Week 1, Day 4

So, yesterday was kind of a weird day. We (the family) ended up needing to get away from the house for a bit in the afternoon. I found out that the gym has a kids zumba class on Wednesday afternoons, for ages 5-11. Well, Kelli just turned 5, so we decided to go to the gym ...... again. If you remember, I was there in the morning and did a Zumba class. So, during Kelli's class, the boys went in the child care, Jim played racquetball, and I did some weights. I really tried to push myself, too. I knew I was weak, but I didn't really realize how weak I really was! I had some of those machines at the lightest weight, and could barely do 20 reps! But I really pushed myself and left feeling like I had a great workout, which makes up for the crappy workout I felt I got in the Zumba class. When we were done, we took the kids to the gymnasium and played a little basketball. Jesse really enjoyed it because he LOVES basketball, but all the kids really enjoyed it, along with climbing the rock wall before we left.
I did really well with my diet. Stayed away from Halloween candy, and had whole grain waffles (which were YUMMY!!). I had a light chicken salad sandwich, on whole grain for lunch. However, dinner was a disaster! It's a long story, but we ended up having dinner at Leatherby's. Ugh. I tried to order the healthiest thing they had on their menu ..... but seriously .... have you ever tried their cheese fries?! I think I must have downed almost 2000 calories in that one meal. Fail! Usually, at this point, I'd give up, thinking, "I just can't do this!" but I'm still plugging along.

This morning, I thought Thursday was my 2 mile run, so I did that. I turns out that Friday is the 2 mile run, so I'll do my Thursday (3 miles) run tomorrow. But today, I tried to run a bit faster and sprinted the last lap (*whew!*). I was hoping to do that 2 miles in 20 minutes, but I ended up doing it in 20:25. Darn. But I tried hard. I'll push myself a bit more tomorrow. The kids have had some of their Halloween candy today, and did I have any? Nope. =) I've been good today. For breakfast, I had a green smoothie with spinach, bananas, strawberries and homemade almond milk. For lunch, I had that chicken salad, on a bed of lettuce (I made it yesterday, and it's the BOMB the second day!). Tonight, I'm making some prepared beef sirloin tips with creamy mashed potatoes and some corn. But I'm going to have a quinua black bean salad, and green beans. TONS of protein and just the right amount of carbs.

One thing that I'm struggling with is not weighing myself. Normally, I weigh myself daily, and it becomes depressing. My bathroom scale broke, so now it has become easier not to weight myself so often. The gym has a scale and I've been really good and not weighing myself. But after the last couple of days (Halloween Candy, Leatherby's) I'm kind of afraid to weigh. I've decided that Mondays are weigh days. This week (4 days ago) I weighed in at 179.5. Which is what I weighed before I lost weight the last time I lost weight. (Did that make sense?). So, I basically feel like I've started all over. However, with that being said, my dh has mentioned that I look thinner. And when I was working out in that Zumba class yesterday, I noticed in the mirror that I seem a bit more slender. So, perhaps I'm becoming more lean, and gaining some muscle in my legs? Even though I started my half training this week, I've been running quite a bit (in spurts), for the past couple of months. Who knows?