How much does a pint of blood weigh?

-1.3 lbs.

I'm a little worried this is not entirely accurate, because I donated blood on Thursday...haha, so if a little gain comes back next week, that will probably be why.  Buutttt, if I can maintain or even lose for next weekend, that would be sweet.  haha.

Anyways!  Justin and I went hiking up to Poo Poo point yesterday.  Absolutely gorgeous!  The point is a hang glider take off point, and you an see most of Issaquah and Bellevue from up there...amazing! 




Me at the first look out point




Together!  :)




The view from the top of the hang glider's point.  Most of Issquah.




Junie came along with us too, and really enjoyed herself!  :)


I did cardio kickboxing and summer ab sculpt on the TV on Tuesday.  That was good, I just wish I would've done it again this week.  And you can do the kickboxing routine with Kendra Wilkinson...haha random.

Also, I'm changing my next goal.  As I've talked about before, I've always outweighed by husband, and at some points in our relationship, by LOTS.  Soooo...you can imagine how excited I am to nearly be equal to him in weight.  So my next mini-goal countdown will be when I weigh less than him!  So last weigh-in he weight 155.2.  I currently weigh 162.9.  So I have 7.8 pounds to lose, and then I can officially weigh less than my hubby!  I'm pretty excited for his!

Current weight: 162.9
Weight loss to be less than the hubby: 7.8

voodoo donuts are kryptonite

-0.4 lbs. 
Not quite what I gained last week.  Lameeee.

My foot is feeling a lot better, so if it doesn't rain on Thursday, Justin and I are going to go hiking before the Sounders game, because we both have the day off!  Yay!

I'm going to go explore the work out options on demand right now, because I've got to get my ass in gear for me to make my goals this summer.  And I had a Voodoo donut when I was home this weekend...vegan means its healthier, right?  lol.

Oh!  And Justin and I are getting incredibly close to weighing the SAME.  Last time he checked, he weighs 155.  I only outweigh him by 9ish pounds!  Just thinking back to when we got married, I outweighed by almost 80 pounds.  I've lost a lot, he's gained a little, and we're nearly the same.  I'm excited to think that there could be a time where I actually weigh less than my husband!  :)

Current weight: 164.2
New 5% goal weight to lose: 7.3

up down up down up down up down up down

Suck.  +0.9 lbs.

Justin and I attempted hiking again last weekend, but only went halfway up the trail and back down again.  I was feeling sick, and Justin did the last leg of the hike barefoot because his new hiking shoes broke and were giving him serious blisters...haha, we're definitely still novice hikers at best!  :)

Two days later, after a long, obnoxious day at work, I tell Justin and I want to go on a walk around the neighborhood, since it was nice and sunny.  I had come home from work and put on a dress and flipflops, and just wanted to enjoy the new weather.  WELP, SEVEN MILES LATER....lol.  We started heading for the water (Justin's neighborhood is right next to the Puget Sound, awesome!), but Justin has only ever driven there, so he didn't realize how far it was walking wise.  My feet were on fire, generally because flipflops are not good 7 mile walking shoes.

Here's the problem though: the next day, my ankle started throbbing at work.  And it STILL IS.  I believe I pulled some funky tendon the runs down the side of my foot under my ankle, and I have no idea how to fix it.  But let me tell you, working retail, and having to stand up all day, probably not helping it!

So the whole rest of the week, I did nothing.  I did walk to farmers market downtown on Thursday, but ended up limping back home rather than walking.  And apparently sitting all week with a bad ankle=weight gain.  This week I'm going to attempt to do some of the Pilates workouts on demand so at least I'm still getting my heart rate up, even though I can't actually do any strenuous activity standing up.

Here's hoping next weekend's weigh-in will be better!

Current weight: 164.7
New 5% goal weight to lose: 7.7

2 weeks

So last week, after all my "yeah, lets get going with this again" post, I gained 0.4 lbs.  So instead of letting it get me down, Justin and I decided to go hiking instead! 

Justin googled a trail that was only 4 miles round trip and had a great lookout point in Issaquah.  We went, and 10 miles later, we found out that hiking websites can be incorrect, and we never actually found the lookout point.  (Poo Poo trail DOES NOT lead to Poo Poo Point, in case you were wondering....lol.)  But the hiking was amazing, and I was sore for days afterwards.

And it, combined with walking one other night in the week, led me to my weigh-in today, which was
-1.8 pounds!  :)  Yay!


Last night, Sarah and I made Mexican potstickers, which were freaking amazing, and Justin's whole family (minus TJ, who doesn't do Mexican...lol) loved them.  I'll post the recipe here when I'm not crunched for time, because now I have to head to work! They're from Hungry Girl's new 300 for 300 recipe book, which is pretty awesome.  :)

Current weight: 163.8
New 5% goal weight to lose: 6.8

Moving forward...again!

On Sunday, January 9th, 2011, I made a mini-goal of losing 5% of what I weighed at that time.  It was 8.7 pounds.

This morning, when I stepped on the scale, I finally made that goal, plus a little more. 
It took more a little more than NINETEEN WEEKS to lose 9 pounds.  Excuse my french, but that effing sucks.  A LOT.

This morning when I stepped on the scale, after almost 3 weeks of not doing so, I did lose 2.4 pounds,
which was super exciting!  But then, when I went back to see when I had started my mini-goal, I was pretty disappointed in myself to see how little progress I had made in my last semester at school. 

But that's okay!  It's summer, which for me has always been the best time to make progress in my weight loss journey.  And I really don't have anything better to do right now then exercise.  I'm working 20-ish hours a week, and the rest of the time, I facebook and watch Grey's...haha.

Yesterday I did go on an epic walk--3.2 miles around Burien with just my iPod to keep me company.  It was fantastic because the sun was shining and I got to wear shorts.  :)  Aaannndddd I did make a pit stop at my favorite thrift store, which lead to the finding and the purchasing of a Banana Republic top and a dress for a grand total of $3.46!  :)

Today I'm going to explore the downtown area and go to the library.  I got my library card in the mail yesterday, which pretty much makes me an official Burien-ite.  :)  Not having a car to drive right now is actually really good for me, because then I just walk everywhere instead!

As for goals, I'll just shoot for another 5% of my current weight, which would be 8.2 pounds.  And hopefully this time it won't take 19 weeks to finish.  I'm hoping more like 4-6 weeks.  :)

Current weight: 165.1
New 5% goal weight to lose: 8.2

New town

All moved into Burien.  Still haven't adjusted to the idea that I'm not on "vacation" and that I won't be returning to Pullman at the end of the week.

Didn't get a weigh-in for this past weekend.  My entire apartment was in boxes and had 9 family members in town...didn't have the time...haha.

Now that we're moved into Justin's parent's place, I need to readjust/figure out my eating.  I ate a lean cuisine tonight for dinner, but obviously I don't want to eat frozen meals for dinner every single night while the rest of the family eats dinners that I shouldn't.  I just hate to be an imposition (Justin says that's not a word...lol), and ask them to change meals for me.  I think I'll cook for them some nights and then other nights I'll just deal.

I had a slight nervous breakdown in Albertson's yesterday.  I was trying to shop for my diet foods, and had a freak out due to how much more expensive my diet essentials are compared to at Walmart/Winco.  That, added to the stress of leaving Pullman and graduating all in the same weekend, and I temporarily lost it.  I couldn't believe they were charging $4 each for laughing cow cheese, non-fat spray butter, and my favorite bagels!  Ludicrous.

I did go secure my job at the Old Navy in Tukwila, so its nice to know I have an income again to support my expensive food habits...haha.

I've looked into a few exercise options here in Burien, but I think for now I'll just stick with exercising on my own.  Its practically summer, so Justin and I can walk places (which we have the past two evenings), and I can take the fatty family dog Junie on runs with me during the day.  :)  Oh! and there are exercise routines on demand in the basement (including cardio kickboxing! awesome!)

It's going to be okay.  :)

I need to remember to update on the weekends

-0.

This last week was literally nuts for me.  Justin's gone, attempting to pack, do my own dishes, go to work, go to class, AND get my finals done.  I ate pretty haphazardly, sometimes going all day without eating and then eating badly for dinner.

Wasn't a good week at all.  I worked out on Saturday, and I'll be heading to the rec again tonight.
I wish I would've pulled up the rec schedule earlier today...they have free fitness classes all week, but the last one started at 7.

I'm going to finish my math final, and then head to work out.  I only have 1 more unit plan, and a reflective art piece to finish out my undergraduate career.  Crazy.