Monday, November 26, 2007


Day 73:198
Miles wogged last week: 7


I am somewhere between feeling sad that I did not lose any weight this week, and thanking God for the miracle that I did not gain 10 lbs with all the crap I ate. I didn't do too bad.. my portions were small, but what I did eat was hardly healthy. I guess it evened out in the end and left me at 198 for another week. I didn't do a whole lot of exorcising either. In fact I am 3 miles short of my usual 10 mile/week. Weight lifting was weak and I had no enthusiasm. For a little while yesterday I was starting to feel like I wanted to quit...and that somehow I could just stay at 198 for the rest of my life and be happy. Sure I feel good right now, I look better then I did 17 lbs ago.. but come on! I am not going to be happy at this weight if I am still here in a month... so lets get moving.

Today I beat my own record.. I finally ran a 5K!! It was on my treadmill, but still! I have never broken the 3 mile marker before... I did it in 51:28..so it comes out to 17:09 a mile. A snails pace compared to some of you out there.. but at least I did it!! Finally a time I can try to beat!!

My upper body weight lifting this morning was still lacking *umph*... but it felt good and I am glad I did it.

This Friday is the last day in the month of November..(I know, yikes!!) Which means it is the day for my once a month measurements... This week needs to be flawless if I want to see a difference from last month. So, here is to having a perfect week...one day at a time!!

(If your wandering how my Thanksgiving went at MIL's...well, I would like to follow my mother's advice and say nothing at all, since I can't say anything nice!)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Delurking here to say that's AWESOME that you ran 5k!! Who cares if it was on your treadmill, you still ran it and you rock! Someday I hope to run 5k on my treadmill too (right now I'm doing good to run for 90 seconds!) I love reading your blog - keep up the good work!

Laura N said...

Woohoo on the 5k! That's a fabulous milestone to hit.

I totally identify with your feelings about Thanksgiving weight no gain/no loss. Realistically, I think it's going to be really hard to gear up for a major weight loss effort in the month of December. But we can sure try!

Hope it's a good week sweetie.

PearShapedGirl said...

Hi TL, I'm back! It's so great to see how well you're doing. 5K is amazing, congrats on that accomplishment no matter how fast or slow you went. Keep up the great work, I'll be checking back...

Take care,
PSG

Cory said...

Congrats on the 5K! That is so awesome! Good job! Keep up the good work.

~ Jamie ~ said...

congrats on the 5k..very impressive..i am trying to get back into running and it sucks..and congrats on no weight gain either..very hard to just maintain especially around the holidays so that is an accomplishment as well...looking forward to great results this friday..keep up the good work..you can do it!

Fatinah said...

I'm so excited about your 5k - that is just so great!

Tiffany said...

Doesn't feel great to break a personal record. I love the feeling. Congrats on keeping it under 198. I read somewhere that American gain on average of 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas!!