Week 9 and Week 10 Results

Week 9  Down 1.2

Week 10 Up .8

Plantar Fasciitis getting me down. The whole competition I have complained about heal pain in my right foot and it has gotten to the point now, since I kept on going with out treating it, where I can't do anything. If I walk down to the park and back (about a minute from my house) I will feel it! If I go grocery shopping I will feel it. I can't even walk around my neighborhood. Even my FAVORITE work out ZUMBA will have me limping around the house the rest of the day and even the next morning. It's completely getting me down. I need to get out of this FUNK because I KNOW that loosing weight is 80% nutrition!!!!!!!!! I wish knowing that was enough to get me out of my funk. I'm NOT going to give up. I will get back on the horse. I will I will I will. ENOUGH OF THE PITY PARTY RACHEL!!!!!

So that is where I am at. Don't give up on me. Cause I'm not giving up on me...

Don't you just wish there was a magic cure, a magic pill or a magic food? Some sort of secret that will get you where you want to go with your weight loss goals quick and easy. Sigh....

Weighted Walk

I think I'm on to something here. Tonight I decided to change things up a bit. Since I now have tons of heal pain and am so stubborn that I can't give up physically moving my body, I thought I would try something else. Running is something I truly aspire to. I went and got fitted for nice "real" running shoes AND insoles, I've been out a 3 (sometimes more) times a week running (maybe more jogging) for 2 months now and I even did my first 5k. But pretending that everything was okay and would magically go away has now left me limping around every where I go all day long. If you have seen me and haven't seen me limp, I hide it well! I'm diagnosing myself with plantar fasciitis. Basically my right heal aches when I wake up pretty darn bad, I stumble into the bathroom for that first morning pee. It gets better and better as I move around the day. What hurts the most is when I'm on my feet for a while, cooking or what not, and then I take the pressure off my right foot and rest on the top of my toes, the pain is almost blinding. ANYWAYS, so to make a short story LONG, I'm just going to give up running for a while. Literally my heart sunk into my stomach putting that statement in writing. I've worked so hard for 2 months to get up to 3 1/2 miles with out stopping and that is a BIG DEAL for me! But it just has to be done.


I'm starting a new trend. I'm calling it weighted walks. I have two 2.5 lbs wrist weights, so since I can't give up cardo completely, I decided that I would do my usual walk wearing these weights. I really think I'm on to something. It felt GREAT! When I was sure that no one was watching, I was doing all kinds of free weight work outs; dumbbell curl, hammer curl, arm circles, dumbbell row and my favorite shoulder press. There's other great ones I'm sure. When a car would come by I would just walk "granny style" with my arms engaged at a 90 degree angle and really pumped my arms. I was really feelin it! I walked for an hour and wore them the whole time. I'm really curious to find out if I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I will let you know. Here's what they look like if you were wondering. I'm sure any sporting goods store would have them. I can't remember how much they were. Try it =)

Week 8 Results

Down .8 lbs

Totally lame, but not surprising. My motivation is totally slipping. I know that people say that losing weight takes time and you should only lose about 1 to 2 pounds a week. So I shouldn't be too hard on myself. Except for the fact that I'm in a weight loss competition and I'm REALLY slacking. There is 4 weeks left. Just 1 more month to work my buns off and I have made a conscience decision that I'm going to go all out and go HARD! I'm feelin it and I'm gonna do it. I want to know that I gave it all that I had. I can not slack off anymore. I need to forgive myself for the poor choices I have been making lately and get over it so I can move on. Here I go...