Getting Back on Track

This week's the week. The week to get back on track. To start running and walking again. I've been so overwhelmed with weddings and photo editing, that I haven't been able to leave my cushy seat in the house for fear I wouldn't finish editing my photos in the allotted time.

I will start with Saturday:
Though I didn't run any, I volunteered at Saint Arnold where I was on my feet walking back and forth between the bar and the tap getting patrons their desired beer. Surprisingly though, I only took 3,893 steps from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. I can't see the total calories burned now, but I want to say it was a whopping 60... not enough to burn off the 2 glasses of Saint Arnold root beer and one Endeavor bear.

Sunday:

GO TEXANS! Andy and I spent the day with our friends Emily & Derek at the Texans game. We tailgated in the AM then attended the noon game. I had a few adult beverages and took 2,209 steps. Enough to get me from our car to my seat and back again... I have no idea how many calories that is, but it must be less than 60.




On the plus side, my weight has been steadily dropping little bit by little bit. My eating habits are back to what they were Pre-Tristan, and this month Andy and I have challenged our self to a $0 restaurant budget. That means no calling the nice Chinese guy for take out or chowing down on Whataburger. I will hurt a little to go a month with out Whataburger, but it's good for me. We were getting a little out of control (for me). 

Oh is it HOT!

So, there was no running this weekend. I spent Saturday taking care of my 3-month old, then out on the Houston hot-hot-heat to take bridal portraits (I felt bad for the bride, she had to loose 10 lb's in sweat) and a 3-year old photo shoot.

Sunday, Andy and I had a wedding to shoot from 12:00 - 9:00 pm. It was 100° in the late afternoon. People had to be careful, or they would drop like flies. After photo shoots, my legs feel like rubber, especially after 9 hours of photos. I joke that if I shot weddings every weekend, I would be able to crush coconuts between my legs (my other photographer friends claim that would be untrue). One can dream. Regardless, my weight's starting to look a little better. My mom seems to think I've lost some inches around my waste... that's because it's all falling to my butt and legs. Damn gravity.

Last week's activity was as follows (mostly walking because it's so hot out right now it's hard to breath).

Tuesday 8/19/2014	Wednesday 8/20/2014	Friday 8/22/2014
Run Start Time: 8:05 pm Duration: 15:51 min Millage: 1.8 Average speed: 3.8 mph Calories burned: 232	Run/Walk Start Time: 7:26 pm Duration: 25:42 min Millage: 1.41 Average speed: 3.3 mph Calories burned: 204	Walk (with baby) Start Time: 7:18 pm Duration: 9:06 min Millage: .37 Average speed: 2.5 mph Calories burned: 70

Why are you waking me up? It's Saturday... No, It's Wednesday.

Things are starting to get back to normal. Family that was in town has gone back home. Andy and I have 2.5 days of normalcy before we dive back into our family overload summer.

This morning, when my alarm started buzzing (6:40 - begin the hour of the snooze button) I rolled over to see my husband still in bed. He's usually out of the house by 6:40. I told him what time it was and he said, "So? It's Saturday." I then informed him it was in fact NOT Saturday, but Wednesday. So I got up with him and helped get the kid ready for daycare.

Now that I'm up...

I decided to take the dog for a walk. I fell like the past few weeks, we've barely paid any attention to her. Yes, she get's to sleep in the bed with us, and she loves to cuddle with my husband, but we haven't walked her or played with her. So off we went.

Of coarse, I forgot my phone, so I couldn't track the distance walked, or the time of morning for that matter. I just had to guess when I needed to be back home to get ready for work.

It was a short walk, but the weather was pleasant, and if I can just get past the overwhelming desire to smash my alarm clock in the mornings, I could see myself going for walks every morning.

Yikes! 151lb Weigh-in

Weight: 151.6... YIKES!
Time weighed: 8:00 am

I weigh how much!?

I wasn't expecting the heavens to part when I stepped on the scale today, but I was hoping for a little better. Family's in town, and with that comes copies glasses of wine, and food. I ate entirely too much fruit over the weekend. Somehow, I managed to plop myself down next to the fruit bowl and lay in it. Crunchy grapes are my kryptonite.




However, I also managed to mow my baseball-field lawn yesterday, which should have helped. I shudder to think of what my weight might have been on Saturday...

There's been no progress on the fitting-into-my-pants frontier. 

I tried to put on a pair of jeans on Friday that got stuck. I was angry so I tried to force them on... then I heard the ominous RRRIIIIP. Shit. It was then that I almost broken down and went out to purchase apparel that actually fits. It's hot as balls out here and the only shorts that fit me at the present moment are my soccer shorts. Little cloth things that ride up between my legs when I walk.

Until next time.
Fingers crossed I'm just retaining fluids this morning.

Ain't Nobody Got Time for That!

Quick little update:

I'm still here... My running has come to a bit of a halt for the moment.

 

First it was a bachelorette party in Galveston last weekend, now I have family in town from Seattle. I would get up early and run in the mornings... but I like my sleep. Maybe I can just exercise in my sleep?

The Wednesday Walk - 7/23/2014

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Run Mow Start Time: 7:59 pm Duration: 19:15 Millage: 0.8 Average speed: 2.5 mph Calories burned:150 Weight: 148.2 Time weighed: 11:00	Run Start Time: 8:20 pm Duration:16:26 Millage:1.19 Average speed:  4.4 mph Calories burned: 139 Weight: 147.4 Time weighed: 8:00	Run Walk Start Time: 6:30 pm Duration: 24:21 Millage: 1.63 Average speed: 4.0  Calories burned: 201 Weight: 148 Time weighed: 8:00
Friday	Saturday	Sunday

Wednesday 

I was intending to run a little harder and a little longer today, that was why I left Rita at home. That and because I decided to hit the pavement a little earlier and I felt bad about the heat. Pore Rita tries to veer off the path after the first lap. Cursing me under hear breath when I coax her to continue for 2 more laps. I know how she feels.

This weak hasn't really worked out well for me. After the first little jog, my phone rang -- which was nuzzled nicely between my boob and my bra. My mom. I ended up talking and walking for 4 laps. Granted, it was one more lap than I've previously done, but it was still a walk.

Also, I found out today, my brother's caught the running bug. I would say there must be something in the air, but he lives 500 miles away. Guess we're just creatures of habit, and by that I mean, gluten's for punishment. Matherly means Martyr for life.

Tuesday - Hot as Balls - 7/22/2014

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Run Mow Start Time: 7:59 pm Duration: 19:15 Millage: 0.8 Average speed: 2.5 mph Calories burned:150 Weight: 148.2 Time weighed: 11:00	Run Start Time: 8:20 pm Duration:16:26 Millage:1.19 Average speed:  4.4 mph Calories burned: 139 Weight: 147.4 Time weighed: 8:00
Friday	Saturday	Sunday

Tuesday 

Today, I ran instead of mow.   : )
It was hot as balls, as you can see by the title. You know that feeling where you're drowning? Yeah, it was sort of like that, only I was drowning in the Houston air. It makes you laugh a little thinking back to the World Cup, when the announcers were talking about how HOT and HUMID it is in Brazil. The only thing I've got to say about that is, "Man up."
Been there, done that, and I've got the t-shirt to prove it. 

I didn't quite manage to run the entire 3 laps today. I had to stop a few times, I felt like dinner was going to make a reappearance. I've got to say, Whataburger is delightful, but only in one direction... down. Needles to say, one should not devour a Whataburger meal 15-20 minutes before a run. I know better. I used to never eat before a run. Oh, how times change when you have a kid, and any chance you get to eat in peace -- you take!