I want to be a loser

Yesterday I ran 3.5 miles. Early. Had a busy day. Again. Woke up at 7am. Out the door by 7:15. Good run. I love this slow and gradual training. Came home, showered and headed out the door. Had plans with my mom to go shopping for my reunion outfit. Found some cute clothes. My daughter works for a major store and this weekend was family discount days. I took advantage of it. This was one of my best shopping trips too. Things were fitting. Things were on sale and I had money. Can’t get any better than that. I bought a grey pair of slacks, pair of jeans, dress, 2 tops(one fancy for reunion) and a pair of shoes for under $100. And I got $10 to spend the next time I shopped.

Kids had plans last night so dh and I went and saw Ghost Town. I really liked it. That guy is really funny. Had popcorn for dinner. Yogurt for dessert.

Today was the Alzheimer walk. Good to get together with family and walk together for my dad. 2 miles of walking and it took over one hour. So many people.

Tomorrow is a rest day. I will take it.

I just realized I wrote Thursday on Wednesday’s post.  Such a blond I am. 

Ran 1.5 miles today.  Felt good.  Weather cooperated. 

Today I weighed in.  147.5.  Wow.  I thought I was up in my weight.  I was thinking that my last weigh in was 146.  Until I just read the post where it was 149 last time.  That means I am down rather than up 1.5 pounds.  I can tell too.  My jeans are looser.  I can sit on the floor in my jeans and my legs don’t go numb. 

Today was scheduled 3 mile run.  Well, last night we had a friend emergency and I was out until 1:30 am.  Bed and asleep by 2.  Kids were up and going at 6 this morning and I wanted to make their lunches so I got up.  4 hours of sleep.  And I have to work.  So I got myself going and went to work cleaning the house I clean.  Came home and slept for 20 minutes. Showered and got ready.  Had a busy day ahead of me.  No time for a run.  Went and fed my dad.  He ate good and I got a few smiles out of him.    Came home and it was raining.  I hate running in the rain.  But by the time I changed into my running clothes and went to the path it had stopped raining.  So I walked .25, ran 3 miles, walked .25.  I feel so much better after my runs. 

Eating has been good.  Tomorrow is a 1.5 I think I can handle that.  As long as it isn’t raining. 

Dh has stopped running with me.  :(  His knees are really bothering him.  He is talking about joining the gym as a family so he can swim and bike.  I hope we do.  I love taking step classes or any type of group class.  Intimidating walking in that first time though. 

Sunday I am doing the Alzheimer Walk.  Nothing strenuous, it is 2 miles. 

Oh I hate that word.  It is cold in the mornings.  But that is the only time I can go for my runs.  Sunday I rested.  Monday I did an ab video and am feeling it today.  I might have to start wearing gloves.  Maybe a hat. 

Today I got up and went to the path.  Ran 1.5 miles.  I like those short runs cause I work on running faster.  Tomorrow is 3 miles.  I am going to do it first thing in the morning.  Then I have my weigh in at the house I clean.  Then I get to go feed my dad.  I feel bad because I haven’t seen him in over a month.  My mom is going out of town tomorrow and I am off so this works out good. 

I received a compliment today.  I got told I was looking good.  Was it my hair?  My clothes? Lost weight?  Those are the questions she asked me.  Yes, my hair was curled today.  Clothes were old.  And yes, I have lost weight.  The pants I wore today were ones that I haven’t fit in to for a long time.  So Yeah me!  Less than 3 weeks till my reunion and I think I will be ready. 

What is business casual?  That is the dress that they asking for the reunion. 

I have to move my scheduled runs from Sunday to Saturday.  I have no time on Sundays to run.  Today I got up and went for a run.  3 miles.  No knee brace.  Yeah.  Tomorrow I will do some form of exercise.  No run.  Maybe an ab video. 

Going to try and stay on track with food today.  Cereal for breakfast. Lunch is at my grandpas memorial service.  He passed away over 2 weeks ago.  He was almost 98 years old.  Great guy.  Going to be missed.  But I know he is happy now with his wife. 

Dinner is pizza that I have been promising my son for the past week. 

My mammogram came back normal. 

UPDATE:

No pizza.  My son went to his grandma’s house to hang out.  DD is sick and only wanted a little dinner.  There was plenty of food at the service and we were able to bring some home.  DD and I had tortilla rolls and fruit salad. 

Breakfast was a 1/2 bowl of cereal. Then met my friend for coffee.  But coffee didn’t sound good so we both had tea.  Which was good.  I drank that all day.  Kept filling my cup with hot water.  I forgot to bring lunch today.  Not good.

Came home.  Dh came home from work and we went to the path to run.  I ran faster than him.  Today while running, I was thinking.  I am finally better at something than him.  Is that bad?  :)  He was hurting.  I found him a running program that he is going to try, but if he keeps hurting it isn’t going to be fun for him.  I ran 1.5 miles.  That was today’s run.  Tomorrow is a day of rest.  From exercise.    And I am glad.  I am going to sleep in.  And by sleep in I mean, get up with kids at 6:30 and get them off to school and climb back in to bed till 8.  Maybe even 8:30. 

Went for a 3 mile run this morning.  Right on track with Mr. Hal Higdon.  My dh is mad that I am moving on with out him.  Trying to up my mileage before he can catch up to me.  But I told my dh that I still have 1.5 miles to do 2 times a week, so I can run those days with him and hope that my dh ups his mileage on the other days.  He wants to start listening to the couch to 5K.  But he doesn’t want to start at the beginning.  I don’t know what week he should start on.  And he doesn’t have an ipod.  We have 4 ipods in our house.  Dd has one.  I have one.  Ds has 2, a big one and the nano.  And he won’t let his dad download the C25K on the nano.  So dh is thinking of using some points that he has to get himself the ipod touch.  Here is the whining part.  I WANT an ipod touch.  I am hoping dh will get the touch and give it to me and then dh can have my ipod.  So, I have to wait and see what he is going to do.  My birthday is right around the corner and that would make a great gift I think.  Plus, he wouldn’t be spending any money on it.  It would be free.  I think I need to start giving hints. 

Back to my run.  Felt good.  Perfect weather.  It sort of makes me sad thinking that fall and winter are right around the corner.  I am not a rainy weather person.  I hate running between raindrops.  Maybe I will get one of those umbrella hats.  HaHa.  But working on the Hal Higdon program really gives me incentive to keep it up.  It really seems doable.  I felt great when I was done with my 3 miles.  I even ran strong the last .25 miles.  Usually I am dying, but I felt really good. 

Tomorrow is 1.5 miles.  I think I can do that. 

Saturday dh and I ran.  I ran 2 miles and he was right behind me at 1.75.  I was so proud of him.  We ran together for the first 1.25 miles and then he needed a break.  So he walked and I kept on running.  Is that bad?  Should I have walked with him?  Oh well.  When I got to the 2 mile mark I stopped and turned and he was right behind me.  So he caught up to me. 

Today I was going to meet a friend for coffee at 9 so I got up early and went for a 3 mile run.  Came home and friend had to postpone till later in the week.  I am so glad I got that text after my run cause I probably would have gone back to bed when the kids left for school.  Had a good run.  Felt good to do 3 miles.  I am still wearing the knee brace.  But don’t think I will have to wear it much more.

Stress is starting to really hit me.  Less than 4 weeks till my reunion.  I just want to puke when I think about it.  The only thing that I am thankful for is that I am going with 2 friends and their spouses.  And the 6 of us get along great.  So if anything the 6 of us will have a great time.  I need to get my hair cut this weekend. Forget about getting a pedicure.  Not worth paying full price for something that I only need 7 nails done.  I am going to have to find a cute outfit.  I am glad I am working now so I can afford this.  My daughter is going shopping with me so she can help me find something nice.  I almost want to wait till it gets closer.  Figure I can use what ever I buy for work too. 

I had my mammogram.  I think I was in and out of there in 10 minutes.  Is that normal?  Seems like the first one I had I was there forever and they took about 100 pictures.  From every angle.  Today it was 2 pictures for each side. 

And I am such a blond.  When I received the letter saying that my appointment was due I didn’t call the number on the letter.  I looked up the phone number online.  I didn’t receive a reminder call so I called today the number on the letter.  No appointment there.  They gave me another number to call.  No appointment there.  I looked in my day planner and there was the number.  I called that number and sure enough I had an appointment.  And she had to tell me where it was.  Ok.  I get there early and I don’t remember the place at all.  This is not where I was last year.  Anyways they take their pictures and away I go.  But my results are going to delayed because they have to get the films from the other place first.  Why oh why didn’t I go to the same place. 

Then it just hit me that they asked me who my doctor was and I told them my general doctor was, not my OB.  So, now I think I better call them and make sure they send the results to my OB. 

Point of this story is that on my home from getting my breasts squished I stopped at Starbucks and got myself a treat.  Venti carmel macchiato-Iced.  Yummy.  Now I am on a caffeine high. 

I am planning on yogurt for dinner.  Maybe some toast to soak up some of that coffee. 

Had my weigh in today.  149.  Yeah, under 150 still.  So I was done cleaning and went home.  Was going to eat lunch and decided that the only time I was going to get in a run today was right now.  So, I got dressed real fast and drove to my path.  Found my ipod in the car, but no earbuds.  :(  So I ran with out any music and I did just fine.  I have so much going on it was good to play out things in my head.  .25 walk, 2 MILE RUN, .25 cool down walk.  Yeah!! for 2 miles.  I wore my knee brace.  I was glad I did.  My knee was talking to me at 1.75. 

I have my mammogram today.  I had one last year.  Or should I say, I had two last year.  They found a lump last year so I had to have 2 and then a ultra sound and then a biopsy.  It was nothing.  Thankfully.   I am preparing myself to go through that again.  The techs all said that I would probably have to do that again and if it does happen they will take out the lump that is causing the problem so I won’t have to do it every year. 

And I finally lost one of my toenails.  I think the other 2 are going to hang on.  It doesn’t hurt, just looks funny.  I think my toe looks like a astronaut with out his face mask on.  (This is for you Shana)

So my shower and lunch are calling my name.