Diet Drama

Alright, maybe not drama, but annoyance?

This time last year I was down to my lowest weight since high school. Mr. Penguin was busy with the Army, and I was busy trying to tone up and slim down before his homecoming. I managed to go from 143 (weight the day he left) to 125 in about 3 months. I was thrilled. And then, of course, he came home and we got back into the routine of eating badly and not working out enough.  Mind you, I wasn't working out HARDCORE or anything, I did a half hour at the gym daily and was eating about the same as I am now.


With us getting married this December, I started Weight Watchers with my mum in February.  I wasn't able to go to all of the meetings and really was in a "gain/lose" game...I'd lose 1.6 one week, and gain 1.2 back... definitely not encouraging.

MP (Mr. Penguin) has been trying to workout to pass his PT test, so we have been really good about going to the gym and eating better.  In fact, since July 1, I have gone to the gym every day except for twice (being 4th of July weekend).  I've been really proud of myself, as I have been trying to do interval training. I NEVER run... like, "used to take 20 min on the mile run in gym class" never run.  I'd get out of breath after running for one minute at a 4.0 pace.  Within a week, however, I've managed to do 60/90s (60 sec jog/run/sprint, 90 sec fast walk), getting up to a 6.5 mph pace! I even did 90/120s with a 6.0 for the run!

So here I am, thinking I rock and have been doing great...and then I weigh in tonight.  Mum and I haven't gone in a month, but I've really been active and trying to lose weight...what does the scale say??? 145.2. WHAT? I GAINED 2 pounds from my february start weight. Sigh.

I'm 5 months from my wedding, 2ish months from first dress fitting and I ideally want to lose 20 pounds before the "I dos" (allowing 5 honeymoon pounds to be gained if necessary :-p)


In addition to normal blogging, this site will now become my avenue for documenting the road to success:) Yes, success. Thinking positive makes the scale go negative, right? :)