Freaken Plateu!!!

I hate them. Hate hate hate them. They make me lose ALL motivation.

I am stuck at 138. I'm stuck at my inches. I'm stuck all around.

It makes me want to hide in bed, not go to the gym and eat!!!

My plan:
I will ONLY wear my tight jeans to keep me from thinking I have ROOM to eat more. I'm going through my closet and hiding the other stuff. I may have a slight muffin top if I do this, but I will work harder to get rid of it then. Same with my work out clothes, the small ones are it, so when i see myself in the mirror I work that much harder.

Making a menu for the week. GUZZLE THAT WATER.

Daily workouts. I can still only do every other day at the gym, but I'm going to at LEAST do a video or Active on the off days. 7 days a week. Tricky while camping next week, so then I will have to do morning outdoor runs. And nap time ab work in the camper.

GET OVER THIS HUMP!!!!!!!!

Tell me it can be done.

Motivation

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."

-Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder




"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
-John Bingham, running speaker and writer

Proud of me!!!! Make that proud of WE!!!!

I set out today with three goals. But told myself only #1 mattered!!!

1. Finish the 5k
2. Don't finish last
3. Aim to beat my treadmill time of 40 minutes
(that was at zero incline, indoors)

I finished!!!!

I wasn't last!!!!!!!

I took 40:39 and considering I didn't trip anyone, and I added tons of elements (including 60 degree weather, wind, stanky fish smelling rivers, hills, and a man that said "THE END" riding my ass), I think thats pretty good time!!!!!!!

SO I'm proud. I'm happy.

I'm even prouder of Deanna, who did what I shoulda done and started out at a better pace, instead of pushing. I did a lot of walk/jog, she did a very slow jog. She finished at 38:19!!! This is only training ONCE!!! Awesome job D. YOU ROCKED IT!!! And she was kind enough to come back and jog the last 20 seconds with me. She said "if you hurry you can beat 41" to which I replied "FUCK 41" LOL, but I did it! We did it!!!!!!!!


Looking back, at my running upload from my Garmin. My average pace was about 5mph. Which makes sense, because I made it to mile marker one in 12 minutes, and thats also my "best timed mile". They say to find out what your 5k speed will be add 45 seconds to your mile and multiply by 3. I didn't quite make that (38:15), but I'm blaming it on running tooooo hard at the start, my heart rate hit over 200 quickly and it was HARD to get it back down. I'm hoping if I learn to stay in my target HR zone instead of going over, I'll be able to keep pace better. So my goal is to average 5mph for now!

Yeah me!

Okay....time for a 5k

Well, I know I have one in September, but then one just fell in my lap today, and its this Saturday. I'm gonna go for it. It will be a good "trial" for me, and I'll have a realistic measurment to go by the next time.

I'm super nervouse, super pumped, and can not WAIT till Sunday.

My goal: DONT finish last and FINISH!!!!!

(Ideally I'd like to beat my 40 minute time on the treadmill, but really I'm keeping it simple and sticking to only the one goal).

That's all I've got!

How I roll.....

People often ask me what I'm doing. I feel like I'm always talking about it, but looking back I guess I'm not. Anyways, here are my key habits that help me the most:

Diet

• Write down everything I eat, no cheating, and I leave this on the counter, so anyoen in my house could see it, and that keeps me accountable (both from eating shit and from not eating enough)
  
• Eat within an hour of waking up (I hate this--and am known to eat super foods, as I hate bfast ones!)
• Eat about every 4 hours
• Keep my calories around 1200, for an exact number I use this, currently I need to eat 1690 calories to maintain my weight (I use sedentary, that way I can subtract my calories burned in a workout) 3500 calories are a pound, to lose a pound a week, you cut 500 a day, i had been cutting 750 from food and burning 250 in work outs each day for 2lbs a week, but now I can not do that, my calorie intake would be TOO low
  
• Do not eat after 7pm
• Water water water (I'm bad at this lately, but when I'm good it makes a HUGE difference) Ice cold is best, body works harder with that

Fitness

• No less then 3 days a week at the gym--these are mandatory, anything else is extra--on these days at least 15 minutes, preferably 30 of cardio (usually my runs) and weights
• Another mandatory is this ab work out by WH (plus some lying flat leg raises-3 sets of 15 and some bycicle crunches-3 sets of 30-15 each side) at least 3 times a week
  
• Optional: Extra days at the gym (cardio, weight at times too), a video (30 day shred kicks arse and I also like Leslie Sansone Walk/Jog), a walk with my family (Strollers and hills kick arse!)
  

Weekly Weigh in

I'm early, because I've been gone, and needed to check on myself!

I'm PUMPED.

I hit 30lbs lost today!!!!!

Funny timing, because I also hit 30 inches lost!!!!!

	5/15/2009	7/1/2009	7/13/2009
	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	32	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	28
3. Waist: Measure wherever it is the smallest (if you have "no waist" go around yourself right at the navel line).
	30	28	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	39	38
5. Midway: Measure midway between the very biggest part of your hips and your waist.
	39	36	34
6. Thighs: Measure wherever they are the biggest.
	26	21.5	21
7. Knees: Measure right above the knee.
	18	15	15
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		1.5	3.5
Total loss		26.5 inches	30 inches