Christmas

So, I think I've done a great job not eating EVERYTHING around Christmas. :P I weighed in today at 186.0. Holy crap! :D I think I went up in water weight because of TOM so I'm glad that it's going away now. Also, I got an iPhone for Christmas so I'm trying out some of the calorie counting apps. That'll be a lot easier than putting it on my computer. I also got a "map my run" app that I need to test out. Though I don't like running with my phone so I might end up deleting that one. We'll see.

Uh-Oh

So, since I finished the 10K my eating habits have been terrible. I have all sorts of excuses - it was the end of the semester, I'm graduating (aka eat/drink whatever I want in celebration), I don't have time to work out because I need to study....blah blah blah. That resulted in me getting on the scale and seeing a 192. That is the evil, horrible, demon spawn number I have been working to get away from! Yes, I am going down in clothing sizes (hello, size 12!). But my stomach is still huge. I drank soda without care. Bloating happened. I know that if I stick to my plan, I will be at my goal weight by July. In 6 months! Holy crap! :D So here's to no more excuses. I WILL NOT ruin all of my good habits! And I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT gain any more weight back!

I want it all!

Okay, finally a 10K update. The disease held off until after the race, luckily, so that part's out of the way. I finished in 1:12:22. Not very fast you might say, but I was so consistent it was scary. Each mile was 11-12 minutes the first half, and faster the second half. It averaged out to nearly exact 10 minute miles. This shows me that A. I can run a 5K faster if I tried! and B. I need to run faster. So now I'm adding HIIT to my workouts. Sprint at 9mph 1 minute, 2 minutes recovery, rinse & repeat. I should be exhausted at the end of these and I definitely am. It's the end of dead week now going into finals so I've only been to the gym once (sadface) but it's okay. Eating's been (mostly) on plan. :P Going back to calorie counting in addition to working out did the trick to make me start losing again. Still not losing quite as much as I should be, but I am losing again. It's a great feeling. :D

So what now? My 10Ks done, I stopped running long distances consistently because it hurts. Well, first of all, I want to run another 5K and 10K. Both for time after working on my speed. Then, I want to run a half-marathon. *gulp* I have a training schedule that's for 3 months. http://www.fitsugar.com/Half-Marathon-Training-Schedule-Beginners-2845222 I'm not going to start this until January and I'll probably stretch it out into 4 months. And I have to add the HIIT to help my speed & endurance. But now that I've decided to do this, I'm pretty stoked.

Aaaaand last of all, I'm expecting to hit my goal weight in June. Therefore, I have a bikini goal. I've never work a biniki as an adult comfortable and I don't really remember wearing them as a kid either. I've seen some pretty fat people in them so regardless of stretchmarks, saggy skin, or anything else, I WILL wear a bikini this summer. And it will be awesome. :D

The Horror

I knew this was going to happen. I KNEW IT. My race is tomorrow morning at 8am (sucks, I know). And....I'M SICK.

*Flashback*
Two weeks ago, my little sister came to visit me from Auburn. She had a cough that she said just won't go away. It was annoying her but not that bad. No one in my apartment caught it so I didn't worry about it. This past weekend, I went to Auburn to visit my sister. Sort of a big deal, we've never visited each other before. Anyway, she still had her cough and it was much worse. But I didn't catch it last time so I figured she had the flu, I've had my flu shot, I was safe. We did what sisters do and shared everything. Eating each other's food, drinking out of the same drink and whatnot. Well, by the time I got home Sunday night, I had a fever and a sore throat. Shit. I'm a biology major and I'd already diagnosed Sarah while I was visiting her and told her to get her ass to a doctor during the week. I made an appointment for myself too. The doctor said what I thought she had (booyah, go me) and gave her antibiotics. But bronchitis and pneumonia aren't usually caused by bacteria (unless, I dunno, you've had the cough for months and are getting worse, not better), so when I saw the doctor he said it was probably viral and just gave me cough medicine. I obviously caught what my sister had, so in a week I'll be back in there begging for antibiotics too. But all of this boils down to me being sick when I run my fucking 10K. Oh God. I'm worried enough about just finishing it in an hour and a half. I know I can run a 10K in an hour and 11 minutes on a treadmill, but I'm not sure what I'll pace myself to outside. We'll see. I'm just worried about my ability to breathe while coughing and having my lungs full of crap. :((( Next post will be about the exciting events of Turkey Day!

Finally a good scale day

I think of good/bad scale days like they're good/bad hair days. Except my emotions are strongly tied to the scale, haha, and not my hair. I took a bit of a break from the gym this week (read: I didn't go until today) because I was tired. Today I went and ran 6 miles (yayyyy!) and then did strength training. Also, I've started religiously counting my calories again. It's only Day 3 of renewed calorie counting (so I don't know if that's the reason why I lost), but I'm down to 188.5lbs today. Since I've been fighting to get under 190 I was pretty happy with that. Also I'm very tired now so I'm having trouble getting enthusiastic in this post. But trust me, I was pleased at the gym today. Getting on the treadmill and running 6 miles is a lot easier when you're not pissed at yourself for not losing weight. Anyway. 10K in less than a week!

5.5!

I did great with 5.5 miles, it took me 1 hour and 5 minutes. Basically perfectly on track, haha. So 6 miles is happening either tomorrow or Tuesday. Let's be honest, probably Tuesday. Mondays suck! I switched up my cross training this week by hiking with my boyfriend. It wasn't too physically difficult, but we went for 2 hours so that's gotta make up for being kind of easy. Also, something funny happened on Friday. I won entry to the race I'm doing! I emailed them and was like "So...you could sign me up for the 5K too, or give entry to someone else". Because it was through the newspaper, and I doubt they could get me a refund. But if they sign me up for the 5K I could do it with my mom. Or run circles around her while she walks. It'd be a nice cool down after the 10K, and I'd have to wait for her to finish it anyway.

I've decided that after the 10K I'm going to switch to running intervals. Running long distances makes me sore, and when I do something like run 5 miles but don't lose weight, it pisses me off. And it discourages me. Intervals are supposed to boost weightloss so hopefully those will give me the kick I need. I really want to be 180 at Christmas/New Year. I know I can do this, I just...need to see some scale progress. It's beyond frustrating to not lose weight. Or rather, it's beyond frustrating to lose weight at this slow of a pace. I know I need to work harder the more weight I lose and that I'm not eating like someone on a diet. So for the next month and a half it's game time.

November already???

I can't believe it's already November. I graduate in a month and a half. o.O That doesn't feel real. And I'm not looking forward to it at all. It'll just be me locked up at home with my mom screaming at me about how worthless I am. Not exactly the best environment to find a job or to lose weight. So that's starting to cause some panic in the back of my mind. :(

As for the 10K, I'm up to 5 miles now. I only have 2 weeks left to go though! Eeeek! I need to run the 5.5 miles today. 5 miles took me 1 hour, which for me isn't bad. And 5 miles is a lot closer to 6.2 miles than 3.1 miles is! Who would have thought I could run that far? I'm not good at running, but I *want* to be. I want to like it and enjoy it. And sometimes I do. Lately I think my diet is affecting how well I do in the gym. So I went to the store and bought the kinds of food I ate over the summer - fruit, hummus, greek yogurt, stuff like that. It's back to the basics. Yesterday James got me a mini pizza from CPK and I had it for lunch, and then I had terrible cramps at the gym. I know I can't eat stuff like that and he got it to be nice, but I just can't eat it. My body won't run (haha, get it, run) on food like that. So, yeah. Now all I need to get are some carrots and I'll have all the food I ate over the summer when I started this.

I got down to 189.3lbs last week. Today I looked pretty low on the crappy scale in my bathroom, it'll be interesting to see what the scale at the gym says.