RWD: Running While Deviated

Accomplishment of the Week:

A 2 consecutive mile run

I know, I know, you are probably thinking,

"Really? 2 miles is an accomplishment? Have you not been running all this time?"

Allow me to explain:

I have been running one mile everytime I have ran since January. I know, logically one would think I would have been up to at least 3 or 4 miles by the third month of running, but I feel I have a pretty good excuse for this act of apparent laziness.

Cue scary music and the "dun, dun, duuun..."

I have a deviated septum.

Seriously folks, when I run it is literally like breathing out of a coffee straw; oxygen just isn't making its way around my body like it should be. Ipso facto, it has taken a lot of time for me to build up the lung capacity to hoof it an extra mile. But, I did it yesterday and it wasn't bad at all! 

What an exciting moment in my path to thinnish. haha. 

My legs were aching this morning, but after todays run, which was just 1 mile (I didn't want to do the celebratory dance too soon and then get hurt or something), they are feeling a little bit better. 

All in all, I am feeling pretty awesome.

My weight has not changed this week, still at a pretty steady 168-170 throughout the day. But I am going to really try and lose that last 8 pounds before May. I want to be 160 when I walk across that platform to get my diploma which, when Megan and I calculated it earlier, will be in less than 5 1/2 weeks! Yay!

Hope everyone has had a great week and enjoys this pretty weather today!

Spring Breaking from Operation Wedding

Not only did I just enjoy a whole week off of school but also a week off of my healthy initiative! Probably a little counterproductive since I was making some real progress, whoops.

But the real question is, "Was it worth it?"
The answer to that is a resounding, "Yes!"
It was worth every single extra calorie I consumed...and that is a lot. ha.

We went skiing so I feel pretty confident that I burned more calories than the average spring breaker and therefore everything I ate may not have been as bad as I am thinking in my head, but even if they were, it wouldn't have really mattered.

Fun Fact: I ate my weight alone in sweet potato fries. Yum.

But the real lesson of this spring break? I love skiing! Other than it kicking my butt (which it did multiple times) and being deathly frightening at moments, it was really really fun. I advise everyone to give it a shot. If it isn't your cup of tea, hanging out at the base drinking isn't too terrible either!

However, the trip is over and I am back to "thin and fit" mode and will be getting serious again. Back to pouring over what I am eating and sweating my face off at a gym wishing I hadn't forgotten my water in the car (I hate when that happens and it happens ALL. THE. TIME.)

                                                       Oh Spring Break I miss you already....

Weight after Spring Break: 168.2 lbs.
Yeah, you read right, after all that I inhaled this past week I still managed to lose a pound!
                                                     

Creative Differences

The blog is currently in repair. Some creative changes were being made and then I got sleepy so I didn't finish them. Ignore the general mess and chaos that is the page today!

Epic Fall from Grace

I failed miserably today. Just an across the board failure. I not only ate 1600 calories without any inclination of working out, but 400 or so of the calories were from a Sonic M & M Blast.

The worst part? It wasn't even that good. Should have splurged on a Blizzard instead. gah.

But maybe tomorrow I can try and turn back time on my poor decision making of today. I will go running and do some weight-lifting tomorrow...that should help.

My current weight is TBA on account of I haven't been able to weigh myself in the morning for the past week. I hover anywhere from 172 to 175 at night though, so I am assuming I am still around 170.

Of course, after today I might be inching my way upwards.

On a brighter and happier note, the people I babysit for told me I looked thinner when I walked in today!! Hooray! Maybe people are noticing...or maybe they are really nice. Ha. Either way, I am taking it as a point in my corner.

Megan has lost like a billion pounds and I am jealous. I can't seem to get in the double digits. They elude me.
But kudos to Megan! If her sister doesn't kick her butt, she will most likely win her competition between her family. Awesome-ness.

I am getting my percentage of body fat calculated sometime in the next two weeks for extra credit in my tennis class. Turns out those exercise study majors need some test subjects and I am more than willing to volunteer. They make you get in this pool and they do pressure tests and such. It seemed really cool to me and I am hoping they tell me I have some ridiculously low percentage and the rest of me is just big-boned. I am crossing my fingers!!

Hope everyone had a great Thursday and enjoys their Spring Breaks!

7 Pound Stretch

Weighed myself this morning...Folks, we are looking at a 7 pound loss!

Big News, Big News! Especially since Monday and Tuesday were such lack luster workout days. And by lack luster I mean I literally did not move unless necessary for every day living.

But eating right really does pay off and I am learning that slowly. It is hard to avoid those Cadbury creme eggs though so I have created a reward system that enables me to still eat them because, let's face it, avoiding chocolate is not my strong point. Jeff even bought me one the other day just to be sweet. Isn't he just the greatest?:)

Shout out to Meg and Megan for dragging me to the gym. My ribs feel like they got repeatedly kicked with karate-like enthusiasm. I am told this is a good thing. Who knew?

Anyways, 7 POUNDS! So pumped. I needed a little boost this week too and that really helped. This puts me at 170 (or 168 depending on the validity of Megan's scale, ha) and I am feeling good about hitting the 160's in the next two weeks. Let's go 1-6-0! Woo Hoo!

Enjoy your weekend and go buy some Cadbury eggs. But just one. They have 150 calories per little devilish egg of goodness!

Bloggers Block

I am suffering from Bloggers Block. For those of you who don't know what this is, it is the inability to think of anything clever or remotely interesting to share with the blogging world. It's a tragedy really.

In an effort to get over this block I will share with you the only good news I have and that is the fact that I ran 3 miles at the Greenway on Sunday afternoon with some friends from work and it wasn't too terrible.

Other than that, I have still only lost my 5 pounds- which is still great, don't get me wrong- but I would have liked to have lost another pound this past week. But that is okay, sometimes you have slow weeks, right?

I hope everyone answered that question with a, "RIGHT!"
Yes?
Awesome.

In other news, I have yet to start my two-a-days. It seems my body might be a little worn out from my working all weekend. All I want to do is sleep, sleep, and oh yeah, sleep some more. But I took a power nap after Jeff and I played a quick set of tennis this afternoon and I am hoping that will carry me over until after Megan drags me to the rec center.

OH! We have discovered that Megan's scale might be 2 pounds off! By "off" I mean it might make you two pounds heavier than you really are. While this won't change how much weight I have actually lost (still my baby 5 pounds) it will change my starting weight to 175 which means I am actually at 170 right now! This has yet to be confirmed though, so I will keep you updated on these exciting events happening in our very own home. Ha.

 Hope everyone had a Happy Wednesday!

5 LBS!

Lost another pound this week. We are looking at 5 pounds per month, almost to the day. I started on January 17th, so it is kind of incredible what a lot of watching what you eat and working out can really do. Yay! Lucky for me, all this work at Olive Garden helps because I literally go hours without even thinking of food. You just get so busy...the breadsticks are hard to turn down though....