Take Two

Literally the night that I started this blog I got a call from my soon-to-be ex and a drama-filled couple of days and stress-filled month followed.  Needless to say, blogging was not a priority at the time.

The good news is that things have settled down and seem to be going in the right direction now.  I have finished my summer semester classes and have 3 weeks until I go back to class.  And my weight loss has finally started moving in the right direction again too, albeit slowly.

I've turned my musings about training for a 5K into action and have signed up for my first race on October 19th!  I'm in week two of loosely following this training plan. I'm such a slow runner jogger.  My goal is to try to work up to being able to run entirely at 5.0 mph on the treadmill.  My goal for the 5K is to try to finish the race in under 40 minutes without walking at all.  I'm not entirely sure that's a realistic goal but I think it is.  A few days ago I actually jogged my first 5K distance ever and did it outside! But it took me 50 minutes.

So today marks 8 months since the beginning of my weight loss efforts and my total loss so far, as of this morning, is 71.4 lbs.  I've come to accept that the days of losing 10 lbs per month are definitely over.  I knew it had to slow down at some point and I think I'm okay with it now.  I've gotten out of the 200's and am slowly making my way through the 190's.

Weight loss stats:
Starting weight 12/11: 266 lbs
8 Month weigh in: 194.6 lbs
Pounds lost: 71.4 lbs
Goal weight: 152 lbs
Pounds to goal: 42.6 lbs

Only 10 more pounds and I will be back at my pre-pregnancy weight, which is also my lowest adult weight ever! So I can't wait to get past 185!

I've also become a dedicated MyFitnessPal user so if you want to follow me on there feel free to look me up.  My MFP name is VDRsMom.