Check and Mate!!

Are you ready for this action!!??

I just conqured the 1 mile of non-stop running. Can you believe it!!?? I did it in 11 minutes flat. On Saturday my first mile was 13 minutes. I shaved 2 minutes off!!

How did I do it you ask? How did I break through my 0.8 wall that has been haunting me for the last month??

YOU GUYS!!!

I wanted to be able to post on here that I did it. I wanted to be able to post something positive on here since my last few posts this month have been pretty crappy. I got to that 0.8 spot and felt my body to start shutting down, but I just kissed it goodbye and kept on trucking down the sidewalk. I turned the corner and saw the end in site and starting chanting, "You can do it! You are not alone!" like 100 times outloud. I know people driving by thought I was crazy, but I didn't care.

I also kept repeating, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!!"

I am so proud=) Thanks guys for believing in me. You have helped me more than you know!!

Confession: I had some chocolate today.

Cheer: I didn't eat sunflower seeds last night like I had said I would. I ran a freakin mile!!! LOL And I have lost one pound so far. Official weigh in isnt until Monday morning. Here is to a few more by Monday!!

4 year olds are great!!

I just got an e-mail of pictures of me from my last race! There is one photo where I look like I am going to die!! LOL The lady in the pictures with me is the woman Julie I was talking about earlier. She really was awesome and just what I needed to push me to the end. Click here to see the pictures! I might order a picture. Not sure yet.

So, my post is called 4 year olds are great!! because when I was looking at my pictures my son Donnie Ray says, "Mom! IS that you crossing the finish line? I am so proud of you mom! Good Job!!" Can you believe how sweet he is? LOL

Also, today we went for a family walk again and he rode his bike with training wheels all the way to Walmart...and get this! He even rode all the way back and didn't even complain about being tired! That was a 2 mile round trip!! I am his number 1 fan, and I am his too=)

Confession: I am about to give in to eating a few handfulls of sunflower seeds. It has been one of those days. I need to get my rug hook project out to keep my mind off of mindless snacking!!

Cheer: I walked 2 miles today and did my morning workout. My goal tomorrow is to drink all of my water and no sodas of any kind. I really need to kick the Diet coke to the curb. It is so hard! I also had someone else say they want to join the weightloss group I started at school=)

Rise and Shine!

So, I actually got out of bed this morning and did a workout video! I really wanted to sleep in and maybe start getting up early tomorrow, but I did it. I got up and did a video. That's a start huh? I used to really enjoy getting up and having my hour to myself.

Yesterday evening I decided I wanted Subway for dinner. I didn't want to just get in the car and drive there. No way!! That would be too easy!! I decided to strap on my jogging shoes and jog there! It is almost a mile from my house. So I jogged to Subway, got my food, and jogged back! It felt great! Since I didn't get up early yesterday, I had to do something to get my exercise in! The lady looked at me like I was crazy when I asked her for a bag to put all the sandwiches in. I told her I jogged here. She just gave me this weirdo look like I was crazy. LOL

My mood is starting to get back to normal. My little "present" should be coming soon. My hubby told me that last night. I was like, Thanks a lot. He said he can usually tell a few days before it comes. I think now that I have made the decision to not give up and keep going no matter what, my mood and viewpoints are different.

Well, I'm off to eat my breakfast! Peanut Butter toast!

Confession: I started off good, but right after lunch I ate a few things I shouldn't have. I did stay in my calories though!

Cheer: I drank 66 ounces of water yesterday. I had only one sparkling water (Black Cherry). I woke up early this morning and jogged yesterday!

Little things add up

I'm not sure why I can't get up earlier anymore like I was a few months ago. I was gettting up at 5am almost everyday last month to work out, but now I feel like my body will fail if I don't get in that extra hor of sleep. This morning I woke up at 5:45. Not enough time to work out, but enough time to make a healthy breakfast. Hey, the little things add up. A healthy breakfast today...a workout tomorrow....I will get there. I need to et back to where I was a month ago. I was feeling so healthy and secure with myself and happy. Now, I feel like a big blob of lard. Yuck.

I saw this comic and thought it was just too cute. I feel this way sometimes. So, I will leave you with this because I have to eat and go take a shower.

My goal today is to drink all of my water and drink NO Sodas. Even the diet ones!

Confession: I didn't get up to workout this morning.

Cheer: I am making a healthy breakfast and I am going to work with a plan.

Part II

First Weigh in Day of my weightloss club I started at school. My new weigh-in days will now be Mondays.

Starting Weight: 189
Current Weight: 191
Weightloss: +2 pounds

So, I have lost 4 pounds on this journey, just to gain it back and then add 2 more onto that. Not too happy about that. It looks like blog world is also having problems too. I'm not the only one, but that doesn't make me anymore happier.

I want to give a huge shout out Keelie at Real Fat for doing an awesome job at losing 5 pounds this week! It is so nice to hear about people who are winning the battle of the bulge. It's hard to be so happy for someone and feel like a failure too. I am so happy for her though and I can't wait to see more of her wonderful before and after pics!

Also, I want to send a huge shout out to Katie at Looking in the Mirror for passing her teacher test!! She was so stressed out about it and she finally passed! Way to go!!

Since I'm in the shout out mood tonight I am going to give another HUGE shoutout to my friend Sara at Weddings and Weightloss for losing 4 pounds (well, 5.2) this week and for getting 10 followers!! You guys should go check her blog out. I went to high school with her and she is great!

So, how did my weightloss program at school go? It went okay. I had 12 people saying they were coming and only had like 6 people. It was only the first week of the meetings though. Hopefully more will join. I had an awesome powerpoint and they all seemed interested.

Confession: I had a Snickers bar today at the faculty meeting. It wasn't as great as I remembered it to be.

Cheer: I wanted to stop on the way home from work and get a candy from the gas station, but I just kept on driving! I also went for a family walk today. My 4 year old rode his bike with training wheels attached=)

Just for the Health of It

That is the name of the weightloss group that me and one of my teacher friends have started at our school. Today is the first day we meet. I created a powerpoint, flyers, and plan on bringing samples of goodies that I have found helpful to share. I am really excited. I have 12 people counting me signed up for it. I offered to weigh in people too, so I hope they take advantage of it.

Today's topic is the pro's and con's of each diet plan out there. From Atkins to the Zone, I am trying to show them that not everyone has to do the same plan. Pick which one fits with your lifestyle. We are not all built the same, we all didn't put the weight on the same, so our plans are not going to be the same.

Wish me luck!! I will post tonight how it goes!!

Confession: I started baking sugar cookies last night because I wanted to test out making it into a business. I ate quite a few cookies.

Cheer: I am motivated to get back on track today and plan to start over. I will post my weigh in results tonight too. I think I have gained even more weight since I last checked. Yuck. My size 10 pants are still roomy though!!! Could be muscle weight??

Back and Better than ever!!

On my first blog post I said that this blog would be a roller coaster, and I must have known what was to come, because boy this past week has been one crazy week of crazy emotions. I wanted to apologize for the last few posts. I have been pretty emotional and I think its partly because I fell of the wagon on my lifestlye change and I was upset and had a lot of anger. I was mad at myself and so I was mad at others and took it out on them.

The great news is that I am back and better than ever!!

This morning I ran in the Bellaire Trolley 5k run!! Well, I jogged and walked. But I ran the first mile in 13 minutes! I started to switch walking and running and when I got to the 2 mile mark I was almost ready to give up...when this awesome woman named Julie cam up behin dme and started cheering me on! I didn't even know her! She just came up behind me and started pushing me ot jog with her. And I did! I ran the whole last 1.5 miles and I thought I was going to die!! I even finished strong and sprinted the last 10 feet. It goes to show you how nice people in Texas and how a hobby like running can bring people together. It felt so good to cross that line strong. So a huge thank you to Julie wherever you are!

And the best thing ever? I shaved 7 minutes and 41 seconds off of my first race back in February!! I was super excited about that!! I almost burst into tears! I even hugged the ladt Julie!! LOL

After the race they were giving away some great freebies. I even won a door prize! Is that fate or what? CiCi's pizza was there giving away free pizza (and if oyu know me that is my biggest weakness!!) but I thought, why would you want to eat crap after you just ran 3.5 miles?

I will leave you with a picture that my mom took of me after I got home from the race!!

Confession: I ate a double cheeseburger yesterday in the car on the way home and threw out the evidence before I got home!!

Cheer: I just ran a 5k race!! I also picked up a free Dr. Pepper at the race, but then I decided to give it to my kiddo because I didn't want to damage a body that just ran a 5k!!