With no working out to add calories, 1320 calories is going to be a tough goal today.

Thanks!!!!

I have had a great workout week and a little better than okay food week. I am thankful that I have been able to push this hard this week. I can definitely feel and see the changes in my body, I wish the scale would reflect it. I don't know about this plateau thing but I am feeling maybe I am having one. I am a little frustrated. I want to quit pulling my butt up with my jeans now....not several months from now. I want the body I had ten years ago today and I am afraid that body may be gone forever. I have been working out and changing my lifestyle since November.....I should be able to solve 8 months of neglect with four months of working out right...I am having a bit of a down day probably because I am tired from all the working out.

I spent a beautiful week on the coast in California and it makes me wonder why I live where I do. Anyway, I have a funny story about working out and running. I was at a leadership team meeting and one of my colleagues does marathons. She has tried to get me interested but I just don't know with my family and job if I have the time or the want to for that type of training schedule, but I have been jogging some and playing with the idea. So at this meeting I was proud to tell her I completed a 6 mile run in an hour two Sunday's ago. She immediately invited me on a run with her and several other people the next morning on the beautiful California coast. She said there would be people that ran at my pace....famous last words. I showed up at 5:15 in the lobby in my husband's extra large t-shirt and tights. The group, two men and my colleague, where in high tech running gear. Specifically my colleague was in a sports bra and micro shorts with less than 5% body fat. Here I am definitely not at the level of these guys and staring at a 5 mile run. Where I live it is flat topography...I mean really flat....California coast line is not flat and the first mile was up hill... They where all three up at the top of the hill running in circles waiting on me. I could hardly breathe and they seemed to just had a nice stroll. I breathlessly...said go on leave me behind. All this was outside my comfort zone but I completed 4.5 miles at a 9 minute pace so ultimately it was a great experience for me. My take away is that I might step out of my comfort zone and find a group to run with....it may push me harder and faster to my weight loss goals.

I am sliding bad. I have to get back on track. I logged my food for today and yesterday.....Oh MY!!!! Working at tomorrow for sure....I hope that will help me get my calories back on track. Signed up for the Company's 5K yesterday that is in May....added motivation. WE GOT THIS!!!

Thanks for the motivation!!!!

On a brighter note....youngest is over strep....oldest caught two calves at the rodeo this weekend and the middle had her fastest goat tying run ever at a rodeo on Sunday......finally the other half still wants to cuddle me at night....I am grateful for the life I have!

THANK YOU!!!! Definitely needed the reminder. This morning was good....husband was there and made push a little harder on the lifting weight side....it was nice. Oldest was sour about the extra planks at the end of the workout.....

Good morning! I am pushing for this 5K next weekend and really surprised how well it is going. My family is still groaning about the hour jog last weekend but it was fun. I am hoping this weekend we can do something like hiking, same kind of requirements but doesn't seem so much like work. I have really been trying to reach my calorie goals, finding that I have way too much fat in a day. Finding it hard to reach my protein goals without going way over on fat. I did the shakes for awhile but didn't like all the sugar(fruit) you had to be able to choke them down. Looking for any suggestions.