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Well, I just signed up for my first 5k! Woohoo!

Well, actually I have done one other 5k, but I was 10.

Anyway, the plan is to jog/walk it with my sister in-law.

3 weeks till race day! I’m excited to see where my running will be by then!

my husband called me yesterday afternoon at 3pm, telling me he got done with work early and that he would take care of dinner. Sweet!

So I get home, ravenous, and he has made bratwursts and bloody mary’s. I couldn’t help but laugh. He went grocery shopping (We are hosting a big brunch for his family this weekend) and that is what he came up with for dinner. I asked him if he had made a veggie or a salad, and he said no, that his plans were for brats and bloody mary’s. Bless his soul, I’m not usually someone who believes that we as people need partners, of our same gender or the opposite ones to make us whole, but somtimes, if my husband didn’t have someone to put vegetables on his plate, I swear he would NEVER eat them. He likes them, he just doesn’t make them. strange kid. Anyway..I ate a brat, and a bloody mary (which counts as veggies right? JUST KIDDING!) and made my self some broccoli. It didn’t even catapult me over my calorie allotment for the day (even after I had a few doritos). so while it wasn’t the best and healthies choice, I found a little bit of solace in that.

But, this got me to thinking, I love my husband more than I ever though I would love someone in my whole life, but when he cooks, I realize why I’m fat. Before I started on my weight loss/get healthy journey,  I would go whole days with out eating any vegetables, or fruit even. I’d come home from work and he would have “barbequed” which means cook steak, open a bag of chips and buy a big tub of store made potato salad. Very Healthy.

Man, making life long food changes can be rough.

On the other side of this journey, my run went really well this morning. I am still doing intervals of running and walking (does this count Ash ;)?) I  was even able to up my pace a little bit, and it made my legs feel a little bit more stretched. My mom suggested that I keep track of my miles and see how long it takes me to run places. Ie. from my house to her house (about 400 miles). I might do that in my other blog, just so it isn’t incessant on here.

Have a fabulous friday everyone!

Well, it’s almost quitting time, and I am looking forward to my run tomorrow. Easy to be motivated the night before.

I would just love to be able to run 2 miles like it’s not a big deal. I will do this.

Also, I’ve really been paying attention to my food journal, it’s amazing. yesterday I had 1000 calories before dinner, and by dinner I was starving. Today I’ve only had about 800, and i’m not nearly as hungry.  So..food choices….who would have thunk all those nutritionists were right about eating filling foods!

Thank you to everyone who helped me stay  away from the Krispy Kremes in my office yesterday! Shan…I didn’t touch the iceream when I got home, although I did have one bite of a cookie. :S

So I was feeling pretty proud of my self.

My workout on the other hand, was not so fabulous. I went to the gym, and was going to do a workout (toning) that I had printed off, and I did it, and it was not good.  It just didn’t feel like it was working my muscles as effectively, or as effectively as some of my other routines.

I know that every little bit helps, but it didn’t leave me with the same energized feeling.

this website and being accountable to you all is seriously what is getting me through not eating another donut or ten.

And all these skinny women are eating like three. I will not eat another donut, I will be strong and be proud of my self tomorrow!

No, I will not split a donut with you! Gahh…….

this is what making changes is about…actually making them.

Oh man,

The administrative assistant went out to the post office, and came back with Doughnuts!!! My biggest weakness. EVER EVER EVER.

So, I voted with myself, that it was either have one krispy kreme now, or save my daily “treat” for the low fat icecream that my lover brought home last night. Well, the donut won ( donuts over icream anyday!,hooray for processed carbs and refined sugar). SO I had one glazed donut. And now, in true refined carb fashion, it has made me want 15. Fortunately it’s 15 minutes to lunch (i guess only 8 minutes now)

So on to good protein and good carbs and veggies. And no more treats today.

only good healthy foods.

Holy crap, my legs are super freaking sore.  I’ve been doing the running program, which today was tough. I think it was mostly mental. I wasn’t having a hard time cardiovascularly at all, it was how much my calves and shins hurt. I don’t think that i have shin splints, I think my legs just have to get used to the running muscles, but I have been doing specific running stretches to alleviate this, and it’s a little bit better. I don’t want to give up, I want to be able to hop on the treadmill and run for two miles for my cardio. I think i’m going to check out a running shoe store and talk with people about the best shoe for me.

Now, back to my legs being sore, my thighs are sore from this great toning routine I’ve been doing. I printed it off of self.com I joined the month long challenge, (it’s free and painless!) and they give you some work out plans, and meal ideas. Either way the toning workout is PHENOMENAL. you can totally do it at home if you have some hand weights. No other equipment necessary.

Check it out, they are great excercises, workout multiple muscle groups, and man are they good at working them out.

So, the husband and I are heading over to his sisters for dinner tonight. I know we are having spaghetti, but i’m not sure what else.  His family is pretty bad about serving fruits and veggies at dinner. Well, his family thinks that a bowl full of iceberg lettuce is a salad.

So, I might just bring my own veggies to dinner and add them to either the sauce or the “salad.” Now I just have to keep my self to one piece of garlic bread and a tiny squre of desert.

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Well ladies and gents, today is weigh in day, and my scale has not moved. Well, I guess that last week I weight 258.8 and today it was just 258. But since  I can’t record the decimal point on here, it still makes me feel like I didn’t lose anything.

But this is typical for my weight loss pattern, stay the same or even gain weight when I first start working out, replacing fat with muscle.

But I know that right now I am not eating for weight loss. I am eating healthier, and making much better decisions, but I am not limiting my self too much.  My food journal really makes a difference.  I am aiming for 1500 to 1800 calories a day, which I feel is healthy, and much much less than I was eating before. I think I’m going to maintain that plan for another two weeks, if I don’t start seeing results, then I will make some more adjustments.

At the end of the day I just want to be healthy.

How do I make my weight graph show up in the side bar of my blogs? I love seeing everyone elses progress and sucess!

And, I’m having a huge craving for donuts now….