Still around..

OK, I haven't had a chance to change much of my workout. I'm still working out 30 minutes of cardio a day. I had intended to add the strength training too, but given the stress factor at work the last couple of weeks, there just hasn't been time. I just wanted to make an appearance! We are all doing so well! Great job everybody!!

Ow!!

Okay, so I upped the tension on my bike, and holy schniekies. It was way harder than I thought it would be!! Nevertheless, I persevered, but only cranked out 20 minutes, at 15 mph for the first ten minutes, 13 for the next seven, and I was barely keeping it above 10 for the last three. I covered about 4 miles, and I was ready to die by the end! That's good though, I need to keep pushing that envelope. And still no heart symptoms, yay! Some distressing news though, is that I gained another pound. What the freak?! That's seven total. Seven!! I seriously do not get what the deal is here. The clothes are fitting the same, and I'm not eating any differently. Help! What do I do?
The Slowly Freaking Out But Nonetheless Almighty Liz

Tuesday--Strength 1 Hour, Walking- 1 Hour

I got up at 5:30 am to watch my friend's little girl, but my friend got off work early, so I was just awake. I decided to do my strength workout, and then run in place for rest of the hour (I only ran in place 20 minutes, and then marched out the rest of the hour). I then decided that since my 2 year old was awake, we would take a walk after the bus picked up my 4 year old. I was also thinking that I'm going to have 5 cavities filled on Thursday, and will probably NOT feel like exercising that day, and I still want to get my 5 hours in this week (since I only got 4 in last week).

Holy cow, holy crow, and oh my holy pajamas! I stepped on the scale at 5:30 and had to rub my eyes about 5 times in a row before I believed what the scale was telling me. I lost 4 MORE POUNDS in a week and a half! That's 6 pounds total. I knew I was feeling less bloaty (meaning the Poly cystic ovarian syndrome was subsiding), but I did not think that much water retention weight had come off! I'm sure some of it is actual fat too, though because all my size 16 pants fit again. I tried them all on just to make sure my scale was not somehow broken or something. WOOT!!!

Monday- Swimming- 1 Hour

No cute guys this time. I wonder if I'm relieved or disappointed? I did manage to swim freestyle for 25 minutes!

On a side note--all the lifeguards at the YMCA fit into the "cute" category, but they are all under 21 so they are boys and they just don't count ;)

Confession for the day- One caffeinated soda.

ineicnowtonbong!

I didn't have much time to workout today, so I decided to just run as fast as I could maintain for a half an hour. I pushed Justice and Clayton (car seat and all) around in the running buggy for 30 minutes. Average speed was 6.2 mph (I think I was maintaining 6.3 mph until I had to stop really quick to give Lydia the keys to get into the house after school. That was 3/4 into my workout. The stop screwed up my average on my GPS.)

Anyway. I lost another 1.5 lbs! Wahoo! That's 5 lbs in the past 2 weeks. Keep it comin'! Hooray for hungry breastfed babies! (I just have to not think about how much easier it was to loose the baby weight when I was in my 20s.)

Sorry, I'm a Slacker!

I am sorry I haven't posted for a week. Life has been so crazy. I did all my workouts last week even though I had to do it without Dana ( get better soon, I miss working out with you ) I just worked out with some of the Curves ladies. I got a treadmill from my mom this weekend. I am so excited!!! I can go walking/jogging everyday now no matter what the weather is.
I was very proud of myself today. I got up at 5:30 a.m. and walked for 30 mins, then I did my weights. I was out of the shower and ready for the day at 7:30 a.m. I have to tell you that I have NEVER done this before. It felt so good to have all that done this morning and out of the way, so now I have the rest of the day to get other things done. I am determined to keep it up and stick to this workout everyday.
Another high point of my weekend. I have noticed that my pants have felt a little lose. So I tried on a pair of pants (that I haven't worn in over a year) that are a size smaller and they FIT!!!!! I was so excited. I also put on a shirt my sister gave me a few months ago that didn't fit, and now it fits. I didn't think that I had lost much as far a weight, but it seems that I have. The pants are still a big size, but at least they are a size smaller then what I was wearing.
Wow! I like to ramble. I just have alot to be excited about. It sounds your all doing really well, keep up the good work!

DC is back!

Hi guys! I've sure missed ya'll although I have stopped by a couple of times. My foot is healing nicely and I'll be able to get back into the swing of things. Today being Sunday limited my ability to exercise, however, I did try to get back into the habit of eating. I was doing so well and even had an appetite for the first time in months. Then the unfortunate accident. Pain just exacerbates the horrendous ulcers and thus I lose the desire and often the ability to eat. Dang! Although I'm sort of starting over at least I'm not starting over from the very beginning. I did feel like eating breakfast. Lunch was harder and I couldn't force even a bite of dinner. Oh well at least I felt like food in the morning. That's a major improvement even though my eating wasn't as gleeful as it was a couple of weeks ago. I know that it'll improve.

Breakfast: Potato Scramble--red potatoes, turkey bacon, onions, green peppers, eggs scrambled up together...Ezekiel toast w/ butter & Marmite...Kashi hot breakfast cereal w/ peaches, blueberries, almonds, flax

Lunch: 1/2 chicken breast, spinach salad, creamed spinach, corn & peas

Dinner: nothing

Sunday is special treat day at our house so I made chocolate chip/oatmeal cookies. YUM!