91 Pounds! WooHoo!

I had another great week at WW! I was down 1.4 pounds which pushed me past the 90 pound barrier. I have set a mental goal of finishing up my 100 pounds by the Monday of May 31. That is 8.8 pounds in 7 weeks. Ambitious, but do-able. Even better, I have two of my sisters taunting me about races we are competing in together and how they are going to beat me, so I'm pretty motivated to show them what the formerly-fat sister can do! :) On the race-training note, can I just complain about how running muscles do not seem to transfer into biking muscles?!? And at least running doesn't hurt my rear end so much! Sheesh! I guess I'll get used to it though! I'll keep you updated on my progress! Watch out Shelley and Gina!

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Suck it up, Cupcake!

13.1 miles of sweet, sweet fun! I finished Angie's Half Crazy Half Marathon in 2 hours and 23 minutes. I ran every step though I seriously considered walking a few times. I think the hardest part was running past a donut shop. Not because I was tempting, but because the smell of sugar was so strong that it nearly knocked me over! Anyway, my run also helped me have a 4 pound week at WW so I am officially in my healthy weight rage for my height. I'm officially NOT overweight! Yeah!

85 pounds and counting....

I have been very negligent in my posting. I've actually lost another 5 pounds since this photo compilation because I've waited so long! I've been running and training for my half marathon (only a week and a half left to the official run!) and I've gotten a total of 85 pounds off since last February. I feel like a totally different person! I can't even believe my weight is actally in the 160's! I still want to lose another 15 pounds (to get 100 pounds off) and I only have 9 weeks to get it done in! The 9 week timeline is until the end of May and I want to do that because I have to do 6 weeks of maintenance with Weight Watchers to be in Lifetime and I want to get it all done before our vacation at the end of July...time is ticking! Also, I ran a practice half-marathon (just to see if I would be tempted to die on the race course! :) ) Sunday before last and posted a semi-respectable time of 2hours and 25 minutes with the wind gusting really hard. I was pretty darn proud of myself! I'll post more soon!

Two of these things are not like the others....

Okay, for those of you who are carfully observant, the picture with two little girls is from the eighties and the one with four is fairly recent. However, I saw it and was struck at how much my twin sister's quadruplets look JUST like us at a similar age! If my Dad had more gray and less hair in the picture with me and Shelley I might almost think he was holding two of Shelley's girls! (Don't worry Dad, I know the more gray and less hair part is the fault of all of us kids!) Anyway, it was just a fun picture comparison!

On The Road Again....

Willie always had a way with words! I was diligent (but not radical) this week in an attempt to remediate my bad behavior of the last two weeks. I returned to the basics of counting, tracking, and ACTUALLY exercising. I was down 4.2 lbs!! I really didn't expect to make up for my mistakes (up three pounds over the previous two weeks) and then some, but my body was probably just so ridiculously cranky with my cruddy eating and lack of exercise that it was more than happy to reward me for my efforts. I'm coming up on my 1 year with WW (February 23rd) and I'm so happy with my success so far. I just have to focus on my goal and keep the pace up.

Training for the Finish Line

Did you know that runners rarely instinctively run all the way to the finish line? They have to train to run to the finish. They have to be reminded repeatedly and molded into the type of runner who picks up the pace on the way to the finish. Our bodies don't want to run when they see the finish, they want to stop. Our brain sees the checkered flag and says, "Oh thank goodness! I get to rest!" and our feet slow down. When you train to run that can be one of the hardest things to overcome. You have to constantly remind yourself to 'sprint' to the finish. Some runners even avert their eyes from the finish so that they don't fall into the mental trap that slows them down. What I'm finding is that it's not just runners that have a rough time running full bore the whole race. I'm finding it very difficult to keep sprinting toward the finish of my weight loss. This is the first time the end has even seemed realistic, much less achievable, and I find myself stumbling over the simplest things. I've run a marathon when it comes to weight loss over the past year (1 year exactly on February 27th) and the silly mistakes I'm making are akin to turning around when you're 20 yards from the finish. I've commited myself anew and I'm trying to return to the basics. Measure everything. Write it ALL down. Exercise even when you don't feel like it. Snack only when hungry...not just because it's Tuesday!

Finish line....get ready for me....