Week 6 Weigh In

I have some good news, and some bad news...
Let me tell you why this week sucked, kinda...

Well, as you know, I was sick starting from Tuesday night. I felt terrible at work Wednesday and Thursday, but managed to make it through the shift. I had to call out Friday though. I felt awful!

Luckily I got to sleep ALL day Friday. I'm pretty sure I got up at 6:00pm!! lol, awesome!:) Of course I couldn't sleep good that night, which sucked because my test was Saturday morning!:(

Saturday was great! I felt much better, thankfully. I got to the test site and went through the whole process. It was nerve wracking! Basically, to make it short, I passed!! I passed the written exam, then took the physical, which wasn't TOO bad, but I pulled a muscle in my thigh on the FIRST run, so that really sucked!

I was relieved when the day was over:) Then I headed over to the firehouse to meet Charlie and drive the ambulance for a little bit. It was slow, as usual! I only got 1 call!! Then we headed home.

That night was our friends, Jamie and Lindsay's engagement party at Pub Dog. It was fun!:) I'm not a huge beer fan, but that's okay because Charlie was drinking and I was driving!!:) It was a good night!!:) Their pizza is amazing though!!

When I woke up Sunday, I felt TERRIBLE again!!! My throat was killing me, and so was my thigh! It was really painful to walk. Charlie was slightly hungover, but ok enough to go for a short walk. It hurt though!:( We also went to the grocery store to
get things to make spaghetti, with our shirataki noodles of course!

While in the store, I made the dumbest decision EVER!! I got red velvet cake mix and cream cheese frosting! WHY??? Why did I set myself up for failure?! I was craving red velvet cake so bad, but I should've just got a slice from somewhere!!!:(

The spaghetti was pretty good. The noodles have a bit of a chewy consistency, so you could taste that more in spaghetti, than in the stir fry. But it wasn't too bad.

Monday Phebe invited us to go out to eat with her and Whitey to a restaurant called "Gunning's" in Anne Arundel. It was yummy! It's a seafood place. We got crab dip as an appetizer which was amazing!! Charlie and I both got Seafood Club Sandwiches, which is the first picture in this blog. That's my actual sandwich. It was pretty good! It was bread with a crab cake, lettuce, tomatoes, and seafood salad! Probably not the healthiest, but oh well! I enjoyed it.

And of course I had to have a piece of cake!! Luckily I took Chief on a LONG walk and burned lots of calories, so that made up for me being a fatty!!

Tuesday I had the rest of my leftover sandwich, minus the seafood salad. And MORE cake!!:( I ate a lot that day for some reason!! I attempted running a 5k, but it was so hot that I couldn't finish!! I also did the Shred later that night. If I wanna have my cake, I gotta Shred!!!

Unfortunately, my exercise did not make up for my bad eating:( Here's the results of my weigh in from tonight...

Previous Weight - 185.2

Current Weight - 185.6

Weight Gained - 0.4 Pounds:'(

Total Weight Lost - 45.8 Pounds.

It really sucks. Especially considering I have NEVER had a gain since I started this whole thing!! So I'm pretty sad, but at the same time I'm relieved that I got a "gain" over with!! I wanted someone else to win the competition, and it's finally gonna happen! I just need to get over it, and try really hard this week!

Besides, I have no one to blame but myself! I was sick, so I couldn't work out as much as I wanted. Then I made the stupid decision to make a frickin red velvet cake!! All in all, not my best week:( But I'm hoping to get past this and come back with an awesome loss next week!!:)

Now, the good thing about this past week!!

I signed up for a 5k!!!!!!!!!!

Caitlin and I are doing our first 5k ever!! We're doing the the Capital Crescent Trail 5k. It's called "Save the Trail!" I've never been on that trail, so I'm excited. Another co-worker of ours, Sam, is also doing it with us!:) I'm excited and nervous at the same time!

I attempted to run a 5k a couple days ago, but the heat made it miserable. I did it today, but on the treadmill instead, and I managed to do the whole thing! So I'm really hoping that I can finish on Saturday!:) I don't care how long it takes, as long as I finish!! I will let you all know how that goes!!:)

Anyways, I guess that's all I have to say right now. I'll update after the race! And then hopefully after my next GOOD weigh in!!:)

Thanks for listening to my complaining!!

Anna