So...

I met w/ my trainer on Friday. It was good. He's very thorough and explained things well. He didn't push as much as my last trainer nor gives me as much feedback (which I like feedback). I had to do planks and he said don't do it timed. I liked timed things. lol. So I have no idea how long I went but at the end I said "I am dying" ... but, I learned a lot and I meet with him again on Monday for leg day. FUN.

I took yesterday off; it was just TOO hot to run outside.

Today I got up and decided I would run. I went for about 6 to 6.5 miles, but walked the first mile to the trail near my place. It was good. Then I got back to the apt and did some abs on my mat. I was seriously sweating SO MUCH. My hr monitor said I burned 750 cals. so I would say that's not too shabby.

And thanks to my friend R* who is pretty much in the same boat as me weight-wise and WW-wise told me to stop weighing myself daily. It really is counterproductive, really. So, thanks to her, I took it out of my bathroom (I stand on it everyday) and put it in my closet. I haven't weighed myself for two or three days now and I won't until Friday... if I can last?!

My wonderful friend, M* made sure I got salad without the dressing. She's the best.

So I had salad w/o dressing. YUMMY! And a lunch sized WHOLE WHEAT PASTA w/ a tomato sauce. Very good. I also had two breadsticks. I was holding myself to one, but you know how that works... six points for two.

bfast:

the usual (banana, milk, cereal) 6 pts; 370 cals

lunch:

salad, pasta, breadsticks: 620 cals; 13 pts (I THINK I DID WELL! AND AM ACTUALLY STILL FULL!! I also had THREE glasses of H2O.

Now to book club tonight, which I won't drink because we're going to run for an hour tonight. More to come tonight...

So... I forgot about this story until I was driving home last night...

When we were confined to the girls' locker room there was this SUPER SKINNY chick... she maybe was 5'6" and maybe 110 MAYBE. Complete gymnast body. Anyway, there was this other "chick" there that I have seen in one of my friend's chemistry labs. She's a SUPER cute smiley red head. Well, the gymnast was in front of the mirror analyzing herself and said: "I hate the cellulite on my butt, my thighs, my inner thighs, the front of my thighs, the back of my thighs..." It was SO funny because the SCSRH looked at me sort of rolled her eyes and smiled at me. It was GREAT. So as the SSC walked on past, I waited about 3 seconds and said, "yeah, don't worry about it!"

So, walks back and smiles and says "what?" I told her she has nothing to worry about and that she was skinny. She said but I hate cellulite. I said did you know that 95% of women have some sort of cellulite (I totally made that up but pretty much every woman I know has cellulite of some sort) and that Tyra Banks even has it? If Tyra Banks has it then... well, there is nothing more to say!

But did you know that excessive amts of fat, carbs and salt can increase cellulite (and too little fiber)?

AND IF A GUY (OR GIRL) JUDGES YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE CELLULITE YOU THEY ARE SHALLOW!!

More later...

I am about to have an anxiety attack because we're going to the Olive Garden for lunch............

So...

I woke up late, therefore I had breakfast late... so bfast for lunch although it was still breakfast.

banana (100 cals; 2 pts)
skim milk (90 cals; 2 pts)
fiber1 (180 cals; 2 pts)

Snack:

Special K Protein bar (180 cals; 3 pts)

Supper or do I mean lunch ? lol:

Yeah not good. I had 3 slices of a medium Hawaiian pizza (~1000 cals ??; 20 pts ??)

Snack:

Peach (60 cals; 1 pt)

Grand total: ~1630 and 30 pts.

So I talked to Brosef and he said "let's work out." (we didn't have a plan for today)... I said "I just ate pizza." He said "WHY?!? We're trying to train for a half marathon!" So today was going to be my "off" day, but then I felt guilty so I ran over at 8:20 because I thought that I could get a 1/2 h. swim in (my legs are killing me)... which isn't like me to say okay I have a 1/2 h. I can work out (I NEVER have thought that was ENOUGH TIME)... So I quick run over there, change and then I would have had a half hour. NO warm up, no stretching, no getting use to the water. I just do the American Crawl (?? Front Crawl ??) from the get-go WHICH I NEVER DO BECAUSE I SUCK AT IT. But last time I swam, I really worked on it and I think that I improved A LOT. It's so hard for me to breathe on time, but I had myself set to doing that THE WHOLE TIME. I was thinking I COULD DO IT.

But...

After eight minutes, everyone got kicked out because there was a tornado north of the city. So, there went my workout.

Also, I am a huge geek so I decided that I would wear my hr monitor last night after I worked out just to see what I burn doing "whatever". I ate, was at the lab, went home and watched a little tv. FOR FIVE HOURS I BURNED 975 calories. That is insane if you ask me!! Geez. I just wish I knew how much to take in per day...

that I was upset that I GAINED two pounds last week (why I needed to REEVALUATE my eating habits) and I have lost that now and 0.5 pounds. It was easy to lose the two that I gained quickly. But I stayed at that same weight until this morning and I lost 0.5 pounds. I was frustrated, of course, but happy that there was actually a CHANGE (for the SMALLER). Then I got to thinking, why am I so obsessed with losing weight when I am feeling better? Yes, that is the ultimate goal, but it is a LOFTY goal to think I can lose five pounds in a week. I just have to keep going at it and hope that I can continue going in the right direction (down on the scale! and up with my mentality).



Maybe I am actually actively making my self-esteem and self-image better. Jury is still out on this one, but I HOPE SO.