10 week challenge

Today is the beginning of my 10 week challenge to get bikini ready for our trip to DR. I am wanting to eat right now and I know that I am really not even hungry so I decided to blog instead :)

I woke up nice and early this morning and headed to bootcamp. Something was said at this class this morning that made me really think that the bootcamp as I knew it was coming to an end. Sure enough we had an e-mail today saying that someone was taking over the lease. What that means is that a new location has to be found (which may have already happened), some classes may be affected (i hope it isn't the early morning classes) and I know that i need to meet with J to discuss the amount of money that I have put out for my unlimited yearly membership. I am going to do my best to not pay the amount that I was going to since things have changed.

My food intake for today:

Breakfast: go lean crunch with greek yogurt, a bit of honey and 1/2 banana

Lunch: chili with 2 ryvita crackers

snack: almonds and an orange
kashi bar

supper: tilapia, salad, sweet potato and an apple

snack: my oatmeal fave ;)

Tomorrow if the snow has not started by the time I get up I will hit the roads and try to get a 4K run in. I need to get more strict with my running again as I want to run a 1/2 marathon in May.

I will stay OP for the rest of the day. Bikini body does not happen with overeating and binges!!!!

January is almost done

so with a new month coming on us i am challenging myself to do some form of activity every day in feb, to track everyday, no binges and to go to weekly wi's. if i do this i will reward myself with something, not quite sure what it will be but it will be something nice. another challenge i have going on will be the 10 weeks to punta cana challenge :) i am also trying to get going on the training for my next half marathon in may but being sick right now has slowed it down a bit. i will go to bootcamp tomorrow morning and then run tues, wed, and thrus morning and do some form of activity on friday. i need to make sure that i workout!!!!

i made an awesome big pot of chili yesterday. things that made it awesome were the 1/2 tsp of cayene pepper which gave it spice and some cocoa powder (i added cinnamon too and lots of chili powder which i have been doing lately). i have another soup that i will make either today or tomorrow.

we are going to try and book our trip today. very excited about this :)

well i should go tackle the mountain of lanundry in the laundry room. so much for the deep clean of the house this week. being sick really has taken so much out of me :(

still sick...

I haven't been sick in a long time so I am having a hard time with this...I HATE BEING SICK. I am hoping to feel somewhat better tomorrow so I can go for my run. I may just suck it up and go anyways but take it easy.

I just finished making a big pot of chili and will be heading to the grocery store in a bit to buy a few ingredients to make the maui black bean soup for the eat-clean diet cookbook. I am so into soups/chili for my lunches right now that I want to have lots available to me :) It really does make things so much easier when packing my cooler for work and for when I am home for lunch.

10 weeks tomorrow and we will be going on our much deserved vacation. I am so looking forward to it.

So I went to WW this morning and am down 5.2 lbs :) ***doing a happy dance*** still have a bout 18 lbs to go to be back at my happy weight. I am going to work hard to have that off by the time we go away. I did not have a 100% week when it comes to eating and exercise so I will step it up this week provided I don't feel worse with this cold.

will be checking in later. have a great saturday.

Sick...

I have a 50 lb head right now :( I really don't do sick well. I think it is because I get worse each day for a few days and then it peaks and then slowly goes away. I usually have my cold and am well aware of it for at least 1 week. I am hoping that tomorrow I may be feeling a bit better...if today is the peak so that I will have a great run. I am a little nervous because of the knee pain yesterday but I am going to try for 7K either tomorrow or sunday, depends on what the weather is doing in the moring when i get up.

We were a bit busy last night but at least the night went by pretty fast. I am probably going to make sure I have all 5 days off...no OT if they call (well that will depend on how I feel). I really do need to get some OT in the next few weeks so help pay for our trip in April. I am pretty sure we are leaning towards Punta Cana :) I really need to get my body in bikin shape.

Speaking of bikini shape, I weighed myself when i got up this morning and am happy to report the scale is moving in the right direction. I just need to make sure that I don't eat to much tonight. To be honest I don't have much of an appetite. I think my snack tonight will be either apple and PB or banana and PB with my diet coke. I want to rock it on the scale tomorrow. I will let you all know how I do.

Well I should sign off for now. Have to take C to hockey practice and go to the grocery store.
I may take a pic of my supper tonight and post it.

:( getting sick and knee pain

Last night I went for supper at milestones with some girls from work. A yummy drink may have been consumed ;)

the ultimate belinni :)

My meal was pretty great too. It was grape tomatoes, garlic and basil sauted in some olive oil and topped with spinach and goatcheese and some brown rice spaghetinni.

very yummy

I clearly need to practice more with my camera to get great pics of my food and drinks :)

I am getting a cold and not too happy about it. I have had a scratchy throat the last couple of days and today my nose is stuffy and I feel sinus pressure happening. The thing with me and colds is they build up each day until I feel miserable for a couple of days and then I start getting better. I am working nights tonight so I am sure that I will get worse throughout the night.

I went for a 4K run today. I am still really sore from my bootcamp workout on monday and of course because of muscles are feeling so tight I did have some knee pain. The good thing is I go to physio tomorrow after work so I will be able to tell her about this and see what i can do to avoid this happening again. i know that I should have done some weight training at the gym last week since I couldn't go to bootcamp but I didn't so my muscles were a bit out of practice for the bootcamp session on monday :( I really hope to be able to run pain free this weekend. Not sure if sat or sun will be my long run. If I get up on sat and it is nice out I will take advantage of the nice weather and do it then since the weather seems to change from day to day.

This weekend is the first weekend I have had off in a while and I am going to use it to do some deep cleaning of this house. It really needs it. I feel like I am living in a pig pen and I really need to do something about it!!!!

Going to try and nap soon. Have a great afternoon.

Motivation is increasing

and i really hope that it stays that way. i have been having such a hard time with my journey to a healthy life as anyone who read this blog would know by now. i went to bootcamp monday morning and someone there seems to be having an issue to with staying on the healthy eating path. it really should not be as hard as it is but for some reason it is. for myself i think that i eat like that to not do other things that i need to do, like clean my house ;) yesterday when i went to work i felt like crap because of the way i had eaten monday evening. something that kept me going though was the muscle pain i was having. it is a good pain because it means i worked hard at bootcamp. i would and should have gone today but i am still quite sore. no more excuses though. we are coming up on a new month, which i really can't believe, so i am done with excuses. i am going to get my rockin' body back and make it even more awesome!!!!! eating healthy is one of the keys to my happiness and if i get that right then other things fall into place. i will stop hurting myself and focus on becoming as healthy as i can.

tonight i am going out to milestones for supper with some girls from work. i am looking forward to a night out with the girls. i have an idea of what i am going to get and am hoping that it is big enough portion that i will be able to take some with me to work.

well i better get my butt in gear. need to find a top for tonight at the mall and then i have an appt at 2.

i will try and get some pics from tonight.

Day 2

So this was my 2nd day of getting back OP. i did ok but when I got home I wanted a treat. i used about 9 of my flex pts. I probably won't end up using all of them so if I under estimated I am ok with that.

Tomorrow i am excited about going to bootcamp. I think it has been 2 weeks since I have been. I know it will be tough but i am looking forward to it.

Have a great night.

Day is almost done...

and I am finding that I could just eat and eat right now but I won't. This is the time and the thoughts that I have that lead to me binging. I am going to beat this thing.

I had a great snack just now...banana softserve with some peanut butter and a few 71% chocolate chips. Such a yummy and satisfying snack and by satisfying I mean the sweet tooth that I have. Lunch was a chicken wrap with some stir fried veggies and goat cheese and an orange. supper was chili over 1/4 of a lg sweet potato and apple. I have a pretty good idea of what I am going to take for foods tomorrow as I am working.

As far as exercis goes I will be having a rest day. Having a rest day after a long run is going to be my new thing. I helps when I am working days the next day since I really don't want to get up early and venture out in the cold ;)

Have a great night everyone.

Something else that I struggle with too is wanting to see immediate results. I have to remember that each day that I stay OP the closer I am to getting this weight off.

What I learned today

Is that I need to make this a lifestyle change and not slip back to my old ways. I did go back to WW today. Not to happy with what the scale said but not surprised either. My run this morning was a good reality check too. I felt like I had an extra 20 lbs on my body while running. My butt and legs felt very heavy. I am happy with myself though that I went out in the cold and run 7K :) I am happy too that I went to WW'ers and stepped on that scale. I bought another new tracker and hope to be at my happy weight when I am done the 3 months in that tracker. clean eating and counting pts is the way to go and it makes me feel so much better. I am the only one that can do this. I must admit that last night I ate a lot because I knew I was going to get back on track today...not the healthiest thing to do I know but I did it and now to move on. I am in need of healthy evening snacks that are yummy. I am going to avoid the oatmeal treat as I find I over indulge in that snack, especially when adding peanut butter to it.

I will be posting my daily menu and pt values. I will hopefully be able to post some pics along with the foods to make it a bit more interesting. I did not get a picture of what I ate this morning but I had 1/2 c greek yogurt, with 1/2 banana, 1/2 tsp honey and 1/2 c go lean crunch. I really need to get another battery for my points calculator as mine is not working right now and I really would like to have it.

I am going to get this extra weight off and keep it off this time. I think I really just lost focused and had people tell me I was to thin. i was happy and in the best shape I have ever been in and I need to shut those voices out if I hear them again.

My big issue that even when I was at my happy weight was the binge eating. This has got to STOP. It is so not healthy and I want to be as healthy as possible. I know it will be a struggle but i will beat it.

Reality Check

will be happening tomorrow. I am going to just suck it up and go to get weighed at WW'ers. I keep putting it off telling myself that I will wait until I get some weight off but maybe if I have others to be accountable too it will help motivate me just that extra bit that I need.

If that isn't enough this will hopefully help, 10 weeks until K and I are going to go away for our first ever southern vacation together. I want to look smokin' hot and feel hot too so I need to get the eating under control since what I put into my body really does affect me in every way. I know that I shouldn't foucs on what I want the scale to say but it will be a certain number and I also want to feel great too. I do have a happy weight and that will never change. My goal weight for when we go away is 135 lbs. I know that I can do it if I put my mind to it. I need to find out all the triggers that make me start to eat and then I need to really think am I hungry or is it something else. If it is something else then I need to find distractions that will work. Clean my house is something I really should use as a distraction since it really is a disaster. I will make that a goal of mine. I know that my eating schedule is good and just need to keep to that. i will make daily menus and stick to them and when I feel like reaching for more food I will grab some water and start cleaning.

Speaking of cleaning that is something I should be doing right now!!!! will be back later and update on how today has gone with the eating and then of course tomorrow I will blog about my journey back to the scale at ww'ers ;)

Quick post before sleeping

I am so craving finding my healthy side again. I know I can do this. I just need to plan my menus and have great foods in the house. This evening will be where I will sit down with my clean eating books and come up with some recipes. I will find clean treats to have in the evening when I really want them. I will stop putting crap into my body. I AM SO WORTH PUTTING GOOD QUALITY FOOD INTO MY BODY. My children and husband deserve a healthy and happy mom/wife. I WILL DO THIS. I just need to be PATIENT to see results on the scale which means that I need to stop focusing on the numbers on the scale. The weight will come OFF if I eat healthy foods and keep up with the exercise. I WILL DO THIS.

Night (good morning to most people)

Was doing ok

So my eating and staying OP had been excellent until last night. I hit up the gym on my way home from work and did 30 min of cardio and then the eating began. I usually find after my 2nd night I tend to eat more then I should. I guess I could have had a shower and gone to bed. I am ok with it. I will just get back on track today. I didn't eat so much that I felt sick. I did eat more then I should but I am feeling much better about things then even just a week ago.

Not quite sure what I will do for exercise today. I guess it will really depend on what the weather is like outside. I know that schools are closed but it is so mild out right now. I have 2 appts today so I will see how the road are when driving to them and then really I just have to run 4K so we will see. I am hoping the rain will hold off so that i can get a run out. I won't run though if the roads are bad. I guess I could stop at the gym after my eye appt and then I will know that I will get my run in. I will take my gym clothes with me just incase.

Well I need to start getting ready for my appts. At least I don't have to get the kids ready :)

A snowy run

I am so happy with what I did this morning. i got up and ran 9K in the snow. nothing like having snow hit your face (it would have been better had the snow been fluffy). I had no knee pain :) I am sure that I could have done a full 10K but the road conditions were not the best. I opted not to go into the city to go to body pump :( I am thinking that on days that i do long runs that may not be the best time do do it. I may try to hit up the 915 class on wed after getting off work. I know that I should be home sleeping but I will sleep after my workout. I just hope that I am able to get at least 5 hrs which means that I will be sleeping much later then I normally do, but I am ok with that.

I am tyring to come up with some meal ideas. A bit of a struggle. I will put more thought into it when making my big grocery list on thursday.

Tomorrow is my 1st day back so I am using it as a rest day. On mon morning I am going to try and hit up the gym and do my 1st interval training on the treadmill. It seems like a great 45 min workout and one that I will be able to do. The thing about doing interval training is it makes running on the treadmill a bit more interesting :) Not to happy about taking a shower at the gym but I know that I will have to since I really don't want to go to work all sweaty. Just need to remember to bring some flip flops to protect my feet from the germy gym floors.

Well I need to make sure I have my list done and soon I will be having my lunch. then i will be heading out in the crappy weather to get some groceries.

Oh yeah today is day 2 of a challenge for myself. Not only am I challenging myself to get back on the healthy eating wagon but I want to have my body beach ready for our trip south in april. I will post more on that tonight as i unwind before going to bed.

Hoping being OP continues...

Here we are 4pm and I have been eating very good. I had a great snack just now. 1/2 a ww flat with 1/2 mashed banana, 1 tsp of natural PB and a square of 85% choc. I nuked everything but the flat and then addes that melted yuminess to the top of my ww flat. It was very yummy and satisfying.

I had a busy day today. I took the kids to school and group, came home had breakfast, then when to my physio appt and then to the gym to try hot yoga = LOVE. I had gone for a 5K run when I first got up and again no knee pain. I am going to try a longer run tomorrow and I will see how that goes. I think that I will try for 10 and see how that goes. I am going to start off slow, do some stretching after about 5 min and then continue on with my run. I am hoping that I can do it.

Hot Yoga was very awesome. It was true hot yoga as in we didn't do the 26 poses, it was more a flow type yoga. I don't really know much about yoga so I am going to read about it.

I am going to have my leftover tilapia with 1/2 sweet potato, veggies, quinoa and goat cheese. I am going to have to do up a grocery list as we are getting low on food choices here. I won't have to get very many as my big order will be thurs or fri.

Not quite sure if I will be going to WW tomorrow or not. I may try a couple of weeks on my own before going in for an offical WI. I know what my weight is today and I am going to try very hard not to weigh myself until next Fri or Sat. Not quite sure what day I will do it on.

Have a great weekend everyone.

trigger

Being home alone is something that triggers me to binge eat. Which is what is going to make me start a challenge for myself once again. See how many days I can go without binging and staying OP. I feel so awful when I do this. I don't know why I do it. It is like once I start I can't stop putting stuff in my mouth. I need to get it together. I know that I can run, I have joined a gym. Now I just need to get my diet under control. I ened to remember how great I was feeling when I was eating so healthy. I will do this. Sorry for sounding like a broken record but I really need to work through this and blogging about it will hopefully help.

5K...ending with a smile

I was so happy that I was able to run 5K this morning without any knee pain :) Very happy about that. I did a lot of stretching and iced my knee when I came home. I will use the foam roller at some point today.

I am excited for tomorrow. I am going to try Hot Yoga for the first time. Not only is it my first time doing hot yoga but my first time doing yoga. Should be interesting. I sure hope that I like it. I know that it will be benefical to me as a runner so I really want to like it :)

Last evening I did change up my menu plan a bit. I had my oatmeal snack in the evening. The good thing that I did was used portion control with it.

I had steel cut oats for breakfast this morning so I will try and avoid having oatmeal has a snack tonight. I really need to come up with some options. Maybe I will try something with an apple heated with some greek yogurt and go lean crunch. add a bit of cinnaomon and nutmeg to the mix. I am pretty sure I saw that on another blog so I will search for that while I finish my coffee.

I am feeling quite motivated right now and I really hope that I can stay motivated. I am pumped about having different activities lined up and I just hope I can stick to it and catch on to it. I am sure if I figure out how to do everything, sticking with it should not be a challenge. I so want to get my summer and fall body back :)

I really am going to have to work hard on the eating end of things. Like I said yesterday i am going to go to WW on saturday and go from there. I am going to do weekly wi's again to be accountable. When I get to my goal I am going to see if it is ok to continue doing weekly wi's. It is nice to be not just accountable to yourself but to others too.

We have someone coming this afternoon to mud and tape the basement bathroom, finally!!!! I will be so happy when that part of our reno's is done. I hate having unfinished projects.

Have some stuff to do today and I am going to try hard to get it done. Have a great day.

Joined a Gym...

well actually I joined a new gym and need to cancel my membership at the other gym. I joined goodlife fitness. The reason I changed gyms is 1. Goodlife has a lot more classes and the classes actually interest me 2. This gym has Hot Yoga (something that I want to try and will be going to a hot yoga foundations class on friday) 3. it is in a great location 4. It has spinning classes too. 5. it does not have the bad smell that my other gym has 6. has a lot more equipment and free weights 7. has a huge studio where the classes are done but can be used by us if there are no classes going on. All good reasons to change gyms. I actually did a workout schedule for the rest of this month and Feb. I am getting my motivation back :) I ran for 20 min on the treadmill today with no pain at all. Tomorrow I will be hitting the roads for a run though so that I will be able to give a good update at my physio appt on friday.

My food consumption has been good today after a awful day yesterday.

Breakfast: greek yogurt with kashi go lean crunch and 1/2 a banana sliced

snack: 6 almonds (was not very hungry)

Lunch: turkey burger with carrots and an orange

snack: kashi bar with my coffee

supper: tilapia, quinoa with veggies, goatcheese and 1/2 a sweet potato

snack: apple and peanut butter and a pc of dk chocolate

I need to stick to this and not have anything else. This is all within my point range plus a pt or 2 over for the dk chocolate (the running would give my some AP's)

I haven't gone to WW and I wasn't going to go on saturday but I really do need to start going regularly. I know I will be up but really I need to face the music and get my butt in gear before I have more then 15-20 lbs to get off. I really feel the weight gain and I want to get back to the shape I was in during the summer and fall.

I know i can really do this and with all the new activities that I will be trying (if I stick to them) I may even be in better shape. I so want to have a rockin body all the time (but really want to look hot when K and I go away in April).

Night everyone.

Made the decision

It was a hard decision but I had to make it. Last night after work K and I went out for a 5K run. I think that I only made it 3K and my knee started to hurt. I later in the night sent an e-mail asking to be taken off the 30K race list and put on the 5K list. I was a little sad that I had to do this but I know it is for the best. I am kind of excited too though cause I am probably going to join a new gym that offers a lot of classes that are mentioned on the blogs that I read. I will keep you posted on how that goes.

I did so much this morning. I went to bootcamp, had an eye appointment, had a physio appt and then I had a nap and then picked up my little man from his grandparents. I could have had a longer nap but they will have him again tonight so I figured he should be with me this afternoon.

Yesterday was so busy at work. I hope the nights aren't too crazy. Time will tell.

Just going to relax for now and then I need to do some dishes.

I have to do this tomorrow

I need to get my butt out of bad and go for a run. It has been a week since my last run and I am craving one. I am a little bit nervous because of the snow we have gotten but I need to remember that last year I started running in January so I can do it again. I may be under a lot of pressure with the whole around the bay race so I will see how my runs go the next couple of weeks and decide if I am going to keep training for it. I am hoping physically I will be ok but I need to work on the mental aspect of it too. I just am not feeling it so much right now. I think that I have let a lof of things slide over the past couple of months and I really need to find it again.

Well It is bedtime for me. I need to get lots of sleep. Tomorrow morning will be here before I know it!!! Night everyone.

about my challenge

I know my last post wast to track for the remainder of the month and do daily activity when possible. I will extend that challenge to my vacation in april. I know that we are going somewhere warm and i need to have my body bikini ready. It will be the first time I have ever in my life had a bikini on at the beach. I want my body to look smokin' hot and I know that if I just resume my healthy lifestyle I can achieve this.

I kept telling myself today to stop focusing on the past and enjoy the present and look forward to what the future holds. There is NOTHING I can do about the past (except not repeat mistakes).

I had the remainder of my Kasha breakfast pudding for breakfast and a turkey burger and some carrots for lunch. I had my physio appt and am happy to be able to start running tomorrow :) even if it does mean getting up at 5 am :( need to get up that early since I am heading back to work. Not quite sure when I will be doing a long run. I may be waiting until next saturday. I will probably try to get 12-14K in. Not quite sure where I will run though. Maybe where I did my long runs in the summer provided we don't get too much more snow this week.

Well I must be going now and pick up my little boy. I will stay OP today. I am making this a promise to myself.

I have to get my meals all sorted out for work the next 2 days. Thankfully I have my chili and turkey burgers. supper tonight will be chili over a sweet potato which is probably what supper will be for almost the next week. Good thing I love it!!!!

Challenge for myself

plain and simple...Track, eat clean for the rest of the month, exercise every day. I am hoping to get the all clear to run after my physio appt tomorrow.

bad day

all i have to say is what an awful day I had with my quest to healthy eating. Back on track now.

Immediate Results

I really think that this is a big part of my problem. I have been doing pretty good this week with tracking but I find that I am looking in the mirror a lot and expecting to have those pesky pounds that I put on to be gone. I need to get in the frame of mind that it will take time. Each day that I eat healthy and exercise is a day closer to my goal. I can't get upset that things don't happen right away. It is a little crazy to think that way and I don't want to be crazy ;)

I had such a hard time falling asleep last night that my early morning workout at the gym did not happen :( I am hoping that I will be able to get out an go for a walk before my hubby has to go to his meeting at the church tonight. I have a lot of things I hope to get done today so I need to finish up my coffee and put the computer away and out of my mind until I get these this done. I guess that really should have been one of my goals this year...spend less time on the computer and more time on housework!!!!

I am planning on making a big batch of chili but should have bought more chili powder. I can add that later I guess. I do have some that will make me feel like it has some in it when I have it ready for lunch.

I am really hoping to get to the yoga studio tomorrow. I am a little bit nervous about it as some of the poses I know that I won't really be able to do but the most I can do is try them and maybe over time I will be able to do them. That is part of doing yoga...become more flexible.

Have a great day everyone.

off until saturday :)

I don't have as many days off this time but I know that at the end of the month things will eventually get back to normall. 4 shifts and 5 days off will be nice :)

I had my 2nd physio appt today. Had some active release done and some accupuncture. I will be very happy when I get to run and see if the physio is helping. I took the day off from working out today. I was just feeling a bit off. Tomorrow I will be getting up early to head to the gym. It has been a long time since I have gone to the gym for a early morning workout.

Had chili on a sweet potato for supper tonight, very yummy as usual :)

Watching the hockey game...Canada vs Russia.

Physio

Well I had my physio appt. I will be seen 5 more times in the next 2 weeks. I was told that I should take a week off from running but after that week I will start up again and see how far I can run before the pain or if the pain comes back so we can see what else might be triggering the pain. It is actually my rt IT band that is tight so I find that so weird that my pain is on the left knee but usually that is how things go since my left is probably taking more of a hit then the right. I had accupuncture for my glutes and down the outer/upper part of my legs. Very cool with the TENS machine connected ;) I never was one for accupuncture until I had my neck/upper back injury in 2009. I was given some stretches too which I will do faithfully since I am so dedicated to my running and running pain free.

I am working tonight so I am hoping to get a nap. The only way that will happen is if my wonderful hubby picks the kids up from school. Just waiting to hear back from him if that will happen. If not I will hopefully be able to get the kids to play some video games while I try to nap. I know it is not good to have video games as a distraction for the kids so I can sleep but I need sleep since I will be up all night and have been up since 5:15 am.

I am making the turkey jacket sweet potato to take to work for supper tonight. I so enjoyed that last night. I was going to make some chili but will wait until wed or thurs to make it.

have a great afternoon. and for all those WW'ers out there...Stay OP!!!

Bootcamp

made me realize how sluggish I have become with the crap I was putting into my body!!!! What a great workout it was, hard, but great.

got the kids up, fed and ready for school and taken to school with no issues at all :) I am sure that we will have some grumpy kids tonight as they had been used to sleeping in during the holidays. I was planning on having a nap but I have a physio appt instead. I really think that this appt in important so I can figure out sooner then later what is going on with my knee and if it may be something serious. I will keep you all update on those results (if anyone is even reading my new blog yet ;) ).

I made the kasha breakfast pudding this morning from one of Tosca's cookbooks. I love this dish. So very yummy. I topped it with a bit of yogurt. total pts for this yummy dish was 6 pts. I still have enough for 4-5 days :) i almost think I like it better then oatmeal...shocking I know.

well I must go and have a shower...

Found my pictures...fixed the issue

The issue was simply not having the right date on my camera. Easily fixed :) K and I spend a lot of the afternoon out running around. I had my appt and I was told my eye is getting better but still no contacts. At least I know I can run in my glasses. Just not sure how tomorrow at bootcamp will go. I may have to try it with not being able to see well (no glasses). I just sweat a lot and there is a lot of jumping around so I imagine they would fall off my face.

We then went to get a few groceries and then to the running room where I made a couple of purchases. i got a new pair of running shoes...saucony omni 9's and a foam roller. I am really hoping the combination of these 2 things will help my knee. I still am going to make a physio appt (maybe a Dr's appt first if I need it for my physio to be covered). Time will tell. I have a 6K run schedule in for tuesday so we will see how that goes.


So for supper tonight I made the turkey jacket potao from the "best of clean eating" cook book. It was so yummy. Basically it is just some turkey, salsa, sour cream, a bit of italian seasoning and instead of a regular baked potato I used 1/2 of a sweet potato. I microwaved the sweet potato for a bit and then scooped out a lot to mix with all the other ingredients and then put in back in the "jacket". I counted this yumminess for 7 pts. I had a bit of pear on the side - for zero pts...loving the fruit being no pts :) I will be having this again soon.




I don't have much planned for tonight. The kids are back to school tomorrow and I am getting up early to go to bootcamp. I am sure it will be a tough one since it has probably been 2 weeks since I have been. Oh well it will feel good to get back to routine...busy but still nice to have somewhat of a set schedule.

Long run today...

and around the 8Km mark I had some knee pain :( so for the remainder of my run I ran/walked it. I am going to get it looked at. I will call physio tomorrow and see if I need to have a Dr's note to go for physio and then I need to get to the running room and get some proper running shoes.

the run was going well until the knee pain started. I really need to get this looked after and sorted out if I plan on trying the 30K. I really love running and would drop out of a race before I cause more damage. I will just have to keep an eye on my longer runs and see how it goes.

Stayed OP yesterday :) Plan on doing the same today. Had a nice bowl of oatmeal which was great since I got pretty chilly after my run. I will be enjoying my coffee too while reading some blogs so hopefully that will warm me up too.

Hope everyone has a great day today. Off to get groceries later and to see the opthamologist. Hope my eye is better at this appointment.

Checked out the course

We went for a drive today and checked out the around the bay course...I need to get very serious with my training and eating.

I have been having a debate as to whether or not I willt rain on the course. i think for my run tomorrow I won't run on the course but I think for some of my long runs when I have sat or sun off I will. I for sure will have to do some hill training. That hill going up valley inn road around the 26Km mark is going to be a struggle but i am making it my goal to defeat this hill ;) and with confidence. Training on the rolling hills will be a good idea I think but awesome stretching is going to have to happen so my hips and knees stay in tip top shape. You will all hear about my training for this race and i may even take some pics of the hills :)

we are cooking a chicken for supper tonight and I will use the leftovers for the chili that I will make tomorrow.

Time to take down the tree.

A New Year...A Fresh Start

I am just having some issues with uploading my pictures so for today and until I get it fixed there will be no picutres :(

A brand new year and I know I shouldn't be so focused on a fresh start but I am taking this opportunity to get my foucs back on clean eating and being accountable to what I put into my body.

Today I was supposed to do a 12K run but we slept in and the weather is not that great so I am putting it off until tomorrow. At least tomorrow I can't use rain an an excuse cause I can always go to the gym. Today I may open my Jillian Michaels 6 weeks to a 6 pack DVD and try it out.

One of my big goals for this year is to stop the binge eating. So not healthy physically and mentally so why do it. Everyday that I am successful at doing this a loonie will be put away. I will open it jan 1st 2012 and hope to have $365 :) I will use that money for whatever i want.

I am going to have to get serious about my training for the around the bay. I want to complete this race and feel good when I cross that finish line. I am going to have to work around my work schedule so I will print off calenders for Jan - Mar and figure out when I am going to do these runs. I will kind of use the schedule that I purchased but that is to complete it in 3 hrs and I really don't think that I am that fast of a runner and when I was trying to use the pace that he put on this schedule my knee really started to hurt. so not worth hurting myself!!!!

We may go for a drive today so I can see where to park to run on the course :)

I am going to enjoy my coffee while catching up on some blogs :)