Mia's WW Day - I'M DOING IT!!!

I"M DOING IT - I have never come this far in WW before - the exercise is a great motivator!!! Lost 3 lbs today. O.K. honestly, I did not have much lunch because I was busy at work. I just had a little salad. Because of the very salty corn beef the night before I made sure I drank extra water last night and this morning (so that may have helped). And I'm mid-cycle and feeling extra heavy in my breast. I thought I had lost 2 lbs and was surprised to hear about the third. I'll try extra hard this coming week to make it a true 3 pound loss for good. I came home and cut 1/3 of my chicken breast off to save for another day and measured out the whole wheat pasta Mark was serving. In the past I would have eaten the entire big breast and had two unmeasured helpings of pasta. Even though I was satisfied when I finished dinner; while putting the food away later I only had 2 small fork twirls of pasta (some bad habits are hard to quit but at least they are diminishing!!!)

Running 6 miles! - First I have to run 4 tomorrow. I'm not used to running so much. I only get comfortable after 2 miles. New Fairfield, should have great weather all weekend. Tomorrow I'll run 4 miles - I'll do my "Turkey Run" and one track mile. That way, I'll count running the hills the strength training part of the day. I usually never do the strength training with the running like on Hal's schedule. Saturday I'm going to a nursing seminar in NJ so I'll do my 6 mile run on Sunday. The 6 mile run -since it is the most I've done, I'm planning on doing it all on the nice level, soft track. I know you all think it is boring but to me it is safe, familiar, and doable. I'll run lanes 1-6, then 6-1, then 1-6 and finally 6-1. This past Wednesday I did my body pump class and lifted more weights and at the end of the class I actually could do a "plank". That is being in a push up position and moving your legs on and off a step. Could not even attempt that in January!! After the class I did one mile at the track to calibrate my Ipod - I think I did it but the mile did not get registered in the Ipod as a workout because I did not hit all the correct buttons....so I'm still figuring it out!!!

Now...If any of my Sherman/Krotzer relatives will be around and willing to put me up...I'm getting psyched and ready for my second Al's Run (on 10/9/2010) so I can improve my time for that coarse!!! I took the week after Columbus day off because I just like to take a week in Oct to get things done around the house after the summer. Well, today a friend at work asked me to change that week to the week before so that she could have the week after Columbus day. I checked to calendar and Al's Run Website. The week of Oct. 3-9, 2010 would be better for me to have off so that I would have no conflicts with work to fly out to Wisconsin on Fri and I'll have Monday off because it is a work holiday. Perfect!!! So - I'm ready for that run!!!

Thanks Elizabeth for the encouragement!!!