Spring!

Now that we are a week or so into Spring, I figured I'd jot down the reasons that I love spring:

1. warmer weather and typically not as much rain (although this week is putting that comment to the test)

2. flowers -  I love spring flowers - tulips are my FAVORITE!



3. Longer days - I love having dinner and it staying light outside longer if we want to go for a walk or if the kids want to hang outside for awhile.

4. cheaper clothes - I like to change up my wardrobe in the spring/summer and feel that I can do so each year . I tend to buy quality pieces in the winter that will last me years, but the spring is for buying this years trend of top, shoe etc.

5. spring hockey - I love spring hockey! The kids start this week and this marks the beginning of our social time! All of our closest friends are involved in spring hockey, we travel with them, get together each weekend... a ton of fun! And the hockey is getting much better in my mind as well!

6. No jackets - I love not having to wear a jacket  to work in the morning - or maybe a light jacket/shell

7. BBQ! - more food from the BBQ. Love my bbq chicken, veggies etc.



8. NHL Playoffs!!!  - I'm a hockey nut!



Spring... I've missed you!

Quickie update

Just a quickie...

WI yesterday - down another 1.5! Woooo, which gets me to 15 lbs... I know it should be more, but I'm good with it as long as the scale keeps going down down down.

I'm starting to finally see a difference in the size of my clothes but I won't  do measurements until 20 lbs, so hopefully in the next 3 weeks.

C25K rocks! Start week 4 tonight. I'm excited and still a little shocked that I get excited about running.

Spring break for the kiddies so I'm in and out all over the place, but keeping track of points along the way!

Need to start thinking of my new goals for April... I have many.

Back...

I've been away for a few days - not physically away, just mentally. I've been on plan the whole time, and not that I needed a break or anything, I just really had nothing to report or write about.

Although I do have to admit that I find I'm more committed when I do update on a regular basis.... keeps me accountable I guess.

Still "running' - will be nice when the day comes that I can remove the " " from that word. I don't think I can count it running until I'm have a warm up a run and a cool down, rather than the interval stuff that I'm doing now.

Started week 3 of C25K. Although the 3 minute runs were tough, the day itself was easier because there were only 4 runs rather than the 6 from last week or the 8 from the week before. The nights have been warmer so I haven't been wearing a jacket when I head out.  I think I will need something to hold my ipod, otherwise I will have to lug it around in my hands, and I do prefer my hands to be " free" when I run. There I go with the " " again.

Still loving my path along the farm roads although the farmers are starting to do their spring fertilizing so it's a bit stinkier this week than it has been in the past.

WW is going well. Down a 1.5 from last week - basically just losing and gaining the same 2 lbs. Maybe I'll see a break this week! Let's hope.

Have to also check on my March goals to see how I'm doing. I still have to go bra shopping...

Later..

Hope you remembered to wear Green today Mom!

A big shout out to my mom in heaven today. Mom was Irish, through and through. The title of this post is a little funny because I honestly cannot remember too many days when Mom did not wear green. Whether it be a green shirt, scarf, jewellery, what have you... it was green!

St. Pat's day is just another day for me. Growing up in canada we celebrate it  (by wearing green) but we don't do the big hoopla that much of the Eastern coast does.  There are a number of pubs around town that will serve green beer and have the usual crazy drunkenness but it's not really the norm, or my norm.

Our tradition growing up was to wear Green on a day like today and mom always made us encouraged us to wear a pin that said 'Kiss me I'm Irish' . I hated wearing that pin because somehow I thought that gave anyone the right to come and kiss me - which never happened by the way!

So in honor of my momma ~ I'm wearing Green today. I'm not wearing the pin cause, well, I just didn't have one on me.

Start of week 2

I don't think it's fair for me to say that I love running, because let's be honest - what I'm doing is not really "running". Out of 30 minutes, I'm actually only logging 9 minutes of actual run time! But I have to say I LOVE it.

I'm not particularly good at it or fast at it. Actually I'm downright slow and so happy that I'm doing this on my own because if i were doing it with someone else, I'm pretty sure I would push myself and end up injuring myself.

I started week 2 yesterday. I was a bit hesitant about starting it because the run intervals went from 60 seconds to 90 seconds but honestly, it wasn't that bad. I think the thing that also helped was that there were only 6 rather than the 8 intervals that existed in Week 1.

I still feel pressure when I see a car driving towards me. If  I'm in the middle of my run, I don't want to stop, I have a nagging feeling that if I stop running when the driver can see me, somehow I'm a failure. Which is stupid... but that's how I feel. Thankfully, I run in an area where few people drive or live. I sometimes see a person walking their little dog or workers travelling to and from the farms in their big trucks, but otherwise, it's just me.

I've adjusted my running style to a mid-foot land rather than a heel-toe land. This seems to really help prevent shin splints but I think it slows me down a bit.

It's fun though.. I look forward to the day when I can run the full 5K without stopping or thinking I'm going to die, but baby steps.

Weight is the same.... but we won't talk about that today.

:) Peace out!

Gained.

nuff said.

Up 1.5 lbs which is just stupid. I did it to myself. I didn't track this weekend at all. Or very little

Let's hope this week is a better one.

Epic Failure.

Finding distractions

It's been a very tough weekend, food wise. Needing to find myself more distractions so I don't always turn to food. It does appear that my reason for eating is purely out of boredom. I don't eat because I'm sad, or mad, or stressed. I eat because I'm bored!

Friday night we went out to visit with friends and dinner was somewhat point friendly and so was the 1 glass of wine that I had planned to have with dinner. We saw friends there and when the boys started to flex their masculinity, it flowed over to shooter competitions and before I knew it I had 2 maybe 3 shooters. Those had not been planned.

Saturday started off ok - as it was another busy saturday, ate well until night time. Then the boredom set in. I had been in the house doing pretty much nothing since about 1pm and by 8, I was sick of sitting in the same spot, doing the same thing.

Today - gobbling up everything it seems. Started ok with a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter and sliced bananas and a cup of coffee. Went out to watch Big N's game and when we returned I was starving. Ate a bowl of chili and rice, edamame pods, 4 cookies and a purdy's chocolate bar. And I could eat more.

Part of the reason why I decided to update my blog today. Maybe by writing about it, I will avoid the temptations.  I have laundry to do, bathrooms to clean but still I think about food. UGH!

And the scale is not moving. No surprise really as I have been somewhat off plan all week.

I did run though. C25K week 1 complete. Start week 2 on Tuesday.