Just thought I would do a small post and since it's been a week since my last post. I am not weighing in today, I will do my weigh in on Saturday, but so far this week I feel good and I feel like I should post at least a pound loss. I wish I could say it feels like a larger loss, but the scale continues to go up and down this week. Eating at a lower calorie count this week, I've noticed that I get closer to 1200 faster and sometimes go over by 50 to 60 calories. Or maybe I just think I'm getting there faster, but I have found myself skipping snacks and fruits just to keep myself at or below that 1200 calorie a day mark. I sometimes wonder if this is a good idea. But I am happy with the progress that I have made during the program. I still have a hard time seeing the weight loss when I look in the mirror though. The fact that Ali has started to comment on the difference makes me feel good though.
I also did my first "official" run on my new treadmill yesterday. I replaced the old one last Friday and spent that evening putting it together. I was hopeful that I could get a short run in on Friday night, but sadly that was not to be. Let me explain. While I love my husband very much, he is not much of a "handyman". He is a smart man that has many wonderful qualities, but fixing and building things is not one of them. I also do not "fix and repair" things very well. This is the major reason why I choose to buy a new treadmill instead of repairing the old one. That plus the cost of the belt and other supplies needed to replace it and the time it would take to get here, just wasn't worth the money. I can read the assembly directions and follow them pretty well. I wasn't sure that I could replace a belt and do it the right way, so I didn't risk it. So by the time we (my husband and I) finished getting the treadmill together it was almost midnight and it still needed a couple of bolts and screws tightened to be able to store it correctly. I had to work the whole weekend, so I went to bed and got up the next morning at 4:30am and did my usual walk before work.
On Monday night my husband asks if I wanted to go for a walk after dinner because we were both off on Tuesday. Now after already having done my usual 35 minute walk at 4:30 and then a 12.5 hour shift I thought "What?". But I agreed to go anyway just so that I could get my husband a little active. Big mistake! I thought okay a short 30 or 40 minute walk. We took a different route than we had before and ended up walking almost 4 miles! It took us almost 2 hours to get back to the apartment and it was almost midnight when we got home. I had to go to the bathroom at the 2 mile mark, my feet hurt, I was tired, and ended up being totally bitchy during the whole walk. I felt bad for my hubby later because he had to listen to me the whole walk. So that's my short mid week post. Now time to stop stalling and get my run done! I weigh in on Saturday.
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