Success is not just on the scale!

Two tins of assorted chocolates

One large container of baklava

One box of cookies

One box of chocolate truffles

One large plate of banana bread

All these foods...

I did NOT eat!!!!

Even though they were staring me in the face ALL DAY at work!!!!!

Oh yes....

I rock!

The Bad and The Good (better to end on the positive!)

The bad - I haven't blogged in 4 days

The good - I'm back

The bad - I'm struggling with food again

The good -  I have not once thought of throwing in the towel completely

The bad - I gained 2.4lbs this week

The good - it could have been 7lbs like last time ;-)

The bad - I wanted to stay in bed all day today

The good - I didn't.

The bad - I feel like the pit of despair is attempting to suck me back in. 

The good - I'm resisting with everything I got and even made a doctors appointment hoping for some help. Take that PIT!

The bad - I spent a shit load of money today - retail therapy? 

The good - It was mostly on running gear!


The bad - I feel like an idiot in a running store as I have no clue what gear to get and why
The good - Running Room staff rock and were very helpful! 

The bad - I only had one choice of jacket to buy at the running room and one colour choice because I needed an XXL.

The good - An XXL FIT! 16 pounds ago it probably wouldn't have. Plus the sleeves are long enough and at least the colour was burgundy, and not bright yellow! 

The bad - the new XL long sleeve running room shirt I bought shows all my rolls as it's a bit too snug.

The good - No one will ever see it because I'll be wearing my snazzy new jacket over top of it.  By spring I hope to be thinner so  it will fit better! 

The bad - I spend about $150.00 on new running shoes....ugh.....

The good - They ROCK!

The bad - I can't find my Nike+ sensor

The good - I didn't let that stop me from timing my run tonight. I used my ipod stopwatch instead (which I just realized it had!)

The bad - I can never join an "in store class/clinics" at the Running Room so I can meet new people.
The good - they have an online clinic so at least I can still interact with an instructor and learn the many secrets of running! 


The bad - I'm still a slow runner

The good - I ran my long run route tonight in 29 min, 53 sec, when it usually takes me about 31min. 


The bad - I'm running another 5K by myself on Sunday.
The good - 499+ strangers are also running a 5K on sunday so I actually might be faster than one of them! ;-) 


The bad - It's suppose to rain on Sunday
The good - you know that jacket I just bought? It's waterproof!!!!! 

Six Months of Veggies!

Six months ago today animals thanked me everywhere.

Today I celebrate six months of vegetarianism!  Can you believe it? Six months!

Happy Veggie-Head Anniversary to me!

I love my new lifestyle and don't plan to give it up anytime soon! :-)

American Eagle, I love you!

I looked in my closet, took out a t-shirt, and knew it wouldn't fit. It was an XL. An American Eagle XL. I haven't worn a XL from a "regular store" in a very long time, or any store for that matter.

As I started to put it on I noticed the shirt had a bit more stretch then I thought it would. Could it possibly fit? Remember, this is a shirt from a store I'm not allowed (or so I feel sometimes) to shop in. It's a store I can't shop in. I'm fat remember? I'm too fat for their clothes.  There's no way this shirt can fit.....or is there?

There is! It fit!!!!! I am wearing a American Eagle T-shirt. WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!! Crazy. Ass. Shit.

The t-shirt I got for free about a month ago from American Eagle when I bought my baby cousin her size 4 jeans. Yeah, exactly what I thought.....bitch! lol.... The free t-shirt went with  a promotion they had on at the time. I was happy to get a free t-shirt, but at the same time, sad because I knew it wouldn't fit. I didn't even try it on. I didn't want to be disappointed. Today though I thought, what the hell, my other t-shirt fit, so lets just see if this one does too. I truly thought I was going to get one arm and maybe a boob in this t-shirt and that's about it, but to my delight it fits and even more delightful, it fits comfortably!  I can't believe it. It's been far too long since I've shopped at non-plus sized stores. If this is any indication as to what is to come,  I just might not be able to take it!! Me So Happy!

NSV - got to love them!

We all do it. We all keep clothing we once use to be able to fit into, but can't anymore. For me, I've kept a few pairs of pants and a few t-shirts. The favourites as we say. I coudn't fit into any of them until.....last night!!!! For kicks I thought I'd try on this 'baby doll' kind of shirt that I just love and couldn't give away when I was heavier. To my surprise  it fit!!!! Wooohoooo, got to love it!!!!

About a month or two ago I tried this puppy on and it was skin tight around the mid-section. I still have more to lose to make it fit even better, but I'd say I don't look half bad! I definitely have more room in it, than I use to! :-) It's feels so great to get back into this shirt. It just confirms I'm taking steps in the right direction. Yay for non-scale victories.

Tonight I'm meeting my friend and we're going running again. This is a good thing considering I went to a party last night. I did pretty well food wise when there, but I had to guess on a couple things. As a result,  getting in some extra exercise to counter balance everything is a must. The only thing is, I feel like ASS. I'm still catching up on my sleep that I missed last week. I'm still so tired and all I feel like doing is crawling into bed. I also have this pressure headache that doesn't seem to be going away.  I'm taking my own advice though and sucking it up and will get my ass out there anyway.   I know I'll feel better in the end.  Fingers crossed!

Up 0.4lbs

July 29 - first gain on program, but at least I can still say I have my 5%!   

Soooooooooo, do you think this could weigh 0.4 pounds?

Yup, that's my sexy self hooked up to a 24 hour holter monitor.  What you don't see is all those leeds connect to a little silver recorder which is in my bra! For those wondering, about a month or so ago I had a couple heart palpitations (lasting less than 10sec), and some light headedness at work. I told my doctor about it when I saw him last and he ordered the holter. I haven't had them since or the dizziness, but of course went through with getting things checked out anyway.

I'm not surprised by the gain this week. Not just because I had to wear this silly thing to my WI, but because I wasn't 100% tracking like I should have been. Plus, remember the lasagna incident? Yeah, that didn't help. This time (which is something kind of new for me) I'm not dwelling on the gain at all. If I did, it would take away from all the non-scale victories I had this week.

Lets look at them shall we.....

• I ran four times this week! FOUR TIMES!!!!  
• I ran in the crazy humidity (40 degrees) once
• I used a treadmill once (something I was also afraid of)
• I ran the fastest 5min ever - pace 6.45min/km 
• I've practiced yoga five times thanks to the yoga challenge
• Even though I wasn't counting I still ate pretty nutritious food ie. watermelon, cucumbers etc...
• I wore a size XL shirt - a bit snug in places, but it was still wearable!
• my belt I have to tighten just a little bit more now

Not too shabby I'd say. Finally I am learning that it's not only about the numbers on the scale! With that being said though, this coming week  is a new week and one that I plan to kick some ass in. I'm going to keep up with the running and the yoga (as they work so well together) and track like a crazy person with hopes to see a big number next WI.