Airmansgirl

Once again I’m super proud I finished the workout. I woke up still really sore from Monday’s workout and really didn’t wanna go but my husband talked me into it..haha and I’m glad he did! We had a great workout…I didn’t really get winded much at all today, and on the last run I ran as hard and fast as I could where on Monday I was going about as slow as ever and breathing HARD!! So thats felt good already improving!

The workout actually went by really quickly, and once again after the run I felt great! I’m dreading how sore I’ll prob. be tomorrow but I know it will be worth it! Friday will be the last workout for week 1! I’m excited for it, and to see the difference between week 1 workouts and week 2’s.

So for once I am very proud of myself! Today my husband and I started the couch to 5k program! Now he can run a few miles and be ok but I on the other hand can’t make it around the track! haha

So the way the program works is it takes someone who can’t run at all (ME) and helps them develop to run a 5k for the course of 9 weeks! Each week is 3 workouts. Today for workout 1 we started with a brisk 5 minute warmup then we ran 8, 60 second intervals each followed by a 90 second walk, then at the end another 5 minute cool down walk. Basically 8 minutes of running the best you can and 22 minutes of a fast paced walk.

Well after the 1st 60 seconds I felt great it didn’t even phase me, same with the 2nd, but when run 3 came around the breathing was getting hard! Haha by the 8th one I could barely breathe and felt like crap! But I was so proud that I finished and happy that my husband was with me pushing me along! I can’t wait for Wedneday for workout 2 to see if I can do even better! We also took the dog with us and he loved it!!

So my weight loss hasnt been happening yet, and I think part of the reason is because I have been aiming for a huge goal, so if I lose 1-2 lbs it doesnt feel good! So now I’m setting small goals…my first one is 180 lbs which is about 18 lbs to lose right now. I think thats somethin I can reach and when I do lose a couple lbs it will seem much bigger than it did before.

Also I’m done “dieting”. I love the recipes I have found on Sparkpeople, because they are real food and perfect amount of calories. Also my 100 calories packs and stuff like that aren’t going to be my snacks anymore…just fruits and veggies and sometimes the 100 calorie popcorn. I started the Tae Bo amped and it kicked my butt!! Its the hardest one I have tried but I have heard it gets your results! I wanna rotate that with Couch to 5K and either my pilates or a yoga dvd..we will see! Today i’m working on my 80 oz of water, like they say to do on Tae Bo, I’m almost at 32 oz and its 10 am so I’m pretty sure I can do it!!

Anyways I have tons of energy today so I plan on putting it to good use!!!

Week one is over, and I didn’t lose a single pound. But for some reason I am ok with that. I did very well with my eating  this week…except Saturday we had date night with friends and went to Texas roadhouse…well I had a huge margarita, us girls split cheese fries, then had salad, steak and loaded baked potato! So I put myself in the situation for no weight loss. But atleast I did workout which is somethin I hadn’t been doing. We’re going to Austin to visit family this weekend, hopefully I can make smarter choices while I am there!!

So I woke up in a great mood today, then I checked my bank account and we got our Tax refund which made the day even better. My husband and I went treadmill shopping, I’m so excited to be getting one!! We are trying to decide which one is worth are money, then we’re gonna go get it this weekend! Since we couldn’t get the treadmill today I bought the Tae Bo amped set…I’m gonna start using it tonight…I’m sure it will kick my butt!

We bought lots of healthy groceries also, so I have all the fruit and veggies I could possibly need and some 100 calorie snack packs in case I need some chocolate!!  I made a big salad and a side of fruit for lunch and was so suprised at home much food I had and how filling it was for under 300 calories!!

So I have not been on this site for almost a year! I was making such better progress when I was blogging on here! So I’m back, and ready to start over!! I’m always looking for new buddies!!

I have been such a slacker of the last few weeks I feel horrible. I havent lost anymore weight at all and didnt get much exercise. Well I have now decided to try the low carb thing. Im kind of excited…breads, pasta, and of course potatoes are a huge weakness for me so I wanna see how I can do with this.  However I also know that I need to stick to healthy low carb foods! We’re going grocery shopping today, and the foods on my grocery list seem really yummy and I dont think I’ll miss the carbs too much!!

My wedding is a little less than 4 weeks away now. Im getting so excited. I mean we were already married in Dec. but things just worked in the way that we had to wait till March for our big ceremony..sometimes I hate him being in the military!! lol But I really wanna make sure the dress fits really good!! Time to kick it in high gear!!!

I’ve been getting a little bored with Tae Bo so today I did about 15 minutes of Tae bo, and decided to break out my Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease, which I havent used forever. I forgot how much fun it is, and how great of a workout it is, especially if you do the whole video, I only have disc one, but now I think I’m going to buy the others this weekend! Seriously ladies try it!!

On another note, I started planning out my meals starting with today, and once I have put it into my sparkpeople food journal I dont eat anything else. Today I had corn chex with milk and a banana, strawberry sherbet, 2 beef fajitas tonight, and 1/2 spanish rice and I’m unded 900 calories! So i’ll prolly add a snack in there, and of course tons of water!!

Its only Wednesday and this week has been horrible! I thought I could do this, but I really don’t think I can do it on my own. I’m such an emotional eater, I can’t stop either, it doesnt help that I only have about 10 weeks left here in Ohio so I can’t really find a job or go to school until I move, so I’m stuck home all day and I try to keep busy but I still keep finding myself eating alot. I was so motivated the first week and now its gone already. My husband doesnt seem to understand how hard this is for me, its easy for him to eat good and exercise alot, I mean he is the military he has to work out.

I’ve got to figure out someway to really hold myself accountable, or this weight that I have been struggling with for years is never going to go away.

I havent been a member of this group quite a week yet, but I have been on my diet and exercise routine a week now, I’m going to weigh myself later today so I’ll update on if my weight has changed any earlier. I already am starting to feel better though. Tae Bo kicks my butt…but it burns so many more calories than running! When I do the whole video I burn around 675 calories, which is awesome…I think I’m going to continue doing Tae Bo in the mornings until I get bored with it, and also adding in some other videos i got on my ipod, then some Carmen Electra Striptease to make my muscles leaner I can’t wait to weigh myself, I really feel like I have lost atleast a couple pounds!

3 weeks from tomorrow I go to get fitted for my wedding dress and i’m hoping it fits nicely! Also tomorrow is my bridal shower, and I’m feeling much more energized which will be nice tomorrow to be a really good mood! Well I’ll update more after the weigh in!