Sunday, May 20, 2012

Who's to say I can't do it?

Been 18 days since my last post, and I've lost another 6 lbs. Down to 348 now, AND I'm 11th place in my Biggest Loser competition. I just wanted to be in the top half of 30 people, so I'm really excited about that...

I've been making our dinners for the week on Sundays now, so that it's as easy as heating up leftovers during the week. This has really been working well for us. :) Last week, I did baked chicken, roasted potatoes, and broccoli and cheese for 3 days, and then we had salads for the other 2 days. (Our weekends are "play it by ear" usually.) Today, I've spent all day making dinner stuff for this upcoming week: twice baked cauliflower with cheese and bacon, stuffed zucchini boats, broiled pork chops, roasted potatoes, and roasted mushrooms/peppers/onion. These recipes and more can be seen at my recipe blog site. (I haven't posted these recipes yet, but will sometime tonight, lol)

Sooooooooooo....... me and Destinee have changed our plan regarding the 5k we were doing. We were going to do the Color Run in December in Orlando, but we've since found out that Color Me Rad is actually coming to JACKSONVILLE! So YAYYYYY! Only thing is.....it's in September instead of December, so that's three less months I have to train.

I tried to walk the 3.2 miles on the treadmill last Friday, but I got to 2.7 before my foot started hurting really bad and I quit. :( I'll try again this Friday.


This pic was me after the 2.7 miles. I was exhausted.....I burned 646 calories, according to my heart rate monitor, which is the most I've EVER burned since starting to workout & count calories. It was invigorating, and I'm still paying for it (and today is Sunday, lol). My left foot and calf are aching, but it's kind of nice.

So after losing 3.8 lbs this week, I've figured out that if I lose 3 lbs a week every week until the 5k, I could potentially lose 57 lbs....which would put me at 291. I can't imagine how much easier the 5k will be then. :)

My workout schedule is:
Monday - C25K training
Tuesday - weight lifting
Wednesday - C25K training
Thursday - weight lifting
Friday - walking the whole 3.2 miles (5k) trying to better my time each week
Saturday - weight training (if there's time)
Sunday - rest day

I did it for one week. Who's to say I can't do it for 19? :)

4 comments:

  1. How fast do you walk on your treadmill? I want to have a health sweaty glow too:)


    Fiona

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    1. That's the first time I've ever sweat like that! I was so excited to see it when I took the pic. I warmed up at 2.0 and cooled down at 2.0. In between, I was going between 2.3 (when I got tired), 3.0 (when I thought I could), and 2.5 for the majority of it. Took about 66 mins...

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  2. Sweet...why can't I sweat:( I warm up and cool around between 2.5 and 3.0 and then stay around 3.5 :( maybe I need to up to 4.0 I WANT TO SWEAT!!! lol :)

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    1. well, I'm sure it's based on how much you weigh too. At 348 lbs, it takes less to make me sweat, I'm sure!

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