The scale went down again today!  Though it definitely shouldn't have!  I ate out TWICE again yesterday... breakfast and lunch.  Last night I just had steamed jasmine rice (so good!)  I'm sure the lack of eating anything really substantial for dinner made this morning's scale look so good... but I know I'm still not making good decisions.

This morning I made yet another bad decision. I went to McDonalds... but in my bad decision I made a good decision... I got a bottle of water instead of soda.  Which much to my surprise, they DIDN'T charge me extra for.  And now I'm at work and I'm just sippin on water.

I can't believe I've eaten out so many times. I keep giving the excuse that there are no groceries at home, but do you know how many HEALTHY groceries I could have purchased for what I've spent going out.  I complain I'm broke and I go out to eat.  I complain that I'm fat and I go out to eat.  I want to be someone's inspiration, but I can't even be my own! I swear, I'm an idiot sometimes.

So something I've never mentioned before is that I REALLY want to start walking/jogging/running.  I've always wanted to be a runner. I've always wanted the freedom to just turn off my brian and run.  Or think through all of the problems of the day.  You always hear that it's such a stress reliever and boy do I want to relieve some stress.

There's a 10K at the end of March here in town that's kind of a big deal.  The weather won't be terribly hot yet and really I can walk 6 miles no problem... and you would think that in 4 months I could TRAIN to at least jog part of the 6 miles.  And I think I really want to do it.  Plus... runners bodies are HOT!  And if I could get me one of those would be awesome.

My friend Michael, who is a runner, just told me he just cleared his 600th mile.  HE HAS RAN 600 MILES.  That's amazing to me! And I want to amaze someone else with that!  Not only would it be awesome to be able to say "I run 400 miles in a year" but I next year at this time I could say "I run 400 miles in a year and I've gone down 6 dress sizes doing it!"  and even if I DON'T go down 6 dress sizes... I'm going to have to go down some! 

I'll give you that 400 miles in your first year for someone who is overweight and lacks motivation is a big extreme.  But maybe I should attempt 20 miles in a month... Hmm... We'll revisit this after the 10th...

On any note... I'm down... let's hope that's the case tomorrow! =)

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

congrats on the scale going down again! :)

I think it's a great idea to start jogging/running. Every time I'm out walking I always have the urge to start jogging/running but I haven't been able to bring myself to do it yet. Part of it is because I feel like I'll look foolish doing it, and part is that I'm afraid my knees won't be able to take it. Someday though, I'd love to be a runner too!

Good luck with it! I definitely think you can reach that 400 miles!

Way to go!  And good luck with the 10k.  You can do it!

You have the desire to do this and I know you are capable.....why don't you just do it!!!  Be an inspiration....buy good foods and save some money by not eating out......you are success disguised as "

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