Where does the time go?

September 24, 2011

I am the worst blogger ever! It's been a month and so much as happened. RECAP!

• Only made it to Day 6 of the Master Cleanse, but lost like 7lbs.
• Got promoted at work! I am now someone's boss - kinda scary ;)
• My 27th bday is in a week and a half - VERY scary!
• Leaving for our cruise in 5 weeks and still have 8 lbs to lose to make my goal
• I have hit a plateau in my weight loss (although I haven't been making to much effort to lose)
• I bought some new clothes cause a lot of mine are now too big - I am officially a size 8 again :)
• I've hit my 15lbs loss mark and need to take new progress pics

Whew! I've gotta blog more often!

Hope all is with everyone else! 

-Rachelle

Video Blog!

August 8, 2011

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

7lbs. 2 Days.

June 21, 2011

How does a person gain 7lbs in 2 days?!? HOW!?!?

You visit your pushy, controlling, "What? You don't like my cooking??" boyfriend's father for Father's Day weekend. I know what I put in my mouth is ultimately my choice, but this past weekend I was definitely put in positions where I was either without better food choice options or felt like "I had" to eat what was cooked. Not to mention I have been eating super healthy lately, and Matt's parents - well, they don't. Everything is processed food and there is virtually no balance between veggies, carbs and proteins (everything is meat and carbs).

My stomach is in complete knots and has been since Saturday. Saturday night I woke up at 3am in a hot sweat, stomach in serious pain and unable to fall back asleep. Yesterday, I even left work early because I was in so much pain. Today isn't much better.

Next time we go up to visit his family I am bringing my own food. I am so frustrated because not only am I in pain, but I was at a new low in my weight loss and only 1.7lbs away from my Nebraska goal. Now I am WAY UP and going to have to bust ass to get back down to my low and I don't even know if I can meet my Nebraska goal anymore. I am not going to have an official weigh-in  until the morning I leave for Nebraska but I will be sure to update everyone with my progress along the way. I have 11 days to get down into the 140's...

I hope everyone had a better weekend than I did. :/

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

10lbs and NEW Progress Pics

April 10, 2011

I'm a few days behind in posting this, but as of Friday (my weigh-in day) I have officially lost 11.1lbs. And that means it's time for NEW PROGRESS PICS! I feel that I've lost most of the weight in  my waist line. Can't wait til I've lost another 10lbs so I can do a side-by-side comparison of a 20lbs!

So on Friday I weighed in at 152.9lbs and I leave for Vegas on Thursday. My goal was to weigh 150 by Vegas, but if I weight 150-point-anything I will count that as a win. :) 2 lbs.... time to get to it!

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

Sick and Frustrated

March 22, 2011

Friday as soon as I got home from work, I threw on my workout clothes and headed out for a run. At what turned out to be 1.4 miles, I had to stop. I was exhausted and my body literally just gave up. I couldn't understand and was so angry with myself for not being able to go further. Actually in all of my training for my 5k, I had never once stopped during a run.

Well by the end of Saturday, I was in bed sick and my pathetic run finally made sense. I've been one sick girl since Saturday and the timing couldn't be any worse since my 5k is in 11 days. CRAP. I've been trying to rest up and get well, but my head is so full of sniffles and crud that I am really really worried about my 5k. I have been working sooooo hard to get myself conditioned to run the entire thing and pull of a half-way decent time (been averaging sub 10min miles lately) and to have it all messed up due to this cold just days before is really disappointing. I am planning on going to the gym tomorrow night regardless of how I feel and am aiming to do a 5k on the treadmill even if I have to walk some of it.

UGH.

On a more exciting note, VEGAS is in 21 days and I just ordered a few dresses from gojane.com for consideration (we'll have to see if they look good on me at all).

What do you all think? I am nervous to see what they look like on me. I HATE my legs and dresses always make me nervous for that reason. 

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

"WINNING!"

March 4, 2011

Today, is a GOOD day my friends.

I didn't make my run on Wednesday night, but ended up going last night so it was OK. My goal was to run 2.5 miles straight. I ended up doing 2.6 (sweet!) and completed it in 25:51.....that's a 9:57 miles folks!!! Best time since I was in HS.

Now, for the very exciting news. If you do recall from my post at the beginning of the week, I had fallen off the horse over the past few weeks. Weighing-in at 160.1 I vowed to get down to my last WW weigh-in weight by my meeting today.

I just got back from my meeting....

I weighed in at 155.8! That means I lost 4.3 lbs THIS WEEK and am down 1.2 lbs since my last weigh-in. To quote Charlie Sheen - "WINNING!" 

Did I mention that this week I hit my 5% loss this week?  Yup! :)

I can't believe it. I am so excited (and proud) of myself. I busted my butt with my running goals this week (still have a run to come tomorrow morning) and have counted every last point. AND IT PAID OFF.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!

Rachelle xx

I Mean Business...

I weighed myself today after weeks of not counting points, weeks of saying "I'll be better next week/tomorrow," weeks of blowing off my WW meetings and weigh-ins for whatever reasons.

After all of that, I weighed myself at home and my scale read 160.1.

UGH. That's 4 lbs up from my last weigh in at WW X-amount of weeks ago. So til I weigh in on Friday morning, I am counting every last point. Running EVERY single day that I have already set in my schedule:

Tonight: Running 1.5 miles
Wednesday: Gym Run: 2.5 miles
Saturday Run: 2 miles

I've got 34 days til my 5k.
And 45 days til Vegas.

I MUST weigh 145 by Vegas.

45 days to get down to 145...

...It's time to get my a$$ in gear.

Don't run after pizza

February 10, 2010

Yesterday morning I was convinced that between my taco Tuesday hangover and just feeling fat and lazy, my ambitious plans to go to the gym that evening were canned.

Well, the hangover was gone by the afternoon, still felt fat and lazy by the evening, but that was really even more reason to get my round butt to the gym. My bff and I were going to go to a yoga class after hitting up the treadmills (in preparation for our 5k in April), but we opted just to run last night.

I wanted to run 2 miles straight, but considering everything aforementioned, I didn't know if 2miles was really going to happen. (Did I mention my boyfriend and I had pizza for dinner right before going to the gym? I know, genius.)

Well I managed to push through the side cramp and the stomach ache (thank you pizza) and run 2 miles (straight!). I was even more impressed with my 21 minute completion time: a 10:30 mile pace. I'm no speedy runner, but I don't think a 10:30 mile is too shabby. I'd like to get it under 10 minutes, but that will come with time.

After writing my bad.Bad.BAD entry, I certainly feel better having stuck to my gym goal for the day and stay on track with my 5k training.

Maybe not such a BAD day after all :)

xx Rachelle 

Princess Half Marathon

I want to do this so badly. Next year?

First Week: A Loss!

January 6, 2011

So I had my first weigh in after being on WW for a week and I lost 3.6 lbs. Pretty exciting considering I have been on a pseudo vaca with my boyfriend's parents all week and they are from the Midwest and don't eat anything like me (or how I should be eating). But I tried really hard to eat lots of fruits and veggies and very small portions of the "bad stuff." Seems like it worked. My mini goal for myself was to be in the 150's by today's weigh-in and I was only .5lbs away...not too bad. Should definitely make it by next week's weigh-in. Already I can feel a difference. I am only 5 feet tall so even a few extra pounds feels like a lot on my little frame.

I started to training for my 5k and am doing ok so far for being so out of shape. I was about to run .8 miles the other night without stopping and tonight (or tomorrow morning) I am shooting for a full mile. Remember...baby steps :P

I found the most amazing way to start my day and I will tell you all about it, as soon as I can get some photos together for you. It makes me feel AMAZING.

You're dying to know now aren't you? :P

xx Rachelle

And so it begins!

December 31, 2010

Hello fellow bloggers, dieters and fitness fanatics!

Tomorrow is 1.1.11 and it's time to start working on those resolutions. My weight has been up and down all my life and this year that stops. I joined Weight Watchers again - did it before and lost over 55lbs. I've also set fitness goals for myself; on April 3rd I have registered for my first 5k and tomorrow I begin my training. My goal is to run in a 10k by the end of the year and a Half Marathon sometime next year.

Anyone have any similar resolutions/goals?

Share your blog links, I'd love to hear your stories!

xx Rachelle