Week 9, Day 2 - February 27

Workout: Treadmill - 30 minutes, 18 running, 12 walking, 2.20 miles

Diet:
Breakfast: banana bread, banana
Lunch: 2 laughing cow cheese wedges with reduced fat wheat thins, balance bar, 1/2 peach
Dinner: chicken enchilada w/green chili sauce, fish taco
Snacks: praline, meringues, peanut butter, chocolate milk

Week 9, Day 1 - February 26

Workout: None

Diet:
Breakfast: banana bread
Lunch: reduced fat wheat thins, 2 laughing cow cheese wedges, balance bar
Dinner: 2 tacos at Moe's on flour tortillas - one with black beans, steak, cheese, lettuce, salsa and one with black beans, cheese, salsa, sour cream and guacamole and chips
Snack: praline, meringues

Better on the diet, but still not great. The evening has become a problem area for me again. I did great one week, not eating after 8, but since then I just haven't stuck with it. I seem to get a couple hundred extra calories at that time of the day, so if I can just avoid eating then I think it would really help me.

Week 8, Day 7 - February 25

Workout: BodyPump, BodyFlow

Diet:
Breakfast: instant oatmeal
Lunch: hummus, pita chips, oreo stick
Snack: banana bread, cheese and crackers
Dinner: cheeseburger, homemade fries, baked beans
Snack: carrot cake

This weekend was really a disappointment for me. I did great working out, but completely blew the diet. I'm going on vacation March 3rd, so I have 5 days before then to stick to my diet and get back on track. I'm not going to be tracking food while I'm on vacation, so I want to do my best before then.

Week 8, Day 6 - February 24

Workout: Treadmill - 30 minutes, 20 running!, 10 walking, 2.21 miles

Diet:
Breakfast: banana, balance bar
Lunch: regular Jersey Mike's turkey on wheat, with lettuce, cheese, spices, oil/vingear
Dinner: cheese enchilada w/chili, chicken taco
Snack: sorbet, oreo stick, ritz 100 calorie snack

I ran for 20 minutes today without stopping! It was amazing. I just kept going and before I knew I had done it! I am so proud of myself and I can't wait to do it again!

Week 8, Day 5 - February 23

Workout: None

Diet:
Breakfast: balance bar, banana
Lunch: 1/2 campbell's creamy tomato soup, 3/4 plain bagel w/reduced fat garden veggie cream cheese
Snack: chocolate cake
Dinner: fish taco, chicken taco, bbq taco
Snack: 3 bitesize kit-kat, blueberry and peach sorbet

This was my first really not good day of eating. I was in a really blah mood and didn't really think my choices through. Tomorrow's another day and I definitely want to get back on track!

Week 8, Day 4 - February 22

Workout: Treadmill - 30 minutes, 16 minutes running, 14 minutes walking, 2.13 miles

Diet:
Breakfast: balance bar
Lunch: Campbells Soup - creamy tomato, banana, balance bar
Dinner: 1/2 cuban sandwich, black beans, rice
Snack: 100 calorie lorna doones, individual bag of popcorn

Great workout! 2 - 8 minutes runs, my longest yet! I am feeling so strong and I can definitely see changes in my body. I haven't lost as much weight as I would like, but I feel really great.

Week 8, Day 3 - February 21

Workout: Rest day!

Diet:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:

Week 8, Day 2 - February 20

Workout: Treadmill -30 minutes, 15 walking, 15 running, 2.13 miles

Diet:
Breakfast: coffee w/FF, SF creamer and balance bar
Lunch: Jersey Mike's sub - Regular turkey (w/lettuce, cheese, vinegar, spices) on wheat, banana
Dinner: 1/2 cuban sandwich, black beans, rice
Snack: grapefruit

I'm using the "Couch to 5K" program on coolrunnings.com to work up to running my 5K. I'm about halfway through, on week 5 out of 9 weeks. I'm feeling really good about my progress. I'm running 5 minutes a time, with a recovery of 3 minutes in between. By the end of this week, I'm supposed to be running 20 minutes at one time. I can't wait!

Week 8, Day 1 - February 19

Workout: BodyPump, BodyFlow

Diet:
Breakfast: balance bar, 2 clementines
Lunch: meatloaf, 1/2 servicing zucchini-rice casserole, grapes
Snack: balance bar
Dinner: 2 Moe's tacos on flour tortilla - 1 steak/beans/cheese/salsa/lettuce and 1 beans/cheese/salsa/sour cream/guacamole/lettuce
Snack: pear

I'm really enjoying BodyPump and I can already feel myself getting stronger. It's definitely tough, but I love the feeling I get from the class. I did two classes last night, so I didn't eat dinner until after 9. I just can't eat before I go work out. I had a balance bar, but that's the most I can eat.

Week 8 Mini-goals

1) Workout: 3 runs (1 at least 3 miles), 2 BodyFlows, 1 BodyPump.

2) Diet: NO eating after 8 pm (except Monday and Wednesday due to schedule).

3) Other: Clean out closet - get rid of clothes I no longer wear!

These are the exact same as last week. I didn't complete any of them last week, so I'm going to try again. Not try, I'm going to complete them this week!

Week 7 Recap

Weigh-in: 162.2 (down from 162.8 a week ago)

This is a NON official weigh-in, as we're having problems with our scale. The last time I weighed was Friday morning, at 162.2. The batteries were dead and I replaced them last night, but it's telling me I weigh 8.8 pounds. I'm actually expecting my weight to be higher than what I posted here, since I did not have a very healthy weekend (diet wise). Tomorrow morning I'll use my original scale, that should at least give me an idea. It was weighing 1.6 pounds less than the new one, so at least I'll have some measurement.

Mini-goals:
1) Workout: 3 runs (1 at least 3 miles), 2 BodyFlows, 1 BodyPump - Completed 2 runs (1 3 miles), 2 BodyFlows, 1 BodyPump. Close, but not complete.
2) Diet: NO eating after 8 pm - Did not stick to this one. I actually made a conscious decision at the beginning of the week. I actually felt better when I was sticking to it, so I think I'll make it a goal again this week and stick to it. Although I know I won't be able to Monday and Wednesday because of my schedule. But, I'll do my best.
3) Other: Clean out closet - get rid of clothes I no longer wear!- Nope. Ran out of time this weekend with the kids and everything else going on. I decided a nap yesterday afternoon was more important, so I put this one off again.

Two weeks with not good results on the mini-goals. I need to recommit to meeting these, I really think it makes a difference.

Week 7, Day 7 - February 18

Workout: Treadmill - 41 minutes, 24 minutes running, 17 minutes walking, 3.0 miles

Diet:
Breakfast: grapefruit
Lunch: 1/2 turkey/cheese sandwich, 1/2 salami/cheese sandwich, chips, cookie
Dinner: Moe's salad - lettuce, black beans, steak, cheese, jalapenos, dressing
Snack: pear, praline

I had a great workout! It felt so good to go for 3 miles and I was able to run for a big portion of it! I didn't have a very good weekend, diet wise, but I'll be back on track tomorrow.

Week 7, Day 6 - February 17

Workout: BodyFlow

Diet:
Breakfast: 1/2 banana, whipped cream, 2 pancakes w/butter and syrup
Lunch: pita chips
Dinner: Turkey sandwich, french fries
Snack: popcorn, cotton candy

We're taking the kids to the circus tonight, lots of opportunities to make unhealthy choices! I'm planning on being smart about it, I'm not going to blow it on one night out!

Week 7, Day 5 - February 16

Workout: None

Diet:
Breakfast: Lemon Zuchinni Bread, banana
Lunch: meatloaf, zuchinni-rice casserole, grapes
Snack: pita chips
Dinner: 1/2 12" shrimp and cheese pizza (very thin crust)
Snack: 1/2 whole foods vanilla cupcake with icing

We have been really struggling to make our morning workouts. I knew we couldn't work out tonight because we're babysitting all weekend, but we just couldn't get up. I also made some not very good choices at dinner, but the rest of the day was good and I plan on waking up before the kids tomorrow morning and going to my BodyFlow class.

Week 7, Day 4

Workout: Treadmill - 30 minutes - 14 minutes walking, 16 minutes running, 2.20 miles

Diet:
Breakfast: Zuchinni Lemon bread, banana
Lunch: Bangladeshi - garbanzo bean salad, hilam soup, chicken, rice, veggies, rice pudding, dough balls with syrup
Snack: grapes
Dinner: Lean Cusine pizza,, pita chips
Snack: pear

This is the first really good run I've had in a while and I felt great! I pushed myself and when I thought I wouldn't make it, I kept going. I'm excited to get back into a running routine. I'm hoping to run again tomorrow morning and Sunday and do BodyFlow Saturday.

Week 7, Day 3

Workout: BodyPump, BodyFlow

Diet:
Breakfast: Zuchinni Lemon Bread
Lunch: Moe's Steak Salad, 1/2 Hershey Nugget w/almonds (shared with husband!)
Snack: banana
Snack: balance bar
Dinner: hummus, pita chips, turkey, peanut butter, cherries
Snack: popcorn, pear

I had a great Valentine's Day, I had lunch with my husband and had a great workout tonight. Unfortunately my favorite gym instructor quit tonight. She was really motivating and I'm disappointed that she's leaving.

Week 7, Day 2

Workout: None

Diet:
Breakfast: lemon zuchinni bread (cooking light), banana
Lunch: red beans and rice with turkey sausage, Light 'n Fit yogurt (45 calories), grapes
Snack: whole grain granola bar
Dinner: meatloaf and zuchinni/rice casserole (both from cooking light), grapefruit
Snack: pear

Week 7, Day 1

Workout: None

Diet:
Breakfast: zuchinni lemon bread (cooking light!), yogurt
Lunch: chicken and rice, grapes
Snack: 2 bite size Bit O Honeys
Dinner: red beans and rice with turkey sausage
Snack: cheese, pears

My husband gave me the best Valentine's Day gift (a few days early) - a 12 month subscription to the Harry and David fruit of the month club! I got Pears today and they are SO good - definitely the best I've ever had! That was such a great gift, one I've wanted to do for myself but never have. He said he was so proud of how well I've done on my diet and knew I would enjoy it all year!

Week 7 Mini-goals:

1) Workout: 3 runs (1 at least 3 miles), 2 BodyFlows, 1 BodyPump.

2) Diet: NO eating after 8 pm.

3) Other: Clean out closet - get rid of clothes I no longer wear!

Week 6 Recap

Weigh-in: 162.8 (down from 165.8 a week ago and 164.0 two weeks ago)
I was really happy with this weigh-in. It's actually at the high end of what I've been seeing since my last weigh-in, but it's still a good drop from last week! I recovered really well from our Super Bowl party and had a really good week of eating. I had a lot Saturday at dinner, but did well the rest of the time. That's what I'm really trying to learn - to be able to splurge every now and then but just get back to healthy eating afterwards. That's usually my most difficult thing, once I go 'off', I never seem to be able to get back on track. So far I've been really successful this time around though!

Mini-goals:
1) Workout: 1 run of at least 3 miles, 2 other runs. - I had a tough time with this one. My calves were so sore the first few days of the week (from Step class last Saturday) I really couldn't do it. I got a 20 minute walk in Wednesday and again on Saturday, for a total of 2.5 miles. This was by far my lowest week so far, but I will pick it up next week!
2) Workout: Try BodyPump class. – Done! And I loved it and will definitely be back.
3) Diet: No eating after 8 PM. - Done! I'm really happy with this one and I really didn't miss it!
4) Diet: Pick out daily multi-vitamin and take it. – Done! I bought multi-vitamins yesterday and started taking them today.

A great week! I missed my long run, but otherwise I was right on track. My weight showed it too!