Another week is gone and I am one step closer to my goal!
I won $52.21 in my dietbet! It was a buy in of $35 so I actually won $17.21. Either way I ordered my new Toms and should be getting them today! Pictures will be instagrammed later today :D
Here is sneak peak: New Work Toms!
I am due to weigh in for round 1 of the 6 month game today and will probably weight in either tonight or early tomorrow morning. I am well with in my 3% that I had to lose so I am feeling strong and ready to tackle the next round. My other dietbet I am not feeling as strong about. There are only 4 days left and I am still 0.9 lbs away from the 4%! If I win this dietbet, I am going to get a new pair of running shoes so there is a lot on the line here. I am very worried that I won't make it or my body will do something funky....going to keep on tracking, eating right, and cross my fingers that my body is happy. I will say that I have been bad with not getting all my veggies in and probably eating too much cheese. May be time to reevaluate my habits so that I don't fall back into old ones.
Even though I have not been eating my best, I have been making some good decisions. My fiance and I recently walked to a new burger place and I chose the portobello mushroom veggie burger with no bun or mayo. The burger was delicious! I had a beer and couple of steak fries and called it a night. I was happy with my decision and how I spent my calories. With the good decisions that I made while my fiance was home this was one of the first times that I didn't gain while he was home! I did splurge on sushi but I only had one roll and had a protein shake for dinner to compensate. Hopefully, I can keep up this mind set and its a start of a new way of thinking!
Another victory this week was my non-stop 5k on Wednesday. I have really been struggling lately with my running. I wasn't sure if it was my body or my mind that was blocking me from running more than a mile without walking. I was starting to question, "Can I really run a half marathon?" After reading this article by Runner's World I was able to push through this Runner's Block. It was me blocking myself all in all. I wanted to blame it on the heat or dehydration but I knew it was me deciding not to get my butt out of bed earlier to avoid the heat. I was creating excuses for myself and had to remind myself that I'm stronger than I was before and a 5k is just 3 miles. Wednesday I pushed through the run and thankfully it was a beautiful cloudy day that cooled down considerably after work and I pushed through to do a non-stop 5k! This is just what I needed as I finish week 4 of my half marathon training with 6 miles tomorrow. 6 miles is just two 5ks. I can at least run a non-stop 5k and I am going to try to push myself and run the whole thing but if I need a break it has to be after the first 3 miles.
Last weekend, I made dinner and lunches for the week and it worked great! I am trying to not go out to eat other than when the fiance is home and even then once or twice and not twice in one day. Coming up is another weekend planned with running, projects, and cooking for the week. I will probably even try this crazy bullet proof coffee this weekend after my run. I've heard good things and I've heard bad things. I'll share with you my feelings on this #Eatthetrend in my next post.
"I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday"
Finally, it's important to look at how far you have come so that you can see where you are going. I am almost 1 year into this journey and I have decided to set a goal of 155 lbs. That will mean that I have lost 70 lbs from my highest weight and about 66 lbs since November. I am 15 lbs away and I still have two months so lets get this done! Pictures speak more than works so here is a look at how far I've come. Excuse my white belly. It does not see the light of day or at least it won't until I'm down another 20 lbs.
