Challenge Update!

Well so far so good! This is how I'm doing on my 3 challenges!

1 - Not weighing myself at home (or anywhere else for that matter) - I'm doing great! This is a lot easier than I thought it would be for me - I say that now, but I think as it gets closer to weigh in day at WW It wil be harder not to know what is going on.

2 - Trying something new - I already mentioned the Jicama (which is a root kinda like a radish, but bigger) I really is kinda like tofu with not much taste but it makes nice texture in salad. I also tried the chopped dates which were yummy and as a weird coincidnce my boss had brought in two fresh dates and let me try one, just as yummy! Last but not least for the try something new cetegory was dried apricots - well I didn't like those too much, I don't think I will be eating them again - of course my daughter in law pointed out they are really good covered in chocolate!

3 - Exercise 4 days this week - so far so good!

So that is my little mid-week update - I have another post I plan on doing - I took a picture of what I tipically take in my lunch and I want to post it but just have been crazy busy and will hopefully get to that sometime in the weekend!

Challenges for the week!

I have some challenges for myself this week!

1 - I will not weigh myself this week at home - I have been stepping on the scale everyday for too long and I need to stop because basically my mood for the day is dictated by the number I see in the morning and I have to stop obsessing about it NOW!

2 - I will try something new this week in the fruit and vegetable category - I was challenged by my leader today to try something new and I already have tried one thing - Jicama - it was pretty good, it added some nice texture to my salad. I have some dried dates that I bought some time ago to add to a granola bar recipe and then lost the recipe, so I thought I would make little portion controlled baggies and try those as well!

3 - I will get at least 4 days of workouts in this week. I had to take a break due to the virus, but I think I'm strong enough to resume my workouts at least 4 days this week.

Weigh in Day!

Today I had a gain - 1.4 pounds - not unexpected at all since that is my typical pattern, lose, lose, lose a lot, gain a little of it back. I will be back to losing again - just got to keep doing what I'm doing and it will come back off and more! I still have my eyes on the goal!!

Sacfit Saturday!

So today went very well! I ran with the "catch up group" A group of either newer people or people that had missed a week or two and wanted to get out today but wasn't up for the whole 7 miles. We did 5 miles and then I went back out with one of the ladies and did 1 more mile! It was a pretty great run, it was nice and comfortable temperature wise going out, but it went from comfortable to HOT very quickly! I'm glad I didn't try to do the whole 7 miles, I think that would have been too much for me while still recovering. The people I ran with were so nice too, I had only ran with a couple of them before so it was nice getting to know them!

Getting back to running....

On Tuesday I did the hill workout with my group it was my first run in 10 days. I felt pretty good despite it being 102 degrees at the time! I should say I felt great until after I got home and had dinner, then I was incredibly tired and worn out. I got a good nights sleep and went out to run again on Thursday and it was harder than Tuesday. The air was just horrible and the heat was pretty nasty and I just wasn't feeling it, so me and my running partner ended up walking most of the workout, which was fine, but it puts doubt in my head about Saturdays 7 miler. I have hydrated really good today and I am going to get a good nights sleep and hopefully have no trouble at all, but I am fully prepared to turn back early if I start to struggle. This virus I had was no fun at all and I do want to not push myself and make myself worse later on.

Our new addition!

Our sons hamster died two weeks ago and on Friday we found one of my guinea pigs dead so we went out today and got a new hamster. her name is Dory and after having dwarf hamsters this girl is HUGE! She is a teddy bear hamster and such a pretty color, if you look at her one way she is dark gray and her "undercoat" is brown.

Weigh In Day!!

Drum roll please........

I lost 2.6 pounds this week! Woo Hoo!! I know it has something to do with me being sick, but I had only 5 activity points earned and I worked extra hard at just sticking to my daily points and not using much extra since I couldn't work out. I earned my next 5 pound sticker - 85.9 pounds total lost now and that makes 14.1 left to go until goal!! Oh and for those keeping track that puts me squarely in the 170's - 176.6 to be exact!!

I'm feeling a bit better, but am still coughing and have gunk in my chest so I will have to play the workouts by ear. I don't want to miss too much, but I know if I don't let myself get better it will put my running even further behind