Weigh in Wednesday (Belated)

Weight last week: 205.0

Weight today: 200.8 (!!!!)

Lost this week: 4.2

Total Lost: 80.8

Total to Onederland: 0.9 (!!!!)

Total to Goal: 60.8

OMG I am soooo close.  I was shocked when I saw that number on the scale.  I actually checked it 3 times.  I'm really hoping by next week I'll be in Onederland before I head down to Disneyland for my first 10k.

My costume is just about done.  I got my shirt, which is a Mizuno shirt that gets warm when it gets wet.  It's like some sort of wizardry.  Crazy.  It's black and not brown like I was hoping, but it's comfortable and should be perfect.  

I ended up having to make a hat for myself because A) the headband and ears I bought won't stay on my head and B) it looks like it will be cold.  I'm also working on some wrist warmers to match.  Maybe even some ankle warmers if I have time.

Weight In Wednesday: Last one of 2014

Weight last week: 205.4

Weight today: 205.0

Lost this week: -0.4

Total Lost: 76.6

Total to Onederland: 5.1

Total to Goal: 65.0

Another loss!  Small, but still hooray! Well, that's it, my last weigh in of the year.  This year, I lost 76.6 pounds in 10 months, so not too shabby.  Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's, be safe, and be well.

Housekeeping

Ok, I'm back!  I didn't really go anywhere, but craziness at work and holiday craziness at home do not lend themselves to consistent blogging.

A little housekeeping:  Here are my numbers from Weigh In Wednesday last week (12/24/14):

Weight last week: 207.4

Weight today(actually 12/24): 205.4

Lost this week: -2.0

Total Lost: 76.2

Total to Onederland: 5.5

Total to Goal: 65.4

Another loss!  Yay!  I'm getting so close!  I had hoped to get to Onederland by Christmas, but that didn't happen.  But it's getting really close and I'm loving how my clothes are fitting.  Plus, I lost my hump!  I used to have a hump of fat right at the base of my neck.  I couldn't even tilt my head back very far.  But now it's gone.  I find myself reaching back there to touch it and feeling surprised at how I can feel the bones.  

I did some shopping over the weekend and I am now in a size 16 pants!  I'm so excited.  And they are normal 16s, not 16W or 16 curvy.  Just regular 505 straight leg Levis. I'm also in a size Large shirt.  Both of these things are so strange!  I bought some leggings at old navy and got an XL, and honestly, they are big.  I should have gotten the Large.  And not maternity leggings!  Doh!  I wondered why the stomach was so much higher.  Duh!  lol  Oh well.

I hope everyone had a good holiday.  The kiddo got his train set and a noisy fire truck so he's in 7th heaven.  My hubby is finally on board with doing Paleo with me which is making dinners much easier.  And he got a smoker for Christmas and last night smoked a pork tri tip.  So delicious!  We had it with some mashed sweet potatoes.  It was perfect.  I'm already looking forward to next weekend when he smokes a beef tri tip.  And then I found a recipe for smoked maple bacon wrapped pork loin which sounds INSANELY good (and totally paleo!.)  

Less than 3 weeks until the Star Wars 10k!  I went for a run with my dad yesterday, but it didn't work out.  We did about a mile when we both admitted we were just too cold to keep going (it was only 38 degrees out.)  Hopefully we can try again on New Year's Day.

Well, that's it for today.  I'm hoping to post some Disney stuff before the run and also show off my costume (I'm waiting for a couple more pieces to arrive.) 

An Awesome Run with My Dad

Sunday was so great.  I met my Dad at a local bike trail to do a 6 mile run to prep for Star Wars weekend.  He is doing the half marathon (he's done a few before) and I could never keep up with him.  He was always WAY too fast for me.  Well, those days are over.  I slowed down to stay with him!  Here's my splits:

It was so nice to be out and we had a great time together.  My dad and I don't really spend time just the two of us, so this was really nice.  We are going to make this a weekly thing for a while and try some different paths.  I'm really excited about it and can't wait for next weekend!

Belated Weigh In Wednesday

Weight last week: 210.0

Weight today(actually 12/17): 207.4

Lost this week: -2.6

Total Lost: 74.2

Total to Onederland: 7.5

Total to Goal: 67.4

Hooray!  I lost weight! I'm so excited.  Less than 8 pounds to go to Onederland and only 0.8 pounds until I am 75 pounds lost!    

I'm sorry for my long absence from posting.  I have plenty of reasons (work, the holidays, traveling, etc) but most of them feel like excuses.  The truth is, I just didn't really like how I was feeling and didn't really want to write about it.  

But now, I'm feeling much better.  I just returned Tuesday night from Disneyland!  We flew done Saturday morning and back Tuesday afternoon.  We met my parents down there and had a great Holiday trip.  I'll be posting some reviews about eating Paleo at the parks early next week.  I stayed mostly true to my diet (though I hate calling it that) even though it was more difficult than it was in previous trips.  I'm actually really surprised I lost weight given that I did have a couple of treats.

It was also the inaugural Disneyland trip for my Fitbit Flex and it was awesome.  Here's how my steps broke down:

Saturday: 19,336

Sunday: 11,325

Monday: 21,995

Tuesday:10,708

Monday was my top day.  Over 20,000 steps!  And I checked a bunch of times and it did not count rides as steps, so that was very nice. The reason Monday is so high is because I got up early while everyone was asleep and went to the gym at the Grand Californian (where we were staying) to do my 30 minute training run.  I'm doing 5.75 miles this weekend, so I wanted to be sure I got in a training run.

Anyway, sorry for the lack of posts and the belated Weigh-In Wednesday.  I'm hoping to get back on track with posted every day, so fingers crossed for that.  

Weigh in Wednesday 12/10/14

I realized after I posted on Monday that it was kind of silly to post the whole30 days with numbers since clearly I was not sticking to the whole30.  So, I guess that was a failed experiment.  I know I'll be going off it again this weekend, so I won't start again until likely Wednesday.  I'll explain why then.   For now, my weigh in:

Weight last week: 210.0

Weight today: 210.0

Lost this week: 0.00

Total Lost: 72.8

Total to Onederland: 10.1

Total to Goal: 70.0

0.  Yeah.  No miracles, but no surprises either.  Oh well.  Maybe next week (but I doubt it.)  I'm planning on a gain next week, so maybe I won't be disappointed when I see one. I hate plateaus.

5 miles

Day 4

Breakfast:

1 apple

Almond butter

apple pie Lara bar

Lunch:

Organic tuna

grape tomatoes

kalamata olives

Dinner

Gluten Free Pizza

Day 5

Breakfast:

3 eggs

3 slices of organic bacon

1 mandarin orange

Lunch:

Dinner:

Paleo Chili

Coconut milk hot chocolate

Day 6

Breakfast:

2 poached eggs

1 ham steak

Lunch:

Paleo Chili

Coconut milk hot chocolate

Dinner:

So my whole30 completely went out the window this weekend.  I didn't even stay completely paleo!  Friday night was bad.  I ran out of cumin, so the tacos I had planned to make weren't going to happen.  For some reason, all I could think about was pizza!  Again!  And it wasn't even that good (which you wouldn't know since I ate AN ENTIRE MEDIUM PIZZA by myself.) *sigh*  Then we had some friends and their kids over for a holiday party and I made them all hot chocolate and all kind of yummy things.  So I had some hot chocolate which I had been craving for weeks.  So, if you have read The Polar Express, you know the part where the hot chocolate is described as being "as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars"?  Well, I'm never had hot cocoa like that.  Until Saturday.  Holy cats it was AMAZING.  So amazing that I made more on Sunday.  So good.  

My only saving grace this weekend was that I did a 5 mile run on Sunday.  It went really well, despite a surprising number of annoyances (which normally derail me.)  

I had an overall pace of 13:42 which included a 1 minute warm up at the beginning (which is why my pace was 14:00 for the first mile) and a long cool down at the end (hence the 17:38.)  I had hoped to stay at around 13:00 and I stayed pretty close.  I'm proud of myself.  

I tried out my new vest from LL Bean and it was awesome!  It's so thin, but it kept me really warm which was nice.  I had left my Garmin at the gym at work and couldn't find my husband's gym boss, so I added the MVP option to Mapmyrun because they have an interval timer.  Boy was that crappy.  I couldn't hear it unless I had it almost next to my ear.  Especially if there were any cars around.  I once again forgot to bring water with me and around 3 miles, I was hungry and thirsty and pretty miserable.  I perked up and actually was able to get water from a park drinking fountain late in my run, so I felt better.  This next two weeks is all about figuring out my running nutrition.  I really don't want to do shot blocks so I'm hoping to find a more natural solution.  We'll see how that goes.