Thank god I actually lost weight this week.  Lost 3.0 lbs this week without working out this morning before weigh-in so life is good.  Usually I try to do a little cardio before weigh-in to optimize my experience on the scale, haha.  Unfortunately, this week I couldn’t get myself out of bed on time to make it to the gym before work.  So a great loss is an even better loss with no morning workout.  Very happy!

This week was all about the running and the double sessions.  I ended up having to take Wednesday off from working out because FedEx didn’t want to reroute my passport so I had to go to Needham directly after work.  Grr.  Gotta love Zipcar.  Anyway, I think the day of rest actually helped a little.  Not sure. 

Eating was way better this week.  Same calorie intake as most weeks but just ate less processed foods – more veggies and fruits.  

LCW last night was high intensity but the mood was really positive and I think everyone just push their limits a little.  Either that or it was the fact that Kelly pumped dance/house music the entire time and I was oblivious to everyone else in my bass beat glory!  Stupid box jumps, though.  Some of these women make it look so easy as if they have wings that lift them up ever-so gracefully.  I was half beating myself with a jump rope staring in awe.

This weekend is due to bring in an onslaught of rain.  I’m going to either have to suck it up and run in the rain or hit the treadmill.  I wanted to do a 5k in Southie before the St. Paddy’s parade but a 5k in torrential rain is just not appealing.  We shall see.

Pup sitting the Mav man on Saturday, though.  So excited.  :D  Have a great weekend everyone!

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This week was ridiculously intense yet pathetic all at once for me. I definitely fell below the yellow line at a gain of 2.8 lbs. WTF. I worked out like a maniac... crazy woman... lunatic... all week. Went to the gym 2x a day in some instances. So pissed.

Not a clue what went wrong there. And if one more person says "oh I'm sure you're just building muscle" I'm going to throw a kettleball at them. Of course I'm building muscle but I'm not exactly hitting up the protein powder.

Thursday's LCW brought on the dreaded "Stairs" routine - aka climb 20 floors of our building.  Here is my building:

FitCorp is on the second floor.  We had to 'run' to the 22nd floor (the last tippy top flippin floor).  I've done this before as part of a class for marine corps or something (OK really it's called BG Sports but seriously).  I couldn't walk for 4 days afterwards so needless to say I was a little scared.  My calves were literally twitching for an hour after LCW. I still have knots in my calves 4 days later - not exactly pleasant!

So after having a mini meltdown after Friday weigh in, I let it go for the most part. I took the day off on Saturday to play with Maverick on his first birthday, more on that later. Got back on the horse yesterday (Sunday) with a five mile run.

Run was an interesting one. Weather was ungodly gorgeous and after a mile I felt great except that I had to pee like a racehorse and apparently I had over dressed and was sweating profusely. God bless fast food restaurants. Where else can you realistically guarantee that you can use a public restroom requiring no human interaction? Don't have to say anything, buy anything just head right in. Thank you BK for saving my bladder and allowing me to continue my run. :)

Anyway, the SPECTACULAR weather this weekend was a huge mood elevator. Spent all day outside yesterday, it was glorious.  Met up with Gail and her bum knee after my run and we got some lunch and walked back to her neck of the woods for some BerryLine, YUM.  Perfect little day :)

Now if I could just be a literal loser this week rather than a figurative loser that would be great!

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