Shrinkvivor - Weigh-In #5

It is now the end of week 4 in our Shrinkvivor challenge.  I am loving how dedicated and supportive my Tribe Navy Seals sisters have been.  I ♥ these girls! This week, our physical challenge was to log as many miles on our feet as we could.  This wasn't exactly the best week for this challenge as I am now in "taper" mode for my 1/2 Marathon which is coming up on Sunday ohmygod I think I'm going to barf.  Even so, I did manage to log 13.1 miles this week.  When I reported that to my tribe yesterday, I realized how ironic it was that I logged EXACTLY the number of miles I will be running in holycrap 4 days.   

Our non-physical challenge was to continue to drink our water (doing great there-seriously keeping up on hydration), get in 5 fruits and veggies every day (yup), and log all of our intake...oops, I only did that for 2 days.  (That was a conscious decision.  I need to make sure to fuel my body and I did not want to get caught up in cutting calories this week.)

So how did I do this week? Let's take a look at the numbers:

Weight on June 23, 2009: 165.8

Challenge Starting Weight: 141.6

Last Week's Weight: 138.4

This Week's Weight: 137.4

Change This Week: down 1.0

Change For Shrinkvivor Challenge: down 4.2

Total Pounds Gone: 28.4

Yea, I dropped another pound this week!  Good thing, too, because I fully intend to partake in ALL the post-race festivities on Sunday.  Immediately after there will be New Holland beer and Wendy's chili, along with the usual assorted fruits and Gatorade.  Later in the day, one of the local bars, Hop Cat, is having a Grand Rapids Marathon after-party, with drink and food specials for anyone wearing their finisher medals. How cool is that?!? After a nice shower, you'll be able to find me there having some more New Holland beer and an order of Crack Fries.

SCPM: 10-9-10

Pretty uneventful day.  M and I did a charity bike ride with my girlfriend's tri group.  Our 10 mile ride ended up being 12.5.  Next time, I borrow a pair of her bike shorts. LOL.  The rest of the day, we just hung out around the house.  Not very exciting.  Enjoy the pictures though!



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Shrinkvivor - Weigh In #4

It is now the end of week 3 in our Shrinkvivor challenge and Tribe Navy Seals continue to RAWK.  Seriously, these ladies are A.MAZ.ING.  Our physical challenge for the week was to clock a mile as fast as we could.  Each and every one of us wound up with PRs for the mile.  Mine?  9:12!  Now, I have no aspirations of maintaining that pace for more than a mile any time soon, but it was cool knowing I could get there.  We also worked hard to keep up on our water intake (check!) and lay off the fast food/take-out (double check!).  Way to go Navy Seals!

So how did this tribe member do this week? Let's take a look at the numbers:

Weight on June 23, 2009: 165.8

Challenge Starting Weight: 141.6

Last Week's Weight: 139.4

This Week's Weight: 138.4

Change This Week: down 1.0

Change For Shrinkvivor Challenge: down 3.2

Total Pounds Gone: 27.4

Wow!  I guess all this running, fruits and veggies, and water are paying off.  So how did the rest of you do?  Head on over to Shrinkingjeans and let us know.  While you are there, share some bloggy love with the rest of your sisters (and brothers!).

True Confession Tuesday: I Love Me

Instead of boring you all with how awesome I've been this week (I ran 12 miles ya'll and ran a 9:12 mile for the #shrinkvivor challenge and was awarded the "Super Mom" award from Average Moms Wear Capes!), I've decided to use today's post to address the Monthly Project over at Shrinkingjeans.  In the month of October (and really, until the end of time-LOL) we have been asked to "Take the Pledge" and declare our love for ourselves.  I've actually been quite happy with myself lately.  My running is kicking asphalt (my 1/2 marathon is less than 2 weeks away-SQUEEE) and the pounds continue to come off.  I've done amazingly well with getting in my water and fruits and veggies (I do these things anyway, so those challenges weren't that tough).  However, it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves how awesome we truely are.  Here is my pledge:

The Pledge to Love Myself.

I pledge allegiance, TO MYSELF.
Today I will proclaim it
out loud,
TALL AND PROUD
I LOVE MYSELF.
From this day forward,
I promise to be nice.
TO myself and ABOUT myself.
I will accept my quirks and I will love my faults.
I will love my shape, whatever it is
My bones, my muscles, my hair and my face.
My body, all of it, inside and out.
Because that is what makes me, ME.
And there is only one of me.
I will finally allow myself
to see what others see.
My kindness, my spirit, my love.
And starting today, I will share some of it,
with ME.
Because I deserve it.
I will fight for myself, because I’m important.
And I deserve to be everything I am capable of in my life.
I deserve to find my greatness and live my life fully and completely.
With no regrets.
There is so much I want to do in my life,
but first, it begins with “me.”
I LOVE MYSELF.
Today, tomorrow, and every day after that.
I LOVE MYSELF, DAMMIT!
And no one can stop me.

SCPM: 10-2-10

My attempts to take pictures this Saturday bordered on Epic Fail.  LOL.  I only took a few, and the ones I did take didn't turn out very well.  The day consistent mostly of my longest run EVA, plus more art and dinner with friends.  Enjoy this very small glimpse into my Saturday.

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Shrinkvivor - Weigh-In #3

It is now the end of week 2 in our Shrinkvivor challenge and I think Tribe Navy Seals knocked it out of the park this week.  I am so proud of my tribe for all the exercise minutes they logged and fast food they didn't eat!  Way to go Navy Seals!  

So how did this tribe member do?  Let's take a look at the numbers:

Weight on June 23, 2009: 165.8

Challenge Starting Weight: 141.6

Last Week's Weight: 141.0

This Week's Weight: 139.4

This is my LOWEST RECORDED WEIGHT WITH THE SISTERHOOD!!!!!!!!!



Change This Week: down 1.6

Change for Shrinkvivor Challenge: down 2.2

Total Pounds Gone: 26.4

And the Challenge?  I logged 500 minutes of exercise and drank TONS of water (I didn't keep track of the water, but would hazard to guess it was at least 100 oz every day).

To say I'm happy with how I did this week would be an understatement.  I hope with all the minutes my tribe logged and the fantastic losses we've all had that we are safe from tribal council.  If not, I will be very sad to see one of us go (who knows, it might be me!).  Even if I'm voted out this week, I'll still be cheering my Navy Seal girls on to victory. 

True Confessions

This is going to be super quick so please excuse the bullet points and lack of frills.

• I've been outstanding with my workout minutes.  I have 500 since Thursday morning.  (I was at 496 but then did 4 minutes of crunches to be at a nice, even number.)
• I've been drinking TONS of water.
• I have avoided the drive thru (for me-the kids did have Wendy's one day).
• I ran 10 miles on Saturday and walked around afterwards for 3 hours!!!!
• I have not really logged my food, but I have been keeping a "mental tally" and I think I've done well.
• My only really *bad* day was Sunday.  I woke up RAVENOUS from all of Saturday's exercise and had to force myself not to eat my way through the refrigerator.  I ate a cookie at church during bible study.  I ate a healthy lunch (veggie burger).  I didn't eat dinner - the time got away from me with grocery shopping, getting kids to a party and then back to church for confirmation class (hence the Wendy's for them).  We were invited over to a friend's after the kids got done with church for some wine and a fire.
• *Dinner* around the fire was 5 or 6 toasted marshmallows.
• I drank 1/2 a bottle of wine and then was *persuaded* to try some Sambuca.  DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DO THIS.
• I paid for said mistake all day on Monday.

There are my confessions.  Other than Sunday's night-time disaster, I think I did really well.  The scale may or may not reward me tomorrow.  Probably not (I don't feel any smaller), but the scale isn't everything.