New Weigh In Day

I changed my weigh ins to Mondays right after the challenge ended so I could see the damage done right after and keep it from continuing.

I lost 2 pounds this week!! (of the 6 I had gained)

Challenge Check ins will be easier on Mondays too since one is Sunday and one is Tuesday. Summer Slimmin' Challenge and Healthy You Challenge are weight determined. Then I just added a 500 miles in 2010 challenge. I still need to add the icon and all of that to my blog for it. I'm at I think it's 223 and some change miles this year so far. Not bad considering I just started running in February. Anyone can join these challenges. Just go to the icons on the right of my blog to find the websites.

I only ran 3.1 miles last week, so I need to step that up. That was one run (last night). I did one other workout at the gym, but wasn't running. I need to keep better on track for my 1/2 marathon training this week. I need to do a 7 mile run sometime this week. ahh!

10 on Tuesday

1. Ahhh!! I came to my blog tonight and found that I had a little note at the top of it saying that my blog background would disappear this Friday. I needed to go and pick out a new one. Boo! I liked my blog background. So, I found the exact same one and tried to paste the new code in. That didn't work. It just made it go blank. So, I found a different one which is very similar and pasted that code. It worked, but then I realized I pasted the 3 column background instead of the regular one. So, I go back to the website and now it won't load so I can fix the problem. And the message is on that background too. So, who knows what my blog will look like on Friday. I may or may not have a background.

2. Have I mentioned that I can't stand Blogger's editor?? I click ENTER and it does nothing. Or it looks like it does nothing. It hides the little blinking line and you have to proceed by pushing the down arrow. Or I hit enter and it stays where it is, but adds a row under what you have (but doesn't move there). Stupid! Get it together Blogger. (Plus, they don't let you use very many fonts.)

3. I weighed in last week and lost 2 pounds since the week before. (I have since gained that back already though.)

4. I weighed, I ate like crazy this weekend, I am done. I need to start back to it. I'm not giving myself any more time. I'm wasting time already. Time to get back to it and lose the rest of this weight.

5. Is feeling a little down about someone's reaction to something. It just makes me feel so not cared about. Sometimes I wonder why I even try. I guess I hold out for hope that the person can change. It's getting old. I feel like I'm a pretty nice person. I just don't get it.

6. I thought I would post this picture because I felt so great while I was wearing this shirt. I felt so hot and sexy. It was awesome. It was the first time that I ever wore it.

7. Have you ever played "Apples to Apples"?? It's an awesome game. Very easy and we usually end up laughing really hard while playing it.

8. I need a new family picture for my blog (for the main header). That one is back from Easter. Time for change. That means I have to re-install my photoshop too. I've been meaning to do that anyway.

9. I'm thinking about starting the whole Twilight series all over again (reading it). We have a road trip coming up at the end of July/beginning of August. I do much better on long road trips if I have a really good book to read.

10. Do you use Twitter? I must admit that I don't use it very much. I find it is almost exactly like a facebook status and wonder what the point is. If I'm regularly posting those statuses, why would you want another status on Twitter? I guess if they were different, maybe. I like the idea of it though.

10 on Tuesday

1. Healthy You Challenge Check In- I lost 1.4 last week! That was a great feeling. I am now at 62 pounds gone!!! This is my lowest so far.

2. Summer Slimmin' Challenge Check In- Water- I have been doing better on my water intake. I try to carry one with me so that I can be constantly taking sips. 5 a day- I have been better with this too. I try to have a fruit and veggie at each meal and for a snack. Moving- I have been exercising almost every day. That hasn't changed. I've keep that going strong so far.

3. Too many things will be packing in our day tomorrow. It's Skyler's last day at preschool before the summer. It's also the day we bring snacks for school so we have to remember all of that. It's also a wacky water day so we have to remember all of the water stuff. ahh Then after we get Courtney we will have a fun time making cupcakes with friends (for someone--totally not a temptation in the least). I will probably try to squeeze a workout in there somewhere too. :)

4. I keep thinking that I need to write a blog about a few things. I'm going to write it here before I forget them again. One about the song "That's What Faith Can Do". Another about the various foods I can't eat. And I have been wanting to put a little tracker on the side to put what my personal bests for running are so that I can have a place to remember them.

5. If you haven't had a chance to visit, I would encourage you to go to dailymile.com It's a great place to put all of your workouts and keep track of what your activity is like. You can distinct what type of workout and how many miles. You can add notes on each to describe how it went so you can see your progress with getting fitter. It's also an online community. So, you could use the forum (I don't). I do talk to my friends who are on it though to encourage them in their workouts. You can send comments and encouragement or join challenges. It's a lot of fun. I really like that I can put all types of workouts on it instead of only running. My Nike+ site just adds whatever you walk or run when you have the shoes and sport band on. So, it doesn't count anything else. I use that for running, but can also put the running, elliptical, walking, fitness, workout DVDs, anything really on dailymile. Add me as a friend. :)

6. I think I may have figured out part of the problem with my hip. I'm hoping this works. Stretching alone didn't help. I noticed the other night when I started to lay down on our bed that my hip was hitting something hard. It was the bottom of the bed!! We have the type of bed that has water tubes inside a mattress. So, it's firmer than a waterbed, but softer/more giving than a mattress. I'm hoping that one of the tubes just has less water now since my body weight has made my hip hit the bottom of the mattress. I was trying to figure out why it was only one side. If I lay on my left side (side that is NOT hurting) then I usually want my arms to go straight out (away from hubby). So my body is probably on a different tube. When I am on my right side (side that is hurting) I move as far to the edge of the bed so I can give hubby more room and have my arms out more. Thus, I'm on a different tube way over there. We are going to add more water in hopes that this is at least part of the problem. I did elliptical yesterday and walking and elliptical today and my hip only hurt a little bit. Nothing compared to the last time when I ran.

7. Why is there always laundry to do??? It never goes away.

8. I need some new music for my ipod for working out. Any suggestions of upbeat songs that get you moving? I still haven't spent my itunes gift card.

9. I keep thinking I want to re-do our bedroom when we have the money. Lots of home projects in my mind.

10. I'm so thankful to a friend who gave me her yoga mat. She got it from her Wii Fit package but didn't want it. I was just saying that I need to buy one. I need it because when I do stuff on the ground (especially push ups and abs during the 30 Day Shred DVD) I need something to keep me from slipping. My feet would always slip backward because we have hardwood. Even if I had just vacuumed.