Catching up

Wow do I have some catching up to do. First off Im so sorry I have been keeping everyone up to date, with rehearsal every night for the play and now Saturday rehearsals too its been a bit crazy. Here are a few new things though.

1) Running:
            My running is going great. 3 miles in 30min is my new average and it feel so good to be that fast. When I first started running I wanted to be able to do that and it seemed so far away. I was reading a old post from when I first started, and checking out my runs on my Nike page. I used to run a 14:55 mile then I got a bit faster and 12:30 was my norm for so long now Im running a 9:50 mile at a VERY comfortable pace, I can still talk and everything. If I push it I can run a 8 min mile but I can only do one mile that fast. This last sat I had another long run. I ran 8.5 miles in 1 hour and 34 min. I only stopped to walk once for 10 min. It felt so good to go so far and I can feel my running boundaries being pushed. It also really got me excited for the Tinkerbell Half which is in just 76 days :)

2) Emotions:
         I feel like my emotions have been all over the place lately! For a few weeks I just haven't been on my WW game and have been not tracking one day then doing really good the next. It totally plays a toll on you and I had some WI were I lost 2.6 then gained it back the next week then lost 3.4 last week. I was determined to have another loss and get myself out of this funk I have been in. Easier said then done, let me just tell you. I have been stressing over PTA stuff and trying to get everything we needed done, done and its taking WAY longer then I thought it would. Then Mick came home last week to inform me his company just got sold and he might be out of a job.....STRESS......add on normal life stuff like my job at the apartments, kids school work and homework, House work, and the play......Yeah I felt a bit overwhelmed. Then Mick and I sat down and talk and remembered what is meant to happen will happen and we will be ok. So I refused to stress over things I could not control and just worked on de-stressing things I could. Result a awesome week (that included some Mick job related questions answered that took alot of stress away) and I had another loss.

3) Family:
         The play definitely has me and the kids busy at night, I have had rehearsal from 7-10 Mon-Thur for the last 3 weeks and now we have 10-4 Saturdays and tech week is coming up fast and so is Opening night!!! I have all my lines memorised, all my blocking notes down and go over them everyday. The kids work on all their stuff too and are having a blast doing it. Im starting to memorize the music I need to (some songs Im on stage others Im back stage with my book singing). The cast Im working with is amazing and i have made some cool friendships. Halloween was a blast and the kids look so stinking cool/cute this year. I have a huge cake to make for my cousins upcoming birthday, and so excited to spend Thanksgiving at my aunts house this year with all my fam.

If you have read this far you deserve a award for it :P I know Im not that interesting but I like to get down all my thoughts. Thanks for reading all my gibb-er-ish.

4) Weight Watchers:
          Today was such a awesome day at WI because I FINALLY did it.....I hit my 75 lb mark and got my cool 75 lb ring for my key chain. This one has felt like it has taken forever to get, but I finally got it and now my eyes are set on my 100 lb ring :)
       After my few yo-yo WI's I last 3.4 last week and 2lbs this week. Total lost is 75.2, and I weight 179.8 lbs. BEST part I weight less then Mick now!!! Anyone who knows my sweet hubby knows he is 6'4 and skinny. Mick and I have been together for 13 years and I have never weighed less then him, so that alone is a huge feat for me. It feels so good to say that, and the fact I can say I have lost a crazy number (75 holly crap) is just so much fun!
      So the half marathon is in 76 days and I would LOVE to be at 100 lb loss goal. I want to make a tank that I will run in that says "Lost (number) pounds and found my wings" then on the back "Now watch me fly!" I feel I can do it if I really buckle down from now on till Jan. Its another 25 lbs I would need to lose. I know I can do it but it does still seem like a huge goal that might be a bit tough to reach, but Im going to put my whole heart in to it and have no regrets in the end whether I make the mark or not. Crazy thought if I do do it, I'll be 10 lbs from my goal weight! WOW!!

Stats
Starting weight: 255
Current weight: 179.8
Goal weight: 145
Total gone and never to be found: 75.2 lbs :)

7 miles

That is how many miles I ran today. 7, man that's a crazy number to me. Alot of numbers seem crazy huge right now hehe.

It was a good run, the first half was a bit hard. I mean yesterday was our big Dance recital and I was dancing all day. So to get up today and go run 7 miles...... yeah I was feeling it. But I did it and it felt really good. No regrets, that's my motto when I run. Leave it all on the trail or treadmill and have no regrets.

This week I lost 2.6 lbs and I'm down 72.6 lbs. My 75lb key ring is right there and so are the 170's. Last night at the recital I was getting alot of comments on how I looked. It felt really good, I even had one of my best friends there and she commented on how skinny I looked. Then she asked me if I ever remember being this small. I had to think for a min, then it dawned on me...NO, never in my adult life.

Its the truth, my whole adult life I have never been this small, fit, or athletic. I have never been able to say I'm athletic ever in my life, so that's a new one too. It feels so good to finally be accomplishing so much. It was really cool last night at the recital too, one of the ladies from my WW meeting (and her hubby) came last night. Its so awesome to have so much support. I didn't get a chance to see her after the show, so I cant wait to see if she enjoyed it, on Friday.

Stats
Starting weight: 255 lbs
Current weight: 182.4
Goal weight: 145
Total lost: 72.6 only 37.4 lbs to go!!
95 days till the Tinkerbell Half Marathon :)

So can you tell.....

Im having an off week when I dont post. PMS week totally killed me last week. I felt crappy (for lack of a better word) I didnt want to run but I pushed, I wanted to eat EVERYTHING in my house. It sucked!! I had a gain of 0.6 last week. It didnt really bother me I knew it was coming. Getting out of the PMS week mood is hard though.

So this last week I did OK, not great but ok. I lost 2.6 lbs this week. CRAZY!! Im at my 72.6 lbs weight lost total. Im hitting crazy numbers, I mean they are frighting numbers. When I tell someone I lost 72 lbs I get this crazy shocked look. And the truth is, it is crazy, its more then what my 10 year old son weighs. The best part, the part that makes me smile, is that that crazy number is going to get bigger. I cant wait to see it get ridiculously HUGE! I cant wait till Im at goal and people I meet could never imagine me at my starting weight.

My good friend Yentl said to me the other day "I saw you and Mick walking and BOY do you look tiny next to him". Mick is tall and skinny so to thing I look small next to him is so crazy to me.

Im feeling better, PMS week has gave its toll thats for sure. Running is definitely something I have to force myself to do right now, but that's ok cause Im running a 10 min mile right now so I'll take it. The Tinkerbell half is in only 98 days. Im so excited I cant wait to run it. I feel like that is going to be a hung accomplishment for me.

Stats
Starting weight: 255
Current weight: 182.6
Goal weight: 145

We got Parts!

Skyla and I both got parts in A Christmas Carol. Sky will be Lucy Cratchit (tiny Tim's older sister). She is so excited to be in another play. I got offered to be in the Ensemble. I love the ensemble, singing, dancing and being on stage a ton, with out the worry of lines (I feel a little intimidated having lines, so I'm pretty happy with what I got).

Rehearsal's start tomorrow :)

IM so excited

I have been pushing as much as I can lately. I can see and feel all my hard work paying off and it feels good. Today I had a long run day (part of my training) this run made me feel so strong its amazing. I ran 5 1/2 miles without stopping AND i did it in 1 hour!!! 11 min mile pace!! I'm so excited and feel so good. My confidence has sky rocketed, I really feel I'm going to be able to finish the Tinkerbell in 3 hours.

Only 110 days left :)

70 lbs BABY!!!!

This week I lost 1.8 lbs hitting my 70 lbs gone mark :)

I'm so excited!!!! I cant believe I lost 70 lbs, that's such a crazy number to me, the other crazy number 39.6 that how much I have left to lose till I hit goal! Its amazing to me how numbers can run your life, but these are good numbers, healthy, be here for my kids numbers and it feel good hitting each mile stone. It has NOT been easy by any means LOTS of ups and downs, but in the end it feels good.

I am now 111 days away from the Tinkerbell Half Marathon. My training is going great, I'm getting faster which is nice. Right now I'm running a 10.50 mile (much better then a 15 min mile). Tomorrow I have 5.5 miles to run, and I'm determined to run it all with out stopping. Its the longest I will be running without walking, but I want to do it SO bad. I cant wait to go to Disneyland. I'm so excited for this run.

Anyways Here are my stats :)

Stats:
Starting weight: 255
Current Weight: 184.6
Goal Weight: 145
Total lost: 70.4

Another mini goal REACHED!!!!

So as you can tell I kinda gave up on the calender LOL.

BUT....................


I hit another GOAL!!!! I have lost 68.6 lbs total and now weight 186.4, this is a huge goal for me cause this is what I weighed when I was 18 years old and met my awesome hubby Mick!

Mick says I carry it way different then I did back then and I look smaller at this weight then I did when I was 18. I'm so excited!! I also just bought my first pair of skinny jeans and had to get this cute shirt for a tap dance I'm doing and its a XL in juniors!! I haven't fit in to juniors since high school!!


Yeah its been a great few days, I'm still on cloud 9, and to top it off I ran 2 miles today for my half marathon training and did it in 19 min and 44 sec. I had a 9.50 pace, the fastest I have ever ran and it was a pretty comfortable pace :)


Man I feel good!!

O Skyla and I auditioned for A Christmas Carol (with stage 1 the same theater company Sky did Wiz of OZ). We both had call backs yesterday :) now we are just waiting to see if we got parts. Here is My head shot......... What do you think?

 

And here's a pic of me dancing one of my hula's with these young 21 and 23 year old girls I just love to dance with.

And just for kicks here is the loves of my life.......