Shrinkvivor Check-In

Its that time again! Time for another check in, so lets get right to it.

Starting Weight: 213.8
Week 1: 213
Week 2: 210.2
Week 3: 206.6
Week 4: 205.8
Week 5: 204.8
Week6: 203.8
Change: 1.0 lbs
Total Lost: 10.0 lbs

Holy Moly! 10 pounds! I am totally shocked. I have lost weight every single week of the challenge. It is a great feeling. I am starting to see the changes in the way my clothes fit and I feel really good. The weekends have always been the worst for me, I can't imagine how I would do if I was lucky enough to be a SAHM. But I have been working on this hurdle for a long time. Making good decisions when I don't have to think about cooking for anyone else, and when I can eat whenever I am hungry. During the week this isn't a problem, I pack my lunch and snacks and I don't have to think about it again. Weekends that all goes out the window. Until this weekend, I was more careful, more vigilant with my choices. I didn't eat whenever I wanted, I didn't eat junk because I wasn't cooking for anyone else. In fact I made a nice roast chicken this weekend. I think having a successful weekend really helped me lose this week, I didn't have to try to fix a rotten weekend, I just stayed steady. It took me a long time to learn that lesson....ahhh but there it is.
So as far as the fitness/non-fitness challenges go, I didn't do as well. I did get out and get 2 miles in. I wish I could say it was more, but I am only counting the official miles of exercise, I can't count the number of miles I put down in a day running around taking care of kids and house and husband and at the grocery store or getting the mail, if that was the case I am sure most of us would have huge numbers to report. I did stay away from the trans-fat for the most part. I know I got in more than I should have, but I was more conscious of them this week. Still doing really well with the water and getting better with the fruits and veggies. I am sure if I keep working on it someday getting all the fruits and veggies in will be second nature, until then I am trying to get them in with every meal somehow.
So how did you all do?

Shrinkvivor Check-In Wednesday

Another Wednesday, another check in. But that is ok, I am happy about this week again.
Lets get the official stuff out of the way shall we:

Starting Weight: 213.8
Week 1: 213
Week 2: 210.2
Week 3: 206.6
Week 4: 205.8
Week 5: 204.8
Change: 1.0 lbs
Total Lost: 9.0 lbs

9 pounds gone since this challenge began! Oh my gosh I can hardly believe it. 4.8 pounds to go until I am in Onederland. 4.8 pounds! Less than 5 pounds. My goal has been to be into the 100's by Thanksgiving, and with 4.8 pounds to go that is totally do-able. I am so excited. It is really giving me something to strive for each week, to see one more ounce lead to one more pound coming off that number on the scale. To see clothes fitting just a little bit better, to feel better and have more energy. This is a great place to be. I have now successfully lost every week of this challenge, I know that on this journey that will not always be the case. At some point I will plateau, or I will gain. I am ok with that, I know it is all part of getting where I want to be. And I also know that I will get there.
This challenge has been awesome for me. When it started I didn't know if my heart was really in it, I wasn't sure after I signed up if I had what it takes dedication wise to do this. I didn't want to let my team down or myself. But I had signed up and so when it came it to start I put my mind and heart and feet into it. I could not be happier that I did that.
This weeks non-fitness challenge was to expose ourselves, and as you can all see (or not see) I did not participate. There are several reasons for this. First I should mention how proud and impressed I am by everyone that did participate, what beautiful woman you all are. I really don't want to delve into the reasons you don't see any pictures of me in my bra and panties, but just know that I was there is spirit. I fully appreciate the body that God gave me. My hips might be a little wide and my butt isn't perfectly firm, but I am proud of it. I don't hate my body, I did for a long time, but over the last few years I have learned to love it.
As for the fitness challenge, I logged in 200 minutes this week. Not as many as last time if I recall correctly, but still got out and moved. It helps a lot that I am still not watching TV at night so that frees up my time, what doesn't help are the endless meetings I have had lately. But on a very positive note, our oldest son Bill who is a senior (heaven help me) this year had a parent teacher night at school last night and he is getting all A's. I am so proud of him, so it was worth missing a work out to get a report like that.
How did you all do this week? Check out the sisterhood and see how everyone else did.

Wednesday Check-in Shrinkvivor Style

So another week of Shrinkvivor has passed. I am loving this challenge. I have had another good week and I am please to report the following:
Starting Weight: 213.8
Week 1: 213
Week 2: 210.2
Week 3: 206.6
Week 4: 205.8
Change: .8 lbs
Total Lost: 8.0 lb
Not a huge loss this week, but after my weekend Up North I am pleased with anything I can get! I am also really excited that I have continued to lose every week. That is a huge accomplishment no matter what the number is. I didn't get a lot of miles in this week for the challenge, I only logged in 5. But I did get one of those miles in over the weekend without the benefit of a shower, so I think that is pretty hard core right there. My poor husband having to ride 5 hours with me smelling like sweat, to me, shows how much he loves me! Or it is pay back that he works in a very smelly industry and is usually the stinky one. I did get my water in, I even packed extra for the weekend so I would not be tempted to drink any other beverages. The fruits and veggies didn't all make it in everyday but I am trying and that is saying something. I have to admit failure on the food log, I completely let it slip my mind and didn't journal at all. I am going to work on that one this week. I know that it will help with accountability.
I find myself running out of time long before I run out of day and that makes it hard to get everything in that needs to be done. Work, home, school, workouts. Something always seems to fall through the cracks, so this week I am taking out my TV time. I started last night and I got through so much more last night than I usually get through the entire week. I am hoping that is gives me more time to workout. If not at least I will have a clean house. I got that idea when I was given a rare treat of being home alone for a couple hours Monday night and I was so excited to get to watch whatever I wanted on TV and realized there was nothing I wanted to watch even on, so instead I watched a TV show I had on DVR that I had already seen. I made me more aware of how much of my day gets wasted. So I have a few things to work on this week, but I am really excited to get started and see where the week takes me.
How are you all doing??

Wednesday Shrinkvivor Check-in

Lets get right to it, since I am super excited about this week's check in.
Starting Weight: 213.8
Week 1: 213
Week 2: 210.2
Week 3: 206.6
Change: 3.6 lbs
Total Lost: 7.2 lb
I am having a great week. I doubled my weight lost this week. I am working really hard at making better food choices. Staying away from any beverages that are not coffee and water. I should probably try to cut back on the coffee too, but I need it in the morning. That and I like it a lot! I stayed away from the fast food, which is getting easier every day and I drank all my water. I didn't get in all my fruits and veggies but I did make an attempt most days. I need to keep working on that one. I ran my fastest mile this week at 12:43. I want to work on that too, I would like to be faster, but I figure just getting out there no matter how fast you go is better than just sitting there.
I have had a really good week. My mood has been really good and I haven't been as tired as I was a few weeks ago. I have even been good at remembering to take my iron supplements, and that is saying something because I hate them. If you have never had the pleasure of taking them they make your belly feel really yucky for a couple hours. I did discover if I take them at night I can avoid the yucky belly feeling.
All in all it has been a great week. There have been some huge changes happening in my life this week, mostly work related (all good), and I know that feeling better about myself has helped me handle them with stride. I am so looking forward to next weeks challenge. I am headed up North to our cabin this weekend with Gary and my sister and her boyfriend and I am determined not to let this time away undermine my success so far!
How did you all do?

Scariest Corn Maze Ever

This morning Kris and I decided that we would join Grandma and Grandpa for a trip to a local pumpkin patch. There was a craft show and lots of activities for kids. We took my neice Abby with us and loaded in the cars. It was cold and drizzly and we quickly went through all the craft booths. I bought Kris a donut and we all started back for the vehicles. Just as we were getting back to the parking area Kris noticed the corn maze. No one else wanted to go through it so Kris took off alone. We have been to lots of corn mazes with no problem and looking at it, it looked really small so I wasn't concerned to have him go through on his own. He began running down the row and I watched waiting for him to turn to start coming back, only he didnt. I called to him to come back, but it was windy and he couldn't hear me. I took Abby and together we ran into the maze to catch up to him and bring him out. Only when we looked up, he was gone. I continued running calling him name. Nothing, no response. Ok, I thought, this just seems to be a straight path, no other paths running off from it. I could see another path through the corn rows so I decided to cut through to head Kris off, and thats when I realized that there were more paths running through it. I started to panic. I went back to my original path and began running and calling for Kris again. Abby and I ran and ran. Horrible thoughts were running through my head and I was really starting to panic. Where was my little boy? We finally came across a group of kids in the maze and I asked if they had seen him? They said he was still just a little bit ahead of us. I took off running. The rational art of my head losing to the irrational part, I watch way to many crime shows. I was panicked. Finally the maze opened up into a wide field and there, half way across the field was my little man. I yelled for him and he finally heard me. He turned and we both started running toward each other. When we reached I realized that we were both crying, ok, maybe sobbing is closer to the truth. We were both highly shaken by the experience. We walked back to the car hand in hand. We had stopped crying and I put him in the back seat to buckle up. I said good bye to my parents and climbed into the car. I looked back at Kris and he was crying again. We both thought that there should be a warning on the maze that it was for older kids. I know that corn mazes are part of the fall and Halloween, but I have never been so scared. I can bet that neither of us will go near one ever again.

Finally Friday

It is finally Friday. It has been one of those weeks that Friday can't come soon enough. Maybe it was the added stress at home and work or maybe it was the knowledge that I was going out with friends on Friday. Either way it has been a brutal week to get through.
Be finally it is here. Bring on the friends, the gossip and the adult beverages! We will worry about tomorrow later, right now I am ready to meet up and hang out! I have the my favorite CD ready in the truck I will have the windows rolled down and I will on my way to a fun filled evening.
I love Fridays, don't you?