Still working...

Check, check?? Sadly, anyone who might have happened upon my little blog is surely long gone.. Although, not sure anyone besides my husband keeps reading this.. LOL...

I am still here, still working.. I have spent the last 3, almost 4, weeks sending my food journal every day (literally missed one Sunday and that is it) to my boot camp lady. It has made it super sensitive to what I am actually eating. I thought that as long as I stayed within my points every day, I was fine. I have been losing weight (almost 10 lbs in February) and am finally back below where my low point was last October, whew!!

So my boot camp lady (not sure if she would want me to mention her here on my blog) walked me through some changes I need to make over the next couple of weeks. I need to 'get rid of the empty calories,' basically. I knew the breakfast bars needed to go, I have one more left and I am DONE with the last box I will most likely ever buy! I have made the change to Greek Yogurt, there is a 0% fat Yoplait version that is only 2 ww points for 5.3 oz (the normal kind I eat is 1 point for 4 oz, so I think I am getting more bang for my buck).. Also, it is like double the protein from the other which is one area I need to increase my intake.. Basically I am not eating enough calories for the amount I am working out and not enough protein..

So, I will be off to Sprouts this weekend to get some almonds, laughing cow cheese squares and Greek yogurt.. I am such a picky eater that I have to really try to make these changes, it is not the easiest for me....

I am wearing a pair of jeans that I couldn't button at the beginning of February, and that feels amazing.. I can get down to my weight when Dave and I got married by the the middle of April - at least that is my goal!! By summer, I hope to be at my goal weight - and by the end of May hope to be at my WW goal weight...

Wish me luck!

XOXO

First full week of stats!

I received an email this morning with my weekly status report, my first full week of wearing my Fitbit. I was very happy with the results.. Here they are:

Obvioulsy I didn't track the full week of food... But I am impressed with the steps, distance and calories burned!!

XOXO

Good and bad of the weekend...

I worked out really hard last week... I ran Sunday; boot camp and ran Monday; soccer on Tuesday; boot camp and ran on Wednesday; 5K on Thursday; finally a day off on Friday; 4 mile run on Saturday. My body is tired and SORE, holy moly! I am going to try to balance out a bit more this week to recover a bit. I took yesterday off so that is a better start, LOL....

On Saturday night I went to a gala with my mom, and it was cocktail attire, so I only wore my Fitbit until about 3:00 PM... At 9:00 AM I already logged over 12,000 steps... Awesome!

Here are my stats for the week - OH and I lost 1.2 lbs last week YAY, now I just need to get my eating habits back in check and that number should sky rocket!

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Have a great Monday out there :).  XOXO

January 5K in the books!

Well, Dave and my goal for 2013 (not sure if I have mentioned it before) is to do at least one 5K each month in 2013! With running club, I have run longer distance each Saturday in January, but we have not done a 5K race together. Well, until last night that is :)... We participated in the Luke's Locker (FREE) Rival Prediction Run. It was kinda neat, you had to predict your time for the race before hand and you couldn't wear a watch during the race...  We predicted 35:20 as our time.. We went back and forth and went between that and 36:00, in the end, I wanted to push myself a bit so there you go.

I was very proud of us, we finished in 35:53. If we had predicted 36:00, we both would have won the prediction prize of a free pair of Nike running shorts and a $25 gift card to Luke's.. As it turns out, Dave (one of 3 men at the race) won and got himself a $58 pair of shorts and a gift card. SO COOL!!The woman closest was 8 seconds away (see I would have won being 7 seconds off, dang it)!!

Here are my stats from yesterday. So my fitness goals are being met, now I need to stick to my points each day... I think I am down like 6 pounds in January, but I wish I was down 10 :(....

We have the girls' 3 year well visit today.. I run in the morning, Dave has soccer practice and I am attending the Bishops Gala as a volunteer with my mom tomorrow night - busy day.. Then Sunday we are having a play date with Kelly (our surrogate) and Sophia followed by a Superbowl party at my sister's house....

Wish us luck on another busy, but really fun, weekend! XOXO

Two more tracking days.....

Forgot to post my update from Tuesday.... I only had a soccer game on Tuesday, didn't get a second workout in, but I am happy with my numbers - well except for my active score, I much rather have that over 1000....

And for yesterday.. I had boot camp at 5 AM and then I went and joined my first Luke's Social Run with my running group and I have to say I liked it.. Not necessarily the running, but definitely the group environment... I was much happier with yesterday's activity all around :)....

Tonight Dave and I are doing a free 5K at Luke's Locker called the Nike Rival Prediction Run. You don't wear a watch and you predict your time prior to the start, if you predict your time you win a Nike prize!!

Wish us luck! XOXO

First Tracking Notes

Here are my first tracking stats from my Fitbit. I did boot camp for an hour and then ran for 20 minutes last night for my daily activity. I also tracked my food for the first day through the Fitbit website...

Kinda awesome! I love seeing what I accomplished...

Tonight my indoor team is playing in the finals, so I will only do one workout today.. It will not be nearly as impressive numbers as Monday, but hopefully we can beat the undefeated team in our league tonight and get a free t-shirt :)..

Wish us luck.. XOXO

Week 4 and my Fitbit

I am officially on Week 4 of my Luke's Locker BGO training program.. Man, it is tough, I really and not the biggest fan of running, but I am getting it done, step by step... I bought a new pair of running shoes today. I have had my current Adidas SuperNova Glide 4s since late August and it was definitely time for a new pair.. Every 3-4 months I should get a new pair (more towards 3 months now that I have added running into the mix). I ended up with the Adidas SuperNova Glide 5s... I am excited, they are silver with a bright (almost highlighter color pink)... Should be fun...

In other exciting news.... My sisters and their families gave me a Fitbit for my birthday.. I have researched until I am blue in the face to determine which would be the best calorie/step/mileage tracker. I finally decided on the Fitbit. Although the Nike Fuelband is cooler looking, it seems that the Fitbit will give a more detailed breakdown of the data and that is what I am looking for.. SO, I got it last Friday and have worn it non-stop since then. I LOVE IT! I love checking to see where I am at during the day with my step count, calories burned and floors climbed... It is crazy to see the number of steps I get through in an hour boot camp, a 30 minute jog and then during the day with normal activities...

BIG FAN! Now, I will be able to update on my numbers as I blog.. Yay me :)... XOXO