Weekly Check-In: Down and Dirty in 30 Week 2

It is the second weigh in for the Down and Dirty Challenge and I was really nervous getting on the scale this morning. My weekend totally threw me off and I spent the last couple days trying to pull it all back together. All in all I would say I did ok, I didn't lose like I had hoped, but I didn't gain either and after an open house and a family reunion, not to mention beer, I can't complain about staying the same.
Here are the official numbers:
Starting weight: 210
Week 1: 207.1
Week 2:207.1
Total Loss: 2.9 lbs
Goal for Challenge: 10 lbs
Pounds to go: 7.1
I know that if I would have done better on the eating front then the scale would have moved. So I am even more determined to do well in the next weigh in. Even though my eating leaves something to be desired I have been working really hard in during my workouts. I did take an extra day off on Sunday from any workouts, but otherwise I have been pushing myself and surprising myself with what I can do. I was so nervous last week to have the 20 minute run as part of my c25K training, but I did it. I was so proud of myself when I was done, it was a great feeling. I have also been picking through some of my workout DVD's and trying some new ones. Back in January I won a copy of Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover and I popped that into the DVD player this week. It was a great workout for strengthening and since I had already done my cardio for the day I was super warmed up and limber. I totally felt it the next day, it was more of a tenderness to the muscles as opposed to being sore. Last night I grabbed a DVD I had gotten from my neice, it was Kim Kardashian's Fit in Your Jeans by Friday workout. Not something I would have picked off the shelf at the store, but I am glad I tried it. Again I was already warmed up from a 2 mile run but this time I could really feel the muscles working when I did the squats and lunges. I am feeling it today as well.
This weekend the boys are all going out of town and I have the whole house to myself. I am beyond excited about it. I never get to be home alone and I am looking forward to it, but I am glad it is only for a weekend, I start to miss them after a couple days. Anyway I am excited to see what the scale will show next week when I don't have any help to get derailed over the weekend. Gary loves to have dinner out on Friday nights and he loves to eat at greasy spoon kinda restaurants, so it will be nice to see what happens when I don't eat out or at open houses or family reunions! Good luck to everyone this week! And way to go to those of you that lost, I am totally jealous!

True Confession Tuesday

Ok, it is time to confess. I had a rough weekend, eating wise anyway. I ended up taking Friday off of work and spending the whole day with my little Kristopher. So we went out to lunch at a Mexican buffet and we ate......a lot. If only my transgressions ended there this story would be over and not so bad, but alas it doesn't. Saturday Gary, Kris and I decided to take a quad ride. We rode down to the little family bar and Kris had a burger and fries and Gary and I split some fries and some beer. Still not awful, but then we went home, put Kris to bed and continued to have a couple more beers. Forget about getting back on track on Sunday, it was a family reunion. Hotdogs, potato salad, blackberry dessert. It was so good, but so bad for me! All in all it was not a great weekend for eating right. I didn't get any exercise in, although I did think about it a couple of times. I was just so busy enjoying my family that I was selfish and didn't want to spend anytime doing anything truly good for me. I was enjoying being with Kris and Gary and spending a weekend just being together. I could have spent my time a little better, watched a little less T.V., taken a walk, but snuggling under the covers watching a movie with Kris was so much more appealing than anything else.
But I am back at work and back on track. I am on Wk6D2 of the c25k training and actaully looking forward to the 25 minute run at the end of the week. Lets hope this weekend doesn't through me too far off at tomorrow's weigh in.

Updates

Just a few updates. First I did C25K Wk5D2 last night. 8 minute run, 5 minute walk another 8 minute run. The first 8 minutes kinda kicked my butt, but that totally could have been because Kristopher followed me down stairs and talked the whole time, I finally had to kick him out of the room. He was less than impressed with that, but after he left and I could concentrate on not answering his never ending questions the second 8 minutes was easier. Mind you I said easier not easy. I wanted to quit at about 7 minutes but I knew that if I could do 7 minutes I could do 8 and that I would feel disappointed if I didn't push myself to finish it. I felt really good when I was done, sweaty and gross, but good.
Secondly when I was playing with the idea of doing a 5k and was searching out the internet for information and races and all that jazz I remember getting a flier in the mail from Kris' school that they were having a 5k to benefit a local teenager August 7th. That was the clincher for me. I thought hey this is the race I want to train for and it is local and this must be a sign that I can do this. So I was all set and I started training and then my sister called to tell me that the annual Juvenile Diabetes walk was the 7th at the same time. Well since my nephew has juvenile diabetes and diabetes in general runs in my family that has always been a huge cause of ours and I knew that my place needed to be in Lansing Michigan for the walk. Well life happened in the mean time and yesterday my sister emailed me to let me know that our team was not going to be doing the walk this year. So not only am I no longer walking for diabetes research I am too late to sign up for the 5k, besides the fact that I have not trained enough yet. So kinda disappointing all the way around. I have decided though that I will be getting up early Saturday morning and doing my c25k training in honor of the juvenile diabetes research foundation and I will still send my donation check in. I figure that is a good way to support both my causes, and I will definitely be at the Farm Fest this weekend where the race takes place and make a donation to that cause too seeing as though they didn't get my registration money and I like to support local causes, especially when it is for kids.
Finally, my next day of training has me running 20 minutes without walking. Yikes, this seems a little intimidating to me. Wish me luck. I know that if I set my mind to it I can do it. I just need to make sure Kris isn't talking to me when I am running, lol. Oh and that my shoes are tied tighter than last night, I spent half my run watching my shoelace to make sure it didn't come undone and trip me up.