Get Fit: Week 12

Exercise: I yogaed four times this week - Monday and Wednesday and then both days over the weekend.  I ditched my normal Friday because we went to KC to see the Royals game.  I did 14.9 miles (which, if I had realized, I would have done at least another tenth of a mile and made it an even 15), including my first official "run."  Yep, that's right - I ran 1.3 miles.  That is HUGE for me.  I don't run, folks, mainly because it hurts and I hate it. And I can't breathe.  The ONLY upside (and the reason I did it) is that it takes less time.  So all in all, a pretty successful week activity-wise...though I would have loved to have had that Friday yoga date.

Diet: I definitely had my moments this week.  I started off trying to take pictures of everything I was eating...and then I forgot a few times...and then I just fell off the wagon entirely.  But BEFORE I did, here are a few shots of my meals:

Quinoa salad (I made it for a potluck and had a lot left over, so I pretty much ate this all week)

Mmmmmmmmm grapes. And they have been on great sales at Aldi lately!

Quinoa salad, 1 c cucumber soup, banana

Treated myself to a fruit smoothie at Juice Stop.  I miss the days when my son didn't know what I was getting...

1 c black bean soup, quinoa salad

1 banana muffin (ate the 1st half for breakfast and the other for lunch)

This was a bit of a cheat, but it was delicious and not that bad for bread!  Jo Marie sent me the recipe - find it here.  I made it for my kids at school and they loved them.  Said you totally couldn't tell they were healthy. :)

My go-to this week

This has been one of my go-tos for breakfast, mainly because it's quick, easy, and has sticking power.  I am not a fan of rasins by themselves, but have found that I really do like them when combined with other things, like almonds.  I really didn't know much about rasins and their nutritional value.  They seemed "clean" according to the contents, so I did a bit of research.  I found this article which states that drying foods simply compounds the contents of that fruit.  In the case of grapes/raisins, the antioxidant count increases, but so does the sugar and calories :/ Might be a good snack for maintenance, but I should probably lose the rasins until then.

Of course I sampled the batter of the muffins, but other than that I was pretty good on the diet this week.  

Week 12 Goal Review:  

• ROCK SOLID on the diet.  I don't know that I can cross this off.  Technically, rock solid on the diet would have been much more in the way of leafy greens.
• Keep a log of what I eat.  I tried.  Too much maintenance for me.
• Yoga four times.  Done
• Walk 12 miles. 14.9  

Breakthroughs:

• Hmm...I really can't think of any.  It's been a pretty hectic week, to be honest.  I am impressed that I was able to exercise as much as I was.  It's going to get really difficult to do all of this when it starts getting cold. :(
• Weigh In:  147.8 - and I'm actually happy with this.  I am sick of these last few pounds, but right now, I am too busy to be thinking about dieting.  I have five million things on my plate with school, my family, my house, etc.  I'll take it the pound.
• Total weight loss so far: 37.7
• Just 2.8 lbs to go! 

Week 13 Goals:

• Take
• a
• break. 

I am tired.  I've been eating like this since May.  I've been exercising like this since May.  I am now two weeks into school, and I am stinking tired.  My husband leaves tomorrow morning at 5 AM for the airport and won't get home until Friday evening.  I am tired.  Instead of stressing about meal prep, whether I'm going to get my mileage in, how often I can get to the studio for yoga, whether the scale is going to go up or down - I am just going to RELAX.  And trust me, by "relax," I mean keep the craziness to the job, house, and kiddos.  A trusted mentor - someone who understands my need to follow rules - told me just this morning "Take the week off.  Or heck - take the next two or three weeks off.  You look great.  You've worked hard.  So you're three pounds away - big deal?  They will still be there in three weeks."  Oh how I needed to hear this counsel.

A break I will take.  See you again...sometime!