BL2: Week 3 Weigh In

Hello dedicated (few lol) readers! Sorry, I've definitely been slacking on posts lately! I feel like I really have nothing to talk about though!

To the left is a picture I took of my sandwich, baby carrots, strawberries, and blueberries. I know, I'm lame. But I just thought it looked so pretty and colorful... hehe:)

So, today was weigh in. In was the 3rd weigh in, which means this week we'll find out who wins, since we are doing 3 week increments now, instead of one winner at the end.

I'm not sure where I stand, so we'll see! I'm not too concerned with winning this time, since I already won. I just want to continue to steadily lose weight till I reach my goal:) Here's my weigh in!

Previous Weight - 193.4

Current Weight - 191.4

Weight Lost - 2 Pounds

Overall Weight Lost - 40 Pounds!

Yes! Hit the 40 pound mark. So happy about that. And, now I can get a heart rate monitor! I can't wait to be able to record my exercises more precisely!:) I'm just hoping that it doesn't show way less calories burned that what I was getting before on MFP! That would suck...

To the right is my calendar that I keep of all my exercises and weigh ins. Since April is over now, I took a picture before erasing it all.

Looks like there was only 6 days out of the month I didn't exercise, which is awesome! I usually have a good excuse for not exercising... usually. It would be awesome if I could exercise every single day for at least one month! Maybe this will be my goal for May!:)

This past week has been a pretty good week so far!

Sunday we went on a quest to find "Shirataki Noodles." First we tried Trader Joe's. They didn't have them, so we went to MOM's. Success!
We cooked them that night for dinner in a stir fry. It was delicious!! They're only 20 calories a serving!! Everyone should try them!!

Monday Charlie worked, so I decided to be productive. I went outside and weeded the sidewalk for an hour. Did some raking, some sweeping, picked up sticks, etc.

While I was out there, I had Chief tied up to a rope. At some point he got himself tangled in a tree. I went to go untangle him and didn't notice that I was on the wrong side of the rope. As soon as I set him free, he bolted and the rope slid across the back of my calves. Burn... it stung so bad!!! I couldn't even move, it happened so fast.

Don't ask me why my one calf looks bigger than the other, it was just the angle lol. Luckily, only one leg got it pretty bad, the other one was burned just a little.

After gardening, I went over to Berwyn Heights to meet up with my sister in-law Jo, and her friend Angie. We walked from her house to Lake Artemesia, which is 1 mile. Once we got to the start of the lake, I ran. I did Couch to 5k, week 9, day 2. Jo and Angie were doing week 5, day 3, I believe. We finished! Yay:) Then we walked back to her house, totalling around 48 minutes and burning over 600 calories!

After running, I stopped by my parents house. They just happened to have crabs! Yay! Luckily, I had burned tons of calories, so I had 6! They're only 87 calories each! Woo!

After visiting there and feasting on crabs, I went to the firehouse for the night. I was still in my workout clothes so I decided, what the heck, I'll go on the elliptical! I did that for 35 minutes, burning 420 calories!! Then I did some weights and other various exercise equipment. It was an awesome day!!

Tuesday night I worked. Boring.

Wednesday morning when I got off work, Alicia and I went running at Sligo Creek. It was cold and raining, but we pushed through and had an AWESOME workout!! I felt great afterwards and slept so well!:)

Later in the day, Charlie and I went to Target so I could get some things, and while I was there I saw at the Starbucks that they had "Mocha Coconut Frappuccino" mmmmmm! I HAD to get it! I love coconut! And it was well worth the 310 calories! But next time, I'll get it light;)

When we got home, we decided to go on a long walk with Chief around the Historic District of Laurel. It was so fun! We saw tons of cool old houses. We walked for 1 hour and ran for the last 5 minutes or so!:)

We decided to have an "egg night," so I made egg salad sandwiches, and deviled eggs! They were delicious. Charlie said it was the best sandwich I EVER made! Awww:) It was pretty yummy, and the calories weren't that bad either!:)

Now it's officially Friday and I have to come back to work tonight. It's been a very busy shift so far! I had to stop for about 3 hours to do other things and now I'm finally finishing at 0600! Can't wait to get home and sleep next to my husband!:)

I'll try to update a little more often, instead of one big blog a week! lol:)

Thanks for reading!:)

Anna