Hi all - not a good week but not a bad week. Between Thanksgiving and my daughter's birthday, I am glad I didn't gain anymore than the 2 lbs I keep losing. But now there isn't anything to stop me - I am not a big sweets eater so it is just watching portions and continue to work out I am glad I got in the workouts I did. However I was very diasppointed at my Y as all the classes on Friday were cancelled with no notice. I had hoped to take a stretching class that is only offered during the day. Oh well, went upstairs and did the TM for 2 miles.

A local running store is offering a really cool item - for $100 they will help get one ready for the spring St. Louis marathon, including very slow pace groups. They will offer coaching, long runs on Sunday, presentations on nutrition and not hurting one's self (which I usually do) - so it is on my Christmas list!

I hope everyone has better posts!

Tracy - great new about the PR on the 10K.
Peggy - it sounds like you had a good week too.

Kathie

I haven't been dieting (so eating more), been exercising less...

And my weight is steady.

I don't get my body.

I really don't get my body.

Who said it was simple? I'm considered highly intelligent and this requires way too much of my thought.

Started my dieting again Saturday. Can already feel the difference in my workouts.
Sometimes being the lighter weight does not seem worth it... my health is not affected... my boyfriend thinks I'm sexy... I'm strong and fit... So why do I care so much?
But obviously I do.

Don't remember if I posted last week, but I was down .5 to 136 as of last Wednesday. Thanksgiving didn't go too bad, but I didn't get in my Friday run due to not wanting to get up early on my vacation day, and then being busy running around shopping.

I'm using all my WW flex points this week as part of Thanksgiving WI week and as an experiment. If I lose any weight this week with eating all my flex points, I think I'm going to stick with that amount from here to goal weight (7lbs), and ease my way to maintenance and through the rest of the holidays. Even if it takes me several more weeks to reach goal, I like the idea of ramping up more to maintenance. Instead of hitting goal and going hog-wild, I'll be more practiced in knowing how to add points in a healthy way, say more milk with my breakfast, more healthy foods through-out the day vs a cup of ice cream every night. I think that's where I've gone wrong on previous attempts, I burn myself out all the way up to goal, then relax, start making not-so-good choices, and end up gaining weight back, but too burnt out to feel like being "good" anymore.

This weekend Mom bought me some cold-weather gear at Dick's. Yay for moms! I got an UnderArmour mock turtle neck, UA gloves, UA facemask/balaclava thing, another long sleeve shirt and a wind/water-proof, breathable jacket. Fortunately, it's been warm enough the past couple of mornings that I haven't gotten the chance to break them out. Unfortunately, the high for Thursday is 26.

Hermowninny - Yay for fitting into dresses. My sister, who's down over 100 lbs, fit into a size 10 dress my mom had from going on a cruise. It looks awesome! Then Saturday, my other sister and I went out and tried on a bunch of evening dresses, just for the fun of it. Always fun to have options, instead of having to go with one of the 1-2 size 18 dresses in a store!

Everyone else, great job on all your work, and know that you're only setting yourself up for future successes with every second of exercise and every good food choice you make!

sorry to hear about the injury Tracy Definitely take it easy and give yourself permission to stop and walk if you need to. I ended up missing a 20+ miler during my training b/c I was really sick. I was sooo upset and thought it was really going to "spoil" my training, but come race day, I still felt very prepared, so if your 18 doesn't turn out to be 18, don't sweat it, I'm sure the rest of your training will be sufficient.

It's definitley been an up and down week for me. I had a great run tuesday. I feel like I've gained some of my fitness back, since I started running consistantly again in Sept. Now 3 miles just seems like a warm up and not a run. Along with this, I'm beginning to get what I call my "tree-trunk" legs back. Just lots o muscle. This is good too, b/c I don't actually build up thick legs, but they feel a lot stronger.
Now for the down side though... Food. UGH!
For the most part, I've been eating well. I've made reasonable, healthy choices, and have managed to stop eating at night on several occasions. But for my body, that is not enough. I know for me losing weight is all about the food. I don't run enough for it to make a significant contribution. But it seems like I can't afford one bite too many, or one less than optimal choice. I'm definitley up from that one pound loss, and I honestly think I've had a pretty good week. (until yesterday).
Yesterday morning when I woke up, I tried on a pair of pants that I haven't worn for a while and they pretty much fit. I could have kept them on, but I think they seemed a bit tight still, so I thought maybe by Friday they would look a little better. I was feeling very positive about have a great run the day before and feeling better about my body. But then, for some unknown reason, I ate junk in the afternoon.
I had yogurt for breakfast, and brought an orange as a snack. I got out of school early and came back home for lunch. I had some veggie soup and a ww roll. But then I just didn't stop eating. This happens to me at night quit a bit, I've been better recently, but I really don't know why it happens or when. Anyway, by the late afternoon I managed to eat a piece of pizza from my roomate, tons of ginger snaps (they are a more healthy type, but not when you eat handfuls) some cottage cheese and piece of pumpkin pie.
I was having a really unproductive/lazy afternoon evening, so at about 7:00 I decided to go to the gym for a run. It was going to be a rest day, b/c my quads are a bit sore, but decided I wouldn't get anything done at the house, and I just ate all that junk, so a run could be helpful. The run was horrible! In the past I've always had a hard time with treadmills, but in the past few weeks I've actually had some ok/good ones. Well last night was the typical, looking at the clock every two minutes/can't get into it thing. I managed to do 3 miles which seemed endless until I got off and didn't even feel like I had a "real" workout.
After that I was hungry, so I had a little more cottage cheese, but later a friend stopped by and my housemate made a big batch of popcorn, which I had more of. ugh.
Sorry this is so long and rambly. I'm really frustrated with myself, b/c I can't manage to be "perfect" with my diet all the time, and that is really what my body seems to require for me to lose. It's not an option to keep all the junk out b/c my housemate had tons of junk all the time, and her grandmother brings by treats for us at least once a week.
I could really use some encouragement and any suggestions for how to stop eating once you start. Also do you have any rules or guidelines you follow to keep on track? Maybe I should cut out the sugar completely again, I did this for a week, and it was ok, until I gave into grandma's chocolate chip cookies that had been staring me down all week.
Again, I appologize this is so long winded. Hopefully today will be a better day. Best of luck to all of you!