Such a Loser :D

I lost again this week!! I dropped another two pounds! It feels GREAT! I am no longer ashamed to tell everyone how much I weigh. I am a PROUD 214! That means I have lost 46 pounds!
Today I wore the same skirt to church that I wore to the temple to be married in. It was so great to have it fit again! I kept it because it was sentimental and I thought I could never wear it again. I probably never will wear it again because a little above knee length skirt with two wiggly toddlers was a little ridiculous.
But anyways- what should I do to celebrate 50 pounds? This is not my goal. I want to hit 61 pounds to be in ONE-DERLAND. It seems so close and so very exciting!!!

I broke through!

This week I really concentrated on breaking my plateau. I focused on my foods, went back to the gym more regularly, and wore my pedometer...for a few days... Sadly, I did not go running once. I am really disappointed I didn't do my C25K this week but its been hectic and busy and my Dad came to visit.

I noticed while paying closer attention that I kept eating foods all day and forgot to track them. I let myself get snacky and grazing on food all day again. I tried my best to eat carrots or fruit instead of a couple animal crackers with the kids here, some goldfish there, a gummy fruit or two later in the day...

I went to the gym 4 days out of 7 this last week. Not too shabby- more than half..
I wore my pedometer for about three days and two of them I hit over 20,000 steps! Rock on!!

My results? 2 more pounds gone baby!!

I cursed myself!

This week I lost .4 pounds. Really?? That's it? I worked so hard to get that tiny .4 and in the beginning the amount of activity points I got this week would mean about a 2 lb weight loss. Not so anymore.
Remember when I said I wanted to maintain? Well I just realized I have plateaued for the six week! How did I not catch that? When I got home from vacation I went back to counting instead of eating what I want. I lost 4 pounds the first week.
So I was stuck between 223-222 for 4 weeks and now I am stuck at 218 for the last three weeks. I didn't really catch that it was a plateau for the four weeks because two of those Saturdays were non counting days because of vacation.
Oh man am I frustrated! I am NOT done yet!!!
How do you break a plateau????

Couch to 5K run!

Last Friday I started a couch to 5K jogging program. It is a 9 week program and each week gets harder. The first week starts with jogging 60 seconds then walking 90 seconds for a total of 20 minutes three times a week. I ran with a partner on Friday and I felt great that day and the next day. The next run my partner went on vacation so it was just me jogging. During one of my jogging minutes I decided to sprint to see how fast I could run. I surprised myself!
First let me state- I HATE running! I have never liked it. During the last 6 months losing weight, I have been on the treadmill less than 5 times! Seriously!
At the beginning of the 6 months I tried to jog but it hurt and I hated it. Now that I am almost 45 pounds lighter I can run and not feel like dying.
Back to my sprint- sorry tangents happen a lot- SO I took off running to see how fast I could go. I was listening to my Ipod and completely zoned out. At the end of my sprint I started to slow down and then a bike zoomed right by me. Oh my gosh! I almost had a heart attack! My heart was already racing and then to scare the crap out of was terrible!!
So the next day I woke up and my shoulder blades and thighs were so sore! It took me a while to realize why my shoulder blades were sore- its a weird spot! My guess is moving my arms so fast that they got sore.
So run three- I set out to go again- but I wasn't alone this time... Haha my good ole friend Ditzy Katie decided to come with me.
So we took off on our walk together.... While jogging I got to my half point to turn around and I tripped and fell on the path. The path has small hills and lots of roots coming up through the asphalt. I skinned my knee pretty bad and had to find a spot to sit down and wait for it to stop hurting. I don't carry my phone while running because I have nowhere to put it. I was right in front of the police station when I fell, but how weird would it be to have the police drive me home because I got a boo boo?
Anyway, my skinned knee is about the size of a half dollar and it hurts like the dickens! I don't think I want to work out this week. And besides I have the really large band aid on it so the kids wont touch it.
I am really bummed it hurts so bad so I can't run tomorrow morning.


Oh, that 5K training program that I am doing can be found at http://c25k.com/
And another thing- I am DEFINITELY going to run on a different path that doesn't try to kill me!

6 months in to it.

It has now been 6 months since I started Weight Watchers. Including the weigh-in from this morning I have now lost a total of 42.5 pounds! Holy Cow! My new weight is 217.5 and I am in the 2-teens! I can't wait till "One-derland" It seems close now!
This week Adam and I were looking back at pictures and there was one in particular that really stood out as to how much I have really lost and how much Kiersten has grown up too. This picture was taken last May at the Pioneer Day parade.