I need, wait… I WANT, to run today, but I am all weirded out by my missed run still. Rawr! I hate getting off track! So, I think I am going to go for 4 miles again today. And, the lil man asked if we “could something fun today, like go to the beach or the park or…” (and the list went on cause he is a rambler!) and I am more than happy to oblige him. Okay, so here is a gross story. If you are poop-o-phobic, skip down! So I made these delicious whole wheat and flax meal blueberry muffins. Mmmmm good. Well, when I eat them (and by them I mean one per day or else!) I make sure to drink a full glass of water with them so as to keep things a movin’, since they are full of fiber. Well last night I had one with a banana on the way home from the basketball game, and I drank some water, but not much cause my water bottle was almost empty and in the excitement of the medals and All Star team picks I forgot to fill it up. Okay, all was fine last night but skip forward to this morning. CRAMMMMMP! I was hurting! So that was mostly taken care of this morning after breakfast, but I want to drink some more coffee, then a lot of water before I venture out for a run. Nasty, I know.

As I was pouring my cereal this morning, I noticed my portions are growing again. I got out the measuring cup and low and behold, my 1 cup serving was about 1.2 cups! I dumped the .2 in the trash!! Better there than on my ass. I need to buckle down a bit with the diet. I am slowly letting a few bad habits slip back in and I don’t like it. I’m not focused on weight, but rather health, and I am not doing my body any favors by overstuffing it or feeding it cheez-its or half a star crunch (i never buy that crap and my son had one for the first time as a snack after his first game last night and HATED it, so he gave it to me and you know… the starving children in China and all… of course I ate it. YUM!). The point is, I want to be a runner… I want to glide and to LOOK like a runner. I want to be strong and fueled like a runner. And star crunches? Not so much pushing me towards my goal. I need to remember that.

I finished up the Coaches’ gifts and can I just say… CUTE!

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So now I just need to make the cards from the parents. I am SO not a graphic designer, but I think I did pretty good on this! :)

Okay, that’s all I got. Have a great day, chickies!

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I got a call from a friend and she wanted to do lunch, so I hopped on the treadmill instead of going to the beach to conserve time. I did 3 miles in 33 minutes exactly! Pretty great for the treadmill. The first mile I did at 4.8, the second between 5.2 and 5.5, the first half of the 3rd at 5.8, and the last half mile between 6.0 and 6.2. Yay! The good news? I restrained during lunch. The bad news? The boys got Valentines from their Gramma (cute card, $50 gift card, and a heart full of chocolates… I need a gramma, STAT!), and since they don’t like dark chocolate… and they each had 2 pieces of it… what with the kids in China and all… hahaha I really need to absolve that ole Catholic guilt and get over the wasting food when there are children in need. Seriously though, I HATE wasting food! I feel like such an ass when we do it.

We’re off to Toys R Us to waste, err spend, our gift cards :D

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I am SO OVER eating at night! Why the heck do I even do that?! UGH. string cheese and cheese nips. Oh, and some peanuts. Cause why? I am a crackhead. Must… stop… eating!