Weigh-In-Wednesday

Hello everybody! Happy St. Patty's day! I hope you each received a visit from your leprechaun. I have to say, our leprechaun has been very inconsistent over the years. But, I'm happy to say that he did visit us today, the second year in a row. Although, I don't know why we look forward to his visits so much, he turns our milk green and makes a big mess of our living room! It must have something to do with the gold covered chocolates he leaves in the kid's shoes.

Well, today is my official weigh-in day. I was hoping to get to 20 lbs. down, but that didn't happen. My weight is now 186.5, for a loss of .5. Total pound loss is now 19. This is my smallest loss since I began this journey. Am I disappointed? Yes and no. I am disappointed because my effort was not there this past week. I knew I would not reach 20 pounds this week because of this. I guess I should be happy that I saw any loss and not a gain.

The kids went back to school last week after having a three week break and we are still trying to get adjusted to the schedule again. Having the kids back in school means I am back to volunteering once or twice a week. My son is in morning kindergarten, so mornings is when I can exercise (most easily) and it is also when I can volunteer in classrooms without having to find a babysitter.

Anyway, I met my cardio goals but did not make time for much strength training. And daylight savings time does not agree with me. It takes me a little bit to get used to . I have not been able to wake up and exercise before the kids are up.

Also, I made some poor eating decisions. I am always really good to eat well for breakfast and lunch. It is dinner I have a problem with. It is part of my "plan" to eat the same things I have always eaten at dinner time and just watch portions. I do try to make more healthy dinners now, but we still have a lot of our favorites, which can be high calorie. This past week I made Mexican and had it twice (thanks to leftovers) and I also made some chicken Alfredo rolls. Not low in fat stuff! And I had a hard time controlling my portions, too. Lesson learned. This is still a process, isn't it?

I'm glad for a new week. This week will be better.

I am having C25K dilemmas. I have not started week 5 yet. The weather has been so great around here that I have been doing my walking/jogging outside. I have not found a podcast for the c25k with music that I like on it. I really want to complete this program, though. I don't know why my music is so important, but it is.

I have been running outside though. I think I've mentioned before that during the non-winter months I go on early morning walks with a friend. Well, on those walks we would occasionally try to run some. So during my walks this week, I have tried to run what we would run. I am happy to say that I have been able to run a further distance than before. Yesterday, I ran significantly further. Of course, the "significantly further" was down hill. It sure is easier to run down hill, isn't it? My shins could feel it though, so I am giving them a rest today.

There is rain and snow :( forecasted for the next couple of days so I will start week 5 on the treadmill tomorrow. I can't remember who it was but someone commented on my post a few days back and was wanting more info about the C25K. I forgot to mention it until now, sorry.
Anyway the program is 9 weeks long, although it takes some people (like me) longer than 9 weeks to complete it. For all the info, click here.

Have a great day everybody!