Ultra Lauren: Clean Machine

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Clean Machine

Exercise: 25 mins hiit elliptical & 15 mins strength, cleaning ;)

Today began with another 5am workout. Too bad Little Man was up an hour before that and I only got back to sleep 30 minutes before. I contemplated staying in bed but knew it was my only chance to workout so I got my lazy but out of bed.

After my workout I decided our master bath deserved a deep cleaning so I spent over an hour scrubbing every surface. I normally don't consider housework exercise but an hour of scrubbing grout left me a sweaty mess. Apparently I only burned about 300 calories. Not that 300 calories is chopped liver but the suckage that is grout scrubbing warrants at least a 500 calorie burn. Or enough to balance my 2 Buck chuck consumption tonight ;)

Yesterday I took Little Man and his buddy to The Wildlife Learning Center
And we had so much fun. We talked to macaws, pet alligators and made friends with a bald eagle. If you're in the area and haven't been I highly recommend the trip.

Have a great rest of your week!

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AnonymousMay 17, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Props to you for being so dedicated to get up at 5 am to workout!! I am always surprised by how much energy it takes to clean too!
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LaurenMay 17, 2012 at 5:40 PM
Ha thanks! Wish I didn't have to get up that early. Oh well, oneday I'll sleep again ;)
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Former Fat Girl

I've been overweight since I was about 8. I've lost weight but always gained it back, and then some. This cycle has repeated itself many times through my life. I've tried plenty of weight loss programs and fad diets and they all worked...for a while.

I think it was around 2003 when I hit my highest weight of 261 pounds. I remember seeing that number and being disgusted. It was a wake up call. So I started walking. And walking.

Later that year I started dating a boy who was training to run a marathon. I expressed interest and he told me I was too fat and out of shape to even consider running a marathon. From that point it was on. I started running little by little.

The LA marathon was my first and it took me almost 8 hours to complete. I was 241 pounds at the time. I was proud of my accomplishments but still felt I had so far to go. One day, while walking with my mom she suggested I try Lindora.

Less than a year after starting Lindora I was down to 164 pounds and within a healthy weight range for my height. But Lindora is a fairly expensive program and since I had reached a healthy weight, I just quit. And one thing leads to another and the weight starts to creep back on.

Luckily, this time it didn't all creep back because I continued to run. 4 marathons in 2 years.

Fast forward to 2009. I had gained back almost half the weight I lost then I got pregnant. Although I walked every day during my pregnancy I still managed to gain almost 40 pounds. The day before I had my son I had reached a very round 250.

And I saw this perfect little face and realized my health no longer affected only me. At 8 weeks post partum I began running again and 2 months after that I was down to my pre pregnancy weight. I continued to exercise and by January 2011 was down another 20 pounds.

In February I started weight training and tracked my calories (similar to the Weight Watchers point system.) And the weight really came off. By the beginning of May I was down to a healthy weight.

Today my weight is around 150 pounds give or take a few depending on hormones and cake cravings. But I don't eat much cake, and when I do I don't give myself a hard time I just continue to eat healthier. And I continue to run.

I run because it keeps me healthy. I run because it gives me a constant goal. I run because I love it.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Clean Machine

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