My boys...

Here is a video Jeremy published about our boys. He did it at the end of the year as a tribute to our kids.

Ack!!

I am addicted to sugar. Specifically to M&M's! I am ok if they are the fun size, but if it is a big bag which is open I am in trouble. I ate a ton of M&M's today. Great! How am I going to get ready for teh marathon and beat my sisters if I keep this up? Losing to Sam will not make me happy.

I met with a Weight Watchers friend. We spent five hours at a restaurant. I didn't eat too many chips which was great. I did enjoy my time.

Now that I confessed, I know tomorrow is a new day because I wrote it all down. that is half the battle. The M&M's are gone too. Woo hoo!! I can move on with life.

I did not run today. Mostly becasue I was gone, but I worked on other school stuff. Tomorrow I have a five miler on tap. I am looking forward to it. I hope the boys sleep a little better.

Brodie keeps taking his diaper off. I started putting him on the toilet. He thinks it is great. He claps, but doesn't go. Then he washes his hands. It is awesome!

I need to go read to get a jump on homework.

Wind Please!

Ack! The wind is a blowin' baby! I stepped out the door to gusts of winds. The main problem, when will the weather be better today? It won't. At least it is not suppose to be better. The high is 46 with rain in the future. Wind? Rain? Wind? Rain? Either way, I would probably try to talk myself out of running. I put one step in front of the other. I actually glided along through my three miles. Yeah! My work I needed to postpone from yesterday was completed this morning.

Although I love The Biggest Loser show, I think there are some things which are unrealistic. Vicki from the last season sacrificed her family and life to work out. I do not think sacrificing life in general to work out is worth it. I would not learn anything, and my kids would not know who I am when I am done. Running before the boys get up allows me the opportunity to get my run in and hang out with my family when they wake up.

Happy Friday!

Rearrangement

Evening All!

My professor for my American Film course e-mailed us today with the list of this months films. It is course 7 of 10. I checked all of the films on Netflix, and I am ready to go. The one problem, I needed Jeremy to watch two films so I can get mine by next week. My first assignment is due on Thursday. Ack! It looks like I will be watching four films in a week. I barely watch one film a month let alone four a week.

Because of this sudden change, I needed to change my running schedule. I was going to run after I put the boys to bed, but I thought maybe I should take today as a rest day. Tomorrow, I get up early and do todays run. There is no harm or foul in that as long as I git r done. I want this experience to be enjoyable and not a chore. I also like running in the morning because I get so thristy at night. I know, you are thinking excuses, excuses. We shall see.

Until tomorrow!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

The alarm went off a little too early this morning. Brodie decided he wanted to come into our room sometime around midnight-one. I ended up putting him back into bed, so I could get some sleep. Jeremy heard my alarm go off, and he told me to get out of bed. I wasn’t going to, but I didn’t have any other time. I got dressed went outside and was hit by a cold, foggy morning. I set out for a nice, cold tempo run.

For those of you who don’t know what a tempo run is a slow start and then I gradually pick up speed. It is a harder run than normal. I needed to make an adjustment to my schedule because I haven’t run in a few weeks. I struck out for an easy one mile. After my garmy beeped, I picked up the speed for the next mile. My garmy beeps at me if I go too slow or too fast. When it triple beeps, I pick up the speed for the next mile. I do this until my last mile where I cool down with a nice, easy pace. Around mile three, I decided that I needed to slow down and take a nice easy pace to round out my workout. Originally I was going to do five miles, but I have not run consistently since the marathon (Thank you finals, grades, and the holidays!). I have several weeks to build a solid base, so I am going to do a three mile tempo run this week. For my long run, I will do a five mile run. This will ease me into the training. Next weeks tempo run will be a four miler. I will be build up to my actual training start. I don’t want any injuries, and I want to enjoy it. I know what you are thinking…I need to build my mental toughness. You would be correct, but I don’t want to kill myself either. I am going to enjoy this process as much as possible!!

I weighed in today. My starting weight for this crazy adventure is 171.0. I knew I was up because I ate like a mad woman over the last few weeks. Stress, PMS, etc will do that to you. I always fall into a trap when I spend the holidays at home. I love my family, but I tend to over-eat.

Speaking of over-eating…I overate tonight. We had lots of yummy food at our house. I enjoyed every bite, but boy am I totally full. I guess when I journal what I ate, I will have to write down that I am totally and utterly stuffed. Yes, I will journal each bite because that is the only way. Without the accountability, I will not succeed. This is my life and I am totally ok with it!

Happy New Years everyone! Tomorrow or I should say today, is an easy 3 mile run. I can’t wait to start out my New Year running.