17.4 May 19, 2010

I’m down 17.4!

Ugh, I just want to hit that 20 lb mark!

I lost 3 lbs this past week, but it wasn’t because I tracked or ate right or worked out at all. I was actually supposed to be on Week 4 of p90x last week. On Tuesday, I came down with a stomach bug. Sorry for the TMI, but I was spending hours on the john every day for almost 8 days. I was exhausted and my body was achy. I ate anything I could and drank Power.ade like it was going out of style so I didn’t dehydrate. The night before my weigh in, I actually went out to all-you-can-eat-buffet. I wonder how much weight I would have lost if it wasn’t for that.

So, now I’m behind on p90x so I was thinking about going back and doing week 3 again to start fresh.

Then, a conversation with some high school friends on face.book changed my mind.

P90X has been tough because it’s an hour or 1.5 hours per workout. With us moving, the boys both having sleep issues, me being sick, etc., it’s totally been hard to stick with it.

At the same time, a friend at work is trying to convince me to do a sprint triathlon in my town in September.

So….

I’m come up with a plan.

I’ve ordered the Jillian.Michaels 30.day.Shred from amaz.on and will do that hard core for 30 days. Then, I will be about 13 weeks away from the triathlon, so I start the 12 week beginner’s triathlon training.

If I get through all that, I will go back to p90x after the triathlon or incorporate some of it into my “strength training” part of the tri-training.

All that while sticking with WW.

This week has already gotten off to a horrific start. Dylan’s Baptism is this upcoming Sunday. And it’s almost like since I know I won’t go to my weigh-in on Sunday morning, I’m not being good.

But I’m not going to let a few bad days sink my entire week. I’m back on track today and will hopefully get the Shred dvd in the mail today so I can start it tomorrow!

Then, my brother’s wedding is on Sat., so that will probably be another points-fest.

Oh well. I’m sticking with what I can at this point.

I’m not happy that I’m not more than 17.4 pounds down after 10 weeks but I need to stay positive and remind myself that I’m down 17.4 lbs! Dammit!!

I also won this week of the Biggest.Loser at work! I’m going to spend my $5 on lotto tickets! LOL

B.iggest L.oser Week One Down May 22, 2008

Sorry sorry sorry for not posting.

My busy life seems to be having quite an impact on my blogging and facebook lives!

We made it through Week 1 of the B.iggest L.oser at work. I came in second being down 2.4%.

I wasn’t as good as I could have been last week but I lost 4.4 lbs. I went from 183.2 to 178.8.

My weight loss is:

Overall Down 26.8 lbs

Biggest Loser Week 1 down 4.4 lbs

I must admit that I still am not working out and fully admit that once I start, the pounds will fly off even quicker. I keep thinking I can get up at the crack of dawn, but I’ve been too tired lately.

I’m going to start on the treadmill in the next day or so just so I don’t have to write one more post about how I’m not working out at all!

The food was okay this week. I wasn’t the best, actually last night was my worst night in a long time including a hot dog, some BBW chicken, a baked potato and macaroni salad. I’m PMSing, so I didn’t care. I just figured I’ll cross off about 15 or 20 of my extra weekly points for my transgression yesterday.

I’ve also fallen back in love with T.rader J.oes. I got some of those fruit floes fat free ice pops and some frozen ahi tuna steaks. I made the tuna on the grill Friday night and it was a small success. It was pretty good, but if I had defrosted it a day sooner and marinated it longer, it would have been even better.

My mother is spending an occasional night at our house for dinner since she is laid up on crutches and is renting a room with no kitchen. I want to try a salmon recipe that my brother talked about – something about tomatoes and other veggies, some parchment paper and an oven.

Is anyone else playing along out there?

BTW – inlocoparentis….I billed 172 hours last month and am on track for about 90 this month!!! Ouch.