okay - well i ran my first day of c25k week 4 yesterday.... and i didn't die!! i sure felt like i might - but i didn't and it was good - because i did it! i had thoughts running through my brain... "...and i'm planning on running for a full 30 minutes?! how am i going to do that?!" i tried to keep those negative thoughts out of my brain - but it didn't work that well.
i've been doing pretty well with my eating these past two days... worst thing i've done has been eating some pretzels filled with PB... i won them in a gift basket from barnes and nobles... and they are SO GOOD. i also got 2 big bars of godiva chocolate.... but i'm waiting on those - for when i REALLY need some chocolate. hehe
well my orientation week is over with - tomorrow starts pre-planning! i get to meet everyone else in the school - and finally get to meet the teacher i'm team teaching with. kids start school on friday!!
and my DH will finally be here on thursday night - or friday - whenever he can finally leave... i'm so ready for him to be here.
i've been reading jodi picoult's - nineteen minutes all day today... i had a hard time getting into it yesterday - but now i just can't put it down. SO GOOD! i love all her books.
OH - I ALMOST FORGOT THE AMAZING NEWS!!! my MIL and i went to see mamma mia yesterday (SO GOOD - BY THE WAY) and we had about 2 hours to waste at the mall... well we were looking at the clearence items in belk - i was looking at skirts (because i am not allowed to wear capris to work) and she picked up this skirt for me to try on... it was a medium - and then we found a 12... now i didn't think the medium would fit for a second... and the 12 - i thought would be tight..... they both fit perfectly!! OMG! i'm wearing a 12!!!! i'm wearing a MEDIUM!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sometimes i can be so dense... i ran yeserday - i ran today... i wasn't supposed to run today... today was supposed to be weights! SEE AMY - THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO WRITE THINGS DOWN! oh well... i ran - and then i did some weights - i did walking lunges around the pool holding my weights (only 5 pounds... i wasn't up for the 10 pounders) i would stop at each halfway point and do something different - to work different muscle groups.... not too bad
eating was okay - i stayed within my points (along with activity points!)
BREAKFAST
banana with pb
1 cup cheerios with skim milk
TOTAL POINTS - 7
LUNCH
strawberries, cantalope, and pineapple
carrots and celery
half a sprite
half a crosoint (however you spell that) with ham and cheese
small sliver of chocolate cake
TOTAL POINTS - 9 (now this is a guess since lunch was provided for us - i don't think made that bad of choices out of what was offered)
DINNER
half chicken breast
green beans and bell peppers
green apple smirnoff (my treat for the day)
TOTAL POINTS - 5
SNACKS
almonds
mini rice cakes
kix cereal
tootsie roll pop
TOTAL POINTS - 8
so my total for the day was 29... 25 daily and 4 activity points and i used them all... okay - not great - but not bad...
i'm tired... my first day went well... it was a lot of sitting down and listening to people talk. lots of introductions... and a lot of info passed out. i wanted to sit down and read it - but it's already 10:00!!
and on that note i need to go relax and get ready for bed! i'll catch up with ya'll tomorrow (i promise!)
i started my day with day 2 of week 3 of c25k! according to my pedometer i traveled about 1.78 miles in the 25 min - not stellar - but hey, i did it! my NSV today was i ran the entire 3 min.... even up the hill! it might have been slow but i did it!
i've also thought that i should start posting my food on her - to help keep myself accountable... so here goes
BREAKFAST
whole wheat english muffin
banana
1 tbsp of reduced fat peanut butter shared between the muffin and banana
TOTAL POINTS - 5.5
LUNCH
roasted turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with honey mustard and lettuce
10 baby carrots
WW yogurt
TOTAL POINTS - 3.5
i still have 16 points for the day... i need to eat something in a little
finally getting back to WW tonight - with the move i haven't been in 2 weeks! i've been keeping an eye on my weight though on my own scale... today shouldn't be too bad - i think i've finally got myself down to where i was 3 weeks ago. i'll post the update later when i get home tonight.
i came across this qote this morning and thought it was worth mentioning... "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." ~Jimmy Johnson
yesterday i wanted to eat everything in sight! i didn't go TOO BAD over my points - i tried really hard to squash it. TOM should be here today or tomorrow - so that explains a lot! i wonder.... do i really have these cravings because of TOM - or do i know he's coming so then i subcontiously think "i need to crave something" so i do..... because i never really had cravings before because of TOM.... i don't know
i started week 3 of c25k yesterday....TOUGH! during the first 3 min. run... i hit the big hill in the road - i couldn't make it... i stopped running and started running about 30 seconds before he told me to slow down... so not too bad... i ran the second one all the way - that hill just KILLED it! i only went 2 miles though... which upset me - because in the first 2 weeks i had been going about 2.2 - 2.4 miles and this on i only went 2... oh well it'll get better!
so i go to work on WEDNESDAY! new teacher orientation is wed., thurs., and fri. then preplanning days are mon. july 29 - thurs. july 31 (thursday is also kindergarten registration - and i was told i'll be at school until 7pm!) and the kids start school on fri. august 1st! I ONLY HAVE 2 MORE DAYS OF SUMMER!!
i woke up this morning... let the dogs out and then started to get my clothes together to go for my run.... NO SPORTS BRAS! they were still in the washing machine.... i really need to get more than 3!
so they are drying now... i guess i'll be doing a video today once they are dry. technically i wasn't supposed to start week 3 of c25k until tomorrow anyways...
okay - enough excuses!
i'm doing really well - i feel good - and i think a big part of that is because i am eating better than i was...
OH - i did weights yesterday! and it went really fast. the music definately helped! it really felt good to do weights again. today i'll be doing one of my firm videos
i had hungry girl oatmeal for breakfast... with cherries. i never bought fresh cherries before - they are very yummy... it's nice to add in something new.
i don't know... i really don't have anything else to talk about - i am completely bored - being in the middle of nowhere - with nothing to do - sucks. i can't believe that i am bored of laying out and being in the pool/hot tub - i guess part is that nobody is here... just me - the dogs - and the cats... grandparents are next door - but grandma is a smoker and i can't be over there very long. i think i'm going to go to the library today to get a book or two. i was trying not to waste gas - just going somewhere just to get out....
sometimes EP infuriates me.... my friends list doesn't always say who has a new post - so i go through EVERYONE to see if anyone has a new post...
okay enough on that... i downloaded a couple songs that i lifted weights to in BODY PUMP... the ones that i really liked - i'm hoping that will help to motivate. i do have weights... only 5 and 10 pounds though - so that will have to do. i just need to make room in my room - because i don't want to workout in front of my MIL - FIL - or BIL.... i just need to MAKE myself do it.... i mentioned to alicia that i would like to get a bike.... maybe i should make myself a bank and every time i workout i put $1 in to help me save for that.... i think i really like that idea! i think i might do that
i have to do laundry today! UGH - i HATE laundry....
and these stinkin' dogs of my MIL - have FLEAS! they were due for their frontline yesterday... but she's away until sunday - and she needs to pick it up. my dog - rocky - is on advantix - and the poor guy is still scratching... i HATE fleas... there isn't any spray here either for the furniture - i left ours in NC so when DH finally moves here - I'll be spraying the house (when the inlaws are out - of course)
okay i'm out - gotta get to the laundry i guess... hope you all have a great friday!
i am doing it... slowly but surely.... i am getting back into a routine.
i HATE the fact that i don't have a gym to go to though. i am just not motivated enough to do it all at home - on my own - for the amount of time i need to. i am doing okay with the running... it's the strength training.
this morning i did c25k - week 2 day 3! i'm going to take the day off tomorrow that i'm supposed to - but then i'm going to start week 3 a day early - on saturday... so then i do it sat. and mon. mornings... and then wed. evening... wednesday is my first day at my new job! with my drive (an hour - one way) i know i won't be able to get myself up early enough to do it first thing in the morning... i'm just not a morning person....i wish i was.
i did really well with eating yesterday! much better than i have been... and so far - today is off to a good start.
i was reading up on drinking water - i am working on getting DH to drink water... and the article i read said that drinking cold water helps boost metabolism because the body is working extra hard to heat it up to body temp... i never thought of that.... but it makes sense. i have uped my water intake... i've been drinking 98 oz. of water here recently.... i've been doing really well getting my first bottle (32 oz) done by 9am... i'm not sure how well i'll be at this once i start teaching again... i don't have a bathroom in my classroom this year... but i DO have another teacher - myself and another kindergarten teacher are in a classroom together - so i guess - not quite sure how that is going to work out - but i'm hoping for the best.
i think i figured out why i am having trouble since i have moved....
i'm not in my home - it's hard to cook and be prepared when you don't have your kitchen tools - and even though i'm living here - i feel wierd bringing my food into the house
i feel like i'm on vacation - every time we have come here it's been "vacation" for us... and i know vacation is not a free for all - but you feel like you can be a little bad when your on vacation
i'm not working - so i'm not in a routine - i don't HAVE to get up by a certain time and need to be somewhere...
i am working hard to work through these and break this barrier... today - i'm off to a good start!
oh - and i hadn't rewarded myself for my 2nd 10% off yet... i wanted to make sure that i was going to maintain that loss - since that was my tough spot last time... and i have - so i'm getting the gold membershp of EP - i want to try it out...
well i finally got done catching up on all the blogs... then i went and put my suit on - sunblock on - headed outside to the pool.... and the thunder started to roll in! that happened to me yesterday too... except i was able to be out for about an hour yesterday before the thunder started (30 min. of that was working out first!) it looks like it is starting to clear up a bit... so i'll try again in a little.
i got up and ran today! week 2 of C25K.... not bad. i went farther than last week - i'll have to check the mileage in my car when i go out... remember that last week i did 2 miles. i burned just over 300 calories today according to my heart rate monitor - but it said that i only burned 30% fat - that's the lowest my % has ever been.... i don't totally understand how they figure that out... anyone know?
tomorrow i am going to get up early to do my circut training. yesterday was my first day of that (on my own - no trainer) and i need to sit down tonight and set up an actual routine so i know what i'm going to do. and then i (hopefully) have a meeting to fill out paperwork for my new school... i was supposed to call and RSVP by the 7th - and i forgot... with moving... and i left my folder with all my info about my new job at the house in NC and didn't get back there to pick it up until the 7th... and didn't read over anything until i brought it back here when i did my fingerprinting. i'm going to show up and just hope that they will allow me to stay... if not - i'll go by the reality office that i need to contact about rental properties - and then back to the BOE at noon to meet up with one of the kindergarten teachers for lunch.
yesterday i did okay eating wise - i didn't eat as many fruits and veggies as i should have.... and then it all went downhill about 9pm.... had been craving oreos for weeks - i was hoping that the craving would go away and it hadn't... so i bought oreos at the grocery store. last night i ate oreos - and i ate oreos - and i ate oreos... i'm not sure exactly how many i ate... i think about 10 or so. it's a new day today... i am not going to eat those again today (even though i really want to) i know i should just throw them away... but i'm not going to... i don't want to. okay i need to stop talking about them!
today has been much better eating - i'm glad i went grocery shopping yesterday... i had yummy hungry girl oatmeal - with strawberries and grapes for breakfast... for lunch i had english muffin pizzas, baby carrots, and a banana and a diet root beer and a WW chocolate for snack.... i still have 15.5 points!
we moved all our stuff to GA last week... it's all in a storage unit (10x15) and it is packed full!! right now i'm living with the in-laws and everything is going well. i had to drive DH back to NC on sunday - so that gave me time to meet with some friends one last time and clean up around the house... DH says he feels like a hobo with a house... he's living out of the living room for the most part - air matress - computer on the floor (because we have the desk for sale) he's got the tv and xbox.... haha - what a sight! he'll be here at the end of the month.
i don't have a gym to go to (right now). the gym i want to join is in rome, ga - which is where i'm going to be teaching... but it's a 45 - 60 min. drive from here.... so i'll start at the gym once i am going to work - which i start in 12 days! so i decided that i needed to do stuff here at the house... i have my workout videos... but i just feel wierd doing with the in-laws around so i downloaded the C25K podcasts... i started last saturday... ran sat and sun (i know - not supposed to run back to back - but i figured i go to the gym 6 days a week i'll be okay) and the drive home on sun - my legs were hurting! i ran again today... (i was not able to run while in NC) i tried to get up to run yesterday... but i did it today! i'm going to alternate doing the C25K program with other stuff.... ie: jumping rope and water aerobics on my off days.... in-laws have a nice inground pool
i feel like i'm rambling.... okay - lets finish this up.... eating has been okay. i had to do some grocery shopping... i'm back on track with that...
weight is up this week... but thats okay - it'll be back down next week.
i gotta go get dressed and head into town to do some running around... i'll get to blogs later today/tomorrow. hope ya'll are doing great!
i sure felt like i might - but i didn't and it was good - because i did it! i had thoughts running through my brain... "...and i'm planning on running for a full 30 minutes?! how am i going to do that?!" i tried to keep those negative thoughts out of my brain - but it didn't work that well. 
hehe
amy