Quick Update!

Hi all,

I've been completely swamped with classes, work, and schoolwork for the last 2 weeks! But here's a quick catch-up on my weight loss/PKU journey!

I am down to 168 pounds, which is 17 down from my starting weight! I am FINALLY beginning to see and feel a difference in my clothes, and it is so exciting! However, it is not exciting that now all of my hoodies/zip up sweatshirts are now massively too big for me :/ My husband told me that as a reward for all my hard work, when I'm ready he will take me shopping for new jeans!! That won't be for quite awhile (my waistline/stomach is where all my fat goes to so I haven't seen too much of a difference there yet), but an exciting prospect nonetheless!

I sent in a Phe level last week and was actually happy with the 6.8 mg/dl result I got, mainly because I was low on my calories for that week, so I expected it to be higher. My dietician didn't seem as pleased, lol. Don't get me wrong she's amazing and she even said she knows all of this is easier said than done, but reminded me that she thinks it's best if I get in 1200 calories a day.

I skipped out on sending a level this week because school was stressing me out so much that I didn't have time to worry about how many calories I was or WASN'T eating. Next week I'll send another. I'm hoping to be to at least 20 pounds lost by the end of September. That would put me at 20 pounds lost in 4 months, which is close to what it should be (24 pounds) based on the myFitness Pal plan. I'll be proud of that anyways though :)

Happy First Day of Fall!!

Update

Well, I'm back in school and I have had ZERO time to run recently. I'm really going to try and go out today though, because it's a beautiful fall day.

I weighed myself yesterday and I'm down to 169!! I'm so happy to be out of the 170's, they seemed to drag on and on forever. So 16 pounds lost now.

I sent in a Phe level today to my PKU clinic. I'm not optimistic about the results because I've been under my calories for most of the week. Being catabolic to begin with, those days are not going to help my levels at all. I'm hoping it's not higher than an 8.

Everyone have a great weekend!

Week 3 Day 2 C25K

Like I said, I went out for Day 2 of Week 3 today. It was so much better and easier than the first day!

I peeked at Week 4, and I'm terrified. I'm going to do Day 3 of Week 3 either tomorrow or Sunday, most likely!!

On the PKU front, I'm going to start sending in weekly levels. I don't think that they will change because I totally think Nikki (my dietician) is right, that I'm catabolic (not eating enough calories for how much I weigh) because I'm trying to lose weight. So until I start eating the calorie amount to at least maintain my weight (1,870 vs the 1,200 I'm eating now), I don't think my levels are going to go down to where I want them. I guess we'll see though, you never know.

During the month of September, I've decided to challenge myself to drink only water. I am doing great so far. I just wanted a unique challenge for my Mission 101 and since I've been doing so well with my weight loss, I decided that September would be the month to accomplish another goal!

Have a great weekend!

Pleasant Surprise and Week 3 Day 1 C25K

Wednesday I decided to stop procrastinating weighing myself after vacation and finally got on the scale. I was definitely expecting a small gain. Imagine my surprise when I saw that I actually lost another two pounds!!

I am now down to 170 and that means I've lost 15 pounds!! 

I am so so excited!! I can hardly believe that I didn't gain weight. I know that we did a lot of walking but I mean I also ate more than normal, although I do have to say I didn't go crazy with eating like I normally would on a vacation.

On Wednesday I got back to my C25K and did Week 3 Day 1. Man, it was ROUGH. You did the 5 minute warm up, then alternated run 3 minutes, walk 3 minutes, run 90 seconds, walk 90 seconds. On the 3 minute running circuits I thought I was going to die, but I made it through! Anything is better than nothing at all, right?

I'm about to go out later and do Week 3 Day 2, so I will let you know how that goes!

Have a great weekend everyone!