Good things all around!

So FINALLY I have made progress and last week lost 3 pounds. I exercised minimal amounts and did get out and take a few walks at work. But I finally got my eating habits down :) I'm tracking consistently with WeightWatchers (and I"m okay on the weekends) and with practice at night during dinner time I've switched completely to protein/meal replacement shakes. Because by the time I get home and attempt to eat it's 930/10pm and just not good for weight loss and digestion. And another milestone was the 5k that Ashley and I completed on Saturday! So much better than the Susan G. Komen one that we ran in October. Not just the amount of people (there were about 100-125 people at the Medway 5k) but our times were much better too (even on a hilly course as well) It made me want to run more races because this time I was actually in shape and it was a less stressful environment. I'm hoping to find a few more to run this summer before the Color Run in October! I hope all you ladies are doing well and hanging in there. I know that my yoga pose goal might be a little out of reach, but if I can train myself to do the Crow and stay there for a while, I'll be really pleased with myself (trying to get to yoga classes has been a struggle....)

Ashley's Update

It's been awhile since I updated...so here it is!

I went to the Dr. yesterday and of course had to step on the scale and wasn't happy with what I saw.  It wasn't as nice to me as my scale at home it but maybe that's because I had all my clothes on and had to pee :)  That should be like 5 pounds right there haha.

I was doing good last week tracking food in MyFitnessPal but have to say I haven't done it yet this week :(  I  am excited that I have really picked up my running and on Monday and Tuesday mornings I ran around the lake, the whole way without stopping which is something I have never been able to do and didn't think I would ever be able to do so I'm really happy with that.  I think it's a little over 3 miles but I'm going to try to remember to wear my FitBit tomorrow to see if it can clock the miles for me to confirm :)  So for now I'll just focus on the positive.  This weekend we leave for AL to visit the parents so I know it will be a lot of food and wine but I'm bringing my running shoes so I can go out for a run!  Sarah and I have a 5k on the 18th and my Duathlon is on the 25th so let's hope I'm ready!  I went to spin this morning then ran a mile right after so here's to hoping that I can finish the race!

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Finally getting back to "normal"

It's been a while since I've updated but life has a funny way of just taking off. This is the first week since we've started this challenge back in March where there are no plans scheduled or anything going on that might deter me from my eating/working out. I've been really good at getting exercise in. Now that it's nicer out I'm going for walks at lunch and running after work before swim practice (did about 10 miles last week!) So now that things have "calmed down" I'm going to focus more on exercising and scheduling our meals and such. This weekend was awful. Jill and Miles graduated on Friday and Miles' mom bought a case of champagne to celebrate and between about 10 people we finished every single bottle. And of course there were snacks, cupcakes, etc... Then Saturday was Jill's celebration in Milford with my mom's peach sangria and cake/cupcakes and burgers/hot dogs. It's so sad when you look forward to Monday/the work week so you can get back into a routine. One victory today with eating is that I have a Skinny Taste 3 Bean Turkey Chili cooking in the slow cooker right now. Here is the link to the recipe I'm not sure how it'll come out, but I'll definitely report back tomorrow to let you know. And I should be set with lunch/dinner for the next few days too.

So that's my update. I've been fluctuating between gaining three pounds and maintaining my weight. But with my schedule finally allowing me to get into a good routine, I think we're looking up :)