I cheated ...

I cheated ... I stepped on the scale early.  When I posted five days ago I said I would wait until Monday to step on the scale.  Well curiosity got the best of me this morning and I stepped on the scale.  The scale moved and I was happy.  I am down 1.5 pounds ... FINALLY!!!  I know that shouldn't be my only focus but the frustration of a scale not moving gets the best of me!!

Tomorrow morning I have an appointment with my diabetes nurse expert (for lack of a better word).  My numbers aren't consistent so I am curious to see what she has to say.  She wanted my numbers to be in a certain range every morning.  I only hit that range 3 times since I saw her last.  They have been low in the morning but not always low enough.  So tomorrow could be interesting.

I missed three workouts this week.  Wednesday I had planned on a workout, packed my bag and everything.  However, I forgot that I had a conference call planned at 5:15 for work and by the time it was done the gym was closed.  Thursday, I had also planned a workout but had to stay later at work to finish a few things and the gym was closed by the time I was done.  The students will be back this week so the gym will go back to regular hours thank God!!!  I walked yesterday and I will do something today I just don't know how far.  I am fighting a head cold and I have to see how I feel.  However, I promise to get something done today.

Keep moving forward.

Wish the scale would move

I realize that my 2015 word is HEALTH but I am human and I want the scale to move too.  I know I am doing all of this to better my health but again I want the scale to move.  Prior to Christmas I broke the 30 pound mark for a total of 31.  After the holidays I am still holding at 31 pounds.  I understand that I should look at the glass as half full and tell myself that I am happy I didn't gain any weight over the holidays but I am losing patience.  I am happy I didn't gain any weight but when I start to lose patience it can get ugly.  I want to keep moving forward but I would like to see the scale move too.  I would love even a half a pound.

So what do I do ... I hide the scale until Monday.  Instead of stressing about it, thinking about it too much or focusing on it I hid the scale.  It's just a number right?  Waiting 6 days until I can weigh myself is not a bad thing.  I need to focus on HEALTH.  My workouts; food intake; sleep etc.  Monday will be here before we know it. 

The scale better move!!!

27.43 miles

In the last 11 days I have run a total of 27.43 miles.  Just keep moving forward is my mantra!  The best part of this update is that the running that I have been doing over the last 11+ days hasn't been a chore.  I have actually enjoyed hitting the pavement.  It has been empowering and peaceful at the same time. I am just hoping I can keep this up! 19 more weeks until the marathon!

I was recently reading through some past blogs and I realize that I have not given you all an update on my water drinking challenge.  Back in November I challenged myself to drink a gallon of water a day for 28 days.  I have to admit it was tough.  A gallon of water is a lot to drink in one day.  Keep in mind it is not the only thing that I drank so add a gallon onto my morning cup(s) of caffeine and/or other liquids and it is tough.  Some days I achieved my goal and other days I missed by a few ounces here and there.  I am glad I took the challenge on because I realized I didn't drink as much water as I thought.  I thought I drank a lot of water throughout the day but I wasn't even close.

The positives that  came out of drinking that much water.  I limited my cups of caffeine (Tea) and also cut out soda.  In the 28 days that I took this challenge on, I had one soda.  I was at a work event and I needed a caffeine pick me up and soda was my only option.  Since I finished the challenge, I haven't had a soda.  I think I broke the habit!

So how much water am I drinking now? 80 ounces a day is my goal...it seems reasonable and doable!

Just keep moving forward.

Happy New Year! 2015 The Year of Mo!!

Happy New Year!  A new day, a new year and a blank slate.  I looked back on my "resolutions" from 2014 and out of the 10 I listed I completed 3 1/2 of them.  2014 personally was a year of ups and downs but I refuse to look back.  I have a clean slate in front of me and an opportunity to get up and move forward.

While I was off from work this past week I had the time to watch many of the morning news programs.  Something I enjoy but I am not able to do normally.  The last few days the focus on these morning news programs was the New Year and resolutions.  One suggestion was made instead of listing resolutions come up with a word or phrase that defines your resolutions.

After I heard this I started thinking.  Obviously resolutions are not for me.  It is obvious if you look at my post from a year ago when I listed 10 resolutions but only completed 3 1/2 of them.  So I decided instead of resolutions I would set goals.  I do better with goals that have a beginning, a middle and an end. And I wrapped those goals into one word and one phrase.

My one word --HEALTH

My phrase -- MEDICATION FREE

Knowing that I am a triathlete and a runner you can guarantee that I have set race goals for myself for 2015.  These goals will feed into "health" and "medication free".  The following list are my event goals:

February 2015 - Lake Effect Half Marathon (registered)
March 2015 - Syracuse Half Marathon (registered)
May 2015 - Vermont City Marathon (registered)
July 2015 - Gillie Girl Triathlon (waiting for registration to open)
August 2015 - Cayuga Triathlon (registered)
Ultimate goal -- Open Water 3 mile Swim in Lake George, NY (waiting for registration to open)

Finally, what do I want?  I want my health!  I want to be healthy!  How will I get there? One step at a time.  Everything I do and every choice I make I will keep my "one word" and "my phrase" in mind ... will this get me what I want!

I have announced this in year's past but this year I believe it ... 2015 is the YEAR OF MO!! A year to take care of me in order to accomplish my goals.

There is a Japanese Proverb that states: "Fall seven times, get up eight". 

Happy New Year!! Take advantage of your blank slate, your untraveled road and the blank first page of your book!!

Tri-ing to get the fire book!!