Survived the Trek!

We had a great time on our pioneer trek! We had a ton of rain, but it gave us a great pioneer experience. I hope to have pictures and stuff up on our blog soon. I worked hard last week, and had set Thursday as the day I could break my "no sweets" streak. I weighed myself at 4:30am Thursday before we left. . .

I weighed in at 162.6

I was worried about the trip, about being good and also sitting on a bus for 9 hours there and back. I usually retain water like crazy when I just sit and figured I would blow up like a balloon! I was pretty good with the sweets. I went to have a brownie Thursday night, but it just didn't taste great, so I only had a bite. I did have some yummy peach cobbler on Friday and a cupcake on Saturday.

So I decided to weigh myself again this morning, I was really nervous, I figured I had gained at least a couple pounds, but much to my surprise and delight. . .

I weighed in at 161.4

We did walk about 11.5 miles in two days. And I was still careful, and I am happy to have not blown up like a balloon!!!

We are running the Scenic River Classic on Saturday. Several from Rhett's family have decided to run with us - Justin, Carleen, Shalean, Rick, and Heather. And my two sisters, Andrea and Melanie are going to run it as well!!!!! I am excited, and hopefully up for the challenge of a little friendly competition!

1/2 Marathon (Almost)

This morning I got up and did a long run. I wanted to run for 2 hrs. and see how far that would get me. I ended up running 12.35 miles in 2:17.18. I did pretty good for the first 10 miles and then had to walk for a minute or so. I ended up walking for 10 min. near the end. I did run (slowly) to the finish. I weighed 237.8 lbs before the fun and 233 lbs after. It was very hard at time but it is done! Keep up the great work Earl! You are a machine. Thanks for everyone else. It helps to see all your efforts, successes and setbacks. Have a great week!

Cameron

So close with a couple days to go - Revised

I have only run once this week on Tues. I ran 5 with a 43:38, which was my second best time at that distance. My knee and shin on my right side was a little sore on Wed and Thurs so I decided to take it easy. Didn't want to have a bum knee as I get ready for vacation. If I feel better, I will take a run on Friday night or Saturday morning.

I tipped the scale at 201 on Friday morning. I drank a lot of water yesterday and must have flushed out my system. I broke the 200 mark before my vacation.

Yeah Its Summer!!!

So glad school is out!!!! But our summer is very busy, I hope to be able to stick to my workouts throughout summer. I think it's going to be a little tough because we will be gone a lot and there are so many yummy things in summer - Smores!! We went camping last weekend and I didn't have ANY, it was a killer! We leave on Thursday for Martin's Cove and that is when I set to break my no sweets streak. I am going to be very careful though. I went with our stake to Martin's Cove 4 years ago and their snacks were Day Old Hostess everything. It seemed like everytime I turned around they were handing out twinkies and doughnuts. I am going to take some snacks along that are more healthy!!! But once we get home, I am home for a week and then I go to Girls Camp for an entire week, that will be a killer too. I always eat way too much at girls camp, so once again I hope to keep it all in check and figure out how to get some excerise in that week!!!!!

I weighed in on Friday at 163.8 (I didn't get Rhett's weight this week, he has been sore again this week, being revisited by sore muscles from his fall so he stayed in bed a couple days this week).

Slowly but surely, I was complaining to Rhett that the weight should be coming off faster! He told me I was insane, that I am doing great and it's coming off a lot faster than I put it on. But it's not as fun taking it off as it was putting it on!!!!!

Going the distance

We are in the Madera/Fresno/Clovis area this weekend. My half-brother graduated from middle school in Madera on Friday. I packed my gear so I could still do my long-run on Sat, but it is easy to sleep and be a little lazy when on vacation.

Last night I used mapmyrun.com to find a route. I needed to do something since I was neglectful last weekend. I decided to extend my run to 9 miles. I mapped a course close to the "Outlaws". After mapping the run, I looked at the area I was covering and thought...holy smokes that is far. I set a mental goal of 1:25 min and came in at 1:27 something. I was doing pretty good until the 6/7 mile mark. The last two miles were a little tough so I lost some time and had to walk a couple times. The last time I ran 8 I felt better, probably because I did a little better at pre-running fuel. I weighed in at 202.8 on Friday, but don't have a scale to check where I am today. I am hoping to break the 200 mark before my trip to Spain on June 15th. I also plan to pack some gear to run in Spain. There are a couple places I would love to take a 3-5 mile run.

Good luck everyone! It is worth the hard work and sometimes pain. Stay disciplined and eat smaller meals more frequently. I am a believer, even though it seems like eating less and exercise is the trick.

It's FRIDAY!!!

It is always good news when it's Friday no matter what the weigh in! We had a good week, ran 4 days I think. It's early when we run so don't blame me if I don't remember it all the time! I can't seem to break the mark I am on. It has been holding on for month's now! I guess I'm going to have to be more disciplined with the wrong kinds of food! But over all we are feeling great and slimming down even if the weight is not coming off we can tell our clothes are fitting better!


Cameron is up two pounds 237.4


Rebecca's staying steady like forever at 162. even.


I'm going to put a before and after photo on here to show the progress.
Remember these guys WOW!

Aug 2008

End of May 2009 Getting there!

Late Again!

I'm late again, but here goes. Friday's weigh in was good
Me: 164.4
Rhett: 209 (something - he doesn't look at the point stuff he says)
Then Saturday we headed to Utah to Lagoon on Saturday and Rhett's sister's baby blessing on Sunday. It is so hard to pass on treats at those shin-digs, I didn't have any treats but I did have a frozen pink lemonade at Lagoon and it felt like I was cheating. Rhett says it wasn't, but I'm sure it had a ton of sugar in it. Rhett's brother Justin and his wife Carleen have both given up sweets too, (they haven't said for how long) and they are running every morning. Justin is doing the Bone to Back Relay the end of June.
We are registered to run a 5k on June 20th, it is at the Greenbelt, the Scenic River Classic. I haven't run much since the 5k, so it will be good to get back to it! We are both getting new running shoes, I think that will help our knees a lot! Have a great week everyone!!