Weigh in Wednesday

Forgot about this yesterday.

I had an ok week considering I was pmsing and I lived off of cookies and chocolate.

But, thankfully, it has been a wonderfully warm spring week here in New England so I've been running all week long. I got 5.29 miles in on Sunday before my feet started to hurt. I need new running shoes badly, but as a stay at home mom, I'm going to have to save up for an expense like that. I want to get really good shoes to support me through my half marathon training and that'll cost me at least a hundred dollars. Blah..... Anyone wanna donate to my cause and buy mama new shoes? lol

Anyhoo, I weighed in at 208.5 yesterday so I lost 1/2 a pound. I'll take it! It wasn't much, but at least it moved in the right direction.

Weigh in Wednesday

I had a much better week this week!

I've stepped up my game quite a bit as far as work outs go. I've only been able to do the elliptical as we've gotten tons of snow here in New England, but instead of just going with the two 1/2 programs I use, I've been bumping up the resistance on them as often as possible and ending the workout with ten minutes on the hardest level.. which is insanely difficult and it nearly kills me.

Lastly, because of I have to take breaks from the elliptical to let my feet un-numb (common elliptical problem) I have added some crunches and stomach toning Pilate's moves to my breaks. I can feel my abs getting tighter already (under the baby flab of course).

Today I am down to 209. Only a 1 lb loss but considering the amount of strength training I'm doing, I'm not surprised... its also that time of the month again! gotta love it lol

Weigh in Wednesday

This week was a bust weight wise, I didn't gain nor lose.

I have been running a lot and generally when I start running I put on quite a bit of muscle so I'm going to chalk it up to that as well as the fact that I came down with a cold Monday have not worked out for the past few days.

Overall however I'm happy that I didn't gain anything and even happier that the weather has been so warm that I was able to get outside for some runs. I even did a nice long 4 mile run on Sunday which was incredibly awesome.

Of course, today, I woke up to this.... Ugh... queue New England Nor'easter to dash my running dreams against the rocks.





Ahh well, it'll melt soon hopefully. I plan to start throwing in some strength training days with my cardio days. I want to focus on my abs for sure to get rid of the baby jiggle I've had going on there for the past 4 years, and definitely some leg stuff to help with my running.

Anyone have any great programs you use that you'd like to pass on?

Wednesday Weigh In

It was a great week eating wise. I got back on track, ate close to the earth, limited my calorie intake and I worked out everyday but one.

I got a few runs in also on the warmer days which was wonderful.


Today I weighed in at 210.1 so I'm down 2 lbs :) My total weight loss is now 42 lbs.

I'm really looking forward to losing the next eight, because at 202 I will weigh what I weighed 4 years ago when I gave birth to my daughter (I really started packing the weight one once I stopped breast feeding her).

Then, I can officially move on to taking off that damn baby weight!! Better late than never right? I weighed 170 when I got married and then 6 months later got pregnant. I am hoping to be that weight by August when I run my half marathon, because it'll be a lot easier on my body.

Another goal I look forward too, is weighing under 180 pounds so I can officially be smaller than my husband. I asked him his weight the other day, and he joked around asking me if I thought he looked fat. I told him simply that I wanted to know how much farther I had to go to be smaller than him. He said "oh, how much farther babe?"

I just looked at him with a straight face and stated "that's not really open for discussion at this time." HAHAHAHA Good thing he doesn't read this blog!

And lastly, because having small goals is important in weight loss, I can't wait to get back under 200 lbs!

Over all I'm pretty pleased with myself! And ready for another successful week!

Wednesday Weigh In

Whew boy was last week a colossal failure! I'm so glad to be home, around familiar things and eating healthy again!

I did exercise last week which was nice, but I ate like a living vacuum so it was all for naught.

I did weigh about 216 when I got home Saturday.

Today I'm back down to 212 thank goodness!

I've been running all week too which has been fabulous, I've really missed it.

And.... DRUM ROLL PLEASE! I've registered for a half marathon August 28th, I'm starting a 12 week training plan on June 12th! Super excited about that! SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday Weight In

I'm experiencing some minor technical difficulties regaurding my weight today. We are house sitting for my in laws and I have no idea how accurate her scale is compared to my own... they're all different! I had planned on weighing myself when I left and then getting here and weighing myself immediatly upon arriving but that plan was lost in the chaos of relocating a 3 year olds home for a week. Egads!

So today according to her scale I am 215lbs. A weight increase. I'm curious to see what the scale at home says when we get back.

I have not being eating well though this week, I'll totally admit to that. My hubs grandmother brought over an apple pie baked in a giant 2 foot by 1 foot baking dish, yowza! And being in a different place has made it very hard to stick to what I did all last week.

I have been exercising however. Running no less which has been totally awesome! I've being using my elliptical since probably late October and I was able to go out there and still run 3 miles easily and in 37 mins which is 3 mins faster than I could this fall :) It has been awesome! and it makes me look foward to my workout times each day. I can't wait for spring so I can start running more regulary.

So anyhoodle, there is my weird messed up "not sure if its accurate" weigh in. :)

I hope your weeks were more consistant than mine!

UPDATE: I put little miss on the scale and she weighed 2 lbs more than her normal weight (she does not fluctuate) so that being said I think I'm at 213. Still higher than last week but like I said, I'm eating like crapola this week, plus I'm pmsing... hopefully next weeks results will be better!

Blog away the weight!

It's no big secret on this blog that I've been on a major weight loss and exercise kick, so imagine my excitement when I found the Blog The Weight Away competition over at 4BabyAndMom!

Even more exciting, I was picked to join the black team which is being thrown into the competition which has already started, as a FUN twist! woo hoo!

Lets start off by saying that I've already lost 41 pounds! I started this whole process back in July when I began running using the Couch to 5k program which I absolutely adored and highly recommend! As the summer progressed I ran in a few 5k races and then started training for a 10k race in November. Unfortunately I injured my foot a few weeks prior to the race but I did get to the point where I was running 6 miles a day for a few weeks and it felt amazing!

I should preface this intro by saying that when I met my hubs I was a svelte 135 pounds, I ran 6 miles a day like it was nothing. So getting back to a point where I could run that far again was a huge accomplishment for me. HUGE!!

I started gaining weight right around the time I married the hubs. I had endometriosis so in order to protect my fertility the doc suggested I use birth control until I wanted to conceive but skip the sugar pills... basically I was hormoned up for 2 years... and boy oh boy did it wreak havoc on my body. Add to that, a new desk job where I sat all day complete with a corporate career too demanding to allow time for the gym and then a baby girl, and bam! I ballooned up! And when I say ballooned I mean up to.. egads, am I gonna say it? Yup.... Up to 252 pounds!

I wish I could say this was an all time high for me.. but its not. In 2000, I weighed in at 270 pounds! and I started a diet then and began exercising (and later running) losing a total of 135 pounds... (shortly after that I met the hubs).

ps do the math, if you do, you'll notice I lost myself in weight 270-135=135

I think that's the most frustrating part for me. I lost all that damn weight and then gained it all back! Urgh!!! Oh the work it took, and it went right down the tubes!

But here I am, back on the wagon so to speak. And I've learned a lot along the way. For starters, I eat way less when I exercise. I'm sure it has something to do with all those wonderful endorphins your body releases during workouts... and it replaces all those wonderful endorphins you get out of a brownie or a cupcake.

Second, I LOVE LOVE LOVE to run.. addicted almost... unfortunately I'm not running now. I am an outdoor runner and running in Northern NH in January just isn't feasible. I do however own a fabulous elliptical machine. I use it 4-5 days a week on the high resistance programs for an hour. I burn 1000 calories doing so which is pretty darn good. My overall goal with running however, is to start again this spring with training and run a half marathon by this fall, and by next fall to run a full marathon... I like lofty goals. :)

Third, its hella harder to lose weight when your in your 30's, the rumors are true! I lost those 135 lbs in my 20's in 10 months. 10 MONTHS! This time around its been just about 6 and I've only lost 40. I have not however been dieting. I eat what I want, including cookies or whatever, and I've still lost that weight. So my new game plan includes calorie counting.. I hate to do it but I do think the weight will come off faster... and eventually once my stomach shrinks, I won't want to eat my foot off (kidding, sorta).

So there is my intro... every week on Wednesday I'll be here to give you my weigh in during which I'll disclose my weight and measurements (no matter how painful) and then I'll hop on over to my teammates pages to give them encouragement and congrats!

Here's to happy weight loss success!

Today's Stats:
Weight: 211.8 lbs
Measurements: 43/39/47
Total Lost from Start: 41 lbs
Total Lost during competition: Just starting!


On to the pictures!

Here is today at 40lbs lost.

And this is last night... I had this bridesmaid dress in my closet and it fit again so I couldnt' resist trying it on :)



This summer before I started


The Goal!