30 day shred

I have decided to try and do a true 30 day shred this time. Today was level 1 day 1. If I do 30 days that will put me up to almost my wedding day. As I said in my previous post I do not want to lose more weight as my dress is being altered to my current size as we speak, but I do want to tone up and hopefully have nicer looking arms by June 19th. I hate that I have jiggly arms, I really do. So, check back tomorrow to see if level 1 day 2 becomes a reality...I am really going to try hard!

Lysney's 5K race recap

Today I did a 5K in support of a blogger friend of mine who raced her first ever 5K this morning! She totally rocked it by they way! I learned about this challenge/support/motivation race from another blogger friend and I am glad I did! It gave me a reason to get out there and show my support while getting some much needed running in!

Here is me before:


Here is me all sweaty and red after:


Here is my Garmin with the results:



It's a fuzzy iPhone pic...so in case you can't read it I did 3.1 miles in 38 minutes which is an average pace of 12:10/mile, which for me is phenomenal! Yay! Congrats to Lynsey and all of the other bloggers out there who ran today, no matter what the reason or distance!

It is time to stop...

I have only 8.6 lbs to go until my goal weight of 160 lbs, but I have to stop losing weight. I went for my dress alterations appointment today and the dress that was snug on me a year ago needs 2 1/2 inches taken off around the top! 2 1/2 inches! I could have bought the smaller size! But then of course if I had done that I wouldn't have lost any weight, stupid Murphy's Law! LOL Anywho, it is being taken in and I have a fitting on June 5th to see how it looks. That is cutting it awfully close to the wedding date, so I have decided to stop trying to lose weight and focus on maintaining and toning my arms and shoulders. I am happy being around 167-170 lbs and would be comfortable staying around that until after the wedding, so that is the plan. I am spending a pretty penny on the alterations, so I want to make sure my dress looks absolutely perfect! I will continue to do my Friday WI's as usual, I just won't be as focused on losing as I have been. I will be focused more on staying where I am at and making my arms look like Jillian Michael's LOL :D

Friday WI-No surprises here!

I gained. Surprise, surprise. NOT! I was so bad this week! I did not track a single bite that went into my mouth. I am surprised by the fact that I didn't gain more than just 1.4 lbs! Today is a new day, a fresh start, time for me to get back on the wagon! I have an extra motivation because I am going for my 1st ever alterations appointment today! I have a feeling that my dress is going to be HUGE on me considering the weight I have lost since I bought it! I just hope it is not horribly large so much that it is hard to alter. I cannot wait to try my dress on again! I haven't even seen it in probably 4 months! I hope I love it as much as I did when I bought it!

Weekly Goal Update #2

I know this is post 3 for today, but it needs to be done...

1) No more nail biting
Much better! I have a few long nails, but am still having cuticle biting issues. It is a work in progress.

2) 30 day shred twice a week
Fail again. I blame my 1/2 marathon, I didn't want to make myself sore.

3) Another type of workout twice a week
I did 1 weekly and the half on Saturday so I say check!

4) Food journaling every day
Not so much. I have been bad at this lately. Next week...next week.

5) Water, water, water!
I did pretty well because of the race. I kept myself pretty well hydrated and it made the race easier. I have been slacking since the race so I need to get back into it.

My first half marathon!

Saturday was the day. My first ever half marathon! It was the American River Parkway half that ran along the beautiful American River bike trail from William Pond park, down past Sac State and back. The weather was better than I could have even hoped for considering the forecast the week before had predicted rain that day! It was even a little warm near the end, so much so that a few people passed out due to heat exhaustion. Luckily I came prepared with water and fuel so the aid stations that ran out near the end didn't even effect me. SacFit taught me well!

For the first half of the race I stayed with some great magentas and we had a great time, but at about mile 7ish I decided to pick up the pace and ended up getting pretty far ahead of them. I had pain in my leg around mile 9, but I made it to the end and that's what matters! I saw that finish line and I sprinted to the end and finished strong! Adrenaline really does wonders at making pain disappear! Sabrina was there at the end waiting for me and ran me in some of the way before I sprinted ahead. I was so ready to be done and so glad I made it to the end! My garmin time was 3:12 and my official time was 3:15. I am pretty happy with that time considering my only goal was to finish. Matt was waiting for me at the finish too with some beautiful flowers!

All in all it was a great race and I can now say I am a half marathoner! My next race is a 5k on June 6th and I am possibly doing the Urban Cow 1/2 in October as well. We shall see if this leg pain can get better with some new shoes and foam rolling. The next SacFit season starts June 12th and I plan on being out there for sure! Possibly as a pace coach, depending on if Ken lets me considering I will miss 3 weeks because of my wedding and honeymoon!

Here are some pics of the race.

April Activity Calendar

Here it is. Some weeks were better than others. It is what it is.