October 7, 2009

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Weigh-in Wednesday

Shrink for Good with the Sisterhood!
Time to be accountable with my friends over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans and weigh-in for the week. I had an emotional weekend and I've done a lot of crying. Stepped on the scale and held my breathe.....would I have more food to contribute to the Shrink for Good Campaign? Or would my emotions get the best of me (there may have been some hummus and bagel chip snacking)?

Yes I do! I am down 1.6 lbs this week to 142.4 lbs! Can I get a woot-woot! That's another 2 cans of kidney beans to my pile for the food bank! This also puts me 2.8 lbs away from a huge milestone...50 lbs! I hope hope hope I reach that goal in the next couple of weeks!

For some extra motivation, I joined a challenge with the Shredheads for the month of October, to focus on either a 5K or 30 Day Shred. I choose to do both since I am alternating between the two to find a happy medium between losing both pounds and inches.

My workouts for this last week were:
Thursday-5K Training-1.5 miles (5 min walk, 1.5 min run/walk, 5 min walk)
Friday-Shred Level 1
Saturday & Sunday-REST
Monday-Shred Level 2
Tuesday-5K Training-2 miles (5 min walk, 3 min run/walk, 7 min walk)
Wednesday-Shred Level 2

Feeling good overall with my workouts. I am almost back to the level of C25K that I was on before Labor Day so that makes me feel better. I'm tweaking the plan just a little bit to see how far I can go. I'm gonna stick with the intervals for a week at a time so I can hopefully get up to 3 miles by November 8th, which is World Run Day, and complete my first unofficial 5K (around my neighborhood or local university) with the Sisters!

How did you all do this week...get some Shredding or 5K training in? Keep pushing yourself...you will be surprised what your body gets used to when you have a goal in mind!

*Oh and don't forget to check out Jen @ Prior Fat Girl (who has been and continues to be amazing in her journey thru weightloss and life in general) contest for a chance to win an awesome book!


9 comments:

Brooke said...

congrats on the loss! :) and i admire your ambition shredding and racing!!

jaime said...

Congrats on the loss!! I had amazing results with the first two levels of the Shred (the third level didn't do it for me...I should have stuck it out with more time on levels 1 and 2.) And training for a 5k at the same time?? Awesome work!!

LaughingLady said...

Woot-woot! What an awesome surprise!! I think you've found your groove, Sister ~ you are unstoppable!!

Christie O. said...

yay!! congrats to you, and look at you pushing hard, great job!! i'm proud of you!!!

The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans said...

Mendie! Congratulations on your awesome loss!! I'm so proud of you :)

Shredding and training for the 5K! I guess that's similar to the EAS 5K training, since you alternate workouts with running. I'm so glad you're training so you can run with us! It's going to be a really exciting day.

Keep it up!!!

Stacie's Madness said...

wonderfully done!!!

Heather D said...

Mendie, you're rocking it!
And how about your crazy workouts! Good for you, girl. Seriously.
WOOT!

KCs Mama said...

woot! woot! way to go on the loss and kudos on your workout plan. Sounds challenging but fun! I should totally do that virtual 5k myself! :-)

imadramamama said...

You are doing awesome Mendie! You'll hit that 50 lb. mark before you know it!

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