Do Over

This week is a do over of last week.  Let me explain.... I weighed in on Saturday and lost .8 of a pound (making the total .2 pounds away from 30).  I am taking this as a huge success because I honestly thought I was going to gain or, at most, break even.  I had a few hiccups with my new treadmill, so I did not get in the workouts that I was planning.  On Tuesday it stopped tracking my mileage after 1 mile and on Thursday it stopped after 1.5 miles.  The belt was still going and the time was still ticking but it never changed how far I was going.  There is some sort of miscommunication going on and I need to look some stuff up and contact Nordictrack about the issues.  Needless to say, after jogging one mile and then not knowing what was going on and trying to figure out technology, I gave up.  Same thing on Thursday.  So this week, I am going to reattempt last weeks planned workouts.

Sunday morning, the weather was pretty nice, and I still wasn't sure what was up with the treadmill, so I decided to go jogging outside.  I told myself I could go as slow as I needed to and to not get mad at myself when I needed to walk.  I went about 40 minutes and was sweatin' like a pig when I was done.  Oh yeah, for some reason before I went on the run, I decided to try a few squats and lunges.  I only did 8 lunges on each leg, and I'm sure it was the combo of the lunges and jogging outside, but boy was I sore on Monday!  My butt hadn't been that sore since the last time I did Pump.

Today I retried out the treadmill and it stopped tracking after 1.45 miles.  But this time I forced myself to just keep jogging since it was still calculating my calories burned and time was still running.  I went for about 50 minutes at 4.7 miles per hour, so I need to calculate the miles, but I am pleased with the results.

On another note, I have been super stressed waiting for a phone call for an interview for a full time art job.  Everyone keeps telling me I'm going to get it, but I'm still waiting.  If I don't get a full time job for next year, I don't know what I'll do.  My part-time salary just isn't cutting it and I'm sick of barely scraping by at 31 (almost 32) years old.  For God's sake, I'm married and a mother!  And yet I still feel unsuccessful because my yearly salary is 1/3 of the total of my student loan debt.  It's just all very scary.  Anyway, this means I had nachos for dinner.  I'm not proud of my decision, but at least I burnt a ton of calories earlier to offset the caloric input!

Yahoo!

Remember how last week's weigh-in was disappointing? Thank goodness for sticking to things because I had a 3 pound loss this Saturday!  This means I have 5 more pounds to lose before I reward myself with a pedicure.  With the current 7-day forecast, I'm pretty motivated to stay on track... My feet are dying to be free of socks and shoes and need to get sandal ready.

Last Thursday I just about killed myself on the treadmill with a 5-mile workout.  I did end up having to walk part of this training session because the workouts always include some sort of incline during the jog. Even  when I was in the best shape ever, I did not train by running at any sort of incline on the treadmill.  Sure, if I was outside there were hills... but there were also down-hills, which do not seem to be included in these workouts.  I feel like I am just constantly jogging up a hill (not a very big hill, but still).  I'm guessing it is these hard workouts that have been helping with the weight loss.  This week has two more after yesterdays 3-miler.  Tomorrow is about an hour long, reaching just over 4 miles and Thursday will be another killer... 6 miles.  I can't even think about how long it will take me right now.  Definitely slower than the 6 miles I jogged two summers ago at the 10k I did.  But I am determined to stick with it.  I've been sweating a lot but I finally feel like I have some energy again!  This is important when you have a baby constantly on the move.

I did okay this weekend with food.  Today hasn't been great.  For some reason I was ravenous when I got home from work and the leftover piece of pizza I had for lunch did nothing for me and I ended up eating some peanut butter out of the jar.  Peanut butter is one of my biggest weaknesses.  If it weren't for Don, I wouldn't even have it around because it is so tempting.  The first time I did WW I basically eliminated it from my diet but Don loves it too much for us to not have it around.  Hopefully this weeks planned workouts and walks in the nice weather will help me out.  It would be nice to have another big week but I am trying to be realistic and am hoping for another pound lost.

Nothing

I weighed in on Saturday and lost a big fat nothing.  I didn't gain, which is good, I guess.  But my goal was a two pound loss.  I tracked all my food and I worked out 3 times this week (which isn't great, but an improvement).  I have been really stressed out lately though (financially) and I'm guessing that has a lot to do with my number.  I'm hoping this week will be better.  I did a good workout yesterday and I have a killer one scheduled for tomorrow.  The next workout on my half-marathon treadmill training has me jogging 5 miles.  I haven't done this since before I was pregnant.  I haven't come close to that since I've started training.  I'm hoping I can make it....  My last big workout I did I had to stop in the middle of to catch my breath and I had to lower the incline in order to finish.  And that workout was about 4 miles.

I'm also worried I'm getting sick.  Josie had a fever almost all day yesterday and a runny nose.  She is cutting teeth but that may or may not have anything to do with the other...  All I know is that I was up at 1:30 taking her temperature and rocking her while she moaned and whimpered in my lap.  The gusty winds have not helped with allergies either.  Oh, and tomorrow is "Teacher Appreciation Day" at school and each kids family "adopts" a teacher to thank (or spoil, from what I hear), so I'm fearful of getting yummy treats tomorrow that will tempt me.  I already know of one family that adopted me and they sent me a survey asking about things I liked.  I'm excited though, because it will really show me who really appreciates me as a teacher!