Sick = MIA

This has been a sick sick week for our family.  My poor kids have been through the ringer.  Fever, stuffy, cough, runny noses, aches.  Full out flu!  I feel so bad for them.  I have also gotten a touch of it but not nearly as bad as them!  So that is the reason for being MIA.

The good news.  I've gotten in 10 miles this week thanks to my 5.3 mi freezing cold run today.  My lungs were NOT happy with me. But it feels good to have it done!

Ok, back to tending to my sickies!

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!****