AHHH :(

My appetite or mood is getting the better of me but at least I am not eating large amounts of unhealthy foods. I have already had so much to eat this morning but I am feeling better and will settle back into a somewhat normal routine. I did not sleep well last night, slept through my alarm which made me miss bootcamp and I really just wanted to stay in bed but had to take the kids to school. On sunday my entire running plans had changed. I was called sat afternoon after I had already ran my 11K and asked if I could be the 3rd runner in a realy as one of the team members was sick and could not run it. I was a little leary about doing it but since we were not running for a prize I said I would and had a great time. I did the middle portion of the 3 person relay (30K in total). I did my 10 K in just a little over an hour :) Very happy with that time and felt great after the run. I managed to do 21K in 2 days :) This weekend I have 16K do try and do. I am pretty sure that I will be able to do it. I just hope we have nice weather for it. i can't believe that in less then 2 weeks K and I will be on the beaches in punta cana. I am going to stop preasuring myself to be at a certain weight by then and just focus on eating healthy and exercising so that I feel good when I am there. When we get back I will get my focus back on losing the weight that I have put on over the past few months. I have a Dr's appt in a bit so i better get going.

Around the Bay

I think that it was last fall that I signed up for the 30K protion of around the bay then in december when I started training for it I realized that my knee was giving me problems and I wasn't able to run more then 8Km's without it bothering me. I realized that I would probably not be ready for the 30K at some pt in January and sent off an e-mail asking if I could move down to the 5K. I am currently training for a 1/2 marathon in may and my knee is great. I am happy in someways that I took this knee pain seriously and got treatment for it.

I am a bit sad that I won't be able to run the 30K with all those other runners but I know that I will be able to do it at some point (hopefully next year). I should be happy to be able to run at all.

Speaking of running. I had all intentions of running my long run today but my bed felt so much better. I am going to do things a bit different this weekend. I am just going to focus on getting the KM's in which means 21 in 2 days and I have done 11 already. I will do 5 early in the morning before I head down to find parking for the race and the remaining 5 will be when I do my race. Next weekend I will make sure to get up early enough to do the full 16K ;)

Have a great day everyone.

long run and short run

I know I probably will regret doing this but tomorrow I will be doing my long run (16K) to keep on schedule but on sunday I will be doing a 5K race (around the bay). I just hope that my legs don't give out on me when I am doing the 5K race ;) The reason I am doing this is that I actually have the whole weekend off and I love doing my long runs on saturdays and I am going to stick with it. I was supposed to do the 30K around the bay but due to the injury I had after my last 1/2 marathon I eventually realized that my training would not have me ready for this race and dropped down to the 5K. I am currently training for my next half which will be May 15th. I am a bit ahead of schedule which I guess is good in a way since I am not sure how much running I will do in punta cana and running for drinks does not count ;)

I won't talk to much about it but i kind of fell off the wagon yesterday but I have pulled myself back on. What I have learned from this is that I really do become nasty, emotional, guilt ridden etc...all the feelings I am sure that an addict has after a binge session of what they are addicted too. Moving on...

I had an awesome bowl of oatmeal this morning. I am not going to have anything too heavy today and I will do my best to stick to my meal plan that I have already tracked in my book. I was going to WI tomorrow but I am going to put it off and go next friday. 2 weeks and 3 days until we go away. Must stay on the wagon so that I don't feel a bloated emotional mess because of what I have been eating (I will have another reason to feel that way...did not plan my vacation very well if aunt flo will be going with us)

Well I need to finish checking things out on the computer and then hop in the shower. Hoping to get some work done around the house this weekend before I head back to work monday. only 2 more sets until I have 2 weeks off :) Love my job but excited for some time off.

Since saturday...

I have been eating healthy :) 3 weeks today we are going to Punta Cana and I am doing my best to stay focused with my eating those 3 weeks and hope that it will continue. when we are away I want to enjoy my food and feel great after...not that horrible full feeling that i get when I eat too much.

I have been doing good with the exercise too. I ran 5K yesterday and today I went to bootcamp and hot yoga. Tomorrow when I get up I am planning on running 7K. My muscles are feeling my bootcamp workout ;)

Nights seems to been my issue when I am at work so I am going to work so hard to stay focused.

Well off to work I go.

A new day

I was up nice and early this morning and thanks to our babysitter I was able to get my long run in :) I did 14K, and am quite pleased with how the run went. I gave me the motivation that I needed and hopefully it will keep up. Everything felt great about the run except I had to use the BR so bad and I had to wait until I was almost done to actually find one that was open :



I am so hungry right now. We took the kids to see a late afternoon movie so here it is almost 8pm and I am just getting my supper ready. The good news is that it is still kind of light out.



I start back to work tomorrow so will be working on getting my next 2 days worth of meals made up. The good thing is it is more putting them together then actually making them.



Have a great weekend everyone.

Hump day...

I haven't been able to refer to wednesdays as hump days since I was going to school. I will be working tonight, off for 2 then back for my regular set on saturday. I will be doing my long run on friday as I am working the weekend.

I am just finishing up my 2nd pan of turkey burgers. I hopefully will have enough to do me until we go away :) Yesterday was an ok day with eating but could have been better. Today has been spot on so far but I am working nights. I need to pace myself with snacks and make sure to only eat if hungry. It usually isn't my first night that gives me problems but my 2nd night. I need to remember that I don't have much time until we go away so I need to eat perfect.

Keep up the journey to healthy. Don't put crap in my body!!

Starting today

OMG how many times have I said that but after how I felt yesterday and still feel today I need to be serious about it. Of course I am talking about my diet. I have been putting so much crap and way to much at a time into my body and it really is taking a toll on me so I need to step back and just start over. I need to forget about where I was (or put it in the back of my head) and focus on just being healthy again. Healthy eating, exercising regularly and maybe one day I will be back to where I was. It will take time and that is why I am putting it in the back of my mind. It won't happen overnight even though I would love it too that is not reality. I really do have a problem with wanting things right away and that is why I have these little binge sessions. I need to be healthy and make that my priority. I love feeling althletic but need the proper nutrition to go a long with all the running etc that I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I started off my mornign with my fave breakfast. Banana, chocolate and pb steel cut oats :) That should keep my full for a while. I so wanted to get a 6K run in this morning but I felt so gross when I woke up and had a headache so I went back to sleep instead. I hope that K will be back early enough tonight so that I can get out and do it. I will have to see about maybe someone looking after M on friday so that I can do my 14K on that day as I am working days sat and sun. I have my sitter coming this afternoon so I will see about her coming early on friday so that I can get it done or maybe ask the inlaws. If they aren't able to do it my long run this week will not be done :(

I am hoping to get some house work done on my days off but the thing that sucks is that I have an extra shift right in the middle (tomorrow night) of my days off. I am helping someone out so that is why I have that extra shift.

Well I am going to finish reading some blogs and then start tidying up the kitchen.

4 weeks :)

I am happy that tomorrow it will be just 4 weeks until I am in the sun so for the next 4 weeks I need to jazz it up 10 lb bootcamp style. I will work out extra hard, I will eat clean (remembering that this is my only body and treat it with rexpect) and try to stay positive!!! i want to look and feel great on this trip.

I did 12 K yesterday which means that I signed up for the goodlife 1/2 marathon in May. It will be my 3rd one. I can't believe that I am saying that. I need to keep puting great fuel in my body while training for this race too. I am excited about running it. I just hope my knee will hold out for this race. I did a 60 min moksha flow yoga class too which always feels great. i think they turned down the humidity level in the class though because the last 2 times i have been there I haven't been sweating as much (still sweating but not like earlier in the week).

Well I have to head to work soon. Enjoy the rest of your sunday.

A Reminder ;)

I must always remember to check the volume of the alarm clock. I rolled over and looked at the time and saw it was 6:30. I was planning on getting up at 5:30 so that I could make the early morning bootcamp class but that did not happen. So instead of bootcamp I went for a lovely 6Km run after dropping off my little man at school. After I had my shower I had the rest of my banana - walnut pancakes...still as yummy as last night :)

I have a waxing appt today and then after that i head down to moksha yoga for a 60 min moksha class, come home and have some lunch and then go and pick the kids up from school. I can't beleive that this is my last day off and tomorrow I head back to work. Those 5 days went by so very fast.

Well I must be going. Have a great day everyone.

pancake tuesday

and of course I did not get a picture of my food as I was so hungry ;) The pancakes I made were awesome. The recipe I used was actually for pumpkin pancakes that I got off another blog but adapted the recipe to make banana pancakes :)

I apolgize for not knowing where I got this recipe from and hope no one is offended by me posting it. I am not claiming that it was my own recipe.

banana pancakes

1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 mashed banana
1 egg white
1 tbsp honey (or agave nectar...not sure if you even need this...will leave it out next time)
chopped walnuts
1/2 c of milk of choice (i used 1% as that is all we have in the house)

mix flour, soda and powder
in another bowl add wet ingredients and nuts
combine both mixtures...mix until just blended

pur batter in a non-stick skillet or griddle over med heat sprayed with cooking spray. Enjoy with topping of choice :)

I really did enjoy these pancakes and have enough for tomorrow morning. I think that these will be made for my cooler when working days. I can have 4 small ones and have 2 before going to work and then 2 when we have our first break at work. I have always found pancakes very filling.

ACTIVITY FOR TODAY

ran 4KM (actually 4.6)

60 min of moksha flow (I am loving the flow classes and get a great workout)

I will be having a snack in a bit which will be a banana scramble with 1 tbsp of peanut butter :)

Have a great night everyone.

missed a workout

Well I was planning on going to bootcamp this morning but I opted to stay in bed instead. I did do something different though. I went to a 75 min moksha flow class at 7:15 pm. I could not believe how hot it was. I was so sweaty and found it really hard but when it was done I felt awesome. So glad I did this class. I am hoping to be able to go to the 60 min moksha flow tomorrow. I love the flow classes :)

My food has been spot on. I did use my AP's and 1 FP today. I need to go to bed now though so I don't eat anything else.

going for a 4K run in the morning.

Operation Beautiful

Just saw this link from Caitlins blog (healthy tipping point) and it is so awesome. Anyone that reads this blog, put this link on facebook, twitter etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQGNEUs4KLQ

10 km

Yesterday was a great day for exercise for me. I ran 10 Km. it was a pretty good run but it had snowed the night before so my legs really felt worked out which I guess is a great thing. My knee at the end was starting to act up but I did some of my yoga breathing to what I was feeling and it actually helped. Then mid afternoon I did a 75 moksha yoga class. Again a great workout.

I actually stayed OP today and of course I used my AP's cause I was starving from all the exercise I did :)

Tomorrow I will be heading to ww to weigh in. I know I will be up from the last time I went but the key is that I am going and that I am back on track.

36 days...

That is how many days until we go on our trip and that is how many days that I will be accountable on my blog for what I eat and the exercise I do. Basically 5 weeks until we go. I want 10-15 lbs gone before I hit the beaches of punta cana. On monday I am going to WW to get weighed. Just because I am going on monday does not mean I am waiting to eat healthy.\

So when I got up after working nights I did a 4K run. Tomorrow will be a 10 K run and hot yoga :) I have gone 2 days without doing hot yoga and am missing it. I am going to go every day possible that I can go. It really makes me feel awesome :)

My food intake for today will be a bit different since I slept most of the day. I had my typical bowl of oatmeal which I love. Supper will be a salad with leftover taco meat, sweet potato, salsa and some goat cheese. My treat for tonight will be banana softserve with peanut butter and 1 pc of dark chocolate.

Well I must be signing off to do some much needed house work. My goal by tomorrow night is to have all the laundry done and put away :)