You are definately making an impression on me with the running hehe. With your kind of motivation you'll be at your goal in no time! Hope you have fun!
Thank you - I'm not sure about being at goal in no time but however long it takes I will get there - one day! Glad I could make an impression on you!
Hope you have a good weekend! I love Grand Marais. I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant we went to while we were there. It's by the water and it looks like a total dive, but the food there is really yummy!
Thanks Mizzie - it was a fun weekend. There are so many good restaurants there and around the area! I love the area too. It was too cold to get down to the water but maybe next time!
it sounds like your eating is still giving you problems.
Keep on kicking butt with the running but watch out for shinsplints!
Thanks Derrick - I wish I could be as good with my eating but as soon as I have a bite of something I shouldn't I want more! I just need to go cold turkey and stock up on clean eating foods for a week and I know those cravings will go away. I've never got shinsplints before and I hope I never do!
I say after 9.5 miles on the treadmill you deserved that darn granola bar! Perhaps I shouldn't be promoting rewarding yourself with chocolate covered things, but jeez, 9.5 miles?? That's awesome! You are so my inspiration right now.
I understand that a granola bar won't derail me after burning so many calories it's just that as soon as I get that taste in my mouth or the chemicals of the processed food I want and crave more... I should have had a protein shake or just went to bed!
congratulations on your marriage and your weight loss
. we have very similar goals...so I just may forum-stalk you for motivation! don't worry. i'm harmless. really.
keep up the good work!
Awesome!! I love stalkers! No really it would be great to see you around and I'll be sure to check out your journal if you've started one as well!!
Wow you exercise hardcore.
And your food is so healthy and delish.
Good job.
Well sometimes it's this way...other times not so much
thank you though for the encouragement!
for some reason it was that little inspiration I needed to get me to successfully complete my first 5K on the treadmill this morning!
That is so awesome!! You will be running at 5.8 in no time! Keep it up!!
7mph on a treadmill is pretty darn fast in my opinion. I never got there. Not that I was ever fast but still, 7mph is a good pace on a treadmill. You should be a little faster on the street.
That's good to hear you think I would be faster on the road - I need to get out there more! I ran 7 mph on Friday but only for .5 miles and had to drop it back down - it is pretty fast!!
9.5 miles on the treadmill?!?!?! Are you kidding me?!?!?! Damn girl, I was blown away when you said you ran 6.5 miles on it but NINEEE AND A HALF!?! I could barley handle a 5K on the treadmill this morning! LOL I am getting so excited for your half marathon knowing how much ass you are already kicking!!!
Hope you had a great weekend... where is Grand Marais?? I've never heard of it before. Let's have a good week - eating AND working out - we have to get it right!!! Chat with you later
Thanks Sarah! 9.5 miles actually wasn't that bad. The first 20 minutes are the hardest and then it just gets easier for some reason. Maybe I just stop thinking about it and just concentrate on my tunes.
Grand Marais is in Minnesota - not too far from you I don't think - you should google it. It's a small town but lots of nice golf courses.
Ok so I'm back from the long weekend! I love all the comments I got while I was away! That made me feel really good this morning and ready to tackle the week ahead. Here's how the weekend turned out:
Friday - went to the gym after work and ran 5km's on the treadmill - got up to 7 mph but only for .5 miles and had to bring the speed back down. Ate healthy all day and we decided to go to a friends camp for the night. We got there and the power was out and their oil heater had ran out of oil so it was freezing! Luckily I brought my toque and long john's and extra socks but it was so cold!! Like 0 degrees Celcius cold! We called hydro and they said it should be back in a hour or so so we started drinking. I was mixing my drinks pretty strong because the alcohol was warming me up. We had brought pizza to make in the oven but since the power was out we were out of luck. So it was good I couldn't eat bad but I hadn't had dinner and mixing it with all the booze I ended up passing out at like 11pm. I woke up absolutely frozen because the power never ended up coming back on and I had a bad headache and was starving!
Saturday - lied on the couch under a million blankets all day and ate that pizza that never ended up getting made. Went out to my parents for dinner and then back home to the couch - really lazy day.
Sunday - woke up at 7am to head out for our golf get-a-away with my parents. Drove a couple hours to the course and ended up getting into some beer. I had 6 beer while we played 19 holes and was pretty tipsy after that. Checked in at our hotel and went for dinner. Since most of our meals were at restaurants I know the calories were pretty high but I still picked some what good choices. Continued with the wine at dinner and think I had 4 glasses. Walked back to our room and passed out pretty early - not much snacking in between meals which was good.
Monday - woke up and went to another golf course and played another 18 holes of golf - this time only having two beers! I played pretty good and my shoulders are sore from all the swinging! We stopped at Grand Portage for dinner and played some slots - overall it was a great bonding weekend with my parents and hubby. Everyone got a long great and had lots of laughs.
I haven't exercised since Friday well unless you call golf exercise.
Tonight I am going out running even if this rain continues. I want to spend the next two weeks getting as much practice outside as I can.
Ok this is getting really long but I also wanted to tell you some really exciting news!! I'm going to Las Vegas Oct. 15th weekend for my sister's 35th birthday!!! She is getting me a deal on the flight and she won a bunch of money at the casino (over $22,000) so she gave me $500 which I am going to use to go on the trip! Hubby used his money to buy some drums so he's staying home! It's going to be my two sisters and another friend and I'm so pumped! It's going to be great motivation for me the next month and I'm going to use it towards my advantage with eating and exercise!!
Ok I think that's it for now! Cheers to a great week ahead!!
And your Married!!! 
Congrats hun! You were SUCH a BEAUTIFUL bride! I hope to look half as stunning as you did when (if i ever lol) I get married. I'm so sad and sorry that I had been away so long and that I missed the days that were leading up to your wedding. But I am SO happy for you! How are you and the Hubby doing? (You have a hubby woohoo!!)Work has been so crazy that I let it get in the way of me getting on here and I HATED being away from you and all of the other amazing girls, but I feel like I am back to stay this time, I missed you girls way too much to make it a habbit of not coming on here. Between going to Vegas, Having a cousin come and stay with me from texas, stress, work and lack of exercise and motivation I have packed on a few pounds...I am ready to get back to working hard with you. I am so excited for you that your marithon is coming up, your traning sounds great so far! You kick serious butt when your good and ready! Well hun, I missed you and I am just glad to be reading your posts again! xoxo
It was fun though but I'm tired today. I'm too old to drink and stay up late on work nights - isn't that sad? 
