My little Bit of Honey

I can't believe the Summer is almost over, how did that happen so fast?? I love the fall and I know I've done posts about it before, so I won't go on and on about how much I love Pumpkin and the crisp air. :) I am excited for these last two weeks of August though, they are always my favorite weeks of the summer! My Anniversary is tomorrow! 3 Years! yay! Then my Birthday is next week  all great things! I'm doing a challenge at work that has all these things you do to make yourself healthier and you earn points for it. I'm a bit nervous as one of the things would be to get rid of all the "great white hazards" which are things like white flour, white potatoes and rice. I LOVE potatoes and I can't really imagine going 3 months without them, but I'm going to give it a shot, same for rice.    So hopefully I can complete the challenge and win the points! I signed up for a 5kawhile ago and definitely did not realize it was this Saturday. Whoops! So I

Well after a bit of a drought I finally lost weight, 1.6 pounds to be exact! I had known it would happen like that, it's just hard when you are dealing with it and not seeing any results. I've been sticking to my calories and not going over to much, the weekends are still hard to keep track of (mainly because I am always on the move) but I do my best. I have found that I don't really eat much on the weekends but I don't necessarily eat healthy either. So, something I'm  always working on. Still working out! I've been doing HIIT (which stands for High Intensity Interval Training, in case you are like me and had to ask/look it up haha) and it's a killer! Lot's of squats, burpees, push ups..etc. but it really gives me the burn I'm looking for. Plus, it's enough to keep me entertained since I tend to get bored easily with a work out. I'm starting to work on putting together a work out for each day of the week (in addition to my morning run/walk)

Usually when I am talking to people about my workout schedule and what it consists of people usually say this to me: "Wow, how do you get up so early?!"  "I could never do that". Well...here's the God's honest truth for you all of why I get up so early: I am lazy. Now I know, getting up at 4:30 (or 4:25 because minutes count when it's that early, folks) is not the definition of lazy. The reason I am lazy is because I pack my gym bag every night with everything I will need for the next day and leave it downstairs in the kitchen so I'm not stumbling around my dark bedroom and waking my entire house up. So for me to wake up at 4:30 and decide "meh, I'll skip today" and go back to sleep means that I get maaaaybe 20 minutes extra of sleep (in which case I will probably wake up more tired than I already am) and then have to go downstairs get my bag and get ready at home and then leave later than usual and fight an hours worth of traffic. If I