Wonderful Wednesday

I’m happy to report that, in a word, I’m feeling awesome.  I think I still have the post-HM glow going on, even though TOM surprised me by showing up this morning a few days early.  At least I won’t have cramps Saturday night at the big party now!

My war wounds are okay. The blister that’s on my right instep is the sorest. I’m taking BURN tonight and am supposed to run, but there may be a lot of walking going on instead. I did have a great massage last night that pretty much worked out all the soreness in my thighs.  My trapezius muscles were also really sore and they are feeling much better too. 

Overall, I’m ready to hit the road again. In fact, I enjoyed the half so much that I have registered for another – the Maine Coast Half on September 21st.  It’s in York, ME and its all women except for “One Lucky Guy” who is chosen from a lottery.  We are going to drive up on the 20th and stay overnight.  York is only about an hour or so from Boston, but I think I would be stressed out driving up the day of the race. It looked like a great race, and its 4 weeks before the Nike Marathon so I think it will be another great training experience.

I know I haven’t mentioned anything about actual weight loss recently, mostly because I haven’t lost any weight!  I am still maintaining between 194 and 197, but this week I have started tracking calories again and making sure I make good choices.  I’ve weaned myself off the JC food – I will miss you, oatmeal squares – and have started actually planning meals and cooking.  Jerel is quite excited!  I need to drop another 30 or so lbs and I would love to lose most of it before the marathon in October.  Dropping the weight may help me be less of a penguin too!

Glow!

You have a HUGE reason to glow!  Way to go on signing up for another HM!  You're on a roll!  The penguin comment made me laugh.  Personally, though, I feel like a buffalo when I run.

I'm stuck too

And need to figure what to do about it.  I was commenting somewhere that the weeks I track on TDP are weeks that I do the best......but for some reason I can not seem to get consistent with that.....I need to do some serious soul searching to figure this out.

I'm so proud of how you are doing with all this running.

Is this the "new Mom' party?

:)

Seeing how you are stuck at the same weight gives me motivation to keep moving forward. I have lost a few ounces here and there since I started running but basically the weight loss has stopped. I'm noticing all sorts of changes in my body though and even though I haven't lost any inches it is an awesome feeling to feel and start to see those muscles in my legs!! Eventually the scale will catch up with all the hard work you are doing.

I'm with Gwynn...

Seeing how far you've come was already an inspiration, but realizing that you struggle with getting past a couple of lbs. at times while doing all the right things inspires me to not lose my motivation when it seems like the scale is never going to move sometimes!

I'm with you on weaning off the JC foods...I used to post over on the JC Forums in the "Saturday Losers" threads.  Because of having to tighten my budget, I've had to suspend my JC program for now, and there are some foods that I truly miss, but I've loved the freedom to discover new foods I can fit into my plan and cook a bit more!

Wow

First time I am at your blog, I saw your name on Kim's blog.  Wow is all I can congratulations on your amazing weight loss and on your run.  You are truly an inspiration.  I wish you luck

Sincerely

Look at you go!!

I am in awe of your progress and motivation!   You may not be losing lbs. right now, but your fitness "gains" are nothing short of phenomenal.  Keep it up!