Running in the rain June 29, 2009

Tonight was running. I think week number 6 or so, if that is even possible. The weather the last few days have been amazing. So hot and nice, I thought I was in the Outer Banks or something! So of course, today we got a bunch of huge storms. It downpoured a few times. I took Gunther for a little walk after work in between the rain showers. I figured the rain had passed and headed off to running. About 3 minutes into our run it started pouring. Luckily I brought my coat along. I was going to leave it in the store. It wasn’t so bad though. We are up to 5 minutes running, 1 minute walking. I think we did close to 4k today. I did it in 30 minutes and burned 300 calories. I hope hope hope my scale is down tomorrow!

Medication needed… June 27, 2009

I hit 60 pounds in the last couple of days. Makes me quite happy!

I need to look into getting some health care. It has been on my list of “to-do’s” for awhile now. While surfing I ran into Blue Cross North Carolina. It reminded me of trying to find one in Ontario. Maybe Monday morning I will make a call. I would love to be fully covered. Then I wouldn’t have to worry about anything! Did I mention I started back on my prozac? I had stopped it for about 2 months. Things were hard. I was moody, angry, and my obsessive thoughts started to come back. I feel like I gave it a good chance though. I’m okay with taking it again, as long as it is needed. I’m only taking half of the dose though that I was 2 years ago, so the cost should be cut in half.

Ugh, the running club meets tomorrow morning at 8:30am. Why so early. I will see when I get up, and then maybe I’ll go. I did run Friday morning. I need one more to make up my 3 runs. Monday is 5 mins running. Not looking foward to that!

Exhausted June 19, 2009

I am so tired. Lots of things have been happening this week. Starting last Friday, my nana was put on crisis care for a bed in a nursing home. That was hard enough, not 2 hours later my aunt was advised by her nurse to go to emergency for a potential blood clot and has been there ever since. And we took my nana to the nursing home to stay this morning. We got the call on Tuesday of this week. You know, it’s hard, ever since my mom died 2 years ago, my aunt and grandma are like the only family we have left, and now that is all gone too. My aunt is not doing too well. The cancer we think is starting to shut down her organs. We don’t really know. Time will tell.

I did manage not to eat all week. I weighed this morning and I was 223.2. Not a loss, but pretty much the same since Wednesday. My birthday was Wednesday. Marc got me a large gift card for clothes,  and he sent me flowers. They are so amazing! I have to put a picture up on here. We also went out to a really nice restaurant. With all this going on, I don’t feel like I have hardly slept either. I am so tired.

This weekend, busy too, I guess. Gunther vet tomorrow, help my grandma get comfortable, visit my aunt, run, and I would like to go shopping to spend my gift cards! I also need to spend some time on my website. I keep getting spam comments including  phenphedrine reviews, which I would like to fix. Also trying to work on my picture page as well. So much to do it seems!

Anyway, have a good weekend!!

Woofstock 2009 June 14, 2009

This weekend was Woofstock. It is a street festival in Toronto. Trish and Bruiser usually come with us, but Bruiser got neutered Friday, so he was out of commission. I wasn’t sure if I was going to bring him this year. I wasn’t sure about the weather and if it was too hot for him. Well it was overcast, and it was perfect bulldog weather! Gunther did really well, not much panting. He even broke his wheat free, grain free diet, and had lemonade, frozen yogurt and tons of treats from all the vendors. He even went swimming in the fountain with the other dogs. It was a good time, and best of all, he was so tired. You can see how tired he was. This was him just 5 minutes after we got in the car. He’s so cute! We met lots of people there. Another bulldog owner I met was from New York. They were moving to Toronto in the next few months, and decided to make the trip to Woofstock. They were a little strange. He started asking me if I knew of any good long distance moving companies. Uh…no. I didn’t buy too much stuff, just some oil for Gunther’s food, and we managed to get free parking in a parking garage. I have no idea how, but nice anyway! Trish and Bruiser, we missed you guys!!

Update

Things are going ok. I was 223.6 on Saturday morning. Weigh in tomorrow again. I never know what to expect. Kathy wants me to be able to write 219. I hope soon! Today we celebrated Heather’s (My soon to be SIL) and my birthdays, as well as fathers day. I got gift cards and money for clothes, thank goodness! I am in need of some clothes that do not feel sloppy.

I managed to get in my 3x of running this week. I did not make it to the practice run this morning. Too early. I instead went around my neighborhood this afternoon. My pace is pretty steady so I just ran 9 mins one way and then home again. Burned 190 cal. Not bad, I guess.

Has anyone ever tried Apidexin? I saw a program on it this weekend. An informercial I guess. The people had lost a lot of weight. Of course, those shows make everyone look so easy. You don’t really need those things I think. Am I saying this?! LOL They may help a little but it’s all about what you eat that is going to make you lose weight. But I guess they are claiming you will lose weight faster than if you don’t take it. Who knows….

I have a busy week this week. Running 2x, out with Miranda and Laurie, my grandmas house, and my birthday Wednesday! Yay. 32 years old. The most important event? Payday tomorrow, which I am in SO desperate need of. Thank goodness!!!

Wednesday June 10, 2009

I’m feeling very tired tonight. I was up too late working on My SIL’s shower invites. I swear Gunther is an alarm clock. He wakes me up at the same time every morning. Aside from the late night potty breaks, he keeps me up alot. Wouldn’t it be nice to get some of that indoor turf grass. Then he wouldn’t have to wake me up! LOL

I went running tonight. We did 2km at 2 mins running and 1 minute walking. I did good today. Usually I am watching my watch and I am ready to stop. I ran past the walk break just for a few seconds. So, then next one, I ran through the walk break so I ended up running 5 mins! I had a good slow pace going, and was enjoying my music. What a keener. LOL!

I haven’t weighed in a few days. Tomorrow morning! I hope for good things!

Size 18 + June 7, 2009

Hello everyone! Things are going ok over here. I was at my friend’s engagment party last night and I bought a new outfit. Size 18 jeans from Penningtons (a plus size store) and a super cute shirt from WalMart. Felt really good. The jeans are great. They are high waisted so they hold everything in, and they are a little snug in the tummy/wasit so there is a little bit of undesired muffin top, but what is nice is they fit properly the whole night. No stretching. That was what I was after. They were even on sale for 35$. Marc took a pic of me, cause I felt I looked pretty hot. LOL. It can be my (almost) 60lbs loss picture.

I was 224.9 this morning. Getting there, slow, but getting there. That’s about 57.6 pounds, I think. I still hope to be 199 by October 10th, my brother’s wedding. It’s totally doable, if I can focus!

Last night was a late night. I didn’t get to sleep until 3am and up at 10am. Im going to go for a nap soon. I made some turkey chili in the crockpot, vacuumed the rugs, and now, a nap. I want to work on my SIL’s shower invites but I think I may do that later. I also need to get a 20 min walk/run in later too. I wish I had another day off! LOL

Running and stuff May 27, 2009

My first running class went ok. My chest was burning, and my legs heavy. I got a pleasent surprise in the intervals. The first week is walking 2 mins and running 1 min. The next week will be the 1 min run and 1 min walk. I ran tonight. Tonight was easier than Monday. I guess that’s just how it goes huh? My feet hurt a little bit. That worries me. I don’t want to have to stop from an injury. I kinda laugh at the word injury. I feel that an injury is reserved for an athlete. I know I am too hard on myself. Monday’s class I was not at the end. Today I was. It was just a practise run so not everyone attends.

I was finally down a pound this morning. 229.1-almost back down to 227.9.  Our leader told me she lost 40 pounds when she started running. Really? I gained 20. I really hope I can focus my eating and lose weight at a more consistent rate with all the exercise.

I really need to update my pictures page and my history page. It was so much more updating that stuff  with the first loss. LOL. Now, it’s just trying to get back there. It’s hard to explain.

My shoulders are really sore. I got Marc to massage them for a minute. I said quietly, “I’m in training.” We both laughed really hard. Yeah, I’m in training for the 2km.. :)