Quiet Sunday in my office...

I came into my office to pick up something I forgot and wanted to look at tonight.  I love coming in my office on the weekends when no one is here.  It is so quiet and peaceful. The lights are all dim, no students bustling around, no faculty wondering where they are supposed to be. Just quiet.  It is kind of nice.

I had a good weekend food and exercise wise.  I am no longer during intervals on my runs.  We finished week 6 Sat night and now we will just run.  This week we do 25 mins, then we move up to 28 then 30.  It felt good to run Saturday night.  My body and mind both needed it.

This morning we met up for a swim at our gym.  Sadly, a lady came right on time for the next appointment so I had to get out.  I was 6 laps from finishing my mile :(

I had an awesome salad for lunch, straight from my kitchen.  I even skipped the dressing.  The only thing that contained points was the steak (2) so It was a pretty filling and really low filling lunch. Gotta love the (0) point veggies!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Hopefully my extra weekend work will once again pay off on the scales... We shall see Thursday!

Let's be honest

Last week's weigh in really hit me hard.  It was tough to see the gain when I was trying so hard, I mean yes I ate out but I really was being careful.  Or so I thought.  Now, I would say a good 3 or 4lbs of that is water weight.  Plain and simple - I had a massage the night before and I drank at least 3 gallons of water in the 24 hours leading up to the massage and after.  Put that with my normal water retention during my period and yes, I'll have a weight gain.

I am very, very nervous about tomorrow's weigh in.  I honestly have no idea how I will do.  I think I should do well, but really with last week's numbers I have no clue.

I have been eating wonderfully - still need more fruits and veggies but to be honest that is just because pay day is close and it is the end of the "cycle" clean out fridge time. I will complete week 6 tomorrow of the C25K program.  We finished intervals, we will now be running for block amounts of time each run.  I am ok with that I just wish I could get faster.  I'll save that for another post, LOL.

I have added swimming into the routine this week again and really, REALLY watching every single thing that goes in my mouth.

I think my gain and disappointment from last week has got in my head but I need to refocus and hopefully have a great weigh in tomorrow.  Please keep your fingers crossed?

This week won't be pretty.

My lovely running partner had some work related things to do (so she says, I think she just wanted to torture me and make me dread this 20 min run coming up) so our last day of week 5 will be tomorrow, bright and early.

We did use our local health club/gym and swim last night. It felt great. I know I burnt some calories but I felt amazing after. And boy did I sleep well! Something about being in the water just makes me feel so relaxed.

Speaking of relaxed, tonight is my massage. Ahhhh, thanks Insurance for covering those! I love them!!!

Now food wise this week, well I have struggled. I have had a lunch meeting at Ihop, Mexican, pizza and Olive Garden this week. Stayed within or very close to points but lets face it, those bread sticks are mighty tasty and they go down mighty fast.It has been a week of eating out (not by my choice really) lots of company in town and friends meeting up before school starts back in session. One thing I promised my self when I started my health kick and losing this weight is I would never be without things. I can't eat an entire pizza anymore, I know that - but if I want a few (2) slices, so be it. I will hit the gym a little harder, drink water with it and have a big salad with low fat dressing to make me feel full faster. I won't live in a box in my house to lose this weight. It isn't practical or smart. I love food, LOVE it ( duh, look at my weight) so I have to make good choices and plan better. I still will live this life loving food, just no longer letting the food be in control.


I didn't mean to get off on a tangent. Point being I am nervous for weigh in tomorrow. I don't think I will be getting any awards lol :) or motivational prizes!

It is funny, I have friends and family, that call or text every Thursday after lunch (or sometime in the day) to see how weigh in goes...it embarrasses me and upsets me when I can't tell them at least 2lbs gone. I hate reporting back to y'all about how I did if I don't have a good week too. For some reason it makes me extra accountable and I love it. Weighing in with the girls from work is also great motivation. I know I want to beat them in weight loss (I love them all but who wants to be the one the loosest the least?) so I am really going to channel this motivation and make next week even better. Whatever happens tomorrow is this week, next week is on my mind now.....

Already Tuesday??

Where did the weekend go? Where did Monday go?

I met Rebecca yesterday for an early morning run. Week 5, day 2 - 8min run, 5 min walk, 8 min run - ughhh

It was a beautiful morning to run, I did it. I wasn't fast but I ran it and didn't stop. Tomorrow it is a 20 min straight run. HA, really did I just type that? If you don't hear from me for days, it is because I have had some sort of stroke and maybe dying in my bedroom. Please send help. Thanks.

I took a half of day yesterday. Met a friend for lunch, Old navy shopped and then I went home cleaned a little and met my g'parents who were in town for a wedding and waited for my brother to get off work so we could go to dinner. Olive Garden was yummy, the company was even better. I love spending times with my grandparents. They are amazing people!

Today I came into work, worked some Blogged more and enjoyed the day. Tonight I am meeting Rebecca to start swimming - I am going to add that to my exercise and pick up a spin class and something else this month. I am kicking my butt skinny :)