Yay it came!

My Nike+ sportband that is. I am cleaning my house while it charges(2hours) then I will test it out and give you all a real review!

SO far the cuteness factor is a 9 out of 10. Slick minimal packaging, instructions aren't great but there are online tools. I have already set a small goal on the nikeplus site. The online support seems to be great. Alright on to cleaning.

Grumpy

I'm grumpy today. I didn't run this morning. It is my 2 year wedding anniversary and I am irritated with my husband because he was acting like a jerk last night. Nothing big but I hold grudges, when he puts me in a bad mood it is really hard for me to shake it no matter how much I want to. So, I am grumpy. I want to be happy and celebrate our anniversary but I can't seem to snap out of it.

Not sure what to do. I am heading out to hang with a friend in a little bit I am hoping that it will snap me out of my grump.

BMI calculator tick me off

So I was playing around with the BMI calculator and figured out where I need to be to be considered a normal weight. AS high as 132 and as low as 98lbs. Yeah because a 5ft 1inch woman at 98lbs sounds healthy ..right. I think that sounds crazy! Especially someone with any muscle tone what so ever. It is crazy that my goal weight still leaves me as overweight. I think that 135lbs is a healthy weight for me, way better than 179 but also way better than 98lbs.

Of course I would be lying if I said that 110lbs doesn't sound nice but I really don't see it as a reasonable weight for me . We shall see I suppose but if I feel good at 135ish then that is where I should be even if it makes me classifyed as overweight! SO there!

On a different note you all were right, I waited to shred for my husband to get home and then plans were made for the evening and we ended up staying out until 9pm. Oh well that is life, at least I got my run in!

It's funny..

that I am sitting here tinking about how I need to go for a run and shred. Just sitting here thinking ...thinking....thinking..um where is the doing?! Haah My current excuse is that I just ate lunch and my stomach needs to settle. I totally should have run before I ate. Oh well lesson learned.

The plan is that I cannot go out and run my errands until I run and shower. SO I really need to get this done! I haven't decided whether to shred after my run or to wait until the husband gets home since he hasn't shredded in days.

I guess I just wanted to document my procrastination so I could see it! Its silly really. NIke says it best "Just do it!"

Rest day

I decided to give myself a break today, no running, no shred. I rested and relaxed just enjoying a lazy Sunday. Today was the first day of only 24 daily points I came in at 23 points. Wow that shocked me. I ate well and even had a little ice cream for dessert. When I was eating 27 points I found myself repeatedly going over my points so it is strange that today I came in at 23. Sure I feel like I could snack but I am not hungry at all. I guess it helps that I didn't work out.

Since I am on vacation I am thinking that I should be able to easily get my workouts in tomorrow. Maybe even a little beach time!

Goodbye 180s

Holy cow! I weighed in at 179 this morning! Yay!!! I am out of the 180s!

That being said after I rest my points yesterday to 25, with my new weight I am down to 24pts a day! wow that is a big change from 27 but hey maybe that's why it took so long to lose this pound. I can do 24 pts a day, it is on.

I really needed this loss as you can probably tell from yesterdays posts it was really getting me down being stuck at 180 for 4 weeks. Maybe all my working out will start paying off too!

Anyway I slept in today so I need to go eat some breakfast!

Run and shred 5ish

So I didn't get to my run today until 8:30pm which was a bad idea because I know I am useless at night. But I did it anyway. I also beat my best running time (amount of time running that is) I ran 12 minutes straight!! Now I have strayed a little from the c25k plan lately jsut running some similar intervals. I decided tonight to try something new and run as long as I could bear it. 12 minutes it was amazing. I then walked a bit and ran another couple minutes before my cool down. It is really nice to just push yourself sometimes.

That being said when I went to shred after the run I just didn't have it in me to bop a long with Jillian. I turned her commentary off but it still wasn't happening. I decided to just do the strength move tonight since I had already gotten the cardio in. I am still counting it as a day of shredding though because the basic concept was there. Tomorrow I will start my workouts earlier in the day and get them out of the way.

I will do abs before bed but for now I am off to a nice relaxing bubble bath.

Stop whinning

Ok so after writing that last post I realized that something is not working. I decided to make a list of what I could change. The best answer I came up with is to adjust my daily points. I dropped two points a day down to 25 daily points. I plan to use my weekly points as needed and keep my activity points as bonus to my weight loss. I am really going to focus on not using my weekly points unless I am really hungry most likely due to working out.

Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. Now I have to adjust myself. I also plan on making sure I eat regularly meals and snacks in between.

Tomorrow is my actual weigh in and I want to start my week off right. So in order to do that I am going to get some household chores done today. I am going to clean out my fridge, organize, and fill it back up with fresh produce. I am going to clean my whole apartment. I am going to make a meal plan including breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. I am going to run and shred #5. That should keep me busy! BTW I am on vacation next week YAY!

Debbie downer is confused

I weighed myself this morning to see if I had broken the 180lb mark that I have been stuck at for a month now. Nope. Tomorrow is the official weigh in day and I am not feeling overly hopeful that there will be a change. What the heck. I am following the plan, staying in my points, working out like a fiend, eating healthy foods and there is nothing happening. I really have faith in the program but it is really starting to fade again.

I know my body feels different but my measurements are the same and my clothes fit close to the same. I just don't get it. I really want to focus on health but it feels like I am doing something wrong when there is no change in my weight. I mean no loss in one month, wow. I am only at the beginning of my weight loss, I feel like I should be still losing on a regular basis. I don't ask for much just a pound a week.

Well I guess my only choice is to keep going. Hopefully there is so magical disappearing pound for tomorrow.

Run and Shred #4

This was the toughest run I have had in weeks. I think doing the shred dvd is seriously effecting my running ability. I am not giving up yet though I am hoping that I will be less sore after the next few days of shredding.

Now after my run I moved right in to the shred dvd because I know that if I shred first I am too tired to run after. This combination is really tough but at least I know I have my run done and just 20 minutes of Jillian to go.

Wow Shredding is still hard, I am sweating like crazy. I have found that if I massage my quads after my work out it helps with the soreness. You can use a rolling pin or I use a tortilla roller that someone gave us that has never made a single tortilla in its life.

I have realized how far I have come as far as working out. I don't make as many excuses anymore. I instead come up with plans so that I can get the work out in. I am hoping the fact that I have so much free time this summer will really get me ready for when I don't have much time in the fall. I want this to be who I am, a healthy person who works out because it is a part of her life not just because she wants to lose a few pounds.

Day 3 Shred

Ok I really didn't want to or even think I would make it to shred today. My quads are killing me but I decided that I needed to. I said that I would shred unless there was abig reason not to. Feeling sore is not a reason skip the workout. I will probably never say " I want to shred, its basically torture. BUT I did it today and I will do it tomorrow then the next day and so on and so on. I will put my all into this 30 day challenge, that I promise.

Food was good today, decided to have a rest day from running since the shred wore me out. Tomorrow I will run in the morning and shred in the afternoon. The evening will be spent at a local festival, I totally have enough points for a doughboy (funnel cake) but I think I will probably pass. We shall see I have worked hard this week and I will enjoy myself tomorrow knowing that I have the choice to have anything (one type of anything :P )My bet will probably be fries!

Ok off to shower then watching Bones.

By the way

At what point in my life did getting a running watch become the #1 item on my birthday gift list? Haha I am so excited about getting it that I feel ridiculous but good. I cannot believe I spent the money on it either, wow!

Also just so you know it is actually a gift from my husband but he didn't want to order the wrong thing so he told me to order what I wanted haaha. But he was the one who suggested I get one. I had thought about it but never mentioned it to him. SO when he said that he had read about it and thought I might like it I knew I should have one.

It makes me feel so good to know that he believes in me, that I can be a runner. I have the most supportive husband ever no matter how many times I try and fail he still cheers me on with each new plan. I am a lucky girl.

Early birthday Present

Look what I am ordering myself for an early birthday present!
It is a Nike+ Sportband so that I can document my runs.


Of course in Pink! Click here for more info on my new toy!

I am going to order it today along with a sensor pouch that attaches to my non nike+ sneakers. Yay for gifts that promote wellness! I cannot wait to get it. The new improved model just came out 2 days ago and I cannot find it in stores yet so I am going to order it from Nike.com This is going to really help me transition to outside running, which is a real goal of mine.

Sore

Wow I woke up so sore this morning. It hurts to walk, stand, do stairs, dear lord. I have to do it again in the next 8 hours. Jillian sure did shred my butt!

Day 2 Shred

Its not gonna get easier is it? haha. Today I decided to be clever and go for my run then do the Shed. Actually I don't think that the running helped or hurt my shred progress. It was still really tough of course and I don't think I have EVER sweat this much, not even my first week of running. I cannot stress enough how great it is to do a workout DVD with simple basic moves. I really like that I know what is going on and that it is only 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs rinse and repeat twice.

My biggest ache is in the front of my thighs which sucks because it makes stairs brutal. It also makes me happy because it shows that those are muscles that I am missing durring my runs that are getting a work out. I think that the 5lb weights I am using are too heavy for some of the moves so I used water bottles today. I think I will pick up some 3lb weights soon.

I think my biggest complaint with this DVD is that the cool down is really insufficiant. The stretching is done too quickly. I understand that it is a selling point that the routine is short but adding 5 or so more minutes would really probably help with the soreness. Now that I know that I am adding my own cool down at the end and extending the stretches that Jillian does.

Finally, I do have to say I am really proud of myself. I got invited to a BBQ this morning so I knew that i would be out for the evening so When I was lucky to get a long lunch break allowing me to run and do the Shred. It would have been a good excuse skip the Shred but I didnt. I wanted to really give this my best try to make through the entire 30 days. That being said, No I won't be doing this 30 days straight. I am going away next weekend to visit my inlaws, there is no way that I am sweating my butt off in their living room haha. I do plan on packing my running shoes and I promise I will do some push ups and sit ups in Jillian's honor.

Day one SHRED

Dear Jillian,
I love you dearly but your 30 day Shred Dvd kicked my ass. It practically brought my husband to tears which made me laugh hysterically which in turn made me miss about 15% of the work out. Giggling works abs muscles though, right? Anyways I enjoy your challenges and appreciate you apologies because you really do seem to understand that you are causing pain. I do believe that in the end of the 30 days I will see results and I like that. No phoning your workouts in, right Jill? Ok so I still love you and you hot little body which helps me visualize the reason why I am killing myself. Take care and I will see you tomorrow if I can move.

Yours Truely,
Jess

PS. -IT IS ON.

30 day shred is here

So my DVD came today and I browsed through it quickly on my computer to see what I was in for. I have to say it looks pretty simple (the moves) which I really like but also that it will kick my butt. I am going to attempt the 30 days of shredding and I am planning on blogging about how each day effects me. I shouldn't say attempt because it implies an out but really I am going to put all I have into sticking with it for the 30 days. I am also planning in taking before and after pics of both myself and my husband(who will never do the whole 30 days!) so that will be interesting. I hate how the cover of the dvd says lose up to 20lbs in 30 days because it just makes it seems so gimmicky. My goal is to lose 10 in the 30 days. Heres hoping.

In other news I am on my lunch break and I came home for a run, LOVE days like this when I can get my run in mid day. Now I am off back to work, have a great day!