Weigh In Day #7

Omigosh! I actually lost weight! Cadi got me up at the crack of dawn to go to the bathroom, and I casually stepped on the scale while I waited for her to go potty. I was too tired to be super excited, but I'd lost 3 lbs. Wow! Later, as I was changing for my workout, I stepped on the scale again just to see if there was really any difference between weighing in wearing my PJ's and weighing in wearing my birthday suit like I usually do. Incredibly it put me down another pound! That's 4 lbs. in one week. My best yet (which makes it weird that I feel so darn fat)! Now whether or not it's weight loss from exercise, or weight loss from irregular eating habits due to illness is yet to be seen. I'll take it either way, and hopefully it'll still be gone next Tuesday.

I went on my scheduled walk this morning. I decided to give running outside a try. I only planned on running about 100 yards, but once I'd finished that I was doing okay, so I kept going. I worried about my knees, but they did fine. I was breathing like an over worked race horse. Moving forward under one's own power is a lot harder than jogging on the treadmill. I kept picking out new landmarks to run to; just make it to that house, keep running until you get to that tree, you can stop at the next drive way, go until you get to the top of the hill... each time I felt fine (very loud breathing excepting), so I kept on going. I made it about a mile (I'll have to clock it in the car later to be sure). I stopped at the bottom of the big hill. It took me a while to recover, and my left leg was cramping by the time I got to the top. I had planned on running again, but I didn't feel I had it in me. I figure for a first time it was okay. Especially since I'm coming off a weekend of strep and inactivity. I'm usually tired after a run on the treadmill, but not sore. My muscles are sore (my back included. How weird is that?), tight, and tired after jogging outside. I guess it worked new things. It'll take some getting use to. It was kind of cool to feel part of the "club" as I passed other joggers (they were actually running). It was kind of freeing to run outside. I hope my body can keep it up.

breakfast:
oatmeal with b. sugar
1% milk

lunch:
leftover chicken tacos
1 cracker with cheese
1.5 no bake cookies (the baby snagged one of my cookies, doing her part to get mommy skinny)

You'd think that having a surprise weight loss this morning would motivate me to stay away from junk food. I'm just having such a difficult time with life's circumstances right now, that I'm drawn to it. I find that I don't even want to resist it. Right now, I can see myself walking to the fridge and getting another cookie. Ugh. I need to get up and be productive. I've wasted most of the day in front of the computer. I should at least shower. Then I have a whole list of things I should be doing instead of sitting here.

dinner:
chicken tortilla soup with a sprinkling of jack cheese
home made tortillas (I ate 3! Aaaak!)
snuck another cookie! (you'd think I wanted that 4 pounds back)

later:
OJ