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Perhaps, judging by the amount of yelling happening in my house, the adults should have staggered the start of their diets...

RMT 4... a small gain

Well, here we have it. The gain week. I see an old pattern becoming new again. Last year when I was losing weight I had this lovely little habit... lose, lose, gain. Lose, lose, gain. Every third week like clock work, I gained. And here it is again. I gained 0.8. I'm not too concerned. This is a direct result of me not tracking my food all week. Shame on me. I also did not run. So there it is.

Today is already much better... I've followed the mantra "Write before you bite." I will begin running again tomorrow as well. So that's it for now. Check in on the other participants here. And be sure to congratulate Carlos. He and Heather ran a half marathon yesterday!

RMT Week 2 (for me)

Let me just say WOOHOO! I had a fab week. What made it fab? I ran! And I ate really well. So well in fact that I lost 6 lbs! Let me reiterate... WOOHOO!

"Running" went very well. I was pleased that I had absolutely no problem with the cardio part of it. My heart is pretty fit and I'm good at controlling my breathing. The part that needs working on is my legs. After that first run I was a little sore... not bad, but I could feel the bones in my lower legs. The next run, my calves hurt (near my ankles). I used the lovely internet and discovered that I was making a common new runner mistake. I was pushing off of the ground with my feet instead of lifting my legs from the hip. During my third run I worked on running correctly. It fixed the calf problem. Yay! I am so ready for week 2!

The food thing is good. I'm doing Weight Watchers on my own (read no meetings, no online). It's so much easier this time, mostly because Michael is doing it as well. I also already know the program from last time, so I'm not having to obsess about what I'm going to eat when and how much and if I should and does this count as a veg and... you get the point.

My goals for next week are the about the same as this past week. I want to stay on plan each day with Weight Watchers. I want to finish Week 2 of C25K.

So yeah... I guess I should also say that I cheated a little. My weight loss probably isn't exact... because I cut off about 10 lbs of hair...


and it looks SASSY! ~:-D

It's not too late to participate. Join in at Carlos' blog. Look for the Ragamuffin Top Challenge.

I ran!

I ran! I ran!

I kinda can't believe it. As I started with my warm up walk yesterday, my head was a mess. There were various thoughts of being too fat, it being too hot, and such. In the end, the main theme was, "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!" It was amazing the amount of negativity that went through my head in 5 minutes time. Finally the time to run came. I told my brain to shut up. I focused on moving my feet and breathing... and I kept glancing at my watch. The minute went by much faster than I thought it would. Then I walked again. I tried to keep out the bad stuff like how much I was probably jiggling and how the people in that car that passed must thing I'm some deluded fat girl. Then it was time to run again. This patterned continued. In the end, my head was nearly clear of those dirty thoughts.

As I stretched I was amazed that I did it. I did it! I ran! I ran!

Ragamuffin Top Challenge

So. I need to lose weight. All that I had lost with Weight Watchers has slowly crept back on my bottom. And then I gained 10 lbs the during the last 4 months while I was pregnant. Now I want my body from last summer back. Thankfully, I think I've found some inspiration! So here we go...

To provide some accountability (outside of Michael's nagging) I'm trying out a little online linky thing. (If you haven't noticed, I have started doing that a lot... it's fun!) This one is being led by Carlos at Ragamuffin Soul. Check it out!

Well, I have to state some goals... hehe... so here goes. I'm hoping that by the time our vacation rolls around at the end of the summer I will be able to fit my summer clothes. So... my 1st goal is to fit my "skinny" jean shorts by the end of August. My second goal is to start the Couch to 5k program (#4). If I start this week and am able to go without repeating weeks, I will be running 3 miles by the time my birthday arrives. That is not my hard and fast deadline, because I know I have never been athletic or in shape (well since childhood anyway) and I may need to repeat a week or three so I don't injure myself. So there it is!

Carlos wanted some pictures or a video, so here begins the scary part. ;-) (of course, I dressed up all pretty for you... hehe)

The FrontOk... so I'm used to this. I see it in the mirror everyday. Not great, but not horrible either.

The BackYeah, so this is scary to me. I don't see this all the time... I can just hear the song "baby got back"

This is me with the shorts. I held them to the side seam of my pants... yup... there's a long way to go for them to reach the other seam. I'm not freaked out at all. I can do it. Positive self talk works, right?

So there you have it. If you have any fitness or weight goal, join in! It's gonna be fun! ~:-D