Day 18

weight: 225lbs

days left: 13

today:4.8mi

total:148.4mi

i haven't been able to blog that past couple of days, but i've been doing really well in eating and cycling. notice that i lost 2lbs! and i give a lot of the credit to the acai pills. they are really cleaning out my system, i feel so much better.

otherwise, my food has been really good. i'm trying really hard to eat smaller portions and pay attention to my body when it says i'm satisfied. i've been drinking slimfast for breakfast, eating at least one fiber-one a day, and eating a lot of fruit. at the cookout on thursday, i told myself to hang out and talk to people and getting food to go. this way, i wouldn't hover over the chip and cookie table after eating a loaded burger. and it worked great! i took a hot dog, a small handful of chips and only one cookie. i also promised to leave a little left over. one diet motivation i've always liked is "leave a little, lose a little." this is may be so simple, but not to someone that like to lick plates clean! but this time i did leave the last bite of hotdog and cookie and the last chip. i felt so proud that i was able to control myself. yay me! i hope i can keep this motivation up!

cycling is going really well. i rode a lot on thursday and today, but was not able to ride friday. plans just didn't work out like i wanted them too. but i have been working out. thursday i went to zumba and then stuck around for a lower body workout class. it was only half and hour but it was so hard! we had to use a 9lb body bar, elevated aerobic steps, and a yoga mat to do many different crazy exercises. i didn't like it at all because i'm so out of shape, but that is motivating me to actually keep going to this class so that i can get back into shape and see myself improve. but let's see how motivated i'll be next thursday before the class starts! friday i went to zumba again, but only caught the last half hour because the bus was sssoooo late! i was so mad, should have ridden my bike. RJ's so much more reliable! i didn't get to ride with wrcc this morning because it was raining and i so did not want to get rain gear on, but when it cleared up i did ride to work. otherwise, i did not do any official exercise. i had work from 2:30-10pm and was on my feet all day, so i'm sure that's better than sitting around.

tomorrow's going to be a beautiful day again, so I WILL go riding, maybe even with wrcc. i hope to get in at least 20miles at a good pace. can't wait!

Day 15

weight: 227lbs

days left: 16

today: 10.7mi

total: 136.9mi

today was great. food was great, exercise was great.

breakfast was slimfast, snack was fiber-one, and lunch was a tuna and egg open face sandwich on my homemade bread. i made 2 sandwiches, but one was enough to satisfy me (i'm really trying to start paying attention more, concentrating on when i'm satisfied, not when i'm stuffed), so i saved it for dinner. i also had a plum. the only thing i regret was some chocolate that i wanted so much. but as a snack before dinner, i went to mcdonalds craving a hot fudge sunday, but instead got a yogurt parfait. yay me! let's try to keep this up!

so far i'm liking this acai thing i'm taking. of course i haven't seen any weight results since it's my first day, but i've noticed the ease of digestions already. pretty cool.

i rode my bike to and from school, and then rode to the corec for my body sculpt class. i didn't ride home because it was too dark and cold, so i just put RJ on the front of a bus and hopped on. body sculpt was horrible though! i'm so glad that it was just a 30min introductory class teaching us the basic stances and exercises that we would need to know for the real class. had this been the real 50min class, i would have cried! body sculpt is simple in that it only requires dumbbells and a yoga mat to lay on, which i was happy about because i really get intimidated when i'm supposed to need a mat, 4 different kinds of aerobic steps, dumbbells, a body bar.......yea. the leg exercises killed my knees, so excruciating, but i liked the upper body exercises. it's definitely something i can do at home with my set of 5lb dumbbells. (that's so dunb how there's 2 b's in the word dumbbell, only one is pronounced.) i'll have to right them done before i forget. but then we did push ups! WHAAT??? no way am i going to do push ups! i have never been able to do them before, and i think i'll survive pretty well without doing any now. so yea, i didn't enjoy it, but if that's your bag, go ahead.

RJ didn't really like going for a ride today. his tires are a little low, but i can't seem to find my pump. i have no idea where it is, and i'm sure that it hasn't been that long since i've last seen it. very disappointing. i'll have to head over to hodson's for a fill up, don't want to have to buy a new pump yet. i'll keep looking. aside from that, RJ was being annoying and making his bottle cage constantly fall off. he doesn't have the built in bolts to hold the cage so instead i got the kind that straps the cage around the tube. but the cage keeps sliding down and around and loosens up until it falls off. i have to be very careful when putting my bottle in or pulling it out because it'll loosen the straps. gosh, i'm so jealous of those newer bikes that don't even have to consider such an old-fashioned inconvenience.

i haven't been reading much about cycling lately, i'm really into a couple of other books right now. when i finish them up, i'll continue learning fun stuff about cycling.

yesterday i said I WILL, and guess what? I DID! i like this, better keep it up. so, tomorrow, I WILL go to zumba class and I WILL NOT eat too much at the cookout. cycling will be difficult since i have to dress nice and don't want to get too sweaty, but if i find time, i'll try to put on a few miles. it's supposed to be another beautiful day and it would be a shame to waste.

Day 14

weight: 227lbs

days left: 17

today: 1.6mi

total: 126.2mi

yea, well.... of course nothing works out the way i would like. my best friend just earned his PhD and it was nothing but party party party every day last week. and the food!! let's not talk about it, i'm so embarrassed. i wish i had more self control, i could have avoided overeating. so yea, looks like i gained some weight. but hopefully the amount i gained so quickly will drop off just as soon.

i'll keep my same goal of losing 10lbs, so i'll be 217lbs. i plan on "detoxing" this week. i picked up some acai clense stuff, so let's see how it works. it was only $10, so i dunno how great it is, but it's all i could afford. it's a 14 day system, so i hope it'll help get rid of the weight by september 24th. i also plan on drinking more slim fast and staying away from all the coffee i've been drinking lately (i told you that stuff is bad!) of course, i will drink a lot more water!

i did get some workout in today, even though it was very little. but i felt proud that i forced myself to ride my bike to walmart instead of driving. yay me! it was also good that i spend 3hrs on my feet during work. anything's better than sitting in a desk all day!

no longer will i say "i'm not sure what tomorrow will bring." i promise to plan my day ahead of time and force myself to accomplish all the tasks. so, tomorrow I WILL wake up early and ride my bike to school. (it's supposed to be a really nice day.) and in the evening I WILL go to the corec and take the introduction body sculpt class (classes are no longer free, darn you $45!). i have no idea what body sculpt is, but i'll let you know! unfortunately i won't be able to bike there because it'll be too dark to go home. better safe than sorry!

so, wish me luck!