Day 22

Here's some thoughts about my journey so far.

1. It really does take three weeks to change habits. I feel like I'm in a routine again.

2. I haven't binged. I did eat an extra snack yesterday-pretzels.

3. For a couple weeks, I've been eating a really big lunch (Amy's frozen meal, carrots, guac or salsa, fruit and sometimes a hard boiled egg or dessert) which carries me well into evening time. I thought yesterday I'd try my old way (frozen meal and fruit) to see if there was a difference and it was HUGE! I was hungry off and on all afternoon and then while cooking supper I snacked. So I will be back to a huge lunch again.

4. I'm looking for patterns in weight loss. This week I lost 0.6 pounds. So I went back to see what could have happened. I am going to see if exercising more while eating a little more works better than eating less and exercising less. I'll get back to you on this.

5. I skipped a run Thursday. I thought I needed to sleep in. BIG MISTAKE. I was grumpy all day. I couldn't shake it.

6. As I said above, I'm in a routine. And one of those things is not craving sugar all the time. But as I had dessert yesterday and Thursday, I realize I need to be careful of this. It's easy to flip back into the "I need sugar" mode.

That's all for now.


- Kat

Fitness Friday- May 16

I had a pretty good week:


My plan this week. Mind you I haven't really checked the weather


Some things to note this week:

*it's the last week of school.

* we are going camping next weekend so I'd better get things packed.

Weight loss this week: -.6 pounds

Total weight loss: -4.8 pounds

Day 19?

I'm definitely struggling with blogging daily here. I am pretty sure this is day 19. I have noticed I get fuller faster. And I don't "need" sweets every day. I have been eating more at lunch and often don't have an afternoon snack. I like this because I don't like to have think about food all the time.

I did something new today. I did speed work. After spending a good part of yesterday trying to find an outdoor track to run on, I went to Cessna Stadium. I got there at 6:20 with the intention to run hills until 6:30 when the gates open but they were already opened. I warmed up waking 1/4 mile the ran the straights and walked the curves for two miles. It was awesome. It was hard but fun. I'll be adding this to my regimen weekly.


- Kat

Fitness Friday! May 9th

I ran a half marathon this Sunday. Boy was it hot!


I spent a lot of this week recovering.


I'm hopeful this week will be better.


Weight loss this week:-1.4 pounds
Total weight loss: -4.2 pounds

Fitness Friday

I did great this week. It helped that I had a couple evenings to ride the bike.
Here goes:



This is my upcoming week. I have a half marathon Sunday. I'm excited!!


Weight loss: 0.8 pounds.

Day 5 and 6

I'm slacking off...whoops.

Day 5: Tuesday, April 29: biked for 30 minutes.  Diet was decent until supper.  Then I ate an excessive amount of chocolate.  

Day 6: Wednesday, April 30: spin class for 45 minutes.  Diet: no sweets, but had Five Guys burger and fries.  Yummy!!!