• Saturday: went to the gym in the afternoon and did
45 minutes on the elliptical followed by a super short 12 minute strength
training session. I haven’t strength
trained in over a month, so I thought I’d kind of ease back into it. I picked 2 exercises and did 3 sets of
each. I did push press and barbell
deadlifts.
• Sunday: I was going to go run 10 miles but since I
didn’t get everything done on Saturday that I had planned to get done due to
the fact that I ended up being exhausted from working three 16 hour shifts in a
row on Wednesday/Thursday/Friday nights.
So, I just went for a 3.25 mile walk around my apartment complex to
ensure that I hit my 10K steps for the day and got all my food prepping and
laundry done.
• Monday: the ORIGINAL plan was to run 10 miles on
Sunday and 7 on Monday. However, the 10
didn’t get run on Sunday and then my doctor’s appointment I had for 8:15 Monday
morning got canceled at 8pm on Sunday evening (mhm…if I had called them at 8pm
the night before my appointment to cancel, they would have charged me a $100
late cancellation fee…but whatever), so I set out to run a 10K distance to earn
another virtual race medal! But, you
know how some runs are easy and some runs are…well…some runs aren’t. This one wasn’t easy. It was probably a mix of the fact that I’m not
used to the high humidity we’re having this month plus allergens in the air
because post run I just couldn’t really catch my breath.
• Tuesday: was hoping to pick up an OT shift Monday night
but no dice. So, I went to the gym and
did 60 minutes on the elliptical followed by another 2 exercise strength
training session. This time I did
decline bench press and walking lunges.
Including the weight of the bar, I had 75# loaded for the decline bench
press. Then I just held a 25# weight
plate in each hand for the lunges. I
think I have decided that for strength training I will just ease my way back
into it. Probably through the end of
this month, I’ll keep it to just 1 exercise each for upper and lower body per
session. Next month I’ll add 1 exercise
each to upper and lower body. Then, a
couple/few weeks later added a third and so on until the workout takes me about
45 minutes.
• Wednesday: was going to do a second day in a row at
the gym, but then remembered that my friend Heather gave me an extra copy of
the new Shaun T workout program Cize.
So, I figured I’d give that a try and selected the first workout in the
program: Crazy 8’s. It’s a 30 minute
dance workout and let me tell you, it was FUN!
I’m not a Beachbody coach or rep, but if you’re looking for a fun
workout, I am recommending Cize. I can
point you in the direction of a couple friends that are Beachbody coaches that
can help you, if you’re interested and don’t know anyone that’s a coach,
also. Anyway, I loved this workout and
burned over 300 calories in just 30 minutes.
And I wasn’t even giving it my all because my back was hurting a little
bit and I didn’t want to throw it out.
• Thursday: I had my medication follow up appointment
with my doctor at 8:15 and then I was going to go run the 7 mile loop at
Ladybird Lake hike & bike trail.
However, it had been raining pretty hard for a few hours and the trail
was completely flooded, so I wasted an hour driving there and then back
home. I decided that, since about half
of where I would run on the sidewalks near where I live was also flooded, that
I would give the treadmill a go. Eeek! If you know me at all, you know I hate the
treadmill. My friend gave me her Netflix
login and I pulled out the tablet that Verizon gave me for free when I bought
my phone last summer for the first time.
It worked fantastic! I watched
Supernatural while I ran on the treadmill for 65 minutes and logged 6.35
miles. I do have to say that after 30
minutes, I was more aware of the fact that I was STILL on the treadmill. The first 30 minutes weren’t too bad,
though. And, now that I’ve survived 65
minutes on the treadmill…maybe it’ll be an option for a few summer runs when
I’m not able to pry myself out of bed at 5:30am to beat the heat or hit the
pavement after work. Plus, I was able to
hold a pace closer to 10 min/mi without a huge effort, so that makes me
happy.
Also, earned a new FitBit badge this week:
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Not only was my doctor’s appointment being canceled less
than 24 hours annoying enough, but the appointment was to evaluate how I was
doing on a new medication that he gave me samples of. And he only gave me 2 weeks’ worth of samples,
so I took my last sample pill on Wednesday.
So I called first thing Monday morning when they opened the office at 8am
to reschedule my appointment for as soon as possible. Thankfully I was able to reschedule for
Thursday morning. Whew!
I started off this week back in the 170’s! Then on Monday I was up in the 180’s
again. Then Tuesday back in the 170’s. Haha.
I know with daily weigh ins that there will be lots of fluctuation. Like I said last week, so long as my general
trend is downward and indicating weight loss, then I’m all good. And frankly, that’s exactly what’s going
on. The first 2 weeks of this month, I
lost 6 pounds. This week, I lost an
additional 4.5 pounds!!! My goal right
now is basically to fit into my new work uniforms (by the end of June) without
having to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes.
Because, I *CAN* get them on, but it’s not exactly comfortable. I know with every pound that I lose, the more
toward comfortable those new uniforms will be.
Oh, and so you know, the uniforms fit like a glove when I got fitted for
them back at the beginning of December.
But then December hit me full force and, well, December isn’t a good
month for me on an emotional level. I
thought I was prepared for it, but I really wasn’t. Things had been going so well for me the 3
months prior to December, so I let my guard down and didn’t see it coming at
all, even though I totally should have.
I won’t let that happen again.
I’ll make adjustments in preparation this year. Maybe I’ll step up to weekly visits with my
therapist during December? I’ll
definitely work toward distracting myself better with working out and portion
control. Anyway, way off subject
there. Here’s this week’s screenshot of
my daily weigh ins:
Eating has gone quite well this week. In fact, on one occasion I actually forgot to
eat breakfast until it was time to get ready for work. Oops!
But hey, I’m not really complaining because that means I’m not obsessing
over food right now! Huge non-scale
victory right there!
Saturday, I had a piece of pizza that was left over from
work Friday’s night shift overtime. It
was the Domino’s Veggie and it was quite tasty!
I also ate plain Greek yogurt (0% fat) with raspberries and sweet’n’low,
a bacon wrapped chopped venison steak that a friend gave me a while back and
will be happy to know I finally ate, then some cereal and a rice cake for
dinner. Ha. Sunday I had my rice Chex cereal with cashew
milk for breakfast, tested out one of my turkey burger wraps for lunch with the
last bit of the 0% plain Greek yogurt and raspberries, then went to Jason’s
Deli and tried out their Wild Salmon-wich and got the mixed fruit with yogurt
dip side and finished off the 2 meatballs my friend’s daughter didn’t want off
her plate. I ended the day with a
migraine and so had a couple ginger chews.
I did have a coupon for a free short stack of pancakes that I had
intended to use over last weekend, but decided not to use. First reason was I was going to use it after
my run and I didn’t go for a run over the weekend. Second reason was that I actually didn’t feel
like having pancakes. WIN! I have turned down a good amount of indulgent
foods over the past week and a half and I’m very proud of myself. Also, my stomach has already shrunk and I get
full so much easier and faster now. WIN
again!
I didn’t work much overtime this week (just 1 shift), so I
had almost max workout opportunity and I took full advantage of it! I did some form of activity every day, even
if it was to just go for a walk around the parking garage at work to hit my 10K
steps for that day. While I hate not
getting much overtime, I do love getting to workout almost every day. I can’t wait until overtime is a thing of the
past for me. I know all the overtime I
work is a big factor in why it’s such a challenge for me to lose weight AND
keep it off. But, as I’ve said many
times before, I love a good challenge.
The biggest challenge for me has been getting myself balanced
emotionally and lowering my stress levels.
A big help that I’ve recently gotten was my doctor changed my mood
stabilizer medication and I have so much more energy and feel happier and just
generally feel “normal.” Or, at least,
my idea of what “normal” should feel like.
It does make my insomnia a little worse, but I’m hoping as my body
tolerates the medication better, that side effect will go away as insomnia is
not listed as a side effect of the medication.
(And, no I will not tell you the name of it because just because it
works wonders for me doesn’t mean it will for you…you and your doctor need to
determine what will work the best for you if you need that kind of medication.)
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