Day 3

So I am on day 3 of eating healthy.  I feel pretty good but my stomach has been acting up because of all the veggies I am eating.  Hopefully this little side effect will end soon ;)

I have ran the last 3 days and I am not sure that I find it hard because I still have a bit of my cold lingering (especially in my chest) or if I am that out of shape.  I have been having this debate with myself about doing the gym or lean and fit.  I think that I should try to do bootcamp 2x/week and then go to the gym 1x/week until my lean and fit membership is done (which isn't til august).  I do love bootcamp so I need to give this one a chance.  I probably won't start next week but the week after.  I am not sure which class I will do but I will try a 6am class (if possible) and hope that it isn't as busy at the 930 one.  Once that membership is done I am going to stick with just a gym membership providing that I can transfer my current one to the new gym that is suppose to open in the summer.  It looks like it is coming along great so I really hope it will be sooner.  What would be so awesome would be if the gym would offer a bootcamp style class :)

I am trying to make enough meals in advance to last me a couple of weeks (for lunches).  I have turkey burgers made and I made some roasted sweet potato soup last night which I do love.  I will just add 2 oz of chicken to it for some protein.

Well I want to read some blogs and then get some work done around the house.  I am back to work tomorrow.  On sunday I will post my 1st week weigh in results.  My starting weight that I am going with is 179.6.  I need to remember I have a curise coming up and I want to look good on that cruise.

Reality

Well I can't deny it any more.  I saw pictures of me at a retirement party on wednesday night and I can't believe that I have let my weight get so out of control again.  Starting tomorrow I will get back on track with tracking and exercising.  No more excuses.  I am not happy living and looking like this and I am the only one that can do anything about it.  I will update you in a couple of weeks as to how things are going.

A Great Run

I was having that debate with myself about doing a run today and in the end I did my scheduled 7K run as part of my half marathon training program.  I was going to do it tomorrow but they are calling for a lot of snow tonight and tomorrow so I though why not get it out of the way and I am so happy I did.  I have been feeling a bit blue about how I have let myself get so out of shape again and my runs have been really hard.  I am not saying this one was not hard but I actually smiled at myself and said "that was awesome" when I was in my room after the run.  Sometimes you need to do that self affirmation.

The last 2 days I have been snacking in the evenings which I need to stop.  I had some trail mix last night.  I think that there must have been a lot of sodium in it as I was feeling really bloated this morning.  I have had 2L of water so far and I don't have that feeling any more which is great.

Well I am going to start getting things ready for supper.  I am going to be a hockey mom tonight as the husband is away.  Wish me luck.

Sticking with it

So my hubby is gone until monday so I need to stay true to myself and stick to the eating healthy while he is away.  After hearing Tim's new CD today and seeing him on Ellen will help me do just that.  I probably ate most of my flex pts today though.  I had bought a hot chocolate from McDonalds made with skim milk and no whip cream and it was still 8 pts  CRAZY  I won't do that again.

I went for a 3k run which was an awesome run.  I ran the 3K with no walk break at all.  I can't remember the last time I did that.  Tomorrow I will be heading to the gym.  I sure hope it isn't crazy busy and I am sure the workout will be awesome.  I will do my weights first and then I may just hop on the treadmill for some cardio. 

I need to make some yummy foods for the next few days and have them ready so I don't feel the temptaion of too many BLT's.

Well I am going to bed now. 

A great sleep

I had such a bad headache and neck pain last night when I went to bed.  It was keeping me from getting to sleep.  I took some tylenol, advil and maybe some gravol and I didnt' get out of bad til 11.  I did wake up a few times but I think I may have slept solid for 7 hours which is very impressive for me.  I had planned on running today but I stayed in bed instead.  I may go for a 3K run still as some point today but not until I have my coffee and my oatmeal digests some.  It is snowing out and it has been a while since I have run when it is snowing out and I really don't mind it.  I haven't run for 2 days so I should get myself out at some point.

I just finished my 2 days and I think that why I had my headache is that it was busy and then I was feeling guilty about not seeing if the girls could get an extra nurse.  I know that we had already added on nurse but the one we were waiting to see if she would call in sick did.  I need to remember though is that things really didn't pick up until after supper.  Oh well, I let my manager know and maybe she will tell me she wouldn't have replaced anyways.  I still can't help but feel bad.  I know they did have a horrible night.  I will talk to my friend and find out exactly what happened. 

I am doing great sticking to the agreement I had with my husband.  According to the scale today I am down 5 lbs from us making that agreement.  That is without any exercise either.  that is totally just food consumption :)  Now that I will be adding exercise to it starting today it will be interesting to see what will happen.  I am hoping to get to the gym every day next week.  I may even start after my last night and go mon-fri.  It will feel so awesome to go every day to strength train.  I will be starting my half marathon training too and try to be more diligent with it.  My husband is leaving on tuesday and won't be coming back until the following monday so I am going to have to run when my son is in school and go to the gym then too unless I have my step son which will make it possible to squeeze in some runs before taking them to school.  I will just have to make sure he is awake.

Well that is all I have to stay for now.  Oh yeah.  I will face a challenge at work when it comes to my eating because there will probably be a bistro as requested by one of the nurses for super bowl sunday.  I will have to make sure that I have good choices for myself and not have any junk.  I want to see Tim McGraw (and of course look aweomse when I go).

Have a great weekend.

A reward I want to have...

 

So last night after supper my husband and I were having a discussion. For whatever reason that I have been seriously lacking motivation was the topic of discussion and my wonderful husband came up with an idea that might help. Even though it may seem silly to some it is not to me as I have a serious love for country music and would love to go see this person again.

 

I love Tim McGraw.  He puts on an amazing show, he is a great singer and of course he is not to hard on the eyes either :)

So in order for me to go see him (provided we get tickets when they go on sale) I need to eat healthy and exercise a minimum of 3x/week.  I am usually pretty honest with my husband so he trusts me to be honest about this.  I am sure that if we get the tickets and I am not making healthy choices he would have no problem selling the tickets.  He even agreed to go with me.

I started out this challenge on a positive not by going for a 3K run.  Something I need to remember is that I am not at that place I was in 2010 when I was in great shape and at a healthy weight so it will take time for me to see changes both in my body and my endurance.  I just need to keep at it and then I will notice the change.  Once thing that I will notice change right away is my mood which is always a good thing.

To stay on track what I will need to do is plan weekly menus and prepare my food in advance.  This always makes things so much easier.  Last night I had leftovers from a meal I had earlier in the week.  It was so easy to heat up and get the fajitas prepared to eat. 

I am so pumped to do this and before I know it July 25th will be here and my wonderful husband and I will be on our way to see Tim :)

getting it together

I need to promise myself that I will use my days off wisely.  I have 3 full days that I should use to get things accomplished around the house and with exercise.  I am tried of living in what I see as shambles.  Life is to short for me to keep thinking about what I want and I need to actually do something about it.  Time is going by way to fast and it scares me.  I actually do have an amazing life and I need to stop feeling sorry for myself.  I need to be done with having my weight consume my life and start doing something about it!!!!!

I was feeling so irritable earlier today but then I went out for a 3K run and I felt so much better.  Exercise truly does make me feel better and being lazy and eating crap makes me feel horrible and makes the people around me suffer.  I really do need to be a better influence for my son and I know it will take time but i want him to start eating healthier.  I just hope we haven't already instilled such bad eating habits in his life that he will keep eating that way.  He is still young and I can control what he eats. 

Today will be spent making a grocery list and menu and lists etc and the next 3 days will be spent doing. 

Here is to a productive 3.5 days left of my days off.