Weigh-In, Week 4….Grr.

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So, last Wednesday I was up 2.2 lbs.  Great.  I have no excuse other than the steady stream of houseguests I’ve been entertaining for the past 2 weeks. I’m trying to remember that this is only 2 weeks in the grand scheme of my life, but I really wish I could have maintained better control of my eating. I’ve been eating crap the whole time, so I have nobody to blame but myself.

What is it about the 170s? I just seem to have the hardest time getting out of them. The same thing happens every time I try to lose weight. I can never seen to maintain any weight under 170. I am NOT having any other visitors for the foreseeable future, and getting under 170 is my goal for the next month.  I would really like to be in the 160s by mid-november.

I am starting to feel the pressure to get in shape for this wedding.  I tried on my bridesmaid dress a few weeks ago and I looked like a sausage.  The other bridesmaids are all skinny, and I don’t want to be the one girl who looks terrible in the dress.  I now have to decide which size of dress to order. I had hoped to be in a size 8, but I could barely fit my fat ass into a 12.  Sigh. The wedding is in 21 weeks.  I have to get serious about this and start losing 1 lb a week. I cannot screw around with this anymore. I need to remember how good I would feel if I was down to 155 by the wedding. Anyway, since one of my pet peeves is when people whine about a problem and do nothing to fix it, I’ve decided to start the Couch 2 5K Program.  The bride has started running, and I figure that there’s no reason I couldn’t do the same. I did the first day today- 2 minutes running, 4 minutes walking x 5, for a total of 30 minutes.  I found it pretty easy, but I’m going to stick to the program because I don’t want to do too much too soon.  I will do that Monday-Wednesday-Friday-Saturday.  I’m planning to do turbo jam on the days I’m not running.  I would also like to start weight training, so maybe I’ll do the TJ weight program.  I really need to strengthen my back/core, because I’ve been having issues with it as a result of not exercising as much as I should.

Would love to hear if you are doing or have done a running program….Please feel free to leave any motivational tips/comments!