Day Twenty-Five: The Third Weigh-In and Week in Review

Oh hey there, Saturday. Nice to see you. Really, really, really nice. Seriously, I've been waiting for this Saturday to arrive since about 8pm last Sunday. As soon as I think, "I have to go to work tomorrow," my next thought is, "When is Saturday?" I know they say Do what you love and all that, but that doesn't always pay the rent, so I am stuck having a day job until I become a superstar blogger, not that that will ever happen.

But even though this week felt longer than most, and I was stressed and upset through most of it, I still stuck (mostly) to my plan for the week. I think the stress even helped me get more exercise in, because I used yoga as a way to calm myself down after work. I was a yoga rock star this week. I'm still terrible at it, but I tried and that's what counts, okay?

Here's this week in review:

Food
You know how sometimes your brain just isn't functioning correctly? Especially when you're having a crappy day/week? That happened to me this Wednesday, when I had two brain farts that ultimately lead to me having to make some adjustments to my nutrition. First, I failed to read the recipe I was making closely, and added 1.5 pounds of ground beef to my meal instead of just half a pound. Oops. So first I had to adjust all that extra ground beef into Spark People and see how badly I had messed up. Turns out it wasn't so bad, because it's an all-around healthy dish anyway, so I actually needed the additional calories.

Then I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer to thaw in the fridge for Friday's dinner. So as I drive home on Friday, I'm thinking of fried chicken, and then realizing there is no chicken, and then contemplating Skittles for dinner. I ultimately went with oatmeal, but it has really messed up my meals today, when I was supposed to eat the leftovers. And since basically all I had left in my fridge was bacon and hot dogs, I had a very fatty day today. Oops again. But learn from it and move on, I say. And yet I still haven't learned that I need to keep emergency dinner ideas around. Sigh.

Fitness
Did I mention I am a yoga rock star? Also a 5K Training rock star? Because I am. My 5K training this week was damn hard: 2 miles Sunday at 1 min jog, 4 min walk intervals; 1.5 miles Tuesday and Thursday at 1 min, 30 secs jog, 3 min 30 secs walk. Tuesday and Thursday were hard. I think a minute and thirty seconds is the longest I've ever run in my adult life, I kid you not. And I had to do it 4 times in less than 25 minutes? It was rough, but I did it, and I'm feeling super proud of myself for that. Of course, next week I'm up to 2 minutes jogging, so we'll see how that goes.

Now yoga. Yoga all-star right here, y'all. I get an A+ for this. I set a goal to do yoga 2 days this week, and I did it twice as many times. Thirty minutes on Monday, 20 minutes on Tuesday, 20 minutes on Wednesday, and 40 minutes today. That's 4 times!! For a total of 110 minutes, when my goal was only 40-70 minutes. Seriously, I win right now.

Weigh-In
After Ground Beef-Gate (which I supposed is still better than Red-Vine Gate...or is it?), I was again worried about my weight. I feel like even though I'm eating mostly healthy foods, and I'm staying within my calorie goal range on Spark People (and most of my other nutrients too), I'm still eating too much. And I think part of that is that I'm never hungry anymore. I used to always be hungry because I only ate once a day, and pigged out as much as I could at that one meal. I'm not used to always being full/satisfied, and I feel like I should be starving, because that's what weight loss was like in the past when I was trying to lose weight and still eat all junk. But for now, being full all the time is working, because I am down another pound to 231.9. I so badly want to see 229 next week, but I'm not going to push it. I just have to do the best I can, and let my body do the best it can.

Day Eighteen: The Second Weigh-In and Week In Review

Another week, another weigh-in. Let's just jump right in.

Food
This week was great, until I went to grocery store two hours ago. I thought, I've been so good this week, I'm going to reward myself with some junk food. And do you know what junk food I chose? Have you read my previous posts? Can you guess? Of course, it was Red Vines. And while the plan was to just eat a serving, anyone who has ever tried to give up any sort of vice knows how that goes. So tonight I had Red Vines for dinner. I didn't want more leftovers anyway.

But really, until ten minutes ago, I was doing really well. The biggest hurdle was Cinco de Mayo, for which we had a party at work. I decided to bring my own lunch, which was the Saucy Chicken Taco Meat with rice, and added just a little bit of carne asada and tortilla chips from the catered food. Of course, I counted my tortilla chips, guesstimated the ounces of asada, and added them to my nutrition tracker on SparkPeople. Just like I added this entire carton of Red Vines to my tracker. Damn it, Red Vines!

Fitness
I stuck with my plan for the week, 4.5 miles walked, 20 minutes of yoga, 92 minutes total. Next week I want to fit another session of yoga in, maybe on Monday. Things are going well with the 5K training, and I am on track to meet my (measly) goal of 53 minutes. Yes, that is slow. No, I don't care. The last couple years I've run out the gate screaming bloody faster trying to improve my times, which always resulted in some injury or another, which I would just ignore, make worse, and then I would fail miserably at making any time goal. This year, I'm taking it slow, and not pushing myself harder than I feel comfortable with.

Weigh-In
I was honestly worried again about this morning's weigh-in. Like, why do I always eat the most terrible foods of the week for dinner on Friday night, when I know I have to weigh myself on Saturday morning? First it was a giant plate of (oh my gosh amazing) pasta. And this week it was "fried" chicken, which didn't actually turn out in any way, shape, or form like it was supposed to, but was still pretty good. And French fries! Who eats French fries the night before a weigh-in? Apparently I do, and apparently it worked, because I am down 1.2 pounds this week, weighing in at 232.9. Another high-five, and then a nap, because those Red Vines made me tired.

Day Eleven: The First Weigh-In and Week In Review

It's Saturday! It's Caturday! It's Weigh-In Day! Wait, why am I excited about that last one? Here's a look at how my week went, and, of course, my weigh-in.

Food
I strayed from my meal plan this week, especially on Wednesday when the smoke filled the room, literally. I switched some meals around. I found some new favorites, I found some things I'll never make again. I didn't exactly stay gluten-free, but I did manage dairy-free-except-butter. But all-in-all I did pretty well. I didn't go bananas with anything, I didn't act on my never-ending cravings for Red Vines (should I change the blog name to Go Red Vines? I am obsessed lately). I came in under my SparkPeople calorie goal everyday. So all-in-all, a pretty good week. I only want to work on evening out my nutrients, because right now I'm eating more fat than anything else. And I know some people say fat is good, but I just can't wrap my head around eating more fat to lose fat, you know?

Fitness
I stuck to my workout plan for the week, yay me! Granted, it was a measly 3 miles to walk over 3 days, so it's not like I climbed Everest or anything. But that's two weeks in a row I have stuck to my plans. And each day I walked my mile, I got a little bit faster. I have a 5K race in 5 weeks, and I want to do be prepared to do my best. I'm almost scared to add any other exercise other than 3 days of walking, because I don't want to detract from training for the race. That's my fitness goal for now, so that's where I want my focus to be.

Weigh-In
Am I up? Am I down? I don't know! That's how I felt all week, because I've been so bloated (thank you, lady time!). But the moment of truth is here, and this week's weight is: 234.1. That is down 3.6 pounds from last week! High five, self!