Weekly Weigh-In Jan 25th

2 weeks ago- 170.8
Today-           167.0
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Total Lost-          3.8


I must say, I am very pleased with this. Yes- it's a two week total, because a week ago Thursday, for dinner, I had some very salty soup and so on Friday instead of seeing a 2 pound loss- from 170.8 to 169-ish, I saw a 2 pound GAIN- yep the scale said I weighed 173 (Whatever I said, and then I ate a dozen cookies....maybe more). I then tried hard to make up for the lack of caloric control I showed on Friday AND as you can see......I did well :) I'm very happy with this loss, it's pretty much a 2 pound per week loss, which is what I'm looking for at this point.

2012 was not great- so let's start over in 2013

Long story short- in 2012 I struggled for months with runners knee, I had 4 surgeries (none of them knee related) and 2 miscarriages. And guess what, I gained weight. So I'm starting over. Over the holidays I was able to lose 6 pounds, which is great. I mean who loses weight over the holidays? Me!

I'm running again. In fact, yesterday, I ran 5 miles and it felt amazing. It's been just over a year since I've been able to run more than 3 miles. I have a Half Marathon scheduled for the beginning of June and I am about 2 weeks away from finishing the 10k training schedule and then starting the Half training schedule. This makes me very happy.

I know that my runners knee was an overuse injury, and so I am doing my best to take it slow. I can't seem to run as fast as I used to and that is okay, I just want to be able to run, so if I'm slower, then I'm slower. I'm not going to push myself and I have plenty of time so if I have to back track a week or two on the schedule I can.

I am also trying to eat well, and I'm trying to following the carb counting diet I was on when I was pregnant with my little B. I'm feeling pretty good, healthy and strong and for the most part I'm not feeling any huge sugar cravings. If I could stop eating little bits of granola here and there I'd almost be perfect. BUT no one is perfect so, I think I'm good.

Friday is my weigh in day now. SO- expect to start seeing updates.

I fell off the Wagon and Bounced!

I will admit that I have not been very good at tracking my calories for a couple of weeks. I will also admit that I ate about half a batch of cookie dough and a quarter of the cookies that made it into the oven. (If I bother to do the math that would be about three quarters of the entire batches calories) SO I shouldn't be surprised that my scale hated me this morning. I didn't bother actually saving my weight on the scale today. The first time I stepped on the scale it told me that I had gained 3 pounds. So I said..."Maybe if I sit on the potty for a bit...." and so I did and I hopped back on the scale and apparently I gained 1/2 a pound while sitting- I don't understand how that works, but it was enough to get me to give up on Today's weigh in.

So I haven't had the best morning. I didn't have the best night either- I tried to tell myself that my weigh in was affected by the fact that I only had 5 hours of sleep last night (my sleep deprived brain really believed that), then I started to tell myself that I was too tired to run today, and that it was too late in the morning to run (since nap time for the baby would be starting soon and hopefully nap time would last until noon). Then I decided that if I really had gained 3 pounds I should drown my sorrows in some Oatmeal Butterscotch Coconut Cookies- I was just about to see if Oatmeal Butterscotch Coconut Cookies were real things......then make and eat them.....when I had a thought. A happy thought. All is not lost. I can have my cookies and eat them too, I just need to have them as Celebratory Cookies rather than Drown my Sorrows Cookies. SO- once I break through the 150 wall, I will make some Oatmeal Butterscotch Coconut Cookies! And until then I will be better at tracking my food and I will run on the treadmill on days like today when outside runs are not really an option.

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.

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!

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!

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!