The Sanborns

Monday morning I had an appointment at health services to get blood work done. Basically, they took my blood so that someone can see if I have antibodies for certain diseases. I took several immunizations this past semester for nursing school and it’s important to see if they did their job. However, if I still don’t have immunity, I just sign a waiver and continue on with life.

We arrived and I signed in more than on time and then I proceeded to wait for almost 30 minutes. I am not kidding. I was the first person there and I still had to wait that long! Ridiculous. When I finally went back, it took five minutes to get me in and out. Seriously. We get charged a fee if we don’t show up, so why can’t I charge them for taking up my time?

Anyway, the lady went over everything with me and I was able to schedule my physical appointment for Friday morning. After that, I will be DONE with all these requirements and just have to submit all my paperwork.

The other thing that I’ve been trying to do is eat healthier. It’s hard to do when it seems like all we have in the apt. right now is junk food, but I’m making it alright. Today I started tracking what I ate and I’ve been constantly refilling my water bottle. I’m determined to get some exercise in this afternoon as well. Yesterday I did my new Your Shape game and it was awesome. I totally was sweating and I only worked out for fifteen minutes. It is definitely my new workout toy. I’m going to try and use my new heart rate monitor watch with it and see what happens.

So my new goals for the rest of this week are to track what I eat (every little bit) and to drink at least 8 cups of water each day. I’m starting out simple and hoping for big results!

I weighed in at 144.8. I up .2 pounds from last week. This week was a struggle. I think the running caused me to want to eat more and now my body is hungrier. It’s always hard to figure out how many calories I should be taking in while exercising.

Pilates class is now considered intermediate and so it is now burning more calories. I just need to find a balance.

I will do my measurements later.

Today was the big day! I started training for a 5k this past summer but as soon as my program ended, I didn’t have a 5k to run. Well, when the Sisterhood said the challenge for this month was to run one, I knew I had no excuse!

I partnered up with EA Sports Active to be a Community Leader for Nashville. They sent me a t-shirt and said good luck!

I finished the race in 40:15. I was actually doing GREAT and running 11 minute miles but then I hit mile number three. I actually had to walk a few minutes, which is why my time is much later than I thought it would be. The race had some hills that I wasn’t expecting and hadn’t trained for, but I did finish!

This race was awesome because they had lots of celebrities and free food! We had dunkin donuts hot chocolate and a donut before the race and afterwards Applebees provided lunch, Baskin Robbins did ice cream, and a local restaurant gave free samples of their food.

The celebs! I got to meet Taj George of Survivor fame who is married to one of my favorite Tennessee Titans, Eddie George! Girlfriend looked FABULOUS! I also took my picture with a lot of the Star Wars gang and T-Rac (Titans mascot!). We had performances by PureNRG, Madison Cain, an appearance by Luke Benward.

Overall, the experience was so great. I ran Cross Country in high school, but I sucked so it was so nice to run an official race again, but be WAY better.

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Time to weigh in. I weighed in at 144.6 this morning which means I gained back the .8 lbs I lost last week. I’m pretty sure it’s water weight because I had chips last night. I know, I know.

I also took my measurements. I stayed the same in all areas except the chest area. I lost 1/2 inch there, so yay!

Today will be my last “run” before Saturday, the day my 5k is in Nashville! I’m pretty excited about the 5k and I hope I do my best.

143.8 is my weight this week. I lost .8 pounds! This is pretty awesome considering yesterday in pilates was arm work, surprisingly I am not dying for it either. I used 3 pound weights during the exercises and almost cried from the pain, so I’ll probably feel it tomorrow.

I haven’t run in a week, maybe two, and although I plan to run tomorrow, this is not good for my endurance system. I wonder how my 5k will be in less than two weeks, eek!

School has given me a break this week and I’ve been enjoying the time to get back on top of things. This weekend will be busy so I’m trying to get ahead before the weekend gets here.

I will take my measurements later. Last week, even though I gained some pounds back, I had lost inches in several places!

I can’t believe it is October already. I seem to be stubborn in the fact that it is quickly becoming too cold to wear my croc sandals anymore. Me stubborn? hah.

Today Gray and I have been married for one year and five months. It is hard to believe that next month will be a year and a half. Where is the time going?! The second year has already been better than the first year, a pattern I can only hope continues in the future. We’ve got several activities going on this month already. This weekend we will be on the A-Team at church, which helps to set everything up and then takes it down after the service. Next weekend is fall break so we’re going to McEwen for a few days and then to Memphis for a few days. I’m looking forward to the visits. The weekend after that includes a Halloween costume party and the weekend after that is Halloween!

I am actually going to do a few project this weekend, including carving my pumpkin (hopefully) and something deco-rational for our party. If it turns out well, I’ll post pictures.

I took Gray with me to the Rec. Center yesterday. I asked him if he would go running with me and then the rain started so we opted to go inside. He ended up just walking around the track, and I ran about 2.62 miles. I finally mapped out how many laps is 3.1 (5k) miles so I can train in there if I want to. I got the nike+ ipod gadget this past week and it’s great! Of course, I have to calibrate it to the right amount of distance, but it is still useful. THe only thing left for my running gear is a heart-rate monitoring watch. I have one that I want to get and it’s only $50-60.. maybe for Christmas?

Oh! We made a beef stew last night in the crock pot and it was amazing. It came from my S&D magazine so I’ll try to post the recipe the next time I make it… I do believe it will become a staple!

Well, I gained a pound this week and honestly? That’s pretty much what I expected. After I lost almost three pounds last week, I went into sudden craving mode. I had chips and dip twice this past week. As in, two different containers or both chips and dip! Yeah and I’m pretty sure I had a hot fudge cake sundae from Sonic as well. So to only gain a pound? Pretty much a miracle.

I am currently at 143.8 and this week I’d love to get below 142 because that seems to be where I get stuck in this weight-loss journey.

I have not measured myself in a week, hopefully I will remember to do this tonight .

Today is my rest day from training and I’m very glad for it! I will be doing a mix of a custom workout from runnersworld.com and the ea active 5k workout. So that means I’m counting my pilates class as my cross training on Tuesdays because today I realized I can’t overdo it. Today in pilates class we did a lot of leg work and we always do stomach exercises so I gave it a rest out of sheer exhaustion. I will continue cross training with EA on Fridays, I believe.

SO, today I decided to start training for a 5k. I’m planning on running in the Dunkin’ Donuts 5k November 8th, so that leaves me with about 5 weeks to train, yikes! Luckily, I’ve done the Couch to 5k program before and I’m a bit more advanced than others just starting out.

Things I noticed while running today:

• My shins no longer hurt! This is a HUGE sign to me that I’m running correctly.
• I was able to run for about fifteen minutes before feeling sluggish. I decided to stop after 17.5 minutes because I don’t want to overwork myself when I haven’t run that much in like two months!

I must admit that I came home and ate some chips and dip. Sigh, no one is perfect, right?
Tomorrow I will cross train using the EA Sports active exercises and then Wednesday I will take a break, hooray!

The great thing about running is that it totally relieves all your stress, which is AMAZING.

So.. I lost 2.8 pounds this week! I now weight 142.8. What’s my secret? I’m sticking with my points and doing pilates two days a week. I decided to stop the ea sports active challenge for the most part because I’ve been super busy with school/work and I’m still getting exercise elsewhere. I’ll still continue the challenge on my own, it may just take a while.

Anyway, I’m really happy with my progress so far and it really has been that simple. Here is what I eat on a daily basis:

1 gogurt in the morning (1 pt)
a 100 calorie bag of sunchips (2 pts)
drink a slim fast shake for lunch (4 pts)
a 100 calorie bag of chocolate covered pretzels (2 pts)
a granola bar of some sort (2 pts)
My current point allowance (22 points) leaves me with 11 points for dinner. I expect in a week for this to change and leave me with 10 points for dinner. I know that is a lot for dinner but some of our favorite meals are huge in points for one serving so it works for me.

I will measure my waist and all that tonight hopefully and report back.

So today is weight-in day, meaning I have to face the music….

Thank goodness it is good music, I lost 1.4 lbs this week for a weight of 145.6!

I am going to focus this week and lose even more.

Remember when I promised to review pilates? Well that time has come!

Pilates has not at all been what I expected, but in a good way!

We’ve been learning some basic techniques and yesterday we finally started to get into a routine. I was a sweaty mess at the end of the workout, seriously. I can already tell a different in my stomach area, which is where pilates targets most, the core.

Pilates has been challenging and fun so far and I know it gets more challenging as time goes on. It is definitely helping to improve my balance, flexibility, and posture.

Also, I’ve been doing the 30 day EA Active Sports challenge with the sisterhood. I really think this has been helping with my weight-loss as well. For one, I’ve been getting a lot of weight training in (more than I did before) because of it, and I believe that I am building up my muscles, which causes more weight-loss. I lost a few days because my schedule was insane and then I had blood work done (vaccination update coming soon!) so I decided to skip that day. Well, I’m back on track now and I’ve been counting my points, so weight loss here I come!