Setbacks can EAT IT

Well let's start with the good news, as of today I haven't gained any weight since last week. Yaaaay right? No, not so much. 
My goal is to lose 10 pounds in a month, not losing weight in a week does not help me reach that goal. Not only is that not awesome, work has been so busy that it's completely worn me out every night this week, and I'm hurt. Wednesday I started Week 7 and made it through maybe 8 minutes of running until I had to stop because I was in a lot of pain in my left leg. Yesterday while coaching soccer I had to run back to my car and just that short 400 yards hurt to run. I'm a little deflated over it all but realize that my running 7 out of 10 days and walking the dogs 2 of those "off" 3 days, really didn't help me, it actually ended up hurting my progress. 
Tonight I am going to workout on the elliptical hoping that there is less stress on my injured area than when running. I feel like I have to do something. I'll probably take the weekend off and really rest my injury and start back at Week 7 on Monday. Unfortunately this means that week 9 starts the Monday AFTER I run my 5k. That should be interesting. I'm confident that I will be able to finish my 5k, it just won't be in ideal conditions. I am also planning on doing Warrior Dash in May or July, which is 3.2 mile run with about a mile or more worth of crazy obstacles. It's going to be SO hard but I think it'll totally be worth it in the end. 


So new plan for this weekend... 


Friday - 20 minutes Elliptical, Ab Ripper
Saturday - Arms, Back, Shoulders
Sunday - Puppy walk, rest


Hopefully next week I'll be back on track for realz...


Monday - Week 7 Day 1, ab ripper
Tuesday - Coach soccer
Wednesday - Week 7 Day 2, ab ripper, arms, shoulders, back
Thursday - Coach soccer, lower leg workout
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Week 7 Day 3, ab ripper
Sunday - Rest


I hope that this will become my regular schedule until soccer games start on the weekends, I will have to adjust that depending on my schedule. I'm realizing that when I make time, it gets done (unless I'm hurt). Either way, I'm doing more than I have done in the last 6 months to improve my health and get my butt into wedding gown shape. Small steps. Rome wasn't built in a day. Right?

Small Successes

It's always the small things in life that make us happy, right? It seems that way for me at least. Yesterday I finished C25k, Week 6. My fiance' rode his bike behind me the entire time so that I didn't have to do it alone. (When he finally gets his hamstring all better, I told him I'd redo the C25k program with him so we can run together.) Day 3 of Week 6 is the beginning of the end of intervals. I ran for 25 minutes straight, only stopping once to pick up my dog's poop. Thanks Ace. In those 25 minutes I did 2.5 miles, that's 1.1 miles away from a 5k!! Nick says he thinks I could run a 5k right now if I wanted to, which I agree, but I don't think I'm ready by any stretch of the imagination. I'm taking the next 2 days off because my shins are a little sore and I think my body needs a few days of rest. 
I've been so proud of myself lately because I've taken this C25k thing so seriously. I am drinking my protein, eating better, and motivating my running partner to get her butt in gear. I have also been making sure to rest when I should, I have a habit of going too hard when I get back into working out which inevitably discourages me because I make myself so sore that I HAVE to take too much time off. I am starting to feel like I'm losing weight even though I'm not actually losing much but I'll get there. It'll happen. As Nick reminds me when I get frustrated, "Rome wasn't built in a day." I do have an amazing support system and I hope that those of you (probably none) that read this blog have the same, or are looking for that because without it I would probably fail, multiple times. Sadly. 

So my workout schedule for this week should look something like this...


Monday - Off
Tuesday - Coach soccer, a few sprints with the kids :)
Wednesday - W7D1, Ab Ripper, Strength training
Thursday - Coach soccer, a few sprints with the kids :)
Friday - W7D2, Ab Ripper, Strength training
Saturday - W7D3
Sunday - Off

So here are some short term goals because apparently long term goals scare me into hiding.

• Lose 10 pounds in 4 weeks (Posting weekly loss results here)
• Finish 5k training program
• Run ShamrockNroll March 13
• I have modified my chocolate, I'm instead giving up chocolate for Lent as it would be much harder for me to give that up than drinking. 
• Make dinner 4-5 nights a week, leftovers 2-3 nights a week
• Reduce beer intake during the week (No I don't drink every night but I've found recently I have had more than 1 beer after work on more than 1 night a week, not including Friday/Saturday)
• Weight train at least 1 day a week for 40 minutes, if 2 days a week, 20 minutes each day
• Work my abs for 10 minutes or more, 3 days a week

Tonight's Dinner: 

Shrimp Stir Fry

1 pound shrimp

1/2 of each Yellow, Orange, Green Pepper

1/2 cup bean sprouts

1/2 pound snow peas

1/2 cup white onion

1 cup brown rice

Soy Sauce

Sesame Oil 

S&P

1. Heat the sesame oil in a wok or large pan. 

2. Cook brown rice according to package directions. 

3. Add the shrimp and cook until 2/3 finished, remove from pan, set aside. 

4. Add some soy sauce and a little sesame oil, cook the veggie medley. Once the veggies are cooked, about 7-11 minutes, add the shrimp back to the mix. Cook the stir fry together for another 4 minutes. 

This makes a little more than 2 servings. We usually have enough for at least 1 person to eat this as leftovers. 

Enjoy!