Man this is tough! Losing weight sucks! This battle sucks! Working your ass off and not seeing a change....SUCKS!! I'm stepping on the scale tomorrow, so I'll report the number soon. Feeling discouraged these days though. I'm not looking for pity.....you know me...I'm not that girl. I've set out to share this journey in this blog. So why hide and pretend I've got it all peachy and figured out while cruising through every pound like it's a joy ride. It ain't! It sucks! Oh wait I think I've mentioned that already! Sucks!
So here we go again with Dory. Just keep swimming just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming! I mean....do I have a choice? Nah not really. I want to get to healthy weight. For me, for my kids, maybe even for my husband...although according to him he sees beyond the "baby belly". Well that makes one of us :).
I'm finding it tough to hit my stride in healthy eating again. I think I did well this week though. I've bumped my meds back up. Without them this whole process is an exercise in futility. Until today, when mumsy made Russian stuffed pies. Come on Mother! Nobody is this strong! Well not me anyway. Frig she even asked me if I wanted a salad. Yeah sure, I'll stuff my face with lettuce while the rest of you feast on the fried bready doughy salty potatoey goodness. See? I didn't think so either.
Ok enough with the weaknesses. Here's the good news. I found my fitbit!!! This little gadget is so helpful. I've run 2 times last week, pounding out 5k with every run. Taught my regular 2 spin classes. Missed my Friday run to have lunch with my co-workers. And other than my walking goals on weekends (12,703 steps today so far), I can't fathom getting out for official exercise. My friend Ahmed has been inviting me to take part in these "friendly" (yeah right) fitbit competitions "Who can take the most steps in work week", "Who can take the most steps in any given weekend". He's pretty much unstoppable though, this guy. Mad props for getting me super motivated to one day beat his ass at his own game! Yeah that's right, I know you're reading this Ahmed! About the fitbit though, I find myself parking at the far spot and walking to the further bathroom at work to get my 10,000 steps-a-day goal. Hell, a few nights ago, when it told me I was about 50 steps short of my daily goal at 10:30pm I went right back downstairs and just paced until that piece of......fitbit buzzed happily around my wrist!! So in short, it works! Plus it tracks my runs with pace and splits! Loving my fitbit! Trying to convince Hassan to get one (unsuccessfully so far). Then it'll be going down for real!!
Colour Vibe Ottawa run is next weekend!! We got a team together to run a 5k race while being dredged in colour by colour cannons at every 1km or something in that area! Party mode on!!! I'll most likely be answering questions about my colour streaked face at the office the following Monday! Hope the colour washes off so I can look at least semi-office-ready! Hassan is running with us, so he won't be the photographer for this. But I'll share the phone snapshot of our happy colourful faces!
I realise that in my last post I said this one will be about the twins' first birthday party. This entry is getting quite long though. Serves me right for not blogging more frequently. I'll remedy that, hopefully soon! I say that while planning a new addition to this webpage. With my decks dusted off and looking ready to spin I'm back in the music mixing game so hopefully next week I'll start my very own podcast. It will be available for your speakers' pleasure on a (fingers crossed) monthly basis. Plus we haven't even had time to sort through pictures from the party still. So this update is coming. It's a little timely, but it's on the way.
Well I have been writing this post over two evenings. Feeling a little less "blah" and a little more "oumph". Tonight I got a new rival in the fitbit game. That girl's out to get me, so I'm planning an afternoon run on a spin day. Might be a "pass out on the couch at 8:30pm" kinda night. But I have to up my fitness game if I am ever to realise my goals of running to and from the office (~12k each way), riding 2016 Rideau Lakes Tour and finishing my first Ironman 70.3. Big dreams, small steps. With that, I'm calling it an night with a new TV show to watch and some pink lemonade tea (captured by Hassan Zaki for Foodoshoot).
