Junk

Does anyone else have a "junk room"? Unfortunately I do. This room started out being a guest room. From time to time, things that have no "place" get thrown into this room on the bed. Then there are the things that we plan to give to Goodwill that get put on the floor and then before we know it the room is a disaster area. In anticipation of guests, I usually go in there and spend the whole day pilfering through the mess until finally it is cleaned up. That is what I have done today and I'm still not finished. I decided to take a break and blog. I am not expecting overnight guests anytime soon but there is another reason this room gets cleaned. When fall comes, I pull out all my fall decorations and they are in the closet in this room. I have to clean the room in order to get them out :-). Needless to say, I am exhausted. BUT, I get to start decorating for fall!

I ran three times this week which is better than I have been doing. I would have done even more this weekend but my gym was closed so that new flooring could be installed. When we went to the grocery store after church this morning we tried to keep temptation foods out of the basket and I think we did pretty good. I also haven't had any Little Debbie binges in awhile so that has helped as well. I did catch a glimpse of the orange Halloween Oreos. We all know I have issues with those! I will save buying those for when I really do deserve a treat.

Have a great week!

New Kicks

My New Kicks! Brooks Ghost 4!

I'm feeling more focused these days! Well, it really started yesterday. I finally got back on the road and back to running. My birthday was a few weeks ago and I told Danny that I wanted new running shoes. On Saturday, we headed on down to the Athlete's Foot to get my new shoes. I LOVE BROOKS RUNNING SHOES! These are my all time favorite shoes to run in. My past few pair have been Brooks. I absolutely love my new shoes and can't wait to get some more miles on them.

I was out of pocket for about a week because I did have my "tubes tied". Ultimately it was a really good decision since we can't afford to have any more children but it did keep me off the road for a little over a week. All better now though!

Theresa, me, Kay and Marti

me and Kay with our new tempos!

So my shoes started to get me focused but then I went to eat dinner with my running girls last night and that really got me focused. I love these girls even though they are all WAY faster than me! We have so much fun remembering races we have done over the last 8 years and then getting pumped up for races we are going to do. I had a list of races last night that went into November and we sat and tried to figure out which ones we wanted to do and who could do what race. LOVE EVERY MINUTE! We always have such a good time and I am so glad that they are in my life. Theresa won't be going to Savannah with us so we will miss her!
We were celebrating my birthday and Kay's birthday. Marti got us some new Nike Tempo shorts. I can't wait to try mine out because they have built in compression shorts so my thighs won't chaffe! Who wouldn't be excited about that?? I will let you know how they work out. I am back on the road this afternoon for a "quick" 4 miler! See you on the road!

It's Been Awhile

So it has been awhile since I have posted but things have been crazy around here! First of all, the kids started school. They LOVE it! We are now on a regular schedule and things could not be better with them. Mindy and I were in a wedding. She made a gorgeous flower girl and she was so excited to do it.

We have had a lot of changes around here as well. Mindy has decided she wants to take a year off from everything. She quit gymnastics so there is no dance, no gymnastics, no karate, nothing. Oddly enough, I still feel like there aren't enough hours in the day.

My dieting is not going well at all. My running is not going well it all. Actually it is getting to the point where I should probably rename my blog :-) . There are a few things going on in my life that have caused this. Next week, I am going to have my tubes tied. That might be too much information for some of you but sorry! Danny and I have decided that two is all we want and need. Frankly we can't afford any more children and we are happy with the two we have of course. We have one of each so we aren't wandering what it would be like if we had a girl or had a boy. So since, I am having that surgery next week, I have put my training on hold. The surgery is costing a great deal of money so there is a slight chance that we may cancel our trip to Savannah, hence, there would be no half marathon. Part of me is devastated by this decision because I really would like to do the race and I love Savannah. The other part of me is sort of excited about the fact that I could do whatever I wanted to exercise. I have a friend at work that lives close to me and we are talking about walking together at night in her neighborhood. There is a ZUMBA class at the new gym I am going to and a muscle flex class and a spin class. These are all options I don't have when I am in training. We haven't made any definite decisions yet but I will keep you posted!

We are headed to St. Augustine and Jacksonville tonight for a family reunion weekend! Seafood, here I come!

Pet Peeves

My best friend recently did a couple of blog posts that included pet peeves of hers. Tonight I am going to mention two pet peeves of mine that occur when I am running/walking.

Pet Peeve #1
I can't stand it when my shorts ride up while I am running/walking. WHY MUST THIS OCCUR? Oh yes, I remember. It is because my thighs rub together. Ugh! I have tried many things including using body glide on my inner thighs. It doesn't seem to work as well as I need it to. My friend swears by her lycra running shorts that she wears under her tempos. This garment of clothing might be known to some of us as "bicycle shorts". I have tried this one time but it was a few years ago and I honestly can't remember if I liked it or not. I think I will try it soon and see how it goes. In the meantime, the only thing I can find that DOES work is wearing pants or capris.

Pet Peeve #2
PUNKS! I can't stand it when I am totally in the zone running or even walking, listening to my music and some punk drives by in his nasty car and hoots and hollers at me or other people. Can you be any more disgusting? Is it necessary? All it does is make the person that you are yelling at uncomfortable! The other thing that is annoying about this is that you have no time to properly react to the person doing it. By the time your mind puts it all together the person is further down the road laughing like a hyena thinking they are so clever. SO ANNOYING!!

Ok, I feel better now. Have a great day!

A Slight Adjustment

Last night, I did one of my favorite 5K's. While most races are first thing in the morning, this one is the last thing you do in a full day. It is called the Midnight Run and the name explains it all. It is actually quite a distance for me to travel as it is in Cullman but I love it! I always do this race with one of my favorite friends, Marti. Marti is one of my friends that is doing Savannah with me. I had a great time but a horrible race time.

This race really made me remember that I have got to get on the ball with my training. I was doing good and then took a week off. I will jump back in tomorrow. I joined a new gym since Planet Fitness might be back at the end of the year and I just can't wait that long. I am pretty excited about this gym because it has classes and it has a child care area. The kids love it! So I am going to go for the first time tomorrow and get adjusted to a new place.

Since I was thinking about running it made me think about my weight loss and how slow this process is going. I am going to the doctor in a week and I am going to ask her about it and see if there is something I can do besides what I have already been doing. I think for now I am going to back off the weight loss a little. That doesn't mean I am going to forget about it, it just means that I won't be so aggressive. I think I tried to take on too much at one time and since the race is in November I think I need to really concentrate more on the running. I hope that maybe the weight loss might take care of itself a little with all the running I will be doing.
So I have a slight adjustment in my plans but I think it will be a good thing.

Getting Back on the Wagon

It sounds easy doesn't it? Oh, but it is so hard. I fell off. It happens. But now, I have got to hoist myself back on that wagon. Why is it so hard to make good decisions? I still get hung up on the whole reward thing. I LOVE to reward myself but with things that aren't necessarily good for me.

I got my new WW magazine in the mail today and one of the advertisements is, of course, for WW. It says "When it clicked for me" and then tells you how that person does it (in a short advertisement way).

I want to know when it will click for me. When will I decide that it has to be done? I have pictures of me when I was smaller and healthier and I have tried the whole posting them up so that I would make better decisions so I could get back to that size. I was in a wedding on Saturday and I had wanted to lose weight for it so for the last 4 months, I had little signs everywhere that said "August 6th" so I would make better decisions. It didn't help. Sure I saw the signs and I did think about it but I still went for the little debbie cake or the potato chips. And guess what? I was the same size 4 months ago that I was on Saturday.

I was talking to a co-worker today and she told me I needed to plan each day out but I have tried to do that as well and I end up talking myself back into my old habits. I am my own saboteur! I continue to sabotage myself over and over and I would love to know when I will kick myself in the butt and say "Enough already!"

What do I do? I have been reading a few other WW member blogs and they have all read these different self help books but I have never really been one to read those sorts of things so I'm just not sure. Any ideas??

In the meantime, I am going to get up in the morning and take it one day at a time. I have to get back on track, literally. I am glad that the wedding is over. It was such a great and happy day for my friend. Mindy was thrilled because she got to be a flower girl and I hopefully have been a bridesmaid for the last time in my life! So tomorrow is a new day and I will get there. Right?

What's Up?

It has been a few days. Ideally I would like to post every day or at least every other day but we are crazy busy at work and at home. Since Sunday, I have done 7 miles, 2 on Monday and 5 yesterday. I was supposed to do 2 miles today but wasn't feeling well this morning so I pushed it back. On the schedule I am supposed to do 5 miles tomorrow morning and I hope I make that happen. I am a little worried about time though because Mason starts PRESCHOOL at my school tomorrow!! I also have to drop Mindy off at a friends house for the day so my morning is busy and I need to be on schedule. So, I will try to do the 5 but if not then I will do the 2 I was supposed to do today. I have to do 7 miles on Saturday or Sunday and I am thinking it will be Sunday since I have a wedding on Saturday. Ugh! Busy, busy, busy!

I still haven't eaten any fast food which means I have gone almost a week without it. I even went through a drive thru today but I only got something to drink. All week, my friends at work have been going out to lunch everyday and I have stayed behind and eaten something from home. That is the hard part about trying to be healthier. I want to go with them to be social and I really enjoy their company. But I know myself. I know I would not order a salad or something healthy. Isn't it sad when you can't trust yourself? That is why I am trying to take it one step at a time. First, give up fast food for awhile then slowly I can introduce the healthy fast food back into my life....maybe.

On Sunday I talked about Gu. I went to Academy today to pick some up and they had some yummy flavors. I got Strawberry Banana, Vanilla Bean and Tri Berry. There are other flavors like mocha and chocolate but those things don't sound good to me when I am running. I need something fruity. I have never trained with Gu but I always partake of the free Gu that they give you around mile 7 at the half marathons. Maybe if I actually train with it, it will make things a little easier.

I am not looking forward to weighing in tomorrow night. I don't really understand why I am not losing weight. I have really been paying attetion to what I am eating. I am running my butt off but I continue to wrestle with the same two pounds. Two pounds forward, two pounds back. Over and over again. I do realize that since I am running I am turning some of that fat to muscle and I also realize that if I am running 5 miles or 7 miles in a day my appetite is larger but COME ON!

I will do my best to post tomorrow night after WW. Mindy starts school on Friday so I know tomorrow night after WW we will be getting her clothes and backpack ready and packing her lunch. I may be totally passed out by the time tomorrow is done.