Yesterday hubby and I went on a walk in a park. It was very nice and we walked about 3 miles.

Tonight, we went to the gym and I got back in to the Couch to 5K Challenge again. I started at W1D1 today:
5-min warm-up @ 3.7MPH
1.5-min jog
1.5-min walk
3-min jog
3-min walk
**Repeat**
Then I walked @ 4.0MPH for another 9 minutes while hubby finished his workout.
*Walk @ 3.7MPH and jog @ 5.3MPH

Distance: 2.25
Time: 32 minutes

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!
I grew up in a ranch dressing kind of family. When I started eating healthy I knew that ranch - even light ranch (and I'm not even going to mention fat-free) - wasn't going to be a contender for salad dressing in our home. I started eating my salads with straight balsamic vinegar because I knew store-bought dressings are loaded with sugar and unhealthiness. The problem with the balsamic vinegar was that it wasn't all that tasty by itself, so I ended up adding feta to all of my salads - kinda defeated the point of the healthy dressing. Then I dabbled in making my own vinegar/oil concoctions, but nothing stood out as amazing to me. I stopped eating salads at home.
Then, last Monday, we went to dinner at some friends' house and they had this:

It is SO good and only 45 calories per 2T! Let me tell ya - 2T doesn't sound like a lot, but it is! This stuff stretches pretty far. Anyway, I had it on Monday and literally made an extra trip to the store on Tuesday to pick up my own bottle. ...and it's about halfway gone today. Part of that is because I was challenged this week to eat at least 5 vegetables/day so I've been eating a lot more veggies, and part of it is because I love this stuff! Seriously, you have to try it!
And now I will step down from my soapbox...

Treadmill today:
5-min warm-up walk
5-min jog
4-min walk
3-min jog
2.5-min walk
1.5-min jog
1-min walk
1-min jog
2-min walk @ 4.0MPH
*I slowed down my efforts today -- all walking at 3.5MPH and all jogging at 5.2MPH
Then hubby told me he'd be another couple minutes, so I walked @ 4.0MPH for another 6 minutes

Distance: 2.15mi
Time: 31 minutes

Green smoothie for dinner. Gotta get those fruits and veggies in for my fitness challenge.

And hubby and I are going jogging tonight, too.

239.4 (-1.8)

I'm in the 30's!!!!

Tonight I did a treadmill workout:
5 min warm-up
5 min jog (longest I've ever done!)
4 min walk
3 min jog
2 min walk
2 min jog
2 min walk
1 min jog
1 min walk @ 4.0MPH
*All walking at 3.7MPH and all jogging at 5.3MPH

Distance: 1.83 mi
Time: 25 min

241.2 (+.7)

Not as bad as I expected, to be honest.
Next week I will be out of the 40's.

I just finished doing week 1 AND week 2 of the 30-Day Shred DVD. Whew! :)

Oh bother. We had house guests this weekend and you know what that means. Well, at least for me it means I didn't make the best choices. We took them to some of our favorite food joints and I didn't make as healthy of choices as I should have (I still got a turkey burger instead of beef, but I ate fried food on the side. I got frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, but I had Reese's mixed in. You know what I mean?)

I did go on a powerwalk with hubby tonight and I didn't eat a lot of calories today. That's the plan for tomorrow, too. I hope I can break even with my weight this week. I don't expect to lose, but I'm hoping that happens. Maybe I'll just eat laxatives all day tomorrow. Just kidding!!

240.5 (-1.3)

Almost out of the 40's!! Next week, next week...

Tonight we walked around the mall for four miles. I love our mall walks!

I did the 30-Day Shred DVD this morning. :)

Monthly Body Measurements:
Chin/Head - 23.5 (same)
Neck - 13.75 (new)
Rt Arm - 18.2 (-.3)
Lf Arm - 17.5 (-.5)
Waist [bellybutton] - 51.2 (-2.3)
Hips - 48.5 (same)
Rt Thigh - 27.0 (-1.0)
Lf Thigh - 27.5 (-.5)
Rt Calf - 17.0 (new)
Lf Calf - 16.5 (new)

Total inches lost = 4.6 Yay!

This afternoon I did level 2 on the Shred DVD. It felt great!
Then this evening I went to the gym with hubby and did the treadmill:
5 min warm-up walk
4 min jog
3 min walk
3 min jog
2 min walk
2 min jog
1 min walk
1 min jog
*repeat 1 minute walk/jog*
2 min walk @ 4.0MPH for a total of 25 minutes.
*All walking @ 3.7MPH and all jogging @ 5.3MPH

25 minutes
1.83 miles (my longest distance!)

241.8 (+/-0)

I'm actually pleased with this number because I was expecting a gain the way the last week went. This just means that next week will be a good number. :)

I wasn't able to weigh myself this morning because we had rolling blackouts this morning and just when I was about to weigh in, the blackout rolled over my house. I knew it would be at least 20-30 minutes and I was hungry, so I ate breakfast instead of waiting to weigh in.

Tonight I worked out during the commercial breaks of The Biggest Loser - we'll call it interval training. ;)
I rotated each break between cardio, strength, and core exercises. Whew!

I'm nervous about my weigh-in tomorrow. I didn't have a great weekend with food or exercise. Not to mention it's that week. So three strikes I'm out? I hope not. At this point I'm just hoping to come out even. : /