Get Fit: Week 9

Exercise: This week, I was able to yoga on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday.  Wednesday and Thursday were simply impossible because Rick has been leaving early and working late to make up for missing hours for our trip to Colorado, and unfortunately, yoga does not have daycare. (But it would be SO AWESOME if they did.)  And Sunday is a no go because we are taking a girls shopping trip to KC and between that and church, there simply isn't time.  In terms of walking, I did 4 miles with Lindsey Wednesday, 2 miles with my kids Thursday and 3 on Friday, and my 5k on Saturday.  That totals just over 12 miles.  A pretty active week when you consider I was at work for two days doing enrollment!

Diet: I was freaking awesome at the diet...for the first half of the week.  I had a few slips near the end.  On Thursday we had a girls night.  I ate four small triangles of whole wheat pita bread (which, if I'm going to eat bread, that's the kind to eat!) and I don't know how much of the cool whip + strawberry yogurt dip stuff.  It was delicious.  And then on Friday, we went bowling with the cousins and met daddy for pizza afterward.  I had a delicious salad full of greens...and two bites of Rick's pizza.  And one of his crusts.  To give you an idea of just how big a crust is...

Yep - that's my boy eating a piece of pizza bigger than his head.  I rationalized by saying I had hot yogaed and walked 3 miles that day, totaling more than two hours of straight exercise, and that it was the last Friday night of the summer. :)

Week 9 Goal Review:

• Hit the diet hard this week. Except the pizza and girls night, I did pretty well.  Happy :)
• MY FIRST 5K! Yep! Read about it here.

• Walk 13.1 miles.  My exact mileage for the week was 12.3.  Not quite, but very close, and close enough that I can say I'm happy with it.
• Yoga 5 times.  Only got to 4, but again, not from lack of trying.  Couldn't get childcare.

Breakthroughs:

• My size 12s simply don't fit.  I don't think they fit last week either, but this week I've had to be places where I had to look (slightly) professional, and I just can't keep them up!  Yay for skinny, sad for losing the clothes.
• My mother-in-law shelled out the big bucks for an expensive juicer...which means she handed her old one off to me!  I'm excited to try some of these juicing recipes!
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• Shopping!  I went out with some friends to Kansas City and got a pair of jeans (10s), white denim jacket (size M), two cardigans (M & L), and four shirts (3 Ms and a S! Yep, that's right!).  I also got a necklace. It was lovely. I normally hate shopping, but this was a BLAST!
• Weigh in: 153.8 (This was my lowest weight this week. For some reason this morning I weighed in at 155.4.  Calling it a fluke, proceeding as if it is and sure hoping it was...)
• Total weight loss so far:  31.7 
• Just 8.3 lbs to go!

The weight is definitely coming off more slowly now, which I think is normal.  I've just got to stick with it and keep making good dietary decisions.  I truly believe they are the single most important factor in my weight loss.

Week 10 Goals: 

• Yoga 4 times. I start work this week so I'm kicking it down to 4.  If I can get 4, I'll feel pretty good for week 1.
• Walk 8 miles. I have been thinking about walking over my lunch breaks at school.  Between our building and the high school we have a pretty extensive campus and a few laps ought to equal a few miles.
• Drink. More. Water. I am not drinking enough.  I can tell by the color of my pee.  I've always found it easier to drink water while at school, so hopefully this will be easier this week.
• Don't stress out if I have to take things a little easier this week. Transitioning from summer schedule to work schedule is exhausting in and of itself.  I'm going to try to hit the goals above, but also extend myself a little grace!