Daily Fitbit stats

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

My fitbit #fitstats for 2/27/2013: 13,465 steps and 6.4 miles traveled. http://www.fitbit.com/user/24PS5G

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After all this time…she’s still so real!

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

I’ve been in a different place lately.  A place I’m so tired of visiting.  The binge zone.  I don’t know what has caused it – stress, failure, depression, no clue, but I’m so over it.  My running has been a battle to pick up again.  I’m not sure if it’s the two months I was sick, the cold weather, what?, but I’m starting all over again & for some reason it is insanely difficult.

This past weekend was a fun one, filled with activity, but also filled with food.  LOTS of mindless binge eating late at night.  I even find myself questioning what I’m doing while I’m stuffing my face.  Hello…you know it’s not right, why continue?  No clue…but I do.  That gets followed up with lots of negative self talk…you know the “Why did you do that?”  “You never learn?”  “WTF is wrong with you?”  “The rate you’re going you’ll be fat forever!”

Blech…

So, I reached out to my PIC, Kim.  She’s always talking me off the ledge & helping me set a plan of action, which is what I need.  We’ve been working out and even though my running is soooo not what it used to be, I’m trying to stay positive & think about what it will be again.

This morning in my e-mail was a wonderful link to Roni’s blog post – “The Screw-Today-I’ll-Start-Over-Tomorrow Mindset”  It amazes me that after all these years she’s still going through the same struggles as all of us just starting out – umm…or starting over.  I love that Roni is so real with us even after all this time…and success!

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Wednesday WI–Ok Actually Thursday…but you know…

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Yesterday just got away from me!  I did WI first thing in the morning though & I was up 0.5.  So my overall loss for January was 4.4 lbs!  Yeah!  So I did manage to lose & keep off the 4 lb. goal I set for myself & I’m very happy about that.

Now….how did I do on my other goals…sigh….

1.  Track every BLT – I did great with this.  I’m sure there were some bites I “forgot”, but for the most part everything was tracked!  Even my high sodium Japanese dinner on Saturday with my killer homemade carrot cake!  (Happy Birthday Susan!)

2.  Workout 3x week – this did not happen.  With still being sick – you know – middle ear infections and in the words of Sweet Brown – “bronchitis – ain’t nobody got time for that….”  (LOL)

3.  Running 23 miles – see above – blah.  Even with being well this week & running Tuesday & today there’s no way I’ll hit my goal.

4.  Meal Plan!  – this has actually been fun!  I’ve been trying some new recipes & by using ZipList.com it’s been so easy!  Thanks again Traci!

5.  Lose & keep off 4lbs – SUCCESS!

I’m going to work on February goals for Friday, but I’m pretty sure they’ll be the same since this month was a wash with being a big sick bundle of yuck!

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Wednesday WI–A Quick One!

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

I realized it’s Wednesday WI day & I didn’t get a chance to post my WI – yikes!  Well, better late than never, right?

Today I was happy to see I was down 1.8.  Yahoo!  Basically, it’s all been eating because working out has taken a backseat with all this hot mess happen to me.  We’re (PIC Kim & I) are hoping to get back to working out on Tuesday.  She’s been just as sick as I have so thankfully we have each other to hack a lung up on & share tissues with!  Open-mouthed smile  Though I did get a great workout in on Saturday.  Natie went to a classmate’s birthday at a Jump/Bounce place.  Knowing that I’m a 36 year old toddler when it comes to these places I wore my HRM & played like it was my birthday!  In the time we were there I burned 760 calories…and had a blast doing it!  Not to mention the smile on Natie’s face when we were playing together – that was priceless!  Seriously these place are so much fun – I think I’m going to open up a gym for families filled with these things. I’d be working out all the time! It would be great family time & maybe help with childhood obesity…hmmm….

I have a lot of recipes to review that I hope to post about this week or early next week.  It’s been crazy here with lots going on this weekend too…

Have a healthy week!  Take stock in Puffs Plus – I’m going through them like crazy!

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Wednesday WI – Busted Can of Biscuits

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Remember that great WI last week….the great WI of 2013…  (ok, the second…), well, I’m off the antibiotics & up 4lbs!  HA!  Seriously, if I managed to keep all that weight off I would have booked an appointment with my doctor!  Getting back to normal eating will do that to you!

All in all it was a good week.  I didn’t get a workout in at all.  That warm weekend “they” were talking about never happened.  It was cold, damp & rainy.  I’m still not 100%, heck, I’m not even 60%, so I wasn’t chancing heading outside for a run.  Then…the worst happened…the little man got sick.  Low grade fever & his breathing was all wonky, which is normal for him when he gets sick.  So he was home for two days – lots of cuddling, movie watching & nebulizer treatments.  Granted…watching Stuart Little 1 & 2 twice a day for two days was pure torture.  It was good the first time, but I was on overload by Tuesday night.  I still giggle thinking about “House” in this movie.

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Unfortunately, being home makes me want to feed my face.  I’m much better at work with a limited supply of food not to mention tons of work to keep me busy & my mind off of eating.  So I’m sure my lack of control on those days didn’t help the gain I had this week too.

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HA…great visual, right?

I will say – I missed my little man today BIG TIME.  My first day back to work & his first day back at school.  He had a blast dancing with his friends, but I couldn’t stop thinking of the cuddle time I was missing.

How could you not miss this kid…  my little Rico Suave…

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Wednesday WI–Stella got her groove back

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Yeah, no, never saw the movie…

So this week’s WI was great!  Down 7.1 – I know – crazy, right?  Well, here’s the thing….a LOT of that has to do with these insane antibiotics & decongestants I’m on right now for all this (waves hand around head) mess going on.  Who needs to do a crazy cleanse when you’re on these bad boys?!  Only one more day to go & I’m done – whew!

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BUT…I’m not going to put down the fact that I kicked azz myself!  I tracked every BLT and ate within my calories all day except one & then only went over by 123 calories.  I feel I have my groove back.  Ya know, pre-Sandy and pre-holidays?

So obviously my January goal of losing 4lbs for the month is good, right?  Well, no…I need to keep these lbs. off for the entire month.  I need to keep them off…keep.them.off.  That’s the thing.

My goal for working out 3x week did NOT happen.  I pushed myself last Thursday to run & could barely make it 15 minutes without my lungs burning, my coughing accelerate & my body start to ache.  That was it.  Basically from Thursday night to Monday morning I was either on my couch, in my bed or in the tub soaking away the achy muscles.  I tried Friday, Saturday & Sunday to get to the store, but every time I made the effort to get ready I was too weak so Rich ended up going & taking Natie with him.  It gave me some time to mentally rest too…and gave little man a break from his cabin fever weekend.

So my goals for this week are to stay the same WI wise & to slowly start working out again.  I’m hoping the 59 degree weekend we’re suppose to have will help – and yes, that’s not a typo – we’re expecting temps around 59 this weekend!  (It’s still January & winter, right?)

Ohhhhh….and Sarah, I took your advice & got an AWESOME Buff from Amazon.com.  I’m expecting it this week…so when NY decides to act like winter again, I’m going to put it to the test!

Isn’t it “purty”?

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Sometimes you just need to rest…

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

So Thursday was my first workout of the new year.  It was also the first run I’ve done in a long time being I’ve been sick for the entire month of December.  Well…..it wasn’t really the smartest idea.  It was 26 degrees outside, which normally  – whatever…I’m a tough girl, I can handle it, but when you have asthma & are still recovering from a bronchial issue….26 degrees can feel like your lungs are on fire and your wheezing like an overweight chain smoker walking up a flight of stairs.  The rest of the day I ended up coughing more, feeling achy & just wanted to get home to bed.

Long story short…(is it really?) I spent the entire day on Friday home, on the couch resting.  Occasionally Natie would jump on me & climb all over me while I was resting…I’ve got to say it felt amazing…like a little massage on those achy muscles. 

Here’s my rocking getup….I was quite warm.  I just need to get something to cover my mouth.  Scarf?  One of those face masks?  – Any recommendations?  I don’t want the full hood – I’m all for looking like a ninja, but I’m not sure my neighbors would appreciate a crazy ninja running down the road.  Open-mouthed smile

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