week 8 update

Made it to week EIGHT this week. It was a week of extra carbs to prepare for my half marathon. so I have eaten quite a few things not on the plan. rice pasta ... cinnamon roll :/ (yikes kind of regretted that) but also had yummy chicken spicy sausage and some baked tilapia.

I'll be weighing in on Thursday Morning for my one month update. I am getting back into my routine Monday morning my hopes is to move around as much as possible so I don't let the acid from my muscle settle in and get too comfortable. I am going to be putting together my half marathon post when I gather some more pictures!! but let me tell you I had sooo much FUN! OH and I wore my minnie mouse head band and shoes with red and white polka dots! 

Week leading up to princess 1/2 marathon!

Well I wanted to figure out which disney princess I am before the race and according to Disney's Princess quiz I am duhduhnahnah Belle!

http://disney.go.com/games/play3/?content=204062#/games/play3/&content=204062

How convenient .... about 17 years ago I was Belle.

No picture will be taken this week I am not feeling great and made a mistake of getting on the scale and feeling a little discouraged. "Womanly always discouraged never" is a work in progress. And of course I had a nightmare that I didn't make it to my race. But I am trying to stay positive. I know I will finish.  I know I will finish. 

Good news! I finally made it to a Saturday work out. I had Bootcamp at 8:30 where we did nine sprints down the track and we did lots of biceps/ triceps exercises, with some inchworms and the dreaded double unders (I swear I try really hard to get double unders but haven't mastered them yet.) Following my bootcamp I tried yoga for the first time!  I really liked it! I found it challenging... my body isn't all that flexible but more flexible than I thought it was. I understand how it can be a workout now. It was a very foggy day so were essentially working out in a cloud and we were all absolutely drenched in sweat. 

Valentines Day Recap

Recap of my weekend so far. I had the pleasure of a short road trip up to Inverness to see a friends band perform. Taking Anderson Live. They were great!

Organic strawberry Beer from the pub

On Monday I was surprised to have a bouquet of flowers delivered to work.

My mom and dad sent me a card with my favorite Winnie the Pooh quote. 

This cake is most certainly NOT on the meal plan and I am sure Alicia is going to have to kick my butt at bootcamp for making it. But Peter really liked it he said I needed to give his mom the recipe and I told him no I can be the only one to make it but no more than three times a year.

Peter Surprised me with another bouquet with my favorite flower in it. Hydrangeas I think are just gorgeous. 

I had a valentine project I sent to a few of my friends and family this year!

I hot glued a flower on to a clothes pin then added a magnet strip to the back. 

Hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine's Day. Now getting back on track. Workout double here I come. I have got to get some good runs in this week and next. I eleven days away from the big day. (Peter's card had Minnie and Mickey on it.)

Weekly Update

 

 Well another week down. Still seeing some changes... Jeans are fitting looser, went down to a medium sports bra. Boot Camp has been going great. I had a personal best of 22 floppy burpees in 1 minute. I literally just told myself don't stop and I didn't ... I really don't know if I could have gone any faster. There was one camper in the earlier class that got 27 in one minute. [Impressed]

This weekend I am going to do some budgeting and see if I can budget in starting Weight Watchers. I think I need a little more accountability on my eating regimen. Because Lord knows I got the working out part down. I have truly managed to work out five days a week. I am watching biggest loser NO excuses, and I am sure they will have an episode on I don't have time to work out. I would like to beg to differ. I work four jobs and I manage to find time to work out even if it is a 6am or 7pm. I find that I can sleep a lot better on days that I work out than on days that I do not. Sundays and Tuesdays are my recovery day and Saturday are my at home or alternative work out days.

I think I am starting to rant. So I will sign off and get to work on that christmas tree that is still hanging out in my dinning room.

PS tomorrow I will be running in a 5k benefitting Make A Wish Foundation ... I was on the committee that started the race four years ago so here is my shout out to Race.Love.Wish

Fitness Test Monday

Well today at Forte Fitness we have our first monday of the month fitness test. consists of a half mile run followed by 2 minutes worth of squats, 2 minutes worth of push ups and 2 minutes worth of sit ups... I feel like I was doing my presidential physical fitness test in 1997. I will have you know in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, I was the fastest girl earning the blue patch. SO how did I measure up today ...

I managed a 4.24 half mile run.

71 squats 

20 push ups (wahhhwahh)

57 sit-ups

Wish I would have recorded what I did my first day but since I was detoxing I only did a 1/4 mile run and I think I was in pain because I don't recall doing my squats of push ups and I'm pretty sure I did crunches.

Excited to see what next months improvements will bring!

My favorite Super Bowl Commerical

This Dog Strike back commercial was my favorite commercial ... just the dog part not so much the Star Wars. I won't lie it was slightly inspiring to see this pooch work out so he can fit through the door... kind of like me trying to fit in my size ten jeans!

A funny email I got hope you laugh too!

My Cousin sent this to me and I got a kick out of it!


I don't know why I didn't figure this out sooner.  I use shampoo in the shower and when I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body.  Well, printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning, “For Extra Volume and Body.”  No wonder I have been gaining weight! 
I have gotten rid of that shampoo and I am going to start showering with Dawn dish soap instead. That label reads, “Dissolves fat that is otherwise difficult to remove.”

ONE MONTH REVIEW

Well I have reached the end of the first month of giving back those "COLLEGE LBs".

   

Feelings about Life: I am still on a high from putting myself out there and feeling motivated and encouraged. I love that I have been hearing from more friends since I have started this blog and journey. I have friends participating in different activities with me. I get check in text/FB messages from friends from out of state. (Shout out LS  and JP) It makes me feel good that I have inspired people to get up and do something.

Feelings about self image: I think that we all have struggled with our self image at one point of another. I think that some times numbers aren't going to show how good you feel about your performance. So to those of you who are like me who maybe from week to week aren't seeing a "number" change, don't let it define you and PUT THE SCALE AWAY... Having those jeans fit a little looser than usual feels better to me than any number on the scale and I found this picture on pinterest. It hit home with me. -->

Peak of the month: my initiative to start has certainly been my peak of the month. I think that starting this blog has held me more accountable than I ever could have thought. and I haven't had a soda since December 31st,  2011
Pit of the month: not giving 100% the entire month... I pray for more self control in the upcoming month to not give in to temptation and cravings.

Favorite foods: GREEN Smoothie is a new love of mine.

Unhealthy Cravings: dairy... ice cream, frozen yogurt, cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, and publix chocolate chip cookies, and I have had an unhealthy craving for Party Flavors Cake (They are the most fabulous cake company that we use for about 80% of our weddings. Highly recommend them)

Favorite Exercise: I love a but exercise we do in boot camp where we lay on our side and lift one leg up and down while turning our foot toward the ground and then repeating the same motion but only going half way down. Its AMAZING. I try to do them every night (I will not be posting a butt shot but you can take my word that my butt is getting firmer.)
Least Favorite Exercise: The infamous Burpee I can't stand them. anyone who has done them knows why. and Pistol squats to me are pure torture

Previous Weight 201 lbs

New Weight: 195.0

Total Lbs given back : -6 lbs

Total Lbs to go: 40 lbs

Percentage complete: 13%

Next Month's Goal: to give back 8 pounds and be at 187 lbs