Where is my Wagon?

The horses ran off and the wagon came unhitched.  Could someone please rehitch them to my wagon?  Where is my wagon anyway?

So I fell off the "wagon" like so many times in my life.  I went more than a week without losing weight while working out and eating right, my daughter got sick, and I felt sick too (just one of the days in question).  Did I get on my bike at home? No.  Did I make it to the gym since Tuesday? No. (swimming lessons have fallen apart for my daughter)  Did I overeat? YES.  I have been so hungry.  I gave in to my hunger last Wednesday by eating a double portion of meat, many wheat thins (probably 3 servings), and 2 wafer cookies.  Now Thursday, I did well until dinner.  We went to a fundraiser and they were serving appetizers.  It was also a wine tasting.  I had two glasses of wine and an uncountable number of appetizers including dessert.  I felt so guilty for the next 2 days and my scale was up 3 pounds too.  I am not sure how some people follow those diets where you get one cheat day to eat all and anything you want which will supposedly keep your metabolism guessing.  I seriously have a problem stopping with just one bite of dessert if there is more dessert sitting in front of me.  I am better off just not taking that first bite or just making a small serving.  I do get the feeling though that I need to figure out some way to have a small amount of dessert at least a couple of nights a week.  I made chocolate covered strawberries last night. Yumm.  I only ate two like I was supposed to and it satisfied my sweet craving.

I need to cook more and plan my meals.  I am getting tired of eating the same things.  Although I have been eating out.  Eating out is not that great though, because I stick to salads.  Anyone have any great recipes to share and have you tried any more FR recipes? 

Today, I am getting back to the gym! Clothes are in the car.  Check on me to see if I went.  My weight is back down and I have lost another half pound so I have turned things around.... again.  I am down two sizes and it is nice to go shopping in my closet. 

Thanks for all your support, I need it.  I do not go it alone well and wish I had a gym buddy.

5k anyone?!!?

So I have to say that I have been pretty uninspired this past week and HUNGRY!  I have been eating about 200 more calories than I have been a day (half of a Lara bar before and after my workout).  I have hit a plateau ( i hate them), but I know they are happen and am waiting for it to pass. It has been 1 week and no weight loss.  My workouts with my trainer twice a week have been going great. He can make the sweat pour.  We have also been using the kettlebells a lot, which I like.

I did make an appointment to get my RMR and my VO2 max done in a couple of weeks but then a meeting was scheduled at the same time.  I will reschedule.  I also got my paperwork to get my blood work done.  I need to make sure that nothing is up on that front as well. 

Now for the fun part:
So yesterday I thought I would do my own treading class.  It consists of  5 min running, 5 min active recovery, 4 min running, 4 min active recovery.... you get the picture.  They were showing National Security? in the cardio theatre in the gym.  I was worried about getting to 5 because I have not run the two weeks since I have been home and I did not run longer than 5 minutes at FR.   So I started my run for 5 minutes at a 5.2... I got to 5 minutes and I thought I am doing ok, I should go for 7.... got to 7, I am doing ok, I should got for 10... got to 10... you get the picture. I RAN for 20 minutes before taking a 2 minute recovery and then I ran again.  I ran a 5k and only walked for 3.5 minutes!!!! YEAH!  As you can see from my blog pictures, I have run before.  I did not think I had the lungs for it anymore.  My friend Kamala and I were looking for a 30 day goal and we thought there was no way that a St Patrick 5k was possible. Well... I was wrong :)

Back Again

I am not sure how the people at FR find the energy to blog every night.  I did not.  I did try to workout after dinner and had to work some nights, so that may have been part of it.  I also got very frustrated and sore.  I had a very hard time keeping a positive attitude after gaining weight after the first week.  That did not mean that I still did not give it my all.  In the back of my mind, I had this hope that  a miracle would happen and my body would make up for all the weight I held onto the first week.  I found myself not being able to focus on my successes (did I ever say how competive I am).  I kicked some butt on the hikes after the first 5 days.  I was the only one that for both of my two weeks to choose the hardest hikes on Saturday, just for the extra calorie burn.  I also ran on the treadmill for the treading class between a 5.4 and 6.5.  I did some really cool releases with the kettlebells.  I took 5 personal training classes in addition to the regular schedule. 

I lost 2.5 pounds at FR in the two weeks I was there and .5 inches from my hips and waist (I think that was a gift from Ursula).  I expected to lose at least 10 pounds from my BodyBugg.

I am 1 day away from 2 months at this and I have lost 21.5 pounds,  yet I still have problems recognizing that sucess.  Not sure why I am so hard on myself, but not losing what I expected at FR really weighs heavy on my self esteem. I feel like I failed.  Why can't I pull out of that mindset?

I need to get to the gym.  I usually feel better when I do, and I missed two workouts.

Oh, for my 20 pound reward I purchased a new gym bag for myself. It is the size of the lockers, so no more stuffing my duffle bag into the locker :)

I called this morning to get my RMR  and VO2 max tested.  So I keep moving forward, even if it feels like I am moving through mud.  Not only am I competitive, but I am stubborn too.