Today is Bradley’s birthday. It’s a tricky day because he has a love-hate relationship with his birthday. Mostly on the side of hate it can be tricky. This day, though, Jude was on day two of the stomach flu, so doing much of anything was out of the question. We did take a really interesting … [Read more…]
This break has been great for getting me back in my running shoes and out on the street. I am feeling the burn, I tell ya. I usually do not walk at all on my runs, but over this week, I’ll admit that I have walked a little. And by a little, I mean less … [Read more…]
I was feeling all in control. Psychotically in control. Remember how I wrote that article about how I wasn’t eating enough and being a weirdo? Oh my. The winds of change. I had a few glasses of gluhwein (ermehgerd so yum), a few more salty snacks than usual, a few pieces of fudge… I woke … [Read more…]
This morning I woke up and got on the scale. I was pleased to see that I’m still right around 210- I’m hitting 209-213 regularly lately- but as I stepped off the scale I just felt drained of the whole thing. There comes a point in any project that you feel done but aren’t done. … [Read more…]
Somehow my body knew I needed an extra pick-me-up today. I woke up and found out that I weigh… 213!!! Thank you, body. 🙂 We went for a run today. We did 3.1 miles as a run then walked 1.6 with the kids. Now we are prepping for tofurkey and Brussels sprouts. Yummmm! Happy Thanksgiving!
I’ve been pushing myself pretty hard for almost a year now. In that time I have been so paranoid about losing my momentum that at the most, I have allowed myself to take a 4-5 day break from working out. I am presently on day four with no running, no weights. I’m not gaining weight- … [Read more…]
YES! You have to continue to run almost every night! Yes, It is dark! Yes, it is wet! Yes, it is cold! Yes, it is late! But you made a commitment to be a fit person! You have to run! You have to put miles under your feet! You have to keep burning calories! You … [Read more…]
Yesterday I was watching my kids swim, the wind blew my skirt up and this view caught me by surprise! I can’t ever remember my legs looking like this. Even when I was a teenager and weighed 160, my legs have always run together, the space between non-existent. I can’t help but think that this … [Read more…]
Today I was all like, “Meh. Do I haaaave to run?” All day yesterday I looked at today’s run like a death march. I was just not looking forward to it. At all. I told Bradley that running was imminent tonight, though, and he wrote around 3:00 checking to make sure we were still on … [Read more…]
I watched the sky today. I watched the clouds gather, the sun peek through, the drops fall little by little. By the time I headed out to pick up my daughter from school I needed an umbrella. Rain. RAIN. Have I mentioned how much I love running in the rain?? My husband sneaked this picture … [Read more…]