Weigh-in #16

I lost another pound. I was hoping for two this week, but a pound is a pound. I'm glad to have it gone.


breakfast:
Cranberry Almond Crunch cereal
1% milk

lunch:
big salad (grilled chicken, romaine, home grown spinach, cheddar, croutons, tomato, carrots, celery, green onion, green pepper, poppy seed dressing)

snack:
banana

dinner:
PB&J
1% milk

later:
3 bites of Madilyn's Oreo shake

Ran on the treadmill. Didn't get started until after 10p. Treadmill not fun. I feel fat and jiggle-y and I really want a cookie.

Good Time

I've gotten lazy about posting. It's just so tiresome to post what I eat every day. Friday I skipped my workout for the first time without being sick. So sad. I was so very tired. Saturday my run was replaced with a 2 hour hike to the Escalante Cross. We took the kids. We didn't know what we were getting into. Not bad for us, or the big girls, a bit of a challenge for the little ones. I had planned on running when we got home, but it was late, and my hips and knees were already hurting from the hike. I've done alright with my eating.

I went running this evening. I didn't make it out until quarter to ten! The weather was great. The run felt good. I never really had a point where I felt like giving up and had to force myself on. In fact, when I reached the end I felt like I could go on. I almost did, but I wanted to check my time. I know I did at least 5k. I was surprised and excited when I checked the clock at the end and I'd made it in 32 minutes! The down side is that I needed a longer work out, but I'm really excited about that time. It helps that the route I've been running for the last week is flat. I need to add some change in terrain back into the mix.

breakfast:
frosted mini wheats
fresh blueberries


lunch:
leftover Hawaiian haystacks


I'm so tired. Wrigley was up literally all night. I crawled into bed after 5 am. Sooooo tired. On an up note, I won the Chubby Chicks Challenge! I can't believe my 12 lbs. was enough. I'm excited I won.

breakfast:
waffle with buttermilk syrup
1% milk

lunch:
tomato, basil, mozzarella caprese

dinner:
Hawaiian haystacks

I went running after we put the kids to bed. It was a windy night! It seemed that no matter what direction I ran, I was running into the wind. It was hazy and smelled of smoke. It is fire season. I ran 3.2 miles, plus a warm up and a cool down. I was sloppy during the last mile, but I finished.

I overslept. Probably because I stayed up too late. Again. Need to correct that habit.


breakfast:
Kashi with strawberries and blueberries

lunch:
chicken rice pockets

dinner:
waffles (with buttermilk syrup)
strawberries
1% milk
bacon

I ended up on the treadmill this evening. It wasn't so bad. I'm running a little faster for longer. I stayed just under an 11 minute mile the whole time. While I'm happy for the improvement, my 5k time isn't dropping fast enough. It's coming down in seconds instead of minutes. Progress is progress.

Weigh-in #15

Today is my official weigh-in for the week. As of Saturday I'd lost three lbs. After an atrocious weekend of eating (pizza, brownies, ice-cream) I am absolutely thrilled that I haven't gained anything since then. I'm still out of the 2's. The last time I weighed this amount was two weeks after my tonsils came out and about two weeks before I took a positive pregnancy test (which ended up being the twins). I've managed to get myself to this weight a couple times, but never kept it for more than a week or so. Here's to keeping it off once and for all!


I did a shorter run this morning. Somewhere between 2 and 3 miles. I did a few exercises after I got home. Gotta start working on those abs!


breakfast:
Kashi with fresh blueberries and strawberries
1% milk

lunch:
tomato, basil, mozzarella caprese (with olive oil, and balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper)
watermelon
I'd like to say I stopped here, but two of my kids didn't finish their pizza, so I finished it for them. So dumb.

snack:
low-fat yogurt

dinner:
chicken rice (I actually left out the rice) pockets (grilled chicken, tomato, avocado, olives, broccoli, cheddar cheese, egg, green onion, mayo, mustard, honey)
flat bread
grapes

snack:
half a Popsicle

Chubby Chicks Weigh In Day

I had an extra weigh in today. On May 31 an old friend issued a cyber challenge to loose weight for her birthday. I accepted, and set a goal of 15 lbs. Today's the final day, so I stepped on the scale this morning. Much to my amazement I'm down 3 lbs. from last Tuesday's weigh-in. Atrocious eating and all. As exciting as this is, it's bittersweet. I'm still 3 lbs. from my goal. I can't complain about being 12 lbs. down. I'm just disappointed that I didn't meet my goal. Glass half empty I guess.

breakfast:
frosted mini wheats
small slice of chocolate zucchini cake (as if saying it was small makes it better)

lunch:
turkey, cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, on white

dinner:
I don't remember

I don't think I went running either (I'm finishing this post several days later)