Good/Bad news

The good news is I worked out last week and had an amazing lobster and steak dinner!
The bad news, today's weigh in was not too great. I only gained about half a pound, but it's still not progress. Oh well, I only worked out 4 times last week so that probably didn't help much either. What can a girl do?! I'm not really discouraged...actually I'm kind of amazed that I only gained ½ a pound. I'm seriously rethinking my weighing in on Mondays...but it does force me to be good on the weekends...

I had a dream a couple nights ago that I ate 4 huge Oreos (abnormally large) and had dieters remorse and was mad because they didn't even taste very good. HA!

A lot of our friends have been trying My Fitness Pal and seem to be loving it. I don't know though, it seems like you kind of have to be obsessive about your calories. I'm annoying enough just being obsessed with what I can eat. And once again it's like what I've said before, I just don't want to re-learn another thing, I want to just stick with what I know works for me.

Well this starts week 4...and I am starting to notice a slight difference, I'm definitely fitter! We'll see if my motto holds true (4 weeks- you notice a difference, 8 weeks- your family notices, 12 weeks- the world notices).

"She's a dream, inside a wish, poured into jeggings"

I love looking back at my 2009 progress! It's so encouraging and inspirational to me. I'm really hoping I can get the same results this time. I don't know though, the scale is being stubborn so I doubt I'll be -15 lbs at 6 weeks. I just wish I had started blogging my progress before then, oh well, I'll have it this time.
I've been doing pretty well, I haven't cheated at all- And it's girl scout cookie season!!! I feel like my drive is there, lets just hope that being 3 years older doesn't slow down the progress.
In other news: I knocked off 5 minutes from my 5K this week! I'm very, very excited about that. Look at me, I always seem to make things into a competition. Yes, not only do I give myself  "pep talks" I also compete against myself. I'm all sorts of sport cliques, aren't I? Well I guess that's it, except as always, I need new running music!

I lost another pound! But I wish it had been more because I worked out 6 days last week, and didn't cheat at all. My brain knows that it's probably that I'm building muscle and it weighs more then fat, but it's still frustrating. Oh well, I'm going to keep it up and see what happens this week. However, I ran out of time to work out yesterday and I take Sundays off, so I'll only be able to exercise 5 days this week. I found mapmyrun.com this week, that site is really awesome! I wish I had an iPhone so I could take advantage of their App, but for now I'm just using my computer and a stop watch (why do I feel so "old school" saying that?!). Here's to a hopeful massive drop next week!

2 week progress

My weigh in on Monday showed that I lost another 3-4 lbs! Yeah! So I'm down a grand total of 8-9 lbs! I can't wait for my clothes to start showing my progress. I also haven't cheated AT.ALL! Every time I want to eat something bad I tell myself "it took you all this time and sacrifice to get down, do you really want to stop now?" Yes I'll admit it, I give myself an internal pep talk now and then (a.k.a. several times a day).I'm up to quickly walking a 5K, a very hilly 5K! Which was one of my goals. My next goal is to run some of it!  

Super Bowl Sunday

I'm so proud of myself. I stuck to my guns and didn't cheat at all today...but it was hard! There was these molten chocolate brownies that I REALLY, really wanted to eat, but didn't! And chicken wings, and... Tomorrow the scale better cooperate with me. Yay for willpower! I knew I had some, somewhere.

Oh and P.S. the Giants beat the Patriots! Double yay!

Yesterday I took the day off from working out because a. I was really busy, b. I was lazy, and c. I was really sore from the other four days. Today I got back on the wagon! Yay, me! So far I've lost about 5 lbs, which is kind of amazing and I'll take it! :-) Now to just keep it going...

So far I'm down 5 lbs! Go me! I've been exercising everyday this week! Go me, again! My run today did not go so well however. My stupid asthma kicked in after about 2 minutes so I had to just turn around and walk home. It's so annoying when your body won't cooperate with you, and this type of weather we're having right now isn't good for me. Let's home the progress continues, regardless.

The Goal: Thinner, Stronger, Faster

I know I keep chronicling my starting and stopping of South Beach. This time I'm completely committed!! I promise! I thought about changing things up and going with a different diet, but ended up deciding in the end that if I want to fall back into my old habits (my first time on S.B. habits) it would be better to stick with what I know. Along with the restricted diet I've also made a point to workout everyday, which I've been trying to do for about a month with some success. I have a walking/running buddy this time which makes things a little more interesting and the weather has been amazing for getting outside all winter.I've also decided to give myself 12 weeks to see if it's working or not. I read somewhere that it takes 4 weeks for you to notice the change to your body, 8 weeks for your family, and 12 for the rest of the world! So let's put it to the test! I'm always up for a good challenge!

Wish me luck!