Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

7:45 am 11:07 AP 63 degrees 138 average BPM

This was one of thos runs where I felt like I was moving like a turtle..a very sllloooow turtle. But my pacing for the most part was right on target. Good run. Last mile was a little tough with my ITB but no biggie.

Now i'm drinking wey protein in milk that tastes like strawberries. yum!

Today I have an interview for a new serving job for the summer. I hope to work there and the other restaurant over the summer till I find a teaching job. I thought I'd be able to relax for te summer and maybe not work weekends. Looks like that is not going to happen!

Shred 1. Walked dogs. waxed and washed both vehicles. I'm pooped.

7:45 a.m. 54 degrees cold and rainy 10.43 running and .5 on the elliptical

I feel like my runs are regressing rather than progressing. I had too much candy last night and that coudl explain my sluggishness. or the fact that i got 9.5 hours of sleep! I didn't do that on purpose!Going to go hop in the shower b/c I am very cold right now!

7:30am elliptical and .8 dog walk

Greg had to get a lump cut out of his neck today. I dn't think it is anything. It was more of a better safe than sorry surgery type thing. He is awake now and feeling less groggy. Needless to say I'm taking today off of running. catching up on school work and freaking out about the week ahead of me...lots to do!

5 a.m. run 10:55 pace 53 degrees

I swear I was in bed by 9:30 last night. But then I couldn't sleep. So I checked my email and then my fiancee said I hadddd to look at something. ANTS! in the dinning room. I guess they found some remnants of Easter dinner in the crack of the table (where the glass meets wood). Well he can't drive anywhere so i had to drive to walmart in my pjs to get ant killer. I dn't see any this morning thank goodness. but after that I couldn't even sleep. I scheduled too much for today without realizing it. I have an interview at 3:30 and before that I"m being observed for basically the last time. She will be here for 2 hours. And I'm taking a risk by having part of that time is me teaching the kids how to make salsa and my CT has the strawberry smoothie aka daquiri group (I"m doing hispanic heritage unit).

Any who happy running all!

3:30 pm workout...soo much rain. My friend lemme go to her gym with her. I ran and she sorta did (is trying to get back into running) same with her boyfriend. So for atleast the first 2 miles I had people to talk to. The last mile I kicked it up to a 9:22 mile and the last .25 I did 8:30. I think I like speed work on the TM

Oh and I wanted to add that one of my students loves to hang all over me and I don't mind it. Today she is hanging on my arm and says Ya know what I like best about you? and she pokes at my arms--your muscles. So I couldn't show it but that made me all Yippee...Cuz ya know kids don't lie...so I guess i'm doing something right!

6 on the elliptical arm weight stuff. I either need heavier weights or need to be doing something else b/c I'm not sore...and I like that kind of sore.

And I"m tired of not being able to fall asleep at night and then not being able to wake up in the morning. Grrr.

I got measured for my cap and gown...yipee!

I want to lose 8 pounds...okay maybe only 5 but I don't want to be 153...why? b/c it is a stupid size for me. size 10 jeans are too baggy on me and 8's won't button now. And honestly that is making me angry! so I could be 200 pounds...just let my jeans look good...grr...rant over

longest mileage in one day EVER!!!

okay so i'm pooped. I will keep this shortish. I was doing good till about mile 9...started to get some twinges. Well maybe that was about mile 7.5 b/c I did some side lunges to loosen things up. by mile 12 13 and 14.5 I was walking mostly. Not too badly. I told myself through the whole run if I run till the next mile I can walk, drink, stretch whatev for .10 miles. Mile 10 I had a gu. This routine worked well to mile 12....by mile 15 I was back on track. and then by mile 18 my ITB was screaming and my legs were screaming. And I was out of water! yikes! the run started in the 40s by tthe time I was done it was 72ish.  GARMIN said I finished in about 3:40 but I was out there for about 3:50 (garmin has automatic start stop for lights and stretching). I think this isreally good and is making me believe more and more that I can do a marathon!

Okay well the hot bath felt good. I hope I didn't over do my smoothie. I mixed chia seeds, protein powder, banana, strawkiwi yogurt, ice and some water...YUM!

Well now off for a nap and some TV. We have company coming over so I have to rest up before 6!

4 on the elliptical

Day off

I thought I would log my food. I kept track today

Oatmeal 1cup 300 calories
chia seed     120 cal
Milk 1%   1/4 cup 30 cal
brown sugar    30 cal
Vitamin Water 50 cal

Total at break fast 530

Snack-ritz crackers and american cheese 140 cals

Bread two slices 140 cal
mayo 45 cal
roast beef 70-100 cal
yogurt 170 cal
veggies guessing about 100 cal
Water with apple cran flavor 0 cal

total for lunch-565

snack

dried mangos 120 cal
chips 200 cal

Total snacks 320

Total so far all together 1415

I may add up until that afternoon snack I was at 1100 calsish. I have tried veggie snacks or yogurt snack but they don't seem to fill me up and get rid of the woozies. Any advice is welcomed. BTW I am going to be tracking my eating till the end of April. I will make slight changes here and there along the way but I really want to right now pay attention to what is going on.

I should also mention that my energy levels went WAAAAY down after lunch. I was sooo yawny. But I felt like it was a pretty good lunch?

6:30pm run after eating dairy queen...not cool on the tummy...but it helped speed up my run!

elliptical and weights

7:30 p.m. run with a friend..very nice run with my new friend. she is a 5k runner. She was a track all star back in h.s. (is now 30) and is trying to get back into running and only wants to do short distances. I don't blame her. We had a slow pace but I hardly notice b/c we talked and laughed so hard during the run. She thought maybe she was holding me back and I was like no way! I have been having so many negative thoughts about my running lately that this was such a nice reprieve. If I were doing an 11:30 mile on my own I would get pissed at myself and start walking b/c I would have that why bother attititude. Then we ruined all the healthly benies of a good run and had waaay to much mexican food and guacamole! soooo yummmy!

I"m getting excited about Race to Wrigley next weekend. My brother got the shirt already and it has the cubby logo on it! It will definitely be my new fav shirt!

I think I need a break from running. I could not get out of the door today. I drove 90 minutes to my bro's work (he has a trail near work) so we could run 20 miles. As you can see I didn't make it. My ITB started hurting and I erred on the side of caution.

I'm not sure what to do about the darn thing. I can't seem to run more than 6 with out it hurting.

I'm very close to quiting marathon training....very very close.

3 p.m. run

I love running with my new friend. She said she may go as high as a 6 miler with me. We were running an 11 minute pace. She felt like she was dying but I felt great. Well my ITB did start to feel ew after 4.5...but everything else was cool. I think we are going to run tomorrow. I don't know what I will do after I'm done with student teaching. She will still be a perm sub at the school and I will be working after 3p..stinks!

I did 4 sets of 15 pushups when I got home

Today is day one of my lower carb diet. My goal is to stay under 150 g of carbs and up my protein. I have a LONG way to go with the protein. Today I had to have a protein shake just to up the protein. did you know ther is like 33 g of carbs in bananas! Wow! I would eat two or three in a day on some days.

I'm doing this for some weight loss benies but mostly b/c i'm tired of my moods being so  up and down. I have been reading that if you have a low carb diet then your glucose levels are more level and not so up and down.

I did the weights portion of the Jillian Michaels shred this morning. It is a good thing too b/c I have to work tonight. I'm picking up some shifts my last two weeks in school to try to save us with some ofour bills. I"m nervous. I feel like I haven't served in soooo long!

abs

Last week of Student Teaching!

8 a.m. start. My brother and I did a mile warm up around Wrigleyville. It was chilly but I'm glad I left my coat in the car. I was hot by the end of the race. In fact I wished I had taken off my pants (wore shorts underneath). I had to get up at 4 am to meet up my brother so we could drive to the northside together. I am tired. And of course I never sleep the night before a race. But the t-shirt was totally worth it!

According to Garmin I pr'd by 1:30 from my last 5k. Official results will be out tomorrow.

Splits-

1.14-warm up 9:30
2-8:06 I had to tell myself to sloooow down!
3-8:13
4-8:23
.16-7:22

My goal was to beat my last time of 27:30 and to make 8:50's. I did both. Just as long as Garmin is right.

Great race-Guess a few days off really helped. Towards the end I could feels some twinges in my ITB. I may ellip tomorrow and do more strength training.

I started training today at my new job. I liked it. toda we talked about the menu and got a general tour of the place. Tomorrow we taste wines and the other mixed drinks. I"m pretty excited about this place. I was also a good girl and took my test at my current job so that they don't get all mad at me and tell my new boss (drama). Pluse I"m finding it will take about two weeks for me to get my training done at the new place. soo I might as well keep the other job for now.

Last week of student teaching. I have so far applied to 17 districts...whew!

Elliptical and abs

4 miles with my friend. Yes I am so busy that I can't even write in my blog anymore!

1/2 marathon in Indy next weekend! yikes!

elliptical...having friends over...life is grand!

slothfulness...