Would This be Your Prayer?

I have never met this family but today I sat at my desk and cried many tears for their anguish and sat in amazement at their worship! 

And I ask myself, would this be my prayer? 

This only comes from knowing God, knowing His heart and trusting Him!

So I ask, would this be your prayer?

Please read Susanna's story here

New Shoes!!!

Mamma gotta new pair of shoes!!!  A beautiful pair!  A pair I am SO happy about!  You'd think with all this joy I would be talking about a beautiful pair of pumps.  But no...these are my new beautiful babies!

Brooks Adrenaline GTS11 Support Shoes!  Ran in them today and LOVE them.  I need to adjust the laces a bit because my baby toes kept falling asleep but other than that I LOVED them!  Nice and supportive, very cushy!  I couldn't feel the road and that was so nice!  

Good run today!  4.5mi in 41 minutes.  My brother in law keeps making fun of me that I am so shocked by my times, but literally, every time I get a great time, like today, I am just dumbfounded!  I never thought I would be running so fast.  SO great!  I could have gone farther (and I really wanted to...it was 48 degrees out!) but my toes were bothering me a little too much...so I cut it short.  My goal is to do a 7 mile run this week!  Just to bring up my distance again!  I haven't run that long since the half, so I'm excited to try it!

****side note, my poor little boy is pretty sick.  Can't tell what's wrong, other than a little cold or the flu.  He's been running a high fever, his throat is hurting him and he is starting to get a nasty cough.  He's miserable!  Poor kid!****

Weigh in

Bad news people.  I gained .8oz.  Not a negative.  A +.

Ugh!!  I HATE weeks like this!  Especially when it comes after working harder than I have been...didn't go over my calories (except Sunday) and worked HARDER!!  That is super irritating and super frustrating!!!

So, please tell me, what am I doing wrong?  And don't tell me I am gaining more muscle....because I should still be losing SOMETHING!  Ugh!

So, not cheat day for me this week.  Also, to make my mother happy, I have stopped drinking Diet Soda.  Haven't seen a change really, but hey, maybe something will help.  I have also stopped eating sugar.  If it is listed in the first 3 ingredients I am only allowed to have 15g and no desserts (maybe a small cheat here and there, but for now nothing)  A small detox if you will.

I did this to jump start my weight loss after losing nothing for MONTHS.  Hopefully it will work again!

I feel like I have better control these days.  Portion control, actual calorie count, etc. I'm not eating mindlessly anymore which is nice.  Its nice to be in control.

I had a nice run today with my friend Leah, just a quick 2.6 and I made her run fast.  Pretty sure she hates me :)  Another run is planned for tomorrow, I'm thinking 4-5 which should get me to my goal of 10mi this week and a little over! (as long as the weather plays nice).  So that will make 6 workouts this week.  3 days of running and 3 of some other cardio/strength training.  Using the other muscles!

If "you" have any words of advice I'd love to hear them....or words of encouragement would be nice too!  I just need some help!  I've gotta get rid of this weight!

Say What?

We all know kids say the darndest things right! 

Well, this is a conversation with Wy-man this morning....upon waking up at 5:15am!!

Me: "Wy, I want you to go get in bed with daddy and try to go back to sleep"

Wy: "Momma, I just don't have enough energy to go to sleep!"

Oh this child! 

Lovely quality of my phone camera!

*****I'd like to make this a regular type of post, so I'll start keeping a log of what he says (and they say) and hopefully bring some laughs to your day!****

Love/Hate

I have a Love/Hate relationship with Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels.

Hate - the during

Love- the after effect!

Today was the Biggest Loser Cardio Max, levels 1-2

Oy Vey

Bob says a phrase about season three's Pam. "Sweating like a man, Breathing like a man"

That was me! 

But its another one down!