So since last week, I lost 1.0 pound. I am happy with that considering that I lost 4.4 lbs. the week before. I also have to take into consideration that I ate "out" Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of this week. I was in Richmond for a testing panel. I had loads of fun and lots of good things to eat. I was tempted but I stayed on the straight and narrow. The hotel also had a nice gym with treadmills, an elliptical, medicine balls, and free weights. I woke up bright and early on Monday to hit the treadmill. There were only two so I wanted to make sure that I got on one in the morning since I had plans to hit the malls when we were finished for the day. Monday was my day to walk/run. I ran the first two sets of 10 minutes at 5.8 mph and the last set at 5.5 mph and walked 5 minutes nin between each run. I did this for a total of three times and ended up running for a total of 30 minutes and boy was I drenched!!! Even my booty was sweating :-). It was so hot in that room and it had poor circulation. When I was near the end, a hotel employee came in and turn the air on. I had a hard time running the last 10 minutes but I made it! On Tuesday, I got up at 5AM since I couldn't sleep. Silly me took non-droswy nasal congestant medicine right before I went to bed so I was up at almost every hour. I ran 3 miles in 33:33 at 5.6 mph. Pretty good...I was drenched with sweat after this run too but it makes me feel like I actually earned my workout.
I ended the month of February with a dinner at Longhorn since we were on our own for dinner. I had the salmon and I was just a little disappointed. The next day the hotel served grilled salmon with fruit salsa and it was delicious. I was supposed to be able to go back to eating chicken and other meats on this day but I really did not have a strong desire. I still really don't but since D has made it clear that he needs meat(!), I cooked whole wheat pizza (from Trader Joe's) with veggies and turkey pepperoni on his side. The next day, I made chicken tortilla soup. I was expecting this to be the best soup I had ever had since it got GREAT reviews but it was just okay. The guacamole I made definitely added to the soup.
For the month of February, I reached my goal of losing 5 more pounds. Since January 3rd, I have lost 17.4 pounds to date. That averages out to be about 2 pounds per week which is healthy and recommended by trainers and health professionals. I am happy with the results so far.
Here are my goals for March:
Goal 1: Lose 10% of my beginning weight by March 30th. I am only 2.3 pounds away from this goal and I think I will reach this goal before the end of the month but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself.
Goal 2: RUN the entire 5K on March 20th. I have recently run three miles in 33:33 minutes on the treadmill. The weather here still has not been that great but I am hoping to get some outdoor runs in next week at least on Saturday and the following week. I am curious to see how fast(?) I can run outside. I know that some people run/walk but I really, really, really want to run the entire race.
Goal 3: Continue my race training. Once the 5K is over, I am immediately beginning training for a 10K. I actually am scheduled to start this program on Monday, March 21st. I need to find a 10K to run. I have my eye on one in May but I will just have to see how the 5K goes before I commit to another race even though I am definitely sticking with the training seeing how I have lost almost 20 pounds just training for a 5K and I am so happy with the results thus far even though I feel like I still have a long way to go. People are definitely noticing a difference and it makes me smile!!!
So let's get it!
Oh, I also have to think of something to give up for Lent...I don't have many ideas since I don't want to do chocolate because I don't eat that much of it now and I've already given up meat before. I might have to get really creative this year!
I ended the month of February with a dinner at Longhorn since we were on our own for dinner. I had the salmon and I was just a little disappointed. The next day the hotel served grilled salmon with fruit salsa and it was delicious. I was supposed to be able to go back to eating chicken and other meats on this day but I really did not have a strong desire. I still really don't but since D has made it clear that he needs meat(!), I cooked whole wheat pizza (from Trader Joe's) with veggies and turkey pepperoni on his side. The next day, I made chicken tortilla soup. I was expecting this to be the best soup I had ever had since it got GREAT reviews but it was just okay. The guacamole I made definitely added to the soup.
For the month of February, I reached my goal of losing 5 more pounds. Since January 3rd, I have lost 17.4 pounds to date. That averages out to be about 2 pounds per week which is healthy and recommended by trainers and health professionals. I am happy with the results so far.
Here are my goals for March:
Goal 1: Lose 10% of my beginning weight by March 30th. I am only 2.3 pounds away from this goal and I think I will reach this goal before the end of the month but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself.
Goal 2: RUN the entire 5K on March 20th. I have recently run three miles in 33:33 minutes on the treadmill. The weather here still has not been that great but I am hoping to get some outdoor runs in next week at least on Saturday and the following week. I am curious to see how fast(?) I can run outside. I know that some people run/walk but I really, really, really want to run the entire race.
Goal 3: Continue my race training. Once the 5K is over, I am immediately beginning training for a 10K. I actually am scheduled to start this program on Monday, March 21st. I need to find a 10K to run. I have my eye on one in May but I will just have to see how the 5K goes before I commit to another race even though I am definitely sticking with the training seeing how I have lost almost 20 pounds just training for a 5K and I am so happy with the results thus far even though I feel like I still have a long way to go. People are definitely noticing a difference and it makes me smile!!!
So let's get it!
Oh, I also have to think of something to give up for Lent...I don't have many ideas since I don't want to do chocolate because I don't eat that much of it now and I've already given up meat before. I might have to get really creative this year!
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