____ kms in February?

awesome new tank (yes I’m a lulu lemon junkie)
sent this one to Emma cause she loves Orange

I bought new workout clothes. Something about fresh, well-fitting, great looking workout clothes makes me want to work out even more. But then again being “chased” by zombies makes me want to work out more as well.

I set a goal to run 115km in the month of February.

I ended up being working over 250 hours in 28 days, so that’s an average of nearly 9 hours a day, but I do 24 hour shifts at work so there were some days where I literally couldn’t get out for a run, no excuse I was at work.

93.38km in February
So close yet again.

 

 

 

I also lost 5 lbs in February, I’m weighing in at 146lbs  down from 151lbs!!!

New shoes! I was getting blisters from my favourite runners, so I decided it was time to break a new pair in!

I’m a sweaty mess. Are you?

I want to talk a bit about sweat.

As a woman, I feel as though it is seen as nasty to be a sweaty mess. For example, if I were to work out at a gym and be dripping sweat, more so than the men working out there, it’s in my head to believe that people are judging me.  I don’t know if this is the case,  but due to my brother always bugging me as a child/teen working out some old thoughts/habits stick up there in the old thinker.

Here is a list of things I need to purchase in the next few weeks:

6 sports bras

2 workout capris

3 long running pants

5 sweat towels

WHY, you ask?

-I am the only girl on my basketball team who brings  a sweat rag to games.   I believe one other gal on my ball hockey team brings one.  I must have one at the gym.  I can only wear gym clothes once (then they are a must wash)   and I don’t do laundry twice a week.  I own enough workout capris to go 5 days without washing but the rest needs to be done way too often.

-I sweat through shirts, pants, socks, probably even my shoes.  I’ve sweat so much my entire sweat rag is soaked.  TMI?

-I look like I’ve showered after ball hockey games… but if you’re standing close enough you can smell that I haven’t 🙂 gotta love the hockey gear.

Being a woman and sweating so much sucks!

Heres the thing that I love about sweating like that

-I know I gave it everything I had.

-I just flushed out a ton of toxins

-The shower I’m about to take it going to be oh so sweetly rewarding lol

I’m a lady but  (none of these pics are me)

I sweat through my clothes. I get swass or swoob or whatever else you like to call your sweaty areas,

I drip on machines and mats (yes, I clean it up),

Sometimes I can’t even hold a plank, bride or downwards facing dog I’m so sweaty

If I don’t turn into a sweaty mess I don’t feel like I’ve worked out, so I guess I’ll be a sweaty mess forever!

Had to reblog

This post by Julia killed me! so true and made me think about how all throughout high school (and still to this day) my girlfriend Stacey and I had a running joke/true friendship request of promising to tell each other if we ever developed a front ass.

If you don’t know what a front ass is: (via urban dictionary, of course)

1.Front Ass
Bulge of fat that hangs over the genitals and is split down the middle to look like an ass.
Oh my god. That dude has front ass hanging over his pants.
buy front ass mugs & shirts

2.Front Ass
When one reaches a level of obesity to the extent that he/she has two asses – a fully functional rear ass as well as a non-functional, for appearances only frontal ass.
The frontal ass is anatomically referenced as the Front Ass. The front ass encompasses the lower abdominal area from the pubic bone to the waist line.
“Jabba’s getting rather large That’s quite the front ass that she’s packing. Although I must say, it does help to balance out her rather generous rear ass.”

“Man those stretch pants are screaming bloody murder. Her front ass is putting a hurting on them while at the same time her rear ass appears to making a meal of them.”

3.Front Ass
when someone’s belly hangs over their beltline and into the upper thigh, thus creating “front ass”
when someone’s belly hangs over their beltline and down into the upper thigh area, thus creating “front ass”

 

Julia's Gems

No, not the delicious overhanging part of a breakfast pastry you get with your coffee in the morning.  Although, that is undeniably my favorite part of any muffin…I love when it’s toasted juuuust enough so that when I break off the sides they are juuust a bit crunchy to balance out all of the fluffy baked goodness on the inside.  Though, if you eat muffins for breakfast you are likely to have the “muffin top” I am about to discuss.

What I mean is the awful overhanging part of someones (usually someone of the female persuasion) gut/”love handles” when they’ve squeezed into pants that are way too tight.  In my opinion, I don’t understand why the muffin top exists at all.  If you don’t fit into your jeans why would you show the rest of the world that by somehow squeezing them closed, clearly exposing the rest of you that…

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Little things add up

I took a moment today to think of a few of the little things in the past week that have made me smile.

My boss, at my relief job, told me I needed to change the voicemail. Why did this make me feel good? He said I have a lovely voice that people don’t mind listening too! Anything I’ve heard my voice I’ve been a tad disgusted lol but whateves I took the compliment.

When Ryan and I were in Vegas we bought new True Religion jeans (it’s the outlet store i would never buy full priced ones, plus they’re well made and last longer than $30 jeans I often buy… anyways don’t know why I’m defending this purchase, I stand by it) the part that made me smile about buying jeans at TR was when the sales girl came and asked what size I was looking for I said “I think 30-31” and she actually looked at me and choked out “UMM you’re kidding, you’re not that big” WHAT? OMG thankyou my new favourite lady, not that big! and she was right I fit 29’s!!!

I was having a day of insecurities and low self-esteem. Ryan being the sweet and funny guy his is wrote a list of things he should be insecure about or worries about and said he should be more insecure than I am, but reminded me he doesn’t stress about it because he knows I love him. His list included how hairy he is lol. Hard not to smile when you’re significant other is supportive and tries to cheer you up with some humor.

Getting 2 pairs of your favourite running shoes for the price of 1!
That makes me brag, not just smile!

Having my cats around when I work out in the basement makes me laugh.  As soon as my yoga mat goes on the floor one of them is laying on it, as you can see.  Amuses me when I’m doing sit ups or pushups and all of a sudden some fur is in my face or under me.  They’re cute!

I’ve just been a little lazy

Thinking back…

when I sat on a couch I would find a pillow to sit with to cover my tummy rolls.  I was buying XL clothing at my favourite stores where I used to be an M.  I was playing basketball but had no confidence in my game because I was so damn slow and couldn’t get where I knew I needed to be.  I was sitting on the couch every night instead of working out and was very unhappy with almost ever aspect of my entire life.

I complained to some people about how I felt and tried to hide it from others, thinking I acted the same as I always had. I think they saw through me but didn’t know exactly how to help.  I was trying to get healthy.  I had signed up for basketball, had a free gym pass to the YMCA when i worked there and tried to get Ryan to come with me to use his free pass, but I just couldn’t convince myself to do it on my own.  Even though I had lost a large amount of weight when I was 19 and knew exactly what I needed to do to feel better about myself. I just couldn’t do it all alone.  I had lost about 10 lbs doing it alone but just couldn’t get past there.

I actually don’t remember how it all came about but Jill and I were talking one day and it was decided.  We were starting a weight loss blog to help us stay motivated and accountable.  If others knew what we were doing, we would have to do it.

Boy did that work for me.

I started running a few times a week with Aline and Jill.  Jen, Emma and I were biking, getting ready for our 200km bike ride and I was paying very close attention to my portion sizes, calorie intake and how many calories I was burning. I was still also enjoying life and eating the things that you shouldn’t eat every day, but not eating them everyday.  Just on special occasion or when I was truly craving them.  I did camp a lot last summer which resulted in a lot of light beer drinking and hamburger eating but when sided with fresh veggies instead fries and other crap, it makes a difference.  I also started planning out snacks and meals.  I read somewhere that if you think you’re hungry then make a snack that has at least 3 of the food groups, or has some fiber, protein and then the sugar/salt you were probably craving.  I also reminded myself that if I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to eat, then I probably wasn’t hungry and didn’t need to eat.  Water often does the trick and we often forget that hunger and thirst can feel the same.  I lost another 20 pounds while Jill and I had our blog.

I’ve been 150lbs since I dunno how long, the final weigh in for Jill and I was back in October, so at least then (8 months or so) I’ve gone up and down a few pounds but that can be done in a day so I don’t pay too much attention to that.  What I do pay attention to is how I feel in my clothes.  They feel pretty good.  They feel so good that some of my favourite clothes are to big and I’m not willing to throw them out, mostly because I think if I ever get pregnant that could save me a ton of money.   I have this problem though, any one else have this issue?, when I’m shopping for pants/shorts/bottoms the waist is WAY to big,  but the thigh is WAY to tight.  It’s annoying because I have thick thighs that dont’ seem to disappear ever.  Any how I feel good in my clothes still and that’s what matters.  I said “this is it” to being fat and “Yes I will’ to getting healthy, and I’ve been doing well I just want to do a little more.

So here’s the problem…

According to my doctor and this healthy weight calculator  (check yours to see what it says)

I am still overweight, which means I am still at risk of many disease such as diabetes, heart disease and the list goes on.  When I talk about losing more weight friends and family say I don’t need to and I appreciated that everyone has noticed how much work I have put into bettering myself but I want to be the healthiest I can be and lately I have just been a little lazy.  I still have been running, but I haven’t been to the gym in weeks to do weight traning-which I LOVE.  I have been eating ok, but I could be eating way healthier.  So I need to up my game again, I need to challenge myself and follow through.  I’ve been lacking on the follow through lately.  I’m gonna come up with my plan of action and that’ll be another post by the end of this week.