Amazing

177 this morning!

Stairway to thinner

Tonight, I did the stairs! Not just once up and once down... up one, down. Up two, down. Up three, down...etc. There are 16 stairs in all.

On the way home from a walk with the hubby and dog, I walked back doing lunges and high knees and walking backwards on my toes! Once back to the house, I decided to bump it up a bit, and did the stairs!

All hot & sweaty is what I was going for! I love the high I get from working out. Just wish I had better get up and go.

30 day challenge

I just saw and posted a pin for a 30 day ab challenge! This is totally up my alley! I'm going to start Todd in September!!

Picking up the pace

Yesterday I went for a run that was a little shorter than the full golf course. I wanted to improve my time & boy did I!!
Sunday at my dad's I paced a 15 min mile. Last night I dropped to 13.5 min mile!  I was so excited,I celebrated with pizza :(
So today I'll make up for it with walking the whole golf course instead of taking a day off.

Scale doesn't move though...better than going up

Sunny in Lancaster

Just went for a walk/run with my trusty running partner! I did better than him this time! Need to walk him more :(

Instead of running a full half mile straight, I ran when I could. My form was much better and my legs didn't cramp up. I improved my pace too! It feels good when I'm done, but its the getting up and going that is the problem.

15 min mile!  Next sat is for time, so let the training begin!

found this from 2010

I don’t remember much of my childhood. Bits and pieces come up from time to time- a lot of bad memories-which lead me to believe they are all repressed memories.

 School- I mostly don’t remember history. Some basic science, ANY English, apparently. I do remember basic math!! Definitely don’t remember much Religion! I was the ‘loser’ in school. Friends with Nicole, but she was friends with the “cool” kids. Think that may be a good reason to ignore it all…

 Why was I the one no one wanted to be friends with? I don’t remember being mean. I don’t remember anything. Shy, quiet maybe…

 -In public school I found friends with the “dorks”. Public school became social hour instead of school. Did what I had to pass-some times it came close. Had to do summer school.

 Why did I always end up with the dorks? Was I so socially inept? Did I even use that correctly?

 At home- I didn’t like going to my dad’s. None of my friends were near by and I don’t make friends well (still to this day). My dad was mean and scary! He talked bad about mom—mom and Frank always talked bad about him.
 - Frank was very strict. Asshole a lot of the time. Don’t know if we/I was really bad enough to deserve Frank’s “Assholeness”. Just remember fighting a lot and me “hating” him. Wishing mom would divorce him
 - I remember wanting to hand out with my sister and friends but I was the little sister no one wanted around. I got played with cuz they were forced or that bored. I remember fighting with my sister A LOT!
 - There was a girl in the neighborhood I was friends with but as we got older we grew apart. I didn’t wanna hang out anymore and remember being REALLY mean about it.
 - I don’t remember relationships at daycare. Just remember stabbing Valerie in the knee/leg. Valerie and I were friends when we were alone and didn’t have anyone else – but still wound up fighting.

 I feel if someone was to describe me it would be “simple minded” or “ignorant”

 Why do I always beat myself up? Why do I always beat everyone up? Well, not everyone… those I don’t look up to? Am I saying I look down on said people? Am I that shallow? Or pretentious? Correct? Conceited?

Another day, another dollar

I strained my hamstring on Monday, so I'm taking two days off to heal. Starting back up tomorrow with Elva...which will give me Friday off and run sat before spam's party.
I have been doing well with eating too. Salads every day and hardly any bread. healthy snacks throughout the day. & no late night eating!  The scale this morning said 178.2 which means something is working!

Nobody likes Mondays

Other than being Monday,I had a great day. Scrambled eggs for breakfast, hummus for snack, salad at lunch and tuna for dinner. (& a brat with no bread once I got home)

I went for a walk today with running another .5 mi of a 2.5 mi track. I'm super tired, but I made it! Tomorrow is a rest day, but I was thinking of taking the dog for a walk just to keep my muscles moving.

My scale has not been very friendly lately, but my schedule is way off... I don't go now till the afternoon :(
This morning's weight was 180

Yeah

I feel so good today. My husband, dog and I just went for a run! I had my running music to keep me going. We walked to the bike path to warm up, ran .5 miles in 6 minutes and walked home to cool down. The dog did pretty well too! we wanted to go for a swim once we got home, but the pool is not heated and way too cold.

Having dinner with dinner friends, so I'll have to watch it & not waste the run! Here's my running gear with my running partner!

Just do it

Another month has come. Let's start this one better.

Started a food journal to track and be honest about it. My routine is off & I need to know why. Smoking less to avoid the lazy. Just do it!