100 WORKOUTS!

I did it! I celebrated my 100th workout today by jogging (and a little walking, shhh!) 3 miles today! I knew it was going to be a great day when I weighed myself and saw that I had lost another pound. 22 pounds total! I decided this workout needed to be bigger than the rest. Something that would push me just a bit more than usual. I have had a 3 mile running route in mind, but never had the time or the guts to try it. Today was the day. When I run, I either have one dog with me, or two, or a stroller with a kid, or all three. It felt weird, but today, I had none of them. Duke was limping from swimming yesterday, Da Vinci is just an old fart, and Wyatt was sleeping. I also needed to do this run for just myself. There's always an excuse behind my other runs. "The dogs need exercise...Wyatt gets to feed the chipmunks at the park...we need to get out of the house." But this was just for me. And to be honest, I didn't like it. It was a foreign feeling. Those dogs and that great kid of mine are always with me...and I like it that way. If I'm going to be alone, I'd rather be getting a pedicure.

Though my Disneyland goal got tweaked a bit, my other rewards have stayed the same. Looks like I've earned a new dress and just a couple pounds from calling a photographer!

My work is still not done yet. Deep down, I've still hung on to the goal of losing 30 pounds, and since I'm only 8 pounds away, I want to keep trying. And I'm actually thinking about buying the "Insanity" workout to get me there. Heaven help me. The infomercials makes me want to cry. But its time to push on to the next goal and try something new!

Men's Workouts are From Mars, Women's Workouts are from Venus

I am getting very close to my 100 workouts goal and I'm very excited. When I get very excited about something, I talk about it...a lot. So Disneyland has been the topic of discussion lately. When should I go? Show I try to go next week? Should we just wait? Blah Blah Blah! A basic conversation with Byron goes like this:

Me: I'm thinking about going to Disneyland in the next little bit.
Byron: You could do that.
Me: But I'm not quite to my goal of 100 workouts yet. But if I pushed and did 3 to 4 workouts a day I could make it.
Byron: (chuckle chuckle)
Me: What was that? Why are you laughing?
Byron: Nothing!
Me: Tell me why you're laughing!
Byron: Because to me, a workout is a workout. I go to the gym, and everything I do that day is consider A workout.
Me: So you think if I set a goal of 100 workouts, that should be the same as 100 days? That would take me forever to get to Disneyland.
Byron: I'm not saying that. Go to Disneyland. I just think its weird that you divide up your workouts.

Bleh!!!!! So what do you think? Am I the crazy one? (Nevermind, don't answer that.) But honestly, as a mom, there are really hectic, bad days when all I have for myself is 30 little minutes, and 9 times out of 10, they are spent pushing a kid in a stroller. But I'm still being a mom, doing something that I love, and yet still trying to find time to take care of my body. Why then, should I be penialized for that? Should a 30 minute jog be counted as the same as a 90 minute run/cardio/abs combo?

Ok, ok, I know I'm not supposed to be looking at the scale every day anymore, but I'm in the 130s...barely, 139.5, but still...I was starting to think I would never see myself in the 130s. There's something about seeing that "3." Like I'm that much closer to my goal and I might actually reach it. The ultimate goal is 130.5. I can see it there on the horizon!

Just so I will remember...

Sunday morning, I was actually happy with the way my stomach looked. And my outfit made me look hot, just sayin'. And I did workout #75 this morning. I am 3/4s closer to my goal!

Not much to say, but still progressing!

I haven't been writing much, but I haven't been in a blogging mood with any of my blogs lately, so that's why. It isn't because I haven't been working at my exercise program, 'cause I really really have! Ever since I lightened up on myself and stopped worrying about the weight so much, my life has been a lot happier. I haven't had any bouts with depression and crying because the weight wasn't coming off as fast as I'd like it to. It still isn't coming off as fast, but focusing on working out and getting up to 100 workouts has been a much more positive process, something I can control. And I'm discovering that even though walking for 30 minutes is easier than running for 30 minutes, I still want to run. I want to push myself, because I know I'll see better results. The eating part could be a bit better, but I like to eat good sweet things. I just got back from a great vacation in Parawon, UT with family, and then Seattle with more family. I love KB's food when he grills, so I ate well up there.
And in Seattle, I knew there were going to be some yummy places, especially the Trophy cupcakes with Esther where we taste tested 4 cupcakes. I still lost weight.

I think it was because I knew these "eating moments" were coming, and so I would workout more and stay away from the snack foods that just were fluff and not really taste. I really think about if something is really worth eating before I put it in my mouth. Yesterday, 1/4 of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Carmel Apple was worth putting in my mouth. But a random average granola bar from Wyatt's snack bin (which I looked at and threw back), then not so much.

So just a little report, as you can see in my weigh-in's column, I have lost 19.5 lbs as of this morning and I have done 67 workout sessions. If I do 2 to 3 workout sessions 6 days a week, which is what I've usually been doing, I'll have my big reward by the end of this month. Disneyland here we come!