Home for the Holiday

Merry Christmas! I always lose weight when I visit my parents', even during the holidays. They just eat less and infrequently and Mom gives me guilt trips for having snacks. My last few days have been less than 2k calories and I've continued my 50+ miles/week rate of running. The holidays are my secret weapon. =) Although, I have no idea how I weighed 137 this morning. Yesterday I was 140. I'm not dehydrated. We'll see what tomorrow is...

This past week I was really good. Eating under 2000/day is getting slightly easier, and I didn't have any days over 2500 calories. However, I'm tired most of the time and my running pace has slowed. I knew that would happen, but I'm also sure I'll bounce back when I even out my intake/expenditure.

I'll check back in the new year!

Morning Weight: 137
Miles Today: 7
Other Exercise: None
Total Miles this Week: 17

Log: Dec 17 - 23 2006

Sun-Sat: 12, 6.5 and 3.5 3 min abs, 4.75 max weight (see below) 5 min abs, 6 3 min abs, 8 32 min on bike 3 min abs, 6.5 weights 5 min abs, 5.5 = 52.75

current maxes:
bench press: 80 lbs.
squat: 65 lbs. (took this easy as my hamstrings are still tender and this was my first time squatting weights ever)
pullup: level 2 (the lower the level, the better)
dip: not tried yet.

One Week Down

That first week was tough. I slipped a couple of days last week (Thurs and Sat.), but not too far and got right back into eating properly. I have to remember that alcohol and emotions mess up my logic. I can avoid alcohol for the most part, but I'll just have to make a hard-fast rule to calm down before I eat instead of trying to use food to calm down. Maybe tea will do the trick?

Speaking of tea, I've been drinking a WHOLE lot more of the stuff. I'm really digging Genmaicha (green tea with brown rice in the tea bag) and this Stash Decaf Carmel tea. Mmmm.

My mileage should hit about 50 miles this week, plus I want to do a cycling workout or two, but we'll see.

Morning Weight: 142.5
Miles Today: 10
Other Exercise: 3 min abs
Total Miles this Week: 22

Log: Dec 10 - 16 2006

Sun-Sat: DNR, 3 weights 5 min abs, 7, 3.5, 6.5 weights 5 min abs, 6.5, 6.5 = 33

This time it's for money

So, Holly is putting on an 8-week weight-loss challenge at work. Whoever loses the highest percentage of their starting weight wins! Starting today. 10 bucks buys you entry and there are 9 people so far. If I can get down to 129, I have a good chance of winning. I need to start running more again. I'm not going to worry about intensity until late-Feb/early-March, so I can just focus on this challenge. Let's just hope that I can maintain this focus and determination for 8 weeks. It will be REALLY nice to be under 130 again.

Morning Weight: 144.5
Miles Today: 3
Other Exercise: weights and 5 mins. of abs
Total Miles this Week: 3