I had a big drop this week, but I also have a cold, and strangly enough for me I haven't felt like eathing as much. I also walked the lake 5 days this week. Go me! The key was that I found another mom that is interested in being active. An obligation to go walking is critical.
AJ and I walked our first official 5K since a little over a year ago, May 26, 2007 to be exact. Back then, at 3 months pregnant, my 5K time was 46 min 4 seconds. Today, by my timer, my time was 56 minutes 49 seconds. (I can't get to the official results yet.) I am thrilled with my time. My goal was to finish in under an hour, which I did. The first time I made it all the way around the lake with a stroller (a 5K more or less) it took me 85 minutes; that was mid April. So, I've made lots of progress so far. My next race will be our local one here in Crestline, The Run Through the Pines on August 9. My goal for that 5K will be to finish in under 45 minutes. Got to get training!
My weight is slowly going down. I'm not too worried, because I know I'll lose a little bit more in a couple of days when I'm no longer bloated. Overall my struggle right now is avoiding snacking and nibbling. I know that lots of people have had success with lots of mini-meals throughout the day. However, I like to eat dinner with my husband, and I have no desire to fix two meals, a "normal" one for him and a "mini" one for me. For me, If I'm going to eat a full meal in the evening, that means no snacking during the day. I still eat a full breakfast and a full lunch. For example, yesterday: Breakfast, oatmeal and a banana (6 points); Lunch, leftover beans and rice and two apricots (10 points); Dinner, a bowl of homemade cream of broccoli soup and a sandwich roll (7 points). Generally I'm fairly happy this way even if my calories can occasionally be "top heavy"--more at the end of the day. I'm doing much better at getting in all my fruits and veggies because I have a new plan: a serving of fruit with breakfast, a serving of fruit and a serving of veggies with lunch (I missed lunch's veggies yesterday) and two servings of veggies with dinner. What is not in the above list (but is in my accounting) is the other 5 points I ate yesterday, all in bites and nibbles: 5 chips here (1 point), a dove chocolate there (1point), and licking the spoon when making brownies (3 points). As I continue to lose weight, these are the calories that are going to have to go out the window. Also, I'm going to have to find some space for some low fat dairy or my bones are going to hate me later, but that's another post.
P.S. What does the above graphic have to do with anything? Nothing, I just like it. :-)
