Increasing mileage

Yesterday was a beautiful day...54 degrees and sunny. Where I live, for November 3rd, that is amazing. I wanted to get out and enjoy it so I took off for a run on our awesome lake walk...and I was able to log 4.5 miles!

I can't believe that I can go 4.5 miles. Me...the girl who hated gym class growing up. It is amazing and I am so proud of accomplishing that. I love feeling that way when I'm all done and I can't imaging what it will feel like as I keep increasing my mileage base more and more...and next summer when I complete a half marathon.

Now I just need to get rid of this dang halloween candy and the goodies I made for hubby to take with him on him annual hunting trip!!

Good new/bad news

The bad news is that there is nothing to report about my weight. It's just fluctuating in the same few pounds that it has been for a while now.

The good news? I finally got myself outside for a jog. By myself. I am very proud because this is the first time I have done this, other than at my parent's house out in the country. I have a hard time getting going, and I tend to make excuses. I am not sure but I think the main reason, when it comes down to it, is that I was just nervous. Nervous about being "seen", nervous that I would do terribly, nervous about everything. But after getting out there twice in the last week, I am feeling much better about it. I want to keep doing it. I am sad that it will soon be winter, and the lake walk won't really be an option anymore. But I will promise to remember this feeling, this motivation, for when spring arrives a million months from now.

I am going to need to get out there...because I have decided to do a 10k in April and a half marathon in June.

On top of that, I have been accepted to Grad School and will be starting in January.

Yep. I am nuts.

Eff you, scale

I weighed in this morning. Freaking 1.1 lb up. Not that I'm gaining over all...but it's just a continuation of the whole "up, down, up, down" pattern that is getting me nowhere. It is SO frustrating. I realize I need to concentrate on other things, like the way clothes fit and especially how fit I feel. The most important part of this all is health, and it certainly can't hurt for me to be working on improving my diet and getting way more exercise than I ever have before in my life. I know this, I just can't seem to shake the disappointment when the scale doesn't budge. My husband went for a 4.5 mile run and lost like 4 lbs. I went on a 3.5 mile run and gained a pound.
See how I could get a bit discouraged!?

Regardless, that run the other day felt amazing to accomplish and I am thinking I might go again after work today if it is nice out. Hopefully the good habits will eventually catch up with me both health wise and weight wise.

Today I managed to get out for a run, outdoors on my city's awesome lake walk, and I went 3.5 miles. I was expecting to only get 2 miles max out of myself, but was pleasantly surprised when my hubby google mapped it (because I don't have any fancy gear yet to keep track while I'm running) and found it was 3.5 miles.

Woooot! And it felt great! My knees are sore but not in a sharp injury sort of way...just plain sore. I really hope to get out there and do that again sometime soon, but my time is limited being that it is the end of October in very winter-y state. In fact it was amazing how nice the weather was today...for this time of year, it was spectacular. I am glad I was able to take advantage of it. Thanks to my hubby for watching the girls while I ran off.

Monday morning I will weigh in and see what's up. I really have no idea what to expect this time.

Good news

The extra weight I "gained" over the last week or whatever, is coming off to the tune of about .7 per day. That is why I didn't even bother changing my ticker to be honest...I knew there was a good chance it would come right off.

So I am happy to say that I am getting back down towards a comfortable level again. I was kind of freaking out, seeing the Wii Fit BMI creep back towards that "Obese" line. I am glad to see it getting farther away!.

Ugh :-(

So apparently I've completely lost my shit. I gained a couple of lbs :-( I knew this last week but am honestly embarrassed and sometimes even slightly confused. Anyhow, I am now working hard to get caught up and beyond. Hubby gave me some extra motivation by saying when I hit 60 lbs, I get a weekend away and when I come back, the house will be clean. Oh heck yeah! LET'S DO THIS!

So yesterday I kind of indulged a little, knowing that today is my day to get completely back on track. It also gave me a prime example of why I am sometimes confused about my weight gain: I ate way worse this weeeken than I did at any other time, by far, in the last couple of weeks. I didn't do any official working out all weekend. Yet, I LOST weight today? I'm not dumb, I know that the key to weight loss is not to eat cookies and ice cream and buffalo wild wings and UV Cherry Vodka mixed with Lemon Sour and huge helpings of lasagna. So...WHY did I lose weight after all that? Why do I feel like I am going to start gaining again when I go back to my weekly diet of salads and low fat yogurt and fruit and whole grains?

My only possible explanation is that I did start working out a little harder last week. Perhaps I started gaining muscle a little again, and some of my weight gain is related to that...and now it is starting to do it's job by increasing my metabolism so that is why I suddenly lost weight even when I really shouldn't have? I don't know. This weight loss stuff is so freaking hard and so frustrating at times.

All I know is that I want to and need to get this under control and going again. Being stalled is the worst, especially after so many months of success. It is really important to me to get healthier and fitter. It doesn't hurt to go down in sizes, either.

I will just keep hanging in there. I know that not giving up is key, and I'm not giving up. I just needed to vent I guess...and now I am off to pack a healthy lunch and snacks for the day.

and a lil more!

Yes. I weigh myself most week days. Some may think it's excessive but for me at least at this point in time, it is working. So I will go with it. I like to see the daily ups and downs, it makes me feel more in - tune with my body. And best of all when I see a loss, even a tiny loss, it helps my motivation level.

So I lost another .3 making my total 44.5.

45 is just around the corner, and then I have my sights set on the big FIVE OH.

I am also just 10 lbs away from what I was when I got married over 7 years ago!