Weekly weigh in & Christmas goodies

I was sort of bummed that I got sick because I couldn't work out so I doubt I will make my goal of 1,000 exercise minutes for the month.  I am finally feeling better & will be going back to the gym today.  Gotta prepare to for an epic race this weekend.  It could the meds that I am on (antibiotics & Sudafed) or the fact that I was more conscious of what I ate since I couldn't work out so I was extremely surprised with a 4 pound loss this week.  That makes it a loss of 79.6 pounds since September 2010.   Holy cow!   I really hope to start 2012 with an 80 pound loss behind me.  We will see if I can reach this number in the next week.

This Christmas weekend was sort of low key for me.  I started to feel a bit sorry for myself since I wasn't with family but I know that I made the right decision for me.  Usually for Christmas I get myself a nice gift.  Since I have to watch my funds a bit right now, I had decided that my entry to Bay to Breakers would be my Christmas gift to me.  However, I came across a couple of sales and decided to treat myself especially since I only spent $70 on it all.  Pretty excited to get these goodies within the next week.  

Ideeli was having a plus size sale & I managed to score a couple of items.

Stretch Poplin Jacket in Coal

Cargo Pant with Ruched Detail in Night Mist

Benton Springs Hoodie in Oxide Blue

Since I had a $20 credit with Ideeli, I only spent $38 on these three items including shipping.  Pretty sweet deal!


BrittanyFindsHerself posted that REI was having a sale on handheld water bottles so I decided to check out the sale.

With free shipping, I ended up spending $28 for both the wrist wallet & bottle.  I never thought that I would ever get excited to shop at REI.  I guess people do change.  :)

Since I didn't work out at all this week, I will be starting up again today with week 6 of the half marathon walking training guide.  I thought of skipping ahead to week 7 but I really want to be able to look back with a sense of accomplishment and realize that I followed through with the plan.  

My workouts for week 6 are: 

• Monday - 40 minutes walking 
• Tuesday - 25 minutes walking 
• Wednesday - 40 minutes walking 
• Thursday - rest day 
• Friday - 30 minutes walking
• Saturday - 4 miles 
• Sunday - rest day

As I've done for the past 5 weeks, I will continue to do at least 5k on non mile days.  My goal for Saturday is to beat my previous 4 mile time of 1:12.


Hope everyone has a great week.  Let's end 2011 on a high note!