3 Week Mini Challenge - Day 2

Frustrated. Today was supposed to be a relax, get things done day. Instead Boi is spending his vacation day at work.

Took all my vitamins, did not do anything this morning due to grumpiness.

Did a DVD this evening, focusing on arms and abs. Peanut pooped twice during it :/

B: Eggs
L: Mushroom and Leek Galette
D: rotisserie chicken and cheese curds

Snack: half a banana, Half a Coke and a mini Krackel, juice and water, two plums, peanuts

3 Week motivating Mini Challenge

Do some activity and journal what I eat every day! Today I was at Week 4 Day 1 in my C25K. I was going to give it myself an extra day to rest my legs, however my plans this morning kinda crashed so I decided to just go all out and get my folks to watch him so I could do something real. It went pretty well, the first 5 minute split was not so good, but the rest was good. Set new pace/speed records on runkeeper to boot.

Took all my vitamins and did my morning stretching.

Breakfast: 3 eggs and a piece of toast
Lunch: Black bean cheeseburger
Early Dinner: Indian chicken, vegetables and rice, milk
Late Dinner: Mushroom and Leek Galette
Snacks: Tiny Krackel bar, a nibble of apple pie, juice and sparkling water, handful of raisins, half of Peanut's banana.

That should be it for the day. Tomorrow Boi is off so it'll be a bit easier to exercise. Weight is not good at the moment, but yesterday was bad. Still have 3 more days to correct the bad!

Funk

Definitely in a funk.

Too early in this thing to be in a funk.

Day off

I'm taking today off. I didn't sleep well last night and my last Jog my legs felt very fatigued. Since I'm starting up with three minute jogs here next I'm going to give my legs a break. Hopefully I can manage a workout DVD or something to work out with a little less impact.

Weigh in was yesterday, I lost 2 1/2 pounds. I can be happy with that. I was hoping to lose more, but due to something happening in my life right now I can't really ask for much more. Hopefully. My husband will get out early today and take the baby off my hands, that way I can focus a little bit more on me. It's really hard on these tough days with little sleep to do more then keep him happy. But I was bad today, going out to Arby's sandwich and Diet Coke. Mainly for the coke.

The rice and the Mac and cheese mentioned last time were both ok. I think I could boost them both a bit next time. It was supposed roasted red pepper and spinach calzones tonight, but I forgot to take the bread dough out of the freezer this morning. So I guess that will be tomorrow... No idea about tonight. I guess I'll just wing it.

Here's me running the other day! I look thrilled.

90 second jogs

Second workout today with 90 second jogs, 2 minute walk reps. First one was GREAT! The middle was meh. Last two SUCKED! I even had it perfect, so I didn't have to jog uphill at all. Hopefully Sunday is better so I feel good about switching to 3 minute jogs. Just go through the pain, right? It's not 'stop' pain, it's 'holy shit I'm out of shape' pain.

I did a lot of stretching this morning, but the rest was kind of a wash. Hopefully Peanut and I can find a good groove tomorrow. Made healthy homemade broccoli and cheese calzones tonight. They were ok, a bit dry/boring, but I got a little bit of spaghetti sauce to lightly dip it in, and that did the trick. The menu for the future: Cuban black beans and rice, and lightened up baked macaroni and cheese. We'll see if they go in my winners folder or not.

So far the scale looks good ;) Official weigh in Monday.

Day 3

3 days in. I have been pretty good, and have been working out fairly regularly. My workout yesterday got a little bit goofed but on the whole it was really great. Today I tried to do some stuff but Peanut woke up from his nap before I was ready for him. And then I sandwich I probably didn't need to. But that's life, and most days will be perfect. Slow and steady. I have already lost 2 pounds, though I know that water weight fluctuates. However I am hoping for a strong first week, and then the rest of the week's can be 1 to 2 pound losses.

On the food side today I made red lentil soup with a spicy sizzle. It was pretty good and better than the last time. Also much more filling. Well it felt more filling despite the fact that I ate a sandwich. So that will be more dinner tonight along with a sweet potato. Tomorrow perhaps a broccoli calzone.

First day of competition

Well, today I'm starting a 4 month long competition with some of my friends. My goal is to lose 15% in that time, and 23% overall. I'm 182 today, I've been good about working out the last few weeks, I just have to stop overeating. Drink lots of water, and ignore my husband's snacks. And play a lot with my Peanut! Just checking in quick today, ciao!


Update: just finished the 1.4 mile lap to the library. New books for Peanut!