Thea

Oh my goodness!

I totally forgot to post last week and I nearly forgot to post this week.

Bad Sister!

I am up a pound this week but I’m cool with that.  I am still within my range (11 weeks now, WOOHOO!) and I know why I’m up this week.

Gaining is no longer an issue because more often than not I know what I did wrong and how I can change it.  It really is freeing to be at this point.

But I feel like I need to talk about something else for fear that my posts will be boring.

I’ll do that next week, as long as I don’t forget to post!

You know what drives me nuts?

It drives me nuts when I have new resolve and then I get blindsided by outside forces.

I met my mileage goal last week, but I paid a price.  Pain.

So I decided I would amend my goals.

And then my Emma got sick.

And then I got sick.

And then my goals went out the window.

Andy my resolve is standing on the ledge.

I need to go get it, but I don’t want to scare it out the window to.

I need to pick one thing today and do it.  Maybe my resolve will see me and want to join in.

So I’m in this really strange place in my head (which ain’t saying much).

I’m down a 1/2 pound this week…but I totally don’t feel like I deserve to be.  I have been eating like crap, CRAP for a while now, but I keep on staying within my weight range.  It’s like I’ve given my body license to continue to eat like CRAP even though I’m within my range.

Not exactly the most healthy attitude in the world to have.

I should be eating like AWESOME and maintaining.  That should be my goal. I shouldn’t be trying to see how much I can get away with.

Anyhoo, I’ve updated my goals for this challenge.  They were pretty much the same as the last challenge, I just changed up my running goal a bit.  Instead of running so many miles on specific days, I just need to meet my weekly mileage goal.  I’ll be increasing the goal by 10% every week.

If I can keep up with that, I should have no problems with my 8k and 10k in a few months!

Where to begin, where to begin…

So, I missed weigh in yesterday.  I did have a loss and so I have officially maintained my weight range for 8 weeks now without counting a single Weight Watchers Point.

For the Spring Fling, I am proud to be a member of Team Fabulous! We’re gonna kick your butts!  LOL!

Also, the last couple of weeks, The Sisterhood sponsored the Shrinking Jeans Olympics.  I am proud to report that I brought home two medals!  I won the gold as part of a 4×1 mile relay team (35:46 combined time), and I snagged a silver in the 2 mile fast walk (26:12 time).

That’s all for now!  Happy Shrinking…or maintaining!

I’m up a pound this week, but still within my range so I’m super stoked.

I seriously cannot believe that I have maintained my weight for 7 weeks straight.  I think that’s a new record for me!  Every week that I step on that scale and it’s in that magic 153-157 range, I just feel stronger and more capable and PROUD!

When’s the last time you’ve been truly proud of yourself, without hesitation or qualification?

And have ya’ll been doing the Shrinking Jeans Olympics?  It’s been kicking my butt and making me realize how weak my back is.  Also, it’s making me realize how truly amazing all of YOU are.  You guys rock!!

So, can I confess that I’ve been good?

Is that really confessing?  I don’t know…confessing always has such a bad connotation.

I guess my biggest thing is that I’m off my running game.  Between snow days and surgeries and blah blah blah, I just haven’t been running.  It makes training for an 8k in April and a 10k in May kind of hard.  Since, you know, I have to RUN those races.

I haven’t been counting my points either, but really I’m O.K.  with that.  I just think that I’ve been listening to my body more and really trying to pay attention to what goes into it…I don’t feel like I NEED to count points anymore.  I’m still going to WW meetings at least once a month, but I’m kind of digging not counting.  It’s a nice place to be!

So that’s all I got!

Don’t hate me because I’m mostly flawless.

Oh my goodness, that challenge went fast!  I can’t believe that we are at the end already.

I weighed in at 155 this morning, which is down a pound from last week.  Woohoo!

The question is, how’d I do on my goals?

Goal 1: Maintain Weight Between 153 – 157 pounds — I did this one every week!  100% on this one, baby!

Goal 2: Run 3 days a week, at least 3 miles each time — I didn’t do nearly as well as I wanted to on this one.  I kept coming up with reasons excuses not to run.  I only did this 9 out of the 18 time.  50%…not that great.

Goal 3: No food after 9pm — I did pretty well with this one.  I met this goal 38 out of 42 days.  90% ain’t bad on this one and I definitely think it’s a habit.  I don’t even think about food at night anymore.

So, I’m thinking that means no yoga mat for me.  But that’s O.K.  I learned a lot this time around and I conquered 2 out of the 3 obstacles in front of me!

So how did you all do?  I can’t wait to hear!

I stand before you humbled, dear body of mine.

I can’t figure you out.

I thought sure after the eating and the lack of exercising that you would hate me.

I was convinced that I was so bloated that you could roll me down the driveway.

I “knew” that this morning you would let me know exactly how stupid I’ve been lately.

But alas, you fool me once again.

This morning, I weighed in at 156.  Still within my range.  Unbelievable!

But thank you, body.  Thank you.  I will never again question your mysterious ways.  From now on, I’m just going to roll with the punches and let you do your thing!

I feel pretty good about myself, thankyouverymuch.

Despite spending last week in Disney World (and subsequent confessions), I weigh LESS than I did two weeks ago. I seriously couldn’t ask for much more than that.

Besides doing my best to stay on top of my goals (although I had a few slip ups last week), exercise is definitely becoming a more routine part of my life. On top of the running, I’m throwing in some yoga every once in a while and I’ve also started doing the Hundred Push Ups program again.

Is it wrong to see something as a necessary evil yet kinda enjoy it all at the same time?

Another thing that has helped? I’m getting more sleep. Thanks to my husband (I should probably write a post on that), I am in bed before midnight every night now. That makes such a huge difference in how I feel every day.

Anywho, this weeks weigh in puts me at 4 weeks on my maintenance ticker (see it over there on the right? I thought a butterfly was fitting).

One month down. Eleven to go.

Bring it.

When I stepped on the scale this morning, the clouds parted and the skies were filled with sunshine and singing birds with ribbons in their beaks and I SWEAR I heard music.

Their may have even been an animated princess cheering for me.

Somehow, I lost 3 pounds over the last two weeks. I’m at 153! I haven’t been at 153 since 2007!

I don’t know how, but I’m not asking.  Road trips, Christmas dinners, non-Christmas dinners with my MIL’s home cooking, eating out, eating a full meal in the CAR because we didn’t want to stop.

Sticking with my Rethink Your Shrink goals really helped!!

I may officially be on maintenance, but I’m not looking a gift weight loss in the mouth.

WOOHOO!!!