Half Way Mark

I am half way through my weight loss training plans so I thought I would give y'all an update.

Found this Nature Tracker while I was running and convinced her to pace me! It wasn't too hard she wanted to stay in front.

As a quick reminder here were my original plans:
The Plan:
Monday Tuesdays- Rest days
Wednesday, Friday, Sunday- Run with the app
Thursdays- Boot camp at the gym
Saturday- Long Trail run.

How it is going:

My first long run.  I hadn't been on Halo trail since I was ~5months pregnant!

So far using Red Rock Apps to run has been huge in motivating me. I feel like I can breath again while exercising and my weekly mileage is up. Where I am not doing so well is my Thursday night workouts and Long runs. The Thursday workouts are hard and I excused myself the first time because it was Christmas day. I have also missed 2 long runs now because of driving too and from San Diego over Christmas. So while I am behind I am still plugging away.

Half of a bootcamp workout.  Blurgh!

Boot camp class was small so I got to
pick my own partner!

Moving Forward: I skipped my Monday Tuesday rest days this week so that I could catch up a bit on the workouts I missed over Christmas and I will also have time to do an extra long run this weekend. I will take one day off next week instead of two so that I can get an extra bootcamp class in. I am plugging away and thoroughly enjoying it.


How I feel: AWESOME! I no longer fit in any of my

Mommy and me Yoga
(this was before I started this journey but I loved
it so I wanted to fit a pic in somewhere!)

maternity clothes which feels freaking AMAZING! I am in an old pair of jeans and can zip up my coat now without breathing in. Not sure how much I have actually lost weight wise. I am not dieting/checking my weight on purpose because I am still exclusively breastfeeding Sagan, I don't want to risk my milk supply by reducing my caloric intake. Instead I have upped my protein intake and am choosing to eat healthier foods and chocolate.


Highlight:  I have to say that the best moment of this entire adventure so far has been when my friend Nadine told me that she downloaded the same app and had just picked up a treadmill. Ya know that whole imitation/flattery thing. I am so excited for her too!

Little blustery family hike while Dad is running.