April Update

I'm not upset with this month's results. I mean, anything is better than nothing. I've been fighting a knee injury which made working out hard for a couple of weeks but I seem to be back on track, I think I was doing too much too fast. I also had to get use to Nick being home for dinner again and cooking for 2. I think I've adjusted really well.

Next month will be interesting, leaving for Jamaica on Saturday. Goal: not to gain everything I lost in April back. We'll see!

March Update

I am so proud this month! I did such a great job if I do say so myself :)

10K training is going well and I think actually having a goal in mind is really helpful.

As of my 4/1 weigh-in I have lost more weight in the first quarter of 2012 than I did in all of 2011. Pretty great! I figured out mid-March that if I keep up my current pace I should be at goal by my birthday!!! Woop Woop :)

Mid-March Update

Just an update on what's going on!

• I started my 10k training on February 27th.  I am in week 3 of training and it's going really well.  I haven't had to push myself any extreme distances yet, just a little farther each run.  I guess that's the point of training though, right?  A little bit farther, a little bit harder each time and when you're done you can't believe what you did.
• I have come to discover that I LOVE having a training schedule!  I wake up in the morning and know what workout I have to complete that day before bed time.  I can't wimp out when I get to the gym because I've got to do what I've got to do.  It's really great!
• I'm still up in the air about running outside.  Even though I'm still not sure about all of this outdoor cardio stuff I'm doing it, I'm hoping one day it will hit me that I love it!  I'm conflicted:
• I like my climate controlled gym
• But on the other hand I  like being out and seeing things as I run by.
• I lost a significant amount of weight last week but I'm struggling this week.  Hoping that it all evens out by the end of the month.  I haven't been 'bad' this week I just had a lot of social events (which I was good at).
• Nick is still working, always.  Hopefully that will end by the end of this month.
• We are planning our big vacation for the year!  We would like to go to an all-inclusive place for about 5 nights but we also want it to be reasonable because even though we have plenty of money saved we don't want to spend it all on one trip.

I think that's it for now!  Ta-Ta

February 2012

Pretty pleased with my progress this month all things considered. We went out of town for a long weekend and I ate some fantastic food. We tried to stay really active while we were gone which I'm sure helped because I expected to gain a lot more than I did.

On February 27th I started training for a 10k! So far so good. I could finish a race that length now but I would have to walk a lot. I'm working on endurance and increasing my speed during this training. Race is the first weekend in June so I have some time. Really excited about this.

January 2012 Update

So, if you recall, my big goal for 2012 was to lose weight more rapidly than I did last year.  I'm well on my way to doing that!  I made the below chart to track my weight loss by month since I've been actively trying and keeping track.  The green bars show how much weight I've lost each month and the orange line shows my cumulative weight loss total.  I'm actually very proud of the graph!  So glad I could put my excel skills to work (Thanks Ms. Kovacs!).

I'm well on my way to loosing more weight in 2012 than I did in 2011.  I started the year off with a 9 day cleanse and I lost 11 lbs in those 9 days!  The cleanse ended on January 9th and I'm proud to say that I kept the weight off through the month of January.  If I continue to lose at that rate I'll be down to my goal weight in no time (although, I won't be doing a cleanse every month so I have moderate expectations for non-cleanse months).  Some months will go better than others but I've just got to keep working.

I'm hoping to update the below graph every month and share it here as that will force me to blog more as well as keep me accountable.  Don't want to see any more of those October 2010 - May 2011 months (at least not that many in a row).  Thanks for your support!