*patting self on back*

I told myself that I only had to do 15 minutes of running today if I wanted. But as you all know, you have those dialoges with yourself on the treadmill. The ones you want to quit early, but talk yourself into an extra minute. I talked myself up to 30 minutes, at which point I then talked myself into GOING for it, and finishing 5k!

Needless to say, I did it, and I feel great about myself.

A 3 minute warm up walk (got 1/4 mile) and then I managed a 40 minute 5k!! Not a number I want when I actually do a 5k, but a start!!! After a 4 minute cool down that was a total of 3.6 miles on the treadmill today!

yeah for my first 5k!!!!

Back to diligence

Need to get my ass back on track!!!!

Its amazing how quickly one can loose motivation. How quickly a (good) habit is forgotten. This never happens with the bad ones!

My routine was messed up by a vacation and now by being a single parent.

In the last month my weight has fluctuated between 141-144lbs, up then down then back up. I need to be diligent about my recording whats coming in my body and what I'm burning off. While I've been OK with keeping up work outs, I have NOT been keeping track of whats going in.

So back at it. If it touches my lips it goes on the paper.

I can do this right!?!?

Heart Rates

Well I am back at my gym today. I havent been there in two weeks. I wanted to run 3k but was sadly dissapointed with myself. I dont understand, I've ran 30 minutes straight (at 4.5) a few times now. Today though I couldnt go more then 3 minutes (at 4.5) and I'd have to take a minute walk (3.5) to catch my breath and control my heart rate. This happend last time.

I hate it because I dont know when to STOP pushing myself. My heart rate was hitting 202 and I know thats SUPER high for me (my recommended range is like 120-170). I dont understand this. I know the most effective work outs are at 50-80% of your max heart rate....

so does that mean that when my heart rate is up that high, I'm not being as effective?

Should I be slowing down? If so, how will I ever increase my ability. If not, how do I keep going without collapsing.

So confused.

I'm home and the results are in....

WOOT!!!!
25 inches lost.

Over the last 18 days, I've managed to lose an additional 5.75, not bad for how badly I behaved on vacation!

	5/15/09	6/3/09	6/21/09
	Start	Previous	Current
1. Bust: Don't squish yourself -- measure all the way around your bust and back right at your nipple line, and make sure the tape measure is not lower.
	35	33.75	32
2. Chest: Measure under your breasts but as high up as you can go, keeping the tape measure parallel to this line when you reach it around your back.
	29	28.5	28
3. Waist: Measure wherever it is the smallest (if you have "no waist" go around yourself right at the navel line).
	30	28.5	28
4. Hips: Measure at the very biggest part -- even if that is so low that you are almost on the top of your thighs.
	43	40.5	39
5. Midway: Measure midway between the very biggest part of your hips and your waist.
	39	37	36.5
6. Thighs: Measure wherever they are the biggest.
	26	22.5	22
7. Knees: Measure right above the knee.
	18	16	15.5
8. Calves: Measure wherever they are the biggest.
	15	13	13
9. Upper arm: Measure wherever they are biggest above your elbows.
	13	11	11
10. Forearms: Measure wherever they are biggest below your elbows.
	11	9	9
Weekly Loss		3.25 loss	5.75
Total loss		19.25 inches	25 inches

Weighing in....

Well well well. I'm excited, what I've learned this week is that I can maintain well! I'm eating shat, but doing so while thinking about my choices! I havent worked out in a week (until today!). That said, I found a scale. While I usually do my weigh ins in the am and naked, this one was done in the evening and dressed (shoes included). Hey, I didnt think the women there would appreciate me stripping down!

So here we have it.....its been 2 weeks since my last weigh in and I was 143.

Today I pulled out a 141!!!!!! Woooooooooooooot!

I'm happy. Thats great for vacation if you ask me!

Hmmm

Well, time has gotten away from me. The work outs are harder to come by since this hotel does not have 24 hour access to the fitness center. My DVD has a scratch in it. So my work outs consist of 4 hours of recreational swimming (I try to tread water for at least 20 minutes twice a day).

My diet has stuck the the three smaller meals a day, but still not counting calories.

The good news is, my clothes are my 'scale" and a pair of size 10 shorts that fit well before are now very loose! So yeah for that!!!!

And my swimsuit bottom is sagging :-)

So far so....

.....Good with the workouts.

I worked out at the gym before I left on Sunday. Sunday night we drove all night, I got 2 hours of sleep, and I still was a good girl and went to the fitness room at the hotel on Monday! YEAH for me. I did day one of week 8. I also did some free weights and crunches!

Today...Tuesday....I did the 30 Day Shred. So I'm two for two on my work outs on vacation. Which is better then I often do at home.

...bad with the diet! I've never had Chic Fil A or Jack In the Box. So I had to try those. That said, I've watched portions NOT skipped breakfast and kept snacking to a minimum. Again much better then I usually do on vacation.

I say its a wash! And as far as vacations go.....a success.

The test

So I'm leaving today for a road trip. I will not be back until Monday the 15th. That means no weekly weigh in to keep me on track. I plan to work out in the hotel gyms whenever I have a chance. I will try to stay within my maintain number of calories (vs. my lose number).

This is gonna be tricky. So please keep your thoughts with me! I'm SCARED.

See ya on the flip side!

Nice Surprise

I do not like running outside. When you add elements like wind, hills, heat, uneven ground......my endurance goes down, my clumsiness increases and I just plain STINK. That said, not many 5ks are performed on a treadmill.

I got my new toy today. And after much to do trying to get the phucin thing to work. I took it out for a test run! I seriously had NO endurance, and was dying after 7 minutes (even though my past two runs have been 25 minutes straight on the treadmill). Well low and behold, I find out that outdoors I am running at a much faster "natural pace". While on the treadmill, I stick to 4.5 as my high speed for a long run (13:20 minute Mile). Out doors I was running at a pace for a 9:30 minute mile!

If I hadn't calibrated my foot pod, I wouldnt have believed it. Heck, I didnt. So I "mapmyrun"ed it, and sure as heck, thats about right! Due to that though, I did have to slow it down and pace myself better. But I'm happy to know that my natrual pace isnt QUITE as slow as I thought it was!

Wednesday Weigh In

Sigh. My weight is the same. Thats frustrating, since at one point this weekend I was down to 141, yesterday 142. But thank god I started measuring inches, because they DID drop.

Weight 143 (25lb loss)

	5/15/09	5/20/09	5/27/09	6/3/09
1. Bust: Don't squish yourself -- measure all the way around your bust and back right at your nipple line, and make sure the tape measure is not lower.
	35	34	34	33.75
2. Chest: Measure under your breasts but as high up as you can go, keeping the tape measure parallel to this line when you reach it around your back.
	29	29	28.5	28.5
3. Waist: Measure wherever it is the smallest (if you have "no waist" go around yourself right at the navel line).
	30	30	29	28.5
4. Hips: Measure at the very biggest part -- even if that is so low that you are almost on the top of your thighs.
	43	42	41.5	40.5
5. Midway: Measure midway between the very biggest part of your hips and your waist.
	39	39	38	37
6. Thighs: Measure wherever they are the biggest.
	26	23	22.5	22.5
7. Knees: Measure right above the knee.
	18	16	16	16
8. Calves: Measure wherever they are the biggest.
	15	13	13	13
9. Upper arm: Measure wherever they are biggest above your elbows.
	13	11	11	11
10. Forearms: Measure wherever they are biggest below your elbows.
	11	10	9.5	9

Total loss 3.25 inches!!!!

12 week progress

Gross, I shouldnt be doing this. I'm not happy where I am yet, but I figure if I start doing my 4 week updates where the world can see, maybe it will help me push. Okay, thats not true, I always FEEL better then i look in pictures. LOL.

First of all, here I was 5 months pregnant. A year ago this past weekend (i think its better then now! minus the horrid frizzy hair!)


Here I am at my starting weight 168 (3 months ago).



Here I am now 142. (bonus back shot and new suit!)