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<\/a>\nThat poster inspires me every time I see it at the gym. Cheesy? Yes. But it’s true! No matter how much I DON’T want to workout…I feel 1000% better after I do. I had a good run on the treadmill (watching an old episode of House) and enjoyed the quietness of the mostly-empty gym. It was almost meditative being there by myself.<\/p>\n
Time: 1:05<\/strong><\/p>\n Calories Burned: 555<\/strong><\/p>\n I hurried home to shower, eat my oatmeal and head into the office. The rest of the day I felt like I was chasing my hunger though. I was hungry pretty much all morning (despite the banana, water and string cheese I snacked on).<\/p>\n QUESTION: If you’re a morning gym rat, do you find that you are chasing your hunger the rest of the day?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Now onto the big news… my January 2011 Weigh-in had me at 147.2 pounds<\/strong>. I was dreading February’s weigh-in. I KNEW I gained. I just knew <\/em>it. I felt like my stomach was bigger. I measured myself and the measurements were way off compared to last month. I was just dreading it. \ud83d\ude41 All the birthday celebrations, the food I indulged in, the serving size slip-ups, the CANDY I went nuts eating…I tallied it all in my head as a reason why I probably gained.<\/p>\n Before I stumbled to the gym in the dark this morning I stepped on the scale to see if my dread was warranted. And guess what? I WASN’T! I stood there in shock looking at the number.<\/p>\n 144.2<\/strong><\/p>\n 144.2<\/strong><\/span>? I’m really DOWN 3 whole pounds since January?<\/p>\n Holy Moly!!! I was doing a little victory dance in the bathroom (trying not to wake up Michael) and inside I was squealing! I am now 1 pound away from the LOWEST I’ve ever weighed. My goal is within reach!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n QUESTION: Have you had a surprise weight loss recently? Brag about your successes!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday I had a training for work I had to attend. It started later than my normal start time so I decided to try and workout BEFORE work this time. My alarm went off at 6am. I groaned. It was painful. Too early! Oh my god. I stumbled in the dark to get dressed and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[312,101,123,134,152,154,317,318,1197,319,1663,224,250,258,277,295,296,297,298,299,301,307],"tags":[456,2432,1862,2434,2435,8755,2433,1169,8758,8759],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weight-control1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12672"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12767,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672\/revisions\/12767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nThere are two downsides to working out in the morning before work: First, I hate getting up early. It’s a struggle. Second, I am short on time. Even with a late start at work I still had to hustle. I finished my 3 mile run and tried to squeeze in some weight training.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI was disappointed that I didn’t have more than about 25 minutes to spend on my weight lifting but I had to make a choice. Cut my run short and lift longer, or vice versa.\u00a0 Since Tuesday night I had done some weights I figured I made the right decision by getting in my full run.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI was a bit sore from last night’s session. I REALLY noticed it on the Ab Machines. Ouch. No pain no gain!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI had a good workout and discovered that working out before work meant I didn’t need coffee. Another bonus! I was wide awake.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\nFebruary Weigh In<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nI took a moment in my rush to get to the gym to savor the moment. This time last year? I weighed 159 pounds. 14.8 pounds gone. That was the 15 pounds I gained on Celexa<\/a>. I am so happy and so proud of myself for almost getting rid of those 15 pounds. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n