The Countdown Is On!!

I have signed up for my first 5K the end of this month! C25K, you better be the magic everyone raves you are dammit!  The race is back in my hometown *shout out to C-Town* and I will be running with one of my girlfriends from high school, Jayci.  Jayci runs...ALOT.  She does 5K's like I do online shopping - have I disclosed my addiction to online shopping?  Not yet, all in good time people, all in good time.

So here is the picture evidence...

Wish me luck!

Playing Catch Up...



It's Friday!  Whoop, Whoop!

 

I've been a bit MIA the last couple weeks because my "busy season" at work has kicked in to full gear!  I work for a transportation company that owns multiple short-line railroads, mechanical repair shops (repairing locos and railcars), transloading locations (train to truck or truck to train), switching locations (switching trains in industrial parks) and ports (barge to train or train to barge) and warehouses all across the US.  We also have a couple locations in Canada and one railroad in Australia.  I work in Strategic Planning, I'm an analyst - I like Excel Spreadsheets. HP! - descreet shout out to Mama Laughlin! - like this one.

 

 

I am the coordinator of our entire budgeting process, which runs from August through the end of January - in other words FFFOOORRREEEVVVVVEEERR!

 

To be honest, I haven't weighed in almost 2 weeks.  A couple days after I posted my update that I weighed 171.2 I weighed again and weighed 170.8.  Go me!  Unfortunately, life has taken over and I've been a bit distracted BUT I'm still running and doing the C25K training program on my phone!  :-)  I just completed W5D2 today!  I'm pretty proud of that!

 

Random Picture Time!! My equivalent to T-Shirt Time!!



Top Right, I was on my way to the Y for my run. Bottom Right, I back in my office post-run.  Hot, right?



Hot Momma Heels on Wednesday!

Resulted in Not so Fabulous Flats on Thursday!

A Date with the Eye Dr = A Day in Glasses!

I'm going to weigh Monday morning and I'll post that Reality Check here ASAP - I know you are all waiting...

Reality Check Time

Sorry, I've been a bit MIA - work has been crazy and we got a puppy (which was the worst decision I've made in a long time - anyone interested in a Goldendoodle?  I'll give you a good deal!

I just wanted to jump on and say that I weighed this morning and I was 171.2!! Yay!  Down 3 pounds!  I'm a happy girl this morning.  I've still been running at lunch - although last week I missed a day so I have to finish W3D3 today!

Hopefully once things settle down I'll have more time to update more consistently.

Yesterday...

Yesterday I went to see my Endochronologist in JoMo.  We are still aggressively monitoring my Thyroid levels in order to get them back on track since having Norah so I go every 8 weeks.  The appointment started routinely enough, my Thyroid is looking pretty good, we tweaked my dosage a tiny bit.  He then examines me and says that I have some "acanthosis" and that he would explain when he was done examing me.  I was like, uh...ok?!  So he finishes the exam and then asked if there is a family history of Diabetes and I said yes, on my Dad's side (all the Mexican family seems to have Diabetes issues - like my Grandpa died my senior year of college and he had had to have both of his legs amputated in the few years prior to his death because his Diabetes was so bad and out of control).  He goes on to say that acanthosis is a sign that the pancreas is working too hard to produce insulin.  The acanthosis are dark circles/spots that appear on the neck - mine are on the back of my neck so I obviously hadn't even ever noticed it, but they weren't there just 8 weeks ago which is kind of un-nerving.  Anyway, he said that he is sure that if I lost weight it would solve the issue - otherwise he said that in a year or two I would be a full blown diabetic.  Ugh!  Seriously!?  So I'm now not only on a path to lose weight for vanity reasons, but truly for health reasons - that should give me a kick in the ass, right?  So he gave me a goal of losing 5 pounds before I go back in 8 weeks - sounds easy enough...

The rest of the day played out like normal - except I forgot my lunch, picture evidence below.  I hit the Y at lunch and knocked out Week 3 Day 1 of the C25K program, then had unruly, crazy hair for the rest of the afternoon.  I don't know if it was depression that made me do it, but I did indulge in cheese dip and chips for dinner - see ZERO WILLPOWER!

However, today is a fresh day and I'm bound to make it a good one!  Cheers, friends!

  

Forgot About Lunch!

C25K W3D1 Complete!

I'm so sick of my hair - it's so unruly after a workout!

Daily Food/Exercise Log

TGIF...

Yay! It's Friday! Good news, right? I stepped on the scale this morning and it read 173.2 - this is GREAT news! Bad news, my girlfriends and I from work go out for lunch every Friday! The worse news is that two of them are currently pregnant and crave the good bad stuff! We went for Italian today and I had a side salad and Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo and that shit was Orgasmic! It's my favorite! And the rolls, oh the rolls - they are "shove 'em in your face faster than you can chew/swallow good"!!!
I also skipped exercising today because I was feeling a little tired from hitting it so hard this week. I think I should have started a little slower and not done 5 days straight, so next week I have decided to bike instead of run on my off days for C2K. I'm hoping this will prevent any shin splints or injuries!
Have a great weekend y'all and get out and shake your booty! The highs are only in the 80's! Whoop! Whoop!

Breakfast: Before and After!!

Today's Food and Exercise Log!!