From 203 pounds to 1 Fit Chick!

Ha! Ha! Ha! errr should I say, Ho! Ho! Ho! Just so ya know! Should I simply shut the happy hello up!!! That’s what I thought…shuttie uppie. Shutabus uppagus???
Moved my ticker yesterday morning. 179. Been all over this number one side of it and then the other, so the heck with it. I’m feeling like I’m in a good place right now and can move that puppy on down a little more in favor of 170 lbs. Sunny fall weather for biking, running and hiking or walking and all that outdoorsey stuff. I’m itching to get going, but wanted to check in and say hello.
I finished the Lazy Man Triathlon this morning. YAY! I racked up the inquired 26 miles in about two weeks, and this morning I finished the double cycling for a total of 114 miles! I had to bike 15 to 20 miles several time to make sure I’d have the miles, but I wasn’t big on that. I know I can cycle that many , it’s just that 10 to 15 mile is more my thing! Only when I want to! It, as in ‘it the triathlon’, was an interesting goal to have to complete for September. Probably helped burned off a few of those choc. coated almonds…damn you, you deliciously addictive things!!!

It’s a good thing to have goals. Even if you don’t meet them, or end up changing them here and there as need be, I guess what counts is that you don’t give up on whatever you’re trying to accomplish. Ya keep coming back and taking another stab at it. Attacking it from another angle. I was just thinking that I don’t have a lot of angles left to play around with here if I want to meet my b-day goal. 11 weeks gives me a safe 20 lbs loss. I know I can do it because I’m tough and hard headed enough to do any thing I put my mind to and I’m losing 20 pounds dammit! So there take that you evil banana rum!!! I’ve spent enough time dicking around and it looks like I’m going to put myself on my own little ‘boot camp from hell’ program…and I WILL LIKE IT! So there, take that you sinful two bite brownies!

I’m going for a run!

update: omg! too hot to run! is it still summer? what the….

I sat down this morning and began pawing through my little black diet book. For the past two weeks I have writing down every stinking thing I’ve shoveled into my gob, what I was doing at the time and how I was feeling physically and emotionally. I’m a relatively happy go lucky thing, so there’s not a lot of “woe is me” crap to mull over….errrr…unless ya count “boo-hoo, why did I eat that? WHY WHY WHY” Which I didn’t write in those exact words, but was insinuated by high lighting the devil foods of choice in pink!!!

Examples taken straight from book: “Turkey sub on w/w with ultra high fat store mayo which I should have scrapped off and didn’t!!!”

How about: “x4 two bite mini brownies. Must eat meals on time”

Or this one where I did write down my feelings: “Got very hungry because wasn’t eating enuf, so wanted shit, ate shit + feel like shit!!! X 100000 CHOCOLATE ALMONDS!!!!“

No excuses for the language…I’m not sorry. It’s honestly how I was feeling at the time and that’s not “happy go lucky” me. That’s something that needs fixing!!!

So here’s what I’ve come up with and I’m pretty darned pleased with it all. Scattered out over the duration of two weeks they seem innocent enough, had I not been writing them down, that is. I have though, thank goodness, and look at all the things that are weighing me down. Weighing me up?

1. Water. x8 minimum. Drink it. Lots!

2. Eat on time. Do not miss meals…any more…ever again!

3. Balance out protein, veggies and carbs.

4. Booze= Munchies= Sweets cravings.

5. Hunger=Munchies= Sweets cravings.

6. High fat/ High sugar night time munching = night sweats. (very true!)

7. Feeling tired = Craving munchies. Take a nap or go the devil to bed if it’s night time. Stay away from the TV!!!

8. Eat before grocery shopping. “Duh!!! All dah foodz makin me crazy”

9. Eat required snacks between meals. Think “blood sugar”

Back on track and off to breakfast!

Catch ya later!

Boyz oh boyz I’m some glad I did! I ran 7 miles and I feel great. Except for that little bit of “area sort of just below my butt” that’s giving me grief. What the heck is that anyways? Now that I finally have my legs all toughened up to running, that little area is a bit sore, what ever that area is…my thigh tops? Must be doing something different. Maybe I’m using more butt muscle to propel me along. Should be motoring along a lot faster if that’s the case. Part of that mileage was used run one of those little mop dogs I’m checking in on while the owner is away. Little thing is quite hyper and jumpy, so the owner warned me. Poor thing just needed some exercise. I had it all pooped out and running right nice like beside me in no time. I did a little dog whispering the last two days and now he sits while I open the door and waits for me to go out first. Sits and waits for dishes to be filled. All kinds of manners. Cute little turd. Too bad people don’t realize that if you give them a darn good run then they’ll actually listen to you and probably won’t chew the house apart. All that pent up energy, no wonder! Guess I got a little off track there. I miss our old dog. Used to run beside the bike with me. Wahhhhh I should have another dog. We travel more that we hate to be a pain in the butt asking for a dog sitter. Wahhhhhh!!!! I love love love love dogs, ‘n cats, and bunnies…and crows and ravens… ???

I must need some chow. Oh look! It’s lunch time…can’t miss a meal.

Last night had the best run in I don’t know how long. I took my runners I use only for the treadmill and put them to the test out on the road. It was a cool evening and very little traffic. I ran 6 miles and wow wow wow did they come easy. My $89.00 Sauconies…Saucony’s, ahh heck you know what I mean, they did a great job cushioning my feet! I heart them! The only reason I didn’t go for 7 miles was because I don’t like to get fooled by over doing it and having a set back. My ‘running shoes from hell’ legs are finally pain free! YAY! My last long run was a little iffy towards the end, so played it safe. Look out next long run though!!!

I’ve been playing around with speed work lately and I’m seeing some great results. I highly recommend it. I’ve noticed that I am beginning to sort of fly along verses the heavy foot strikes I was experiencing before. They recommend you try it once per week and I find I like to do it when my regular runs feel like they aren’t going so well. There’s a lot of different ways you can go about it, but the main thing is to do it your way! “I did it my waaaaay”! I ran all 5 miles Monday morning by running really fast/sprinting for about a minute and then walking for roughly a minute. Didn’t use a watch just all guess work and that kept it fun. Which was probably good because with a watch I’d have a tendency to stop exactly at the minute. This way I pushed a little harder and stopped when I felt I needed to. I tried it slow jogging instead of walking, but for those times when my legs are having a “pooped party” the walking recovery is most definitely better for them. Try this out and see what you think. I’m thinking your legs will love you!!!

Off to do more wood chucking! feeble little pathetic wheeee…

Wood wood wood all I see is wood! Yes, it’s that time of year. We’re splitting wood, handling wood, throwing wood in the basement and piling wood. My arms are so damned tired. Will just get used to it and the work will be done! Till February and we head into the woods to cut and haul more wood. Anybody want to fill in for me?…Hey where’d ya go? Hello?

Been doing great food wise. Running and biking, too. Plus I’m back into my fall schedule of getting in a w/o video daily. No wonder my arms are tired! Also, been doing a lot of vehicle checking  & calling around and that sort of time consuming and mundane crap that goes hand ‘n hand with car shopping.

Hope to catch up soon on all of your blogs. I just know I’m missing a lot. I can feel it! My spider senses are tingling. Will catch a bit of down time this evening. No plans for a Saturday night, thank god! Pooped!

Off to the wood pile…gah!!!

It’s officially 3 months till my B-day. 13 of the most important weeks in my whole history of weight loss ups and downs. Reality struck harder than ever this morning when I glanced at the date. It’s the 16th. Time to take the “H” out of CHOW and get rid of the “COW” Ha !Ha! isn’t that nerdy! I just made that up, could ya tell? Huh? Could ya? I’ve written my chow down now for a week and I have a few cutbacks to make. Probably costing myself the 2 lbs per week that I’ve been aiming for in a lolly gaggling sort of way. I’m taking stock and making up a food plan that should work for me! Me Me ME IT’S ALL ABOUT ME! And why not!

My w/o video hero with the body I want. Gin Miller. Age 52. Now there’s somebody I can relate to. This woman does not look like she’ll blow away in the wind. On the other hand, I don’t either, but not in a good way! Just look at her!

She also has articles on/via getupnow’s My Recipes /Cooking Light website which I had no idea of until I checked it out. Thanks getupnow! Here’s the link to Cooking Light Fitness. Gin Miller has some great w/o routines there. Check them out.

The sun is shining and it’s 9:10 am. Cycling it is!

I left you a comment on your 5k Rock & Run and it’s not showing up.

I do declare you must have other comments as well. I mean ya ran a race!!! And a  darned good one at that!

Updated specially for you, getupnow! Link to my new duds:Adidas Duds! and my trail runners:

Yesterday morning woke up to fog and rain. Seems as how nobody luvs “rain running” more than me, ‘cept for bigprof, I set out for a run. I wore my oldest runners to check them out and ran 5 miles. Felt pretty good, but getting a little heavy on the feet towards the end. Now, since I was doing a ’shoe check’ and felt I had another mile in me, I stretched out and threw on my next to the newest runners(not the newest piece of $h!t achy legs ones) and headed out again. Holy smokes I ran another 2.5 miles!!! 7.5 miles and I’m back!!!
Test results: My oldest runners are going to the w/o room. Next to newest runners are good for now. My newest runners will be good for the treadmill circuit training, I’m hoping, where it’s an easier on the legs running surface. Goodie…more testing!

Now for the splurge part. It wasn’t chow. Yay! It was loot. Oh dear! Couldn’t help myself. After my run, and feeling all athletic and most “runnerish”, I checked out Adidas on line and they had some running gear marked down to over 60% off. I’ve had my eye on some Supernova running tights for sooo long now. $32.00 marked down from $79.99! OMG I ordered 2 pr. A running top marked down to $18.00! Unheard of. I went even a little more nuts and ordered some trail runners at the regular price. I’d never seen these ones before. For neutral feet, like mine, and cushioned, plus made with a gortex upper! Waterproof for winter slush and puddles, like I run in. How could I resist? They called out to me. I hope they feel good and I can keep them. so much for saving every penny for a vehicle…something you sit your butt in…when I look at it that way then I’ll need that running gear!!!

I’m off to do a w/o video and a bike ride (maybe cause it’s blowing a fairly good puff of wind out there)

Chow for now!

updated:  OMG!!! Eryn, you ran a 5k today, too!  Awww shoot, I feel awful! Yesterday, when I read you were signing up for one “tomorrow”, I thought today you were doing the signing part,  not the actual run. Takes nothing to confuse me, I ‘m already there all the time! LOL sounded like a good time and I’d luv to see your shirt

First off, “Good luck and happy running, bigprof, in your 5k today”!!!

Yesterday I ran just over 6 miles, did a cool down 2.5 miles on my bike and 9.5 miles ride later on. So, that under my belt, I’m not sure about today. Maybe a workout video. A little cardio and weights sounds appealing. I want to throw some weights around, get all sweaty and feel as good about myself as brseay does in her recent post! Hell, I want to feel that content with what I’m doing everyday!!!

I’m giving up my exercise page because it’s a pain in the arse-end to remember to update it. Besides, I never go back and read it, so it’s clutter and it has to go! I have my w/o calender there on the wall and my fish stickers. Life is good, Donkey!

Got a few days of rain predicted. I’m intending to de-clutter a whole lot of crap the hell outta here. It’s “Fall Clean-up”, people and S###’s gotta go!

I’m onto it! …have a good Saturday!

I‘m all rested up for what hopefully will be a good sized heart healthy run in the morning. G-night!

Quote of the Week: “True sport is always a duel: a duel with nature, with one’s own fear, with one’s own fatigue, a duel in which body and mind are strengthened.” Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet