90 Day Fitness & Food Challenge

Great job Rinde! Fingers cross for you tomorrow! Can't wait to hear your next goals! I know you will rock your Friday run! How many mile are you running now?

So I went to the doctor today and they told me for the time being, I need to stop trying to lose weight. If I lose a few pounds here or there, that is fine, and eventually I will be able to continue my weight loss journey. So I guess I am eating at maintenance. Still very worried I will wind up gaining weight. So my goal for this month will be to stay at 127.4 (if I lose a pound or two, that is great, but it can't be my focus). I am really hoping that I won't gain when I up my calories. I know I probably will gain a bit when I first start to, since the easiest way to eat more is to add more carbs, since my protein and fat are already pretty high. Plus, I can focus on body fat %, which will still keep the inches going, just not the weight. I have a handheld monitor and yesterday I was at 27.1% That is down from 30.5% on 10/7. Now I know the handheld is not the most accurate way, so when I have been doing it weekly, it fluctuates a bit. But the trend has been downward, so that is great! I am not sure what a reasonable body fat % goal is for the month, but I think 26.1% might be a good goal. Will keep me focused on not going too crazy (especially during the holidays). My ultimate goal is to break into the teens! TRX last night was great! Gold Barre tonight! I really love the Barre classes so I am excited!

Rinde - You are so awesome! I am sure you can hit 130! Hopefully only a few more months until you are at maintenance! I can't believe you lost so many inches this month and lost more than 5 pounds! Seems like your work outs and diet are really working! You running is really great! That is still a pretty good pace! Way to go!

I did it! Ran my 30 minutes with no problems. Felt pretty good while running and even better when I finished.

I can sympathize with the 8pm bedtime. I've been feeling that way on and off for the past month. Went to bed at 9:30 myself last night. I'm glad to hear you're okay. I went over my calorie allotment yesterday celebrating my grandson's 13th bithday. Thought I had enough in reserve from eating low for breakfast and lunch, but the fried chicken, chips, wine, and an Oreo cupcake did me in.

For the 5k in February I am hoping to run 35 minutes which is an 11:15 pace. Then I going to run another 6 weeks later and I hope to lower whatever I run initially by a couple of minutes. My goal is to run a sub-30 minute 5k and later with more distance and speedwork I hope to run a 25 minute race. According to info I read, a 20 minute 5k at 30 is equivalent to 25 minutes at 60 so that's my big goal. Have no idea how long it will take me to get there though. Could be a year or more. I'm thinking it may take me 2 years to be the fastest I can be and then age will slow me down after that point.

Oh. My. Gosh! That's phenomenal! Congratulations and best wishes! I hope you have a smooth and easy pregnancy. Wonderful news. Yes, the early bedtimes might continue through the first trimester. Hope you felt better as the day progressed.

Today I ran 3 miles in a little over 36 minutes so that was positive. Wasn't my best run but felt better towards the last 10 minutes. My food was a little off this weekend as in over so hopefully I'll be more diligent this week.

Congrats! You are so awesome. I am glad you are back doing your weights and yoga! Also, thank you so much. I will weigh in on Saturday. I am going to be moving in the next few weeks, so I don't have access to my scale right now. I will try to bring it down with me this weekend! I am not very hopeful for my weigh in. I am sure that I have gained more than I should (since I really should only gain a few pounds my first trimester) My fiance has been shoving food into me (and some of it is just me doing it to myself) I hope I am not back in 130s, but I would not be surprised. Barre class this evening! I am excited!

Well I did not make it to barre last night (had some blood drawn and was extra tired). I think for a while I need to change to morning workouts. My commute has shortened enough that I can be at the gym at say 7 and work out. I did make it to the gym this morning. Pushed through 30 minutes of stationary bike. Definitely better than nothing!

Rinde - You are doing great! That is pretty much a 5k! I am glad you are stepping it up and enjoying it! Fingers crossed for Friday. I am sure you will get there!

Great job! You are so close to your original goal! Soon you will pass me and I started less than you!!!! I am a little worried. Weighed myself after a big breakfast and was only at 127.4 (I usually weigh first thing in the morning.) That means I have lost a bit of weight in the last 8 days, since that was what I weighed on the 30th. Should not have lost too much, but I felt stuffed every day this week. There was never a second I was even a little bit hungry. And I have swapped in some higher calorie items like bagels and cream cheese that double my breakfast calories! I know it seems silly to complain about being able to eat more, but I thought for sure I would be up a bit, because there were definitely days I was over my calorie goals!

Spent 30 minutes on the stationary bike today. Hopefully I can start going back to some of my classes soon, but I just have been so exhausted. Food has been healthy (though none of it home cooked). Definitely needed to get back on the veggie train. I realized I had been eliminating some veggies to have more calorie dense items. I should definitely be eating lots of veggies though! I had like 5 cups of spinach today in a salad to make up for some of it and a huge helping of fruit!

Great job Rinde! I hope your speed workout went well! 4 miles seems like so much, but I am sure you are ready. You have been doing a lot of training! Great job with the weights.

I did it! Got up and ran the 4 miles. Plus, I weighed in this morning at 135!!!! Yowzers, I'm at my goal!! So happy for both accomplishments.

Wow! You are so amazing! At this rate, you are going to pass me by the end of the year! Wow! 31 degrees! Here I am complaining about the 63 degree weather here! This weekend we had my Company's holiday party and there was lots of food had. Also, went a bit crazy yesterday too. I won't have access to a scale until this weekend. I am sure I will be up this time! Next week I need to start packing up my apartment. This month has been going by so quickly. By the end of the month I will be moved and married (I don't remember sharing this news a few weeks ago.) There is so much to do! Plus we will be going to Seattle next Friday for part of the weekend. And each year I host my brother and sister on the 23rd to bake a bunch of Christmas cookies (like 200.) We won't be making as many this year, but there will still be a good amount made! Did 30 minutes on the stationary bike and 15 minutes with a brisk walk on the treadmill. Food will be good today!

Ran my 3 miles in yesterday in 34:57 for 11:38 per mile avg. Did my weights and yoga today for hour total. Eating on track. Short report!

Hope you're getting your rest and feeling good, Aliem!

Had track workout last night at local high school. Ran a mile warm-up then 6x 400 meters with 400 rest in between for 4 miles total. Ran faster than regular runs. Felt good to pick up the pace a little and stretch out my legs. Supposed to do weights and yoga this afternoon but feeling too lazy to get in gear. Have my granddaughter's school holiday concert tonight and don't feel like taking another shower. Excuses, excuses!

Didn't realize I haven't posted since the 15th! Ran 3 miles on Friday and was supposed to run 4 on Saturday but just had no energy so I only did 3 and made up for it today with a 4 miler. I'm getting somewhat faster but having a hard time finding a slow pace on the days I'm supposed to take it easy. Next run is track workout on Wednesday. Weigh-in on Sunday was 133.8.

Hope you're feeling better!

Weigh-in this morning was a surprise. Lost another lb so I'm down to 132.8. Yay!