Finally rewarded myself for this last 5lb loss. I'm not creative enough to think of something that I didn't have to spend money on but I got the next best thing. Pants on clearance at Target! My previous reward jeans, remember the brand "Not Your Daughters' Jeans" Ugh! I was squeezing into a size 12. I kind of almost thought that they looked like skinny jeans (by "skinny" I mean the tight look, not actually skinny). They are really baggy now!! YAY! For this next pair of reward pants I was in Target and surprisingly Target has all these different numbered fits which in some ways is annoying b/c you have to look at more than just your size but in other ways is easy b/c you can eliminate several fits just by looking at them on the poster. So I found a pair of jeans I liked enough to get on clearance but the pockets were plain which did nothing for my backside so I decided not to get them. I did on the other hand get a pair of green size 10 cargo pants (not even sure if that's what they're called, more fitted than cargo pants, khaki pants?). Anyway, I've already worn them twice and I'm happy with them but even these new pants are starting to look a little extra baggy so I am wondering if this week I am doing really amazing!
If I am down more than 2 lbs I will hit my 10% WW goal. That's exciting b/c then you set your ultimate goal. I know ballpark where my goal will be so when I hit 10% I should be nearly half way there depending on what me and my leader decide on for my exact goal weight. I can't remember if I wrote about it already but people have been noticing my weight loss. The dry cleaner said something that made my day, a mother from my daughter's class has said something twice to me in the last couple of weeks, and today a mother from my son's class said how skinny I looked (skinny was her word not mine). Needless to say I am pumped!! But not pumped enough to stop myself from treats. With the amount of exercising I'm getting in, I wonder how much I would've lost without the treats!
The last several weeks I've been really good about tracking my food. I've been eating up my points but I know that if I stay within my points I will still lose. I kind of just have to trust that b/c some weeks for better or worse this does not feel like a diet.
Running. Well I missed a run last week. That weekend run is hard to fit in. I either get out of the house early and miss the lazy weekend wake up or it just does not happen at all. I didn't really beat myself up too much over it. Its tough to get motivated to run on a treadmill and there's too much darn snow to road run. So far this week's run have gone really well. Yesterday a personal trainer at the gym struck up some conversation with me. She suggested I try to lift weights twice a week and do intervals once a week. I tried intervals today. First no treadmills to warm up on so I used the arc for 5 minutes and then stretched. New trainer friend introduced me to one of her clients who runs and is in a running club. Finished stretching, still no treadmills, back on the arc on some interval setting for 30 minutes, only went 1.5 miles in 30 minutes! Finally a treadmill was available and I tried going much faster than my normal 9:30-10:30 minutes per mile, just under 8 min miles only for a quarter mile at a time (trainer had suggested 30 seconds at a time but I prefer the distance measurement). I really enjoyed it and definitely think it will help my speed, treadmill wasn't quite as boring this way. Unfortunately I couldn't finish my last quarter mile b/c my daughter's diaper was leaking and the gym babysitter came to get me. Darn these new diapers!
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