Tired of Feeling Chubs

Feeling.  That's what T doesn't understand- it doesn't matter if i don't look chubs, it matters if i feel chubs. So, sadly, Monday, January 27th starts a stricter lifestyle. We'll see how stabby I get. This is probably a bad time to start as I have 4 print jobs for inviting to complete but I'm sure if I just time my snacks right, it will be fine.

After finding some Ballet Fit-ish videos on you tube and checking out the weather report for next week, the fitness portion looks like this:
M: video #1
T: videos #3 and #4
W: video #6
Th: video #5
F: Zombies, Run! 2.5 miles + Ballet Beautiful Bridge Series
S: video #2
S: Zombies, Run! 2.5 miles + BB Bridge Series

Here are the videos. We'll see how they/I do.

The dressing room has been cleaned, floor thoroughly swept, free weights found and dusted off, and I am ready for Monday.

I also made little daily health trackers, to make note of meals, water intake, fitness activities, whether I did stretching, weight and waist measurements. Because I'm crazy. If you want a copy (they print 4 cards / 8.5x11 sheet) leave a comment with your email address and I'll send the pdf to you.

As for those meals and snacks, this week I have planned:
Breakfasts
cranberry apple baked oatmeal
green smoothie (not appealing on cold mornings)
Lunches
pea soups or turkey chili from freezer
tuna sandwich (less mayo) on homemade bread
Dinners 
sesame honey chicken with rice and broccoli
...need another recipe... maybe a chicken curry, low salt
Snacks
plain air-popped popcorn
homemade chai latte with soy milk (snack)
toast slice with almond butter
diced apple with cinnamon
Drinks
water, water, water
lemon water (hot)
green tea (hot)
I hid the cocoa mix. :(

This is going to be an awful week but I need to share so that I'm more likely to stick with it. Days that I exercise, I get a heart sticker on my calendar. I want this week full of heart stickers. Need a sticker sheet for healthy eating, too. (Can't use gold stars; those indicate sales. It should go without saying that I want those every day, too.)

Improvement, but no Proof

Did the second mission in Zombies, Run! on saturday, but it would seem that I forgot to turn on my GPS tracking. : ( According to MapMyRun.com, my route was 2.48 miles, and according to ZR! my time was 28:54. Now, doing the math, that's an average pace of 11.69 minutes per mile. (Last week's was 12:20 minutes per mile.)

And the third mission on Sunday, and again the GPS didn't turn on. Really must look at my phone and find out what's going on. 2.39 miles, 27:27 (though i sat on my front lawn and listened to the music for 2 minutes or so, but since I can't be exact, we'll say 27.5 / 2.39 = 11.5 miles per minute.

These missions weren't as fun. No zombies "chased" me. 

Made some not-as-bad-for-you brownies this weekend: boxed mix (one day i will make my own brownie mix) with 1 can of black beans (rinse them, put them back in the can and top with water; mash them up real good). Takes an extra 10 minutes or so to bake, and they don't rise as much, but still, when you're craving brownies, they'll do.

Zombie Stats from the First Mission

I can't wait to see the improvement over the course of the runs:

I'm not a Runner. It's a fact.

Nor do I ever intend to be "a runner." But what I would like to do is be able to run a distance without walking/stopping/dying. You never know when the bad guys will be chasing you / when you have to chase the bad guys:

Yup, no breather breaks / time outs there.