Welcome 2011!

Wow another year has come and gone..Can you believe it? 
 The start of a new year always gets me energized. You can leave all the bad things from the previous year behind and start off with a clean slate. Every year everyone makes resolutions most of them are always the same:

Lose Weight

Eat Healthy

Spend more time with Family and Friends

Now don't get me wrong all of these are excellent resolutions and I admit that these are mine as well..BUT shouldn't these be things we do EVERY day? We shouldn't need to include these in our "resolutions" we should do them because well...I don't know the exact reason why - they just seem like these are things we should always do!
Now on that note - I have added a "goal" to 2011.  A "goal" that I am going to try REALLY hard to reach not only for me but to prove my husband wrong cause well that is ALWAYS fun to do!
My goal for 2011 is....drum roll please.....

Yes, folks that is right - thanks to my friend Coleen and her big mouth (lol), I am signing up to run the Cleveland HALF Marathon on May 15th.  I am crazy enough to run 13.1 miles but definitely not crazy enough to run 26.2 miles. Wish me luck!  All you runners reading this feel free to drop any advice you have, lord knows I need it, as for those of you that aren't - What are your GOALS for 2011? 

Take that Mr. Treadmill...

Happy Wednesday!  

 "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination. - Tommy Lasorda"

 

I am in an unusually good mood this morning.  Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I was able to get up and make it two days in a row on the treadmill!

Take that Treadmill - you thought you wouldn't get used! =)

People say that when you work out you feel better..now that I have gotten on the treadmill two days in a row...I kinda do feel better!  Do I feel skinny and sexy?  No, that will come with time (and about a 25lb weight loss).  But I do feel..accomplished - which is a GREAT feeling.

My workout wasn't a "hard" one today as I really want to ease back into things to avoid injury.  Now to avoid the bad things - Candy, sugar - CRAP food!  I am normally not a bad eater at all, but I go through stages where I can't get enough junk food (as do all women I am sure)! So today when I get the urge to eat that candy bar at 2pm I am going to drink a nice cold glass of water and wait...If I still want that candy bar after that then I will have just a bite and throw the rest away.

What do you do to avoid the cravings that you encounter throughout the day?  Any tricks you would like to share?

Workout:
Treadmill - A quick run to get my heart rate going - 1.25 miles in 15 minutes (sadly that is a personal record for me)
Weights - 20 reps at 10lbs of various bicep work
Total work out time - 30 min.
Estimated Calories burned = 231

Almost Gave Up...

Yes, you read that right folks.  Today I almost gave up my hopes of running in a 5k this May.  I kept telling myself that I am not a runner - what was I thinking?  I went out for my first run outside today and let's just say it did not go as planned!  Yesterday I ran a little over 2 miles on the treadmill and I pushed really hard running at a pace over 5.0mph.  Well I think I pushed to much because today the shin splints are BAD!  I mean can't move off the couch bad!  BUT I thought maybe I just need to suck it up and go out.  So off I went to do some laps around my neighborhood....My laps (plural) turned into a lap (singular).  I just couldn't fight through the pain.  So as I was sitting here icing my shins

and catching up on how some virtual friends are doing on Sparkpeople, I came across a blog written by a very motivational girl named Erin, (you can check out her blog post here Erin's Blog), she blew me away!  In the past two years she has lost over 80lbs just by changing her diet and getting off the couch.  No crazy diet pills or fads, just plain ole common sense!  Not only that, she is currently training to run in a half marathon!

I wish! - I think I will stick to trying to tackle a 5k first.

So, thanks to Erin, my motivation is back.  I mean I know it's tough and I know I hurt but so does everyone else when they train.  Isn't that why we have to train?  Back on track it is 5k or BUST!

As far as my nemesis the scale

 - It hasn't moved all that much - so we are still not on speaking terms!  We hope to become friends really soon but it is just being very stubborn!

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Saint Patrick's Day!