Happy Wear-Green-or-Else Day!!

I sure hope you all have green on!  If not, consider yourself pinched through the interwebs... 

I have a bad feeling about the next three days starting on Friday.  Friday is food day at work.  Everyone will be bringing in a massive amount of food, and I hope I am disciplined enough to not eat it. Saturday, we are going to Nakato's for my brother-in-law's birthday.  Sunday, we are having friends over for dinner, and I tend to get carried away when entertaining friends. So, everyone say a prayer for me.  I need it.  This is a real test of will.

Good Problems

I have a problem.  My clothes are way too big for me.  If I don't wear a belt with some of my pants, things can get really awkward.  Some of my shirts are way too big.  It's like when I wore my dad's shirts when I was 8. 

Good thing I have kept clothes I grew out of.  It has been a lot of fun to dig through my drawers and closets and find shirts and pants I have not been able to fit into for years.  I still hope they are in style... like I care.

Today, I found a gray button down shirt I bought over 2 years ago.  After I bought it, I brought it home and washed it.  I was excited to wear it to work the next day, and it did not fit.  I was so embarrassed, I hung it up and never looked at it again.  Today, I am wearing it, and it is loose.  I love being able to grow out of clothes the fun way!

Rocked my 30-minute run this morning.  I ran my first 1.5 miles at a 12:30 pace.  That is the fastest I have ever run a mile.  Felt pretty dang good.  Boot camp on Thursday!

How Far I Have Come

There was a new person in boot camp today who has just started his weight loss journey.  The class had to partner up to count our sets. I made sure we were partners, because I wanted to encourage him to work hard.  He is not as heavy as I was when I started, but I could tell he had a hard time.  For me, having another person around my physical level feels better than someone who can crank out a million sets.

While we were working out, I realized how far I have come in the last 71 days.  I had to stop and sit out in my first boot camp class; now I can do almost all the reps on some days. I could barely run a minute at a time, and now I am running 30+ minutes non-stop.  I am wearing clothes I have not been able to wear in 4 years.  I am more confident and active, and before, I would sit around and do nothing. 

It is such a great feeling.  If I can do it, anyone can.  It was great to share that with my workout partner today, and I hope he saw me as an example to keep coming to boot camp and to keep working hard.  If I can do it, anyone can.  You just have to get off your butt, and DO IT!

Daylight Savings Sucks

Daylight Savings kicked my trash today.  I tried to go to bed at 10 last night and laid in bed for 90 minutes before I could even go to sleep.  It felt like my eyes were closed for 5 minutes, and then our alarms went off. It truly felt like 4am, and I should have be sleeping for another hour.  Jenn and I became really close to our snooze buttons and rolled out of bed at 5:40. 

I was late to the fitness center but still got my 30-minute run in this morning.  I think Monday runs are my favorite only because I can just put the stress of the weekend behind me.  It's stressful, because I am not in my normal set schedule.  I am faced with a lot more food temptation and a free day.  I get frustrated, because I might overdo my free day. At Sunday dinner, everyone is eating as much as they want, and I only get a small serving.  So Mondays are great to burn off some steam.

I mentioned Sunday dinners. My mom has been great finding healthy recipes, so I can at least eat with the family.  She made a healthy chicken pot pie for dinner.  Then, she made some Weight Watcher cupcakes that are only 50 calories each for my Devon's birthday.  So that helps.  Thanks Mom!

Keep working hard and reaching your goals!

Our Kids Will See Our Example

As we started making our life changes with our food and exercise, Jenn and I both knew this would be great for our young family.  I know what it is like to be the fat kid, and it was hard.  I want my kids to have fitness and healthy food in their lives.  Jenn and I know we have to be the example.

Micah the last few weeks has been saying, "When I become a dad, I can run like you!"  We knew we needed to embrace that excitement and start running with him now.  Every Saturday, Jenn and I will take Micah and run.  We are going to do the Cox Medical Mile fun run with him in June! He is so excited.

Micah and I ran today for a quarter mile, and he rocked it!  I was so proud of him.  He kept running and had a lot of fun.

We are going to be a family of runners.  And, we don't diet; we just eat healthy and the right portions.  Loving life!

Couch to 5K Graduate

Today was the last day of my Couch to 5K program.  I finished strong and ran 2.5 miles today in 32 minutes.  Just going to keep going and keep going strong!  I'm loving this new healthy lifestyle.  It might even be leading into something big for our family.  I will keep you posted.  I don't want to say too much now just in case it doesn't happen.

Anyway, I can't type much today.  Got into work a little later.  Keep working hard!  I love hearing about the people that have been working out and losing the weight!  Keep rocking it and keep sharing your stories!

Viking 5K

Sorry it has taken me so long to post about my 5K.  I felt really good to finish the race. I did it faster than I thought, but I really felt like I could of done a lot more.  I will be honest in saying that I was very frustrated with myself.  I know it was my first race and my first time running that far, but I didn't give my all and beat myself mentally before the race.  I guess this is why it took me so long to post.

I finished the race in 43:50.

One thing I know I did wrong was that I didn't warm up before the race.  It was 32 degrees out and really windy, so we were cold and we just stood around.  I should have walked a few laps around the track beforehand. 

The first mile was the hardest. We ran once around the track and then through the neighborhood.  Of course, I ran the first mile way too fast for my pace, and when we hit the first hill, I had to stop and walk.  I ran/walked the rest of the course.

Paul was great and stayed with me the whole time.  He can do this run in his sleep, and it was his first race in the master's group, and he stuck with me.  He was great company.  When I stopped to walk, I kept apologizing to him, and I almost wonder if I was apologizing to myself as well, because I should of kept going.

We had a great group, and everyone had great times. 

Jen even got first place in her division.  She was really shocked, because it was her first ever 5K and the third time she has EVER run.  She rocked!

I have learned a lot from this first 5K, and I promised myself that I will just get better and do better.

Screen shot or it doesn't count!