Better Late Than Never, Right?!

Alright, so I'm officially a chicken.. at least on here, bc I am a chicken in daily life all the time.. lol.. I was hoping to be able to come on here and say that my almost 2 lb gain that I saw on the scale on Friday morning was gone by the end of the weekend.. but that's not how I do this blog.. I will re-weigh myself Monday morning, as I'm hoping my TOM will be done by then, but until then I am still going to accept my almost 2 lb gain and move forward.. :(

Friday's weigh in was:

223.2 lbs
+1.8 lbs

I was hoping to have a maintain with it being my TOM, but I ate like crap Wednesday and Thursday (a whole freaking bag of mini marshmallows!!) so this is what I deserve..  My plan to rectify this?  Workout at least 4 days this week (I'm internally shooting for 6!).. and so far so good.. I didn't get to the gym yesterday (bad planning on my part), but I did go today.. :)   I didn't even have an internal monologue with myself trying to get out of it.. WOOHOO!  I actually can say I was looking forward to it, and I think I like working out on the weekends.. gym is SO not crowded..

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Speaking of my trip to the gym today, I sometimes pack my gym bag without a shirt bc I'm wearing a shirt I can workout in.. Well, I guess my bag was packed for a different day of the week (and I didn't think to check this morning) and I didn't have a shirt to workout in.. So what did I do???  Nope, I didn't go home, I ran my 30 minutes (FREAKING YEAH!) in my scrub top and workout bottoms.. Did I look weird?  Prolly.. Did I care?  Not one damn bit!  lol

But I've noticed that my lack of enthusiasm for the gym is prolly bc I am not into Zumba anymore.. I don't know why (well, I know why), but I'm just not liking it too much anymore.. Sadly, I think it's bc it's SO much harder than the Zumba class I started with at the Y.. Honestly, the teachers at LAC are killer.. and that's great, but I'm not a person to do low impact.. I give 100% as much as possible.. and I find myself having to give 10% sometimes bc I'm having a hard time keeping my body going.. but that's not the point of the story, lol.. I've been running at the same 4.5 mph pace since I started running.. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner, but I GET BORED really easy.. so I got bored with running on the treadmill, I think..

Moral of the story?  Today's gym trip I decided to do something a little different.. I decided to spice up my run.. while watching the last 35 minutes of Sherlock Holmes.. :)  I'm VERY proud of myself for running 31 WHOLE minutes.. I've been trying to do that for weeks.. lol..

5 minute Warm-Up

10 minutes at 4.5 mph, 0% incline

10 minutes at 4.5 mph, 1% incline

(I walked for 1 minute at 3.8 mph, 1% incline)

9 minutes at 5.0 mph, 0% incline

2 minutes at 5.5 mph, 0% incline

(I was trying to get to 3.1 miles under 40, but my dry mouth wouldn't have it)

3 minute Cool-Down

All in all, I finished 2.98 miles (I know, right?!) in 40 minutes and burned 516 calories according to the treadmill.. :)

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Giveaway Update:

Still holding on at 97 followers.. so we'll see how long it takes for me to get 3 more followers.. lol.. Until I get to that point, I'm going to keep the other 3 prizes a mystery.. hehehe  

Hope you all have a great weekend!!