Also

I totally never made the connection that I wouldnt be making it to my 5k on Saturday since I had to head out of town.  Im sorry I missed it.  It was such a challenge last year and I was really looking forward to actually being able to run it this year.  I've got a 4 miler next weekend so that one will be an accomplishment to finish too since I've only been doing 3 miles and I havent exercised at all in a week.  I've got two later on in the year, closer to fall so hopefully I will be more prepared for them.

Thanks

for the sympathy.  She was a wonderful women so they had lots of good to say about her at the service. 

We drove 10 hours up there on Thursday, went to the service and visited family on Friday and drove 10 hours home on Saturday.  I wouldnt think sitting in a car doing nothing could wear you out but I was exhausted by the time we got home with achy muscles all over my neck, shoulders, and back.  I definately didnt eat great but I dont think I did horrible either.  Its weird how when I dont really get to eat what I want/need I feel like ive never really eatten much even though Ive collectively ate quite a bit of crap.  I wouldnt feel too bad if Id been able to exercise but there really wasnt much opportunity for that.  I should have yesterday but instead we cought up on all the yard work and planted a tree sappling we had brought back from my DH's grandparents yard.  That is some good physical activity but it just doesnt show the same results on the scale as a typical workout.  I also think I ate worse yesterday than I did the 3 days we were gone.  Im not sure if I got off track mentally or if eatting junk food for 3 days left my body wanting soemthing more.  I didnt remember to WI Thursday before we left and I wasnt about to after 3 days of fast food.  So Im planning to make the most of the next 3 days and hope for the best when I weigh in this Thursday.  Ofcourse Im PMSing terribly and want to eat everything in sight  not exactly the best time to make up for a bad week.  Aahhhh, but atleast Im returning to my normal schedule and am back on track.

Well I came in this morning to piles of jobs on my desk so I will catch up with everyone on my lunch break!

Traveling Diet

Yesterday I went for a run as soon as I got home from work.  It took about every ounce of energy I had to finish my 3 miles.  Hopefully thats just lingering effects from Sunday and not just poor conditioning because I have a 5k on Saturday and Im really wanting to be able to run the whole thing.  I had planned on jumping on the crosstrainer a little later to make a total of 60 mins of cardio and do an ab video but I never got around to it so the 3 miles was my cardio for the day.  My husband's grandma past away and we spent the evening rushing to make plans on when to leave, where to stay, and not only did we need somewhere to send my dog but we've also got my sisters dog for the week who also needed a temporary home.  We called a couple friend of ours who would normally be more than willing to help out but they had family with a newborn baby staying for the weekend and our hyper but large dog would not have made the greatest addition.  I tried my parents and they were willing to help but they already have 3 dogs in their home (2 of their own and another of my sisters) and my mom is also having an outpatient procedure done today and I really didnt want to put the added stress on her and my dad.  Ultimately we decided theyd just have to go to my parents and stay in the barn all weekend if they had to.....  BEST FRIEND TO THE RESCUE!...my friend happened to call to chat just before I called my folks and she's like 'Julie thats crazy.  Im coming to stay at your house and thats that.'   So thank god for good friends.   I owe her one!

Anyway, thats why I never got to the rest of my workout and Im ok with that.  Now I face my first trip out of town while counting calories.  Its not like a vacation where we'll be splurging on nice restaraunts or anything but I wont be home to make the meals and snacks that I know I can count every calorie and make as light as I choose.  I'll just have to make the best choices I can for the places we go and the meals we have.  I also dont know where/when I'll get in exercise but I think this is one of the extenuating circumstances where something else takes top priority.

Ok, long post thats not entirely diet related but life effects diet and exercise so its all related   Im so nervous for my weigh in tomorrow but I did the eatting so I will deal with the results.  Then on to a more successful week because I will make sure it is!

Recovering

So yesterday I didnt even attempt to count calories or exercise.  After my Sunday night adventure, my body needed to recover and so I gave it anything it wanted and then some.  I dont even want to think about how many calories I had so Im not     Its just on to a better day today, hope for the best at weigh in, and work hard to not let it happen again, or too often anyway. 

So my work has been doing this walking thing this week.  Our whole group goes for a one mile walk in the morning and a handful head back out after lunch for a second walk.  I think thats great.  Ofcourse while doing so much good they have also operation feed fund raiser going on and ALL of them include food....taco day, ice cream social, spaghetti lunch, bake sales, donught sale, shaved ice sale.......its going to be really tough to pass all those up!

I forgot

to post on how I did the rest of the weekend.  I forgot my food journal today (clearly my head is not together today) so I dont know the exact calories but I know both Friday and Saturday I had about 1800.  Friday I used the cross trainer at home for 45 mins and did a 7 min session from my ab video.  Saturday I did a 9 min ab session and I ran 4 miles!  I couldt believe it    I was runnning and after 2 laps (my neighborhood is conveniently looped at exactly 1 mile) I thought to myself 'wow, I still feel pretty good.  maybe I could keep going after my 3 miles even if I just walk it.'  Well i went that extra loop and I didnt even walk it, I ran.  Yay me!   So those two days were great.  Yesterday, like I said, started great.  I did 60 mins of cardio at the gym.  Then I came home and the drinking started........bad bad bad.

Alcohol and dieting......

.......dont mix.   Yesterday was quite a day.  It started off well, I had a light breakfast and lunch and a little snack and then headed to the gym.  I planned on saving a good bit of calories for dinner on the grill and a couple drinks.  As I was leaving my DH's buddy showed up to have a few beers.  Which usually means we all end up on the deck having a few.  So after I got home and jumped in the shower, I joined them.  After a few drinks we fired up the grill.  Now normally drinking means I eat eat eat but not this time.  I ate about 400 calories for dinner.  So all in all yesterday I had about 900 calories from food      That is totally not me.  I am committed to eatting healthier and lighter but I NEVER have crazy low calories like that.  A typical low cal day for me is still fairly high for a lot of people.  I think starting to drink on such an empty stomach hit me pretty hard and then I just never thought to eat and a few drinks turned in to a few more.  Needless to say, I am not feeling 100% today.  All I can think about is how much I want to eat for lunch.  I want everything.  I want greasy aweful yummy fast food.  Partly I think I should be strong and get something healthy but part of me also thinks after being so calorie deficiant yesterday, a little fattening food today might be just what my body needs.

Friday!

Gees, its always 2 steps forward and one step back.  I ate 2550 calories yesterday.  Partly I dont feel bad because I was truely REALLY hungry, stomach growling feeling weak kinda hungry so I knew I needed the extra food.  The bad part was that I chose some chips and cheese and a Cheryl's Cookie.  I should have made better choices.  I ran 3 miles and thats all the cardio I did but Im ok with that.  Not everyday had to be a last chance workout     So once again Ive wasted a high calorie day just picking on stuff at the house instead of saving it for a nice dinner out with my husband and friends.  Today Ive got a nice lunch packed so that will set me up to have a good day.  I've got about a million things to do tonight so Im hoping it wont be too hard to fit in a trip to the gym because I really need it.  We've been redoing the trim in our living and dinning room so Ive got a mess of dust from sanding, cutting, stripping etc.  So I need to dust and vacuum everything.  Then I've got to iron all the curtains to be hung, not a small task as the entire length of our wall and half another is window.  I need to clean up the gardens while its nice this evening because it is now forecasted to rain off and on all weekend.  Meanwhile my sister is dropping off her dog for me to watch while she is on vacation.  Her dog is calm but it turns my dog into a maniac    Hopefully they relax after a day or two.  Its also my parents anniversary and I feel like I should visit them and they live about an hour away.  Not too far but I dont see them nearly as much as I should and want to.  I guess its not too much stuff, I just know how time consuming ironing those curtains is going to be.

None the less,  IT IS FRIDAY!!!!!  Also, NSV, Ive added another pair of jeans back into my wearable collection, Yay!  I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Better than Expected!

171!!!  Woooo Whoooo!  I love exercise!  I wasn't expecting much of a loss at all after having 2 pretty bad days, 2 mediocre days, and 3 good days, foodwise that just didnt seem like enough to maintain, let alone lose a pound and a half.      It has to be the exercise picking up the slack.  So maybe if Im good, this time next week I'll be out of the 170's!  Its strange, each week Ive kinda felt lighter and saw the scales reflect that.  This week I really felt heavier.  I thought my body looked like it was bulging more.  I thought for sure Id have a small gain.  So I am really really really happy with a loss at all and 1.5 is pretty darn good  

Yesterday I had 1770 calories, my 8-8oz glasses of water, and did 60 mins of cardio and  7 minute session from my ab video.  Today Im going to lunch with some coworkers but I already know what Im getting so I dont wreck my day before Im even half way through.  Plus, I am absolutely saving any higher calorie days for the beautiful weekend we are supposed to be having.  Its going to be in the mid to upper 70's so I imagine there will be some grilling out or eatting on the patio at our favorite pub to be done.  I am so ready for the weekend!!!

Afternoon Update

My office took part in National Start! Walking Day today.  We were supposed to walk for 30 mins but by the time they got everyone corralled together and talked to us about exercising for our heart, etc....We walked 1 mile in about 15 mins.  Im not complaining!  If I can spend 15 mins walking instead of sitting still at my desk, Im all for it!  The best (or worst) part is that my boss kinda volunteered me to get everyone together to start doing this daily.  We currently have a time set aside for stretching for about 5 mins in the morning (only 1 or 2 people participate) and he wants us to do this walking thing instead and then people can stretch at their desks if needed.  Im super excited that they are willing to let us do this.  Like I said 15 mins isnt marathon training or anything but if I can burn an extra 100 calories 5 days a week then thats fantastic!  The only bad part is that, as I have mentioned before, I work with all men, literally one other female in my group, and they just arent all that committed to anything that isnt 'business.'  Not that some men arent committed to health and fitness, some definately are, but not so much these guys here.  So I dont want to be the one pushing and pushing to get a half effort, at best, from the group.  Plus they all work out in the field regularly so on any given day about half of our guys leave first thing in the morning.  So a new challenge for me, not sure what to make of it yet but Im happy to get the exercise

one day til WI

I didnt stick to the 1400 calories I had wanted to but I did finish the day at 1765 calories.  I also totally rocked at exercise     I did 30 mins on the crosstrainer w/o arms, 30 mins on the one with arms, 30 mins on the treadmill, plus a few extra minutes on each one waiting til a commercial in Biggest Loser before stopping to switch machines .  Then I did a 6 minute ab session.  Oh, and I also took my dog for a 1 mile walk, not too strenuous but its adds a little.   I feel pretty good about yesterday.  I will do just as good today!

I think a coworker is reading my blog here and its someone I just really hate discussing stuff with because they think they know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING and now they are trying to get all involved in the details my life.     Its so frustraiting because this site and all of you here have really been a huge help, motivation, and support in my efforts.  I dont want some idiot ruinning that.