Waiting on Results

I know I haven't posted in a while! I've fallen off the wagon for a few weeks. I took some rest time after all that work and then when I planned to get going again, last week I got sick, so that messed me up again. I'm trying to get back in the groove, but not running as far as I was so hopefully my woman cycle will return to normal since I'm still waiting on the return of my period after 2 months.

Next week should be when they announce the results for the challenge for our local gym. I'm excited to finally know if I won my division or not. We'll see. I'll post either way for sure.

I was very pleasantly surprised this morning to receive a sweet message on facebook from a friend of my youngest sister, Molly. She has 2 year old too and told me that I have inspired her by sharing my journey on there. How sweet! I'm excited that she took the time in her day to share that with me and it really brightened my day. It is also inpiration to get back on track and continue on my journey. Thanks!

I MADE IT!

I actually completed my first ever 10k run today and ran all 6.2 miles without walking. I ran it in 54 minutes and 11 seconds and was 115th out of 709 girls in my 25-29 age division. I am so proud of myself and my accomplishment! It was such a great feeling! Yay! They had photographers set up all over the race so I should see pictures in another week or so, so I'll share those if any are good that I order.
Oh, and Lillian and Mom stood by the fence by the finishline to cheer me on in the end. It was great to see Lillian's big smile! It was really tough....I'm glad I worked up to 9 miles on the treadmill because switching to roads and adding hills really gets you! I could have called it quits at the 5 mile mark, but pushed myself to the finish! The fun parts were at the mile markers where they had a live band playing music while people handed out water. It was fun to see what was next.



Special thanks to my mom for watching Lillian during the race. She said she had fun and enjoyed seeing everything. Brandon ran and walked with Andrew around a shorter distance. Both kids were very good considering waking up early and all the sitting in strollers. It was a good day!

3 Days Until the 10k

I did one heck of a Body Attack class this morning. It was and always is a killer, but like the song says, "it hurts so good." One class that always really makes me work and I feel great when I leave. There was an insert in the Statesman yesterday about the 10k with lots of pictures from last year and info and the race map. I hung it on the fridge to look at! I can't wait to do it!

4 days until my 10k

I had a great Body Pump class today and ran 3.25 miles beforehand! I am pumped and ready! Just counting down!

Counting Down to the Race

So I've already weighed in....oh and i forgot to mention a cool thing yesterday when I weighed in...the trainer who measured me and did my assessment after doing all my measurements and weight, was writing it down on the form and said, "Wow, you've worked hard!" That felt good to hear her say! After all, she does this all the time.

Anyway, I'm done with that...until I find out the results. So I'm counting down until Sunday and my 10k...at 8 a.m., I'll be running the farthest race of my life. I'm excited about it. I go pick up my packet and t-shirt on Friday.

Today I did 63 minutes on the elliptical trainer and then ran 10 minutes...1.11 miles plus ab exercises and push-ups. 5 days to go!

The Challenge is Over!!!!

I'm so relieved to be done! I weighed in at 10 o'clock this morning, so I didn't eat or drink anything until then and was starving!!! I weighed myself this morning and was at 138! I did what I wanted to do from last week. I lost 22 lbs in 12 weeks and lost 10% of my body fat! I didn't write down the inches I lost, but I lost a lot too...obviously if I lost that much weight and changed clothing sizes!

So now, I want to maintain if not lose a little more, so I just need to be watching my calories, but not as strictly as I was since there is no deadline now. I'm excited to splurge every now and then and finally eat those girl scout cookies in my freezer!

There are still 3 rounds of people behind me that started the challenge after me. They started it each Monday in January, so I have to wait until those people are done and then we will find out the results! Crossing my fingers that I win something for my effort!

Now I'm just looking forward to Sunday when I run the 10k! Another goal will be accomplished off my list! :)

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! I'm so ready to weigh-in tomorrow and be done with the challenge! I am looking forward to a big juicy burger from Mighty Fine tomorrow evening! Yum!

I panicked for a minute earlier when I got an email from Golds saying weigh-ins wouldn't begin until 1 tomorrow! Yikes...I don't think I could wait that long. I called and they said I could come in at 10! Yay! I have to drop Lillian at school at 9 anyway, so I can do that and take my time and go work out a little and then weigh-in and take my picture and then leave and eat something! :)

Yesterday, I ran the furthest in my life...9 miles! It was an awesome feeling. Today I just went and did the elliptical for 45 minutes. It is Easter after all and I just wanted to make sure I got some exercise in today. I'll post my weigh-in results tomorrow. Fingers crossed for me, please! I still won't know about if I won anything for another 3-4 weeks, but I'll be done....besides running my 10k a week from today!

Happy Easter!

My Soup Diet is Working!

My soup diet is working! Basically all I'm eating for dinner and lunch this week is soup except a couple of days, but still ate really low calories. I was thrilled to weigh myself this morning and see I was down half a pound from my lowest point, so I'm down 20.5 pounds now and seeing a number I've never seen on the scale! I'm at 139.5...the 130's! Wow! I'm still shocked. I'm hoping to get down to at least 138 by Monday for the weigh-in...we'll see.

I worked really hard in Body Pump this morning and also worked out on an elliptical type machine while waiting on class to begin for 8 minutes and it said I burned 50 calories. Then I ran 3.1 miles after class.

I can't believe Monday is almost here! I'll be taking that final photo, be measured, and weighed for the completion of the challenge! And 1 week from Sunday I'll be running a 10k! My life has definitely changed and I feel great about it!

4 days to go

I really sweated and worked my heart out in Body Attack today! It was an awesome workout! It was all I got in with a busy morning running the kids around to different places, but I'm sticking with my strict diet and think it is paying off.

I went up a couple of pounds since my cheating last week for my birthday. I think what happened was taking in the extra calories and then doing extra body pump lead to some muscle gain because it sure didn't feel like I gained any weight and I felt leaner. So after this extra dieting this week, I'm back down to the 20 lb loss. I have to keep this and maybe get off a pound or 2 more by Monday! I'm working so hard! Easter candy....I'll see you next week!