Getting Ready to Leave VA (UPDATE)

I’m pissed. I screwed up my whole day at lunch. Grrr. Well, I woke up at like 7:45 this morning because Hubs and Bubs and I are all sharing one bed at this time because we are moving tomorrow and basically everything is packed…including Bubs' bed. Needless to say I slept like shit last night and getting up at 7:45 a.m. sucked assssssss. And then we were supposed to have lunch with Hubs' mom at noon. So, I just didn’t eat breakfast and instead did some packing. HUGE mistake. She didn’t show up until 1:30 and by then I was starving to death. We went to UNO’s and I ate freakin’ everything in sight. Blahhhhh

I had two stuffed mushrooms, 2 avocado egg rolls, a vegetable goat cheese wrap with farro salad, and then Bubs and I shared the deep dish cookie sundae which by itself is like 1300 calories (and Bubs ate about 1/8th of it). So I’m already 470 calories over my allotment for the day and that was just lunch. We are supposed to have dinner with my mom tonight. Ugh. And I didn’t run this morning because it was supposed to be hot as balls (which it is). So I suck. Sigh….I’m definitely back in those 190s. I gotta do better. I WILL DO BETTER. (just probably not today….definitely tomorrow though! HA. I guess we will call today my cheat day.) I need to lay off the chocolate and eat breakfast.

Getting Ready to Leave VA

CW: 189.8lbs (16.2lbs lost)

Well, hello, 180s! Nice to see you! I haven’t seen you since college.

To be honest, I’m not really that excited about it. I went to the doctor yesterday and was weighed at 196, so either my scale is lying to me or my doctor’s scale is lying to me. I’d love to think it’s my doctor’s scale, but I doubt it. It’s not a digital scale, it’s the one with the needle that goes around. I don’t know. If my scale is the one that’s lying, then I started out at 212 instead of 206 since I’m at 196 instead of 189.8. Either way, I’ve still lost 16lbs. I know that. I just wish that I REALLY am in the 180s. Idk. I’m a little sour today about it after being weighed yesterday. Blah…

I ran every day this week (except for Monday), but its hot as balls outside right now so I probably won’t get a run in today. And tomorrow we move out of this house, so probably no run then either….or Monday, because we are driving to NC to move into the new house. So no runs for 3 days…..eeek. Plus all the eating out because we obviously don’t have a kitchen or anything to cook in….sigh.

Maybe I will try to run in the heat today anyway. I’ll just bring water….and maybe walk a little more.

Foodwise has been less than stellar, but not awful. Yesterday I went to Eggspectations to say goodbye to a friend, and I had a bagel loaded up with cream cheese and smoked salmon with some fruit on the side. For dinner I had subway--12” on multi-grain with oven roasted chicken, avocado, tomato, spinach, onion, pickles, and mustard. I also devoured two of Subway's chocolate chip cookies in about 3 seconds.

The day before, I had an egg beaters, laughing cow cheese and salsa omelet topped with greek yogurt and a half of a bagel with butter. Lunch was some brown rice with just a little bit of my taco dip mixed in, and for dinner I had Zinga (pacific coast tart froyo with coconut, strawberries, and pecans…yummmmm).

I'm a BAMF! (UPDATE)

The rest of today was a failure! Ha.

After I posted I went on an eating rampage….We went to chipotle and I got a salad with a little bit of the cilantro lime rice, black beans, fajita veggies, tomato salsa, corn salsa, sour cream and cheese (600 calories). Thank you www.nutritionix.com!

THEN we had Sweet Frog (Mike talked me into it. Ha!) I had coconut froyo with dark chocolate shavings and some roasted/salted almond pieces. (Idk…maybe 400 calories?)

THEN for dinner, we had brown rice, broccoli and this crock pot chicken taco thing that needed eating out of or freezer. I was bad…I added olive oil to the rice and butter to the broccoli. I had about a cup of rice, a million broccoli florets and probably about a cup of the taco thing (which by the way is just chicken breast, salsa, black beans, and cream cheese (I'll post the recipe)…nothing fancy, but oh so amazing. I made it back in March WAY before my healthy transformation thing, and next time I make it I’m doing half cream cheese/half Greek yogurt and adding corn) (875 calories)

Totals

Goal: 1400
Consumed: 2550 (ouch)
Exercise: 583
Net: 1967
Remaining: -567

I haven’t seen that high of a negative number in a while. And to be honest, I feel as though I ate healthy things today and I indulged just a little in my sweet tooth, so, SO WHAT?! It’s one measly day, and I don’t give a shit. I ran a fucking 5K WITHOUT WALKING ONCE today. So I’m saying “fuck off” to that shit. J Sorry for the swearing (and yes I know I’m not supposed to reward myself with food) but tomorrow is a new day and I’m still on track, doing well. So…suck it. J

I'm a BAMF!

I’ve still been at it! I woke up yesterday, took Bubs to school and then Hubs and I ran/walked 5.48 miles in that neighborhood. Three laps is about 5 miles, and that’s what we did. I ran the entire last lap, and then back to my car. Just a smidge over 1.5 miles. So I decided that if I could do 1.5 miles yesterday, I can run an entire 5K today. So that’s what I did. Because I’m a badass. And you know, what? I didn’t die, nor did I feel like I was even close to dying. So, yay me!

Here’s my breakdown:

Mile 1: 15’28” (I walked to warm up)
Mile 2: 10’54”
Mile 3: 10’41”
Mile 4: 10’37”
Mile 5: 15’58” (I walked to cool down)

My Nike+ app doesn’t tell me my actual 5K time (because it’s not exactly 3 miles, its 3.11), but I’m guessing I ran the 5K in about 33 minutes. 3 minutes faster than my goal! Hell yes! And I felt a little like jello when I was finished, but I feel great now! And when I got home, we packed the kitchen…womp womp.

As far as my calories go, I’ve been a little lax the past few days:

Monday

B: Honey Bunches of Oats and Almond Milk
L: Spanish Rice with greek yogurt
D: Spanish Rice (no yogurt) and a small slice of lasagna
Ds: Moose Tracks…just a few bites of Mike’s

 I had to guess on the calories here but I’d say about 1921. And no, I didn’t work out on Monday. I took a break.

Tuesday

B: Honey Bunches of Oats with Almond Milk
L: Chicken Caesar Cool Wrap from Chickfila with Caesar Dressing (my weakness….ahhh)
D: Chicken Tortilla soup with 2 slices provolone and some greek yogurt (we’re trying to eat everything that’s left in our fridge so its kind of random right now)

Calories: 1861

Exercise: 615
Net: 1246
Remaining: 154

Today (Wednesday) so far:

B: Honey Bunches of Oats with Almond Milk
2^nd B (Lord of Rings…eh? Eh?): Southwest egg beaters, laughing cow cheese wedges, ½ a bagel with butter
L: Mike just suggested chipotle….so probably that
D: We have some amazing crock pot taco dip in the freezer that needs to be eaten so probably that in a wrap with some avocado. OMG, I’m salivating just thinking about it….

Yep, I'm Awesome

CW: 190.2lbs (15.8lbs lost)

Let’s go ahead and talk about how awesome I am. I spent all day yesterday with my mom shopping and whatnot and I got some of the CUTEST running clothes at the Under Armour outlet. When I got home I made dinner (Spanish Rice with black beans, corn, tomato, chicken, and Greek yogurt) and then even after I ate I had the sudden urge to run. So slipped on my super cute running top and then kicked some ass. I ran/power walked the shit out of a 5K. I did it in 35 minutes and some change. Like 30 seconds faster than my goal, and I ran A LOT of it.

And afterwards, I really wanted to go get Sweet Frog, but I resisted the temptation, and didn’t get anything sweet. Actually, I didn't eat anything…I just chugged a whole bunch of water instead. I am not a dog, I did not reward myself with food. I’m so proud of myself. “My feet hurt from kicking so much ass”.

And today, I stepped on that beautiful scale and look what it read!!! 190.2. The 180s are calling my name!

Can we also talk about how I wore a tightish fitting outfit yesterday (black yoga pants with a gray tank and my hot pink Nike sports bra underneath—not exactly super stylish or anything…but still…I was sexy either way) while out and about and the Hubs told me how he thought I looked fantastic, and so did my mom! Mom even commented on my guns! I must be doing something right then!!! J

Here’s to another great week. Though I probably won’t be exercising today since I’m packing and my run last night was pretty late and my achilles/soleus is sore. So, taking it easy today!

Yesterday’s Menu:
B: Oatmeal with Strawberries, Almond Milk, and Greek Yogurt
L: Leftover Mini Pizzas
D: Spanish Rice with Black Beans, Corn, Tomato, Chicken, and Greek Yogurt
**I may or may not have had a couple of Mike’s french fries (maybe 5 or 6, max) when he went to Wendy’s for lunch, but its negligible so mehhhh**

Totals
Consumed: 1258
Exercise: 454
Net: 804
Remaining: 596

J J J J

And some progress pictures…(my least favorite part...ick):

A) Sorry they are so blurry. I used my iPhone and had some trouble uploading them to this blog individually. I'll fix it for next time. Scouts honor.

B) I know the date on the first pics is November 2011. I had some grand ideas about losing weight then,  but gave up when I found out that I was going to have knee surgery again. Meh...

Anywho! Honestly, I don’t see any difference really, except in the way my clothes actually fit. My underpants aren’t as tight which is nice. And you can see a TINY gap between my thighs RIGHT near my crotch, so I guess that’s progress, too. And in the second set of pictures, you can see some more definition in my arm…Obviously I still have lots of work to do, and its definitely going to take some time. Lots of time. 50 lbs dont disappear over night!

Packing? Er....No.

CW: 192.6 (-13.4)

I was surprised (and excited) to see that number today! I even was like “What? You lying bitch…” out loud and weighed myself again and it said the same thing so I’m taking it! J woot woot! I’m making progress, bitches.

Had a super fun day of packing today…not really. I could NOT get motivated to do hardly any packing whatsoever. I feel so disorganized that I just want to lie down and yell, “Uncle!”. I want to just blink my eyes and POOF! We’re there! Obviously that’s not happening. Booooo….But I got a few things done I guess.

Bubs and I went on a 3.5+ mile walk this evening followed by an abdominal/arms circuit for 20 minutes. I ate really well also! I’m feeling pretty good about my progress so far. I seriously hope I can keep this up. In the past I’ve lost a few pounds and then given up, saying “eh, I’ve lost plenty…I’m good.” But it’s not good enough this time. I want to lose more than a few pounds. I want to get into the 170’s before orientation for my physical therapy program down in NC starts on August 15^th. I don’t know if that’s feasible, but it would be nice and I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing in the hopes that that’s enough. If not, I’ll adjust accordingly.

So here it is….

The Menu

B: Honey Bunches of Oats with Almond Milk
L: Black Bean and Corn Quesadilla with salsa, plain Greek yogurt and weight watchers shredded cheese
D: Mini Pesto, Tomato, Mozzarella Pizzas
Ds: Plain Greek Yogurt with cinnamon, fresh strawberries, vanilla extract and just a little bit of sugar (I’m out of stevia and I actually don’t like the taste of it that much so I’m on the hunt for a different natural sweetener instead)

Totals

Consumed: 1521
Burned Through Exercise: 343
Net: 1178
Remaining: 222

Here’s to being more productive tomorrow. I guess.

Break Time

I took a break today. I know I said I wanted to increase my running and do an ab series and I’ll probably be kicking myself in the ass tomorrow for it when I step on the scale and weigh 200lbs again, but I just needed a break from exercise. My back hurts, my hip hurts, my ass hurts, my left soleus hurts (that’s the lower calf for all you non-medically minded folks out there), and of course….my god damn knee hurts and is the size of my head again. So I took a break. I’ve been exercising every single day and I don’t want to get injured and not be able to do anything at all, so I figured a break might do me some good. I got home from my run last night and my right SIJ was screaming….along with my left soleus and my left knee. I’m just a mess, and I’m fucking tired. So I took a long ass nap today instead. What?! Priorities.

But I made up for it today by eating well….well sorta.

The Menu:

B: Honey Bunches of Oats with Almond Milk (275 cal)

L: Two slices of Dominos veggie pizza (290 cal per slice)
D: 12” Turkey Sub from Subway with LTO, pickles and mustard. No cheese, on 9 grain wheat—I wanted spinach but they didn’t have any…womp womp. (550 cal)

Totals:
Consumed: 1405
Burned Through Exercise: 0 L
Net: 1405
Remaining: -5

Meh….could have been worse. I’m glad I took that break though. Today was my last day of work (except for next week when I am filling in at a different clinic). We move NEXT weekend….did you hear that? NEXT WEEKEND, people! This is crazy. Ahhh….So tomorrow I need to get my packing muscles in gear and get some shit done. Hopefully I’ll also have time to work out. We shall see.

In other news, Pinterest is sucking me in again with all its healthy recipes and whatnot. There are a lot of new things I want to try when I get moved into the new place. Baked oatmeal, protein shakes…all sorts of shit. Can’t wait to be down in NC starting our new life.