Wow

Okay,  I've been discouraged about my weight.  After Christmas, it steadily went up from 184 to 191 pounds and I've been stuck.  I'm reading a book that has been very enlightening (I'll post more on that when I've finished the book).  I decided to forgo counting WW points this week and focus on eating healthy, when I'm truly hungry and exercise. 

Here's my exercise for last week:

Saturday: nothing
Sunday: ran 10 miles
Monday: weights for 10 minutes, swam for 30 minutes.
Tuesday: rested
Wednesday: spin class for 45 minutes and rowed for 10 minutes.
Thursday: Zumba class for 60 minutes and weights for 15 minutes.

And I lost FOUR pounds!!!!!
I was 191.2 pounds last Friday and 187.2 pounds.

Way to go me!!!

What a Cold Week

Weight today: 188.8.  That's down a pound or so. 

Diet: I did well.  I kept track of my WW points and didn't go over.

Exercise: I slept last weekend so I didn't run or bike.  But I biked on Monday and Tuesday and shoveled snow on Wednesday for my workouts.

This week coming up is going to be a crazy week again. My goals are simple: don't use food to fuel my anxiety.  Keep life as steady as possible. 

Sat: bike for 30-40 minutes, weights for 5-10 minutes

Sun: run 2 hours (so 8-10 miles) on the mill.  It's too cold to be outside.

Mon: bike for 30 minutes.

Tues: try to get up early and do walk incline intervals for 30 minutes.

Wed: bike for 35 minutes Weights

Thurs: rest or Zumba

Diet Tracking Week

Okay, so I met my goal for this week.  I was supposed to track all my points on WW.  Which I did.  And I used all my points except 12. And.....I gained a pound.  I'm at 190. 

BUT....the good news is I feel better when I'm tracking.  And I realize I dip into the chip and pretzel bag too many times at work and eat too many sweets at home. 

And I'm glad I made my reward goal.  The weight gain makes me realize I need to diet and exercise.  This week was super stressful and busy so I didn't have much time to exercise and I didn't want to exercise.  This bad habit makes me prone to being irritable.  Which leads me to my thought:

Good Diet + Exercise= Happy Kathryn

Goals for this week:

1. Count my WW points

2. Exercise 5 days this week

3. Do 10 burpees every time I want to eat outside of meal time or when I reach for a non healthy snack (BTW, I hate burpees).

Exercise plan:

Sat: bike for 40 minutes.  Weights for 10 minutes.

Sun: run 10 miles (probably on the mill)

Mon: speed work.  1 minute repeats at 9:45 min/mile. for 20 minutes with a 10 minute warm up/cool down.

Tues: bike for 35 minutes.  Weights for 10 minutes.

Wed: Jillian Michael's workout video (30 minutes) or run 3 miles. 

Thurs: rest.

Goof Up

So I posted this weeks post to my Wichita welch blog so please reference it.


-Kat

Weekly Weigh In and Getting on Track

Weight: 189. Ugh.

How I feel: bloated.

Getting on track: ok. Now that I'm over my cold and illness, I am ready to commit. I need to run 2-3 days a week, bike 2 days a week and do weights 2 times a week. This is do able.

Sat: run 7 miles

Sun: bike 45 minutes and weights for 10 minutes

Monday: run. Speed work- run hard 60 seconds, rest 60 seconds. Repeat for 20 minutes. Warm up and cool down for 5 minutes each.

Tuesday: a well deserved rest day.

Wednesday: weights for 10 minutes. Bike for 20 minutes

Thursday: Zumba

Friday: rest.

I'll report my progress next Friday. If I do this, my reward- new ear muffs.



-Kat

Weigh in

187.4

I had a cold, didn't count any points and didn't exercise. That's enough excuses for one week.


-Kat

Weigh In Friday

187.7

Not worthy of a picture. My week was all messed up with my 1/2 marathon Wednesday.


-Kat