I haven't worked out for a few days and I haven't ran since Thursday. The weather here has been absolutely CRAPPY and since I finally started running outside, the treadmill doesn't even sound like fun. I just can't bring myself to do it. I've been really concerned with my running lately and my lack of endurance. I've scoured the internet for a few days now for clues as to why I can't run very far again and I think I found the reason. It's actually quite a few factors, really. I downloaded a training schedule from Smart Coach and I'm going to try to keep up with it. I was actually supposed to start it today, but the wind came up and I refuse to do 2 miles on the treadmill. So I'm going to make it up tomorrow. Well...that's the plan, anyway. :)
So, back in October I had joined a weight loss challenge on Facebook with about 10 other people. The group was pretty messed up from the start. Some people wanted to do percentage of weight lost to win the pot, others wanted to do pounds lost to win the pot. So then there were two different pots. Rules were being added or changed after the challenge began. The challenge was supposed to end April 1st, but one of the ladies that started the challenge wanted to extend it to June 1st, so it was voted and approved upon. That same woman hadn't lost any weight the entire time, but shortly after it was extended, she started a weight loss regimen (similar to Nutrasystem, I guess) that had her losing weight pretty rapidly. Another girl (Jenn at The BEGINNING and the END!) and I felt that this was almost cheating - that she had lengthened the challenge knowing that she had an upper hand to win the pot (there's a lot more to it, but that's the jist). Anyway, after hearing her brag incessantly, I couldn't keep my mouth shut any longer. I decided to drop out of the challenge. I wasn't going to win and I was fine with that. But Jenn had really worked her butt off (literally) and was very close to losing, all because the "Nutrasystem" woman was suddenly dropping weight faster than I thought possible. :/ So when I announced that I was dropping out, shit hit the fan. The "Nutrasystem" woman threw a tantrum and dropped out and it was decided that the rest of us in the group that were participating were just going to do a final weigh in and call it good. So then Jenn was declared the winner because she lost the most weight. This all happened two weeks ago. She still hasn't received the winning pot and come to find out, "Nutrasystem" woman decided that Jenn shouldn't get to win the pot because she had never sent her money in. So...of the rest of us that did participate and did send in our money for the pot, I was declared the winner. Supposedly there is $300 in the pot. You know how much weight I lost to win that pot? 3 pounds. Yep. You read that right. I lost 3 measly pounds to win $300. Seriously. I should totally enter more of these challenges. LOL
I'm a decent person though. I offered to send Jenn all the money once I get it.
Well, I'm going to end this post on a funny note. It was pretty cool and windy during the soccer game and I had forgotten to bring a hat for Ben. All I could find in the car was a headband I use when I run. It was big enough to cover his ears. The only problem? It's pink. Preston said we could absolutely NOT put a pink headband on his baby boy. I did it anyway, just because I really wanted to cover Ben's ears (the other boys were prone to ear infections as babies and we've been soooo lucky with Ben - he hasn't gotten one yet). Well, of course I had to take a picture:
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| this picture literally makes me LOL |
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| isn't he adorable! LOL |
It's okay. You can laugh. ;)
Food Log:
- breakfast - breakfast pizza slice
- lunch - pepperoni pizza slice
- dinner - Arby's jr roast beef with cheese (280), cottage cheese (225), doritos (525)
- snack - roast beef (351), banana (113)
Wow, what a challenge! What a messed up way to organize it too...I'm glad J got something out of it, though - sounds like she worked hard!
ReplyDeleteOh, the whole thing was ridiculous. Jenn did an amazing job. I struggled the whole time and would feel awful accepting the pot when I gained and lost the same pounds over and over.
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