Just Popping in to Say

I Ran Today!

and it sucked!

I knew it would. Hello? Haven't run since July!

How did that happen?

Funny thing is, as much as it sucked, if I forced myself to remember what that would have felt like 1 year ago than today's run was easy in comparison.

Which blows me away.

2.1 miles done, with lots of walking brakes but no stopping and no whining.

YOU

You are not your bra size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the slenderness of your calves. You are not your hair color, your skin color, nor are you a shade of lipstick. Your shoe size is of no consequence. You are not defined by the amount of attention you get from males, females, or any combination thereof. You are not the number of sit-ups you can do, nor are you the number of calories in a day. You are not your mustache. You are not the hair on your legs. You are not a little red-dress. You are not the amalgam of these things.

You are the content of your character. You are the ambitions that drive you. You are the goals that you set. You are the things that you laugh at and the words that you say. You are the thoughts that you think and the things you wonder. You are beautiful and desirable not for the clique you attend, but for the spark of life within you that compels you to make your life a full and meaningful one. You are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul it carries.

2111 Challenge

This week I will do the following along with my normal workout routines-

1 Week:
10 Miles
100 Burpees
1000 Push Ups
1000 Ab Moves


I'm pretty sure it's going to kill me or render me useless but I'm gonna do it just Because I Can!

Finally

The Mister got up with my little guy at 6:30 this morning and let me sleep until 9.  He’s awesome like that.  I have been so exhausted the last few days. I think I’m fighting off whatever bug the kids all had last week.

When I got out of bed I was just feeling light. I walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror and it seems my stomach is flatter too.  Strange considering I felt huge Wednesday and decided to forgo my typical  weigh in.  

So I jump on the scale…..

179.8!!!

I screamed, jumped off and back on again just to be sure. Yep 179.8!  

I haven’t see the 170’s in about 3 years! In fact I’ve been stuck at 181-184 since January.

I know it’s bearly even there and I’m going to have to bust my butt to keep it going down, but just seeing that number has me so happy I can’t even describe it for you!

Monday I’m starting the 2111 Challenge (I'll write about that in a minute) combine with my regular workouts and I may in fact die if I see 177 which is my goal of 2lbs for the week.  We shall see!

Pretty much nothing could ruin my day now!

“Being fearless means busting down those walls of fear and being who you are, not who someone else thinks you are. People like to put others in a box and tell them what they can and cannot do or who they can and cannot be. No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.”

— Mariska Hargitay

“Challenge, change, growth. Switching gears, changing things up, moving in an different direction, that is how life should be lived and where we will find ourselves.”

July Goals

I still need to write about the Ragnar race but not tonight... I will say this, I have never spent 2 whole days in such a state of emotion.  I was not prepared for the emotional roller coaster that race would bring and it continued on into this last week.  I have been exhausted and not accomplished much since.  Hoping to pull myself out of it and start kicking some butt this week.

A lot of my goals this month involve 'going back to the basics.'

Goals for July 2011

1. Start using MyFitnessPal to count calories again.
2. No Soda
3. Cardio 6 days a week
4. Weight training 3 days a week
5. Run twice a week
6. Loose 7 pounds
7. Read 1 Book
8. Get outside more! Park, hikes, walks, work in the yard, play catch, ride bikes, go swimming...