lovejones596’s BodyBlog

as I deal with de flow. I started this challenge with it, and it has been 4 weeks. Glad to see I am regular. Not that you needed to know that.

I am so bloated right now. The weather is hot and humid. My toes look like sausages and all my joints feel tight. I did measure myself Friday morning  and not much change. Positive anyway.  Above and below the belly button are the same and gained 1/4 inch at the BB. I guess that is not bad considering my week and the time of the month.

This week was worse than last, not enough water, CRAVING badly and admittedly caving in. Not getting to the gym or out to run. Weather has been yucky rainy and just wasn’t in the mood to go out and be wet and cold. Never fun running in those conditions. Last time I ran, my knees hurt for about the 1st mile. Felt ok after the run but they started bothering me again about an hour after my run. I think it was a combo of the weather and age.

I haven’t really had the opportunity to go to everyones sites to see how you are doing or write anything and I am sorry. Thank you for your words of encouragement. At times I just don’t have many words. Just would rather sit and be quiet and let things move by. So sorry again. I truly hope all have had a good week defluffing, staying clean, getting some good workouts in, sticking to it. My first couple days are usually kinda funky so I am hoping by Monday I am back in the game.

I can’t believe that we only have 2 weeks left so we really need to get on the ball and finish tough!

Have a great week 5, stay cool and stay strong girls! oh and boy

Another week has gone by. This week I freelanced onsite at my old company… did the "9 to 5" thing. (I never finished at 5) I AM POOPED! How did I do it before? Workout in thw am, get home, get myself ready and the kids, pack my lunch and my girl’s food for the day…

Work was supper busy. Originally was assigned one thing then, then pulled to put out another couple of fires. Then back to the original project that needed to be fedex’d out last night. I got home late last night and still had more work to do for some other clients. Work for me lately has been in waves. Crazy busy then quiet as a mouse. The wave is in.

This week has been filled with too much coffee, mini 3 musketeers or mini snickers, belated birthday lunches, stress eating and late nights. I’m surprised that my stats aren’t higher.

Took pictures this am but not much to show so I will spare you my wrinkly gut. Went up on one and down on another and stayed the same on the third. Didn’t run as much this week due to schedule and rain. This past Wednesday it was raining out so I went to the gym to run on the treadmill… It was torture. Running in the same place the whole time. It’s a lot easier to give up on a treadmill than it is outside. Outside you need to get home! lol

1" above bb: 30.75
at bb: 31
2" below bb: 31.5
It’s raining out right now and hopefully it will clear soon. I would like to get a run in today sometime but I have a lot of work to get done.

Gotta go, need to tend to my girl. Oh yeah, today is the summer solstice so as a promotion for Jolt energy drink, they were able to change the name of Barrow Alaska to Jolt Alaska just for today. They all need the extra caffeine for 24 hours of daylight!

Here is a picture of the Mayor of Jolt, Alaska (Barrow, AK) and a sign I made for the occasion. I can now say that I designed a sign that was displayed in Alaska

Here we go. Went for a run this am. It was good. I’m sweating buckets right now.

1" above bb: 30.25
at bb: 31.25
2" below bb: 31.5

Small improvements. Note: all photos and measurements taken with stomach sucked in.

Ok, week 2 is done. I had my big cheat meal that became many… cupcake, cake, apple crisp, peanut m&ms, movie popcorn, dr. pepper, and iced skinny caramel mach… All consumed in about 2.5 hours time (I was only able to down the dr. pepper, m&ms and popcorn during a movie… indiana jones…. save your money for when it comes out as a rental)

I was planning on running yesterday but then decided to take the day off. I’m kicking myself for not running.

Today I woke up and hit the gym. Actually, I’m not sure I ever woke up. I was dragging myself through the routine. I did get through it all. I did sweat and my heart rate did increase. Worked legs and shoulders. It was an ok work out… I just wish I had more pep.

Speaking of pep. This week I have been soooo tired. Seriously! Around 9:00 am everyday my brain starts to shut off. It’s like someone in my head is turning off all the lights. I can’t concentrate! All I want to do is lie down! So, I’ve been taking a little nap after I put my girl down for hers. Boy 2 usually plays in his room or watches a pbs show. After my nap I feel refreshed. I thought working out is supposed to give me more energy! What’s the deal with that?! Is it because I’m 40?
Anyways, will post my stats tomorrow am. Once again, got busy with the kids when I got home and didn’t take pictures/measurements before I ate. If anything, I think I am about the same as last week. I did weigh myself the other day and was down 2 lbs. That’s something. Just 3 more lbs to go to hit my goal.

Still need to eat clean and keep running. I think running outside is what is helping me defluff.

That’s it for now. Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes. I truly appreciate them. Off to check out the other defluffers.

Have a great day all and stay eating clean!

OK… so today is my birthday… the big 4-0! I don’t physically feel any different but my mind is swimming with the idea that I have gotten this old. Not that 40 is old, it just seems like a blur. Last I remember I was 28 and then all of a sudden happy 40th!

I got up this morning as usual and headed to the gym. As I was getting ready I got a text message from Juls saying "get ur 40 year old butt out of bed" How nice is that to get up to. As I arrived at the gym I noticed balloons. Juls had placed balloons through out the gym. Then I heard "There she is" in a loud voice. "There’s the birthday girl!" On the front table was a cake and cupcakes. Thank you Juls
Thank goodness the gym wasn’t busy. I had a man that I did not know wish me a happy birthday and a few other members came up to me to wish me one as well. One member actually baked me an apple crisp and made me a stained glass butterfly! How nice was that! Thanks Frank!

So, trying to stay clean for most of the day since tonight I am going out with the hubby for dessert and a movie.

It’s a beautiful day today. Hope to spend some time outside.

Hope you all have a wonderful day. So far today is going great.

here is a link my friend sent me. thought it was funny.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | North Yorkshire | Mud phobia pig gets its own boots 

Here is a weeks worth of defluffing. I see a little change. Lets hope I keep it up.

1" above belly button: 30.5
at belly button: 31.75
4 fingers below bb: 32.5

Ack! It’s friday and I forgot to do my measurements before eating… woke up in a daze today. Thinking about all that needs to get done. Today is my 2nd’s 5th birthday and his party is tomorrow so I was doing my to do list. It’s a Star Wars theme. It should be fun.

Anyways, overall I’ve been doing well. Didn’t get out for a run like I hoped to yesterday and this morning I over slept. Plan on hitting the gym in 10 minutes. Have to wait for the child care to open, then off to run for 20 minutes and do legs and shoulders. Tomorrow I hope to do a long run again.

I will post my stats and photos tomorrow morning.

Hope you all have a wonderful day. Stay cool. It’s hot here and I see on the news it’s supposed to be toasty all over.

I did it! I ran 5 miles! Actually 4.9834 miles, without stopping! The longest I have run has been only 2 miles (before I got pregnant a couple of years ago I would run 3 miles) I did it decent time too… for me. It wasn’t flat either! A good 3 miles of it was a slow uphill. I made it. Let’s see if I can walk tomorrow.

All else is going well. Still eating clean… whole foods, not process. Trying to get enough water.

You all have a good day de-fluffing.

Still eating clean. Trying to get a protein in at every meal. Eating between 5 to 6 times. Last night had a get potluck with friends. Before I left for it, I was stuffing my face with chicken. I even brought it into the van with me. My husband just looked at me strange and said "I guess you won’t be eating there?" I was able to resist all the different foods and desserts that were there. I did however have a small piece of salmon. That was very tasty. I went running yesterday morning and felt good. Ran just under a 9 minute mile for 2 miles. For me that isn’t too bad since all my running has been on a treadmill… very different than running outside. On the treadmill, the ground moves for you and you just have to keep up. Outside you need to do all the work.

Hope to get outside and run again today. It’s beautiful out right now. Maybe I will take the kids to the park and run around the track there. We’ll have to see.

Hope yal are doing well and eating clean. Gotta go see how the others are doing.

Let me ’splain the logo. I was originally going to put a donut in the center but figured that I didn’t know who might have a donut hang-up… and this is about us eating clean, so I decided on an apple since the apple shaped body has a lot of "fluff" in the mid section. Hello, my name is Elisa and I am an apple…

Anyways, been eating clean for the past two days. Aunt flow has stopped by. Hopefully she will be gone in the next couple of days. On the positive note, the pictures I took are the morning she came to visit… so maybe I’m not as bloated as I thought. wishful thinking.

Hope all you fluffers are keeping it clean. Have a great day.