I ROCKED the first night of the 4th week on the C25K program! I was really, really worried about the 3 five minute runs, but I had myself worried for no reason.
Yesterday, I turned down the opportunity of eating pizza (a whole lot of it I might mention) I didn't lose any weight but the "inner power" I felt of resisting my favorite "calorie laden" food was worth the pain
I got another, "You've lost weight!" compliment tonight! I swear, they're so few and far between that I sometimes wonder if I'm hallucinating the numbers on the scale!
I have a few strapless dresses that I bought last spring for my sister's wedding shower, and had planned on wearing last summer. But by then, they were soo tight I was uncomfortable. Now, not only do I fit in them, but there's a little room to spare. I love shopping in my own closet...
1. I reached for and then decided against the delish cake balls in my fridge
2. I left my too fattening breakfast (1/2 of it left) at the restaurant
3. I rode my bike for 45 min to places unknown, I found the beach
When I walk, my toes used to kind of point out a bit like a duck. I was walking through my house yesterday, looking down and I noticed my toes now face straight ahead when I walk. No more duck waddling! And no wonder my knees hurt before...
I've also found that all my clothes are longer now that I'm narrower. My sleeves are longer, shirts are longer, pants are longer. It's looking like I borrowed a taller friend's wardrobe.
I ran for a full mile today! I'll go on the treadmill for an hour, varying my speed between 4 mph and 6 mph. Usually I'll run for 5 minutes at a time at 6 mph, but today towards the end of the 5 minutes, I was like "I don't feel like dying, I can totally keep going"....and I did! So, I ran for a full mile for the first time in my life.
I was standing in front of my closet looking for something to wear to church, flipping through the clothes going, "too big...nope, too big...too big..."
Thank you everyone reading this thread helped me out this morning was feeling kind of down about the whole diet and excercise you know one of those ugh why am I doing this moments... then reading this thread I remembered it's not always the day to day grind that matters.. It's all the victories along the way...
my NSV for this week... I was making dinner for my family dreading another hour long fight with the kids about green veggies and what not and turned my back for a moment to talk to my husband while my toddler was Mashing potatoes/cauliflour.... well she when i glanced back she'd added about half the brocolli I'd made to the mix... ... well I made the best of it tossed it all in the blender and hoped for the best... it came out green...
My SONS loved it... I even forgot to add any butter to it because I'd been so flustered... they asked what I did to make the mashed taters so awsome...
Dare I tell them? hehe my little victory dinner won't be as stressfull with one less thing to fight over YAY GREENS
Last edited by MidwestMom; 07-26-2009 at 12:47 PM.
I bought my husband a griddle for Christmas and we used to make breakfast together with it quite often, especially on weekends. Because the kind of fried foods that come from with don't fit into our diet, we've cut way back and have fruit or low calorie cereal for breakfast. However, once a month we make breakfast together on his beloved griddle. Today was one of those days. We had pancakes, much less batter and light syrup were used, but it still made us 2 medium sized pancakes each...
I could only eat one! I was allowing the indulgence and my body was just like "No thanks!" The first few bites were great, but then it just felt heavy and I didn't even want the rest. Hubby ate all of his but complained of an upset stomach after.
The victories I found in this is that our bodies don't seem to be all that interested in junk anymore and that I ate a fraction of what I would have had in the past and was completely satisfied for several hours. It's nice to feel kind of good about an indulgence meal, lol.
Now, not only do I fit in them, but there's a little room to spare. I love shopping in my own closet... 
