February 2011
28 posts
By The Numbers -> Weigh-In Edition
I’m super excited to share this post. Before I break down the numbers, I have to share about tonight’s weigh-in. This last week I’ve eaten the worst and worked out the least. I was REALLY hoping for at least a 0.8 loss to hit 15 pounds in January. But in all honesty I was actually thinking I had probably gained.
I had a 3.6 pound loss!!! This brings me to a grand total of...
January 2011
95 posts
roadblock & looking to feb
in an attempt at being totally honest with this blog (and whatever few readers i might have)….here we go….
i wish i could say my funk over the last few days was just a minor speedbump in my road to losing all this weight and becoming a happier, healthier me.
but, i’d be lying. it wasn’t just a speedbump. it was a full-on, warning lights flashing, barricades-are-up...
By The Numbers - workout edition
I know I’ve mentioned before how much I love math. I’m a number girl.
Last night I blogged about how I intend to focus on what i’ve done right since Jan. 1 vs. what I could have done better. I know I still have the rest of today and tomorrow in January, but to be totally honest, I don’t plan on working out today. And that’s okay with me. And I’m going to...
“I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step...”
– -Thomas Edison
One of my oldest, bestest friends included this quote in a recent email. I’ve known this friend since we were 4 or 5. She was the first person I called when I was in 8th grade and found out my mom had cancer. She was the first person I called when my mom died. This year, on...
I'm back!
The unplanned break (no blogging, not eating so great, and not working out) over the last 3 days has been sponsored by the following:
work-related stress
lack of energy (hmmmmm…..might this have something to do with the whole “not working out/not eating so great combo”)
frustration
laziness
apathy
and now i can’t think of the other clever things i was going to put...
in a funk
i’ve been in a funk for the last few days. it sucks. i’m not talking like deep depression funk. just feeling sort of blah…..feeling negative about lots of things….not really giving a crap about other things.
i’ve somehow managed to be making good food choices which is great. however, i ended up NOT working out last night. lame, i know. instead of working out to...
stress
to say that work has been stressing me out lately is an understatement.
good news: even though i have wanted to eat fast food and other junk and not workout, i haven’t given into the temptation. i’m on day 25 of this healthy lifestyle and going strong.
now, if work could just get better life would be pretty peachy.
now i’m off to workout and get rid of some of this stress!
and now I rest
several times before and during my workout tonight i just wanted to lay down and rest. i even came *thisclose* to not even doing the last 15 minutes of cardio. but, i did it. and i’m glad i did.
so now, after doing my dailies, c25k week 5 day 1 for 26 minutes (okay, it’s day one but i actually did day 2’s schedule because day one looked boring), and doing 30 additional...
weigh-in 3
I had my third weight watchers weigh-in tonight. i was really hoping for 3.4 so i would be at 15 pounds. i didn’t hit that, and was a little disappointed at first. until…..
i realized that with my loss this last week (2.6 pounds) i’ve lost 5% of my starting weight! so i got a little sticker and it was announced at the beginning of the meeting - not gonna lie, getting...
choices
i was babysitting last night through today (early afternoon) for the 2 sweet girls (m & a). last night, i chose sleep over blogging. i chose doing my dailies, 15 min on the exercise bike, and sleep over doing a full 45 min workout. i chose to take 3 small bites of chicken from chinese takeout in addition to my planned meal instead of eating 2 full suppers (my planned supper plus chinese...
10 minutes!
this is HUGE for me people: I, Lindsay, who just a couple of weeks ago could barely run 2 or 3 minutes without having to stop, just jogged for 10 minutes straight!
just finished working out. did my dailies and then 45 min of cardio. my goal was to jog the first 6 minutes of each set of cardio (18 min, 17 min, 10 min). I typically look at my watch after the first minute or minute and a half. ...
“”It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– -E.E. Cummings
Saw this on one of my favorite cousin’s fb (thanks j!) today and LOVED it!
better day
today was a MUCH better day workwise.
i was SOOOO looking forward to my workout today after taking yesterday off. i did turbo jam after school (40ish minutes) with some other teachers. When I got home and did my dailies and c25k week 4 day 2. i CANNOT believe how much i enjoy running/jogging! i’m hooked :)
food-wise i did good today. right on target points-wise.
day 19 and going...
long day = short blog
today was a crazy busy day. work stuff is weighing on my mind tonight. i could TOTALLY use a workout right now, but am finally going to take a day off (after 17 days straight). i have a project i need to get done tonight and at this rate i’ll be up a lot later than i usually am. lately i’ve been in bed around 10 and I’ve TOTALLY noticed a difference when i stay up later than...
long day = short blog
today was a crazy busy day. work stuff is weighing on my mind tonight. i could TOTALLY use a workout right now, but am finally going to take a day off (after 17 days straight). i have a project i need to get done tonight and at this rate i’ll be up a lot later than i usually am. lately i’ve been in bed around 10 and I’ve TOTALLY noticed a difference when i stay up later than...
holy cow!
i just realized i’m already in the 250s! but i won’t be here long.
and 260s: i won’t be seeing you EVER again!
holy cow!
i just realized i’m already in the 250s! but i won’t be here long.
and 260s: i won’t be seeing you EVER again!
weigh in #2
well, i didn’t lose 3.6 pounds…..i lost 5.2!!!!!!
i can’t believe it! in two weeks that’s 11.6 pounds. i’m so excited. my original short-term goal was to lose 10 pounds in january. another goal met!
weigh in #2
well, i didn’t lose 3.6 pounds…..i lost 5.2!!!!!!
i can’t believe it! in two weeks that’s 11.6 pounds. i’m so excited. my original short-term goal was to lose 10 pounds in january. another goal met!
weigh in day :)
tonight i have my 2nd weigh in at ww! this morning showed me an even more promising number on the scale than yesterday morning. i would LOVE to have lost 3.6 over this past week because that would be a total of 10 pounds in 2 weeks! but, if that’s not what the scale shows, there’s always next week :)
i’ve got my workout in. c25k week 4 day 1 pushed me pretty hard….but...
weigh in day :)
tonight i have my 2nd weigh in at ww! this morning showed me an even more promising number on the scale than yesterday morning. i would LOVE to have lost 3.6 over this past week because that would be a total of 10 pounds in 2 weeks! but, if that’s not what the scale shows, there’s always next week :)
i’ve got my workout in. c25k week 4 day 1 pushed me pretty hard….but...
strong start
today marks 16 days. 16 days of:
no pop
no fast food
no overeating
lots of fruits and veggies
lots of water
staying on target for ww points
working out at least 45 min every day
doing life
success
it.feels.great! i have my 2nd weigh in tomorrow evening. i had a very promising number show up on my home scale this morning, so i’m keeping my fingers crossed! i am not expecting to...
strong start
today marks 16 days. 16 days of:
no pop
no fast food
no overeating
lots of fruits and veggies
lots of water
staying on target for ww points
working out at least 45 min every day
doing life
success
it.feels.great! i have my 2nd weigh in tomorrow evening. i had a very promising number show up on my home scale this morning, so i’m keeping my fingers crossed! i am not expecting to...
follow up
following up on two things i’ve blogged about:
1. from my blog earlier today: i had a piece of birthday cake at the party today and mmmmmm was it good! i was soooo tempted to have some of the other food, but i stuck to the veggie tray, drank lots of water, and totally 100% enjoyed that cake and DID NOT feel guilty about it!
2. a few days ago i blogged about breaking a nail. lame, i...
follow up
following up on two things i’ve blogged about:
1. from my blog earlier today: i had a piece of birthday cake at the party today and mmmmmm was it good! i was soooo tempted to have some of the other food, but i stuck to the veggie tray, drank lots of water, and totally 100% enjoyed that cake and DID NOT feel guilty about it!
2. a few days ago i blogged about breaking a nail. lame, i...
here i am
i wasn’t planning on posting my picture on here, but…here i am! nice to meet you :)
here i am
i wasn’t planning on posting my picture on here, but…here i am! nice to meet you :)
good spirits
i am in much better spirits this morning after reading jen’s comment on my last blog. jen, you.are.awesome! you deserve a whole blog just about how awesome you are :) thanks thanks a million times thanks for your support and encouragement!
anywho, i’ve already got today’s workout done. everyday for the last two weeks i did: 36 arm curls (each arm), 36 arm lifts (each arm),...
good spirits
i am in much better spirits this morning after reading my good friend jen’s comment on my last blog. jen, you.are.awesome! you deserve a whole blog just about how awesome you are :) thanks thanks a million times thanks for your support and encouragement!
anywho, i’ve already got today’s workout done. everyday for the last two weeks i did: 36 arm curls (each arm), 36 arm...
❤ enough fluff: I had a really shitty day today... →
enoughfluff:
So, being the the emotional eater that I am (however hard I try not to be) I reached for a sugar free chocolate chip cookie before heading back to work from lunch.
Nothing that would have broken the calorie bank or put me into a sugar coma, but still an emotional outlet.
As I’m walking to my car…
it happened today (3 things)
before i started this blog, one of my goals was to be open and honest - with whatever readers i may have and of course with myself. so here we go…
today, three things happened - little speedbumps if you will.
it was a rough day at work. the only thing that was different about today about other days the last two weeks was that i went to bed almost 3 hours later than usual last night. i...
it happened today (3 things)
before i started this blog, one of my goals was to be open and honest - with whatever readers i may have and of course with myself. so here we go…
today, three things happened - little speedbumps if you will.
it was a rough day at work. the only thing that was different about today about other days the last two weeks was that i went to bed almost 3 hours later than usual last night. i...
no excuses
i could have found several excuses not to work out tonight. the big one being time. in my free time i occasionally frequently babysit and/or housesit for a couple different families i met when i worked at a child development center (aka day care) during college and during my summers off. tonight i was am watching two girls who are just super sweet!
i didn’t get out of school right away...
no excuses
i could have found several excuses not to work out tonight. the big one being time. in my free time i occasionally frequently babysit and/or housesit for a couple different families i met when i worked at a child development center (aka day care) during college and during my summers off. tonight i was am watching two girls who are just super sweet!
i didn’t get out of school right away...
disappointed
i really don’t know why i’m so disappointed with this, but i am. if my calculations from yesterday about how many laps in my apt it would take to run a mile are right (hell, even close) i ran/walked a mile in 19 min.
19 frickin minutes. that means i freaking WALK faster than a run.
okay, now some things to take into consideration before you nominate me for “slowest runner...
disappointed
i really don’t know why i’m so disappointed with this, but i am. if my calculations from yesterday about how many laps in my apt it would take to run a mile are right (hell, even close) i ran/walked a mile in 19 min.
19 frickin minutes. that means i freaking WALK faster than a run.
okay, now some things to take into consideration before you nominate me for “slowest runner...
lazy day
snow day #1 yesterday: very productive.
snow day #2 today: i feel like i’ve been sooooo lazy.
i guess i shouldn’t feel all that bad since i didn’t have anything that i HAD to do today. everything that needed to be done for work i got done on sunday.
i worked out today. as i was preparing for my exercise i was so pumped to continue c25k…then actually disappointed when...
lazy day
snow day #1 yesterday: very productive.
snow day #2 today: i feel like i’ve been sooooo lazy.
i guess i shouldn’t feel all that bad since i didn’t have anything that i HAD to do today. everything that needed to be done for work i got done on sunday.
i worked out today. as i was preparing for my exercise i was so pumped to continue c25k…then actually disappointed when...
dead watch - sad day :(
between cardio sets today, my watch died. i sort of knew it needed a new battery as it’s been fading in and out when i used the stopwatch feature. this wasn’t a fancy watch my any means. it’s at least 4 years old. i use it EVERYDAY - at school and now for timing my workouts and jogging. it’s sort a running joke between my teaching team and me that i use it all the time...
dead watch - sad day :(
between cardio sets today, my watch died. i sort of knew it needed a new battery as it’s been fading in and out when i used the stopwatch feature. this wasn’t a fancy watch my any means. it’s at least 4 years old. i use it EVERYDAY - at school and now for timing my workouts and jogging. it’s sort a running joke between my teaching team and me that i use it all the time...
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”
– george eliot
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”
– george eliot
first weigh in
I was sooooo glad ww wasn’t cancelled tonight because it was my first weigh in.
And…….drumroll please……….in my first week I lost:
6.4 pounds!!!!
I am so super pumped right now! My January goal of losing 10 pounds is well within reach!!!
Not 2 full weeks ago I weighed 272 (on my home scale). Good bye 270s……i won’t be seeing you again...
first weigh in
I was sooooo glad ww wasn’t cancelled tonight because it was my first weigh in.
And…….drumroll please……….in my first week I lost:
6.4 pounds!!!!
I am so super pumped right now! My January goal of losing 10 pounds is well within reach!!!
Not 2 full weeks ago I weighed 272 (on my home scale). Good bye 270s……i won’t be seeing you again...
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hard to believe
i’m having a hard time wrapping my head around some things this morning.
1. last night after i found out school was off for today, i made a list of things i need/want to do on this snow day. if you would have looked at my same list from last year’s 6 snow days, exercise wasn’t even a thought that crossed my mind. it put a smile on my face that exercise was the FIRST thing i...
hard to believe
i’m having a hard time wrapping my head around some things this morning.
1. last night after i found out school was off for today, i made a list of things i need/want to do on this snow day. if you would have looked at my same list from last year’s 6 snow days, exercise wasn’t even a thought that crossed my mind. it put a smile on my face that exercise was the FIRST thing i...
snow day
2 of my most favorite words!