Fighting a Binge

I am fighting a binge so hard right now.  The 13 year old has been a monster today, and has very intentionally been driving me mad and now I want to eat.  I want cheese.  Fried cheese, cheese dip, cheese pizza, cheese on chips, cheese anything on top of cheese everything with a side of more cheese.

When things get hard I want to eat but I have been doing SO good lately, I just cannot.  I cannot slip.  Not this time...

My body is in One-derland!

What?  What's that?  Oh yeah.  Yeah it is.  199.7 this morning.  I could not be happier if I tried.  I got a pair of jeans via FitStudio that I am waiting on, and I happen to know they will be a little small- FOR NOW.  I went and tried on a 14 today.  I can get them buttoned, but they are way too snug.  I think in 10 lbs or so, they will fit perfectly.

Review on FitStudio/Sears freebees are coming soon.  As well as my take on the Biggest Loser fiasco, an app that we all must use, and some info on Binge Eating.  For now, I am off to the treadmill. 

Walk this way

Sometimes I wonder just how much one person can walk.  I seems like I check my Fitbit app 100 times a day just to see how many steps I have taken.  I may be getting a little obsessive about it, but if it helps me lose weight, then I am all for it.

One of the websites I joined for fun was Walkadoo.  There really is no point to it other than to encourage each other to get up and move more.  You earn points for talking to other people, encouraging them, and taking your own steps.  Each day it gives you a "card" and you must meet or exceed those steps for points.  Unlike FitStudio, these points are not really worth anything, but it is fun anyway.  You can even compete in derbies with your friends.  Again, it isn't really for anything but fun, but fun it is.

Today is a short one.  But, since you took the time to read this, I think I will give you a little more fun.  This is one of my favorites from when I was little and the catchy little song stays in my head sometimes all day long.

Land of a thousand... 5ks?

520 calories burned, 2 hours, and 5 miles.

Getting to the 100s has been a lot harder than I anticipated.  Between getting sick and the husband being home for a long weekend and bringing a thousand things of junk food in the house, I have not lost anything else.  Of course, I have not gained anything else either.  My exercise and steps were down over the weekend, but I am back and raring to go.  I managed to do a lot on the treadmill a few days ago; see the photo?  That is a lot in one session for me.  I was watching Hoarders, and decided to just keep going.  I was super happy with how my day turned out.  Today was not as good but I still logged over 10,000 steps and did 2 miles on the treadmill.  My left hamstring is bothering me again, so I decided to take it a little easier.  I am hoping I can stretch it out a little and maybe start running off and on again soon.  I would love to be able to go for more runs with the man.

For a while now I have been really attracted to the 5k distance.  It seems like just a good "race" length to start out with and I really want to start doing more races and walks and runs.  I have been super impressed with Mandy's drive to get up and move on the treadmill lately too.  Today she got on it again, on her own accord, and the next thing I know, she was almost to a 5k.  She decided that she was so close she would just keep going.  It was awesome.  Maybe I can make a runner out of her yet.  Or maybe not, but either way, I am glad to see she is working on it.
I would love to do the Gritty Goddess run in Galveston later this year, as well as the Renaissance Run, and the PCOS walk/run again, but I would love to RUN it this time, or at least walk it much much faster.  I must start looking for things to walk and run for soon. 

We went and picked up my first freebee from FitStudio this last weekend as well.  I totally love my pants.  In a day or two I will take a photo and do a review on them.  I do wish they had an XL, but the L fits okay, if a little snug in the waist.  More on that later.  Mandy has ordered her first freebee too, and I cannot wait to go pick it up.  My next one will be amazing- I already have my eye on it and I am already half way to the points I need.

Nothing much new going on around here otherwise.  I am just getting ready for a few work things.  Aside from that, just trucking along.