Friday, July 30, 2010

SOWL Weekly Weigh-In

It's time for the weekly weigh-in and again, the SOWL widget is updated.

It has been a Crazy Week of Running for me.  Last Saturday I had a really emotional day so when it came time to my Long Run of Emotional Recovery, I really ran long!  When I got home and weighed in, I had hit my next mini 5 lb goal!  Amazingly I weighed the same Sunday morning and this morning as well.

My body is weird, for some reason I gained and lost 4 lbs this week.  I just don't get it.  I didn't eat anything I shouldn't have, I just kept on with the normal routine but I think it must be water retention or maybe even I'm building muscle.  My clothes are definitely looser but the weight loss is slow.

Also of significance, I have finally lost 1 more pound since May 26th!  June was a terrible month and I unbelievably managed to gain 8-10 lbs.  I finally got my schedule under control and lost the gained weight plus 1 more lb. Now I'm back on track but behind 10 lb. on monthly goals.  I should have been 159 lb August 1st but I screwed up June and it took July to get back on track.

It is amazing how difficult it is to lose weight (and easy to gain) after 40.  I just keep focusing on the fitness and running and I know it will come.  I suspect that my progress will be much slower from here on out but I will be happy with any progress! I'm happy for this challenge because it is holding me accountable and keeping me on track.  Thank you so much Kerrie!

Hey! I hit my mini goal! It's time for my mini goal reward!

5 comments:

  1. Don't know if you know the deal with getting a pedicure while training...don't let them at your callouses on your feet - while your feet will look beautiful, you will be prone to more blistering...just let them massage and pretty up your nails. Hey - my inlaws live in Alma, maybe we could get together one Saturday in the fall and do a long run in the general vicinity - meet in the middle somewhere! One of my first long runs was trapsing around Wabasha! It was fun!

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  2. Ok, I just went and checked out the Ragnar Relay - WOW oh WOW! Good for you!!!

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  3. Weight loss has been slow for me. And I think it is the time of the month for me, so I have been having really crazy cravings. I agree with you -- it is so easy to gain weight than it is to lose them.

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  4. Ugh, I've been super good this week and am tracking at same weight as last week...thanks to the 'iron pill' week next week. FLEH.

    I sometimes love emotional runs. I feel SO much better than if I had sat at home and made myself cry & let my emotion out that way...

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