Okay...I took 'em

The 60 day photos. I wasn't very excited to take them.. I was feeling rather, fat tonight. It's crazy how those extra treats here and there add up. I've cut myself a little too much slack since I was doing so much running, but I guess I need to tighten down the reins this last 30 days.

But, somehow there is still a difference....It's crazy, and kinda funny. Remember how when I took my 30 day photos I said, "It looks like me and my chubby sister." Well, this time when I put the 3 different photos side by side it looks like: my chubby sister, my sister who is trying to be fit like me, and me. ;-)

The cool thing is that I can tell I am definately getting stronger. I don't have to do push-ups on my knees anymore. I can do 10 or 12 regular ones before dropping to my knees. It's awesome.

And as far as running these days, I am thinking of changing my running plan to the increased mileage. Now that I have ran 10 miles I am not so scared of a weekly 6 mile run. So, I'll be giving Hal Higdon's plan a try this week, (shout out to my friend Echo who suggested this plan...thanks Ech!)

okay, so here they are in all their fleshy glory... my 60 day photos.

Did you happen to see...?

If you were at BYUH last night around 10:45 PM you may have seen a sweaty lady running around high fiving leaves on trees, punching the air, mouthing the words to this song, and fighting back the desire to shout to every passing pedestrian and car "I JUST RAN 10 MILES!!! Booo yaaa!"

It's funny that it was soooo exciting for me, because a marathon is 26 plus miles....so 10 in comparison to that is measly. But, I am glad that for a moment I was able to revel in my accomplishment...and just think how excited I'll be when I finish that 26.3 (or whatever) miles. ;-)

Thank you Thank you

So, do you know who's husband...

1. Spent 40 minutes putting new music on my Zune tonight?

2. Baby-sat the 2 kids while I ran 8 miles

3. Promised he'd give me my choice of a back/foot rub or $20 when I got home in order to motivate me to get out the door?

Mine! ;-) Thanks babe. You are my #1 supporter. I'm so lucky to have you.

And yes, I did run that 8 miles. And I was so excited after I was done I even ran a little bonus .25 miles with high knees. ;-)

It was tuff though. I was supposed to go this morning with a friend. But I have been suffering from insamnia, plus 2 sick kids, and last night I felt like I was getting sick cause I kept gagging on flem. Yes...gross, but true. So basically I maybe slept 3 hours last night.

So, at 5:50 this morning I texted friend, "Long night. Not much sleep. Wanna go later?" To which she quickly replied, Same here. Talk to you later.

But come later, it didn't work out for us both together. So I headed to the school track. 1 time around = .75 miles. So I ran it 11 and a half times. I ran and I ran and I ran. I didn't stop except for a quick water break and a few times I had to walk a moment cause my legs would suddenly turn to jello.

Laps 1-6 feeling great not a problem

7-8 knees start hurtint and hips a little

9- hips starting to hurt a lot

10-toes oddly start tingling

11-feeling pretty good, change song and sprint to the end!

It took an hour and a half. Not the best of times...But I did it! I can't believe I will one day run 18 miles more than that....eeeeeek. But, I think I can do this. I think I can I think I can. Especially with my supportive husband...how could I not?

Now, the big decision. $20 or a footrub....hmmmm

On losing 10 pounds...

So, I told you the scale was stuck at 150 right? And that is true. But what i didn't tell you was that the scale started hiking...and hiking...and hiking. It stopped at 160. That's why I decided to try out this Somersizing diet. And it's been a week and I am back to 150.

That could be for a variety of reasons, one being the increased cardio thanks to my marathon training 4 days a week.

But, it's sure nice to step on a scale and see 150 again. Now, if I get down 5 more pounds in the next few weeks I will be a believer in this diet.

Now i know 10 pounds is a lot of weight for a one week period. I am sure a lot of weight was probably water, but whatever the reason for this weight gain, I hope it doesn't come back.

And as for this new diet, the food recipes in the back are AMAZING. But I haven't really had a chance to try any of them. I am hoping next week to give them a try when I get a little more organized in my kitchen and get my fridge put back together. Most my food is still at my neighbors.

Anyway, that's my report today.

It's not that bad

So, this new diet really isn't that bad. It was a little challenging yesterday, and at a few points I was even thinking.... "Okay, this just won't work for a nursing Momma. I am starving, and I don't get to eat for another hour? Hello!!"

Today, I made a few adjustments and thought a little more about how to schedule my meals and it is soooo much easier.

Yesterday I had some fruit in the morning, so I had to wait 3 hours before switching to proteins. Bad news was that I could eat proteins at noon, but I had to head to the airport at 11:30.

So, I packed me some cubes of cheese and a few slices of turkey. After running friends to the airport I went to costco and had the chicken ceasar salad. It was fun to eat it, cause normally the dressing is something I would only allow myself on saturdays.

It kind of sucked to walk through Costco and not be able to eat the samples because they were carbs...but honestly if I was only allowing sweets on weekends I wouldn't be allowed to eat chocolate pudding or sesame chips anyway...right?

I didn't pack any water on yesterdays excusrion which made matters worse.

Anyway, dinner was delicious. Roasted Chicken with roasted veggies and feta cheese sprinkled over top. I made barley for Jonathon and Eden so that they wouldn't suffer from my lack of no carbos.

But, today has been quite delightful. No starving, and it's hard to believe that in 10 minutes I am allowed to eat fruit again...even though I ate a HUGE fruit smoothie this morning.

I think anytime you try to change your diet up, it's a challenge in the begining trying to find new things to eat that you enjoy. But truely this one hasn't been that hard of an adjustment. So far I give this diet a thumbs up.

Now, I just have to wait a few weeks to see if I loose or gain any weight. I am not changing anything I am doing workout wise, so I think this 3 week challenge will be a good test to see if this Somersizing actually works.

If you wanna know what i plan to eat today...here goes.

Breakfast: Fruit smoothie (apple juice, mixed berries, 4 ice cubes, 1/2 apple including skin)
20 minutes later 2 servings oatmeal with skim milk

Noon: 2 eggs, fresh salsa, feta cheese, string cheese

3:00 Half canteloupe, grapes, apple

6:00 Carbo dinner: Probably barley, steamed veggies, cucumber slices, tomato slices, and cooked zucchini (for Jonathon and Eden I'll let them eat last nights left over roasted chicken)

8:00 Kids go to bed, and I should still have enough energy from my carbo dinner to do Plyometrics.

9:00 I will be allowed to have protien again so I will make a recovery protein drink but will have to make it with water since I am not allowed milk with protein. (That rule doesn't make sense to me since there are 8g of protein in a glass of milk...but whatever. I'm just following the rules)

And then, if I want some fruit again before heading to bed...green light! ;-) Isn't that great?