It's not quite been a week, but I had a weigh in today. I posted a 2 pound weigh loss, new number 166.2. Today I am three pounds more than my husband and one pound away from 100 pound drop from Febuary of 2011! I was a little late to my consultation, I was exercising and wanted to get it done before my appointment. Today we just reviewed what I was doing and what I had eaten last week. I have to admit that I did not really "stay on plan" this week. I skipped some of my snacks, like the pretzels and popcorn and had watermelon, grapes, and cherries instead. I love summer and all the fresh fruits and vegetables! The sun, the warmth and being able to go outside! I was cautioned to watch my fruit intake because of the natural sugars. Yes they are good for you, but like anything too much of a good thing is not good. I did get my protein up, but my carbs were a little too high and of course my sugars were a lot over for the weekly average. My proteins are still on the low side, but as I told my consultant, I'm afraid to eat very much. I just don't want the calories! So, I will need to add another serving of protien somewhere in my week to see if that helps. I am going to continue on with my 1200 calorie plan and remain on five days, with two days off for one more week. I think after this week I will drop another breakfast and see how that goes. I'm hopeful that I will be at least at my 100 pound mark and would be over joyed if I were at my husbands weight! I'll keep on doing what I'm doing and see how I do. I hope to be under the 160 mark by my husband's birthday, would love to be there by mine, but that's just NOT doable. One can dream, right?
With my exercising I have started to add milage slowly to my runs along with time. I'm not really worrying about speed, not yet anyway. I haven't figured out how fast I need to go to finish 13.1 miles in 2 and one half hours. I don't want to scare myself just yet. Yesterday I did get in 7.5 miles and I had planned on doing my abs, arms and core balance workout following that. But after finishing my run, I was sweaty, light-headed and just plain worn out! I got that feeling again like I was going to pass out. I didn't drink enough while I was running. I have started to drink sips of water every 15 minutes while I'm running, but yesterday I forgot my water bottle and didn't want to stop to get it. I didn't think it would make that much of a difference. Okay, so I won't do that again. When I was done last night I kept wondering, if after 7.5 miles I feel this crappy, how the heck am I going to get 13 miles done? I think next week is a down week, haven't really checked yet, but I sure hope so. But that 8 mile mark is just around the corner. I also added a core balance workout to my schedule this week, trying to get my core into shape a little. I got in my 10,000 steps all but one day and I only missed that one day by about 500 steps.
So that was my week, I am happy with the loss. I did go out and get a new outfit, but I'm sorry to report that I'm still buying them a size too large. I guess when I'm shopping I don't think that I'm small enough to fit in that next size down. And I don't even want to try it on to be disappointed. I also bought one new bra. I just can't see spending money on clothes that I don't want to fit into by the end of the summer. I keep thinking about what I read on my "adopted daughter's" blog. I look in the mirror and I still see that 265 pound woman standing in front of me. I don't see a runner or a smaller person. I guess that is the next thing that I will need to work on. It's funny how the mirror seems to be like a "funhouse mirror" at times. My consultant did tell me that they have to retake my "half way" photo, because they can't see a diffence in my body. Why? Because I'm wearing a very large t-shirt. So I have to wear something that fits for my next appointment! It was a short week this time, so til next week, keep moving! ~ Darcy
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