Happy Labor Day!

ROFLMAO!!!

Since it’s a day off work, I will make this quick.  Have to fit a lot of workouting/errands in before a bbq later today.  This week was a 4 day workout  week, and I did the workouts as planned EXCEPT I ditched out on the yoga both days in  favor of stretching in front of the TV.  Not great for me to do, but I guess when the workouts can last up to 2 hours, it makes sense that I want to BE DONE ALREADY.  The actual workouts themselves have been awesome, but I forgot about this part of long workouts – I dread them.  It’s much easier to get myself up off the couch to do 30 mins of *something* and I usually end up doing more.  Right now, I’m sitting here trying to talk myself into the whole “it’s a holiday, so give yourself a break” mentality because a 5k, 15 mins on the arc trainer, and a full set of weights sounds like a hell of a lot of LABOR.

The great part is the 3 days off per week.  I felt stronger in the gym when I was lifting on Thursday because Wednesday I did nothing.  I had actually gone over 2 weeks without a full day off and my body was getting tired.  I relished the ability to take Friday and Sunday off guilt free!  So, it’s a tradeoff.  I think it’s one I like, so I am going to stick with it again this week.  But first, last week’s numbers:

Calories in: 1842 per day average (1742+100 for error)

Calories out: 535 per day average

Calories total:  1307

Total average deficit per day: 717

Heighest weight last week: 155.6

Lowest weight last week: 154.2

So yet another week where it appears that I’m at a huge (but still sane) deficit and have lost no weight.  Boo.  However, I think I’ve made peace that I’m at the size I’m going to be for my wedding.  I’m not all of a sudden going to start losing weight.  There is something my body needs to work through and we will figure it out in due time.  The only arbitrary date I had that I wanted to skinnify for was the big day.  That was actually a huge factor in my weight loss starting – I didn’t want to be a fat bride and wasn’t going to get married until I took care of the problem.  I think getting about 90% of the way there is good enough for me to be happy about and will still shock the hell out of my extended family when they see me.

This week’s plan for workouts is (essentially) the same as last week’s:

Today: 5k run, 15 mins arc trainer, full weights

Tomorrow: 6 mile run, yoga

Thursday: 5k run, 15 mins arc trainer, full weights

Saturday: 60 mins DDR, full weights, yoga

Now, off to start today’s workout!  I may be dreading it, but that’s no excuse to skip it…