Day Three......This can not be true?

Ok, I woke up this morning and made a conscious decision to rest for the day.  My bottom, my legs, my WHOLE body is sore from my adventure in spin class yesterday.  I also wanted to see if doing a little less exercise would make me a little less hungry.  I'll tell you a really embarrassing story..... Something crazy happened to me last night......brace yourselves.......  Ok, So I woke up this morning and I swore I had a horrible dream, I had dreamt that I woke up in the middle of the night and stole 3 pieces of ham and a banana out of the fridge...... crazy huh?.....Well not as crazy as when I went into the kitchen this morning and found the darn lunch meat wrapper on the counter.   I so can't wait for this silly 10 day diet to be over.   Day two and I am already sleep eating?  Seriously?  I am curious if anyone else has ever experienced that?  So I decided this morning that I would give running a break for today.  I wanted to see if maybe I would be a little less hungry..... So far, I am not noticing much of a difference....I am still starving, and I want a HUGE bowl of spaghetti.  If I was gonna sleep eat, couldn't I have at least stolen a candy bar, cookies, or even a slice of bread?  The good thing is tonight I have to work, so no midnight trips to the fridge for me!

Oh ya, and I found this little excerpt on goole while googling dieters who sleep eat......lol....

Who Gets Sleep-Related Eating Disorders?

Both men and women are vulnerable to these disorders, but they are more common among women. About 1% to 3% of the general population is affected and 10% to 15% of people with eating disorders are affected by sleep-related eating disorders. Many of these individuals diet during the day, which may leave them hungry and vulnerable to binge eating at night when their control is weakened by sleep.

Hmmmmm......not only do I have an overeating disorder which has led me to this diet, but apparently I now have a sleep-related eating disorder.....lol..... Maybe I'll have to put a combination lock on my fridge so I can't get into it in the middle of the night......  You know, it isn't fair why can't I be a sleep exerciser?

Day Two.....cont.....

With losingbig.org you get a membership to the Y during the time of the contest, so today I decided it would be fun to go work out and after I was done the kids could go for a dip in the pool.  Well, it was an adventure.  When I first got there this really pretty and REALLY skinny lady came up to the counter and asked the worker for a bike key......hmm I thought to myself, this must be an almighty and empowering key if this woman so perfect possesses one.  So, stupid, stupid, stupid me piped up with "me too".  Well I had no idea what this key did, where I was to go with it, or what I was even suppose to do with it.  I followed her into this room full of bikes, I figured whatever we did in this room couldn't be that hard, at one point in my life (as a kid) a bike was my main mode of transportation.  This should be cake work........  Well my friends, I was in for a shock of a life time.  The instructor came in and welcomed us all to "spinning" class, she turned out the lights, cranked up the music, and put on some fancy head thing that she used to talk to all of us.  At this point I was afraid to start, but even more afraid to get up and walk out, so I decided to give it a try.  If I passed out, I'd blame it on all the exercise I've done in the past two days(lol..shhh).    We started out slow, pedaling our bikes to the music, and then she says stand up and pedal 1-2-3-4 sit down 1-2-3-4....this wend on for 30 minutes until we were suppose to ride this bike up some steep and imaginary mountain.  She kept screaming things like faster, faster, feel the burn and if you don't.... pedal faster.  I sweat in places I had no idea had sweat glands.  My face was so red and flushed I look like I'd fallen asleep on the beach for 12 hours, and of course I was the newbie so everyone kept "checking" up on me.  The best part though is I survived.  I rode that damn bike over mountains, down them, past cars, and pedaled like hell to pass my imaginary fellow bikers.  The even more difficult thing to confess, is I really enjoyed it.  It was HARD work don't get me wrong, but it was bearable, I worked hard, sweat like crazy, and in 45 minutes my noom app said I lost 570 calories.  I think I'll go back....... Now for this whole food issue......I am dying for something tasteful....I had to talk myself out of stealing a scoop of peanut butter.  I can't wait until this 10 days is done.  I can't wait to start a diet that has a variety of food options.  I still feel so hungry even with eating every 3 hours.  My body wants carbs......  Well until tomorrow my friends. 

PS....My butt really hurts from that bike seat :)

Day Two.....

So this morning has been a little bit better than the last.  I decided that in order for me to make this weigh-loss journey somewhat successful I needed to get my self on some sort of an exercise regimen.....so I decided last night that seeings how I hope to do the 5k later in the losingbig.org program that I should somewhat train for it so I decided that daily I will do the Couch to 5k plan.  For day one you are suppose to:
           Brisk five-minute warm-up walk.
         Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and
         90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.   
I know this sounds easy, but this is soooooo not.  As I was pushing the stroller and jogging behind it I found myself praying to god that the stupid 60 second timer would go off, so I could walk again.  If this is day one, I have no idea how I will complete this 9 week program.  I just hope it gets better.  As far as my meal plan, I am doing better.  I woke up this morning and had my morning coffee (almost black...slowly working on that) and then did my run.  I came home and had 1c of grits and 6tbs of egg whites.  I think the breakfast part of this diet is my favorite....lol...  I'll try to blog and let you know how I am doing later this evening.  This will be my first "real " day of my diet.  If any of you want to join me in this so-not-fun-and-boring-tasteless-adventure let me know!

Oh PS....... My noom app said that today I lost 78 calories on my run this morning......That's 2 peaches...lol... Hey it's better than the apple I lost yesterday!

Day One...cont...

Ok, so I am doing this diet.  It is used by body builders and consist of lots of lean protein, some veggies, ans a minimal amount of carbs.  If any of you know me, then you know that I could eat spaghetti for every meal everyday.  So, I have to tell you that I seriously am already missing my carbs.  Maybe I am just freaking out at this diet and it is all in my head.  Here is what my meals so far today have consisted of.
5 pm B- 2 egg whites
             1/2 cup grits
             Coffee with 2 equals and a 1/4 tsp crm
7 pm  2- 3 oz cold boiled chicken brst
8 pm  3- 3oz of boiled ground beef
          1 small (really small) potato
          1 cup spinach cooked

hmmmm I can't wait until this 10 days is done.  I am so joining weight watchers....lol....

Day One

OMG!!!!! I so do not think I was born a runner.  Today is the first day in my weight loss adventure.  I was ambitious and decided to go all out in my exercise routine.  I put on my work out pants, laced up my new, super cool, teal and lime green sketcher shape ups.  I stuck my toddling-monster in his stroller, set my phone to my weight loss coach, and away I went around the block.  The first few minutes went well, I walk with a stride that was full of pride.  I was doing it, I was in my first 5 minutes of my weight loss journey and I was doing good.  Well, like most I decided.......Hell, if I'm doing this good, I'm sure I could run it.  Ummm.....NEGATIVE!!!!!!!lol...3 secs into my "wonderful" run, I thought I was gonna pass out on the side of the road.  I'd be found when my work tried to call
 me in and I didn't answer the phone...lol.  Now I know I am not in my healthiest state, but.... Most fat over-eating, 5 pack a-day sweaty, old men can make it longer then that on their first run.  Well, I did it I ran/walked my first mile....  When I was finished I looked like I'd been standing in the pouring rain.  My little monster looked baffled and confused, but I DID it.  I survived....you want to hear the shitty downside?  I ran/walked for 15 minutes....did  MILE.....and the stupid zoom workout app said I lost a whole 74 cal which is equal to an apple.....WTH couldn't I have at least lost a cookie or even a mini candy bar...... all well...  better luck tomorrow.. I am now off to eat my lean protein and grains for my lean diet.  Wish me luck and stay tuned for more silly, stupid, and maybe even boring blogs from me on my journey to weight-loss and hopefully a successful 5K run!

Starting weight 144.8 (omg)