Weigh-in Wednesday

My last post inspired me to start something.  I think I'll try to post a weigh-in every Wednesday to make note of and progress (or setbacks) I've had in a weeks time.  I'll also post progress pictures from time to time. None this week because no progress was made.
My weight this morning was up a pound. The scale read 182 lbs, am I worried. Nope.  After a holiday weekend full of too much soda, too much junk food, too little working out. I'm glad it's only a pound.  Truthfully, it's probably water weight from the junk.  So for the next week I'll be making sure to get in my workouts, watch my foods (eating as clean as possible) and be in a sort of recovery mode.

In Process Pictures

I decided, after my workout today, to take some progress pics.  My weight this morning was around 180, but I'm starting to see a bit more definition I think.  Somewhere I have some before pics from last year.  I'll find those and post them later.

Please ignore the dirty mirror and the poor quality phone camera pics.  My kiddies have misplaced my camera battery charger for me and I'm left with my phone for a camera.

I've got a bit of a waist starting to show through.

My shape is round

backview

I Want to do This

What is this? It's the Tough Mudder .   The Tough Mudder is a 10-12 mile obstacle course, running through mud, over walls, through tubes, fire, smoke and electric wires.  It sounds like fun, huh.  They're having one sometime in 2012 in Nashville and I went ahead and pre-registered.  I think if I continue to train throughout this year then maybe(hopefully) I'll be in good enough shape to finish.  The website says about 78% of participants complete the course...sounds like pretty good odds really.

The Thing About Exercising is...

The more you do, the more you want to do.  The more you want to do, the more you will do.  Eventually you get to a point to where you wonder why you didn't do this sooner.  If I could go back in time I would tell my teenage self that she is stupid for not working out.  Muscle doesn't make you look fat, that scale lies. You will regret not working out when you're in your twenties having babies and getting big.  You will regret it when you hit thirty-two and one of those babies you had enjoys poking you in the belly commenting on how squishy you are.  Muscles are sexy, skinny is not.I would also tell my teenage self to tell anyone who says 125 is fat on a 5'6" very active girl who runs track, cross-country and has no jiggle anywhere to shove it. I don't care if it's your mom and grandmother saying your healthy, muscular thighs are too big. 
Anyway, good workouts today. Gonna rock tomorrow's too.

That Running Feeling

You know that little high you feel when you finish your run for the day.  Well even if you don't I do. I feel so fit and in shape(even if I'm not) when I finish.  I like morning runs the best, around 6am-7am.  In my neighborhood that's the time those who work days are usually all gone, so little traffic. Everyone else is still in their homes and beds. I just make sure one of my kiddies are awake and then go for my 20 minute run.  It's just me, my mp3 player and the pavement (and my cell phone for just in case).

I've not been real consistent with my running lately and I have to change that.  The 5k I signed up for is in just over 7 weeks and I need to be ready.  So this week I'm going to try to run everyday(well for the rest of the week anyway).  Then next week on I'll aim for 3-4 days. I want to train not burn out or risk injury.  My goal is not to win the 5k but to have a strong finish.  If I can run the whole way without walking then I'll say it's a success. 

First Day of Summer

So what are you doing to day to welcome in Summer? I'll be sitting in a Chemistry class for an hour and a half then coming home eat lunch, do homework, and going for a run.  I was going to go this morning, but I'm just not a workout in the morning type of person.  On top of that I went to bed a bit late last night and my sinuses are acting up so yea, not going to happen right now.  This afternoon, though, I'll put on my shorts, hook up my mp3 player and take off. I'm going to restart the week one of the couch to 5k plan.  It's suppose to be upper 80s today with chances of rain, so I may be running between the rain drops.
Yesterday's workout was finished at nearly 10pm last night, but I did it.  Hubby didn't get home from work till 9am and so when the rest of us got home he was sleeping and I didn't want to disturb him by working out (my Gazelle makes a bit of noise).  Still I did it and I'm glad I did.  Now I wish I would of gone to bed before 11 because I'm going to be dragging for a bit.
Okay in the midst of all this rambling I'll write about today's plan. Exercise: run/walk C25K, 10-20 minutes of  yoga.  Food: breakfast was coffee and scrambled eggs(about 1 egg) with smoked sausage (about an oz), Parmesan cheese(about 1/2 oz) and salsa(about 1 T); lunch tuna salad sandwiches and baked potatoes; dinner will be mixed bean soup with smoked sausage and a veggie(I hadn't decided yet) and biscuits or cornbread.
I know bean soup seems odd in the summertime, but I'm making it in a crock-pot so it won't heat the kitchen up. Also, the bread(whichever I make) will take 20 minutes or less so it won't heat the kitchen up too much.

New Week, New Start

The great thing about trying to lose weight, get healthy, get fitter is that every day can be a do over.  If you screw up tomorrow IS a new day and it's fine to start over.  You can start over as many times as you need (goddess knows I have to start over many, many times).  So last week I flopped, this week I'm ready to rock.  I'm doing a  beginning strength program from active.com. Today's workout will consist of bench press, twisting sit-ups, dips, lateral raises, chest flys, reverse crunch, extensions, abdominal curls, triceps pushdown, shoulder press, side crunch.  To top it all off, I'll do 30 minutes on the Gazelle.  Sounds like an awesome work out, huh.
Today's food is Nature's Path Flax Plus cereal for breakfast (which isn't too bad) and coffee. Tuna salad sandwiches (whole wheat bread) for lunch,  Pears for snack, Grilled steaks, potatoes and carrots for dinner.
So here's to hopefully having a great Monday and a wonderful week.