Prepare To Be Amazed!

I just blew my 10 year old's mind so I just thought I'd share it with you as well.

Since February 13th I have walked/ran 178 miles and burned 14,372 calories! It did however take me 61.87 hours to do it though!

So yah, that's a lot!

P.S. I love mapmyrun.com which tallies it for me!

Week...?

So today's weigh in was AWESOME! However, I'm pretty sure the stomach bug I had yesterday had a large part in the 5lbs I lost. So I'm not counting on all of that staying off (wouldn't that be awesome though?!). As it stands at this very minute I'm am exactly at the weight I was when I got pregnant for Sho. *sigh* Still not the same pant size though. Oh well, one day at a time I suppose.

Bad week! :-( I cheated a lot this weekend and it showed on the scale. I think I gained back 2 lbs or so. My running time today wasn't great either, 4 days off was a bad idea. Oh well, time to get back in the saddle. Here's hoping for better week.

14

-1.6lbs!!! That was a nice little surprise this morning! And actually my clothes are FINALLY starting to get loose too! If you were to look at my workout calendar on mapmyrun.com you would see that I didn't clock very many miles last week. But I did work really hard, doing OTHER things this week. Sometimes I get discouraged with my running because the process is SO slow and I don't see drastic results. But then I head out to the softball field and realize, "I'm not in terrible shape after all", because I can run and run around that place without wanting to die or really being winded! I love that!

Week 13

I lost almost a pound this week. I forgot to weigh myself this morning so maybe it's a full pound, I don't know. So for 12 weeks are hard work I have dropped 17 pounds. But from the beginning of the year I'm down 20! It's a long, slow road but at least I'm headed in the right direction! I don't know why but I'm having a terrible time getting excited about working out the abs. So I keep putting it off. I guess I need to just do it. Today I'm changing up my workout a little. I'm going to go swim at a friend's indoor pool and then bike with my sister-in-law to my parents'. I'm sure I'll be feeling it tomorrow!
My walking buddy has decided she wants to try walking to a local ice cream shop that recently opened for the season. To quote her; "Eating an ice cream cone while walking is like eating celery, right?" Ha! I'm not so sure about that! But we should burn off the majority of the calories just getting there and back! :-)

This is me under construction

Week 12: Judge and assess.

I think I lost like ½ a pound. And I could feel all the BBQ'd chicken I ate this weekend during my run. :-(

Yesterday, I tried on a dress I've been trying to squeeze into and it zipped! But it was tight.

I didn't go for my long 7 mile run today. I thought about it and then decided it was too cold and too rainy. I hope it wasn't just an excuse, time will tell I guess.

I think my next course of action is to stay focused with the diet, continue with the running, and add some ab work. *sigh* I don't like ab work.

Bring on the next 12 weeks!  

Where I Am

I didn't post yesterday not because it was a bad weigh in, I just literally didn't have time to turn my computer on all day (I have a love-hate relationship with that kind of day).

*Drum roll*

Back down to where I was when Easter left its mark! Yay! I'm okay with that. 

In other news...my 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks experiment is proving to be correct! I can't remember what week this is (10 or 11), but I've have several people comment on the weight loss this week! Nothing says "keep going" more than positive feedback!