5K for real this time

I had entertained the thought a few times, running a 5K, but usually think about it 5 days before the race.  The one time I was semi-serious about it, I hurt my knee walking up to the track.  I can accomplish this though, and how proud I would be!  There is a Couch to 5K program that takes 8 weeks to complete.  The race I have wanted to run in for years is 7 weeks away on March 13th.  At that point, I should be up to 2.75 miles.  I think I could push myself the extra 0.25 mile!  Lets do this!  Starting today- Week One!  Go time!

A Tiny Bit Less of Me



I have eaten a reasonable amount of calories, rarely been hungry, drank plenty of water, and lost 4.5 pounds in one week.  Best of all, my pants don't hurt.

I took the advice of a random man giving his friend advice in the grocery store.  He said that Jimmy Dean Delights made an awesome breakfast.  Looking for something that made me feel satisfied longer, I picked up a box of egg white, low fat cheese, and turkey croissants.  Then when I saw them in another grocery store for $2 cheaper, I bought another box in the muffin version.  Okay, I do not much care for sausage patties or eggs.  So why did I think I would like the frozen, overly processed, low fat version?  I will say one good thing, I choked down the worst tasting 290 calories I had eaten all week, and I felt full and satisfied well past noon.

Today, I ate a much more delicious, wholesome, and beautiful breakfast of 1/2 cup Fage yogurt with 1 tsp brown sugar and cinnamon, 1/2 cup of cherries, and apple slices, and I never felt full and at 11:00 a.m. I am hoping lunch comes really quickly.

The moral of the story is never to take the overheard advice of one male talking to another on frozen food shrink wrapped in plastic.  There are a few frozen foods that I enjoy.  Shrink wrapped soggy croissants, rubbery eggs with equally rubbery cheese, and a dry sausage patty are not one of them.

Eat this......



Not that

 Unless your main goal is to feel full and taste is not a priority, i.e. if you are a man shopping on a Sunday with a buddy before the football game.

Now my mission is find something both great tasting and satisfying because I am HUNGRY.

11 days into the New Year

Today is the 11th day of 2011.  I am doing really well on some of my "evolutions".  Unfortunately, no, sex is not one of the ones I am doing well on.  And no, I haven't found a home, or a new job, and my prince hasn't swept me away on his white horse, but Rome wasn't built in 11 days.....was it?  I have no clue how long it took to build Rome.  I have, however, submitted four job applications.  I branched out and put in an application for a very promising job that I meet the qualifications for but would require me to move.  Hey!  Two birds with one stone a home of my own and a job!  I am hoping to hear back on that one.  Work at my current job has been painfully slow, not to mention they "forgot" to mail my check.  I have been proactive and have inquired about the slow work pace.  I have tried to have a small connection with my pre-teen son each day; I think it helps tremendously.  I laughed at my exuberant child as he had his head in the toilet and declared it not his best day and ordered the banana to stay put, "you are not coming out on MY watch."  The New Years "Evolution" I have been working my diligently on is weight loss.  More to come on that in a separate posting.  Progress, slow as it may be, with setback, but yet it feels good.

Resolutions, Evolutions 2011

I am feeling overwhelmed by the amount I want to accomplish in 2011.  I feel like I need a complete overhaul in every area of my life.  Maybe a simple list will help me to focus.
1.  Stand on my own two feet.  Who cares if my legs wobble?  Find a home.
2.  Take chances.  Failure is better than being frozen in fear.
3.  Say yes, thank you.
4.  Find a job that pays what I am worth.
5.  Keep educating myself.  Learn daily.  It feeds me.
6.  Plan a future with my man, seriously.
7.  Love with less walls.
8.  Be less fat.  Be less fat.  Be less fat.  Eat better = Feel better.  Do it.
9.  Go to the doctor.
10.  Be more patient, more kind, more loving, with everyone.  Not perfection, just be better.
11.  Help Boy 3 to achieve his resolution of learning to read better.
12.  Connect with Boy 1 daily.
13.  Be more in the moment, focus.
14.  Don't be afraid to ask.
15.  Embrace Boy 2's exuberance.
16.  Make mornings better, which means clothes and lunches in the evenings.
17.  Less gossip.
18.  More positivity.
19.  More sex.  Ya, I just said that.
20.  There is lots of work to be done, but don't forget to have fun, don't get stuck in worry or drown in self-pity.  There is always hope.  I will find my way in 2011.