With the help of Fast Sunday, I have lost all of my cruise weight. I'm down to 174.4 and I haven't yet lost my motivation :)

I have a triathlon coming up that I haven't trained for much. Doesn't that always seem to be the case with me? It is on the 22nd and I'm also not that into doing it. But I've signed up, paid for it so I'm committed. RIght now that is my focus. In July, I've signed up for a half marathon so both of these races have shifted my focus more on training, rather than losing weight. Hopefully the weight loss will be an added bonus. I'm fine where I am but will continue to work hard and the warm weather has kept me motivated.

we're back from the cruise and to my utter shock surprise and amazement, this morning I weighed 178.9! I thought for sure I was going to gain 10 pounds. I worked out every day except for one but still consumed an insane amount of calories at each meal! cool, not much of a set back. I didn't drink much water, so fingers crossed that the weight is water weight!!

tomorrow we depart on the ship and my weight gain will begin. All my hard work kind of payed off. Yesterday I got down to 173.4 but this morning I was back up to 175. hmmmmm, not sure why. My frustration will start again on the 19th of trying to lose weight :)

I thought I had posted after completing fit camp, obviously not. This week was great. I love working out hard, have I said that before? My running partner has been sick so I didn't do a lot of steady state cardio. MTTH and half of my workout Saturday was Jillian Michaels book "making the cut", I'm just randomly pulling workouts from her book, not doing them in order. Friday I went to Zumba, way fun but when I don't lift, I struggle with my workout. I feel like it isn't a good enough workout, although my abbs were sore this morning. I lifted for about 20 minutes today and then went to the yoga class. I haven't done yoga forever. I had beads of sweat on my forehead and I like the warm feeling my muscles have from yoga and of course the meditation and "getting centered".
I'm finally noticing my body change. I can really see it in my core and other areas like my chin besides the obvious. And I feel strong, I love that. I actually look forward to doing push ups as part of my workout because I can do "so many" on my toes now.
I am down to 175.7
I feel ready for the cruise. I am gong to continue to work hard these last couple weeks and diet, so we'll see where I end up.

there is good in everything right?

I had a great week of eating BUT we went to dinner last night with Ryan's family for his birthday and it was Mexican. heavy. But since I've been dealing with a bit of the stomach flu and had a relapse last night of the diarrhea, I am now down to 176.4. It was miserable to be sick, but now that it's over, it sure did help :) Less than a month until the cruise! I can't wait.

oh what to do, what to do

i am now on week 5 of fit camp and running 3 days a week. I need to start figuring out what is holding me back. I stick to my 1600 calories a day and I'm only down to 177.4. When we go running, I only have until about 7:00 and my friend doesn't want to go any earlier than 6:30 so I'm going to try and add more cardio and more weight lifting. Right now I work out about 3.5-4 hours a week. This week I'm aiming for 5 hours. I always wonder if there is a certain food that causes me to hold onto weight, but having to cut something beautiful out like white flour or sugar, I don't want to know about it.
This morning I told myself that I just might have to start preparing to look like "this" while on the cruise. The weight is hardly coming off and my body isn't changing either like I had hoped, so I'm preparing for the "worse". The worse being, looking like I do in a bikini. Trust me, it won't take me long to get over it. I have one more month, and I refuse to quit trying.

Also, I need to start adding in some triathlon training. I'm doing one in May and have only biked once and have not yet swam in a pool! But I'll be strong ") That is what I love about fit camp, I feel so much stronger!

will I regret posting this?

I'm ready to confess my sins. I really didn't want to let ya'll know about how much I weighed after the holidays. I had no discipline and it's just amazing how quickly the weight comes back! Eating healthy and exercising has to constantly be a part of my life. hope my kids have better genes ;)
Well, I started working hard at getting in shape 2 weeks ago, so on February 7th, I weighed 182. Yeah, I know, insane! That week was my first week of fit camp and running 3 days a week and all together eating better. This last week, I through in the holiday melt down 6 day diet and am now down to 178.4. I was really wanting to just take a magic pill and be back down to where I was at the beginning of December. Today is my last day of the melt down and next week I plan on eating healthy and continuing my workouts and then the week after, I will do something a little more strict, then just eat healthy.....you get it? What I was really hoping for was to lose 5 lbs on the meltdown but no luck. I guess the 2 is more likely to stay off than losing 5. Oh I should also add that I've had that wonderful gift from mother nature all week so maybe that is making me hold onto another pound? Time will tell.

alright, alright, alright

We are going on a cruise in April. I have 2 months to get this bod back in shape. Fit camp starts on Monday, so thankful for that! It is such a challenge to mentally get back into eating healthy. I haven't thought about what I was eating for 2 months now and it's amazing that it actually takes "training" to get your mind back on track. Snacking has become so mindless. And the stress of our January finances didn't help :)
I found a jogging partner!!!! We are going MWF at 6:30 and I love chatting with her. Running and the conversations we have is such a good way to start a day. It starts to get lighter earlier and than helps with my motivation. The last fit camp was hard because when it ended at 7 am, it was still dark outside.
I can't wait to be lounging on the beach and of course the food!

Aunt Flow came to visit this week. She hasn't visited for 2 years! I forgot how crappy she makes me feel during her visit, not so good for the self esteem. Bleh. I've decided to give myself a challenge this week. I am very aware of my body and how it reacts to certain foods. But......I usually don't listen. Sugars just make me feel bloated and I feel like they really affect my immune system in a bad way. Too many carbs makes me feel sluggish.
So this week I'm challenging myself to have self control. Can I take just one bite of cake? Can I eat just one cookie? Can I say no all together? But that's the price I pay for being a bomb cook ;) Can I eat just one serving? Can I make my servings smaller?
We shall see.
Jillian and I are still dating and our relationship is still going strong.



I hope to go snow shoeing soon, that should be a great workout, I hear cross country skiing is even better.

we're dating again.

kind of a joke between my baby-sister and I. Today I started Jillian Michael program again "Making the Cut". I really did not want to start it. I still don't want to be going to the gym. It's a hassle. It's close to a 30 minute drive round trip and just seems to take up my morning. There are quite a few I can do at home and at the gym in our clubhouse. But I know it will pay off in the end and I need to be doing something. My push-ups were a joke. It was nice to feel strong while it lasted, for now I will be feeling sore.
And we are in the time of winter that is so drab. It comes and goes during January and February, it's the nasty smog. I am a little concerned about working out with such terrible air quality but, I seem to do it anyway.

I'm trying not to be frustrated (bummed) about my holiday weight gain. I'm not telling you my weight which breaks my unwritten rules. My pride. It won't let me. I haven't decided what my plan of attack will be. I want to go to the gym but I also don't because this is the busiest month of the year and I don't want to fight the new year's resolution crowd. I guess the first order of business needs to be to hide all the treats and candy from christmas. I went for a lovely jog this morning, it was beautiful out and it felt great to be running. Maybe while I'm trying to figure out what to do, I'll start jogging in the mornings. I live in such a boring area for jogging and I can't find a jogging partner, which would be very helpful in keeping me going daily.
Today I was remembering how motivated I was to work out and lose weight when I was in the last few weeks of my pregnancy with Charlotte. If only I could get that flame lit under my butt again.