length of time you've worked out.
Since I've had my treadmill (almost a month now) I have logged 24.14 miles, burned 4,299 calories, and spent 369 minutes working out (about 6 hours). Granted, there were times before that I might have done all of this in one week, but that was when I was in super-good shape. I basically have started over this year from scratch, so I'm pretty proud of these numbers. I can't wait to see what March brings!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
I Guess I'm the Hare
My loss for the week was one pound which makes the total 26.
I must admit, I was hoping for more, but I'll take even one pound because it is one step closer to my goal. It just means I still have 8 pounds to lose before I can get a pedicure! And my toes are really needing some loving.....
My goal this week is to track my food intake better, which might mean a better loss for the week. This is going to be hard because school is getting more stressful since we have two art shows to hang in the next two weeks. Plus, I am still waiting to see if they are going to post the art jobs soon. I'm beginning to worry that with recent cuts, the positions might just be filled internally by shuffling people around. If I don't have a full time job for next year I don't know what I'll do. Part time is better than nothing, but financially it is not great. I want to feel like an adult and maybe plan on going on another vacation again in my lifetime!
I would like to see a 2 pound loss for next week. I am going to work out on Tuesday and Thursday this week, maybe Friday too... depends on how the week goes! Wish me luck!
I must admit, I was hoping for more, but I'll take even one pound because it is one step closer to my goal. It just means I still have 8 pounds to lose before I can get a pedicure! And my toes are really needing some loving.....
My goal this week is to track my food intake better, which might mean a better loss for the week. This is going to be hard because school is getting more stressful since we have two art shows to hang in the next two weeks. Plus, I am still waiting to see if they are going to post the art jobs soon. I'm beginning to worry that with recent cuts, the positions might just be filled internally by shuffling people around. If I don't have a full time job for next year I don't know what I'll do. Part time is better than nothing, but financially it is not great. I want to feel like an adult and maybe plan on going on another vacation again in my lifetime!
I would like to see a 2 pound loss for next week. I am going to work out on Tuesday and Thursday this week, maybe Friday too... depends on how the week goes! Wish me luck!
Monday, February 20, 2012
25 and Counting....
The official weigh-on on Saturday: down 1.2, which makes the total an even 25 pounds since June.
My original goal was to be back to my old size by this summer, but when I looked at the calendar and counted the weeks left, I realized this goal might be a bit unrealistic. I would have to lose at least 2 pounds a week to reach it... and, well, I only lost 1.2 this past week, so I'm already behind.
My challenge this past weekend was two birthday parties. Saturday night we celebrated my nephew Asher's first birthday (which is officially today!). My brother ordered Domino's Pizza for dinner (which I haven't eaten since college) and, of course, there was cake and ice cream. And my mom brought Eileen's Cookies, which added just one more temptation to the mix. Thankfully, taking care of a 9 month old at a party kept me pretty busy. I only had 2 pieces of pizza (they weren't very big), salad, and a small piece of cake and small scoop of ice cream (the ice cream was "Birthday Cake" flavored, so it was extra yummy).
Last night was an unexpected party. Mainly because it was a Miller family birthday party and they usually come up unexpectedly because no one tells me about them, assuming my husband's memory is really great... it's not. They didn't have dinner, just ice cream. Oh, and it was an ice cream cake... but I didn't have any! I sat in the other room playing with Josie during the cake eating. Other people where there too, but I removed myself from the kitchen where I surely would have caved eventually.
I'm hoping for a good week. It's the end of the hexter at school, which means I'm finishing up classes with one group of kids, and getting new kids on Thursday. This can be a little stressful, with the amount of work finishing and starting a hexter. Plus, on Saturday afternoon I am joining the ladies of the Miller family at Olive Garden to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday. Here's hoping for a good weigh-in that morning, and some willpower for the afternoon!
My original goal was to be back to my old size by this summer, but when I looked at the calendar and counted the weeks left, I realized this goal might be a bit unrealistic. I would have to lose at least 2 pounds a week to reach it... and, well, I only lost 1.2 this past week, so I'm already behind.
My challenge this past weekend was two birthday parties. Saturday night we celebrated my nephew Asher's first birthday (which is officially today!). My brother ordered Domino's Pizza for dinner (which I haven't eaten since college) and, of course, there was cake and ice cream. And my mom brought Eileen's Cookies, which added just one more temptation to the mix. Thankfully, taking care of a 9 month old at a party kept me pretty busy. I only had 2 pieces of pizza (they weren't very big), salad, and a small piece of cake and small scoop of ice cream (the ice cream was "Birthday Cake" flavored, so it was extra yummy).
Last night was an unexpected party. Mainly because it was a Miller family birthday party and they usually come up unexpectedly because no one tells me about them, assuming my husband's memory is really great... it's not. They didn't have dinner, just ice cream. Oh, and it was an ice cream cake... but I didn't have any! I sat in the other room playing with Josie during the cake eating. Other people where there too, but I removed myself from the kitchen where I surely would have caved eventually.
I'm hoping for a good week. It's the end of the hexter at school, which means I'm finishing up classes with one group of kids, and getting new kids on Thursday. This can be a little stressful, with the amount of work finishing and starting a hexter. Plus, on Saturday afternoon I am joining the ladies of the Miller family at Olive Garden to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday. Here's hoping for a good weigh-in that morning, and some willpower for the afternoon!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Finally Feeling It
I got my treadmill last Tuesday and have used it three times since. I love it and it is so nice to be able to work out at home. It's really just nice to get good and sweaty again while working hard!
There is a program called "iFit Live" that came with the treadmill (a free 1-year subscription). With this I have access to different training programs and I can access google maps and create routes to run on the treadmill. I found a Half-Marathon training program and have completed the first two of over 40 workouts. The workouts go in order, progressing either in distance or speed (and sometimes incline) throughout the workouts. I plan on doing 3-4 of these a week, depending on what's going on in life. I even got my workout in on Friday when I was home alone with Josie. She played like an angel on the floor nearby while I walked for 36 minutes.
I also weighed in on Saturday at Weight Watchers. The last time I weighed in was 1/30 because I decided to switch from Mondays to Saturdays. I lost 2.8 pounds, making my total over 23 pounds!! I'm only 10 pounds away from a major goal/milestone... so I'm thinking I will get a pedicure when I reach it. I'm guessing this will happen sometime in March, and maybe the weather will cooperate with me wearing sandals to the nail salon!
As soon as Don re-hooks up the DVD player in the family room, I plan on starting to incorporate some videos I have on strength training to my workouts. Spring/summer will be here before I know it and I need to get my arms and shoulders back into tip-top shape!
Oh, and I did order the neon pink running shoes and they will be arriving today!!! It's amazing how fun colored running shoes can be motivational to work out!
There is a program called "iFit Live" that came with the treadmill (a free 1-year subscription). With this I have access to different training programs and I can access google maps and create routes to run on the treadmill. I found a Half-Marathon training program and have completed the first two of over 40 workouts. The workouts go in order, progressing either in distance or speed (and sometimes incline) throughout the workouts. I plan on doing 3-4 of these a week, depending on what's going on in life. I even got my workout in on Friday when I was home alone with Josie. She played like an angel on the floor nearby while I walked for 36 minutes.
I also weighed in on Saturday at Weight Watchers. The last time I weighed in was 1/30 because I decided to switch from Mondays to Saturdays. I lost 2.8 pounds, making my total over 23 pounds!! I'm only 10 pounds away from a major goal/milestone... so I'm thinking I will get a pedicure when I reach it. I'm guessing this will happen sometime in March, and maybe the weather will cooperate with me wearing sandals to the nail salon!
As soon as Don re-hooks up the DVD player in the family room, I plan on starting to incorporate some videos I have on strength training to my workouts. Spring/summer will be here before I know it and I need to get my arms and shoulders back into tip-top shape!
Oh, and I did order the neon pink running shoes and they will be arriving today!!! It's amazing how fun colored running shoes can be motivational to work out!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Progress
Well, I was supposed to get my new treadmill on Friday, but the Sear's guy got it wrong and we won't get it until tomorrow. I was bummed because I was hoping to have it for the weekend, especially with all the snow that was headed our way. I knew I wouldn't be moving much otherwise. So that's what I did. Or didn't do... I didn't really move all weekend until Sunday when I went to the store. But tomorrow is a new day, a new day with a treadmill!
Ok, so here's the other down side... I have conferences tomorrow night, which means I won't have any time to test it. Then, on Wednesday, I have a hair appointment right after school, which means I will have nice, beautiful hair and if I get on the treadmill, all will be lost. I might sacrifice the nice hair though.
On to the progress. So last Wednesday I weighed in for the "Biggest Loser" competition at school and it came up 1/4 lb higher than last week. The scale there is the old ghetto scales all schools have and the nurse has to adjust it after each person weighs in. I did not feel the greatest after this weigh in, but alas I kept on going. See, I'm not a big fan of weighing more than once a week because when I did that I became hyper aware of everything I ate, did, etc and beat myself up for every mistake I ever made. And I ended up beating myself up about this small gain, after the small loss at WW on Monday.
I also decided to change my weigh in date for WW because the lady who runs the meeting on Monday's is weird and has a high pitched voice that annoys me. The woman on Saturday is much more my style, even though it is hard to get there on Saturday mornings. The WW week starts on Mondays, so if I weigh in on a Monday, I can't technically weigh in the following Saturday and have it count, so I'm skipping this Monday's weigh in so I can go this Saturday. Confusing, I know, but here's the thing: I weighed in on my home scale this morning just to check my progress (since I'm not weighing in until Saturday), and it was the lowest number I've seen since I weighed in at my first pregnancy appointment. I have no idea what this Saturday will bring, but that number was the motivation I needed to keep it up this week.
I also have a feeling I'll be moving around much more at home because a little someone has started pushing herself up onto all fours, rocking back and forth. Holy smokes, how has this happened??!!
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