Changing Up My Diet

Since I've been running pretty steadily for about a month now and have been fluctuating between gaining and losing the same 3-4 pounds, I've started focusing a little more on my diet. Honestly, it hasn't been the best for a while now. I've been eating the same junk food my kids eat (because they boycott anything that looks even remotely healthy..), and it hasn't been good for my journey. Skimpy breakfast, hotdogs and corn dogs for lunch, hamburger helper for supper.. It sucked.

So this week, I picked up some tilapia, brown rice, and broccoli to cook for lunch. So far, I'm enjoying it a lot. I know I'm not blowing off all of my efforts by eating junk all day.

Anyway, yesterday's run was nice. My pace was a little slower than usual because I wasn't quite feeling it until a little while into it as I'd stayed up too late the night before.

Today, I played Wii for about two hours. I started with Wii Active for an hour, and finished with Wii Fit for another hour. I even added in some weight lifting with the 3 pound weights I picked up from Walmart earlier today. I can imagine I'm going to be quite sore in the morning.

Thanks for reading!

Weekly Weigh In

I believe I've hit my first real hurdle in losing weight.  My weight stayed about the same this week, and my measurements didn't really change any.  I'm hoping that the increases I've experienced are because of muscle gains, but I know I haven't been eating like I should be either.

• Arms - 12 (down 0.5")
• Chest - 37 (down 1")
• Waist - 41 (down 1.5")
• Hips - 42.25 (down 1.25")
• Thighs - 21.25 (down 0.1.25")
• Weight - 168.6 (down 3)
• BMI - 26.8 (down 0.5)

See you Monday!

Day 13: Plyometric Cardio Circuit

I just did not feel like doing this today.  I've been really sluggish all day and procrastinated until about three in the afternoon to do the workout.  I was barely able to keep up with the video or even complete it.  I finally made it through, but I felt like it would never end.  It didn't help that my shins have been aching since I woke up this morning.  Maybe I need to invest in some memory foam insoles for my running shoes..  But it's only every now and then that running irritates my shins.

I think a lot of it has to do with my poor diet recently.  I've been trying to eat more nutritious this week, but I haven't been eating near as often as I should.  Several days last week, all I ate was supper.  Absolutely terrible, I know.  I haven't been hungry for some reason, so I haven't been thinking about eating.

Tomorrow morning, before anything else, I'm going to to sit myself down and eat an egg white omelet for breakfast.  I'll even add in extra baby spinach leaves for the vitamins.

Hopefully tomorrow, I'll have more energy and feel good for my morning run!