Friday again??

Wow, I cannot believe it's Friday again already! And in 2 more Fridays, it will be Wedding Eve :) I better get to work!!
Weigh in = -0.4 lbs!! Ha. Too funny. But I'm back in the 148 range so I'm happy.
The weekend is slotted to be busy. I get dizzy just thinking about it. We need to finalize some things + shop for some things + visit J's nanny cause she's not coming to the wedding + visit my parents to finalize some things + get my house in better shape as there will be company around in the next 2 weeks. Yikes. J is supposed to be off early today and has a "to do" list. I'm hoping that pans out!
I'd like to say that I'll check in more often but I'm not sure that's going to be happening. I WILL at least report my weight next week if nothing else.
Happy Friday :)

Yay! + Friday randomness

-Down a pound yesterday! Finally the scale has caught up a little.
-Dress fitting = good. Only needs some hemming for length!
-Food yesterday following weigh in not so good due to trip to TGH with J's mom
-Today is Friday
-Running 6K tonight
-Running 12K tomorrow
-Jen, bridezilla has made girls get dress shortened to the bottom of the kneecap + your shoes are cute and if you think they look good then I'm happy (that's me NOT being bridezilla!!!)

Rest Day

Well, not too much to report for today. It's rest day so no excercise. Good thing cause I think I tweaked my foot a little yesterday. Hopefully it will be OK tomorrow.
RSVP's for la wedding are due on Saturday - we are still waiting to hear from LOADS of people. Maybe this will be much smaller than expected!! Oh well, I know the good people are coming!! Dress fitting = tomorrow! I tried it on with my shoes and I could *almost* get away without alterations...if only I were 1/4 inch taller!!
I'm an Olympics addict. I have actually moved my hair straightener and makeup to my room so I can watch in the morning while getting ready for work. I'm weird.
Ok, that's all the randomness I have for today.

Moderate over-indulgance

So following a few drinks on Saturday night and not keeping track of what I ate on Sunday, I'm back. Hmmm, wonder why I don't lose weight??? Same pattern EVERY week. Good Monday - Thursday where I weigh in then spend the weekend not paying attention. By Monday morning, back up 3 lbs that I lose from Monday to Thursday. This was a fine pattern when I was at goal weight but I'm not liking it right now.
You would think my solution would be to quit misbehaving on the weekend - sounds reasonable, right? But I don't learn apparently. I'm hoping that my running will help me out this week. If not, I may actually have to track points on weekends - GASP!!!!
I ate well today and followed points and got in a 10K run after work (in between the thunderstorms!!). We didn't eat dinner until 7:30pm so snacking after dinner has not been a problem, thankfully :)

My scale doesn't care

I was actually thinking that I did OK this week. I mean, I wasn't the perfect weight watcher but hey, I did run 22K this week. My scale couldn't tell apparently. Or it just didn't care. I'm the SAME weight. No less, no more. I didn't let that get me down though - I went and started my new week off with a 6K after work today. Take that you stupid scale!!!

Let's be honest,

today was not my best day. You would think there would be extra willpower due to the fact that tomorrow is weigh in day. But, no. Not the case. I had a crap day at work which resulted in a lack of lunch. That resulted in a headache and a NEED for sugar. So, a peanut butter cookie later, I was starting to feel better. Until I got home and J informed me that we need to finalize the caterer/cake situation + write thank-you's + think about the 11 other things that are on my wedding to do list. SO - on to the crackers, cream cheese and hot pepper jelly I go. I tried to convince J to get us take out for dinner but just before he left, I decided I could muster up the energy to make some pita pizzas. Following that, there may have been a wagon wheel.
So, all in all - not the best coping skills today. I need to find a better way to deal with the stress. We'll see in the AM what the damage is. Wish me luck...

Drive by post...

Here I am. Ran 6K after work. Made dinner. Had some tea and a 100 cal dipps bar. Going to watch J's baseball soon so I'm not sitting here tempted by food. I'm HUNGRY today!!!!! What's up with that?!
The rest of the thank-you's must wait another day!
PS. I can't get into hotmail and it's really pissing me off. I have emails to send#@*$)@#*$

Just to fill you in...

I'm doing thank-you notes tonight. Wrists hurt from writing. Will still have another round after tonight...just...can't...say...thanks...anymore!!!!
Food was good. Today was rest day. My calves wouldn't have it any other way. I stretched good afterwards as they were tight as SOON as I stopped running but to no avail, I guess.
Tomorrow = run and watching some baseball.
I may not be back until Wednesday.

OK, time to 'fess up...

Although, technically NOT my weigh in day - last Monday I stepped on the scale to find myself 5lbs over goal (and 3 lbs above my "get your ass in gear" number). So my numbers on my ticker never did reflect that number. On Friday, I had managed to be down 3 lbs but could not move my ticker as it never reflected Monday's number in the first place. So that is the scoop on how weigh in went.
The weekend in review is next:
On Friday night, we went to the OC and met up with L, J and little P. He is such a riot - just randomly wandering around the mall (with mom close in tow) stopping and waving at random people and just yelling Da-da-da-da. Then he breaks into his dancing. Too freakin' funny. Anyway, my point was that we went out to dinner and I ordered mahi-mahi with mango salsa, rice pilaf and bok choy. I was trying to be good. Sucky thing was, the mango salsa wasn't very good and the bok choy was drenched in oil. Gross! At least I tried!
On Saturday, we went to pick up the bridesmaid dresses (YAY!). Following a speeding ticket on the way there, we decided we needed a drink! There is the neatest little restaurant there and we ate on the patio. I may have had the best drink of my life - a strawberry whip (strawberries, Baileys, french vanilla ice cream and ice all blended together - SOOOOO good!). Then I had an apple/pecan salad and we shared bruschetta bread and spinach dip. Not the best behaviour. But certainly not the worst!
Today, I had a bagel for brekkie, cucumber rolls and shared Pad Thai with John for lunch, and blue menu mushroom pizza and salad for dinner. The thing I'm thrilled to report about for today is that I completed a 11.07 km run in 1hr, 10min. burning 775 calories according to my Nikeplus ipod thingy. I'm SUPER excited about this. I ran by myself as well and that is the farthest I have run by myself. I didn't know if I could do it!!!
Anyway, that about sums it up. I'm hoping I didn't screw up too much this weekend and that I can see my good number on the scale by Thursday.

No cheat day!

What a concept! I have behaved myself today cause I wanted to hold off my weigh in until tomorrow. Things went well again today. Nothing much to report. I was up half the night so I've been exhausted today but finally saw a Dr. and have a prescription for my problem :)
Need to do a long run - maybe tomorrow, maybe Saturday??
Food
- toast with PB and J (3)
- bagel and tomato sammich (2)
- zucchini/tomato/mushroom stirfry leftovers (0)
- 1/2 c. strawberries (0)
- yogurt (1)
- ravioli (7) with parmesan cheese (1)
- salad with balsamic vinegar (0)
- 4 melba with ff cream cheese (2)
- 100 cal choc. bar (2)
- mini wheats with skim milk (3)
- cranberry juice (2)

Wow - 2 in a row!

I'm back to say, today went well despite feeling a bit like crap! I went wakeboarding on Monday and to say that I'm frickin' paying for it today would be a HUGE understatement. I couldn't lift my arms to get my shirt off!!! BUT somehow, I wiggled out of it and into la running clothes and off I went for my 5K run :) I got the Nike + do-hickey to attach to my ipod and a sensor on my shoe and voila, it tracks my distance/time AND plays music for me! It also all downloads onto the Nike site and I can track all my progress. Exciting to say the least :)
I was well behaved in the food category today as well -
Toast with PB and J (3)
Bagel and tomato sammich (2)
Cottage cheese cup (2)
Yogurt (1)
1/2 c. strawberries (0)
4 melbas (1) dipped in tomato sauce (0)
Tilapia filet topped with bruschetta and feta (4)
5 Perogies (4)
Salad with dressing (1)
Zucchini/Tomato/Mushroom stirfry (0)
Yogurt (1)
100 cal choc. bar (2)
Wow - that seems like a lot of food! Yay food!

Well...Hi!!!

OK, so this isn't going to be long but I was inspired by Jen's healthy food pics and I actually started to track my food today and I have a plan for tomorrow :) It's been a while since I've done that. I need to kick it up into losing mode for a bit and get back into the groove of things. I'm at my 2 lb-over-goal-limit and need to remedy this. I went grocery shopping and bought some good food and I'm ready to go!
I've also mapped out a run that I need to make happen tomorrow!!! Hopefully it's not humid/thunderstorming!
And wedding wise, I need to go look up a seamstress and make an appointment for some fittings!!
There, that's the plan for the short week!
Today's food:
-ww toast with PB and J (3)
- ww bagel and cream cheese (3), salad and dressing (1), cottage cheese (2), 2 bites of potato salad (1)
- 8 melba toast (2)
- 100 cal granola bar (2)
- soy meat tacos (8), cucumbers and vinegar (0)