Tell-Tale Tuesday

I'm down 1 pound this week. I'm happy that I am down and that I met my goal. I'm not overly excited because I was up 2 pounds last week, so technically I'm still up one. It's a long road to healthy, so I'll take the pound.

Today I did kickboxing and then I ran a mile. It was a great workout. Tomorrow I'm meeting Mandee at 7 for cardio. I know I need to get my butt out of bed in the morning if I'm going to meet my goals.

Snickerdoodles and Running Shoes

I've been silent again, but I've also been good. I've been better at tracking my calories (even today when I had six snickerdoodes and a slice of ham for breakfast). I've told myself that if I don't start losing weight with tracking calories I'll join WW. I've done it before and lost weight, but I don't really like it. I also don't think it's worth paying for another way to track my food if I'm not doing a good job using the food tracking site I already belong to.

The great news is my hip appears to be better. I tried running on Friday and it felt great. I got three miles in. After my sinckerdoodle breakfast I decided to run again, and I once again got three miles in. I think I'll stick to running at most every other day for a while. My goal is to get up to 15 miles a week and stick with it without injury. I love running, but it tends to beat up my body a lot. I imagine that when I am no longer overweight I will have fewer issues running.

I think the trick to losing weight for me is talking about it. That means that if I know you read this site I'm going to be talking about my efforts the next time we speak. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to tell you how much weight I've lost.

Tuesday I'll be posting how much down (or up) I am. I am going to do it every week. If I don't, please call me and harass me.

I'm Still Here

I am still here and working at it. I was out for a few days last week with a migraine. I have been doing OK on eating and tracking. At the end of the day I don't always feel like blogging, but I am going to be better about blogging.

Today I lifted in the morning and walked outside at lunch. I tracked my calories.

My motivating song this week is from Great Big Sea. I love running to this band. They are coming to Minneapolis in October, and if I didn't have a wedding that day I would be there.

Just one basil martini away from giving up...

I went to happy hour tonight with some co-workers. I had one martini and a few snacks. I did recognize that I need to keep it to one drink. If I had two I'm pretty sure I would have eaten everything on the menu. I try not to go to happy hour when I'm just getting in gear, it is too easy to fall off the wagon.

Today I tracked my calories. I lifted at 7 and did a run/walk combo for 3 miles at lunch. My hip isn't back to normal yet, but it doesn't really hurt. I had to walk much more than I normally do. It will probably take a while to get my running mojo back.

I'm very stressed at work at the moment. I'm actually going to log off of this computer and fire up my work laptop in a moment. I have a hard time focusing when I'm working 10 hour days. What do you do to keep motivated when work is going crazy?