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I made plans on Saturday to go to Spinning with a friend next week. The conversation started when I saw that she had the class schedule for the gym I want to switch to (since my gym’s hours aren’t great and I’m paying for something I can barely use! Oh yeah, and this other gym is 30$ less a month). We planned to go together sometime so I can try it out and it turned into me going to Spinning with her.
Seriously, I might die.
BUT! Total upside: I’m going. 7 months ago, I would have made every excuse in the book not to go. In fact the entire aforementioned conversation would have never happened.
Baby steps, people…
I laid low this weekend and it was totally awesome. I ended up working for a while on Saturday, but it wasn’t a big deal. I really need to get back on my tracking again. I wrote down everything I ate this weekend, and now that I’m back to a computer, I’m going to input them and see what it is I ate! I think I’m actually low on points (from my rough estimate) which is something new.
Well it’s not new that I’d be low on points, if it was a conscious effort, etc. But I ate just when I was hungry and was very mindful of what I was eating and in what portions, and honestly it just felt good. So we’ll see what it actually adds up to be.
Exercise
After more than a month (maybe approaching 2??) hiatus from the gym, I got out of work early enough on Saturday to go! I picked the treadmill and wanted to run. I’ve only run a time or two since I stopped C25k in April, but I went for it. And it felt pretty awesome!
I started with a 5 min walk (3.5) then 5 min run (4.5), 3 min walk, 5 min run, 3 min walk, then 2 run and 2 walk until I hit 30 minutes. The last run was pretty hard, but I pushed through, I was almost to 30 minutes and right at about 2 miles. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but it was kind of cool to me. And it was 87* outside, so there’s no way I would have done it outside!
Sunday I went out for a bike ride pretty early and rewarded myself by reading in the park for an hourish in the middle. It was just such a gorgeous day! It was a 6.5 mile loop total. For being my 2nd bike ride in who knows how long (not counting some stints on a stationary) I’ll take it!
Today’s Weigh-In Monday! We’ll see what the “official” scale says.
Please ignore the fact that I weighed myself at night 30 min after dinner. I was cursing myself as I did it. But then I was just confused
So apparently I need to rehydrate. I was 215 when I woke up. Then worked & worked out today. *After* I ate dinner I weighed in at 213.8??
I love the feeling of new pants that just *fit*
Dress pants were always the biggest challenge for me, and the ones that presented me with the biggest size. But now more pants in my closet are showing up at size 16… and everything in the 20s is so gone.
I bought Greek yogurt for the first time tonight! I got a couple different types, to see what I like… I’m intrigued!
tonight’s dinner: grilled brie & apple sandwich with sweet potato ‘fries’
This is almost a true weekend for me! I have to work for a bit Saturday morning/early afternoon, but I have that night & Sunday off.
So I’m fronted with challenges of a real weekend!
So here’s how it’s starting :: 214.6
9 more hours, and weekend can commence!
BodyScans of two Women.
This popped into my dashboard and I’ve been mesmerized by it for the last 5 minutes. I really relate to those thighs touching, and those love handles… yikes.
ohhhh goodness….
This has totally been one of my biggest changes. I drink coffee in the morning (with just a splash of sugar-free french vanilla creamer) and water all day.
It’s awesome
TODAY’S GOAL:
Water. Cool clear water. Drink 8 glasses today. I don’t care if you have to get up to pee every five minutes at work. You can still have your morning coffee - but after that - nothing but water. You’ll feel better for it. Start off your weekend feeling cleansed and be happy it wasn’t a workout goal today!
I’ve been in meetings literally all day. I finally got out of talking to people about 30 minutes ago.
I started pulling numbers when I realized how late it was! Then I remembered that the team lunch would be coming back pretty soon and I could get a simple turkey, lettuce, tomato sandwich off of it and add my apple and a touch of peanut butter to it, and it’d be a pretty decent late lunch.
Chef brought it back and asked if I wanted anything, and I said yes, and went to the bread racks to find bread. I asked the lead cook if there’s sliced bread (all I saw were huge ass buns and croissants, etc) and she said she didn’t think so and then went over and threw away the platter of turkey and then walked back to whatever she was doing before.
Seriously the only thing you touched on the giant cart of tacos, mayo-laden pasta salad, etc, etc, etc, was the tray of deli meat as I’m looking for bread to put it on?
Thanks. Guess it’s just an apple today.
GPOYW
