7 posts tagged “weigh-in”

2.5 pounds.  I'll admit, I was a little dissappointed at the weigh-in yesterday in just 2.5 pounds, because I know the first week is usually a lot more for people, but I had to remind myself of both the pizza buffet the one night and the fact that most people lose that much from cutting out soda and drinking more water, both things I do already.

So 2.5 is a good start.  And I'm still pround I continued my run on Monday morning after that piece of sidewalk jumped out at me.

Well, so far it's been culture shock up here in D-town.  I cover the north side of 8-mile on the squad, all the way up to M-59, depending on which shift I'm working.  Some of the people have been friendly, but in general, as the new girl I get the cold shoulder. . .possibly until I prove myself?  Hrm.  One medic even told me that he wasn't used to medics being nice to patients and wasn't sure what to do with that.

Meanwhile, I haven't really had days off in the past 2.5 years, and now I do!  It's only temporary -- starting June 18th I'll be teaching Anatomy and Physiology for one of the paramedic classes down in Toledo, and of course once I'm 100% moved in, I'll be studying for the MCAT, but I'm waiting till the move is finished for that.  Honestly, even the next 2 weeks I don't have days off because I'll be in Columbus for moving back and forth, but today I had a day off, and I almost had no idea what to do!  Luckily, I found a box of brownies begging to be made (the guys at work barely blinked when I dropped them off there) and my grandmother deserves to be waited on hand and foot every so often, which I did today, and she ate it up.

Anyhow, I'm not sure if I'm working a 12 or a 24 tomorrow (I'll find out when I show up) but I'm not to that point yet where I look forward to going to work, so I'm torn.  At the other company, even when I hated the job, I loved the people and the patients, so that was easy to deal with, but here, I'm still so new, still getting oriented, still lost when it comes to which ER does what and why and when, and I still don't know the little things that make life easier once you know them, things that you don't even think about until you learn them, like which hallway is a shortcut in the ER and which bathroom has a toilet where I can reach the ground.  (You laugh, but sometimes they put those seat-raisers on old persons' toilets and I really can't reach them!!!!)  The people aren't exactly friendly yet and it makes a huge difference.

Plus, I simply don't know anyone in town yet.  I'm looking forward to going to church this Sunday (though I'm not sure WHERE yet) and last Sunday Liz and I had a great time at Greenfield Village -- the hobo band even played Chatanooga ChooChoo. . .and included a dulcimer!  Too bad it was Thomas the Tank Engine day so there were little minions EVERYWHERE.

I still almost comment every time I see something labeled Michigan, but luckily the little voice inside my head has beaten the big voice in my big mouth 99% of the time. . "Hey, look, a U of M sweater" may sound appropriate in Ohio, but it sounds absolutely asinine in Michigan.  Right.

Woohoo.

28 minutes of solid running under my belt -- still only about 2.3 miles, but I'm getting faster, AND I ran even though it's raining/drizzling out. 

When I was done, I was literally grinning -- it's such an alive feeling.  Too bad my shoes are soaking from all the puddles though -- that was some cold water.

And today's weight:   222.4 lbs!!

Woohoo.

Now, that's still a crapload of weight, but for a girl who has as much problem losing it as I do, almost 3 pounds in one week is awesome. 

My goal for next week is to be below 220. :)  That would be great.  The numbers 230 scared me big time.

Lots of natural highs in my life right now, but the biggest change is a feeling of peace that God is in control -- I've prayed for that for a long time and I'm starting to feel it.

Well, I had a little break from running.  Yesterday I ran Week 7 Day 2, in 3 inches of snow.  I was quite proud of forcing my butt out there.  I'm strongly considering doing Week 1 Day 1 right now to add that extra day of runnin.

Well, my man deserted me and has been seeing another girl for about a month.  And she knows about it and does care.  Hrm.

Already talking to a nice new guy -- don't want to rush it though.  I think maybe we'll do a devotional together tonight. :)

My weight today:  225.3!  Finally, a loss!  It might be small, but with a poorly behaving thyroid, that makes me happy.  And I've been trying -so- hard.

If that doesn't make me want to run, I don't know what would.

Update:  Okay, I did Week 1 Day 1, except for the last interval -- - - -I misjudged my distance and got home before that.  Oh vell.  It was crazy!  The run itself was incredibly easy (which I am tempted to adjust, but I know that'd overdo it for my body while I'm running longer distances every other day) but all the snow from yesterday was now packed ice!  Hard on the ankles and the traction, both.

Oh well, it worked as a good "loosener-uppener" at least. ;)

Yeah, I can't believe I did it.  20 minutes of solid jogging.  Whew. 

I suppose it wasn't the brightest idea to go hiking yesterday.  That's what I did.  I was having a bad day so I headed down with my camera to Old Man's Cave at Hocking Hills, like I usually do for a good hike, hoping to catch some good fall color on camera.  The ride down was amazing, and the color was stunning.

At the opening of the cave, I turn on my camera to capture the rock bridge that's my favorite view of the hike.

And the battery was dead.  Totally dead.  Not even one picture kind of dead.

Right.

But I did the 5 mile hike, over and under stuff, the crazy stairs and slopes, the rocks and branches.  I was afraid of not getting out of there before dark because I started so late, so I didn't do the upper falls and devils' bathtub, but just took the loop around there.  It was a crazy-good workout.

But then comes time for me to run today.

See, I had church this morning, and I didn't wake up early enough to run before then, so after church I changed, gobbled a very light snack, had some water, and put together a 20 minute mix of songs on my iPod (along with the requisite 5 minute warm-up and 5 minute cool-down) -- Hey, what can I say?  The music for week 5 of CT5K sucks.

And I did it.  Cardiovascularly, there was a small wall to push through about 6 minutes in to the run, but after that it was golden.  Except for my legs. Boy, were they aching.  You know, the hardest part about not stopping is when your mind mutinies and starts to imagine how good it would feel to stop running and just stand still.  Riiiiight, thanks.

That'll teach me to hike like that the day before my longest run yet.

Okay, for all you experienced runners out there, I'm sure 20 minutes is absolutely nothing. But for a fat girl who just took up running, it's a hell of a lot, and I'm proud of it.

Mom called on my way down to hike yesterday (which was a bad day, as I said, and I was feeling pretty down and lonely) and we discussed medical school -- she basically said it's time to get my butt in gear and face the test and the application process.

I will admit, I'm terrified of the test, and not looking forward to the failure of the application process.

Anyhow, then, the sermon today was a summation of the 7 letters to the 7 churches in Revelations.  God ends them all with "To him who overcomes. . . "  My pastor recently ran his first half marathon, and spoke of how much easier it was to train for it and run it because he had a guide who had done it before.  And then how sometimes, when you hit that wall, you just keep going to show yourself you can -- and then you know for next time.

Funny how the Bible talks about life being a long race, or marathon.  (See 1 Corinthians 9:24, Hebrews 12:1, and Hebrews 12:3)  Life is easier because we have Jesus running THOUGH it with us -- not around it, not under it, not from it.  He's done it before, He's been there, He's been through it.

Funny how this sermon came shortly after I took up running.
Funny how I just had a very discouraging and disheartening day.
Funny how today was my longest run yet.

Funny, huh?

I look forward to my weigh-in on Thursday.  I've been eating much better this week.  Now just to keep it up.

I hurt.  I'm gonna go stretch in a hot, steamy shower.

I couldn't weigh in today.  I was at work.  But I -did- run week 5 day 1 yesterday.