The battle of the cookies - Won!!!

So I knew I had to be good yesterday - I had a coaches meeting for the running group and it was going to be at a pizza place - so in walks our favorite patron with homemade cookies....

I'm doomed - I must resist the cookies! The woman bakes the most amazing things for us and I have NEVER been able to resist them. Well I did!! I cheered when my boss took the last one and I had won the battle of the cookies!!

The meeting went very well, I'm very excited for the season to start! I can't wait to get back out on the trail and back with the group!!

Oh and Pizza went well, I only used 2 flex points!! And for the first time I had a vegetarian pizza which was pretty darn good!! Who knew I could like pizza without meat on it??

Another running quote!

For me, like so many others, running is the answer. Out on the road it is just you, the pavement, and your will."

JOHN BINGHAM, The Courage to Start - (John Bingham's book changed my life by the way!!)

My mind went straight for the "out on the road" part - I miss being out on the road - I did my run on a treadmill tonight because I have to get my runs in now and I sure missed the road. I like having my body control the pace and not a machine, I like being able to slow down and speed up with thinking about it, I like to not look at my reflection in the big window I'm facing when I'm running, and I like breathing fresh air and not the gyms heat....

Oh well, soon I will have some daylight and be able to run on the road again.

Hmmmm On the road again, I just can't wait to get on the road again - everybody sing with me!!

Weigh In Day!!

So today I went with no expectations - I hadn't even weighed myself at home the last two weeks so I didn't know what to expect. I have really only been back on program for three days - so I expected a gain. What I got was a loss of 1.4 pounds! I'm very excited!!

The past few days have been spent cleaning out the fridge, pantry and organizing all our food and such. Everything with a date off 2008 is gone, all the junk is gone, everything else has points values on it and I even sat down and weighed out our snack foods and put them in baggies with the points values written on them to make planning my meals and snacks easier. We went major grocery shopping on Saturday and replaced some things we threw out, bought all healthy choices and even found some new skinny cow truffle ice cream bars - I had one last night and they are sooo good!! We talked today at the meeting about laying our foundation and I felt like I was one step ahead of the game! I'm so proud of myself right now! I feel so in control!!

Sacfit starting soon!!!

I'm *very* excited about this season!

First - I'm going to be a pace assistant! I get to give back to people what I have been given by the group and the wonderful people in it!

Second - Hubby will be joining me!

Third - Sherry - A friend will be joining me as well - it was my first success in getting someone from outside the family to join (as far as I know). She will be joining the purple group that walks and is excited about being part of the group!

Fourth - at the end of the season is my third half-marathon and another running medal!! It's all about the shiny things!! (Oh and it will be hubbys first half marathon - I have to make sure I finish first so I can be at the line when he comes in!!)

Fifth - it will get me back out on the trail because I'm really bad at doing that myself!

One week from today I will be out on the trail! Can you tell I'm excited??

The Biggest Loser Blog Edition Season 2!

There was a challenge by a blogger that I follow (thanks Krista!) for the Biggest Loser Blog edition - and I took it! I have signed up and very excited to have yet another place to be accountable! I'm not going to let my team down!

I went to the gym!

So on Friday I took my workout stuff to work (like I had a couple of times before last week) and actually went to the gym! I didn't drive past it! I was going to do Yoga - but I found out the class didn't start until 6:30 and on Fridays I get off at 5 - so there was a Zumba class starting so I did that! It is quite the workout, but before I started running there was no way I could do a whole group class, I usually ended up sitting out part of it and dying in the corner - but I made it through the whole class and only got lost a few times! I did find out I have no rhythm! I even came out of the room feeling tired, but not really over worked - well that came later when I tried to get out of the recliner to get in bed! Anyway I'm very proud of myself for actually earning some activity points on Friday! The only thing that is left this week is my weigh in on Sunday to take whatever number they give me and move on.

New year - Time to renew my efforts!!!

So I have been having a rough few of weeks (that really turned into a rough month) with lots of emotional eating - LOTS of bad habits coming back - and of course weight gained. I'm not really making a New Years resolution, but I'm getting back on track - I will start today and earn some activity points - I will get back on track with my food, journaling and points counting. I will stop feeling so sorry for myself and start treating myself the way I should be - Like I'm worth it! I will stop turning to food when I'm sad, depressed, hormonal (sorry guys!), anxious or just bored.

I will also have an extra buddy along the way - a lady at work came to me and wants help losing some weight! She needs to do something and she recognizes that and she wants my help! We will be there for each other and I think it will be good! I'm inspired by my friend Tammy who is going to get out there and get active again and I'm so proud of her!! Plus she has the *Cutest* workout stuff ever!! I'm inspired my future daughter-in-law Jess - she looked so great on Christmas! So trim and fit! I'm inspired by a friend at my sons school - she made lifetime a little while ago and while talking to her I realized I don't have to do this quickly (well I have missed that already) but I can do this slowly, get to my goal and be where I want to be in time. She has also convinced me I'm - get this.... NORMAL! I also need to stop bringing the bad food habits home - hubby is struggling as well and I know a lot of it is my fault for asking him to make things and buy things that shouldn't be bought or made.

So Happy New Year!! Time for reflection, starting over and renewing commitments!!