Losing It and accepting limits

Hola party people...Holla at ur gurl!

Yesterday, I stepped on my frenemy the scale. She read 196.6. She may be my new best friend because that is 2 more lbs down. That is a total loss of 10 lbs. Milestone met and savoring the moment.

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If you read this little space in the ether on Monday, you know I worked out all of 2 times last week, but my eating was on par. I am currently broken up with MyfitnessPal and am just doing my own thing. Not counting macros, not counting calories, just eating clean. Not worrying about what the scale is going to read and living life out loud.

As of today, I have worked out once - combining 2 of my runs into one last night. I rocked 3 miles and 1.25 miles of speed work. By taking time off, my endurance has gone down and I have slowed down. Progress not perfection.

I realized that I am setting the bar too high with training and strength. I cannot go from 2 workouts to 6 workouts in a week. I read a lot of blogs and I see all my ladies rockin it at the gym and I want to be that dedicated. Right now I am not, so I am not going to beat myself up. I have not started Ripped in 30. I may or may not get in 3 more runs this week, and I am okay with that.

TODAY is the DAY I stop trying to act like someone maintaining their weight, who has worked up to working out 5 - 6 days a week (and loves/hates it) and start acting like the recommitted person I am. I am going to make it and if I do not pressure myself to be perfect, than I think I can succeed. One day at a time. One step at a time. One moment at a time. CHANGE YOUR MIND CHANGE YOUR BODY!

That's it for today.

Motivate Me!

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I workout!

Today, I am going to link up with Skinny Meg for Work Out Wednesday and the ladies for Weigh In Wednesday. My workout of the day is going to be fun! When I say fun, I actually mean hard and by hard I mean crazy. (Shameless Plug...check out my new Workouts tab to see what I am doing at the gym!)

I am completing my first Tempo run for my Army 10 training. It looks like this.

The key to a good tempo run, (I am learning) is that it builds up to a peak in the middle then works its way back down. I have pace issues when running outside, so I am completing all speed work and Tempo runs on a treadmill at the Gym, but to do this outside, you would need to run slow in the beginning of your run, then speed up in the middle and slow back down at the end. The beauty is that this can be a hard or as easy as you want. I have run as fast as 8.0 on the treadmill for a minute, but have never run an entire time at consistent high speed, so this will be a challenge.

For strength, I am doing this:

My favorite days are Leg days, and I love a good squat. This is a Pyramid workout so you add more weights with each set, with the last set being really hard (ie u can only lift for a few reps). We will see if I can walk tomorrow.

Last week I kicked up my running a bit. I was hoping for a big loss, but all I got was 0.2 lbs. A loss is a loss, but it still is disappointing. Maybe next week I will see the 100s again.

Weight-In + 5 random facts you did not know about me

This is how I feel right now.

My nieces and nephew are visiting my new home and I totally did nothing this week while J was away. Meaning I have yet to unpack all the boxes and we have been there for over a month.  OMG! Freak out in the making.

On a brighter note, I started my Macros plan from Ashley on Monday and as of yesterday, wait for it....down 3 lbs. This sh*t works people! Go get you some of that knowledge!

I am never hungry and it is supper easy for my OCD brain to figure out the macros. It is numbers and I kinda like it. WHAT! I think it was a combo of actually precisely measuring everything and getting in more calories. On the down side, I did not complete all my exercise this week. Legs and stair climber today. Shoulders and a HIIT work out tomorrow and another cardio session on Sunday. This because I did not wake up early and hit the gym like I supposed to.

5 Random Things About Me

1. I cannot spell for the life of me. Not a single word. Thank the lord for spell check.

2. My grandmother lived with our family for 12 yrs. I did not appreciate her presence until my freshman year of college when I wrote a paper called Her Story. I told the story of my grandmother's life and was truly changed. She passed away the following year.

3. I met my boyfriend (J) online. We have been dating for almost 2.5 yrs and it is amazing.

4. I went to school for my MBA and graduated in Feb 2012. I can't find a job in my desired field and I have been thinking that this may be the worst financial investment I made.

5. I am overly optimistic about life. I think one day it will be truly AWESOME!

That's it for now party people. 

Love,

QuinTesSenTialLy ME

Friday Weigh-In....WHAT!

I do not weigh myself everyday. But for Shits and Giggles I decided to unpack my scale and step on it. Two weeks before my move, I started drinking a protein shake every day. The week before my move I stopped cooking and started eating out like it was my job. I do not usually eat out...it is a treat to me, therefore I eat things that I normally would not. See where this is going. I expected a gain. What I got was this....

That is right! I lost 3.8 lbs since the last time I weighed myself. This is with random food tracking and hardly any exercise. I did run a half marathon on Sunday but that was all the running I did in the two/three week time frame  Regardless, I am taking it and running. 

This week's goals consist of the following:

1. Tracking every day on MyFitnessPal (username: lizza0630)

1. Getting in 210 minutes of Fitness. I am going to try the bridge to 10K running program to get myself back into the habit of running, since it is a run/walk program I am probably going to run/walk the recommended times until I reach distance I am scheduled to run that day. This week I am supposed to run at least Saturday (5), Monday (3), Wednesday (2) and Thursday (3). Two days of strength training with moderate weight.
2. Eating clean 90% of the time.

Love,

QuinTesSenTialLy ME