Tulsa!

This weekend I visited my fiancé in Tulsa, Oklahoma!  We stayed at the fabulous Kennedy Mansion Bed and Breakfast that was originally built in the 1920s.  This was right up my alley!  I love old houses with lots of character!  The people that ran the house were so nice and helpful!  We walked from the B&B to downtown Tulsa and walked through the Brady district.  Then we went to do one of our favorite things!  Movies!  The movie theater we went to had recliners as seat!  It was amazing!  Then we went to watch the Spurs and OKC game.  Go Spurs!  The rest of the weekend of full of hanging out with some of Josh's coworkers and baseball!  Monday, I flew back to Texas after and delicious breakfast of crepes and bacon at the Mansion.  This weekend was a wonderful get away and it was so nice to spend time with my fiancé since he has been in training for the last 3 weeks and still has another 3 weeks to go!


Now it is back to reality. (try to not start singing some Eminem after reading that. I couldn't :P)  I have not weighted myself after the weekend getaway and don't think I will for at least a week. I know the scale is not going to make me happy so why not just get back into my routine and see where I can go!  I have about 3 weeks before we are going to go on a cruise which is then followed by a wedding that I am in.  I don't have a specific goal weight yet but I do know its lower than 180.  I have been yo-yoing in the 180s for awhile now and its time to move on!


Off the scale though, I will say that I feel stronger.  I feel move powerful.  Last Friday before flying to Tulsa to visit my fiancé, I ran a 5k.  I really wasn't planning on running a 5k but it just happened.  I was getting tired of running my same old route so I went exploring and I found a route that was almost perfectly 3.1 miles.  It was a hot run so most of the time I was choosing my routes based on shady areas.  3.1 miles...it feels good that I can say I can do a 5k almost any day!  This makes me feel strong and ready to tackle a 10k!  Maybe this weekend or the next! 
Any streakers out there?  I joined the Runner's World Run Streak Challenge.  The goal was to have  run streak (at least 1 miles every day) for 40 days.  This is from Memorial day to July 4th.  I have not been able to keep my streak going.  My longest streak so far is only 3 days but I am ready to get started back!  I won't be doing any more traveling for the next two weeks so I am hoping to get a good streak going.  I would like to try to do my mile in the mornings on my Row days because after my row class I just don't have the energy to give myself the best run I can give.  I am not a morning runner but with the weather warming up we'll see if the cool mornings will get me going.  I know Rosalie is always ready to get up in the morning so maybe her motivation will rub off.  If you have any suggestions on how to get my butt up and motivated feel free to share!  I have tried the layout your workout clothes the night before and I just end up ignoring them...maybe I need to sleep in them? 
Here is my fitbit update.  I am ready to step it up this week and kick some butt! Now that I have my heart rate monitor its hard to fit everything on my wrist so this doesn't completely show all my moving.  I have goal for the next three weeks to keep my food log up to date even if I cheat!  I want to have a calorie deficit everyday.  No excuses.  If I decide to have the kolache in the morning that one of my coworkers bring in then I need to work a little harder to make sure that I work those extra bites off.  These next three weeks are prime for no distractions!  No fiancé tempting me with sushi everyday (sorry, Love you!), no airport temptations (Auntie Annie's!), No more excuses!  Lets see what I can do in 3 weeks! 



Thanks for reading!

Sizing Down

This weekend was full of non-scale victories!  I finally had my engagement ring resized and I went from a 9 to a size 7!  It feels great to be able to wear it on the correct finger again and not worry about it falling off all the time!  Next I went shopping for some jeans!  I found that I am so close to fitting a size 12 comfortably but not quite!  That is still amazing considering I was wearing size 16 not too long ago!


It feels great to be sizing down but the scale has not been budging much the last week....It is very frustrating when you think you are doing the right things.  I am going to try and buckle down again and stick to the plan for this week and see how it goes.  I really need to work on measuring everything.  Sometimes I just get lazy and think I can just eye it but more than likely I am over doing it. 


I am still rowing and started back at yoga.  I think I have figured out my workout schedule so that I am able to get in my cardio and strength training and stretching in.  This makes for busy evenings but that keeps me out of the kitchen and off the couch mindlessly eating. 


I have lots of plans for the next month and can't wait to get some quality time with my fiancé!  Wish me luck as I try to make smarter choices while traveling!






 

It's May?!?

I am so sorry for the extremely late update.  I am not sticking to my weekly posts like I had hoped in the beginning.  Seriously though, it's May? What happened to April?


Dietbet update:


I failed again....I don't know what happened...actually I do.  I have been slacking a lot.  I'm not watching what I put into my mouth as much now.  I need to get back to logging all my foods and not letting myself say oh this little bite won't make difference because obviously it does. 


I am going to take a break from dietbets for right now and try to get back on focusing on my diet and exercise.  The extra stress of trying to make a goal in a set amount of time should not be my focus.  It should be trying to be healthy and meeting that long term goal. 


Activity update: 


I am still going to the rowing classes and I am loving it!  This weekend though I went to a class Saturday and Sunday and I think I pushed my body too far.  It's Tuesday and my legs are still sore..I'm not sure what workout it was but my front upper thighs are extremely sore.  Like so sore I could barely walk or go up and down stairs yesterday...I may need to look into how to make sure this does not happen again!


I am still working towards my 10k goal but a little slower now that I am rowing also.  I know the rowing has been pushing my body in different ways so I don't want to overwhelm myself and get an injury.  Last weekend every one back home in Indianapolis celebrated the Indy 500 Mini-Marathon.  The post of joy and accomplishment were very inspiring.  I would like to do a half marathon some day.  I remember seeing people do it when I lived there and thinking they were all crazy.  I can now see why they did it.  All the work they put into make it all worth it when they cross that finish line.  I want to have the feeling one day and everyday I hope I am working towards that but maybe at my own pace. 


Weight update:


Like I said, I have been slacking...I am at 188 as of this morning and I've been fluctuating all through the 180s for the last month.  I know I say I didn't want to stay in the 180s for a month but it happened.  I am disappointed in myself.  Time to get back on the wagon.  I think I am going to try and change up my diet though to include a cheat day because cutting out all the food that tempt me everyday is not working.  I need a guilt free day where I can indulge but know that for the rest of the week it is diet time.  I don't plan on going on crazy buffet binges but maybe allowing myself some extra carbs and some sweets I would otherwise turn down.  This way I don't go on week long binges because I just crave crappy food.  We'll see how this goes...I understand that I should be making lifelong changes and I believe this is how I want to live the rest of my life.  There are days when the splurge isn't worth it and other times when enjoying a warm morning cinnamon bun with your family is worth taking in. 


Thank you for reading and Enjoy you burrito!  (Nerdist podcast reference)
(Josh's nerdyness rubbing off)