Down a LITTLE!

Loss of 0.8 this week. Wow, eh?!? Pathetic, I say! Oh well. I shouldn't complain.
Halloween decorating in progress, chili in crockpot, pumpkin seeds cooked, lemon squares done. All that's left is cutting up the veggies and making the dip. Oh the joy of a Halloween birthday party! Whose idea was this anyway???

Not much to say

My day was OK. Worked then cleaned my house. Food was OK today but the scale preview the last couple days has not been promising so we shall see.
May go to an open house over the weekend and start to shop around for houses finally! Jan. 6th isn't that far away!
Preston will be coming to trick or treat on Friday. I'm informed that we will also be hosting Dad's birthday then as well. Good to know that there is a get together planned at your own house and you are the last to know :) Gotta love the family!
I'll update on the weigh in tomorrow!

Blue team sucks!!!

'Nuff said...well, maybe not - Heba really sucks.

We did it!

We actually finished the race! 21K and 2:24:14 later! Sadly, we took 4 min. more than I had hoped but it was all my Nike iPod's fault! Our pace according to it, was right on. About 3/4's of the way through the race I realized that the pace was off and we had to start pushing it to try and catch up to finish in 2:20. It didn't happen though :( I gave it all I had though (I had to sit with my head between my legs once I crossed the finish line or else I would have puked for sure!!) so there's nothing more I could have done, I guess. Except maybe run a little faster the whole way through and not have to die at the end!! Oh well.
Food wise was a bit of a write off. I had grilled tiger shrimp/baked potato/asparagus for dinner at the Keg the night before the race AND only one piece of bread. But also had a Keg sized caesar!! Then had PB&J on REAL bread before the race + 2 juice boxes. Then had a veggie burger and fries at Swiss Chalet post race. And a slice of pizza and garlic bread from Pizza Nova for dinner.
I think I need to drink more water. I was off yesterday to recoup but find that when I don't have my Nalgene with me (as I do at work) then I don't get my water in.
Muscles are a bit tight and right knee is a bit tweaked but feeling great otherwise!
All in all, a great weekend. It's nice to know I can run a half marathon, even though I'm 3-0!!!!

Better than expected...

I stayed the same! Last ditch effort paid off. And I actually behaved myself today which has not been the norm for weigh in day. Usually it's a write off. I think in the back of my mind, I'm thinking this week may be the time to get back down again following a 21K run. But maybe not because my muscles will be recouping and retaining water. Who knows?!? I never can predict. Thursday AM is always a surprise.
Anyway, 8K run today after work and a quick 4K tomorrow will round out the training. We'll see if it's been enough on Sunday. I'll say out loud now that I'm hoping for a 2hr 20min finish time. OK, now I'm nervous!!!
Hope everyone had a good Thursday with a fabulous weigh in!! (yes Jen, I'm talking to you!)
Yay for Friday.

The tea trick!

The colder weather has reminded me of the habit I got into last time it was cold...tea drinking!! Now don't get me wrong, I drink tea every morning but I remembered that in the evening, that is often what I would do when feeling snacky. Try tea first. Sometimes it's enough sweetness (I put skim milk and splenda in it) to trick me into thinking I don't need anything more to eat. I'll have to keep that in mind now that it's chilly out!
Food today was good (it's about time!!):
B- ww toast with PB and J (3)
L- cup of soup (1), melbas (2), veggies and dip (1), apple (1)
S- melbas (2)
D- cheater lasagna (7), ww garlic toast (2)
S- tea (0)
We'll see how weigh in goes tomorrow (as long as I remember where the scale is at 630am!!).

OK, I lied...

I did not find motivation this weekend. In fact, I didn't even look for it! Lee and P man were here on Saturday and Sunday as my old room and Ty's old room were being demolished! So they stayed here to be out of the way. I have been sick (finally home today from work) since Thursday with a sinus cold so we didn't do a whole lot. Just hung out and went to the school across the road to play at the playground. P man is hilarious - especially when he says "oh boy" - too freakin' cute I tell ya!
House hunting is at a stand still. There is absolutely nothing out there in this area for the price we're looking at paying. We lost the one and only house :( We are keeping our eye out but it's looking more and more like we'll be living with someone for a little while. Craziness.
Weather has been crap yesterday and today so we haven't gotten in our last runs before the big race this weekend. I hope the weather is HALF decent on Sunday...everyone please cross your fingers! 21K in the rain or snow does not = fun!
Eating has been less than stellar. I think I'm being cocky or something. I need to realize that I cannot keep eating whatever I want and not really gain. What is wrong with me???

Where did the scale go?

Under the bed apparently! I didn't weigh in yesterday because I couldn't find the scale. Our bathroom is not the biggest and with the house up for sale and all, the scale had to go under our bed, unbeknownst (I've always wanted to use that word!) to me. I remembered to ask where it was last night and did my weigh in this morning. Technically, I don't really know when my last weigh in was so I guess I better go by the ticker...which means I'm up 2 lbs from Aug. 28th!!!!
Not too shabby when you think about it. I mean, throw in a wedding, a honeymoon, Thanksgiving and selling your house and 2 lbs. doesn't seem SO bad!
I need to get back under my "you're being bad" number though. I just need to find me some motivation! I'm going to look for it this weekend :)
Happy Friday!

Where I have been...

My one reader actually knows where I've been but on the off chance somebody else reads this then here you go!

Well first of all, I got married. It was an amazing day :)

Then it was off to Barcelona for our honeymoon. We stayed 3 days in Barcelona and then cruised to Nice, Florence, Rome, Naples and Sicily.

Once we came home, it took a while to get back into the groove. Hello jet lag!

We've been running in preparation for the half marathon (21K). We did our longest training run last week (20K) and all went well.

Then we put our house up for sale. And sold it in 4 days.

Because we fell in love with this one...and lost it in a bidding war.

So as of December 31st, we will be homeless! We're now going to have to go house shopping but we're still getting over the sour taste in our mouths from this other deal.

And that's been my life in a nutshell. I'm going to work on eating better as stress and Thanksgiving is getting the best of me. But my saving grace has been burning a days worth of calories on my long run...hey, whatever it takes to eat pumpkin pie, right?!?!