Weigh Day #54

Day 376: Run 127

Weigh day report:
Well I think I'm finally back on track with my eating and am starting to lose weight again. Hooray! Today I weighed 188.8 lbs. I just need to break past by barrier at 182. That's where I got stuck and couldn't seem to lose more, but watch out because I'm taking that number down!!!

 

My run today was partially devastating simply because my phone died on me. It's getting old and I have been having problems with it holding a charge. Also I think that Nike + (which is the tracker I am now using) is draining my battery more than my old tracker. So an old battery combined with a life sucker equals dead. 

• Motivation:  I have a new motivator... it's called pre-pregnancy/pre-conception. Before I even start trying to have kids I have got to get my weight down. I have been reading a book called before your pregnancy and it has been very informative, however it is also quite obvious that the healthier you are before pregnancy the healthier you will be during pregnancy and after. NO, we are NOT trying yet! I am just obsessed with being informed and I think people are reading a little too much into it.

• Listening to:  Until my phone died I was listening to Imagine Dragons, Awolnation, Neon Trees and Skrillex

• Thankful for: The sprinklers on at the park!

Route &Stats:

Sorry because my phone died I wasn't able to finish and save my run, so Nike + doesn't even acknowledge that I started a run today.... LAME!

New Run Tracker

Day 362: Run 121

So I tried Map My Run and Nike Plus as new run trackers and I think I am going to stick to Nike Plus for a little while longer and see how it turns out

Unfortunately the two runs I went on with these two new trackers were horrible runs. I ran super duper slow and it felt like I was lumbering the whole time :( Not cool! I am going to blame it on the hot weather though! Today was much cooler and I ran what I feel is a normal pace for me. For me I feel like a 12 minute mile is pretty average. I have faster ones and slower ones, it depends on what percentage of the mile I walk and what percentage of the mile I run.

So it is weigh day 51 I think and to be quite honest I am very disappointed. I weigh the same. 190.4lbs.  I started to think my scale was broken but it had no problem telling me when I was heavier than 190.4 this week.

 

SO my goal for this week is to track every single little morsel of food that crosses my lips. Every last crumb or drop will be documented!! I have to get down to my goal weight, I just gotta!!! I'm so tired of being large! My height doesn't help when it comes to being large. You think oh she's 5'2", she's little, well being 5'2" makes me WIDER!! If I were just a few inches taller I would not be so LARGE!

• Motivation:  DON'T WANT TO BE LARGE NO MO! (Yes, I understand double negatives, but you get the point, don't be so nit picky. Sheesh)

• Listening to:  Skrillex, Volbeat, Icona Pop, and Britney Spears

• Thankful for: The cool weather!

Route and Stats:

This is cool because it shows you where you ran the fastest and where you ran the slowest. Green is the fastest and red is the slowest!

Also the calories on this one are much closer to what I really lost. My fitness pal says 581 and this says 559, where as Endomondo would have said like 800.

 

Fierce, Yet Frustrated

Today is actually Day 357 and July 20th will be my year mark(my counting was off by a week)

Day 357: Run 118

Let's start with the frustration. I currently weigh 190.4lbs... what the explicative?! WHY? I have been running my arse off. Yes my eating is not perfect, but it's not horrible either. I should be maintaining not gaining.

On top of that my tracker made me want to throw my phone across the park today! It totally screwed up how many miles I went. It said I only went 5.56, but I know I went farther than that. It also said I was running a 14 minute mile.... uhhh  YEAH RIGHT!!! It is not possible for me to run the entire mile and have it last 14 minutes. I walk a 15 minute mile.

Any suggestions for new tracking apps. I'm thinking about Nike Plus, but feel like a sell out going to Nike. Don't get me wrong, I love Nike (especially their dri-fit t-shirts) and they have great products however, there are times when I just can't stand the complete commercialistic outlook of their company. (I understand that they are a business but I'm pretty sure they would sell their soul to Satan to make a huge profit. Why do my shoes cost so much if there are little kids in china making them?)

Any suggestions or personal inputs for a new tracker are more than welcomed!

Moving on, I felt rather fierce while I was running today, it could have been that I was extremely pissed off by my tracker, but I felt athletic and unstoppable... even when I stopped to talk to this old guy who told me I was ruining my knees by running and that I should just walk. Well yeah that's easy for someone who is in shape and walks all day long and probably doesn't have to worry about what he eats. He's currently walking 23,000 miles for MS. Go Don!

• Motivation:  I just want to be in shape and healthy. In all honesty have been lacking motivation lately. My plan was to hit the summer running and exercising and going to the gym, but that's just not happening. I need motivation and I need it bad!

• Listening to:  La Roux, Neon Trees, Matt and Kim, and Awolnation

• Thankful for: Going

Routes and Stats:

I'm Back!

Day 358: Run 117

First of all... today I ran 7.28 miles!!!! WOO HOO! I had the time and decided to try to run a 10k..... and so I did... and then some!

For those who do not know I also got a teaching job this last Tuesday and will be working as either a kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade teacher. They're not sure where they will need me, but the important part is that I got a job! Pray for me to get kindergarten!!!

No I have not lost any weight... in fact I gained some.. This rut thing has got to go!! Because it has been so hot here I have been drinking water like crazy and hope it helps! Also I need to be better about tracking my food. Food is my killer!! I could run a marathon, but if I eat a cookie I'm screwed!

• Motivation:  Getting a tan.. It has been so sunny that my motivation for staying out longer is not the extra calorie loss, but the extra exposure for a golden tan! Of course I use sunscreen, I'm not stupid and because I was so white to begin with, but I am loving the outdoors!

• Listening to:  I really love these 5 songs:

1. I Love It! - Icona Pop
2. Don't Slow Down - Matt and Kim
3. Bangarang - Skrillex feat. Sirah
4. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
5. Going In For The Kill - La Roux

• Thankful for: The sunshine and the time to be able to run!

I can't go 7.28 miles and not show the crazy route and stats! HOLLA!