Friday Fit-In

It seems like the upper part of my body is finally starting to shed. I'm happy, but I wish my lower half would catch up or start. I'm not too thrilled about shrinking boobage, but I guess I can look at it as if I'm losing back fat! yeah! I know my bras are fitting better, and that's about it. The Spartan said it's just a casualty of war. The true test is putting on a pair of jeans though, and I'm not ready for that yet.

I weighed myself this morning and it appears (I'm being OPTIMISTIC - record this) that I lost a pound. Right now it's looking like 25 more pounds to go until goal weight. At this rate, it will be 2013 before that happens, but slow and steady, right? I still need to lose 1-2 pounds to get out of the range I've been in. Sigh.

I started running a little less and incorporating some more elliptical and weights into my routine to keep my legs guessing of what torture I'll shock them with. When I do run, I'm adding in intervals. It seems to be ok on my legs though yesterday I had to ice my left knee. Boo.

I slacked a bit on tracking this week for WW and wasn't eating terribly, but I know I probably had one too many servings of couscous here, or the wine on Wednesday etc, but I made due. I worked out a lot and decided against the humiliating pilates/TRX classes the rest of this week.

I am thinking of not continuing with WW, since it isn't offering me the level of weight loss I expected (1-2 lbs a week). 2.5 months on the program and I've BARELY lost 5 lbs. I'll probably start using My Fitness Pal again to track my daily calorie intake. I burn at least 400 cal every time I work out, sometimes up to 600, so my guess is, I'm still eating more than I should?

Breakfast today was an egg white scramble with scallions and some Trader Joe's reduced sodium turkey breast deli slices. For a snack, I had some greek yogurt (single serving) with peach and strawberries. Post work out, I had leftovers of Israeli cous cous with veggies, some string beans and about 3 oz of roast turkey. A mango for dessert. I've been drinking water all day, along with my serving of Benefiber. Tonight's dinner may be a salad and a glass of wine. I don't think that's a horrible day of food, but I'll calculate later.

During lunch today I did 45 min on the elliptical with intervals (boy, did level 12 kick my butt cheeks into high gear) and then some light weights and planks. Tonight after work I may do some stretching and some more tricep/bicep work incorporated with some yoga stretches.

Tomorrow is my big gym day (1 hour of cardio, some stretching, arm and leg weights and then the steam room) and maybe I get my tattoo! I have had this horrible zodiac symbol representing Cancer (I was born in July) and it looks like a 69. I've had it about 11 years and it's time to get the damn covered with something more pretty! I'm thinking a koi, bc represents perseverance in adversity and strength of purpose -- which is what I need! I think that would fit nicely swimming up my leg.