Back to it...

Well, I'm kinda back to it anyways. I slipped up for lunch today, but I did make it to the gym tonight...even if it was only for 25 minutes on the elliptical. It felt great, of course. I wish I could have stayed on there longer, but I got there way too late tonight...homework drama. I'm going to try my best to get up there again tomorrow night.

Ok. That's all for tonight. Going to bed early :) Night night...

Hi Again

Another crazy week gone by. I think my weight is still right around 135, which is cool with me. I need to get back to the gym this week. This shouldn't be too much of a problem, since I think the craziness is dying down enough. We shall see.

My trip to Chicago was ok. I was there for our national sales conference, which usually means great food and drinks. Not this time. The food was actually on the bad side. It was a little disappointing, but I guess it was probably better this way...way easier to keep the eating under control. I thought I was doing really well, but I was sitting next to this tiny girl who liked to snack a lot. The problem was that she kept sharing all her snacks with me :( It was sweet of her really, but I have little self-control sometimes...especially when I'm sitting through boring speakers.

I saw one of my associates that I haven't seen since June, and she said, "Wow, you have lost a TON of weight." Now, this isn't actually true. I don't even think I've lost any weight at all...of course, I've lost a ton of body fat though...probably around 5%. These are the moments when you so know that the number on the scale can be so irrelevant to the way you look. Fitness is so key. I'm so glad I've taken the time to invest in my fitness rather than just restricting my calories and worrying about losing pounds.

So, since I've been back from Chicago...I've eaten...well...less than stellar. Back to the old routine tomorrow.

I don't think I've blogged yet about meeting all the Michigan F.A.T. folks. What a great time with some great people. I so can't wait till the next event...probably at my house in January. Plan on it.

Just checking in...

I have been ok for the most part. I'm beyond stressed about work though. My deadlines are pretty much today, so I will be finishing it all up tonight...and then I'll feel a ton better I hope.

I leave for Chicago tomorrow morning (up at 4am...ick). I'll be doing a bunch of corporate event type stuff, but I'll try to eat and drink in moderation.

I haven't been to the gym in over a week. I honestly really just haven't had much time. Sure I could have squeezed it in, but there are times when other things are just more important.

That being said, I think I lost 10 pounds today from stress alone...ok not literally 10 pounds. I do know that I haven't gained any weight though - despite eating more and working out less. I really hope that I haven't gone up too much in BF%. I've tried to at least do some pushups and crab dips here and there. Hopefully that's doing something.

Ok. Hopefully I'll be posting again sometime soon...maybe this weekend or sometime next week.

***Edit***

Ok. I might not have been too far off. I just weighed myself. The scale says 132. I was at 137 just a couple of days ago. Definitely not the right way to do it, but I'm relieved that it hasn't actually gone up, considering I'm typically a stress eater.

OK

I keep waiting for the time when I can take the time to write everything I want to say. Every day I realize that it's probably going to be awhile for that, so I just decided to post a quickie tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to write more some other time.

Since I've been gone, my eating has been challenging, but I think I've done well enough...considering I've been out of town and out with friends a lot lately.

My stress levels are very high right now for multiple reasons, including some huge projects that need to be done this week at work. This is probably the first time that I've ever thought that I could actually miss a deadline even with my best efforts. There is the possibility that I'll be fine, but there is a lot of fear there. I have a sales conference in Chicago next week that I don't really want to miss because I didn't get my projects done. hmmm...

I have not been to the gym since a week ago Sunday. I guess I could have gone had I really really tried, but I have been pretty much soooooo busy, that it's just not been practical. I swear it's not because I just haven't wanted to go. I really don't have the time, but I've decided that I'm going to run for an hour tonight. I will probably miss bootcamp this whole week and most of next week though. Too bad :(

I'm still trying to get caught up on all your blogs, but it might be a while...so I apologize if I haven't made any comments lately.

Ok. That's all. More later this week hopefully.

Holiday Weekend

So, here's the scoop. I did pretty well with my eating through Halloween, and I even made it nicely through Thanksgiving Day, but I feel that I'm slowly but surely succumbing to the holiday eating mentality. Ick. The big problem was that I had a container of gravy in my refrigerator that just kept calling me all weekend. I was just looking for stuff to put gravy on. Well, that stops today. I finally just put the remainder of it down the drain today. Tomorrow's a new and better day...back to routine...until Wednesday. Then I'm in Chicago for the rest of the week for work, where I'm sure we'll be eating nicely. I really need to try to be good.

As far as exercise goes, I've been doing very nicely. I went for a 6 mile run outside on Friday, and then I took Saturday off as a rest day. Today, I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill for 3+ miles. Tomorrow is bootcamp, and I plan on going to the gym on Tuesday for some more running before my trip. Unfortunately, I'll miss bootcamp on Wednesday and Thursday, but I'm going to try to make up for it on the following weekend.

In other news, I've changed my blog layout just a bit. Google Reader added a feature where you can link your blogroll from Reader, so I'm going to see how that works. If you click "Read More", it will display all of the posts from that group in order of most recent.

I did have one problem...I couldn't add Geoff's blog to my Reader for some reason. Does anyone else use Google Reader? If so, have you experienced any issues adding certain subscriptions?

Ok. That's it for tonight. Hope everyone else is doing well.

Turkey Trot *Edited*

Today was absolutely fabulous. I still don't know my time yet, but I know I did well enough....very close to 30 minutes I think...hopefully under. I know that I didn't stop running the whole time, and that's good enough considering I haven't officially trained for a 5k. Next time will definitely be sub-30 I hope.

***Edit***

My time was 30:13. Good enough for this time. Can't wait for the next.

It was also so great to finally meet a couple other F.A.T. people (Rob & Jim). Melissa was there too, but we're already friends...although it was definitely great to see her, and I'm so glad we got to do this together...even though we didn't meet up until after.

Ok. I guess I'm still feeling very ADD this morning...partly because of all the stuff I have to do today and maybe I'm still kinda geeked about the race.

Overall, all the worries about what to wear and everything else were unnecessary. I ended up wearing a hat, gloves, earbags, and a sweatshirt (along with my clothes). This was pretty much perfect, although I probably could have removed the hat after about the 2nd mile.

Everything else went very well - except getting there. I was stuck in traffic for almost an hour and I thought I was going to be too late to run. This is also the area that the Thanksgiving Day parade takes place, and so many of the streets are blocked off. I ended up grabbing a surface lot, and of course I kinda forgot to take a glance at the cross-streets. Then Melissa was kind enough to drive me to my car. It was pretty much where I thought it was.

I'm sure Rob, Jim, or Melissa will have a better post about the race itself. I think Rob and Melissa will be posting some pics.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

K-Gurl is happy

I got my hair cut and colored tonight. This always makes me incredibly happy. I think I'm in love with it. We'll see how it looks when I do it myself though.

Today was a good eating day, but then I felt like snacking tonight. I ended up eating some carrots and then I put down an entire can of black olives...and I could have finished a second one if I'd allowed myself too. I LOVE black olives. I guess it's not as bad as it could have been. It's probably because I forgot to eat lunch today. I was so amped about tomorrow, and then I went to register for the 5k today and ran into Melissa, who is looking sooooo good.

I really need to get to bed now. I know this post is ALL over the place.