As I was walking/running (aka jogging in a runner’s world), I was noticing all the disgusting, yet sometimes funny things I do, and realized why it is I choose to workout at home, and thanking god my parents gifted me with a nice treadmill years ago that I am finally using! I thought I’d share them with you because, well, you might think it’s funny too. Or you’ll just think it’s plain gross. Either way, it could equal pure ”entertainment value.”

1. I sweat like a banshee. (I don’t even know how much they sweat or what a banshee is, but it sounded good.)
2. My face turns the color of beet within seconds of exerting any kind of effort.
3. My nose runs so badly that I am constantly sniffing it back up really loudly and (grossly) swallowing it because there is no where else for it to go.
4. I belch sometimes. This is from what I can only assume is one part acid reflux, one part I burp when I get hungry, and one part now that I jog for part of my walks, it jiggles my stomach acid all over the place.
5. Because I sweat so much, I often take my shirt off, and my middle is not so pretty right now stuffed in between my sports bra and my workout pants.
6. When I start jogging, sometimes I realize my sports bra is not as supportive as I thought, and I have to hold my boobs to avoid pain, not to mention the possibility of further stretching them out! (Although, maybe guys might like watching a girl jogging holding her jugs?)
7. I often make weird sounds when I am jogging, such as grunting when trying to get through just one more minute. I would feel like a fool needing to do that for a 5 minute 4 MPH jog while the person next to me is sprinting at a 6 MPH pace with barley a whimper.
8. When I have to talk to myself to keep going, just saying it in my head doesn’t work. I literally have to talk out loud to myself.
9. When I talk out loud to myself, I often curse.
10. I have on occasion farted uncontrollably. Eating healthy fibrous vegetables can sometimes backfire on you… literally. (Ok, I know this must happen to everyone every once in a while… admit it!)

Ok, now that I hopefully made you laugh (or perhaps gag?), I forgot to tell you the coolest thing of all. Yesterday, I jogged two 5-minute straight intervals at 4 MPH. That’s 10 freaking minutes of running (in my world)! It’s something there is no way I would have tried in a gym because I was doing like 8 out of 10 items above! I was so freaking proud of myself. I for some reason, just couldn’t pull it out today, but I am just amazing myself each day with how far I’ve come. about 8 weeks ago, I was crying during a workout because I couldn’t hardly do it and it hurt, now I push through my pansy-ass thinking sometimes! ha ha!

Happy Friday.

So, how can this be happening? Seriously. I am changing!!! I mean, I thought for sure that after losing 4.2 lbs last week, there would be no movement on the scale this week. I was so wrong! I lost 1.6 lbs this week! And I certainly wasn’t perfect all week! Well, when I say that, I mean I still had weekly PointsPlus left (I used 36 out of 49), but I didn’t make the healthiest choices. I guess that is the perfectionist in me talking. If I think realistically, no matter what, I am eating better overall then I have in years… maybe even ever!!!… then I have to be okay with that! Life is fleeting, and I have to enjoy moments of it and not be perfect, right? I just think I am finally learning that it feels better to be healthier and that I can just have those splurges here and there, instead of all the time! And it’s weird, I find myself actually enjoying vegetables sometimes, and ones I never thought I would! I mean I am totally obsessed with brussels sprouts and watercress right now! And I find myself upping my activity… Whaaa?!??! Me, who hates working out?!?! Well, I still kind of hate a lot of it, but I talk back to myself and say, things like, “does it really hurt that bad?” and “you can do it, just one more minute” and then I end up doing two more minutes, or like Bob says on the Biggest Loser, “You’re alright.” I ran (a.k.a. jogged if you are a runner) for 4 minutes in a row, plus 3 more minutes spread apart throughout my walk on the treadmill tonight! I  know, that doesn’t sound like a lot, but that is like a freaking 5k in my world! So yeah, I am freaking changing! Now if I could only change how many hours there are in the day! Then I could get some more blog posts done, call more of my friends, and get the 8 hours of sleep I am supposed to be getting! That being said… laptop will promptly be turned off once I hit “Publish,” which may allow me to possibly get at least 7 hours of sleep tonight! (Friends and blog will just have to wait a little longer!)

Weight: 172.1 lbs
Change this week: -1.6 lbs
Total lost: -29.0 lbs
You can also check all my progress ;)

And if you’re wonder, it’s not actually week 9 on Weight Watchers, it’s just week 9 of giving weekly updates since re-committing myself to the program. 

Well, I am soooo behind on getting this update out! Time has just been getting away from me! I already made the announcement on twitter when I weighed in on Wednesday, so a lot of you already know! But finally and big, huge (and totally unexpected!) shwoosh! I lost 4.2 lbs this week! Now, I am pretty certain I was still dehydrated after overdoing it on libations and chips and salsa on Monday evening! So I was bad and weighed myself again on Thursday morning just to see, and I was right… my weight was back up 0.8 lbs. But even so, that still has me in the super-amazing, I-am-so-happy range for the 25 Pound Milestone!!! I was so excited to see that little blue star pop up on my tracker when I entered my weight! See, since starting Weight Watchers back in 2008, and being on an off it, I have never made it that far! Of course, I have more to lose this time than any of the other times I tried, but I’m telling ya, I do BELIEVE this is gonna be my year! I am finally gonna do it! Here’s the even cooler part, that I didn’t even realize until today… My BMI is at 29.8, which just squeaks me into the “Overweight” category. I am no longer Obese!!! Well, I suppose if I weighed in at a Weight Watchers meeting or my doctor’s office with my clothes on, that wouldn’t be the case, but I am going with my naked-as-a-jaybird weigh in!

Now what did I do to lose all that weight this week? Well, I kinda think it was just making up for the last few weeks of very minor losses, because I just keep generally doing the same thing every week! I can tell you that I have tracked everything, good or bad, every day of January, and I did use weekly and and sometimes almost all of my activity points. This week I used all my 49 weekly points, and just 1 of 26 activity points that I earned. In general, I don’t meet the healthy check guidelines every day. I try to, but some days, I’d say about 1 to 3 of them, I just can’t. I’m not perfect! So there ya have it. I’m gonna keep on chuggin’ along! And hopefully this week I will have time to post some actual other things that I have been wanting to, but just haven’t!

Weight: 173.7 lbs
Change this week: -4.2 lbs
Total lost: -27.4 lbs
You can also check all my progress ;)

And if you’re wonder, it’s not actually week 8 on Weight Watchers, it’s just week 8 of giving weekly updates since re-committing myself to the program.