Comments(0) I’ve been kinda MIA the last little bit, trying to wrap up the school year, finding a rental for next year, finding a job for next year, wedding planning, etc. etc. I’ve only worked out once in the past week, but I’ve been doing pretty good keeping my calories in check.
Going to the gym tomorrow!
Comments(2) Not a great couple of days. I was all pumped up to do really well this week and then….BLAH. It just hasn’t happened. It’s a weird week at school with testing and I’m a little sick and I just haven’t been into it. Yesterday, I didn’t work out and then had an oreo disaster at the end of the day. Tried to recover today but didn’t quite make it. Still didn’t work out. Got fussed out by my little sister over the phone.
I keep trying to find that magic thing that keeps me motivated and in line. I know exactly what I need to do. I have a plan. I’ve done this before. It’s just a matter of diving in and doing it.
Comments(2) I was doing pretty well last week until the weekend grew closer and my eating got a little out of hand. I did a mini-triathlon with my mom this week and was happy with completing it successfully without much training. My time wasn’t great, but I just proud that my endurance and athletic confidence is high enough that I can just decide to do a triathlon or half-marathon without much preparation and finish!
I’m buckling back down to really get some results the next few weeks. My last day of school is June 13th and I WILL finish this year at 122 pounds. I will be starting my wedding dress fittings about that time. Between then and my last fitting, about a month later, I WILL lose those last 5 pounds. Now is not the time for more excuses or procrastination.
I’ve been doing really well with my cardio, fruit/veggie, and logging goals. I need to work on keeping my calories in control and fitting in those strength training workouts. But I’m getting on a schedule and READY to have some success this week! I told my sisters that I would be 5 pounds lighter the next time I see them and I live up to my promises. Maximum calorie totals are FOR REAL this week. No more than 1600.
This is it. I can’t wait!!!! : )
Comments(0) I’ve enlisted the help of my sweet, kind, forgiving, younger sister to be my “personal trainer” for the wedding. She calls me every night just to check up on my progress and keep me accountable. She’s only in high school, but fortunately has always been very athletic and healthy and has a really good self image. She kinda scolds me if I skip a workout or eat a bit too much.
The OTHER sister is not as sweet or forgiving. She has always been thin and was very athletic as a child and could eat whatever she wanted and never thought twice about it. The past year she has become so ridiculously self righteous about nutrition it drives me up the freaking wall. She has gone from lean to almost gaunt over the past couple years and obsesses about calories far more than any certified nutritionist has ever. We are very close in age and appearance but she is about 20 pounds (or possibly more) smaller than me. When people in my life meet her they are always AMAZED how “she looks JUST look you, but TINY!”
I think that seeing me fluctuate between weights over the years is one of the reason she has recently become so paranoid about her own weight, but she also obsesses over my diet as well. There is never enough fiber in my cereal, few enough calories in my lunch, too many glasses of water, etc. etc. I love her, but sometimes it’s just hard to be around her because she’s so judgmental about everything.
She is home for the summer so she’s been encouraged my other sister to be meaner to me in my daily check-ups. She’s my Jillian and the younger one is my Bob. (If you are a Biggest Loser fan, you understand.) But today, she can can just kiss those extra two slices of pizza on my ass because I’m just not in the mood today and I’m doing a damn triathlon on Saturday.
I’d like to see her skinny ass swim 300 meters, bike 12 miles, and run 3. In under 2 hours.
Okay, I got that out of my system. I’m just giggling with the silliness of all this now. I’m going to dance around the house while I clean for a mini-workout and go to bed!
Have a great evening, ladies!!!!!!!!!
Comments(3) Just finished a really lovely run…I saw two students from my class! It always makes me feel like the ultimate badass teacher when my kids see me run, lol. It’s really cute when I see other kids from school who don’t know I run and they’ll turn surprised to their friend or to me and exclaim, “La maestra?!” (I work in an area with a really high Hispanic population.)
Things have also just taken an new turn in another arena of my life and I’m just really excited to see what the next few weeks and months will bring! : )
I have to get everything ready for the big class trip to the zoo tomorrow, but I’ll see y’all soon!
Comments(2) So excited about week two! I was exactly on track today until about 8:00 when I started cooking sweets for my students. (They were unnaturally good today. So they get brownies/cookies. I kinda spoil them.) I really can’t resist a no bake cookie! And I always convince myself they are healthy because they have oatmeal (whole grains!) and milk (calcium!) and peanut butter (protein!) in them. Which is kind of silly because they mostly have a lot of sugar. And chocolate of course.
So I had a little calorie add on tonight and I rolled some of the excess calories over to tomorrow’s count. (I know that’s cheating but I do it all the time. It makes me feel better. And if I cut out a snack tomorrow then I can still keep to my limit even starting the day with 250 calories.)
But I kept up in step aerobics and my favorite part was when the really cute instructor with kind of limited English told us to put our hands “under your goodies” when we sat on our hands while doing leg lifts.
I’m hiding the cookies and brownies in tupperware at the bottom of my school bag and going to sleep. See y’all tomorrow!
Comments(5) I certainly haven’t been perfect this week… but I’ve managed to wriggle down a little on the scale. I’m back down to about what I’ve been the past couple months. When I had my official first weigh in last week I was freaked out because it was higher than usual, but I think it was just water weight so it’s actually not really that much of an accomplishment to get back down to 131, but at least my weight tracker looks successful now!
Even though I went a little over on my calorie totals almost each day, I did manage to get in all my cardio for the week. (I had to get 75 minutes in today to catch up, but hey, I did it!) I think I’m posed to have a really good second week and actually lose a real pound or two!
Comments(2) It’s my very first Teacher Appreciation Week as a teacher so I’m learning that means lots of snacks! We’ve had all kinds of goodies around the school and tomorrow I’m baking a huge cake (I’ll post a picture when I’m done) for all the other teachers so I’ve really really got to watch the sweets. (I’m really bad about snacking on cake scraps and frosting when I decorate.)
I’m doing well staying on track with my exercises and I always know yesterday’s workout was a success when I feel it walking the stairs at school. Nutrition is another story. It’s kind of a stretch to count the blueberries in a giant muffin and potato salad as my fruits and veggies for the day! Tomorrow I’ll cut back a little bit to make up for a little bit of over-calorieing today. (1600 is technically my daily limit, but I always end up a little over. A low maximum keeps me more in line.)
I’m excited to be making friends here! I’ll see you all tomorrow! : )
Comments(1) I think I’m ready to make my official goals. I do really well with official goals. I ran every day for 9 months (I was aiming for a year, so technically I do really well with official goals until I mess up one day and I just say, “eh.”)
Until the end of the school year, June 13th, this what I will be doing:
These are goals that I’ve been playing with for months, but haven’t officially committed to until… today!
I’ll keep you updated! Feel free to add me as a buddy… I’m still trying to learn my way around.
Comments(0) I’ve almost always carried a little extra weight, but been pretty athletic. Twice in the 7 years or so, I’ve gotten done to what I consider MY ideal weight. It’s about feeling energetic, being able to run and perform at the level I want, being able to feel confident and happy in any clothes or situation.
The last time I lost weight, I ran it off training for a marathon that couldn’t happen in the end because of an overuse injury. I stayed a weight that made me happy for a year and then gradually let it creep back up.
After really struggling in my first year teaching this year, I feel like I’m finally getting things back on track. And everything else in my life is pretty much perfect. I’m extremely blessed to be dating someone that makes me feel beautiful and happy and challenges me to be the best person I can be. And I’m absolutely thrilled to be marrying him this August and finally ending over 2 years of long-distance with him.
I really want this to be the turning point in my life where I take control of my weight and my health once and for all. For my wedding, for my married life, for my future family, for me.
So I’m here.
