HYC UPDATE

Oh for goodness sakes. I STILL haven't hit 50 pounds. I remain ONE POUND AWAY. Irritating. Annoying. Discouraging. Motivating. And so on. This has been the hardest plateau I have EVER hit. Yes, I've tried all the "mixing it up". More excercise, less exercise, high calorie day, blah blah blah. My eating has been fine, no cheating! Really! Nothing is working. However, I will not give up. Of course! We are one month into our 2nd "Biggest Loser" contest at work (do you remember who won the FIRST BL contest? Oh stop. I'm blushing). We have periodical weigh-ins every month for people to see where they're at, but I'm opting out and waiting for the big weigh-in at the end. I've lost about 5 pounds so far this go around, much slower weight loss than what I'm used to, but, I'm still celebrating!!

I do have a few NSV's (non scale victories) though. First of all, I've started running. The first day was torture. Actually the day AFTER that was the real torture as I felt the effects. However, the day after that when I ran, I could tell it was easier! It's amazing how many different muscles I was working. I don't even hurt after an hour on the elliptical anymore, which tells me it's time to find new ways to torture ahem...challenge myself. I've got the "only fools run at midnight" and Bloomsday races coming up. Can't wait! Do you remember that running a 5K is on my list of "to-do's"? One day....

I also had a great 6 mile hike with girlfriends on Sunday. It was supposed to be a family hike with all our kiddos, but Cole was sick and my friend Amy's youngest two stayed home. Then Gracie ditched us. In the end, it was just Amanda, Amy, her son Sean and I. We actually ended up on the wrong trail, but still had an amazing hike. My victory in this is that I could have went another 6 miles! My body is so much lighter and stronger now. Denise is proud! Here's the three of us...

Oh yeah, another NSV. I ordered T-shirts for a big basketball game we are going to this Thursday. I always used to order a XXL for myself, but this time I got an XL, and it fit perfect!!! WOOT!