Tag: running

NSV’s!!

I got this fantastic dress from Loft for Christmas:

Its a black lace dress with a nude slip underneath. Sexy and stylish. I love it. I haven’t had the chance to wear it because its been cold and it doesn’t fit right. I have to get about 6 inches taken in from the top because my hips are a size 8, but the rest of me is like a size 4. I tried the dress on last night and pulled the excess fabric away and was blown away at how skinny I looked. You see yourself everyday, but you don’t see yourself, you know what I mean?

And Later, because I like messing with my own head, I tried on my swimsuit. (full confession, its a bikini! No judgement.) 

In the middle of winter.

Normally, this would be a recipe for disaster. But you know what? I felt fine in it. I was happy with what I saw. And that my friends, is a victory all in itself. 

Hope you all have a great week!

Fantastic day for a run! 60° in the middle of February? I’ll take it! Now later this week it’s supposed to snow a lot…like maybe several inches a lot. So I’ll enjoy this while I can.

This run involved some walking, my legs felt kinda tired…but when I ran, I ran sub 10 Minute and 10:20 minute miles.

Have a great day friends.

Today was a strange day

It started innocently enough–I woke up around 9, feeling rested and ready to take on the day, and my 9 mile long run. While I was contemplating get out of bed I heard a noise that sounded like a super loud vacuum cleaner. Turns out, our neighbors across the street decided 9am on a Saturday morning would be the PERFECT time to have their ducts cleaned. So that went on for about an hour, it stopped for awhile, then picked up again about 30 minutes later for another hour. (I’m not used to a lot of noise. I live in Nebraska in a quiet neighborhood.) It’s peaceful here. And besides, 

New Girl Quote (About weekend sleeping saturday rest lazy gifs)

Granted, I was (mostly) awake, but still. I like to catch up on my sleep on Saturdays. I then decided it was not quite warm enough yet to go outside for a long run, so I hit the ‘mill for 9 miles. 90 minutes later, I was done. I spent most of the run talking myself into running the whole 9 miles. It was a mind game. BTW-today it was 52 degrees here! Pretty fantastic! When I was running it was about 35 and very windy. I’m a wuss and just wanted to get the run done.

Later, I ran a few errands and managed to come back with a giant, industrial size box of Jr. Mints. (my fav!). I seriously need to not have those in the house. Once I pop one, I can’t stop. Its bad news, and it seems that I am pretty good at quitting things cold turkey. (I quit pop cold turkey in August and aside from half a sprite 2 weeks ago with an upset stomach, I haven’t been back.) It doesn’t appeal to me anymore and I don’t want it. So I’m going to quit the Jr. Mints and see how that goes. I don’t need the sugar and I certainly don’t need the calories. (note to self, just because you ran 9 miles today doesn’t mean you can reward yourself with a box of jr. mints. Ugh. My tummy hurts.)

I met up with a friend while she got a pedicure. I just sat and chatted with her; she lives and works for a TV station in Des Moines, IA and was home for the weekend. The nail place was busy, so I didn’t spend money to get my nails done. This guy was waiting for his girlfriend and he was sitting across from me, facing me. When they were getting ready to leave, he stood up, looked at me, blew me a kiss, and said “how you doin’?” Ala Joey from FRIENDS. I said, “good, you?” and he was gone. Odd. Then, as I was driving home, I was waiting to turn at a red light and this Hummer full of 20 something year old guys pulled up next to me. They honked, waved and were saying things to me. I looked at them, and smiled, they wanted me to roll down the window, but I declined and then my light turned green, and off I went. 

Tonight, I watched Pitch Perfect for about the 10th time. Every time I watch it, it gets better and better.

I’m off to bed! Hope you all have a great rest of the weekend friends! Stay safe and warm East Coast Friends!

The scale and I had a fight this morning

I weigh myself everyday. I have for years. Seriously, years. We’re talking ever since I began this weight loss journey, so that would be June of 2005. That’s a long relationship. But it’s what works for me. It keeps me accountable and lets me know if I’ve gone too crazy the past few days. I don’t live and die by my scale, but I like to know where I’m at.

That being said, I know that weight can fluctuate daily. You can go up a few pounds just because you ate something salty, or you can go down because you ate less. Its a cycle. But I know where my weight is and where I’m comfortable. I can feel when I’m up or down a few pounds. Today? Today the scale said I was up 5 pounds from Thursday morning. Now I know this isn’t “real weight.” Thursday night I had Taco Night with my friends and consumed copious amounts of chips and guacamole. I ate a lot of chips at dinner on Saturday and Sunday was the Super Bowl. Monday there were leftover chips and treats at work, and I had some. Not enough to make me crazy, but enough to know that the scale and I were going to be fighting today.

But you know what? Today is a new day. I ran 6 miles before work this morning. The last mile at a 9:40 pace at a 2% incline. I’m feeling that one in my tush!

I can’t tell you that I won’t fluctuate with my weight; it’s simply impossible to eat perfectly all of the time. I shoot for 80%. And for me, that’s doable. It lets me live my life and not binge on bad foods.

Even if the scale and I aren’t speaking right now. 🙂

Have a good day friends!

Thursday things

I’ve spent my day uploading videos to youtube. That can take awhile depending on how long the video is, and the size and compression rate. Its been kind of nice to just chill and not have to pay much attention to the news. In fact, I ducked out at 4pm to run to the mall. I had a Victoria’s Secret card that expires today! Use it or lose it man. I’m not about to lose it.

Tonight my friends and I are having what we call “family dinners”. We pick a night, pick a theme and we all bring or make food. It’s taco night. I’m super excited! Guacamole, tacos, spanish rice? Yes please.

Because of Josh’s post, I checked my dailymile (let’s be friends!) to see how far I have run this month: 113 miles! Yeah baby! My not so secret goal is to run 100 miles a month.

By the way, I freakin’ LOVE Pitch Perfect! I’ve watched it a ridiculous amount of times since I bought it when it came out.

In other news, tomorrow is Friday. I’m so ready for that. Steph asked me if I would go on her 10 mile long run with her for Lincoln Marathon training this weekend. It’s supposed to be 47 degrees! I’m excited to do that too! I love running outside!

Hope you all have a great night friends!

I spent my lunch hour talking about running

One of my former interns facebooked me a few weeks ago and asked me if she could interview me for a class that she is taking. Their subject? Interview someone and write a newspaper article about them and their hobby. She was here this past summer when I started training for the Chicago Marathon, so she understood my love of running.

You guys. This was so much fun!

I’ve told you before that I have this blog because I know how annoying it is when I talk about running to my friends and co-workers IRL. They don’t care and they get irritated with my love of running. But this? This was great! She wanted to know why I started running, what keeps me running, why I chose to run a Marathon. Things like that. Time flew by. We talked about running for about 45 minutes. It was good stuff.

My heart is happy.

Have a great Monday friends!