those d**n 2 pounds....

I'm part of a monthly shred challenge... I'm not really doing a shred-style diet and workout, but I like having someone to report to. This month I've been really sick.

Let me back up. I've been sick for 2 months probably. And I FINALLY went to the doctor last week because I couldn't pretend it wasn't a problem anymore. Now I'm on Claritin-D, Augmentin and Benedryl. Decongestants like sudafedrine make me retain/gain weight and they up my blood pressure/heart rate. It sucks.

And after breaking that 284 barrier, I've been gaining and losing and gaining and losing the same freaking 2 pounds! I couldn't work out at all last week, so I was excited to finally get back in the gym. Usually when I go to the gym, the next day my weight goes down.

It didn't this week. I worked out Monday and it went up 2 pounds!! I worked out HARD yesterday (nearly 1k burned and 30k lifted PLUS light cardio) and I lost a freaking pound! And I'm trying to be careful about what I eat. Geeze.

Although I DID finally track my calories through a whole weekend. I ate about 2100 cals each day for two days. NO BUENO. This may explain the yo-yo-ing on some level... if I have a high cal day, it needs to be once a week or even once a month.

Still... this is the last week for the shred and my goal of being down to 280 has 2 days to magically happen...

argh.

Barrier Broken! And a possible goal.... join me?

For a long time, my barrier weight was 289. I could NOT get below that. I would hit it and bounce back up. After I went to Disneyland at the end of May I shattered it, going up to 292 (right when I got home) and then dropping it all in 2 days... all the way down to 284. Since then, my barrier has been 286.


Until this week. I got down to 284 again, working hard. I have to maintain that for a few days for it to be official, I think, but FINALLY! It gets frustrating not to be able to get below a certain number! And my working out is pretty much directly related to whether I gain or lose. If I don't work out, I gain. When I do, I lose! Easy peasy!

On to a possible goal... I've sort of been thinking about registering in January for next year's Disneyland Half-Marathon... I might postpone it and go for the Princess (women only!) Half Marathon.... I can't even run a mile right now... I get way too winded. I can barely do the first week of training for the couch to 5k! But maybe a year is enough time to prepare for 13 miles!

Would you do something like that? Maybe you should join me!

and Bob's your trainer!

Do you recognize this beautiful, beautiful man?

Did you know that his training website is free? (compared to his partner in crime on BL)

I haven't signed up, but I've been following him on twitter and doing some of the challenges. (LOVE!! snatches!)

So check it out today at www.mytrainerbob.com