Recap time

So 100 days have come and gone, and I am going to bust out some results.
And I am going to be totally honest. I wasn't sure if I wanted to disclose real numbers, but it didn't feel right to leave you all hanging.

By the way I am 5'2" so if you are reading this and thinking that I am way heavier/lighter than you, first stop comparing, and 2 I am really short.

Before I started this challenge I was weighing in at 150lbs. Before I started the 1st challenge I was at 150lbs too, so I all of my work from round 1 was wasted. This put me in the overweight range in BMI (27.2). I also had a body fat of around 33.5% which is slightly too high according to the interwebs.

For my inches I was around 11.5 on my arms, 37-30-37 for the standard chest, waist, and hips. And I can't remember what my thighs were, but they weren't my major issue. These were taken back in September, so I was actually probably heavier in January/May. Oh and I had no muscles whatsoever. Squishy all over the place.

And as much as I hate this picture...here is me in NYC at the beginning of May,

Before

No I wasn't grossly obese or anything, just a little bit chunkier than I would prefer. It was really hard to find a picture that I am not being ridiculous in. 

So the Challenge started on June 24th.

Out of my 100 days-
23/100 days I got no exercise.
36/100 I got intense exercise
the rest was low-moderate exercise (walking/yoga)

Food wise, I did really well with eating healthy. I have started making healthier choices without even thinking about it. Like for instance, Mike and I went out for supper last friday and I got salad even though it was a cheat day. I also got a pulled pork sandwich thinking it was healthier than ribs, I was mistaken, but I only ate half. There has been very few drinks, and no late night pizzas/poutines. I think I followed the 85/15% split for food pretty well, so much better than last challenge.

So for the results:

I was able to run(/jog/walk) a 5 km in 35 (ish) minutes! 

I go to the gym 3/4 times a week! Even 5 legit times one!

I ran around the city for 6 hours on day 50 for city chase!

I pack a healthy lunch and snacks everyday for work and most of my suppers are healthy too!

I have learned a lot about METs, and "Cutting the Crap"

I have muscles from all that body pump!!! 

I lost 10 pounds, and have consistently kept the weight off!

Tadddaaaa!!

Physically, I am really proud of my arms and shoulders, they are actually getting some definition. And my butt is definitely loving all the lunges (eek am I allowed to say that on the interwebs!!) I am also more flexible from yoga, and this is coming from the least flexible person in the world.

So for the numbers, I am down to 140 and have been consistently around there for the past month. I really want to get to 130. I just took my measurements and I am about the same as before, with 2" off my waist.  I think something must be wrong with my measurements, because I am about 1 dress size smaller than in May and to me that is a true value in workouts.  My BMI is 25.6, which is just slightly above the healthy weight range (25 is the top limit), and my body fat percent is 30% which is in the healthy range for a women (according to the interwebs, I could be wrong.)

Oh and on top of all that the Boyfriend has also lost 10 pounds, goes to the gym almost everyday, doesn't drink pop anymore, and his snacks are now healthy. He also can cook some pretty delicious food! If I have been his "motivation" (read pest) about eating healthy, he has been mine for actually going to the gym. Yay
gym buddies!

Overall I would give myself a A-. I didn't get my weight loss results I wanted (even after two 100 day tries), but I really have changed my lifestyle. I like exercise, and skipping the gym feels weird. I also like eating healthy most days!

The most important thing that I have taken from this, is that it is ok to cheat once and a while, it is the long term dedication to the goal that is more important!

So this ends my totally typical weight loss/get healthy challenge. To my loyal readers, thanks for checking out my progress, and supporting me along the way! If you too are doing your own "challenge" then all the best! Please keep following my progress to my goal weight/healthy food/fitness stuff over on my other blog:
The Pink Hard Hat!

DAY 100! Run for the Cure

Day 100/100!

So today I woke up around 8:00 for RUN FOR THE CURE!! The Run for the cure is important to me because my Nanna did have breast cancer many years ago, but she kicked cancer's butt, so today I was definitely thinking about her!

In addition to that, for a fitness challenge I picked this as my 5k goal about 6 months ago, because I wasn't sure where I would be living now, and wanted to pick an event that was available in multiple cities. I also wanted to do 50 pushups and 100 situps. I should try that out at the gym to see how that goes! In June I revised my goal from 25 minutes for the 5km run, to 35 minutes after talking some legit runners.

When I woke up and looked outside and it was practically snowing. Ok it was actually raining and 5 degrees, but still significantly cold considering last weekend was 20 degrees and sunny. Not that I minded because I like running in slightly cold weather and rain is always fun.

I got my sweet runner outfit on, leggings, gym shorts, multiple shirt layers, and a hat. Pretty styling indeed.
Totally meant to take a picture but I got distracted by the the event.

Mike and I got to the run, picked up our shirts, and had a sweet warm up with the CIBC crew. Before we knew it, it was time to start. We joined the 20,000 (!) people walking and running, and we started off.

More people than my home town doing the Run!

Now time for the run breakdown.

I was pretty sure I wasn't going to do this run in 35 minutes. Last time I tried to do a 5km I walked most of it and it took me 45-50 minutes.

So we (Mike and I) started off at a slow pace because of the 7000ish people ahead of us. Mike started his timer on his cellphone when we started because we were later than the main pack. After the crowd started to thin out, we picked up the pace. 1km was no problem, but the 2 km mark was tough. I started breathing heavily and my calfs were not doing so well.

So at around the 2.5 km mark I had to stop and walk. Boo. I walked until the 3 km mark, ran a little bit more, then walked to the 4 km mark. I really wanted to run the last km non stop. Just before we got to the 4 km mark I wondered outloud (to Mike) how close I was to the 35 minute mark. He looked at his phone, and all he said..."ooo it is going to be close" and that was all I needed.

I started running, as much as I could and I kept up a really good pace until we were rounding the corner to the finish line. The finish line was smaller than the main road so we had a major traffic jam so we stopped running about 100 m before the actual stop point.

Then I asked what our time was:

35 minutes, 50 seconds!!

That 50 seconds could have totally be accounted for by the slow start. So I consider that a goal that was met!

WHAT!!!! Yes I was that shocked. I thought because I walked so much I wasn't going to make it, but I think I jog at a really high pace when I do, so it makes up for the walking. My calves were pretty sore the rest of the day, but nothing major. Mike and I are already planning doing a 10 km in May, but that is a while from now!

The best part was about getting up and finishing a major goal by 12, was that I had a significantly productive day following it!

I am going to do a totally typical recap tomorrow of the whole 100 day challenge, but it is getting late, and I have to pack my gym bag for tomorrow!