Over 200 New Year New Me Part 51

mstahl...............+5lbs
momma............+2lbs
Jess...................+5lbs
Julie...................+4lbs
Heather.............+2.8

Looks like I didn't want to be left out! Craziness.

Allison: Hopefully you'll make it through the hurricane with little to no damage. Scary stuff.

Jess: I hope boxing helped you get some aggression out. Admit it, you saw Curtis' head while you were punching, didn't you? Best thing ever! I love boxing workouts.

Sunday is another 5k for me and I'm hoping the course isn't too hilly so I can set a new PR. I really think I can crank the speed up since I've done a 10k with enough energy to finish fairly strong. I'm excited about this one.

Anyway, leaving work now to get a pedi before my friend's wedding tonight! Have a great weekend!!

Yesterday I took Meghan to this new Thai restaurant in town. OMG SO GOOD!!! We were extolling its virtues as we headed to the county fair last night. After sitting in fair traffic for almost 45 minutes then finding out all the parking was filled (I've NEVER seen that happen before!) we decided to forget the fair and go back to the Thai place so Ken could experience its awesomeness. Thankfully I was only over by like 500 calories!

So checking in for Friday and Saturday...

Friday:
Calories - under by about 500
Water - OK
Exercise - Week 2 of 5K101 plus 20 minutes on the elliptical machine

Saturday:
Calories over by about 500
Water - OK
Exercise - ZIP :grumble:

Heather - GOOD LUCK on your 5K - and what is PR? I assume its something like personal best time?

Alison - we'll be thinking of you! :flowerforyou:

Julie - LOOK at her holding up her own head! WHOOT! amazing! What a cutie!:smooched:

Jess - I really want to take a kickboxing class once I'm in some sort of decent shape. Right now I'm still suffering from my sore hamstrings from LAST weekend's garden work! Such a whimp!:embarassed:

Melinda: yes, PR is short for personal record. I did well with a 32:46 this morning, which was a new PR by about a minute and a half. The course was hilly, so I'm excited to see what I can do on a flat course when it isn't 7am on a Sunday morning. It was brutal!

Julie: Maisie looks like she's growing SO fast! Crazy!!

Checking in for the weekend:
Friday:
Calories: Over
Water: Didn't track
Exercise: None, except dancing at the wedding reception.

Saturday:
Calories: Over
Water: None
Exercise: Chased Alex around the playground.

Sunday:
Calories: Over
Water: 40 oz.
Exercise: 32 minutes 5k and 56 minutes bike ride. I'm happy I rode for an hour without my hand going numb! It was me, Nate, Alex and Nate's parents. It was nice and it felt good to be on my bike again and staying active.

Tomorrow, I'll weigh myself in the morning and then I won't be weighing again until September 30th. I will also not be tracking calories, but will be keeping a paper food journal with what I ate and quantities. Fitness will be my main focus. I just want to see how I do. I think it will give me a benchmark of what I've learned through this two year journey and what I need to work on. It should be interesting.

Have a happy Monday tomorrow!

I made it to the Rec Center again this morning. I had Ken and Meghan in tow. Ken was willing, Meghan much less so "I've decided I'm not going to work out with you in the mornings - its just too early":huh: I was all "yeah that's true and it sucks but you're going anyway because it's good for you and it's one of those things I'm going to stick to doing" she took it well considering...

We were about 20 minutes later than I'd hoped but Meghan was at least friendly and walked laps with me for a bit. I think that once she gets into the grove she'll do much better getting some exercise before school. We had some peanut butter for her this morning and then a smoothie for after so at least she left for school with a full belly! Meghan is super thin but she doesn't get any exercise - and I think being fully awake with some blood flow through to her brain will help her function better in class. :ohwell:

Our cafeteria had Portobello Stew which tasted and looked like a very noodle based straganaugh, but they said it was only 140 calories. That seems too good to be true? I think I'll log it as they have it listed but mentally try to limit my calories tonight so I come up negative. This could be hard since its "Margarita Monday!" :drinker: The plan is to make black bean tacos with cabbage leaves for dinner - then maybe go out for "just one" margarita!:drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :embarassed:

I made it through 5K101 Week 3 today!!! It was only 3 minute runs but I'm still super happy! I'm still focusing on form - using the Chi Running book so I'm going super slow speed wise but today NO WALKERS PASSED ME!!! It was a small but important victory :blushing:

mstahl...............+5lbs
momma............+2lbs
Jess...................+5lbs
Julie...................+4lbs
Heather.............+2.8lbs
lstpaul...............+2.8lbs
Lauren..............+4.5 lbs

Hey girls! I've missed you and it should be no surprise that I'm UP UP too! August totally got away from me and I wasn't really caring about what I ate and I barely exercise - hence, why I wasn't coming around here - there wasn't anything really to say other than boo to me!

I'll try and catch up later today, but I just wanted to say I'M BACK and will be more focused. Up to 177 now and I'm ready to lose that stuff again!

This morning was day 2 of the Shred - oh boy am I feeling it!

Jess: Your cousin is a beast! 33 minutes? Awesome. My goal is to knock 10 minutes of of this year's time, so Nate and I will be snowshoeing and hiking a lot of hills between now and then.

Julie: I'm looking forward to seeing your progress once you're cleared for exercise. When do we start training for our half marathon?

Melinda: Nice job getting to the rec center again yesterday. How did the "just one" margarita go last night?

So the pics and full stats from Sunday's 5k were posted online. They got some good pics, but nothing special enough to spend money on. The stats showed that only 31 people who started behind me passed me. I also finished in the UPPER 50% of both the overall and the women in my division, so that's good! It still amazes me at how much progress I've made in less than 1 year! Wow.

Anyway, I don't know if I'll get a chance to come on here tomorrow with month end at work, but I'll try. Have a great evening!

Since you asked Heather...

Yeah. Me and Margaritas - a combination guaranteed to correlate to a massive amount of calories! :noway:

Checking in for (Margarita) Monday:
Calories - over by several hundred :huh:
Water - OK (only because I chugged some before bed time!) :drinker:
Exercise - good!

Proud - I'm proud I got to the rec center and did week 3 of the 5K101 :bigsmile:

Julie: Wow, from no activity right to 4 miles? You're a rockstar. Just be careful. Oh, and you should have had the doctor write you a note excusing you from bed pilates to give to your husband. That's so something I would do in your situation...because I'm a brat! So, are you going to be using any formal training plan for the half marathon or just "winging it"? Oh, and Cris says hi and that Maisie is adorable!

Melinda: I can never have just one margarita, but I usually stop at two. Mostly because we start late enough that I'm tired and ready for bed by the time I finish the second. I'm lame like that.

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: No idea, not logging!
Water: 32 oz....oops
Exercise: 41 minute hike in the rain with Nate. We LOVE our new water proof mountaineering Eddie Bauer jackets that I picked up at half price.
Proud: We didn't let a little rain stop us from being active, even though it would have been much easier to curl up on the couch for the entire evening.

Lauren -- Wow, half a cupcake!! That's some willpower!

Heather -- :laugh: about the doc excuse. I'll see if they can fax one over. Awesome job hiking in the rain!

Melinda -- You're rocking the rec center!

I'm CHECKING IN! *gasp*
8.30.11
Calories: 1451 net (yes, I'll be reporting net calories here to keep myself focused on eating enough this time around). That should put me at about a 700 calorie deficit.
Exercise: 4 mile walk/jog
Water: I didn't exactly keep track but I have no problem getting in enough water lately.
Proud: Exercise, yay! (and holy soreness! So sad. :laugh:)

Lilspy: Yeah to getting back into exercise! good for you!

RedneckWmn: I hope you feel better soon!

checking in for yesterday:
calories: over by almost 400 ... but really I think it wasn't bad considering I was almost out of calories by 2pm... so could have been much worse ... and it was a no exercise day
exercise: none - needed a day off
water: not enough
veggies: not enough, protein pretty good
proud: that I managed to keep the calories at dinner down