Holy hormones, I know what the issue is now. I've got a massive, painful breakout on my chin and all those mid-monthly aches. GRRR! I'm a bit disappointed in myself that I let that control my eating the last couple of days.

As of this morning though ... no more! Last night I laid out my plan for today. This always seems to help when I have an idea of what I'm going to eat and when. I don't end up so lost feeling.

I also did a list of meal ideas and a few different scenarios of when/where to spend my points. I think I need to add a little more protein to my meals and I need to spread them out a little better. I feel completely satisfied on a serving of Red River Cereal for breakfast, which is only 2 pts. But sometimes I find I have so many points left near the end of the day and I'll end up just eating junk or just eating something to get the points in - which I don't think really is that beneficial for fueling my body.

Yesterday was another great run. Our little group has really split up in abilities and I spend 90+% of my time running with just one other lady. But it's always so nice when we start off all together and then meet up afterwards for coffee/tea. This one lady & I are trying to meet up on a few other days during the week as well. It's nice that we have similar goals and speed.

Today I'm taking a bit of a rest day. So far this month I've exercised 18/20 days, and alot of those have been pretty high intensity. Though my "off" day will still be very busy as my house has been very much neglected and, if the rain can hold off, my gardens & lawns could use TLC as well.

Water retention much???

Apparently I'm retaining water this week. For the last 4 mornings I've been up in weight by about a lb each almost every day. I think this is partially because the last 4 days I've had SUPER tough workouts. I can certainly feel every muscle in my body. Maybe some hormone thingy going on too??? Who knows. I'm also absolutely beat tired.


I guess this weeks weigh in will not be what I had hoped for :(. But, I did pop down under 150 for one day, even if it's far off now (boo boo). I'm going to try to be patient and let my body sort itself out.


Here's a chart of how the past week has gone:

Day - Weight - Pts - AP
Sat - 151.2 - 43 - 3
Sun - 151.0 - 30 - 1
Mon - 149.4 - 18 - 0
Tue - 152.0 - 18 - 6
Wed - 152.4 - 23 - 6
Thu - 152.8 - 24 - 6
Fri - 153.8 - 22 - 10

Gain - 2.6
Avg Pts -25
Avg AP - 4.6

I know logically I could not have gained 4 lbs since Monday morning. Hopefully it balances out.

On the plus side, I met up with some friends for a short run today. One of them I haven't seen for a couple weeks and her first comment to me was "you're looking skinny". So I guess whatever is going on with the scale isn't showing - phewf.

Eating today has not been pretty. My points are OK but it's been a bagel, some chocolate chip cookies, 2 chocolate brandy beans, edamame, some almonds & peans and a lowely peach. Not one vegetable. VERY odd day for me. At least I check the points in check, even if I do feel sick now - blech!

Weird couple of days here, I still have very little appetite and I'm not quite sure why. I'm not going to overly worry about it though because I'm sure it won't last. I ate dinner tonight before bootcamp not because I was hungry, but just because I knew I needed to fuel my workout. And now after class I'm not hungry again, but I'm drinking a hot chocolate as a refuel.



I had planned to ride my bike to/from class tonight but my friend came over to pick up her son and I haven't seen her for a few weeks and we yakked too long. Though it was probably a good thing because yesterday's bootcamp really kicked my butt (or I should say mostly my chest) and it may have been too much to add in the ride as well. Tonight's class was awesome too! I'm going to miss it over the summer. For tonight though, every muscle in my body is sore, good sore.



I'm a little sad tonight. Next week is the last bootcamp class before summer. There is a few shorter summer sessions but I will miss too many to make it worth signing up for. There is a lady in my Wed class that I've been taking sessions with since September. She is super nice and we get along. She came up to me after class to let me know that she has to miss next week and since I'm not taking the summer sessions I likely won't see her. Considering I don't have any friends that I go to fitness classes with, it was nice to have a familiar face to see. After I was driving away I had the thought that I should have given her my e-mail address and we could have met up for a run or something. Oh well, hopefully we both are in some classes in the fall again.



Tomorrow I'm riding my bike to/from work since I have no kids to drop off or pick up from school. I'm very much looking forward to it.

Sleepyhead

Things I've learned in the last few days:

* Packaged oatmeal isn't nearly as satisfying as my beloved Red River Cereal. In comparison it tastes mushy, it's way too sweet & it doesn't stick with you as long.

* Even if you eat under your points target, if you have salty processed foods you will show a weight gain the next day.

* Air popped popcorn with Becel Butter Spray is NOT a good pre workout fuel, even if it does satisfy a crunch craving. This is especially true when you're already feeling tired and it's muggy.

* I can do 20 big girl push-ups in a row, however it takes me a long time and they're not really full push-ups so I'm not quite ready to say goal accomplished.

* Trying to catch a loose horse who has gotten through the fence into a 20 acre hay field and a 10 acre newly planted blueberry field when you're just about ready to go to sleep is not fun.

* You know you're exceptionally tired when you drive 2Km's past your son's school on the way to drop him off there. Makes you understand how people can accidentally forget their babies in a hot car - scary.

* You can find interesting things in your kids closets.

* I really don't notice when I'm driving on a complete flat (for like 20Km on the freeway). But it does make you paranoid that you'll do it again which lead me to checking the tires on my other car and realizing they were rather low, one probably dangerously so.

Here's today's menu:

Breakfast - Red River Cereal (2)
Lunch - La Tortilla Factory Small Wrap with green leaf lettuce, 1 tsp light ranch dressing, hot sauce and 1 oz. southwestern chicken breast, Sliced Cucumber, Hard Boiled Egg (5)
Snacks - 6 small pieces honey garlic pork (4?)
Dinner - Veggie Burger, Wonder+ thin burger bun, 1 oz. jalapeno jack cheese (6)

Post-Workout - Hot chocolate made with 1 c. milk (4) - I haven't had this yet as I have zero hunger right now at 8:00PM

Total Points - 21

Exercise - Bootcamp class

Stuffed

This weekend I let things slide a bit and definitely had my points on the high end. Not outrageous, just higher than usual.

Today though was right back on track and even though I've had less points today than the last two days, I'm sitting here at 9PM still stuffed from my small dinner at 7. It's rather strange. I've been finding that it doesn't take very much food to fill me up for the last little while.

Here's today's menu:

Breakfast - Red River Cereal (2)
Lunch - 4 c. raw veggies, President's Choice Canneloni (4)
Snack - All Bran Oatmeal Bar, 1 c. grapes, 1 slice watermelon, 4 strawberries (4)
Dinner - 3/4 c. pasta with 1/4 c. alfredo sauce, 3 oz. chicken breast, 1 mini carrot (I couldn't eat anymore) - (8)

Total Points - 18 and I'm stuffed

Exercise - Nothing, had alot to do today and am really tired

I've been noticing something different with me lately. For years my husband has always said that whenever he exercises, as soon as he stops he sweats heavily. Recently my son said he has the same thing. I've never had this. I do sweat during exercise, but it's pretty steady and not usually much. That is until now. Just in the last couple weeks I notice I've been having the same reaction. As long as I'm exercising I sweat a bit but not much, and the moment I stop it just goes crazy. I mentioned this to my friend and she said it's because my metabolism is faster. Any thoughts on this??? That sure would be nice if that was the case.

Jun 13 weigh in - 0.4 loss

Down 0.4 for this week. Would have loved a bit more, but at least it's still going down. I worked out pretty hard and lots this week (every day) and my eating was 100% so I'm just going to assume my body is adjusting or something. Not going to worry about it. This week is a "recovery week" for my half marathon training pogram which maybe my body needs.

Ran 13Km with my friend yesterday. She hadn't run distance in a few weeks and was dying to get out. She said it was pretty tough but she was glad that we went together so she didn't stop. I really enjoyed the running and I'm finding it easier to do these longer distances. My head just goes into a zone and I don't really think about the running. Of course it's nice when you run with a friend so you have someone to talk to and to pass the time.

Today I went shopping. Was just going to drop off my daughter, but then decided to shop on my own for a bit. Only ended up buying one dress & a bra, but tried on lots of stuff. It doesn't seem to matter what size you are, the stores will be out of that size in the item you like. A few NSV's, some 8s were fitting well, though not in anything I wanted, and I even managed to squeeze into a pair of Size 6 capris that someone had left behind in the change room. For kicks I decided to see how far I could get them up. I couldn't have walked in them, and barely could breath, but I could do up the buttons & zipper.

Here's the dress I bought...

(hmmm, didn't really realize my hair was THAT short in the back, heehee)

Tonight I'm meeting up with a couple of ladies that I went all through school with (since Grade 1) and I haven't seen one of them for probably 16 or 17 years! Will probably indulge in a few appy's but that's part of life and this is one of those occassions I'm willing to spend a few extra points.

Loving the Compliments

Thanks everyone for your comments yesterday. I know I'm doing what's right and that in the end this is best. Nice to know others are right there with me. :)

Yesterday my MILs friend was over and I think she complimented me about 3 or 4 times. She kept saying "Heidi, you are looking REALLY good". It was awesome!! (insert big huge happy grin) I think it felt extra good because I haven't really dropped much on the scale since I last saw her, but I do feel more toned and I guess it's showing.

Then today I got a call from one of my running friends. I haven't been able to run with them for a few weeks now (though I've still been running on my own). I'm not going to be able to run with them this weekend either. So she called to see if I would go for a run with her tomorrow. She said she called me because she wanted someone that could run as fast and as long as her. Sure was nice to hear that!

The last couple of days I've actually had a bit of a hard time eating enough points. Not because I'm not hungry (though I'm not starving at all), but just I'm not interested in anything. Everything seems boring and I don't want to just eat whatever just so that I'm eating. Guess it's time to break out some new or old recipes and jive up the tastebuds. For today though I'm too lazy :)