A very bad week... and a very good week!

There is no way I am going to lose weight this week. Maybe if I go on a hard core fast for the next few days I can make up for the damage I have done to my diet! I am in Portland starting my Doctorate program and getting mentored by one of my heroes and definitely one of the best in the business! He has taken us out for steak and lobster and wine and beer and everything and I have just indulged. I haven't had time to exercise much at all besides walking around the city! I am in for some sad news when i get home, but I am going to get back on it right away! I get home on Sunday and then it is back to work for my body!!! I will be thrilled if I am anywhere close to what I was when I left. If I am still under 255, I'm very happy!

I'll take it!

Well, i lost another pound this week! I think that’s pretty good, considering I weighed myself a day early and I had a Pizzone last night! Plus, I started phase 3 of the diet and so my body needs to get used to that. I’m cool with 1 pound lost and without working out this next week at all, I have a feeling I’m going to lose some muscle and my weigh in will probably be pretty good! So I’m down to 151.6 which is 18.4 pounds lost so far! I’m going to Portland, OR to start on my doctoral work tomorrow morning bright and early!

I did it!

Well I made it all the way through the "Couch to 5k" Week 3 workout today. It is amazing to me how much better I did than just 5 days ago when I struggled to get through half of it! I'll go to the gym later tonight and go through Week 3 again next week so that I can get through it 3 times before I progress on to Week 4. I'm happy and I'm motivated!

Good day yesterday!

I really pushed myself yesterday! I am so sore today, I feel like a truck ran me over! I made so much progress on my running program! I got through 3 out of 4 sections of it and halfway through the 4th one! My goal is to get through at least 2/3 or the 4th section tomorrow and then do the whole thing 3 times next week! I ran, lifted weights, did 30 more minues of cardio at the gym, and then had band practice! It felt good to push myself, but I think I'm gonna take another day off today!

Good News!

Well I am very happy today. I went and lifted weights last night and I weighed myself and I was at 252.6. So I lost 2.4 pounds this week! I weighed myself on Saturday and it was 154, so I was disappointed... but my hard work these last couple of days really paid off. I did like 10 minutes of cardio at the gym and I'm gonna take today off all the way and take on my week 3 running program tomorrow ( and kick it's butt!).

tough run

I'm a little disappointed... and i'm not sure what to do. I tried to start week 3 of my running program, but I could only get through half of it. My legs just feel dead... I pushed myself pretty hard yesterday so I think I will just lift weights today and take tomorrow off altogether. Hopefully by Wednesday I will be able to make some more progress!

Pumped up!

I'm pretty pumped up today! I went to the gym to just do cardio and I ran on the elliptical machine for 45 minutes. Now, that might not seem that big of a deal to some people, but I haven't ran for that long in about 10 years. To top that, I did 4.53 miles in that time which means I kept up 10 minute miles for 45 minutes. I couldn't believe that I could do that! I'm gonna try to start week 3 in my 5k plan later this evening when it cools down!