Back Again

Last week was Chocolate.  This after my two weeks of the South Beach and a week later, with chocolate included, I have gained it all back.  I do have to say that the inches are still off.
So now I'm back on the wagon.  And with new shoes:

I went down to the local Fleet Feet, got properly fitted, and dropped $100 on the shoes.  So time to put them to good use.

This morning I hit the road and actually ran to the post office, dropping off a card to send to a good friend.  From there is was to make an odd but good loop of about 2.2 miles.  I had to stop a couple time to work on how my shoes were tied, but I'm slowly breaking them in.

Gotta run.

Chocolate!

Eat it because it tastes good.

2 miles

Today for the first time I ran or really jogged my normal loop without any walking!  This may seem like nothing, but 2 whole miles was big for me, and a first in possibly my whole life.
2 miles is a teaspoon in the sea of a marathon, but that's where I'm headed and now I know somehow I will be able to finish it at least.

The Magnificent 7!

Week 2 of the South Beach Diet has resulted in a lose of 0 lbs.  But the end of the two week kick off period has resulted in a loss of 7 inches!  I've lost 1 whole inch from my upper arm and 1 and 1/2 inches from my waist.
As the scale has not changed, I was getting discouraged, but 7 inches is awesome.  Hopefully the inches will continue to fall away, just as long as they don't diminish too much from my assets. ; )

My first 5K

I'm completely exhausted!
My sisters and I ran our first official 5K this morning.  My goals were 1) to finish and 2) to finish under 40 minutes.  I achieved both of them with a time of 37:11.
For the next one, whenever that may be, my goal is to run the entire thing, no walking.
But for the foreseeable future, well until the middle of April that is, I will be training for a triathlon dash.  That's 200 yards of open lake swimming, 6.5 miles of bike riding and 2 miles of running.  So Saturday it's into the pool for the first time in a long time.
I'm refusing to be scared of the swimsuit, but the chilly water is another thing.
For now a nap and maybe a little football.

Work That!

Something just really put a smile on my face and remind me that everything is do able.  "Work That" by MJB is one of those things.  And if you haven't ever had the pleasure of jammin' out to this song, jump to iTunes, or YouTube, blast it and rock those curves!

"Work That" –Mary J Blige

Work your thing out

Work your thing out 

Work your thing out  

Theres so many-a girls 

I hear you been running 

From the beautiful queen 

That you could be becoming 

You can look at my palm 

And see the storm coming 

Read the book of my life 

And see I've overcome it 

Just because the length of your hair ain't long 

And they often criticize you for your skin tone 

Wanna hold your head high 

Cause you're a pretty woman 

Get your runway stride home 

And keep going 

Girl live ya life 

I just wanna be myself 

Don't sweat girl be yourself 

Follow me 

Follow me 

Follow me 

Girl be yourself 

That's why I be myself 

And I'm gonna love it 

Let em get mad 

They gonna hate anyway

Don't you get that? 

Doesn't matter if you're going on with their plan 

They'll never be happy 

Cause they're not happy with themselves 

Na na work what you got 

I'm talking bout things that I know 

Na na work what you got 

It's okay show yourself some love 

Na na work what you got 

Don't worry bout who's saying what 

It's gonna be fine 

Work what you got 

Feelin great because the light's on me 

Celebrating the things that everyone told me 

Would never happen but God has put his hands on me 

And aint a man alive could ever take it from me 

Working with what I got I gotta keep on 

Taking care of myself I wanna live long 

Aint never ashamed what life did to me 

Wasn't afraid to change cause it was good for me 

I wanna... 

I just wanna be myself 

Don't sweat girl be yourself 

Follow me 

Follow me 

Follow me 

Girl be yourself 

That's why I be myself 

And I'm gonna love it 

Let em get mad 

They gonna hate anyway 

Don't you get that? 

Doesn't matter if you're going on with their plan 

They'll never be happy 

Cause they're not happy with themselves 

Na na work what you got 

I'm talking bout things that I know 

Na na work what you got 

It's okay show yourself some love 

Na na work what you got 

Don't worry bout who's saying what 

It's gonna be fine 

Work what you got 

Work that 

Work that 

Work that 

Girl don't hold back 

You just be yourself [3x]

Na na work what you got 

I'm talking bout things that I know 

Na na work what you got 

It's okay show yourself some love 

Na na work what you got 

Don't worry bout who's saying what 

It's gonna be fine 

Work what you got 

Work that 

Work that 

Work that 

Girl don't hold back 

You just be yourself 

Work that thing out 

Work that thing out 

Work what you got 

7 for 5

Sunday was day 7 of the South Beach diet and... I've lost 5 lbs!
(Current weight 206)

For the first time in my life, I feel like its not that hard to lose weight.  I know this is poppycock!  But I do feel that for the first time my mind is right for it.  And that I am finally losing weight for the right reason: ME!  The only one who gets hurt by me cheating on my diet is me and the only one who really feel the success of it all is me.  May this mental state of mind is what I've never had before and that's why I've never been successful at losing weight, maybe its what happens when you grow up.  No matter what it is, right now I got it and like it!

I know I have a long ways to go to reach my goal and be a slimmer person, but this is the point when I'm at the base of hiking that hill and it still feels good.  I think I'll hold on to this feeling for a while. : )