Week 6, Day 2

I can't believe it's been a couple of weeks since I've posted! FYI, when you see that I haven't posted in awhile, that pretty much means I haven't been doing well. Last week I ran a total of 1 mile. Ugh. I weigh myself every Monday and had not been losing any weight (not gaining, either, so ... that's a plus. Right?). So, yesterday I weighed myself and I lost a half of a pound. I'm now all the way down to 176.5. Even though I haven't been running, I've been doing a little better with my diet. So, yesterday, I went to the gym intent on running 4 miles. Right before getting on the track, I go to turn on my mp3 player. It won't turn on. Dead battery. No warning. And I'm like ..... there is no way I can run 4 miles without something to listen to ..... so I'll just do 2 miles today. I start to run ...... when I realize that I had put on the wrong bra. It's IMPERATIVE that I wear my sports bra when I run. Those of you who are well-endowed know what I mean. Ugh. I ended up working on speed and ran one mile in less than 10 minutes. But I just could not leave the gym like that. So I did a brisk walk for another mile. I came home feeling ok about what I did, based on what was going on. This morning I went to the gym with the RIGHT clothing, and a battery in my mp3 player. I planned on running 3 miles, but was only able to manage 2. Then I walked (briskly) 1. I've decided that if I don't run the entire distance that I have planned, I'll finish it with a brisk walk. But I really need to run! So, tomorrow I'll do 3 miles.

I am keeping myself hydrated, and since my vegetarian step-daughter is visiting for a few days, the whole family is abstaining from meat during her visit (yay!). I am finding some awesome recipes, too =) I have been doing better with having a green smoothie for breakfast. Jim and I have also decided we will be a dairy free family, so we are transitioning to that very slowly. First to go? Milk. I have been making almond milk for myself for awhile, but now I'm making it for the family too =) After we get used to being without milk, it's goodbye to cheese.

Well, I'll try to be better about blogging. At least it was only a couple of weeks that I missed. Usually, it's MONTHS!