Still going

Well I’ve fallen down a bit on the exercise thing, haven’t run for about a month. Will get back to it at some point, but I’m basically just a warm weather outside kind of gal. I had several weeks of being a couch potato but am getting back on track now. Still enjoying belly dance class, and have ordered a couple belly dance DVD workouts that should arrive any time now. That should hopefully get me back to being more active again. Will also try to go for lunch time walks whenever possible.

I am however happy to report that I’m down 23 pounds now!!!! It feels awesome and I love the complements that I receive. I started out wearing size 16 pants, and am very happy to report that the size 11s that I bought not that long ago are getting to be baggy. Going to wait for a while before I buy size 9s though. One thing I wonder: have sizes gotten bigger or something? In my much younger teenage days I typically wore a size 11 or a size 13, and I believe I was smaller than I am now! I think the sizes have even gotten bigger since than last time I lost weight, which was about 10 years ago or so. I didn’t wear size 9 then until I was at my goal weight, and weighed close to 30 pounds less than I do now. Thoughts?

 

Well I’ve been neglecting this blog just like my main blog lately! Truth be known, I was on a bit of a diet plateau so really didn’t have much to say. This week has been a hard week in terms of weight loss due to Thanksgiving dinner (and leftovers the following night) as well as a couple work functions. In the end though, my weigh in this morning revealed my lowest weight yet (I’ve actually been down 15 pounds more or less for a couple weeks now, today was over 16!), the first significant drop for a couple weeks, so I’m very happy. And yesterday I went shopping for clothes yet again, since I only had three pairs of pants that actually fit now (too large pants isn’t overly becoming, nor is it very comfortable when you have to keep yarding them up or cinch tightly with a belt). So that is now taken care of and I now have some decently fitting pants to wear. And the best part? One pair of jeans, albeit a line that fits quite big, is THREE sizes smaller than the last pair in that style that I purchased. I think I had a grin on my face when I left that store!

This weekend I’m off to a spinning retreat at the lovely Kingfisher Resort and Spa. Food is included, and I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad meal at this place. I’m hoping that there will be some healthy choices for me, and I’m packing my workout gear to use in their gym as well as some healthy snacks. I just hope my Monday morning weigh in isn’t too awful!

 

I tried on all the pants in my closet yesterday and it was clear that I needed new pants, most were way too big. A pair of jeans fit me that I haven’t worn for several years, and another couple that were too tight last I tried are a little loose now too. I went to Reitman’s and got a couple pair of their pull on Comfort Pants, they are fabulous, look good, and so comfy. One is a dress pair and the other are cords. They are TWO sizes smaller than the last ones I purchased!!!!!!! I’ve lost about 12 pounds now. I’ve never lost weight this quickly before, nor have I felt such a difference in my body shape. I attribute it completely to the running!

Last night was my third belly dance class. I’m enjoying it a lot even though I feel I’m not very good at it. And when I look in the studio mirror during the class I still feel fat! I have to remind myself that I’m going in the right direction, my scale doesn’t lie and my clothes feel so much better!

 

Well the last week at work has been extremely busy and stressful, and through all of that, I’m happy to report that I have not done too bad in terms of diet and exercise. And the best part of all, I’m now down 10 pounds, well away now from my heaviest weight ever! I’m starting to receive comments about my appearance, my clothes are feeling better (to the point that at least one pair of pants are no longer wearable due to their now larger than me size), and I just might have gone clothes shopping and dropped far too much money this past week, but on stuff that I will be able to wear even with continued weight loss. Basically I’m holding off on buying any pants for a little while still.

I have not gotten out for a run in a few days now, but MUST go today. I took yesterday off from exercise, but that is the only day this week I have done so. I loved the belly dance class last Monday, and am really looking forward to going back tomorrow. It’s such a fun way to excercise. And I’ve added bellydance to my at home exercise routine. I found a great beginner workout on youtube (what did we do before youtube anyway?) I thought I’d embed the video here, hope it works since I’m not at all used to wordpress. This is the first of four parts, you should be able to get to the next part at the end of each previous. Fun!

 

Had a pretty good weekend. Got out for a run/walk both days. Saturday was awesome, enoyed it a lot and felt I’d be ready to move onto the third week of the C25K soon. Yesterday I went again and it was SOOOO hard that I don’t feel I’m ready to move on yet at all! Wonder why it varies so much from day to day? Also, was looking at the third week times over on the C25K website, and it scared me, you have to do two 90 second runs and two 3 minute runs. Yikes, 3 minutes!

Weight loss has slowed down now. From past experience, I know that initially you loose quite quickly and then it kind of slows, so I was expecting that, but it’s still disappointing. Aunt Flo is currently visiting as well, so I know that impacts weight as well.

Nonetheless, I’m perservering and so happy to be doing something about my health. And I’m really looking forward to my first belly dancing class tonight, will report back about how it goes.

 

It`s been a crazy busy work week which means I haven`t made it out for a lunch time walk once. I also seem to have devleoped a bit of a bladder infection which has also affected my energy level and abiltiy to want to be away from my bathroom for very long. As a result of both of these things, my activity level is down this week from what I would like it to be. I finally managed to get out for a run/walk yesterday after work, and that felt fabulous!

Yesterday was the hardest day I`ve had yet in terms of my diet. I was hungry all day and realy wanted to blow it. Fortunately, I had lots of fruits, veggies, and other low cal goodies available to me, and with the big tuna salad I had for dinner, managed to stay below my calorie maximum, and my weight this morning was down. Today will be hard though, we are having an out of office management team building day which will include snacks as well as going out for lunch. I think I might just treat myself a bit today, and get back on course tomorrow. Of course treating myself will be much different than what it was pre-diet. I`m enjoying getting on the scale and seeing the weight decrease too much to completely blow it. That and I can already feel a difference in how my clothes are fitting, yay!

 

I got away from the daily posts on the long weekend. My weight loss slowed down over the weekend. Saturday I thought I was being fairly good at my parents, but did have my mom’s yummy lasagna for dinner. The next day I was up a 1/4 pound. Sunday was a cool ugly day here, but we did go out for our run, even in the rain! I was good with my food but I think the can of soup I had for dinner and it’s high salt content impacted me as I didn’t loose an ounce. Happily, this morning I’m down again, so hopefully I’m back on track.

As for the C25K program, I started week 2 on Sunday, which means I’m running 90 second intervals now, up from 60. I can feel the difference but it’s not as hard as the 60 seconds were when I first started. I had a hurting calf muscle at the end od fmy run yesterday, but it feels a lot better this morning. I think I’ll take a day or two off and let my body rest, but do hope to get out for a walk during my lunch break today.

 

First milestone

Well today I hit what I would call my first milestone, I’ve now lost my first 5 pounds. Actually, today’s total weight loss is now 6.4 pounds. I was totally shocked when I got on the scale today. Yesterday I consumed the most calories I have all this week (albeit still well under my total allowed) and also got the least exercise I have had on any other day this week. I was therefore very shocked when I got on the scale this morning. Hopefully it’s not water weight, but I don’t feel that I’m dehydrated or anything, I routinely drink lots of water.

Today we are headed to my parents place. It will be a little harder to monitor calories away from home I think, but my parents do eat very healthy. I don’t anticipate a big loss tomorrow, will be happy to stay the course or lose a small amount. Tomorrow will mark the end of week one too, I’d say I’m off to a good start.

 

Weight down this morning, and tomorrow I should hit the 5 pound mark.  I know that’s a lot for the first week and I don’t expect to keep up this pace, but I wanted to jump start things a bit initially.

Had a great C25K run last night.  So. Much. Fun.  I had no idea when I started out last week and it was soooooooo hard that I would enjoy it so much, as initially I was really questioning whether or not if was for me.  I’m hoping to start the new Week 2 intervals tonight after work if it isn’t raining too crazily.  I know you’re not supposed to do two days in a row, however we are busy tomorrow so won’t be able to squeeze a run in, and I really don’t want to loose momentum.

In other news, I’ve signed up for beginning belly dancing classes.  A coworker and a knitting friend both dance, and a few months back, I went to a recital they were both in.  It looked like so much fun that I thought I’d give it a try, and I think it will be good exercise too.  It starts on Monday September 14th.  Really looking forward to it!

 

Weight down again this morning, yay!  Tracking what I eat is continuing to make me accountable.  I do kind of miss the WW point thing though, so still may end up going back there.  We’ll see, it’s just that I would rather spend that money on other things.  Wish there was a good WW ipod touch app that I could use but there isn’t at this point.  The one that I saw didn’t have the greatest reviews, and I do like the Lose It app that I’m using overall.

Went for a lovely 35 minute walk at lunch time yesterday, and really enjoyed getting into an audio book.   Audiobooks are a new love for me the last few weeks, I have downloaded three from overdrive/my library however their selection kind of sucks so I will likely join Audible as soon as I finish the one I’m listening to at the moment.  At knit night last night I found a lovely veggie wrap on the menu that was yummy and healthy and within my calorie allotment, will definitely have that again.

The weather here has changed today, 5 days rain now in the forecast.  I just hope it isn’t raining to hard to go for my run/walk tonight after work, because I’m completely into it now!