First Day of My Last Undergrad Semester

My class let out an hour early, so I hit the recreation center. I got just over an hour workout in on the indoor track. I ran/walked 5 miles and burned 575 calories (according to Nike+), but 500 calories according to my heart rate monitor (more accurate).

(Side note: I just went to grab my Nike+ chip to upload my run to the website so I could share a pic, and I think that I forgot to take it out of my shoe. It's missing. Ugh.)



So, I used up exactly 2 hours to walk from class to the rec center, get dressed/geared, workout and then shower and get ready. I really need to cut this time if I want to continue my workout time between classes.



Not to complain, but okay, the recreation center should not have heat blasting on the track! Bad design, but I dealt and got through it. I think I would have ran a better distance and more consistently if the temperature was about 70*.



Diet was ehhh today. I got into the mini-Reeses.



Breakfast: banana w/1t PB and 1t Nutella; 1 cup skim milk

lunch: PBJ on whole wheat light, 1 clementine

Snack: Craisins

Dinner: Turkey/goat cheese pizza on a pita

Snack: Almonds, Reeses



Workout day off tomorrow! Saturday is weigh-in and workout day.

Workin' Out

I had an amazing 2 hour and 15 minute workout this morning/afternoon.

Here's what I did:

Zumba- 1 hour

Treadmill- 15 minutes (between classes)

Yoga- 1 hour

I earned an amazing 10 activity points (excuse my WW lingo) by burning just less than 800 calories. I feel great! I plan on working out tomorrow, but I'm not sure. My body is seriously tired, so I'm just going to wait until the morning to decide.

My food intake today so far:

Breakfast

2 slices light 100% whole wheat toast (2 points)

1 teaspoon Nutella (1 point)

1 cup skim milk (2 points)

Lunch- 1 light whole grain bun (2 points)

1 Jennie-O turkey burger (4 points)

1 Tablespoon goat cheese (1 point)

1 tsp mustard (0 points)

1 chocolate pretzel (2 points)

Snack- 1, 100 calorie pack Dark Chocolate Almonds (3 points)

Resolutions and Running

I've been drastically off track since mid-October (my birthday). I have managed to gain back 3 pounds in those three months. I'm very thankful that it was only 3 pounds and not much more.

Anyways, I decided that I was getting back on track yesterday. Well, we celebrated Christmas with my dad's side of the family. Naturally, our kitchen was littered with junk food (cookies, candy, cheesecake), and of course, I have no control. I have really lost my control that I had so well. I actually find myself consuming this junk frequently because I'm trying to GET RID of it. Hello, Christa! It's not getting rid of it, it's moving it to your thighs! :)

Last night, I ended up at the gym. I'm really struggling with running lately and I honestly have not ran regularly since September. I managed to crank out 3 miles yesterday, which isn't bad, but I want to run far distances. I decided the my life's running goal is to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Disney. This comes around every February. I'm not sure if I'm physically capable of this being as I have never ran more than 5 miles.

Today, I decided that I have ate enough junk food and I'm genuinely tired of it. I'm just sick of it. Have you ever ate so much so often that you get sick of it? That's how I feel about junk food and it's really a blessing at this point. I'm not waiting until tomorrow to get "back on track." I'm starting right this moment.

So here are the stats: I'm currently 142 pounds (ugh. I hate being in the 140's). My WW goal weight is 135. When I hit this number, meeting are free. My personal goal is 128. So that puts me at 7 pounds to WW goal and 14 to personal goal. My journey is not over. I started WW the first week of April last year, and I hope to be a lifetime member by my anniversary date this year. That is after 6 weeks of WW maintenance, so I'm hoping to hit 135 by the end of February. I know that I can't put a time limit on my weight loss, so I'm thinking of this as a goal.

I have created spreadsheets of my workouts. They are divided up by month. Look for these to be posted at the end of each month.