Boston Trip & Prepping for Ogden

It has been a few weeks since I have checked in. Last week Steve and I went to Boston. It is a trip we have planned since he ran in the St. George Marathon last October. He qualified for the Boston Marathon and we both thought it was an opportunity we could not let pass by. We had quite a good time. We walked or took the "T" everywhere we went, which was good for fulfilling my workout quota. I did eat gnoccis at La Dolce Vida in the North End. I split the order with Steve. I don't think Steve enjoyed the pasta as much as I did. I had been looking forward to eating there since we planned the trip. We also stopped by Mike's Pastry for for a cannoli a few days later. I brought it back to our hotel room and ate it. I enjoyed tasting it, but after having not really eaten sweets for a while, it was hard on my tummy. Steve had to dig through his bags to find me a pepcid and even then I tossed in bed for a while.
I weighed in last Wednesday, the day after flying home, and actually had a loss. It was .8. I am not going to say only .8. I take pride in any loss I have and really it is just that much closer to my goal.

Today I went out to wa-og (walk/jog). The Ogden 1/2 marathon is only a few weeks away and I am having some serious panic attacks about it. So my friend Stacey told me about the loop she does that is about 8 miles. I told Steve and he said he would be willing to come along with me as my "support vehicle'. He loaded up with water, gel shots, snacks and wore his Garmin watch to take my pace and miles. I did better than I thought I would. I did not jog much. There is still just too much of my to be jiggling around and landing on my knees. But I still managed to walk at 4 miles an hour. That is not too bad. I am not sure I can keep that up for the whole race, but taoday I went 7.25 miles on just under 2 hours. It has left me feeling a bit more confidant for the 1/2 marathon and my abilities.

STARTING WEIGHT 214.6

CURRENT WEIGHT 177.2

TOTAL +/- -37.4

Just Another Weigh-In

I was a little nervous to go to my weigh in this week. I watched what I ate Tuesday evening. Tried to stay clear of taking in too much salt...did not snack in the evening...and hen Wednesday morning got up a little bit early and headed to the gym. Kind of my version of the last chance workout. I did not break any records at the gym, but it felt good to do something prior to getting on the scale. Well something paid off because I lost 1.6 lbs. Thwas enough to earn me my 7th gold star. FYI, each gold star represents 5 pounds. I am about half way to my ultimate goal.

STARTING WEIGHT 214.6
CURRENT WEIGHT 179.2
TOTAL +/- -35.4

Barbell Strength

I have been going to the gym quite often the last few weeks.

I am still doing some stuff on the treadmill as I get ready for the half marathon in May, but one of the reasons I decided to start attending the gym was to do strength training. My girlfriends, who have been members for a while, had told me about this barbell class. I was a little nervous the first day I went in there, but Jill and Sandra were in there with me and to help me out. It was an hour long class and I was sweating. I used muscles that I am sure had never been used before. half way through on of my legs began to shake almost uncontrollably. Following the class I went downstairs to the cafe and got a child size smoothie and the 20 minutes later went back to the classroom to take a class named Dance Jams. That was a ton of fun. There is very little choreography...we danced tribal, then like super models, and then we mambo'd and chacha'd. It was a blast and a fun way to stretch out all those muscles that had been exhausted in the previous class. I did not feel the effects of the weight class until the next morning when I got out of bed and stepped on the ground...my quads, bum, shoulders all hurt. BUT I must say it was a good kind of hurt. That was last Tuesday and I went again on Friday and then yesterday. The lingering pains is becoming less and less after each class. I am definitely finding joy in going to the gym. I truly feel confident that I am actually going to reach this huge goal I have.

Today was my weigh in and things went pretty well. Last week I had no change...which was good because there was no gain, but that meant that there was no lose and that was a little hard for me to swallow I felt that there should have been something I had worked so hard. But I stayed focused all week and did the right things and it paid off. Today the scale said I had lost 1.8...So a big WhooHooo!!!!

STARTING WEIGHT 214.6

CURRENT WEIGHT 180.8

TOTAL +/- -33.8