My 22 week progress

barefoot_shuffler

KEEPIN' IT REAL: SCIENTIFIC DATA WEEK 22


Oops...
Has it really been 3 weeks that I have not posted in my blog?

Honestly....
I have not been purposely avoiding this....life has just gotten busy....I started my internship....school has begun for both myself and my children...

I literally have not had the energy or the time to sit in front of my computer and be creative...
.....and I can't think of one...single...funny thing to say...

so why bother, right?

But.....

I have continued to log all of my foods. I have consistently gone over my daily caloric allowance, but not too terribly. I have been going over because I have not really been shuffling much. Not shuffling drives me crazy!!

However, my internship affords me the opportunity to do a lot of walking in the building. I volunteer to take things to classrooms just so I can accumulate steps on my Fitbit (a pedometer/calorie tracker). For instance, yesterday, I walked over 4 miles and 15 flights of stairs just running passes to students!!! It's not nearly as satisfying as shuffling, but I'll take it if that's all I can get in a day! Sure beats sitting at a desk all day!

Also, being so busy has kept my appetite under control. I bring a healthy lunch and a protein shake to my internship site and that really seems to work for me. I have really tried to up my protein and potassium again, as I had become quite complacent about meeting those particular dietary needs of mine.

My shuffling miles have been pretty low each week, but hubby and I have done a race each weekend lately. Last Sunday, we did the Fox 8 Fox Trot 5k in Cleveland. It was a beautiful day for a race on the shores of Lake Erie! My time was 29:10!! Another sub-30 minute 5k! And....my age group was the largest age group.....107 women.
I placed 17th!!!!!! I am pretty excited about that

Honey and I have a half marathon coming up in 43 days....I desperately need to up my miles if I am going to survive that! We also just signed up for a 20 miler in April! Yikes!!



So...last week was a picture week. I did take pics, just hadn't posted....so here they are:

My usual size 12 pics:












These next ones are my progress pics since starting My Fitness Pal...I have only lost 6 pounds since June 28th, but can see some difference....especially in the front view pics:










The numbers:

Beginning weight: 165
Today's weight: 148.8
Total weight loss: 16.2 lbs


Not much else to post this week!! Just trying to adjust to my new busy schedule and still keep track of things.

retirehappy

Nice progress. Thanks for sharing.

missionimposs

You are doing brilliant and you can really see a big difference in your tummy !!! Thank you for sharing with us !!:bigsmile: