We meet again!

Wow - it's been quite some time since I've blogged... want to know why???  I've been SLACKING! :(  It was Ephrata Fair week... NO ONE can behave during Ephrata fair week :)  David and I have just been struggling a little bit to stay on plan.  This ALWAYS seems to be my trouble area.... 2 or 3 months out and I just fall off to wagon.  Needless to say, we stopped running, so the CEM5K is out of the question... I would NEVER be ready to run that. So I've committed myself to running the Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis on December 12!!!  I think I'm actually going to form a team so let me know if you would be interested!!!  And I'm going to register SOON so that I HAVE to train and be ready :)  


David and I are still down a decent amount... just about 20 pounds each in 8 weeks... so we are very happy with those results... he just wants to maintain that loss and I just need to keep on plugging away!!!!

Week F-I-V-E...

Phew...what a week!!!  Was SURE I gained instead of lost...but nope...down 2 pounds!!!  (A total of 16 in 5 weeks!!!)  And hubs is down 3!!!  How exciting!!!  The running however, is quite difficult.  This week we start a new pattern and I must admit, I'm already saying I'm not going to be able to do it.  So please, THINK OF ME!!!  Another busy week ahead of us, but we are back to having a planned menu so that's awesome.  Makes it SO much easier to not stray or decide to go out to eat!  After a weekend of "freedoms" including the awesomeness of Smokey Bones and the disappointing-ness of Wendy's,  regained some self control and avoided the Labor Day Cook Out foods at work yesterday :)   But yea, we had Wendy's Sunday night... and it just doesn't taste nearly as good as it used to! So I guess that's an AWESOME thing!!!  One last night, Renee from work is going to run the CEM 5K with me at the end of October...and she's promised to stay with me through the whole thing! (Even if I have to walk!)  We're going to be quite the pair... because she will be donning her Eagles jersey and I my Steelers jersey!!!! And maybe even some face paint?!?! Have to get one up on her :)


And FYI....FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS THURSDAY!!!!!!!!

H-O-T

Summer has returned....this week we said farewell to the AWESOME (fall-like) weather and have been greeted with STICKY humidity instead :/  So needless to say... tonights run was QUITE difficult.  Most definitely the most difficult thus far.  I used my inhaler, but right before we left, so it didn't really kick in until we were half done. :(  It felt like someone was squeezing my throat! NOT FUN!!!  But thanks to David, I was able to run the full amount.  Not fast running, but it was still running/jogging!!!  But I'm pretty sure I am going to hurt tomorrow!!!!!!  We've had a GREAT first month....so I'm hoping this continues!  


Today I also found out about this .... 

http://www.warriordash.com/register2010_mid-atlantic.php  and i'm really bummed out that I'm not in shape enough to do it this year.  It's similar to www.toughmudder.com events which I WILL do someday!!!!!

We've done our 1st month!!!

Today is our 4th weigh in.... which means we've been living our healthier lifestyle for a month already!!!! Wahoo!!!  So I lost another 4 pounds last week :)  yay!!!  so that puts me at a total loss of 14 pounds in 4 weeks!!!! and david lost 2 pounds which puts him at a total of 10.5 pounds!  I'm so excited!!!  We also had our 4th running session last night and this was a little tougher than it had been.  But I'm hoping Wednesday goes better!  It was the first night running in the heat AND I forgot to use my inhaler before we left. (oops!)


Alright, time to get Manessah to school and myself to work :)  Here's to another healthy day!!!

I like running????

So today was day 3 of our C25K training...and I...(gulp) ENJOYED it!!!!  I'm starting to like it!  Now granted, it's great running weather... so check back next week to here my complain and gripe about running in the heat!  The coolest part about tonight was that we took Manessah along!!!  She did AWESOME!!!!!  I was so incredibly proud of her :)   AND I think I did pretty good myself :)  I wasn't getting out of breath as often as I was on the other 2 days!  I'm so excited about this "new" life we're living!!!  I'm not as tired and I just feel better and happier!!!!  Hopefully Tuesday brings with it another week of loss for us :)  As for me, right now I'm watching Up! with my awesome family!!!! <3

"Running"...Day 2

So we had our second night of working out for the C25K workout....oh my do my legs hurt!!!  But again, I was able to do the entire workout!!! Woot woot!!!!  It's going to be A LOT harder when the warmer weather returns so I hope that I am able to continue doing this good!!!!

Weigh in....

Week three!!!!  I've lost another pound which puts me down 10 pounds in 3 weeks :)  At first I was a little upset because of how much I had lost the weeks before... but I didn't gain!!!

Hubs stayed the same...no loss, no gain.  But he has been lifting weights.  So we've seen what straying can do... so this week we need to stick with it and i KNOW we'll see better results next week!!! Especially since we're doing our 5K training now!!!