Month: August 2015

Motivated

The weekend went by so fast!  My stepkids were home, and those weekends always fly by.  My boyfriend took them to a burger joint for dinner Friday night, so I stayed home and worked out instead.  I used to go with them, and I wanted to go with them, to be honest, but with weigh-in the next day, I didn’t want to pig out.

I went running Saturday morning while the kids were still sleeping.  I am trying to ease from treadmill running to outdoor running, since I have been battling shin splints when I run outside.  My first step has been running on a nice, smooth, level, flat high school track.  I ran 4 miles, then headed home for weigh in.

Another loss: down 1.8 pounds to 191.2.  I was really hoping to be out of the 190’s, but with an annivesary dinner plus a lunch out this past week, I am happy to have had a loss at all.  I’ll take it!

I worked out Sunday morning while the kids were eating breakfast.  I try to time my workouts so I am missing out on as little as possible.

I could tell my younger stepson was not happy when it was time to drive them back to Hickville and our weekend was over.  He is typically loud, energetic, and bursting with jokes, but he got very quiet and withdrawn.  It’s almost like the better the weekend we have, the harder it is at the end for them. Nine years into this, and I still rage about how unfair this is to them.

My boyfriend told me later that my stepson asked him, “Is she trying to lose weight?”  My boyfriend told him yes, that is why they see me working out and working out so hard.  My stepson said, “Well, it shows”.  My heart nearly burst with pride that he noticed and said something about it.  That was, without a doubt, the biggest motivation I’ve had in a long time.  I am determined to make them proud of me when they see what I can accomplish when I really put my all into it.

Coke Addict

Yesterday I made it all day without a drop of soda!  Unless you know what a raging soda addict I am, you may not be terribly impressed by the enormity of that, so let’s just say that I am so hooked, I typically have Coke with my breakfast and just keep chugging from there.

I filled a small bottle with fruit juice yesterday and started my day with that instead.  I switched to unsweet tea the rest of the day.  I can’t say I was enthused about the change, and I definitely won’t say it was easy, but it saves a lot of calories during the day and cuts way back on sugar too.

After work, I did an hour-long Jari Love Get Ripped workout, one of the older ones, Slim & Lean, but there is nothing like a classic.  This morning I got up at holy-crap o’clock and hit an early Spinning class.  Today I’m doubling up my workout and will work out again after work, to make up for skipping a workout on Tuesday and eating out twice this week.

So, tomorrow morning is the big moment, weekly weigh-in!  I’m not so sure what this one will hold, but I am hoping for at least a small loss to end the month.

One Day at a Time

After skipping a workout on Tuesday, I wanted to fit in a good, sweaty gym session last night. Running on a treadmill is quite possibly the most boring activity known to humanity, but I flipped through channels and watched other people to amuse myself, and I made it 70 minutes.  Seventy slow minutes, but hey, I still did it!  I added on 20 minutes on the elliptical and felt pretty good when I left.

So far no one seems to have noticed my weight loss.  I’ve lost 18 pounds.  Some of my pants are getting baggy, but I don’t think it’s terribly noticable yet.  Well, it will be!  I just need to keep working at it, day after day.

Whoops!

Apparently, counting is not one of my strong suits.  I would have bet my life that this year is our 10-year anniversary, and I even wrote “happy 10th anniversary” in my boyfriend’s card.  He kindly informed me last night that this is, in fact, nine years!  I calmly and graciously corrected him, and he calmly and graciously laughed and told me again it’s been 9 years, not 10.  Turns out he is right, and I felt a bit foolish for not getting the years right!

Since we are going out this evening and won’t be home until late, especially with an hour drive back from the town where the kids live now, I set the alarm for an early morning gym date this morning.  It didn’t happen, but before you roll your eyes at me, know this: my boyfriend woke me up at 3 AM with his tossing and turning like a fish in the bottom of a boat, and when the alarm went off at 5:30, I could barely lift my eyelids.  I reset the alarm for another precious hour or so of much-needed sleep.

So it’s indisputably his fault, ha ha.  I am a little nervous that skipping a workout today will mean bad news on weigh day, but I will work hard this week and track all my food and still aim for a loss to finish off the month.

Last night I did an hour-long Les Mills Combat class, and I must be getting stronger, because the last time I did that workout, I hit a wall with 20 minutes to go.  I gasped, huffed, stumbled, groaned, and cursed my way through those last 20 minutes.  Last night it was still definitely a challenge, but I didn’t feel like I needed to have 911 on speed dial or ask my boyfriend to call a priest for my last rites.  Every improvement is a step in the right direction!

Anniversary Week

I wasn’t quite sure how weigh-in was going to turn out.  I worked out each day this past week except one, but that happened to be the day I caved and went out for dinner too.  It always seems like it takes momentous effort to lose the tiniest morsel of weight, but one screw up can lead to weight gain, which strikes me as just a bit unfair!

I lost 1.8 pounds, down to 193.  Why does it feel like I’ve been in the 190’s FOREVER?  I will be so happy to dip into the 180’s and stop seeing the 190’s on the scale.

This week poses its own special challenge.  My boyfriend and I are not married but have been together so long that we celebrate the anniversary of our first date.  This year, on Tuesday in fact, we will be celebrating ten years together.  Why can’t special events fall conveniently on a Saturday, my “cheat” day, after my weigh in and workout, of course?

We have to go to the kids’ town that evening for a school event, so we are going to go out to dinner afterward.  I decided I would enjoy that dinner, but I have to make up for it, just like I did this past week.  I will log my food on MyFitnessPal to make sure I stay within my calorie range the rest of the week, and I will work out each day this week.

The only time on Tuesday I will have for a workout is the morning, which is a struggle for me!  I got out my calendar book last night and planned out my workout for each day, to make sure I fit them in. I scheduled myself for a nice, early morning run at the gym Tuesday morning.  Now to hold myself to it!

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