Vacation makes me SO MOTIVATED...

NOT!! So I'm back from the Big Island and I had quite the amazing time, but needless to say I haven't exactly been motivated. Tonight I did a nice 4 miler to put me back in the game. We're coming up on really less than a month for the Great Aloha Run and I'm really excited to be running it again. It's 8.3 miles and I think pretty decent scenery after you get out from under the bridge, lol!
Lately I've been thinking a lot about how much of a novice runner I really am. I have so much enthusiam for the sport that sometimes I forget what I really don't know. So, I'm determined to find a running group as soon as we get to Alameda. I think it will be great and teach me so much to be part of a group. Some real running commraderie ya know?...I'm also going to re-read Chi Running; this really great book that my great friend Joy gave me awhile back. I remember before I got pregnant it was helping me line my body and really feel how it all works together. It's way more than that, maybe I'll post some stuff from it as I get into it again.
I've started the 5 factor eating plan again. In 2008 I lost about 10-15 lbs upping my running game and eating along this plan. It. Is. Amazing. I love the food and it's not really expensive. It taught me how to look at food differently and it's stuck. Recently I've been having a really hard time with body image and whatnot after the baby so this is exactly what I need to jumpstart the solution.
Yep, that's about it for now! Happy Running and being healthy to everyone!!! :)

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Tonight I will take the opportunity to focus on the positives, I think that's a better idea.

• I am thankful I have 2 strong healthy legs to run with.
• I am thankful that I have a beautiful healthy baby to be cranky during our run.
• Sorry guys, but I'm thankful for this time of the month that makes my run so crampy and hurty, because that means my body is healthy and running right.
• I am thankful for a wonderful husband I can be annoyed with.
• I am thankful that that wonderful husband does crazy things like train for half-marathons with me. :)
• I am thankful for all the tomorrows, because on a bad day, there's always the hope for tomorrow :)

Those last 10 pounds

     Okay, I know little Letty is just 6 months old, but I'm just not a good waiter and I am really hard on myself. I only have 3 lbs to be back to the weight I was at before I was pregnant, but my body looks totally different. I have a goal of losing 5-10 more lbs to be were I want to stay. So I'm watching this show "The last 10 pounds" on FLN and this girl who has a much smaller waist than me eats the nastiest stuff ALL day long! HOW UNFAIR! I only drink water, except for drinky drinks (which is part of my NY resolution to drink WAY less), I eat red meat like 2x's a month. I eat tons of veggies and chicken and even use ground chicken and turkey for tacos or spaghetti. On top of that if I ever even have tacos I use whole wheat tortillas and ONLY whole wheat bread. I feel like that lady on the commercial for that Slimquick stuff... ya know, "my husband stopped eating white bread and he lost all this weight... I did it and .... nothing!" I know I have got to stop the cheating, because in the end it's not worth it and it's cancelling out all the great stuff I'm doing. So today I made myself a nice little note and stuck it to the fridge. I hope it helps, I need to focus. As I'm still watching this show the trainer is like "YOU CAN'T CHEAT", wow, I think he just said that for me... I'm sad because remember the whole 5 lbs in 10 days thing from the previous blog... yea well that's not gonna happen.

Plan:
STICK TO THE YUMMY GREAT FOODS I KNOW I SHOULD TO EAT
SHAKE IT OFF!
NO EXCUSES, JUST DO IT!

Cheater Cheater, Pumpkin Eater!

OK, I know the rhyme really goes Peter Peter, Pumpkin Eater but who cares!? Who's a cheater??.............shameless, it's ME! I totally didn't run yesterday, but it was my birthday eve eve, that makes it ok, right?.... I did do Ab-ripper X if that makes it better, which of course I think it does. :) We'll see what this does to my 110 minute run on Saturday. And of course I'm going to put in my 45 minutes tonight and Friday, there's NO WAY I'd cheat 2 days in a row. Plus, I leave for my Big Island vaca on the 16th and I really want to fit in my favorite pre-pregnancy jeans. I "fit" now, but it ain't pretty, lol! I've got 10 days, I think I can loose 5 lbs in 10 days. It's a challenge, it's ON!

First run of 2010!!

Yippppeee did it feel good! Kev is all healed up so he went with me. I am absolutely 100% SO proud of him! He said it's the longest he's ever run and he did a really great job. K, Enough about him... it's also the longest I've run in a year. It felt really good, needless to say, I am so motivated and inspired to go further and further. By the end of the run I still had energy and believe I had at least 1 more mile in me, which is good because we really paced ourselves. Ko Olina is also a really nice area to run in, the ocean sounds amazing at night and the atmosphere is really relaxing and chill. I'm stoked because I got this new widget over there to the left... -------> to keep up with all my miles on here. It's a really cool website and I'm enjoying it so far. Another cool way to share my bests and totals with you all as I move along this journey. If anyone knows any other websites clue me in. I'm in absorbtion mode for new running info. I'm reading The Non Runners Marathon Guide For Women right now and I love it. Although I'm a relatively experienced runner and have been for awhile, I don't know a lot about serious distance training and I was sort of starting from scratch after having Scarlett. Anywho, tonight I realized that I am "Chipper Jen"... you gotta read the book. Basically Chipper Jen is the peppy, always happy, running, pain lover... yep that's me. I'm all like "I love this, this feels SO great" and Kev's like...."you're nuts"! It's cute! Back to Kev for a moment; it is so great doing this with him. I remember training before and wishing I could share how stoked I was with him and he could understand it, now he does and not only does he understand it, but I'm sharing the experience with him. I think this is going to be one of the funnest things we've ever done together (there goes my Chipper Jen-ness again!). Alright, don't really know what else to say on top of that... I've decided NOT to list my goals yet. I'm going to go through Jan and evaluate my goals as I go. Then, at the end of January, I'm going to lay them all out. I like this plan.