Goal...

I have almost reached my goal....
My goal weight has been 115 for a few years now, and back in March I started using an application on my phone to try and help me track my weight and reach my goal of 115 by our 14th wedding anniversary.
Well, yesterday was our 14th wedding anniversary. I woke up and jumped on the scale, and it read.....118.6 Almost there! So I have officially lost 10 pounds since March! Woo-Hoo!!!
Now my new goal date is my birthday next month. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can........
:-)

Body Image

Have you ever felt like you just don't look good enough, like you need to lose a certain amount of weight, or spot reduce, or have some cellulite you want to get rid of? I have the cure. Anytime you start feeling really down about your body image, just go to.....(no not Wally World...tho that is another good one LOL).....in this case, Hurricane Harbor! LOL! It's a Six Flags Water Park. We took the boys last week. It was their first trip ever to a water park. We had so much fun! The boys loved going down the slides, and Seth became super brave and was going on any ride he could go on with me. We all had a blast!
But I was SHOCKED by the body's I saw sporting "itsy bitsy teeny weeny" bikinis. I was sort of self conscious about going to a water park and being in a bathing suit all day..wondering if I should wear a cover up all day or maybe a t-shirt over my bathing suit....until we got there. LOL! I started looking around, and I then hit my husband and said "hey, you didn't realize how lucky you were until today huh!" LOL! He agreed immediately!!
I'm telling ya, I was just shocked at how people didn't really care what they looked like. We saw every age, and every size, shape, and color sporting their little bikinis. So before the day was over, I was feeling pretty good about this little ol' body, loose wrinkled skin, minor cellulite and all. :-)

Diet

Okay since you have all asked about the "Emergency Diet" I've been doing, I'll share. Stephen found the diet in a Muscle magazine. It was designed for a 220+ man originally, but they had a modified version for if you were 180 or less. Well, I'm thankfully WAY less, so I even modified that version, added up the calories, and made sure it was around 1200 calories a day.

Here it is:
Meal 1: 1/2 cup (40grams) Old Fashioned Oats, made with water and cinnamon for taste, with 5 egg whites scrambled OR 1 scoop whey isolate protein shake.

Meal 2: can of tuna (in water) with 2 rice cakes

Meal 3: 134 grams chicken breast, with 175 grams sweet potato

Meal 4: can of tuna or 134 grams chicken breast (no carbs with this meal)

Meal 5: 6oz fish (I use talapia), fresh salad, 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil

There you have it. I like it, because it's the same thing everyday and I don't have to think about what I'm going to eat, and I can cook up a bunch of chicken/sweet potatoes/fish/salad and prepackage everything so it's easy to grab during the week.

Vacation

We were gone camping for a full week! Yea!!! I ran over 6 miles the first full day at camp (Wednesday), and also biked another 6+. Thursday, it rained and we spent the whole day fishing. We caught over 27+ Crappie in two days! It was so much fun! We had a big fish fry that weekend, with Stephen's family.
On Friday we moved the camper up to a campground closer to Stephen's family and they came out and went camping with us. I ran another 6+ miles that day.
Saturday we spent the day water skiing, walking dogs, walking/running 1+ miles (one way) to the park and then back. It was a very fun day, spent with family.
Sunday it was very windy, so we took the tube out on the boat. Later that day Levi started running a fever. That evening I ran about 4+ miles.
Monday we packed up and came home. It's been a whirlwind with sick kids, and trying to catch up on work. They finally started feeling better though, and I met my dad half-way yesterday and the kids went to spend the rest of the week with Papa and Nana and go to VBS at their church. I've done nothing but work since they've been gone. But I just caught up, so now it's time to go hit the treadmill before Stephen gets home from work! Yea! Later yall!

running...

Still running. Trying to run 5-6 days a week, at least 2-3 easy miles. When I have more time or feel more energetic I go for more. Like Monday and Tuesday I did 4 miles each day. Yesterday I worked and didn't have time to run. So today, I did 10 mile, just because I wanted to. I'm just running for the fun of it, not following a training program really. Just listening to my body and how it feels and running however fast and far I feel like going. :-)
I'm also following a higher protein diet (my hair has been falling out bad...so hopefully this and the multivitamins will help). I never can seem to get enough protein in my diet otherwise. I'm more of a carb addict....salty is my weakness. This diet is pretty strict, but it's the same things every day (there are two different days/options), which makes it easier for me. I can cook up a bunch of days meals at once, and weigh them and store them. then they are easy to grab on the go, and I don't feel like I'm always cooking. It's going well.
Keep on keepin' on!