Tuesday, June 21, 2011
35 day detox
Okay yesterday i began a 35 day prgram to detox my body and drop some poundage as well it started with day 1: pineapple, pineapple, pineapple An entire head of iceberg lettuce, an entire onion, leek, cuke, 4 tomatoes and 2 ears of corn. It sucked. I have to give up artificial sweeteners (diet pepsi) and substituted with green tea. Not a great compromise, IMHO! I was headachy all day, grumpy, aggravated and really unhappy after my fast/detox yesterday until I got on the scale. 4.6 lbs! I know it's just water but heck yea! Combined with last week's 2.2 and that's 6.8 lbs since last Wednesday. Today's menu: prunes (lots), strawberries and two baked potatoes. Let's see how today goes. At least after the scale incident, I have motivation to go forward with Day 2. Prunes...umm woo hoo?
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Spell check auto correct
The previous post was written on my iPhone. Thus the severe atrocious grammatical errors. Figure it out, use context clues people. Lol. Sorry. :)
Checking in
Life comes at us at the speed of light. Time gets away from us and the next thing you know, a week has gone by.
My running schedule has become a little tainted this week. I was running every day until Saturday. I hurt my knee and was hardly able to walk on it, let alone run. So I continued with a brisk walk fir 2 miles instead of the c25k program. I really think once the weight comes off significantly, the knees will be more forgiving.
Ever have one of those weeks where self-pity turns into a ticket to cheatsville? My nemesis is hearty crusty artisan breads. Yum. In the battle of willpower, I'm done. Yummy crusty bread of the heavens: 1, Fatty: 0.
I've been adding some square, lunges, with weights (wrist-4lbs) to my repertoire . Liking it, my arse feels like hell but that means it's working right?
As much as I stick to my WW points, only use earned activity points, I can't seem to shed weight at a decent rate. I don't know why its not just falling off. I'm losing at the same rate as my sedentary self. The wonder if it's even worth it keeps swirling, that is until I looked at a photograph if myself. Sickened, I've decided to take this to the next level, quit my crying, screw the knee, only whole foods (no more packaged shit), and majestic myself proud.
I am DB "friends" with a woman who is a runner and started a FB group for moms who run etc. Well her story is this: she's 38, a mom to I believe three kids, had a stroke at 21, was a newlywed at the time. The docs said she would never walk, talk, be normal again. Her brand new young hubby helped nurse her back and now today she's done 5 full marathons, runs 8 miles a day. Despite her odds, her "sentence", she rose above. Man, if she can, we all can.
My running schedule has become a little tainted this week. I was running every day until Saturday. I hurt my knee and was hardly able to walk on it, let alone run. So I continued with a brisk walk fir 2 miles instead of the c25k program. I really think once the weight comes off significantly, the knees will be more forgiving.
Ever have one of those weeks where self-pity turns into a ticket to cheatsville? My nemesis is hearty crusty artisan breads. Yum. In the battle of willpower, I'm done. Yummy crusty bread of the heavens: 1, Fatty: 0.
I've been adding some square, lunges, with weights (wrist-4lbs) to my repertoire . Liking it, my arse feels like hell but that means it's working right?
As much as I stick to my WW points, only use earned activity points, I can't seem to shed weight at a decent rate. I don't know why its not just falling off. I'm losing at the same rate as my sedentary self. The wonder if it's even worth it keeps swirling, that is until I looked at a photograph if myself. Sickened, I've decided to take this to the next level, quit my crying, screw the knee, only whole foods (no more packaged shit), and majestic myself proud.
I am DB "friends" with a woman who is a runner and started a FB group for moms who run etc. Well her story is this: she's 38, a mom to I believe three kids, had a stroke at 21, was a newlywed at the time. The docs said she would never walk, talk, be normal again. Her brand new young hubby helped nurse her back and now today she's done 5 full marathons, runs 8 miles a day. Despite her odds, her "sentence", she rose above. Man, if she can, we all can.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Wheezing elephant
Hi all! Sorry I haven't updated. We had a busy weekend and I am just now getting around to writing. I have been diligent on my running program. I try to run (or at least walk) every day and I feel like I'm starting to long for it in my bones and muscles. I had a knee injury when I was pregnant with Sara that has decided to rear it's ugly head again. Mostly it's just pain on the side of the patella, almost like a bruise. I am just continuing to run on it, because I know once this weight drops off, the pain in my joints, my knees, my tibia, hips, etc, will start to go away. I am down 3 lbs this week and am trying to stick to my WW plan. It was hard on Friday, as we were having a birthday party for a good friend with lots of goodies. I stuck to half a hamburger patty sans bun, grilled asparagus, and fresh pico de gallo. I faltered a little by having two large bites of the awesome birthday cake I baked...yum and by the single malt scotch that a good friend was pouring. Therefore, using all my points and borrowing from the "free" weekly points as well.
Of course this meant that I ran extra hard the next evening. I am up to a 2.1 mile walk/run. I alternate 90 seconds of run with 2:00 of walk, for 30 minutes and a 5 min warm up/and cool down. It's my 40 minutes of me time and I love it!
I have not yet adopted the "runner" label. It's more like a "wheezing, red-faced elephant trotting" title I bear.
so, I'm trying to fit in running as a part of my life, like brushing my teeth. Couple this with two toddlers, one of which who is potty training (sigh). Now can you see why I look forward to my 4o minutes a day of torture?
Cheers!
Of course this meant that I ran extra hard the next evening. I am up to a 2.1 mile walk/run. I alternate 90 seconds of run with 2:00 of walk, for 30 minutes and a 5 min warm up/and cool down. It's my 40 minutes of me time and I love it!
I have not yet adopted the "runner" label. It's more like a "wheezing, red-faced elephant trotting" title I bear.
so, I'm trying to fit in running as a part of my life, like brushing my teeth. Couple this with two toddlers, one of which who is potty training (sigh). Now can you see why I look forward to my 4o minutes a day of torture?
Cheers!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
the dreaded weigh in
Wednesday: Weigh in day. I feel like the contestants on BL must feel. In my head I'm hoping for big money, but for some reason still think it's going to be a bigger number.
Down 1.3 more lbs since last Wed. Not bad, not what I hoped for, but sort of expected with Memorial Day, a Pabst Blue Ribbon or two, and a nice 2 oz Filet last night.
Back on the routine today. Usually I wait until 6:30-7:30 to do my run, as the sun is not so brutal. I am actually looking forward to it today. Once some more weight drops off, I think my "trot" will turn into more of a "run". I feel like I am using excess energy while running on just trotting my own body weight, rather than being more aerodynamic. That will come once the majority of the weight is off. Then...a gazelle. lol
I realized that I don't really like the Wii fit for anything other than my weigh ins, yoga and just for "fun" activities. I need to step it up if I want results. Time to get serious!
Down 1.3 more lbs since last Wed. Not bad, not what I hoped for, but sort of expected with Memorial Day, a Pabst Blue Ribbon or two, and a nice 2 oz Filet last night.
Back on the routine today. Usually I wait until 6:30-7:30 to do my run, as the sun is not so brutal. I am actually looking forward to it today. Once some more weight drops off, I think my "trot" will turn into more of a "run". I feel like I am using excess energy while running on just trotting my own body weight, rather than being more aerodynamic. That will come once the majority of the weight is off. Then...a gazelle. lol
I realized that I don't really like the Wii fit for anything other than my weigh ins, yoga and just for "fun" activities. I need to step it up if I want results. Time to get serious!
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