Gun show Thursday!
It’s not much considering my arms are like, never worked out anymore, but I’m okay, today’s upper body workout was intense.
My notebook with my workout feels heavy!
Also, weight today: 153.8. Down a pound, so at least that’s good, right?
I guess I can do it too…
Since ShortMom and a lot of other people are doing it, perhaps this might be good for me.
4n4 Challenge: 4% Loss Ending on 6/18
Starting weight of today, May 21: 154 lbs
4% goal: ~6.2 lbs
Also I guess this would mark Day 1 of Summer of Scales.
This should be nice to give me something to look forward to.
So health-wise, today was a good day!
I woke up early and hit the gym!
Went to spinning class for the first time in well over a year! So hard. I was dying the whole time. It was hill day, and we ended up doing like 6 or 7 climbs.
After that, I hit the weights, did the first day of Jillian Michaels’ Making the Cut exercise program (AGAIN), it was hard. I normally don’t do weights after cardio, but since I showed up late to spinning and I didn’t want to be super tired for my first day of spinning anyway, I did it after.
I was hoping to go to Zumba tonight because my favorite instructor was teaching, but I’ve been having car trouble and I finally got a guy to look at t it and he was fixing it.
Who would have thought having to replace your power steering fluid every ten miles was bad (well, I did but didn’t do anything about it)?
Also, since it’s Monday I will mark this as official day 1 of working out again and trying to do what I can to look good for Miami, I weighed in today at a horrid 154.6. Also hadn’t seen that in over a year.
Confession time.
A few things, actually.
1. Before my marathon this weekend, I was pretty set on just doing the half. It wasn’t til I got to the expo that I decided I wanted to wear that shirt that said marathon with pride, and decided I’d just do the full even though it wasn’t the best idea.
2. I weighed in today for the first time in who knows how long. The verdict: 153 pounds. I hadn’t seen that weight in…almost a year and a half. This is not good.
3. I’m still hanging around Wes even though we’re pretty clear that we’re not in a relationship. We just spend a lot of time together.
4. Last night was the first time sleeping in my bed in well over a month.
5. I have 20 weeks until my 50k ultra. Scary.
6. I really have not liked what I see in the mirror for awhile. Nothing really fits anymore.
7. I’m 10 pounds up from my lowest weight but it makes such a difference being so short.
8. Once my tattoo is healed enough I’m going to start running, and join that overpriced gym. It just has everything I love in it! Hopefully I’ll be looking better by the end of the month, because I’m going to Miami for 2 weeks starting the 31st.
It’s time to get my shit together.
I’ve really fallen off the wagon big time.
Letting a boy take up all my time, my valuable training and studying time. No bueno.
So today I get my shit together.
I have a couple of big days coming up.
Kalamazoo marathon May 6th, Colfax marathon May 20th.
And the one where looks matter the most to me: I’m flying to Miami on May 29th.
Even though I know weight loss is not a big thing to expect while marathon training, I know there are ways to do it, it’s just about being smart. And FOCUSED. Just to get on the lower end of the 140s again.
Today’s weigh in. 148.2. Actually surprisingly good considering all the facts. But my body has really lost a lot of muscle.
Not sure what plan i’ll be doing involving weights and stuff, but I’ll work on it tonight.
Today’s plan. Jack Quinn’s run with my team and then no dilly dallying and I go to capoeira afterward.
62 days. 62 days to look hotter than I already do.
Also, I think I’m going to go brunette again!
Weigh in Friday
Today I weighed in. And I also took measurements because I haven’t taken any since I was at my lowest weight (read: last September). I was comparing numbers between then and now.. I’m definitely bigger. I gained 3 inches in my chest alone (no wonder my boobs have been looking bigger). I gained inches in pretty much everything. Except somehow I have 2 inches less in hips. Odd, but I’ll take it. I won’t even show you the comparison of the measurements because it’s too sad.
Week #68
Official SW: 168 lbs
No excuses challenge SW/Last weigh in (Jan. 30th): 149.2 lbs
CW: 147.4 lbs
-1.8 lbs since last weigh in
-20.6 lbs since official starting weight
I’ll take what I can get. Every day I get a little better, regardless of what the scale says.
Measurements 2/10/12:
Bust: 39.75”
Shoulders: 41”
Hips: 37.75”
Waist:31.25”
Thighs: 23.5”/24” (R/L)
Biceps: 11.5”/11.75” (R/L)
Forearms: 9.5”
Calves: 14.75”
Neck: 12.75”
I’ve been avoiding these measurements for a reason. Hopefully I’ll see some progress though!
Oh yeah, I weighed in again today.
So while i was writing that heading, the autofill wanted to write “Oh yeah, I weighed in at 159 today :)”
I must’ve written that a LONG time ago. Wooo progress!
What I was going to say, was I weighed in at 146.6 today!
BIG improvement from the last few days. Eating a lot of food works for me. It’s when I eat less that weight remains stagnant.
It’s been 63 weeks since I started losing weight.
Such a long time. I never really thought about it. I hardly ever stick to anything. ANd sure, my weight’s been hovering over the same numbers for a year. But the fact that I haven’t really gained beyond 6 pounds at any period is quite an accomplishment for me.
Week 1 Day 1 of Marathon Training..
For Kalamazoo! We are exactly 18 weeks out! I’m doing the Hal Higdon intermediate plan.
Day 1: Cross training.
Umm, well, I’m probably going to capoeira and CrossFit tonight, so that should work.
Until then I’m spending the day reading training books and Dean Karnazes.
I think I might get back into NROL for women. I don’t know if it’s my sleep habits, my eating, or what, but I haven’t lost anything and have been gaining weight. Today I weighed in at 148.8 lbs. Bleh. I’ve run 3 days in a row I don’t understand! Oh well. My sleep habits probably have a big part because I’m just now switching to sleeping at night.
“My eyes have barely opened it’s -19 degrees outside and I’ve been awake since 5:50 am. But I feel skinny. What’s a hairbrush?” is what this picture says. Yup.
145.2 this morning. Wayyyyy better than the 149.8 from last Wednesday.
So this is what happens when I give up on myself for 3 days..
I.e. this is what happens when I eat at my family’s house 3 days in a row and don’t work out.
I saw a number on the scale this morning that I haven’t seen in like at least 6 months. 149.8.
I just lose control of my food habits when I’m around my family. I’m not used to like, delicious food. That’s why I like cooking by myself for myself. I cook for one and I know I can eat everything I cook. When there’s extra food and whatever, I still want to keep eating.
I feel really crappy. And I know I’m not supposed to let the scale dictate how I feel, but it’s very difficult today. I was at my lowest weight ever of 141.8 just a couple of weeks ago.
Weigh In Friday! Lowest Weight Edition!
Week #55
Official SW: 168 lbs
OGH4L SW: 145.2 lbs
CW: 141.8 lbs!
-0.8 lbs since last week
-3.4 lbs since OGH4L initial weigh in
-26.2 lbs since official starting weight!
Oh shit look at that number!
:DDDDDDD
I’ve been so stressed out this week with school that I’ve only worked out on Monday and yesterday, so I tried to do well on calories. Didn’t even care about weight though. But apparently I did really well! happy with this. Lowest weight I’ve seen since 9th grade!
Weigh In Friday!
So I’ve been a good girl all week and haven’t weighed myself during the week. Last time I checked I was like 145ish pounds, not cool.
So I’ll just use my O:GH4L starting weight since it’s just been all over the place and I don’t know what my last weight was. I weighed in like on Sunday I think..maybe. Who knows.
Week #54
Official SW: 168 lbs
OGH4L SW: 145.2 lbs
CW: 142.6 lbs!
-2.6 lbs since OGH4L weigh in
-25.4 lbs since official starting weight!
Yayyy! Who would have thought that I would’ve weighed that? Not me! So awesome. Now to break through this barrier since 142 is my lowest weight. Can she do it??? I hope so!!
Been avoiding sharing my weight like the plague,
but here goes. O:GH4Lr2: Week..3?
Yeah, I haven’t really shared my weight since the first day.
It’s also…
Week #53 of me for real losing weight! I missed the one year mark last week, oh well!
GH4L SW:145.2 lbs
This week: 144 lbs! So at least the scale is going down, even if it is super slow..
Loss: 1.2 lbs
What I’m proud of: Went running outside yesterday for the first time in..oh, I guess it wasn’t that long ago. 2 weeks since the marathon. But still. Also I’ve been good at keeping track of food for the most part, I decided to switch from MyPlate to MyFitnessPal because they have a free iPhone app. Also have stuck to my lifting schedule all this week!
What I can do better: I really don’t know. If I workout more my body won’t let me lose weight. Same for eating less. SO, I guess I could like, run outside or something? Also, I would say stay away from alcohol, but it’s Halloween weekend so you can forget about that. I’ll just say no to crap food as much as I can.
As for Week 53 stats…I’ll do that on WIW. Aka tomorrow. Because last year I started on a Wednesday.
Getting frustrated again.
When I’m eating like crap, barely working out, not trying hard to lose weight, I understand why I don’t lose.
But when my eating has been fantastic, my exercise has been above and beyond awesome, I can’t help but be a little pissed that it’s not reflecting on the scale.
It could be my scale.
My scale this morning when I weighed in, said 145.4. Then I’m like, that can’t be right, take everything off, and get back on. 145.6. Then I tried again. 145.8.
Something has GOT to be off. I hope. But it’s getting very frustrating.
O:GH4L Day 1!
I’ve been avoiding telling you guys my weight because it’s basically back to where I started like last month. I do think it’s mostly the running and just all the aerobic exercise without much intensity change. So anyway. My weight today was 145.2. The way things fit hasn’t changed so I don’t feel bad. My weight loss goal. 7 pounds. My super awesome weight loss goal- 10 pounds. Non weight loss goal. Be able to comfortably wear my Aeropostale 7/8s muffin top free. And get a sub 8:30 minute mile. So yeah. Let’s do this!
