Day 363-31

This day really should be 364 but whatever. I’m not starting off well, at least via exercising, but I’m doing well starting out with eating.

I’m back on Phase 1 – at least until Guard weekend (during which I’ll probably have pie because it’s Fay’s retirement) – because I desperately need to drop some poundage. I don’t feel bad, I feel okay actually, but I’m back to 150 which isn’t good. So I’m back to my original goal of losing 10-15 pounds. 10 would be great, 15 would be perfect.

So last night I baked up some ginger chicken after eating my last SB pizza for awhile. I chopped that up and this morning I mixed that into my standard salad – lettuce, cheese and chicken. Mmmm. I also made up my eggs this morning and sliced up some celery for my snacks. Yep, I’m back on track hopefully. OH shit…I just realized tonight I’m supposed to go out for drinks with Kris. Shoot. Well, at least I’m starting out okay and tonight I’ll cheat as usual and then tomorrow will be completely back on track. YEP!

I didn’t get up to work out this morning because I’m a total loser. I rolled over and said screw it and went back to sleep. Of course now I feel incredibly guilty so I packed my gym bag and after drinks with kris tonight I’m going to go straight to the gym – so I can hurl up all my salsa and chips. :) yeah, that’s brilliant, isn’t it?

I have been amazed that I haven’t gained more than what I have over the past year. I dropped from 167 to 143 and now I’m back to 150. Not bad really.

Day 350-18 thru 362-30

Somehow I think I got off on my numbers. I started this whole thing August 1 last year so that should be 365 not 364, right? Weird.

Anyway, the past couple weeks have been pretty crazy for food and working out. The 18^th through 23 I didn’t do much of anything for working out because I was oversleeping from work and working a lot in Sioux Falls. The 24^th I did go for a run which felt pretty good – 1.25 in 9:30 and finished up what I think is 1.50 in 12:30. I’m not sure that’s right but it seems okay. I should be okay this coming weekend for my run then. That’s all I’m worried about right now. But I haven’t run since Monday because it’s too freakin’ hot which keeps me from running outside and causes me to oversleep. Weird. BUT tomorrow and the rest of the week, I must get to the gym and eat better.

I haven’t made pies since the 17^th. I did make cookies yesterday – they were good, but like I need those. I need to get back to SB too. How am I going to do this?

Day 345-13 thru 349-17

I am such a slug. I didn’t do anything Thursday or Friday except eat it seems. Saturday I got up early and ran 2.5 miles around the lake, but then went home and made a pie. UGH! Sunday I vegged.

But today, I ellipticated for 37 minutes, burned 475 calories, went 4.10 miles and was at level 12 for 27 of the 37 minutes.

I’m getting back on track. I have to because I’m getting chubby again. NOT GOOD! I have just a few days left at the end of this month to get back on track so I can at least start my second year of SB back where I got down to…if not even more off – like maybe I could get down to 140 before I have to start another year. What do you think? Can I make it?

Day 344-12

Okay so this popcorn for supper thing has too quit. Last night we went to the new pirates movie, which was totally awesome, and of course I had popcorn! It was good though. I got home late so I didn’t get my run in but it’s probably okay if I take a day off every now and then.

Day 343-11

Much better today. Ate breakfast like normal, ate a good lunch, did snack on M&Ms but every girl needs a little chocolate, and I guess I didn’t really eat supper – popcorn again. BUT I went running and ran 1.25 miles in 9:02. Damn. I couldn’t believe it and half of that distance was with a shoe untied but I didn’t want to stop. Then I walked a ¼ mile and then jogged a slower but steady pace for another 1.25 miles before walking around half the lake and back home. It felt good.

The 9:02 really amazed me, especially coming off a cold like I have. I was breathing pretty hard, but I probably could have made it another quarter if my shoe had been tied and if I knew I had to. I think I could safely say that would have been about 11:30 for a full mile and half since I was slowing down on that last stretch of about 100 yards or so. Pretty good.
I’m planning to run with a friend next week while at home for guards but he runs 4 miles at a time. UGH! SO much more in shape than I, but if I keep going each night or morning I should be okay by the time we run.

Days 339-6 thru 343-10

Okay…so I have an addiction. I think I’ve spoken of addictions before, but I’m not going to take the time to find the other posts…so there. Nope, I am now addicted to Old Dutch Cheese Popcorn. This will truly be the death of me if I keep buying it. And then I’m going to go to hell where there will be Old Dutch Cheese Popcorn lining the walls, but when I go to grab some I’ll run into glass and Satan will laugh his fool head off. Then he’ll take me into another room where there will be mountains of Limey Tostitos which will also be protected by some super shield and all I’ll be able to do is look at them. Hell awaits me.

So last Thursday I did go to Bally’s and ellipticated for 32 minutes. It felt good, but then I also felt like hell the rest of the day. Summer colds suck, but see my other blog about that. The rest of the weekend I did nothing. Today I had the afternoon off so I went running. I ran around the lake and fields – 1.25 miles – without stopping, which was good, but then I was dying, which was bad. Having no lung capacity since it’s filled up with good and not working out since Thursday and it being hotter out than originally planned did not help. I walked ¼ mile then ran another ¼ then walked the rest of the way around the lake (3/4 mile total) and then back home. So 2 miles in about 20 minutes. Not bad, but not good either. Of course then I went home and ate a whole bag of OD Cheese Popcorn. There’s a reason their initials are OD because that’s what I did…I OD’d on the popcorn. So not good. Trying to counter it with fruit tonight but not doing well. Ugh.

Day 325-22 thru 338-5

Wow…it’s been awhile. Sorry folks…actually sorry self since this is really only for me. I didn’t do a lot of specific exercise til this morning. I walked a lot on the 22^nd during Emmy day, somewhat exercised on the 23^rd, and then didn’t do much of anything until I was home again on the 1^st. Then mom and I walked 75 minutes Saturday AM, Sunday AM, Sunday PM, Monday AM…crazy we are. Plus we played TrakBall which is awesome. This morning I ran for 20 minutes, my 1.5 mile run plus some cooldown time after. Tonight I’m going to run the park/lake area. I finally found out how far around it is officially: ¾ mile around the lake, 1 ¼ around the lake and fields. Sweet! So that one time I went 3 times around I ran 3.75 miles, plus walking home – so a 4 mile night. Maybe I can do that again tonight. I hope so.

Food has been sucky. I have to get back on my eating plan. It’s so not good. Carb cravings are getting insane. I need to go back to phase one as soon as possible. Gotta shop tonight. Grilling with JB on Saturday…YAY!

Day 325-22 thru 338-5

Wow…it’s been awhile. Sorry folks…actually sorry self since this is really only for me. I didn’t do a lot of specific exercise til this morning. I walked a lot on the 22^nd during Emmy day, somewhat exercised on the 23^rd, and then didn’t do much of anything until I was home again on the 1^st. Then mom and I walked 75 minutes Saturday AM, Sunday AM, Sunday PM, Monday AM…crazy we are. Plus we played TrakBall which is awesome. This morning I ran for 20 minutes, my 1.5 mile run plus some cooldown time after. Tonight I’m going to run the park/lake area. I finally found out how far around it is officially: ¾ mile around the lake, 1 ¼ around the lake and fields. Sweet! So that one time I went 3 times around I ran 3.75 miles, plus walking home – so a 4 mile night. Maybe I can do that again tonight. I hope so.

Food has been sucky. I have to get back on my eating plan. It’s so not good. Carb cravings are getting insane. I need to go back to phase one as soon as possible. Gotta shop tonight. Grilling with JB on Saturday…YAY!