weigh in monday

today is my official weigh in day. and it was a good one!

August 15, 2011 Weigh-in:  -4 lbs.
Total lost: 12 lbs.


I also hit my first big goal for Weight Watchers. 10%!!

Saturday afternoon after i posted about our amazing weather, we walked to this little shopping center about a mile from our house for lunch and frozen yogurt. It felt good to get some activity in and have some sweet family time. It was super humid, so we worked up a pretty nice sweat. Plus pushing my 30 lb boy in a 10 lb stroller helped!

This week is short for us. We have some big plans for the weekend. I'll update through the week with my workouts. Going for a run tonight for sure!


Happy Monday!

i promise i'll stop talking about the weather

but it's RAINING outside right now! it has been raining most of the night apparently. and it's 77 degrees. I mean, i don't know what to say besides halleluja! we sure need it.

Back on-topic, I did get a good workout in yesterday. Hit the 30-day shred for the first time in almost 2 weeks. It felt awesome. I'm trying to talk myself into bumping up to level 2. I am such a chicken. I've never even done level 2. Maybe tonight or tomorrow. I might even talk myself into taking advantage of this cool weather and go for a run later today. We'll see.

Also, I weighed myself this morning and I have lost 4 lbs. this week. Holy cow! I made some pretty significant changes to my diet, and it's apparently working. I've cut gluten, most carbs, sugar (minus a teaspoon or so for my coffee) and dairy. I thought for this carb-o-holic that I would surely die of cravings, but it's actually been easier than I thought. I've had so much more energy, never feeling heavy or weighed down by what I eat. And seeing that scale move is really great motivation. So, the combination of weight watchers, and all that stuff is really working for me right now.

I'd love to hear what you guys are doing. Anyone else trying the gluten-free diet? Or paleo?

i'm off to enjoy the weekend with my guys. have a good one!

I'm baaaack

Finally! It has been a crazy few weeks around here. Today was the first time I've run since the last time I updated...isn't that awful? But I was doing the 30-day shred or yoga (or both!) every day.

Except last week.

Jackson and I spent a week with my dad...which is always so much fun, but also I tend to feel like calories don't count at Pop's house. But I actually did pretty well eating wise. I did get one good swim in while I was there, but that was it as far as working out. But, I still managed to lose 1 pound! So I'm officially down  8 lbs. (I lost a pound the week before too.) So, yay for not gaining!

Running (for the first time in my new fancy shoes!) felt so good! I've missed it, which is weird. I hit a really good stride tonight. I picked up where I left off instead of starting over, and even pushed a run through 2 of my walks.

(my app messed up and said I only ran 0.9 miles. that is wrong, I ran the same route I always run. It was 2 miles.)

Official stats:

Distance: 1.9 miles (I'm just going to call it fair...)
Walk pace: 15:18/mile
Run pace: 14:38/mile

I felt: awesome! First run in two weeks, and I feel like I knocked it out of the park! Glad to be back!
The weather was: Hot. 94 with a pretty nice breeze. And it was dusk, so it was pretty out!
Best song(s) from playlist: Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People and Someone Like Me by Laura Jenson (Armin van Buuren remix)

Times were a little slower than last time, but I fully expected that. I'm glad to be back on track! Will be doing a run tomorrow and then I'll be on my Monday, Wednesday, Friday runs again, with the shred and some yoga in between. 

We have a lot going on around here too. We have weddings we'll be filming coming up, our son will be 3 on the 24th and his party will be on the 27th and the school starts again. Busy, busy! 

I'll be back with my stats tomorrow. 

It's good to be back!

shoes and a weigh-in

Well, I finally got some new running shoes this weekend! I'm so excited. We went to Luke's Locker and I got my gait examined (that sounds weirder than it is...), and I found a great, comfy and even cute pair of shoes.

My plan was to get up this morning and run, but my sweet, early riser of a son decided to get up at 5:15. I managed, after a brief meltdown, to get him back into bed and asleep for another 45 minutes or so. So, when my 6:15 wake-up call came, I obviously wasn't feeling very motivated. So instead, hubs and I did the 30-day shred tonight. It felt great, since I haven't worked out since Thursday!

I also weighed in this morning. Down another pound. It's a little slow going, but it's better than a gain. Total loss so far is 6 lbs. I'm thinking of trying the Paleo diet. Has anyone tried that? Any luck? I'm interested.

Hoping to be up and running early in the morning. Wish me luck!

the weekend

this weekend was not what I would call productive. well, I guess I should say Saturday wasn't...

friday Jackson and I took lunch to daddy at work. when we do that, there's relatively no nap for the boy. He falls asleep for the 20 minute car ride there, and that's it. As we drove to dinner Friday night (sushi...it's a weekly thing around here) I was shocked to see that he had fallen asleep in his carseat. This boy will fight to the death to stay awake. I was even more shocked when he continued sleeping until we woke him up about 10 minutes before we left the restaurant. Good news is, it made for a nice, adult dinner date...just with a sleeping toddler in the booth.

pooped.

Saturday we hung around in our pj's until after naptime. Then in the afternoon we loaded up and went to a bounce house place in the mall. This was our first visit, and for $6 and lots of energy burned, I'd say we will definitely be going back. Jackson had a blast!

We had Italian food for dinner, and after that I forced myself to do this yoga dvd. It felt awesome. 

Sunday morning I had a photo shoot with a super cute little 1 year old boy, and then we hit brunch. The rest of the day was actually busy and productive. I got the meal plan for the week together, went to the grocery store, did some laundry (with lots of help from my guys!), and hubs even got some organizing done. All in all, it was a laid back weekend. And it was good.

Today is my official weigh-in day and I'm down another pound. It's a little less than I was hoping for, but we went out for lunch and dinner all weekend, so I'll take what I can get. Good news is I'm down 5 whole pounds! I even got my cute little 5lb star on my weight watchers tracker!

I didn't get up and run this morning, but after the boy goes to bed I will be hitting the neighborhood hard. Wish me luck...no new running shoes yet. I hope my shins are nice to me! I'll be back tonight with my stats.

unexpected surprises

well, the past few days have been full of unexpected surprises. the first was, on Monday my husbands intern gifted me with BRITNEY SPEARS tickets!!

She won them on the radio, and when her plans fell through, she did the NICEST THING EVER and just gave them to me! I LOVE Britney, and I am NOT ashamed! My best friend ended up taking a few days off work, and drove down on a whim to go with me. It was so much fun! Britney puts on an amazing show. A night to remember, for sure! Thanks again Hollie! I can't even tell you how grateful I am!

The second unexpected surprise is I weighed in this morning (even though I know it's not my official weigh-in day. I don't care, I'm a habitual weigh-in-er) and I'm down 4lbs! So encouraging, and now I am refreshed and ready to stay on track!

No work-out yesterday. It was a day full of Britney preparations. Today looks like it's going to be a day of Britney recovery, but I may squeeze out a hip hop abs session after the boy goes to bed tonight. I will be doing my run tomorrow morning, so I'll for sure be back tomorrow with stats.

Happy Wednesday, and keep on dancin' til the world ends!

day 1, week 2

I just got back from my first run of week 2. For anyone who isn't familiar with the c25k program it looks something like this:

5 minute warm-up walk
90 second run
2 minute walk
alternate for 20 minutes
5 minute cool down walk

so, it's a total of 30 minutes.

I felt good this morning. strong. I ran with my head up and shoulders back. and I ran through!

Official stats:

Distance: 1.9 miles (not quite as far as last week)
Walk pace: 17:49/mile
Run pace: 13:41/mile (not great, not horrible)

I felt: motivated and strong
The weather was: 79 degrees with a nice breeze
Best song(s) from playlist: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk


Week 2 Weigh-in: -.5 lbs. (yes, a half of a pound, but I will take what I can get!)
Total lost: .5 lbs.

Only 88 days until the BIG DAY. I'm using this little bit of inspiration to keep me going.

Happy Monday!