How much is 28kg?

I was beating myself up this morning for eating like a mad thing the last few days. Then I put the brakes on and decided to stop giving myself a hard time.

I needed to have a moment of celebrating my success.... so I Googled. Lets put in perspective how much weight I have lost.

What weighs 28kg?

Well, this kayak does

And freakishly, this 11 month old baby.

(seriously though, that is one scarily large child)

The WI and the run!!

A surprising 400 gram loss on Friday - not quite sure how that happened, but I'll take it with a smile and a Thank You!

Today was the 10k run, and it was awesome!

It was HORRID weather in wellies today :( We were up around 6am and I checked the weather forecast - 8 degree's but "feels like 4". Delightful!
We drove in and hung around for a bit (we were pretty early) and got dressed. I had SO many choices with what to wear! Initially I was going to wear leggings with shorts and my purple top, but it was blowing a gale and raining so I went with trackies over leggings, a singlet AND a long sleeved shirt under the purple top and a beanie!
Any fear of being too warm was quickly quashed when we got in to the blistering South Westerly!

We all stood about in the rain for a few minutes before the start. It was really funny. Every minute they'd say "3 minutes til start" etc. Everyone would groan and have a laugh, cursing the rain. There were 1162 contestants in the 10k run and the sight of everyone jumping up and down to warmup at the start line was hysterical - like a human wave.

It was a great run. DH told me later that he bolted off at the start and by the time they got to the bottom of the ramp (800m or so) he was half dead so he dropped his pace a bit. He managed to finish in 53 minutes! Bastard. He went for one 3k run in the last 3 weeks.
He was there waiting for me at the finish line and hadnt even gone through the finish chute so we kinda got to finish together :)

We had both finished our race by 10.30 and the prize giving wasnt til 1 so we went and had a huge feast of McDonalds :) Then went to the museum to limp around for an hour before we went back to the venue.
There were some amazing spot prizes (pity we didnt win any) like $250 shoe vouchers, ipods, a mountain bike, $400 Adidas sport packs and 1 entry into the London Marathon INCLUDING flights and accommodation!

Overall there were 4800 runners out there today. 460 people ran the marathon, there was a half marathon too (with the top finishers having the same time as I did for the 10k!) and the person who won the 10k event smashed it in 33 minutes. Yes, you read that right.

We're both pretty tired and sore now, hobbling around like people 3 times our age. But the buzz that we have is amazing and we feel on top of the world. I wanted to run the 10k in 70 minutes or less and managed it in 68 mins, 59 seconds. DH was aiming for 55 minutes so he well and truly came in on target.

Here are a couple of photos from the day

Out and back - from the Stadium to the point and back

After the run - still alive!

Official time and placings

Running and bingeing

The day before WI.... ah, the anticipation and dread combined to make one obsessive evening!

The lows:

My points this week have been all over the place. I am currently 12 points in the red (including my exercise points!) and I fear I will eat more tonight. I'm VERY hungry!

I haven't gone to the gym.

I have barely had any water and far too much bourbon.

The highs:

I have run twice this week! I ran 6.5k on Monday, and last night.... *drum roll* ...... I ran 9.1k!

WOOOHOOOOOOO!

I didn't even stop :)

DH picked my stuff up from work and I said "bring the dog! I'll take her with me". When he arrived at work, he said he had forgotten the lead so would whip home and get it. I started my run and 600m into it he arrived with dog and lead. I got her out of the car and clipped her lead on and carried on my way.

Then I remembered why I don't usually run with her. She stops ALL THE TIME. Something interesting to sniff, needs a pee, crossing my path, yanking on the lead or falling behind. But I love her so on I went.

I ran up the road toward home and around a cul-de-sac close by. 4k. Darn, not far enough for my 7.5k target. Took a right to run past the estuary and down another road and got up to 6k. Up another road and had to stop for some stupid car that I thought was going straight ahead - nope - the driver just didn't know what her indicator was for. But it was only for a few seconds so I don't count that as a break either.

Poor dog was getting tired and started to jump up against my leg, but on I went, undeterred, grumbling "get DOWN Puppy!" as I tried not to fall over.

Around the block a couple of times, dragging poor dog along. 9.1k! I couldn't believe it!

I have my 10k run on Sunday and I KNOW I can smash it now :) 9k took me 58 minutes, so I think I am well able to do 10k in 70 minutes which is my goal. And no dog to slow me down :)

Good thing she's cute, huh!

Day 3 back on the wagon

Well.... half on at least :)

This is my Accountable post.

Friday was a 20 point day and I had 19.5 points.

Yesterday my allowance was 29 but a night with friends, bourbon and nibbles bought me to 31 at a best guess (hard to track when you've had a few bourbons and there is camembert and crackers out). Still, not too bad all things considered.

Today was a 15 point day and I am currently on 16.5 and using all my willpower to resist the WW Ginger Kiss bars in the pantry. Mmmmmm..... Ginger Kiss......

Gym gear is packed for tomorrow, lunch is made, and I have 18 points to play with tomorrow.

My knee hasn't niggled all weekend so I plan to get a good run in tomorrow.

I know - my posts are so exciting! lol

I'm back!

I've spent the last week moping and feeling sorry for myself, eating everything in sight and not even tracking. Pretty pathetic really!

Last weeks WI completely threw me with a filthy STS after being perfect all week. I then WI'd again the day after to make sure and was greeted with a 500 gram gain!

I was going to totally avoid WI this week after eating large portions as well as pizza, choclate, potato chips, cheese, crackers and dessert..... all the stuff I avoid generally. I wasnt sure if I could deal with a huge gain this week as I'm just getting my mindset right again, but WI I did, and had a STS from the one 6 days prior.

Darned if I can figure out what my body is doing!

This week I'm back on track and hoping my sore knee wont interfere with my exercise too much.

I've started tracking again and am about to Google for a detox plan for a day or two. Nothing like eating garbage to make you feel like garbage!

Here's to a better week everyone

x

Oh well....

No one ever said this weight loss thing would be easy - and this weeks WI was a bit of a kick in the guts.

I tried the Wendie plan this week, went only half a point over and earned 19 exercise points. So needless to say the STS I got on the scales yesterday made me feel like crying.

I reacted pretty badly by consuming 31 points yesterday in rebellion (although will take it as a High Points day which takes me 2 over for the week - assuming I stick to the Wendie plan the rest of the week). But its a new day, etc etc.... back on the horse.

Darn horse.

The other girls seem to be getting good results on Wendie with losses between 600 grams and 1.2kg, so I do have hope.

I took my measurements this morning in the hope of grand things since the last time I measured in early April. 1cm off my waist and everything else is the same, but at least its 1cm, right?

Horrid weather here of late so no run for me today. I could if I made myself but 12 of yesterdays points were bourbon, and I feel a teeeeeny bit shady :)

Plan to spend time with my boys inside and keep cozy warm.

I hope everyone had a better WI result this week.

Plan of attack this week is to stay on Wendie but try eating half my exercise points. I'm certain that there is a fine line with my 'starvation mode' as if I earn more than 10 and dont eat them, the losses slow.

Have a great week

Go me!

On Sunday I went to the gym and intended to do a 5k run for part of my 10k training.

To date the longest distance I have run is 6k. The longest I have run without stopping is 5k.

So on the treadmill I get (rather begrudgingly to be honest) and I ran.

And I ran, and ran, and ran. I got to 5k without stopping and decided to keep going. I ran 7k WITHOUT WALKING in 45 minutes. I started my cooldown and after a couple of minutes decided I still had more in the tank so I cranked out another 1k.

A total of 8k's, 51 minutes running in total and 6.5 exercise points!!!!

Proud.... who, me? lol

Bring on 10k :)