Lack of Blogging = Lack of effort weight loss wise

I know... you haven't seen me around lately, right?  Well, that's cause I'm hiding in the corner eating a pizza, slutty brownies, and just about everything else under the sun.  That's right... I "fell off the wagon"  ...actually, I fell face first off the wagon, got hit by a train, and run over by a bus... yeah, not good.  Luckily, I have decided stay away from wagons and start riding my bike.  First things first, I've gotta get it in for a tune up!  I know I need new tires cause the ones that are on it are 8 years old and they don't stay inflated very well.  I'm going to get it in next week.  I'm toying with the idea of doing a day of RAGBRAI.  I talked about this last year but my idea failed.  Doing RAGBRAI would also help me to get ready for the TRI.  More on this later... I have to go for now. 

Oh... I guess I should admit that last week I was at a 7 lb GAIN!  ...Thank goodness I have lost that all again... now I'm on my way to reach my goal of 273 lbs.  When I reach my goal I'm going to either get a manicure or a massage... haven't decided.

Triathlete?!

So... I decided I'm going to do a triathlon!!  The one I'm looking at is in September.  It's 2 days before my birthday... what a great present to myself.  Finishing my first triathlon!  The idea had been in the back of my mind and lately it seems that someone has been trying to tell me something... I've been seeing triathlon things everywhere!!  I read a blog about a girl that lost a bunch of weight and started doing triathlons... then I was reading a magazine and there was info about triathlons... I decided then that I would do one.  I got on Amazon and ordered a few books to help me learn how to train and how, when the day comes, to actually do the event and what to expect.  It's different than just a plain 5K.  That's pretty simple to figure out... you start at the start line and run till the finish line.  There is no transitions to worry about.

I lost 3 lbs this week.  I am having weak moments that I need to work on, though.  I'm going to try to make this week really count.  I'd like to be down to my current goal of 273 by next week.  If I work hard, I know I can accomplish it.

OH and if anyone wants to join me in the triathlon... it's in Iowa City on September 16th!

Busy Lady!

Wow!  I've been one busy lady!  T-ball has started, gardening, work, working out, playing outside, swimming... it goes on and on!  Today was a fun filled day.  We started out by going to the Y.  The kids went to play with the other kids in the child watch areas and I went to workout.  I was going to go to a class but I was a little late to go to group active and I completely forgot about Group Grove after it.  I went on the elliptical for 25min then did some weight lifting.  I used several of the machines that works the arms and shoulders.  Then I went on the expresso bike.  I did a 5 mile course in 18:04.  I finished off my workout by swimming laps!  It was an awesome workout!  We stopped at Wal-mart and picked up a few things for tomorrow... Brayden is turning 7!  We got home and about an hour later went to Crawford Creek to go swimming with some friends.  It was beautiful!  The water was a little cold but the sun felt nice.  Now I think I'm going to clean up my house, maybe read a magazine I got the other day and relax.  Even though I worked out this morning I think I'm still going to do the 30DS because I haven't done it all week!  I have just been so busy and haven't squeezed it in.

The other day I went to a water aerobics class.  I have never been to one and it was fun!  It was a workout, too!  I could feel my face sweating and hot.  They have the classes on Monday and Wednesday mornings.  I'm going to try to go to them when I can.  (They have them at other times but not any times I can go to.)

I lost 5 pounds this week!  I want to really kick it in gear and try and do that every week this month.  I really want to win the little competition my coach is having!!

Measurements

 My health coach is doing a biggest loser competition for all of her and her husbands clients.  This is perfect for me!  I have been having days here and there of off plan eating and needed a little kick of competition to get me going.  It starts today and ends July 1st.  First place get's $100 towards their account!  The winner is based off of a average of weight loss percentage and total inches lost percentage.  Since they wanted some measurements I decided to do all of mine over.  Boy was I shocked to see some of these numbers!!

Weight: 334 lbs. 286 lbs. (-48 lbs.) 
BMI: 47 40 (-10)
Neck: 16 1/2" 15 3/4" (-3/4")
Rt. arm: 20" 18" (-2")
Lt. arm: 19" 17" (-2")
Rt. thigh: 32 1/2" 30" (-2 1/2")
Lt. thigh: 32 1/2" 30" (-2 1/2")
Rt. calf: 20 1/2" 19 1/2" (-1")
Lt. calf: 19 1/2" 19" (-1/2")
Chest: 60" 54" (-6")
Upper waist (smallest): 49 1/2" 44 1/4" (-5 1/4")
Lower waist (at belly button): 61 1/2" 55 1/2" (-6")
Hips (under belly, around butt): 51 1/2" 47 1/2" (-4")
Symphysis to sternum: 30" 26" (-4")

That's a grand total of 36 1/2" lost!! 

Workout Buddy

Yesterday, Kylee and I were going to go on another hike but right when we walked out the door to go, it started raining.  So, we decided to go to the gym instead.  The high school gym in Mapleton is open to the public to use if you have a fob.  It's little but it has everything you need to get a good workout in... and it kept us dry... well dry from the rain, we worked up a pretty good sweat!  We went on the elliptical and then lifted weights.  She showed me a bunch of moves her trainer, she had a couple years ago, had her do.  They were hard!  One was push ups with weights in your hand.  It's hard because the hand weights are circular and you have to hold your balance at the same time you are doing your push up.  Then we did push ups with something under our chest and you had to go low enough to touch it.  We also did sit ups and "played catch" with a medicine ball.  Every time we caught it, we caught it in a squat.  That worked the whole body.  It was a pretty good workout!  We decided to be goofy and take some pictures.

A couple nights ago I was a little low on greens.  I cut up the bell peppers I had with some chicken and sauteed it with a little orange ginger sauce.  Very tasty!!


I guess a gal I work with told someone that 170 pounds is too low of a weight for me to shoot for.  I wanted to check the BMI thing to make sure it was within the "healthy" category.  It's actually on the high end of the healthy category.  I decided to check my BMI.  Guess what?!  It went from "extremely obese" to plain ol' "obese."  Haha... weird thing to be excited about.  At my heaviest, my BMI would have been 50.  When I started Take Shape For Life it was 47.  Currently, it's 40.

Today is DAY 1 of the 30 Day Shred Challenge!  Better get going!