Month: July 2010

I love playing with my hair and hair color.

March was the first time I put blue and purple in my hair and I LOVED IT.

This time around I decided to amp up the purple a bit more.

I’m gonna be sweating purple for a month when I run!!

Boobie Report

***This post is geared towards my lady readers….fellas you’ve been warned***

Can we talk boobs for a minute.

…didn’t hear anyone oppose the notion so I will continue…

I blossomed early and quickly if you will, back in my pubescent years. My bosom was ample, but not perky. They were just so heavy and I didn’t really have muscle under my boobs. I always felt like they were weighing me down and nothing my supporting them, but skin. Boob stretch marks are the devil and that skin is so delicate to begin with. I was worried about further boob sagging so I’ve always worn two sports bras and for a loooong time I was scared of running and the impact it would have on my chest.

Funny thing in the past 6 months I have found that my boobs are pretty much the same size as they were (went from 38DD to 36D), but they have gotten MUCH perkier. I do still wear two sports bras for the most part, but they aren’t “working as hard” – (I like to tell my male trainer that to make him blush).

I was curious if anyone else has noticed those kinds of changes with the perkiness of their chest?

What did you do before 7am?

I ran 5 miles in 57 minutes!

That is miraculous because I went to bed at 1am after working a 12 hour day and woke up at 6am. Now I am working an 18 hour orientation day. I am so glad I did this run, I was stressed because I didn’t do it yesterday so I switched rest and 5mi days so I am on track.

I’m very appreciative that my boss let me come in 45 minutes late so I could get my run in. He knows how hard I’ve been working along with the rest of my coworkers. It’s all very encouraging. Another colleague across campus saw on facebook that I ran a 10K and he called me a “serious runner.” I never thought of myself that way, but I am taking my running very seriously.

AM Run

I’m in the midst of working our 7th of 8 freshmen orientation sessions which are all consuming. This morning I planned on running before I had to go to work, but at 8am it was like heat-stroke hot. I thought about trying to go to the gym to run, but it’s 15 minutes across town and I didn’t think I’d have enough time to run the 5 miles I need to run. So I decided I am going to wake up insanely early tomorrow and run the 5 miles before work. So that means I’ll have a 14 hour work day today ending around midnight, wake up at 5:30am to run and then work all day until about midnight again tomorrow. It’s ugly, but I gotta do what I gotta do. Now I’m debating running at the gym, or run my usual outdoor route, or run the morning parent run with an extra 2 miles thrown to make 5 miles. Wish me luck and let’s hope I don’t exhaust myself to tears tomorrow.

WIW – I blame the booze edition

Last Week: 196.8 (195.4 – this was my weight last Friday after WIW)

This Week: 198.2

I’m not thrilled with a gain, but I knew it was coming. I ate fairly well this weekend (minus the wedding cake), but I drank a goooood bit. I don’t even know why, it’s been like 2 months since I DRANK and I guess I just wanted to blow off steam since I was on vacation in a new town. Plus I think the 10K made me feel like I could induldge and I don’t regret it. I’m back on track and that’s what matters. I’m still aiming for 189 by my birthday – August 4!

Regardless of what the scale says I still feel great. I actually had to use a smaller belt notch this morning which was very exciting.

Alabama gets Healthy

Moving the the south from the northeast a few years ago definitely didn’t help my weight. I can totally understand why Alabama is one of the most obese states. We all know southern food by nature is fried, sugary, and buttered. However I didn’t realize how few healthy options are available, especially when it comes to products in grocery stores.

Over the past few months I’ve read so much about various healthy/organic options, however I’d have to drive like 2 hours to a “healthy/organic” based grocery store.

Well in the past 2 months we’ve gotten a Publix and an EarthFare. Both of which are grocery stores for those of you not in the south, as I’m pretty sure they are both southern based chains. These stores have been talk of the town.I still wish we had a Trader Joe’s but I’ll take what I can get. 

I already have started my love affair with Publix right after it opened and tonight I checked out EarthFare. 

2 of my awesome purchases include:

  • 36oz Fage Greek Yogurt. 36oz!!!!
  • Shirataki noodles – which @tracytakeson had me worried about, but I decided to give them a whirl and I really liked them. The texture didn’t both me at all, but I can understand why it would.

Days like this I really wish I took a "Before Picture.“ I think I was too afraid to see what I looked like and then would have had "proof” that I was that unfit.

Regardless I’m on my path to fitness and I can’t believe the confidence that has come with it.

I actually bought this dress in DECEMBER (I know random) and planned on wearing it with like leggings and a long sleeve shirt underneath. Well I never did. The dress hung in my closet for months, I even packed it to wear on my DC trip, but never wore it. When I packed for this trip I put it in my suitcase because it was red, white and blue. I showed my friend the dress and she told me to try it on. I warned her that it was too short and I wasn’t going to wear it, but I put on the dress for the first time in months and I didn’t hate how I looked in it. The dress was actually a normal length and looked cute. I didn’t feel self-conscious wearing it. I don’t know what got into me, but at one bar I decided to do karaoke. Ummm I’ve only done that once and I was BEYOND drunk. However I only had one beer and thought why the heck not. Was my singing terrible…I’m sure, but I had fun and got lots of claps and high fives after.

All of this really makes me think of the posters in my gym that says:

Change your body. Change your life.

Those words are becoming truer than I ever could have imagined.