Good workout yesterday!

I got in two sessions. One was a walk at the Galleria at lunch, and while it was still only 3 times around (on my lunch break, and roughly 1.5 miles) it was at a much faster pace than I am used to since my trainer was with me and uhhhh, she doesn't cut me much slack...lol I got back to work completely redfaced, but it was a good feeling.

Then yesterday evening I went through my workout with the increased reps and timing as last week when I struggled so bad (ESPECIALLY with the bridges), and I was able to skim through them easily. However...today I paid for it. My whole backside was sore all.day.long. I could barely sit most of today! I keep repeating that it's a good pain. Ouch! But I'ma do it all over again tomorrow. It's been interesting to see my body adjust so quickly. I knew that it typically DOES, but I've never done this kind of training in order to really see it. Most of mine in the past has been straight cardio. So I'm enjoying it, despite the soreness. My trainer gave me good tools for stretching too, so that does help some.

I'm still struggling to get back on eating. I will say, I have NOT done too bad these last two days, despite all the crap up at work. There were one or two things that I had a small bite of and left alone otherwise, and some things I just had to say "no thanks" to. It's gonna be a rough couple weeks though at least up at work, eating-wise. I'm ready for the new year to be here so things will settle down!

A quiet weekend

It was AF having WAY too much fun, so we didn't do a whole lot the last few days. Thursday and Friday nights we joined Beth and her boys to go see Christmas lights. We had such a fun time!!

Saturday morning, I took D to a Behavioral Center for a consultation. We were there almost 2 hours, and I think it was a good visit. I can't wait for him to start some of the things they are recommending and see the plan they are drawing up. The rest of the day was quiet as AF was being a pain, so I just chilled and worked on the teacher's gifts I'm making for Christmas.

Sunday we didn't do much else except for a couple of store visits for things to finish the teacher gifts with.

Tomorrow is a weigh-in and I'm dreading it after AF this week. :( I don't think I've gained but I sure haven't lost. I haven't eaten that great this week either. I did get in one extra workout aside from Tuesdays, but not the 2 I need. So will have to buckle down this next week. I'm so glad AF is about gone so I can go for a good walk at lunch tomorrow!

Planning for next year

I've been thinkin about some of the things I want to do next year, walking/running related at least. Here's a list of them:

March - Rock N Roll Half
April - Tyler Azalea 10K
May - HEELS AND HILLS HALF
September - HEELS AND HILLS AND HIM HALF
October - Great Urban Race - Fort Worth

I thought about the OKC Half but it is literally the weekend before the H&H Half and I just don't see that happening, and I'm not willing to miss the H&H Half.

So that's my big race plan so far. I'm sure there will be plenty of 5Ks thrown in there too, and we'll see how the year goes. I'm excited about the possibilities though esp as I continue with the trainer.

And speaking of, I had a good session with my trainer on Tuesday evening. She only had to correct a few things in my form, but otherwise I had decent form on most of the exercises. We even bumped up a few things for my 3 times a week workout. Weight did go back up today thanks to AF, but it's not too bad, and I know it will go back down. I'm just making sure to stay hydrated, drinking LOTS of water!

Gettin there

Still a bit sick, yucky cough, but overall I'm feeling ok. My personal trainer comes back tonite and I'm happy to report I've lost 7.2 lbs this week. That may not last long as AF showed up today (oh joy), so I expect it to go up a tad, but at least by next week, it should have evened out.

I'm glad I backed out of the White Rock Half when I did, as it is this coming Sunday. No way would I be able to do it with AF here! Just want to say GOOD LUCK to my friends who are doing the Full, Half, and Relays!!! I'll be thinking about you guys!

Feeling somewhat better

This was the first morning in a week that I didn't wake up feeling like I was choking. You can tell some of the infection is slowly going away. I still have issues with my voice, and a yucky cough, but this is much progress.

We had a decent weekend though I slept most of Saturday, lol. I only got up finally to feed D some lunch, then we both took naps. It was very much needed rest for me! After that, we got our 3 year old houseguest who spent the night with us, and I put up our Christmas tree while the two boys played. I didn't get much sleep but part of that was my own fault for not going to bed til 1245am and part of that was my 5 year old who woke up at 6am and was WIGGLY after that. Sheeesh. Good thing I got all that sleep on Saturday!

We had a fun Sunday today. However, we were a bit disappointed in a planned trip to take cookies to a nursing home and visit with the residents. First, the activity director forgot we were coming so was not there to greet us. Then, the staff acted like we were in the way. It def felt like they were understaffed and couldn't spare anyone to show us around, or even help us out. We could have wandered the halls ourselves but had we just started handing out cookies, we had no way of knowing who was diabetic, who was on a special diet, etc. So we stood around awkwardly for a bit and finally left. :( After that, we had a yummy late breakfast at Denny's, where D ate the whole restaurant. He needs to finish this growth spurt! After a Heels and Hills Run Team late lunch, we did a quick RAK, and then headed to see Santa! D was quite excited that he had a reindeer there too, and loved getting to pet it.

This evening I did my workout to make my 3rd one for the week. I finally managed to find the foam roller that my trainer asked I get so used that too. And now just mentally prepping for the week ahead. It's gonna be a good one!

Day 2 and 3

And still sick! I ended up having to miss work today due to it, and it sucks. I wish my meds would kick in a little faster! But I have some decent cough meds now so we'll see how things go. I really hope this is mostly gone by this weekend as we have some fun plans!

This afternoon, I had a bit of energy come about so I decided to do the workout plan that my trainer gave me. She said to do it 3 times a week, so I could either schedule specific days or I could do it every other day, etc. I figure I'll just plan to do it every other day for now. None of it is really cardio so I can do it without being able to breath that well, though there is an add'l cardio component that I will start doing as I feel better. I felt a bit weak during it, but just made sure to take it slow, make sure I was getting my form correct, and concentrating on the muscles. Afterward, I had NO energy again, but felt good that I got it done. After Tuesday's workout on it, yesterday, I started out not really sore but as the day progressed it got worse. Thankfully by late last night, it wasn't bad again. So we'll see how tomorrow goes.

My food intake has been good but mainly because I don't have much of an appetite. Last night I made some healthyish enchiladas from Beth's recipe: lean ground turkey, whole wheat tortillas, 2% milk cheese. They were good! But today was simple foods because of my throat. I had chicken soup, a banana, some mac n cheese. All very bland things.

So *cough**cough**hack**hack* off I go to bed. Maybe I'll get some good sleep tonite. Or not.

A new month, almost a new year, and a new beginning

Its December 1st...and I've come to the realization that I've now gained back most of what I had lost. I decided a few weeks ago to start with a personal trainer, and found an awesome chick who was willing to, well, personal train me. We had our first session this evening, did all the first stuff like weight, measurements, etc, plus a full run through of my plan. I knew from this mornings weigh-in (I had not weighed since the half marathon over two months ago), that it was going to be bad, so I was prepared. But I sure am not happy about it. So I am using this as further motivation. Our session went really well! She has a plan for me all drawn up, that I will be doing 3 days a week, and its going to WORK ME. I feel really good about it tonite though. Like I'm abit achy, but its a GOOD achy, I feel energized. So I can't wait to see where this goes!

I'll start posting updates again, so might as well get real here. I started this whole process over a year and a half ago at what I think was 350-360 lbs. I don't know for certain as I didn't have a scale at the time, but based on where I am now, and knowing I'm not quite back to that yet (we originally assumed 330), that's my best guess. In a sense I feel like I'm starting over, and in many ways I am.

Starting weight today: 335.8 lbs.

I'm not sure whether or not I will start posting food intake on here again, it gets tedious to do it in two places. But I am going to start counting cals again tomorrow on my phone. And I will keep posting my weight every week, I think. We'll see, I need to tweak it as I go.

That's all for tonite, I'm also battling an Upper Respiratory Infection, so it's been a few long nights! But hopefully I'll start getting better there too.