Leaving For Nebraska

July 1, 2011

I weighed in today:

Last weigh in: 151.7

Today's weigh in: 150.4

Loss: -1.3

Leaving for Nebraska tomorrow and weight goal was 149.9.....is it possible???

Possibly...yesterday was a huge company event and in the early part of the day I was working on cutting some foam board for these displays I was making. I'll spare you the gruesome details but I'll tell you this:

Exacto knife+my thumb/nail=trip to Urgent care and 5 stitches.

It hurts like a beezy and the Doc put me on an antibiotic and vicodin-both of which are making me sick to my stomach. To help with the nausea I have been trying to eat some crackers and that may hinder my weight loss goal for tomorrow. That and the fact that I probably won't run tonight since the increased circulation would make my thumb throb more than I could probably stand. With that said, even if I don't make it into the 140's by tomorrow. I came damn close and am very happy with how I did trying to reach my goal.

I will be heading to Nebraska in the morning and hope everyone enjoys the holiday!

Rachelle xx

YESSS! I'm Back! And Back on the Horse!

May 27, 2011

Man, it's been one hell of a month. The past few weeks I have been loosely "trying to get back on the horse" but this past week I meant business and it paid off! The last time I weighed in I was 152.9. Me and my man's anniversary is on the 7th and my goal was to get back down to that last weigh-in weight.

Today after counting every last point this week, running my booty off after a long separation from the gym, I got on the scale.

152.9

OH YES! And I still had 11 days to reach that target. New goal for the anniversary. 151-point-anything.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

Rachelle xx

PR & A Loss!

April 2, 2011

Yesterday was a damn good day. To start the day off right, it was my weigh-in day. I am down to 154.3, which is 2.1lbs dow for the week and a total weight loss of 9.7 lbs. Only .3lbs away from a 10 lbs loss, and taking new progress photos! Yay! I want to see if I can lose 4.3 more lbs before I leaving for Vegas on the 14th. If I am diligent, I think I can do it.

My 5k is tomorrow and I went for a quick 1 mile run after work yesterday just to keep my body in "running mode." My time was 8:57 which is a personal record! And shockingly enough, I wasn't pushing myself that hard. Looks like all this training is actually producing some results. I am still pretty nervous for my 5k tomorrow. I know I'll be able to complete it without stopping, but I would really like a time under 35 minutes, but history has shown that when I do a longer distance, I start to slow down a lot. I guess all I can do is my best.

And last but not least, the dresses that I ordered and that were "delivered" (in other words - not delivered) to my house last week, will REALLY be arriving on Monday. Probably going to call UPS in a few here and see if I can just pick them up at the UPS location they are currently at. I am sick of waiting.

I am sure I'll be posting after my 5k tomorrow. Hope everyone has a fun weekend planned!

Rachelle xx

Prepping for Sunday's 5k

March 30, 2011

We are only 4 days away from my 5k and I am starting to get pretty nervous. Tonight I ran 3.22 miles and again was able to complete it without stopping. Rather than running on the treadmill, I ran outside because I find the treadmill easier to run on for a few reasons: it kinda sets a pace for you and I find myself "spacing out" on the treadmill and suddenly a couple miles has already gone past. I wanted to prove to myself that I could run a 5k without those treadmill "aids" and I was very glad to see I could do it. I tried to go a bit slower tonight and so my time wasn't very good (35:22) and actually pace was pretty lousy (11:03min mile) in comparison to what I have done in prior weeks (sub 10min mile). But I think slowing down was necessary to be able to run the entire time.

Between now and Sunday I think I will only do a quick 1 mile run on Friday just to keep my body fit and ready.  I can't wait to cross that finish line. Did I mention there's a beer garden on the beach after the 5k?!? Yeah - best 5k EVER!!! ;)

Rachelle xx

Bad and the Good

March 26, 2011

Let's get the bad news over with:

1. The dresses I ordered for Vegas were apparently delivered at 4:00pm on Thursday and left at my front door. Were they at my front door when I got home from work an hour  later? Of course not. Now it's going to take UPS and the place  I ordered them from up to 8 business days to process a "Lost Package Claim." I have no idea if I'll get my money back, or a new product sent to me. Just my luck....

Now for the good news:

1. I did a 5k at the gym Thursday night. I'd been really sick for the week prior, so I was very impressed at what I was able to do accomplish. I was able to run 2.8 miles of the 5k and only had to walk .3miles of it (in 0.1mile increments). My time was 34:50min, which is not good, but for being sick, not having run in a week and walking a portion of it, I'll take it! ;)
2. I didn't make my weigh-in this week - my parents are visiting from SF and I had to go in early to work to get off early in order to pick them up from the airport. I did weigh myself at home and I was at 156.2, which is a bit down from my last WW weigh-in, but still not where I wanna be. I've been having a hard time lately being motivated :/
3. Matt and I just booked our Caribbean cruise for later this year. I am so excited! Neither of us have been on a cruise before so it will be an awesome trip. Also, gives me another date to set some weight goals for. We leave for our cruise on October 30th and I'd like to be at my goal weight of 120 by then. I think it's manageable if I buckle down and get serious about losing this weight!

5k is in 8 days.

Vegas is in 19 days.

At this point, I would like to weigh 150 for Vegas. That's about 6lbs in just under 3 weeks. Can I do it? Probably not, but I am sure gonna try.

Rachelle xx

I Suck

March 14, 2011

I'm pretty disappointed in myself. At my weigh-in on Friday I was up 0.6 lbs. I wasn't expecting a big loss since I technically lost over 4lbs the week before, but I wasn't hoping for a gain of any sort.

Where I think I went wrong: I'll admit, I was intentionally not eating all my daily points and I know that's something you are not supposed to do. I think my body was in "starvation mode" and clinging to every calorie and gram of fat that I did eat.  This week I am going to focus on drinking lots of water and eating all of my daily points.

However, I am even more disappointed in myself because not only did I not run my 3miles on Friday, I didn't run at all last week since my lame 1 mile run on Monday. I haven't run in a week. L.A.Z.Y.

My 5k is in 20 days and there is no excuse for this.

Today I am going to run 1.5 miles, Wednesday 3 miles and another 1.5miles over the weekend (aiming for Saturday).

I pledge to all of my fellow followers that I will make these distances happen this week.

Hope your week went and is going better than mine.

Rachelle xx

Nervous

Thursday, March 10, 2011

I weigh-in tomorrow and I am hoping for a loss. After losing over 4lbs last week, I am expecting my body to be a bit resistant this week. I have been on point with counting my points and I want sooooo badly to reach 154. At 154 I will have lost 10lbs and get to take new progress pics. My goal is to reach 154 by March 25 (when I have some visitors coming into town that I will reveal later), and with the rate I am going, I expect that I should not only reach, but pass that goal up with no problem. *knock on wood*

Tonight I am heading to the gym and plan on running 3 miles straight in preparation for my 5k training. As my title suggests, I am pretty nervous because the most I have so far 2.6 miles and I don't want to disappoint myself tonight. My 5k is in 24 days and I am really hoping for a sub 35min time. If I keep my pace up as it has been, I might adjust that to be more like a 32min time. Right now I am pulling off sub 10 and 10:30 miles....just don't know if I can keep that up for 3.2 miles.

Anywho, I will report my weigh-in tomorrow. Best of luck to everyone!

Rachelle xx