I must admit, I absolutely LOVE this time of year!! The weather is cool in the mornings and evenings, nice during the sunny days and oh, the smells!! Normally I love this time of year because Brian and I take our adult weekend trip to Weston, MO for the Irish Fest. A weekend at O'Malley's drinking Smithwicks, O'Malley's Emerald Ale and imbibing on the most delicious coddle, Irish stew and fish and chips. We also have a tradition of eating lunch at The Avalon-where we enjoy our most fave appetizer, their baked brie. We have spent many years at the Irish Fest with wonderful friends, and always meet up with one of Ethan's former teachers Ms Gayla and her hubby and share a few Irish Car Bombs and hugs! The women usually spend hours walking the quaint Main St., shopping for antique bargains and always buy some Halloween decorations, while the guys hit O'Malley's and throw down a few-or twenty-before we venture back and try to get things under control-that usually doesn't quite work out that way and mayhem almost always ensues.....dancing to great Irish bands, licking whipped cream off each other's noses, and other nonsense! In case you didn't notice the common theme is food, drink, food, drink and more food. NONE of which is on the current Rawley diet plan!!
So, as sad as I am that we will not be venturing up to Weston this weekend with friends, I am happy to announce that at weigh-in and measurement today.....(drum roll please).......
I dropped another 1% body fat
lost 3 inches off my belly
and lost 1 1/2 inches off my hips!!!!
current weight: 185.8 at the gym/ 182.8 at home in the am
(BTW-I am 5'4"-someone emailed me to ask how tall I am)
James said I'm still holding a lot of fat in my triceps-those are the old lady flabby arms that look like wings when you raise your arms up-but as I start to get leaner, those will go away too. And I think he made an extra point to work on those yesterday, because today it hurt to raise my arms over my head and stretch....
I started week 6 this week, and in the last 2 weeks, I began to feel poorly about progress. I was having a hard time eating, unable to get in 5 meals on the days after I worked a night shift, and then it would really show the next day or two, because I would be soooo sluggish. Then I would miss a day of cardio, and throw my whole schedule off. So I have put a new plan in action-I am going to change my work schedule to where I work three set nights each week instead of rotating back and forth weekly. This will allow me to get into a better routine of eating/sleeping/working-out, and, I hope, produce better results in two more weeks. I am also going to the gym for an hour of cardio on the days I see James too-which will have me doing cardio for sure 7 times a week.
Did you know it takes burning 3500 calories to burn off 1 lb of fat????
Even though I didn't drop much in weight (5lbs from last weigh-in) I knew I had lost 'size'-just didn't realize it was 4 1/2 inches!! I wore a scrub top to work last week that I bought last summer in a size L that is a fitted, baby doll style, and of course it shrunk and I never even wore it once last year. That was the first day people really began to notice and actually say something to me. The very next work day I wore a pair of medium scrub pants and a medium top I have had for few years, sitting in the back of my closet, lonely, just waiting for me to be able to get back into!!
Then I walk into work last night, and a co-worker says to me "Wow, Kari, you're like the incredible shrinking woman right before my eyes! Lookin' good-keep it up!"
and another one says "you look thinner today than even last week when I saw you"
Hailey, too, noticed the smaller scrubs on me and I think she was shocked! Brian had been saying all week prior how he noticed I was losing size-but I just wasn't convinced myself until I put those clothes on!
Won't be long before there's a pair of Miss Me's in my closest girls!!!
I have to say, I am truly shocked I have made it 5 weeks, and that I am actually enjoying it! I'm lovin' rockin' out doing cardio to Hailey's ipod full of teen/pop songs from Taylor Swift to Usher to LMFAO. I had people ask me this week how I can do an hour of cardio and not think about all the things I need to be accomplishing at home-well, I'll share my little secret with you.....when I'm doing cardio on the ellipitical or arc trainer, and those headphones are on-you never know what I'm listening to, but you can bet that if Britney is on, I'm picturing her amazing comeback body and imagining that it's me, or I'm hearing Bruno Mars "just the way you are" and picture Brian singing those to me(he can sing you know! No-really he can!) Or some Usher OMG and laugh hysterically thinking about rockin' out in the mini-van to that song with my favorite Aunt Kathy hanging out the sunroof, and she, other fave Aunt Mici, my Mom, sister Kim and cousin Angie and I singing the words at the top of our lungs driving around KC!
Basically what I'm saying is that all I'm thinking about is me.
And you know what?
That's ok-cause I deserve it!
oh, and we already have our reservations for Irish Fest next year!!!
