Over 200 new me part 53 (open group)

Happy Halloween!

Allison: Great job on your 10k. I was 7 minutes slower than you on my first 10k, so be super proud of your accomplishment!

The Tooth Fairy (me) is at her day job right now. I LOVE costumes and love the laughs dressing up brought to my co-workers today. Most can't believe that I ran 10 miles, let alone ran ten miles in costume!

Yep, you read that right. I RAN 10 MILES!

Saturday's race was mostly fun with some challenge. The first 6.5 miles flew by and felt really easy (10:20 pace) but I hit a wall at mile 7 and had to do walk/run intervals for the last three miles. I didn't run with music or chat with any friends, which was new for me. I'm pretty proud of myself. My finishing time was 1:48:09 for a 10:49 pace. I was NOT last and hit my goal of finishing in under 2 hours.

However, when I got done, I almost broke down into tears; not because of the accomplishment but because I was disappointed in myself for having to walk so much. Just as the eyes were starting to water, I reprimanded myself by saying (to myself, not aloud like the crazy lady I am) "You just finished 10 freaking miles in under 2 hours...in a costume! Remember when you couldn't run one mile 10 months ago? You kicked *kitten* and need to be proud!" After that I felt much better.

My legs were super tired, I was starving and I needed a long (2 hour) nap, but all in all my body recovered faster than I expected. I was even able to run around the playground playing tag with the boyfriend and kiddo yesterday. Afterward, I did some good stretching and feel great now.

All of that being said, I'm feeling a lot more confident about the half marathon in May. Just need to make sure I do more hill training because the course is all rolling hills, according to my friend who lives there.

Today's month end at work, so I may not get a chance to stop back in, but I'll try to get pics of the costume up soon. If I get out of work early enough, Spiderman (aka the kiddo) has asked me to Trick-Or-Treat with him. This is the first time he's invited me to do so, so I'm super honored. He was also the President of my fan club yesterday and had made a sign that said, "Go Heather the Tooth Fairy. Try to get a PR." How cute is he??

He's become very interested in my running and is turning into my biggest fan. It's adorable and means the world to me. He's starting to think he wants to be a runner and will most likely be attempting his first race (2k) on Thanksgiving morning.

Alright, enough babbling. Time to get back to work!

Good morning gals. I am back and not very happy to report that the scale is up 5 POUNDS this morning! :explode: :explode: :explode:: Now I KNOW that I couldn't have actually gained 5 pounds of fat, some HAS to be water weight, but I'm guessing some is fat. YIKES. I did have a challenging calorie weekend. Fogo de chao on Friday night with friends, I thought I did ok but it was hard not to overeat there... then a buffet at the casino\hotel my husband and I stayed at Saturday night for our 21st Anniversary.. I know, I know - it was a bad choice for me for both eating and gambling but I had a coupon. :ohwell: I didn't do well with either the eating or the gambling ... the bottle of champagne I had for our Anniversary celebration may have had something to do with my bad choices.:drinker: I don't usually drink much anymore. So then Sunday was kind of a free-for-all because I was tired and hung over. But I did have fun most of the weekend, now I need to get serious and take this weight back off.

I know it has been a while! Let's just sum it up! I have been in Atlantic City, and it is my birthday! A calorie extravaganza. I know I would have gained at least three pounds. But, instead of beating myself up, I am glad that I now know how to correct the mistakes that I have made. One good week of eating right and exercise will have the pounds right back off. Again, my weight is spectualation, because there are no scales here. But i know I will get to my goal weight. Just not this weekend.

Oh wow! I haven't checked in since Thursday? YIKES!

Here's the short version...

Thursday - :noway: pulled pork is higher in calories than I'd thought.
Friday - :grumble: so hungry then when I walked in the door there was warm pepperoni pizza
Saturday - remores... with chocolate pumpkin brownies. Replacing the oil and egg with pumpkin is a great idea! But if you eat the entire tray it's kinda irrelevant. :ohwell:
Sunday - Meghan's birthday and it would have been wrong not to eat the birthday pancakes right? :flowerforyou: and then the light dinner of venison larb - then uhm... maybe TWO pieces of Dairy Queen ice cream cake. FAIL!

Which (or should I say Witch) brings us to today.
Calories - just under
Water - excellent
Exercise - 10 minutes of faster run, 30 minutes of walking and 35 minutes on a bike!

Proud - I've climbed back on the wagon and made it to the gym at 6:10 this morning where I worked out HARD doing the 5K101 and then 30 minutes of intervals on a bike getting my heart rate way way up!

Not so proud - I entered an eating contest at work - and ate like a gazillion (8) snickers then ate more candy during the day. :embarassed:

I'm all packed up for the gym - all i need to do is to GET OUT THE DOOR AT 5:45! I can DO IT!

jarrettfam

Water: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes 20min Zumba!!!!

Proud: Being able to make up low calorie meals on the fly without having to stop and think about it to much!!:happy:

checking in for yesterday:
calories: very, very close ... I went over with a mini almond joy last night
exercise: good - 45 minutes of step class
water: good (see my proud2 note below)
proud: I was SOOOOO tempted to buy chips and dip at the grocery store last night, but I passed them up. I had honestly talked myself into it but then when I got down that aisle I managed to just walk on by! I can tell I ate poorly over the weekend because I haven't had cravings like that since last January when I started changing my diet to 'eat in balance'.
proud2: I'm down 2.5 pounds (of the 5 I gained over the weekend) ... it must have been water retention because I got up to use the bathroom 7 times during the night! Now I have to knuckle down and get that other 2.5 off that I gained.

Well, my atlantic city vacation is over tonight. Will be back home tomorrow, so back on the grind. I am so scared to get on the scale that I do not know how I am going to react when I see the number. But it is a must. I know one or two weeks of solid water and exercise will get me back on track.

jarrettfamily checking in:

Calories: yes
Exercise: yes, Zumba baby!!!
water: yes

Proud: I have lost 3 pounds!!!! I am below the 270 mark now!!!!! Yeah!!!! 269 lbs baby!!!!

checking in for yesteday:
calories: over :frown:
exercise: none
water: ok, didn't track it though
proud: not letting my 17yo daughter push my buttons as much as she usually does

Checking in: Went down with back pain over the weekend and it appears that the chiropractor fixed it. Good!

Calories: Under
Water: Yeppers
Workout: Nope, giving back time to heal

Proud: I forgot to eat dinner at 6pm and when 8pm came and went, I accepted that it was my fault and but for a small bowl of cottage cheese, I went the rest of the night with no food. I am thankful that food no longer controls me.

annasgyal -1.8...............- 0.77%
lstpaul -0.8................... - 0.36%
snowflakes -0.6..............-0.33%
Shelle.... I don't know what my weigh in was... I'll have to look up the first one.

jarrettfam:

calories: yes
water: no
exercise: no

Proud: Still here! Have to stop and regroup. But hopefully still do great!

Good morning! :flowerforyou:

I was up at 5:40 this morning and in my swim suit by 5:45. I didn't want to swim today.:yawn: We skipped Tuesday so I haven't swam in over a week and it was COLD and DARK and I was up late:sick: (and sleep is super important to weight loss!) and my nose was a little stuffy... Yes, my evil twin :devil: the excuse queen was up and running with all sorts or reasons why it would be smarter to go back to bed for another hour or two. :huh:

I wear flip flops, running pants and a T (or fleece this AM due to cold) over my suit when I go into the gym, then I just have to peel off the outer wear and pick up my goggles, snorkel and cap - shower and I'm in the pool. I've started to put conditioner into my hair under my cap to help keep the chlorine out but that's tricky since it makes the cap want to slip back off :grumble: I put on my HRM with a nice line of gel goo down the sensors hoping that would allow it to work while i swim (it didn't').:indifferent:

I wasn't in the pool until about 6:20 and I had to share a lane for the first ten minutes (and i noticed the girl i shared with had a workout post-it on the deck that showed she swam a MILE in 30 minutes :smokin: ) But I was able to dig in and work hard. My main set today was still more about technique than effort and I added about 30 minutes to it to work on other strokes beside the freestyle because frankly i can work out HARD doing both styles of back stroke thanks to the access to AIR and I use my training snorkel with the breast stroke so I can work hard there and focus on my arms. I also practiced doing forward somersaults in my early attempts to learn how to do flip turns (I get water up my nose and end up 90 degrees off so it will be awhile before I figure them out!)

I'm really proud that I pushed through and got in a good workout! I hope I learn to like swimming at some point but for now it gives me a great cardo workout and I can't imagine lifting weights would be better for my upper body - the pull against the water is like moving rocks!