Project 10-1

So its been a week (and a day) into Project 10 and I think I did pretty well. The hubs has stepped up his getting healthy trek in a big way and I feel like I'm almost hanging on to keep up with him. It also helps {or doesn't help} that the both of us are super competitive so we have to work on not being competitive with each other. That's mostly easy for us. This July will mark 10 years together. I think we've gotten used to each others quirks. At least I hope we have. ;-)  So here's my week in recap and some more goals.

• Food. I'm already watching calories and what I put into my body and I'm going to keep at it. I use My Fitness Pal to track my calories and exercise during the day. I recently lowered my caloric intake from 1800 a day to 1730 a day. I'm nervous about this, but I know I can stay at or under my goal.  I'm still rocking this goal. I didn't once over eat and in fact had trouble some days making it past 1400 calories.  No, I'm not starving myself. I'm full. I'm always full, but it just takes a lot less to make me full now. 
• Water. DRINK MORE OF IT! Seriously, were coffee water I'd be golden. Its not and that makes me sad. I should drink 8 cups. I average about 3. I want to get at least 4 cups of water a day in me.  I could have done better here. I am still averaging about 3 a day, but my new goal is to replace one cup of coffee with 1.5 cups of water. Hopefully this will help get my water intake up. 
• Stress. We all deal with it. There's a lot going on for us right now, but I want to do my best to manage it better. Its interfering with my sleep, and that's not good for anyone in this house.  I think I did pretty well with this goal. I didn't have any trouble falling asleep except for Sunday night, which is completely understandable. Small fry decided to try his hand at swimming when NO ONE was in the pool with him. He made it out of the water safely, but it sure did get the adrenaline going and I had a rough night because of the adventures from the day. 
• Sleep. I should not stay up until midnight or later every night. I need my sleep, especially with my increased activity during the day. I'm going to bed by 11. That needs to happen.  I rocked this. I didn't go to bed any later than 11, and even hit the hay by 10:30 one night. I definitely need to keep this goal up, because it makes things so much better on me the next day. 
• Guilt. I do not need to feel guilty about not tracking my calories one day, and I don't need to feel guilty about enjoying a glass of wine or 3 with my friends. I have educated myself enough to where I should feel comfortable having a treat every so often. I don't binge and I don't eat like crap, one treat will not undo all that I've done.  I didn't have any huge problems with this this week. I think a confidence booster definitely occurred when I cut out a dress for me for a friend's wedding in a size 22 (size 16/18 retail). I haven't done that in  god knows how long.      
• Fear. A healthy dose of fear is not bad for anyone. I wish Small Fry knew this. A healthy respect of fear would do him a world of good. However; my fear is causing me stress. I'm terrified of putting back on the weight I've lost. Its stressing me out. This is counter-productive. Stress makes me want to eat. I don't want to eat, think of the calories, so I have a cup of coffee instead. I need to not be afraid that the weight will come back. I am not going back to my old ways so the weight shouldn't come back, but I'm a worrier. I need to stop fretting.  I am still dealing with this, but its not as bad as it was last week. Like today, when I don't think I'll have time to get in a proper work out, I need to stop fretting. The entire morning I was in the kitchen cooking and prepping food for our camping trip this weekend and all of that standing and food prep does burn calories. I need to remember that. Its not like I'm sitting on my ass and eating bon-bons. I am up and I am doing stuff. It all counts.  
• Injuries. My left knee is acting up again. Of course it is. Its terrific weather outside and I want to run so why wouldn't it act up? I need to wear my brace whether I like it or not. My knee is not going to heal or be 100% but I can get it close. I just need to wear my damn brace.  I could write a lovely novel entitled, "Why I hate my knees and they hate me back." I went running (yay!) yesterday and it was glorious. I did not wear my brace, but it was ok. I only did 1.13 miles and the run felt amazing, but I did realize that for zumba I was going to NEED my brace. So I wore it, and while I'm sure it helped - by the time zumba was over, I was limping even with the brace on. I did my other workouts with the brace on, but yesterday it really hurt. I still need to improve on this one. 
• Running. Get. Back. To. It. Even if I have to walk/jog, I need to get back to running. I enjoy it, but I do not need to push myself so hard again. Remember those knees of yours? Even if I get in one run a week, I will be happy.  As I said above, I ran yesterday! I set up new goals, and I've done one run. I wanted to run today, and it may still happen but probably not. If I don't get my run today - I AM GOING TO RUN TOMORROW! I set up a goal in Nike+ to run at least twice a week. Hopefully that will get me back in my groove. 
• Weights. Add more of them. I'm a wimp. I like 2 pound weights. They're easy. I need to increase what I lift so that I can tone up my muscle more. No More Wimp!  I didn't do any weights this week, so that's a big fat failure on this goal. I need to improve.  
• 10 pounds. Lose.It. I weighed myself yesterday and I was 252 even. Wow. 2 pounds from that humongous milestone of 250. I'm in disbelief that I'm actually there. I just cut out three patterns for myself at a size 22 (for non-sewers that's like an XL in retail sizes). Did you know that last summer I was making stuff in a size 26 (2XL)? Scary what 45 pounds does for you. Imagine what 55 pounds lost will look like. :)  Well I'm down almost 5 pounds, so I'd say I'm doing pretty well on this.  I'm going to stick with my plan and by next week I should have lost my 10 pounds. I hope!

So new goals for the week. I actually think I'm going to keep my goals. I like the goals I rocked and I think they're a good thing for me to keep doing and the goals that I didn't accomplish, well you know what they say - Keep trying until you get it right. So that's what I'm going to do. This weekend may prove to be a challenge as I have already decided I'm not going to track anything, so maybe the one goal I will have for the weekend is too not gain any weight because of the camping trip. :) 

I also want to give a shout out to my girl, Sarah, who stuck to her goals this week and was rewarded for her hard work! She also shared a really yummy looking recipe for shredded buffalo chicken! Go see her and the other wonderful ladies linked up to Project 10! 

I would also like to congratulate my hubs on losing 4 pounds in 3 days! He didn't just jump back up onto the bandwagon, he tackled the freaking thing. I am so proud of him and what he's been able to accomplish and look forward to travelling with him on this journey. 

Oh and this parting gift - updated shots of me!  

So these pictures are from 2 years ago. May 18, 2010. Its not my largest, but I don't remember how big I was. I'm guessing probably 275ish.

Here are today's pictures!

 I'm afraid I do not have a future in self-portraiture, but you get the idea. Still working on that baby pouch, I know I won't get rid of it, but it doesn't have to be quite as prominent and really I just want to slim down everywhere some more. :)