My weight is not budging, just hanging right there at 196.6. Kind of maddening considering all the hard work I've been putting in to my workouts. I do my Jillian Michael's dvd every day and do my 5k training runs 3 times a week. I stick to my calorie limit and get my water and vitamins in. Yet the scale bounces around the same 2 pounds and won't drop under 196. Bah! I'm seeing major changes in my shape, muscles and the way my clothes fit, so that is super awesome, but I would really like to see the scale dropping again. I have 5 days left of my 30 Day Shred dvd, then I'll be on vacation for a few days and come home and do my new Ripped in 30 dvd, which hopefully will change everything up and get my muscles ready for more changes. I have no clue why anyone would ever waste time in a gym or money on a personal trainer when you can buy a $12 dvd and workout 20 minutes a day and get amazing results at home. Maybe it gets boring at some point, I don't know, we will see. But for now, I'm quite enamored with the process.
I'm halfway done with my Couch to 5K training program, although I am sure it will take longer than 8 weeks total to get me up to running 5k without stopping. Right now it has me running 5 minutes at a time with walking in between. 5 minutes is TOUGH but it will get easier. 3 minutes used to be tough and now that's a cake walk so I can see how this will work. I have 11 weeks until my 5k on April 28th, and only 4 weeks left of the training so I am super in good position to be ready to really kill it :) I guess I will use the remaining time to run outside on courses that have some hills so I can be ready for anything. I'm so excited for this, I can't believe I am going to be actually running a race. It's something I never thought I'd ever want to do or could do. Wow how 6 months changes things :)
Shopping is super fun now. I went shopping with Anna last weekend ALL weekend and I got to try on clothes at real stores, not just Lane Bryant. I got to buy a bunch of clothes from Old Navy on clearance and I bought MEDIUMS! OMG that was so super crazy. And one of the mediums is too big, which is hilarious :) I bought new jeans and some 14's were too big! I ended up getting a pair of 13/14 Michael Kors jeans at Plato's Closet that fit amazing. So insane, it's surreal. And I'm not even done yet! I am hoping to settle in to a size 10 some day, seeing as how my hip bones are starting to stick out, I doubt I could ever be smaller than a size 10 cuz I think my skeleton is a size 10! I'm okay with that. :) I don't have visions of being a size 2 or super skinny, but boy do I want this last chunk of fat GONE. It's going to be hard cuz I've been carrying it for over 20 years, but it has to go! Onward! :)
