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     So what has been going on since my last post?  Started going to The Rush in Asheville while I was working over there and lost almost 20 lbs thanks so my wonderful trainer and my dotfit armband (March to June).  However, I am not good with change, so when I left that job, I wasn't going (it is about 20 miles from the house) anymore.  Good news is that I didn't gain any weight while I was looking for a job...  which I was very surprised about!  I have watched my darling husband lose 45 lbs doing Tony Horton 10-Minute Trainer and now has started Insanity.  I have found a job that I absolutely love and my time is more open in the mornings, so I am going to start doing the 10-Minute trainer in the mornings before I go to work (doing all 3 workouts/per day for a 30 minute session), and on the days there is just one session, I will be doing the Zumba on the Wii.  NOW, that being said, am I going to stop going to the gym??? not at all... I am just going to have the flexibility to not think of the gym as a "have to" and as a "get to" and get to spend some time with my dear friend who started going over there... We will suffer through the Monday Zumba class together... and get to enjoy some grown up time...

     As long as I keep with the supplements N8 picked out for me, and DO NOT EAT after 10pm, I will be doing great, but that little orange monster that they used on the Weight Watchers commercials shows up at my house every night at 10pm and I am craving salty food like a crack head... it is really is pitiful... I know it is all in my head, and I just need to drink my water, and go to bed, and realize that whatever show is on is not as important as the calories I am about to mindlessly eat.  On that note, whoever gave Jeshua the box of Everlasting Gobstoppers this am, I love/hate you.  lol  This is where my inner sugar junkie has presented her ugly self today...

Philippians 1:20   "...and Christ shall be magnified in my body..."

Made Some Adjustments

So, I know it has been about a month since I have posted.  In that time, I started a new job and thought I would be able to run after work.  However, as we know our plans don't always go as we think they will.  So I knew I needed to adjust my sails.

So I knew a friend of mine when to the Rush Fitness Complex, and I was checking out their page, as well as a few other gyms in the area.  I was surprised that only the Rush responded.  So I met with them on a Thursday and joined on a Friday.  Got hooked up with a trainer, and are planning on working with her on Tues, Thursday and Saturday.  So far have done this past week, except for Thursday when we had to go to SC.  Already have next week scheduled and ready to go.  

I am super excited to reach my goal of 130 by Christmas!!!

No More Excuses!!!

I got professionally fitted for running shoes today!  It felt like Christmas, but without having to wait to open the present!!!

I have no more excuses!  I have the shoes, and I even bought some clothes to match my shoes, lol.  Foot Rx Running of Asheville gives 30 days to return the shoes if they don't fit right, so I am going to have to get all I can out of my trial period.  Can't wait to see how they do!!!

Back in the Saddle Again

After feeling like a was on the losing end of sickness this week, I finally felt similar to a person today.  It is so much easier to feel good when God gives us a beautiful sunny day.

I ran 1 min/walked 1 min out about 1 mile, then walked 2 min/ran 1 min back.  Entire Run/Walk took about 35 min.

While I feel like a champ, I don't think I was/am entirely over the crud I had/have because now as long as I don't take a deep breath, I am okay.  However if I take a deep breath, it hurts and when I very first got home, deep breaths had a funny "taste" to them.  But now as long as I talk quietly (N8 is loving that) I am good to go.

Now I know this was the second hardest run (1st being the very first run), because it is very hard to get up after a 2 week time off.

But now I'm back.... to let you know... I can really shake it down (get a good run time).  :-D

Drats, Fatman, Foiled Again

Ever feel like you are stuck in an episode of Batman, the original with Adam West?  It is hard to fight the Fatman when crazy shenanigans happen!

I had plans to work out this am and break a sweat, but when N8 went to walk the dog last night before bed, he found that the water heater had busted!!!  I can't break a sweat before church and not be able to take a shower.  The other people would not like that so much.  So I am going to have to break a sweat this afternoon.

Now to decide what to do.  It is WAY too cold to go outside, and while I love "playing" on our Wii Fit Plus, I am feeling like I need a little more.  I may look into getting Zumba for the Wii, or any of TBL workouts for the Wii.

GOAL THIS WEEK: Break a sweat everyday!!!

Resetting

All this past week I have been making excuses not making sweat.  I have no doubt that I will have a weight gain tomorrow morning.  I have run out of steam.  It started with a cloudy overcast day, then I had to stay at the house and wait for a guy to come by to give N8 a quote for something.  Strange that it JUST  now hit me, I could have worked out on the Wii, but since I couldn't run, my one track mind was my enemy, and I didn't do anything.

Since I have spent this week feeling sorry for myself and eating all kinds of junk, I know I have my work cut out for me.  Not only in my weight loss journey, but also on my 5k journey.  I have noticed how lazy I have felt, and how tired I have felt.  I even went as far today as to have popcorn/butter with Brawley today.  Good news: I have come very close this week to breaking down and having a Coke, but NO!!!  I have come so far on that one aspect, I can't lose that!

Tomorrow will be the day the Lord will make and I will rejoice and be glad in it.  That will look like a NEW start.  Morning time on the Wii, even if it is just yoga, but it must be something.  I have to channel my inner "Stella" and get my groove back!

I will remember how GREAT I felt when I was running, and being proactive on my activity level and how I feel.  I will look for and learn Scriptures that God is speaking to me about how I take care of my body!

The Goal Still Stands!!!  A slip up is not failure unless I quit and I have a "goal shirt" to get into!

It's Not Over!!!

I started a new week of my running schedule.  This week I am going 1.5 miles and walking 1 minute, running 1 minute.  It went better than I anticipated, since I was going from running 4 minutes to running 13!!!  Of course when I set out on my run today, ignorance was bliss, and I didn't know how many times I was going to be running, so it didn't freak me out.

On the route I mapped out, there was a hill that had conquered me before, and when my minute was up on that cycle I was mid-hill.  I knew if I stopped in the middle of the hill I was going to feel defeated, so I finished RUNNING up the hill!  TAKE THAT!!!

I am not sure why I have started doing this, but at the end of my run, I run around the house next to us, and come back to the house from the parking lot behind the house instead of stopping in front of the house.

Calves: not too sore, Shins: getting not too sore, and my chest has not hurt since that very first run!

Last week I went 1 mile from 19 minutes to down to 15 minutes.  While it took me 25 minutes to walk/run the 1.5 mile, I can't wait to see how long (or how much less time) it takes me to run it at the end of the week!

I just pray that I don't get overconfident and push myself into an injury.