Back in the 130s!

I weighed in at home today at 139.2, yipee! I totally went over my points for the week (by about 20) but I did go running a few times with my new cute Nike clothes! I also tracked--which I hadn't done in forever! I am a little ways away from my lowest of 136.4, but at least I'm heading in the right direction.

The picture is from today :)

The scale is going up!

And I have to stop it. I saw 139.2 this morning. That is completely unacceptable. My thighs also got an inch bigger. that is CRAZY! I've been running more but it is not enough to offset the crazy amounts of food I've been having at all the events, and when I get home.

The excuse I've been using is that my stomach has "expanded" and I'm hungry more often, but that is just not true most of the time. I'm eating out of boredom, stress, or just because. It has got to stop.

Endurance training and marathons

Some part of me really wants to do a marathon someday. But I've decided that I won't be training for one until I am at a weight I am happy with. So many people on the Weight Watchers boards train for marathons while still trying to lose weight.

They think (and why wouldn't they, it only makes sense) that they will lose even more weight (or at least continue losing) while training. But what seems to be the universal consensus is the complete opposite -- when you train for an endurance race like a marathon, your body will just not let go of the weight.

It seems so counterintuitive. But in a way, it makes some sense, running 10+ miles is crazy on the body, no wonder it doesn't want to let go of anything.

My friends wanted me to do a marathon in October with them, but I had to pass. I decided two things -- I won't do a full marathon until I've done a half, and I won't start training for that until I've gotten below my goal by 5 pounds (so 130) because then I'll be able to firm up and gain a few pounds of muscle. As soon as I hit my WW goal of 135 I'll start looking for a half marathon at least 3-4 months away so that I have a chance to drop 5 more pounds and start training.

Planning to go for a run today

It's so nice out. But I have to work, and then I have to run. I am writing this down so that I actually do it :)

Update -- It took some prodding from the 50+ board ladies, but I did make it on a 3.8 mile run today. Such a nice day! I'm very glad I went.

Numbers ...

I've been in a bi t of a posting hiatus this weekend ... running around and not in front of my computer much, so I'll catch up.

I lost 1.2 pounds at weigh in yesterday -- really 0.2 since last week I had lost 1 pound (as measured at home). That brings my current official weight to 136.6 (down 52.4 pounds) and 1.6 pounds from my Weight Watchers goal of 135!

A 0.2 loss may not seem like a lot, but I'll totally take it. I had a pretty bad week, with lots of exercise but also lots of bad choices including an encounter with a roll of Ritz crackers and a small fresh loaf of whole wheat bread (my downfall everytime).

After the meeting I went shopping at BJs for lots of healthy produce and frozen fish, and the spent the afternoon/evening at Ikea. I love that place! I walked it twice yesterday because my friends didn't show up until I was done with my shopping. I did a lot of shopping, as you can see by the picture of my cart ...

Today I went on a 5.36 mile run, bringing my total number of runs since April 2007 to 100 and a total number of 282.19 miles as measured by my Nike+ sensor. As an aside, I totally recommend the Nike+. It has made me way more excited about running than just going out. I guess it's because I'm competitive, and I like to see my little graphs of my runs. You can see them too, on the right of the screen :)

I stuck around for my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday. It was the first time in over a month that I didn't just weigh in and walk off. I'm really glad I did. I'm not religious but meetings sometimes feel like a religious experience. Not that anyone talks about a higher power or anything like that, but it just has that people-coming-together feel, among strangers. They feel like I imagine AA meetings are like. I never liked going to church growing up, and I stopped going as soon as I could, but perhaps WW meetings are like my religious experience.

"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 :(