Another month gone

and I still haven't gotten my act together :( I have to get serious about this, the weight is creeping on and my mood is changing as my diet has changed from clean to crap.

Goals for May:

attempt my 3rd half marathon (will probably walk/run this one) - decided not to run this :(
run 4x/week
strength train 3x/week
hot yoga - everyday that I can
clean eating/stay OP
keep house tidy
1 snack in evening
1 pop, 1 coffee/day unless working nights

healthy snacks to have in the house

almonds
apples
bananas
kashi bars
grapes
oranges
natural peanut butter
veggies

plan menu for my day and stick to it!!!!!

I need to get this extra weight off and I will do it before heading down east for our summer trip :)

How am I doing

I have been doing just so-so with being back to WW. I found that I was really hungry after my day shifts or I just though I was. I really need to break the night eating habit. I should have 1 snack picked for the evenings and then when I have had it be done with the eating. That will be my goal for the remainder of the week. i guess the next 2 nights won't count since I will be at work so my goal for these 2 nights is to have healthy snacks in my cooler and not to deviate from the cooler snacks :)

I decided to take today off from running since I have ran 3 days in a row now, actually I think it is 4 and just do a yoga class. I will run wed and thurs and do something with strength training on friday and then attempt a 16 K on saturday.

That will be all for today. Excited to go to yoga. My balance is so off right now. I sure hope it does not take long to get it back.

16 K did not happen

I woke up with a sore throat and was just not feeling that great. I did almost 7K for a run. I am starting to wonder if I will be ready for this half marathon. I NEED to make sure that I run 16K next weekend and 18K the following weekend so that I know I can get some long distance running in. I will make sure that I do go down to the waterfront to do these runs.

I did go to WI this morning and was not totally shocked by the number that came up on the scale. My 12 week challenge starts today. I will rock this challenge. I will not let my body down. I will get my healthy lifestyle back.

I am back to work tomorrow. I will do 5K runs before each of my day shifts just like I used too.

Well hope everyone is having a great long weekend (unless your a shift worker like me and are working some of this weekend)

another challenge :)

So tomorrow after I do my 16K run (which I am a little nervous about) I will be dragging myself to WI. I am done with putting crap in my body. I would say for the last 5 months I have not been eating very clean at all. My meals are usually the clean type but I have been having lots of snacks that are for sure not "clean". I really have noticed a change in myself both physically and mentally and I don't like where I am heading so I am starting today to clean up my act and get back to the healthy habits that I worked to hard to achieve. I felt my best last summer and fall and I will get back to that point. I will buy myself a 3 month journal which allows me to track for 12 weeks and I know that if I eat clean and stay active that I will get back to my feel good weight. The 12 week mark will put us at July 16th and as it turn out I will be able to actually WI on that day.

My activities that I will do will be bootcamp 2-3x/week and run the other days and fit hot yoga in as many days as I can since I love it so much. I want to get back to the shape I was in. I won't be signing up for any more long runs after my half in May for the rest of the year. I will stick with 5, 10 and 15 K runs until I next March when I will attempt to do the Around the Bay 30K road race :) I want to focus more on strength training which I get from bootcamp. If I can't get a bootcamp in then I will try to get to the gym to do some form of strength training.

My diet...I know that eating clean is easy for me but I need to cut way back on the snacking. I am not sure why I fell back into the old lifestyle but I am done. if I want snacks in the evening when watching TV I will have some plain air popped popcorn. When I am at work I need to cut back on the snacking on my night shifts. There is really no need of me doing it and i need to drink water instead and if I am hungry (like on my 2nd night) I need to have my cooler filled with healthy snack options like fruit, nuts, air popped popcorn etc. I will clean up my diet...I am making this a promise to myself and my family :) I have all those awesome clothes that I bought last summer that I will fit into once again :)

My activity for today will be run 6K (while my hubby rollerblades) and then a mini bootcamp. I would love to do the hour long one but really I shouldn't since I am doing my long run tomorrow. Like I said once my half marathon is over I can maybe get 2-3 hrs of bootcamp in.

Well I should make a grocery list so that I can achieve this goal that I have. I can't believe that I will be going back to work on sunday. I do feel like I have had a lot of time off which really does make it hard to go back ;)

Where has April gone???

I can't believe the fact that April is almost over, and I am still having issues with what I am eating. I am running my 3rd half marathon May 15th so I am challenging myself to eat clean while I finish my training for this race. I truly believe that if I get this many days of clean eating under my belt that I will have my grove back.

My husband and I just got back from 8 wonderful days in punta cana. What a great trip we had. The weather was awesome, foot and drinks were just so-so and the people were fantastic. I would say the best part of our trip was the daily adventure we had seeing the DR with a tour guide.

We missed our little man so much that we could not wait to get back to see him and of course to see my step son too. Mom and Dad are arriving today to visit with us for a week :) Kind of sad that I will be working 4 out of those 7 days that they are here but I will still get to see them.

Well that will be all for now. I hope to get some groceries at some point today to have some healthy foods in the house.

April

april will be a great month for me. I will be in control of those things that are causing me stress right now. Well I guess really only 1 thing is causing me stress but I am the one that can control this and I will. I love the beginning of new months and since this is the 4th month that I have been saying this I really don't want to say it again. My eating will be getting under control. The only setback that I may have is when we go away but I can still control what I eat, I am more worried about yummy tropical drinks that I will consume ;) Must get some sleep. Had a great night at work after the night before was crazy busy.