hi guys. or, well, guy that reads this. lol.
Today was pretty...phenomenal.
I had the hardest calorie blasting workout today that i've done in probably....months. And, although I'm sore and really don't like the idea of standing up after I write this (lol) I feel emotionally amazing!!
I went to the gym today at 3pm, like I always do. Shane got home from work early but HE didn't want to go to the gym, so I went without him. I've ALSO been starting the habit (5 days out of the last week) of hitting the gym at 9:30pm til midnight. That usually gives me 2 hours of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training and I can watch tv or listen to music. (i ONLY watch American Idol or weight loss shows, so that's my only OTHER tv time)...so it goes tremendously fast!!
I feel like I'm training for a triathalon! One thing I did today that I usually NEVER do is eat MORE than usual. Not bad food or anything like that...just more because I was burning SO many calories. I wanted to have energy. What the hell? That actually MAKES sense, and I did it. LOL.
Right before I left the gym tonight I went back to the cardio room and figured I'd run as long as I could at 7.0 (lasted 2 minutes) but only because my pants started falling down and I couldn't let THAT happen. LOL. (...i would've only lasted another minute anyway if that wouldn't have happened. )
But, I think that's something I'm going to add to the end of my workout each evening. I know it's really good for you to do quick-sprints, so it's an easy 30 calories I did today, but if any other day it can be 50...what a wonderful way to end a gym session!
Okay, talk, talk, talk, about all this gym crap. Sorry if your eyes are about to fall out of your face. I was just proud of myself. :)
It's officially Friday. And INSTEAD of not writing this weekend (like i usually do), I WILL NO MATTER WHAT.
because unlike every OTHER weekend, I won't have anything to be ashamed of.
love ya'll!
ash

weight: 160.0

calories burned: wait for it....1734....yeah. ...

weight left to hit goal: 9 lbs

time left to hit goal: 4 weeks (that's doable!!)

I had a GREAT workout yesterday (actually went twice!) and the day before. I also ate nice and clean. You know how I told you guys last time that I'm wearing that mini-skirt NO matter what on my b-day? Well, last night I made it official by swearing to do so and telling Shane and my parents. For some reason it made it that much more of a goal for me. I have LESS than 3 months to don a skirt....The last time I did that I was 137 lbs, and even if I got to THAT weight instead of my 120s...it'll take awhile! So, I can't be messing around. I need to do this!! lol.
But who knows, maybe it's the small extra motivation that I needed to do this. Simply because I'm not going to CARE what the scale says. I'm going to do everything right and when Aug. 6th comes around, I'll know if it was all worth it. (can't see how it wouldn't be).
But okay. Here we go.
Alright, I'm off to eat some lunch. Have a great Thursday!
Ash

weight: 160.2

weight left to hit next mini-goal: 9.2 lbs

time to hit goal: 4 weeks and 1 day (june 8)

So....this weekend. Not so peachy. I was doing SOO great and then I weighed myself early (oops..) and had quite a substantial gain. I don't know how it happened. (I ate WELL within my calories and was running and incline walking and all that like a PSYCHO)...but it happened. I put SO much pressure on myself to do the all-or-nothing approach which of course backfired once I saw the gain. Instead of just shrugging it off and thinking maybe I was bloated or something I hit the junk/comfort food. Then here I am a couple days later having to make up for all that crap. I had a GREAT workout and ate MORE than clean today...but as John said I need to just keep at it. What's going to come over me beating myself up for sidestepping off the right path?? Nothing-except me feeling worse maybe...
So here I go....back on the wagon (I better be! I have less than 3 months to wear my mini-skirt!) Here's something you guys don't know. I'm wearing that skirt NO MATTER WHAT on my b-day...so i better have a semi-decent body to go with it! I'll post pics and hopefully I don't have TOO much flub flying all over the place. LOL. That wouldn't be a very happy birthday.
ug.
At least I didn't let a cheat weekend turn into a week and then into a month like what happened ALL through March!! I guess that's SOMETHING to be happy about.
lol.
okay, well, until later. love ya'll!
Ash

weight: 161.2 Ug.

I KNOW I won't hit ANY of my goals for the next week. Let's try a new one! (I change goals every few days, huh?? Lol) My sisters b-day is in exactly ONE month. I'd like to lose 10lbs. That's reasonable, right??? So, hopefully on June 8th, I'm 151 lbs. Here I go....

weight left to hit goal: 10.2 lbs

time left to hit goal: 1 month

So, is May what I needed to give me a firm kick in the soon-to-be-firm behind??? Maybe....
I'm excited because yesterday I went bowling. (I bowled better than I ever do) and prolem was after being there for hours (and it was a last minute thing, so I didn't have time to fill up before going), I was SO hungry. Everyone around me was eating bad food, and it looked and smelled good. I did have the willpower to NOT eat it, until Shane went and bought some! lol. But, it's all good. I barely ate my fries, (which is almost UNHEARD of for ME) and I didn't finish my burger. THEN to compensate I ate really light for the rest of the day. My calories were still in check and I STILL hit the gym last night. This has NEVER happened before. 2 things. 1...I didn't gorge out on the bad food in front of me AND think...'now I'll just blow my whole day', and 2....I STILL went to the gym and did as much hard work as I always do! So, I'm proud. I like to think of myself as viewing food so differently now, and I'm right. It DOESN'T make me feel better, or have a better time. It makes me feel worse if I overinduldge. So...yea for that!
Oh...one thing I couldn't do (oops) was keep holding off on the scale. I'm such a scale-junkie, I don't even know how that happened. But, I weighed myself yesterday and now I'm attempting to hold off again til Monday (2 times a week isn't bad...lol) but I was happy with my results.
Okay, well, I guess thats it for me. I need to go have a snack (kiwi) I'm getting the munchies. Have a great Friday!!!
Ash

weight: 157.4

lbs left to hit mini-goal: 5.4

Time left: 9 days

Now it's the second... I'm having a GREAT month so far. Okay, okay, I know we're only 2 days into the month...but I DON'T CARE! lol.
Last night I was so excited about my gym experience I put more on the bottom of my LAST post. I just couldn't stop! I think my endurance is back. That's so exciting for me.
What else...oh, I'm starting some weight training. I usually do my strength training 3-5 days a week, but I think instead of using my own bodyweight (push-ups, leg abduction) things like that, I'm going to incorporate weights into them. Nothing heavy or anything...but just to "mimic" the gym stuff I used to do, because I LOVE what that does to my body. (I can't weight train at my gym WHILE my kids are there, so I have to make do with the weights I have at home...oh well)
Anyway...I've eaten perfect and clean for the last few days, I've worked out pretty hard and I'm SO excited to do this for the full week AND THEN see the difference. (it's getting weird to NOT step on the scale automatically in the morning!)
Hmm. Well, hopefully I'll be in for a wonderful surprise come next Monday. I would really LOVE to be BACK in the 140s in June, and I think hoping to lose 10 lbs in a month isn't TOO crazy, since I was 159 at the end of April...guess we'll see.
Okay, hope everyone else's May is great too,
Ash

Weight: 4/30/07- 159 (next weigh in May 7)

Calories Burned: 1000 so far...and oh yeah, ran 3 MILES TODAY!!! :)