Thursday, August 25, 2011

South Valley Half Marathon- Only Half Crazy

And it was only half crazy- well, a 1/4 crazy, the 3 miles of uphills was crazy the rest was wonderful~ I finished my first Half Marathon in 2 hours 34 minutes. I figured I could do it in around 2:30, and I was around there so I am pretty happy. It was hard, but I did it!

I neither lost or gained weight this week. Still 151.0. I am okay with that. For the past couple of weeks I have done well tracking my calories at breakfast time, but the rest of the day kind of goes by the wayside. I think I will have to get better at tracking so that I can lose my final 10 or so pounds. But I am feeling pretty good about the fact that I didn't gain several pounds. I think I have figured out how to maintain, and I am pretty happy with that.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

I'm not losing weight.....

I saw this posted on a friends Facebook account- she and her husband recently had medical weight loss surgery and they are both doing great. She posted a little sign that said "I am not losing weight. I am getting rid of it. I have no intention of finding it again" and I agree. So with that, here is today's weigh in!

Last Week-  151.6
This Week-  151.0
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Good Riddance- .6 pounds

 As I get closer to my goal weight, the weight is going to come of slower, that is what I am telling myself at least. I am happy with a half a pound. I know that it is probably possible for me to lose more weight, faster, but I am pretty happy with what I am accomplishing. Yes, I am anticipating having a 4 in the middle of my weight and I wouldn't mind if that happened in the next couple of weeks, but whenever it happens, I know I will be happy. I am healthy, and I am not starving and I eat a goodly amount of chocolate. I am not losing weight, I am winning a battle for my health!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Week 53

Last Week-  153.0
This Week-  151.6
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Total Loss-       1.4

Yep, I was pretty darn happy with that! Today I ran 12 miles too,  my very first ever half marathon is in 9 days, I am excited!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Week 52

Two weeks ago-  152.8
This week-           153.0
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Total Change     +    0.2

So last week I didn't weigh myself until after I had run and eaten breakfast, and since the scale told me I had gained 2 pounds I decided to take a week off from blogging...hehehehe.

So here we are, we went on vacation and I didn't pay too much attention to my calories, and then I got strep throat and took a few days off running. But as you can see, I pretty much maintained. So I am okay with the past two week. If you can't lose, maintain, that is what I say!