Just do it!

After a binge-full weekend (which at least included a 4 mile run) I did actually write down everything I've had to eat today.

It's 7pm and I have 2.5 points left (plus 2 APs from 1 hour of power yoga) and I have already probably exceeded my weeklies this week. No matter, I am getting back on track slowly. I've checked off ALL my fruits and veggies today, ALL my waters, exercise, two dairies, two oils, yay!

And even though I'm up 4 pounds from my lowest (yes, 140 now). I do have to remember how far I've come. That's what the pictures are about. Dec. '06, after one month on WW and the other picture was taken yesterday at the beach with DBF. There is a huge difference and I felt today while doing power yoga. First of all, I looked HOT doing high plank to low pushups -- you could see my muscles! -- I could also do high plank to low pushup! I really have to remember how far I've come and how I never want to go back to where I was.

Tracking on the blog didn't go so well so far :-) I'm just going to leave those posts up anyway, as reminders. I might randomly post a menu for the day, but I won't do it everyday.

I just got a whole bunch of Nike gear that I ordered on sale (running shorts and tops) and I can't wait to wear it all! I love buying cute workout clothes :)

"Hey skinny!"

That's what the crossing guard in front of my apartment said to me today as I was coming back from my run. He's been working that post for more than two years, and he sees me most mornings and afternoons, so it's a great NSV!

It's halfway through the week and I promised I would check in with the exercise. So how's it going? Monday I stayed on schedule, biking around town for about 5APs earned. Tuesday I changed things up a bit, I did the biking and yoga (vinayasa at home from Yoga Today) but I did not go running. Instead I cleaned the apartment, which really needed it :)

Today I biked about 5 miles running back and forth between the chiropractor and the supermarket to fill up on some fruits before the weekend (5 APs), went for a 4 mile run (4 APs) and did abs and upper body weights using the resistance band at home (1 AP). Not what I had planned but elbows were hurting from yoga yesterday and I decided to take it easy. I really want to go to the class on Thursday, especially since I won't be able to go to the advanced one on Sunday.

So far I'm on track for the rest of the exercise this week, which is good, because the scale has been up for days now :(

1.8 left?

I had a test from 8:30am-4:30pm this Saturday, which conflicted with my usual Weight Watchers meeting at 10:30am, so I didn't end up weighing in officially. My home scale is usually within 0.2 of the meeting scale, however, and there it said I was at 136.8 in the morning, which means I lost a pound!

I'm excited and disappointed, I had a good week -- it was stressful studying for two exams but I ate within my points, got my 8 Good Health Guidelines everyday and even had more than 12 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. I wanted to lose more :) Then I thought, how silly. You've been diddling around the last few months, be happy you lost at all!

And I am happy. Hopefully I can pull off similar losses for the next two weeks at official WI which would mean I'll be at goal before the summer starts. I think that's a great plan.

Other than the scale victory of 1 pound lost, I had a fantastic NSV (non-scale victory) today. I had a lazy day walking around town, shopping, had brunch with an old friend, and bought two pairs of very cute Tahari shoes (pictured).

After shopping I biked to the 1 1/2 hour yoga class (2 APs biking, 3 APs yoga) which was fantastic. I love that class because it's always challenging, yet I can keep up. This is only my second time going to the Sunday class but I've been doing the Thursday class with the same instructor all semester. This past Thursday the instructor asked me if I was an undergraduate, which was awesome! And today (and here's the NSV), I was actually the model for a bunch of the poses! She kept saying, "do it just like the girl in white is doing." It was awesome!