200+ (Week 24) Shrinking into Summer

Deb- I'm highly amused that so many of us cycle together. haha! Yeah, it makes me nervous, cause if my TOM does come next week, that probably will induce a short-term weight gain which my confidence really doesn't need. I was doing more interval training when I was doing c25k, as it involved walking and running. I might on days I'm at the rec center try and do that occasionally on the treadmill and pump up my running speed when I know I'll be able to walk as well.

Victoria- what are you going to Chicago for? I forget how much farther it is to get to everything when you're upstate. it's only 4ish hours for me here. Sounds like the next couple of days might be difficult. Hopefully you'll be able to relax a bit today with the smaller client load and be able to step up the exercise today as you might have more time. Good luck!

Nikki & dixiegal- nice of you to check in! We've missed you!

Kendal- 6 months! Wow! I'm so proud of all of us! I know some of the people in the group joined in later on, but it's amazing we've all stuck around through all of it- the ups and the downs. I'm so fortunate to have found you all. I'll be here for the future anniversaries!

So today should be okay. I'm feeling a bit better mood wise than I was yesterday. I think the apartment situation will work out okay, but that added stress was not what I needed. I didn't go to bed as early as I should have last night, as I stayed up to watch the biggest loser. Also didn't sleep fantastic last night (woke up several times), but I'm doing okay today. I have a potential client at 10am today, but that's the only set appointment. Other than that, it's just reminder phone calls to make for therapy group tomorrow, and a couple other phone calls to peeps who are interested in my study. If I start to hit the wall and get tired and not feel well, I'll plan on leaving early to catch a nap this afternoon.

It's raining really hard outside and I think it's supposed to all day, so I plan to hit up the rec center again this afternoon/evening. I've done the elliptical the last couple of days which has helped with the calorie burning, as I tend to lose more on that, but I really would like to get a true run in. So if it is raining or looks like it has the potential to, I'll hit up one of the treadmill, which I haven't used in a few weeks since completing c25k. Only 2 of them allow you to go on them for more than 30 minutes at a time, so if I snag one of those, I'll try and run a full 5K- I haven't done that on the treadmill yet (just outside), so I'm note sure if I'll make it, but I want to at least hit 30 minutes running. If I can get one of the other treadmills, I might do some intervals- running at more like 5.0 (versus 4.5 for longer distances) and then walking briefly and repeating for the 30 minutes. Then, I'll try and do 30 more of something else. Perhaps bike. Today is sort of my last chance workout, as tomorrow I have my group late again and I don't want to work out when that is finished. So hopefully today will go well.

Happy hump day!

HA!!! Doctor went better then it could have.

The most wonderful thing happened today. I can actually wear size 16 jeans!!! I really don't remember the last time I wore size 16. Of course a little snug, but comfortable. Not bad. I am soooo excited over this. I can't wait to be in 14's, then 12's, then 10's and if I get into a size smaller then a 10 that is the bonus round for me.

Mish- you and I are so similar! I'm in 16's (snugly) now. I think it'll be a while till I'm in 14's, as I think at my lowest I can remember (junior year of college) I was 171 (I just couldn't get into the 160s!!), and I still wasn't comfortable in 14's yet. Still can't even imagine it. I think I was a size 10 in middle school and never remember being a single digit size. I think I went straight from girl's clothes to 10s. haha.

dixiegal- congrats on the great walk- good timing as well! Sorry to hear about the sunburn though. Ouchies!

pinbot- seriously- can you ship your scale downstate to me every week? I'll ship it back to you each week! Congrats on hitting the 180s! you're doing absolutely amazing! Halfway to your goal is unbelievable! I hope you feel terribly proud of yourself, cause I sure am!! Have a great time in Chicago (great preparation btw!)- you totally deserve it.

deb- how great for family time at the Y! Fun! You'll have to let us know how it goes. Pound the water today and hopefully the sodium won't affect the weight too much tomorrow.

Scale was relatively nice to me this morning, so I'm hoping it'll hold (or go down) tomorrow. Thursdays are my bad day now at work, as I have my therapy group from 5:30-7:30, not leaving me in the mood to work out after 11 hours at work. This is the second to last session of my group, but my next group I've scheduled to be on Thursday evenings as well. I didn't want to, but it was the best time for the majority of the people who would be in it. Argh. I did exercise well this week (Sun-Wed every day for at least an hour), so I'm hoping that'll keep me okay. Did the elliptical yesterday again, even though I had planned on doing the treadmill (it was pouring outside), but all of them were taken. I did a bit of a lower resistance from Tuesday as my body was a bit tired, but still powered through the 65 minutes. Biggest Loser dad was there again- still amused.

Eating should be okay today, except I brain farted and forgot to bring lunch. I got thrown out of whack cause I brough stuff to eat a light dinner before group (which gives me the option that if I'm hungry after to eat something very tiny when I get home), and with the extra stuff, I missed the lunch portion, so I'll need to go and get something today. I'll need to think about it. As I don't plan on exercising, my caloric intake needs to be lower, so hmm... I'll need to ponder on that.

Everyond good luck on their last day before weigh-in. Last chance workout!

Lacey- my calorie count might be off, as I'm going by what the machine says (with my age and weight factores in). I don't always hold onto the HRM on the machine, but when I'm really working hard it's in the 150-160 range. My HRM, when I did wear it did not say I was burning as much, so I don't know what number to really go with. The number I end up logging is still way less than what MPF says I does for that time. So who knows.

Kendal- way to go with the sign up for three walks! Way to commit, and I imagine they will serve as major motivation for you. My ramping up in cardio this week was partially because of my Almost5K run next weekend (eep.)

Thanks for checking in Carolyn. I hope the trip is going well.

It's that time of the week.


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