So I woke up today ready to work out and my husband wants me to stay in bed with him.  I want to stay.  I try and stay but I know in the back of my head that I won’t go for a run later in the day so I do it.  I get out of bed.  I loaded the pup in the truck and took off to my path.  Not my path cause if I had a choice I wouldn’t let anybody run on it while I was running.  So, the general path by my house I head to. 

It felt good to get out there.  It was perfect weather.  Dog was in fine form for keeping me going.  I got to the .25 mile marker with my warm up walk and started running.  I went to the 1.25 mile marker and wanted to turn around but I didn’t I kept going.  All the way to the 1.75 mile marker then we turned around.  It is kind of funny cause there is a part of the path that turns to an open field and it is like my dog knows that I am going to be turning around soon, she keeps turning her head towards me and looking at me like she wants me turn.  When I made it to the 2.5 mile mark a lady passed me and she was going a good pace so I tried to keep up to her, but staying about 50 feet away.  When I got to the end I thanked her for keeping me going.   Any ways, I run all the way back to that first .25 mile marker.  3 miles of running, 1/2 mile of walking.  40 minutes. 

As far of food goes it has been a good day.  A bowl of cereal for breakfast.  Tuna sandwich and carrots for lunch and yogurt for snack.  I bought some of those Eating Right meals from Safeway so that is what I am going to have for dinner with an apple.  And corn.  I have been drinking water like crazy all day. 

I have bible study tonight and I know that there will be a snack there.  But I will either have something small or not have anything at all and reward myself with a fruit popsicle when I get home. 

When I know I am going to be posting my food intake it sure makes me more aware of what I put in my mouth.  I am a honest person so even though anyone that reads this would have no idea if I am telling the truth or not, I would know.    So that helps so much. 

I can thank my online running buddies for helping me find this site.  If it wasn’t for the support they have given me the past 9 weeks I would still be sitting on my couch.  I can honestly say that I can run 3 miles without stopping.  Although my face is beet red when I am done, I can do it. 

So, now I find that it is time for me to get support and an outlet for my eating habits.  I tried doing a blog before and it worked for a while.  I even had a deal with my daughter that if I didn’t lose the weight that she would post my before pictures on my myspace page.  I was only wearing my sports bra and tiny shorts.  Not a pretty picture.   I didn’t lose the weight and being the loving daughter she is she didn’t post the pictures.  I also deleted my myspace page just in case she changed her mind. 

My eating habits have never been good.  But I hope that having to write everything down I will be more conscience of what I eat.  With that said I will let you know I just finished off a bowl of rocky road ice cream.  I don’t think that it is bad to have ice cream.  It is the size of the bowl that matters. 

A little background on my life-6 years ago I dropped 25 pounds.  I was 125 when I started and at my lowest I was probably under 100 pounds.  I was unhealthy.  I was going through a stressful time in my life and my diet consisted of tums, water and sometimes a power bar.  Every once in a while I would have an apple, yogurt, or a string cheese.  That was it and not at the same time.  When my life started get back on track I started eating again.  The weight came back on.  And back and back.  Now I am up to close to 160.  I would like to just get down to 130.  And then see from there. 

So here I am going on and on.  I should be going to bed so I can get up and go for my run. My goal for Monday May 19th is to have cereal for breakfast. Yogurt for a snack. WW lunch with an apple.  Dinner I don’t know yet, but I will keep my portions small.  And drink water all day. 

I am also planning on running 3 miles in the morning. 

I will say that today I did work out during The Office.  I lifted weights and did some ab work.  I will do that Monday night too. 

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