Weigh In: Week 9

Well, this is just plain discouraging!  I had several things going on this week including traveling for work, my 30th birthday and a couple of birthday celebrations.  But through all of that, I thought I did pretty good and stayed on track, but obviously not.  I think I may have hit the "weight loss plateau" :(

Weigh In: Week 8

This week I love the scale :)  I did some things different this week and I'll explain more in a seperate post, but it has to do with the way I journal my food.

Also, I have been continuing to run and I ended up starting the Bridge to 10K (B210K) program.  The first day, Saturday, was pretty hard, but not as hard as my first day of C25K.  The second day, this morning, was about as hard as any workout I've had so far. 

I did it on an empty stomach and my pace was really fast (didn't realize I was going so fast).  I don't know exactly what my pace was, but I can tell you that when I arrived back home, I still had 5 minutes of running left (if I had done my normal pace, I would have arrived back home at exactly the end of the 5 minute cool down - so that is 10 minutes ahead of schedule).

Food Journal: 5/16/2011

I use the Weight Watchers PointsPlus* iphone app as my food journal.  I just did screen shots instead of re-typing everything into blogger.  The top bar shows how many PointsPlus* I've used for the day, how many Weekly PointsPlus* are remaining, how many Activity PointsPlus* I've earned that day and how many Activity PointsPlus* are left for the week.  The bottom part of the screen shows the food I logged and their PointsPlus* values.

Monday was not a great day for me nutritionally, but I logged still everything.  I went to the grocery store Monday night, so before that, we didn't have hardly anything fresh to eat.

Above: Breakfast and Lunch

Above: Dinner and Activity

My daily checks are shown below.  Each row represents items that you are supposed to check off throughout the day.  Here is what the list represents (with the daily target listed in parentheses), from the top down: Water (6-8 cups), Milk/Dairy (2 servings), Fruits and Veggies (5 servings), Multi-Vitamin (yes or no), Healthy Oils (2 servings), Activity (yes or no).  If I met the Target, it gives me a little smiley face.  

I got everything in except for 2 Fruit/Veggie servings and 1 Healthy Oil serving (those are always the hardest for me).

*If you are not familiar with Weight Watchers PointsPlus, here is the basic idea: I get 29 PointsPlus a day and 49 extra PointsPlus that can be used at any time throughout the week.  A PointPlus is calculated by the grams of Fat, Carb, Protien and Fiber for each food.  If I exercise, I get extra PointsPlus that can be used at any time throughout the week.

Weigh In: Week 7

I HATE THE SCALE!  That's all.

C25K - I graduated

Tonight was my final workout of Couch to 5K.  Week 9, Day 3!!!  It was really easy tonight.  I ran 30 minutes straight and covered somewhere between 3.1 miles and 3.4 miles (including the 5 minute warm-up and 5 minute cool down).  My GPS tracker acted up a little, so that is why I don't know the exact distance.

I've been thinking about what's next for me.  There is a Bridge to 10K plan that I would like to do.  I also thought about just adding 2 minutes per week (i.e. 32 min next week, 34 min the week after that, etc).  All I know is that I don't want to lose the momentum that I have built up!

A neighbor walked by earlier today when Lance and I were working in the flower beds outside and she said, "WOW, you are looking skinny!  Look at your legs!"  I can't tell you how good her comments made me feel.  Espically since I have been feeling like the scale is stuck for about 5 weeks now.  It even helped me to make good choices when we went out to eat for lunch.  I had grilled chicken with steamed brocolli instead of chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy :)  So if you are reading this Diana - thanks!!!

Weigh In: Week 6

Sorry, I know I am really, really late in posting this weeks results.  I was down 1 pound on Monday morning but I was so busy this week that I just wasn't able to find the time to blog about it.

I know I said I was going to publish my food journal and I had every intention of doing so, but it just didn't happen.  Hopefully next week will not be as busy and I will be able to do it then.  Stay tuned...

Weigh In: Week 5

Well, I clearly didn't meet my 7 pound goal for April :(

It's okay though, I'm focused on May now and my two goals: lose 5 pounds and complete C25K.  I'll be posting my food journal each night this week starting tonight.  Stay tuned...