Spring to Summer Trip Walking Challenge!

Thursday, April 04, 2013

The Done Girls are posing another challenge. This time to walk to a desired summer destination of our choice. I chose Saugatuck, MI which is 158 miles from my house. It's where my husband and I had our first date (I only lived about 20 miles away from there at the time). It's an artist colony on the coast of Lake Michigan and I loved it but I have been with my husband for 9 years now and I haven't been back there since our first date. I'm getting there this summer if I have to walk there ;)

I started the challenge late so I have 11 weeks to walk 158 miles. I figure if I walk 3 miles a day 5 days a week that should get me there :)

Please enjoy this photo montage to help keep me inspired and motivated!











This last photo is from the Saugatuck Dunes State Park

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This is Why We Fight-RHHC Mini Challenge #3

Sunday, July 29, 2012

For this challenge we have to really soul search and get to the root of the real reasons we want to lose the weight and post them in a blog. Here are my reasons

1. To be confident in my body and it's physical ability
2. To look and feel graceful when I dance
3. To shop for clothes at any store
4. To have better sex
5. To have the confidence to try new things
6. To be able to fit places (stadium seats, roller coasters)
7. To never worry about a weight limit again
8. To feel powerful
9. To not worry about dying of a heart attack at age 30
10. To wear a sexy/cute halloween costume with confidence
11. To look cute in sweats
12. To go amazing places and do amazing things
13. To prove that I can finish something I start
14. To open myself up to a world of possibilities
15. To believe in myself again
16. To be a better wife/sister/daughter
17. To like pictures of myself
18. To enjoy what I see in the mirror...nekked
19. To have more energy for life
20. To become all the things I might have been

The title is taken from a Decemberists song and has been a bit of a theme song of mine throughout this journey. Do you have a go-to motivational song?

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Red Hot Heartbreaker Challenge #1: For The Body I Want

Sunday, July 08, 2012

Here are my measurements:
Hips-46
Waist-43
Chest-45

I hate how little difference there is between my hips and waist. It makes me feel so unfeminine

My Goals
My goals ~To run/walk a sub 45 min 5k, To kick my bad habit of sneaking food up to bed to eat (I'm only hurting myself!) and to get in 10 minutes a day of exercise even if it's just rocking out to some tunes
Start weight ~ 262
One Voice (7/25) ~254
Relaxation (8/15) ~247
Labor Day (9/3) ~244
World Heart (9/29) ~240
Total loss aim ~22

My Eating Habits:
I am definitely eating for the body I have and not the one I want. I am the best at justifying just this one meal, day, week, weekend, month, life...
I am going back to vegetarian during the week and allow meat on the weekends. My weight started to move the wrong way the moment I reintroduced meat into my diet. If I'm a responsible vegetarian and I keep all the processed packaged foods to the bare minimum I'll have this thing in the bag!

My Body Idols:
I'm not a country music fan, but I appreciate Miranda Lambert for looking like a normal human being


I also really love that actress Ayla Kell looks healthy and not emaciated like far too many young actresses


And finally, I really can't stand her as a person, but Hope Solo is a phenomenal athlete and a fantastic fitness role model

I don't have to love her to admire her kickin' bod

As part of this challenge we need to do two things that took us out of our comfort zone. These are mine
1: I actually wore a sleeveless shirt out in public. This is very rare behavior for me, but it's hotter than the basement of hell outside and I just decided that I couldn't care anymore. It really wasn't that bad. Nobody threw fruit or anything!
2: I did a wii zumba workout with just a bra on and in front of DH no less. I have this irrational fear that I look like a total geek doing the zumba moves and Tony will see my clumsy attempt at dancing and decide he's no longer attracted to me. I just don't like exercising in front of him. No comments from him, but a few inappropriate hand placements from him showed me I shouldn't worry about it in the future ;)

Finally, I need to show a photo of myself at the beginning of this challenge. This is me before the infamous wii zumba incident. Certainly not my proudest moment or best look

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If you're going to be an athlete...

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

you're going to have to get used to a little pain.

I have never used the term athlete to describe myself and I never really considered myself one even when I played soccer in high school. Looking back, high school soccer players are DEFINITELY athletes. But that's not the point here. Moving on...

In the last few days while I was nursing a bothersome quad and rickety knee I heard two different people give me advice that started with "If you're going to be an athlete." My grandmother and my husband.

My husband said it first and I totally ignored the fact that he was basically calling me a whimp because OMG HE CALLED ME AN ATHLETE. HE THINKS I'M AN ATHLETE. AM I AN ATHLETE?

I'm horribly out of shape. I just managed to squeeze my walk/run pace to the 15 min/mile mark. I'm not diligent about strength training. I don't have a garmin or great running shoes or a gym membership or anything else "athletes" tend to have. I'm training for a 5k in October, but have never been in one before. I use my husband's old digital watch to time myself in running shoes I bought from the salvation army and I use free weights my husband has had since college to ST maybe twice a week.

I have to admit I REALLY liked being called an athlete and I don't want to discourage this sort of behavior but I also don't want to give myself a label prematurely.

So, how do you (all of you out there) define an athlete?

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And the day came when...

Sunday, April 08, 2012

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom-Anais Nin

Today is that day! Last night I was looking at all the spark pages from the most motivational members and so many have pictures from their 1st 5k (and 2nd and 3rd and...) and yet again thought *some day*

But when?

October 6th, 2012

I decided that at some point each successful person stopped talking about doing it, and just did it. If I didn't give myself a clear deadline I was never going to train myself into 5K shape and actually compete. So, I went in search of the right race at the right time and the stars aligned.




www.runscreamrun.com

My very best spark friend and I will be there! YAY!

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