My little Bit of Honey

I've been taking quite a hiatus from it all: eating healthy, working out, positive thinking, taking care of myself. I've just done what I want and not really cared about the consequences. Well here we are, the consequences. The difficulty running, the sheer exhaustion all the time, the bad moods. It all came flooding back. I haven't been drinking my water or taking my vitamins and boy have I felt a difference. I've been scatterbrained, irritable and impatient. So today I started back to running and got myself back on my work out program 5k-10k. I'm mixing this one in with the 13.1 to prep for the half marathon. I could be a lot farther along in my training but there's nothing I can do about that now.  So I'm having a reboot, I'm working out again and getting back to eating healthy and doing all the things to make me a better person. I have been trying to limit my social media/phone access to certain times of the day when I'm not working or not with...

The past couple of weeks have been fun, vacation and eating whatever I want.. it's been lovely. However..it's all over now. Time to get back to reality, back to work and back to working out/eating healthy. I will be honest, this morning I did not want to get out of bed. My FitBit was buzzing away on my wrist, yelling at me to get up but all I wanted to do was just shut it off and go back to sleep. I got up though because I knew I would really regret it if I didn't. I got myself dressed and out the door by 4:30, was here by a little after 5 and running by 5:15. I wasn't sure how my body would do since I hadn't run in two weeks almost, I was prepared for the pain and suffering..but..it didn't come. I mean, the first big hill was tough, but it wasn't like before when my calves would scream at me to stop, I felt good. I am so thankful for my new sneakers! They are total lifesavers! I  stopped twice: Once at the bottom of the big hill on the way back to prepare ...

There was one picture of me that really hit me hard and made me realize how much weight I had actually gained. It was a picture of my family at my Son's baptism last year, here was a great day with my friends and family celebrating my baby boy and the only thing I can think about and remember is how awful I looked. We took another family picture on Father's Day and I decided to compare the two photos. Wow.  I am so proud of how far I've come both physically and emotionally, my confidence is slowly coming back. I was really nervous (and still am) about sharing this comparison so I decided to share with my wonderful group of girlfriends. Their responses brought me to tears, seriously. These ladies have been such a great source of motivation and help me keep going this past year. So with their boosts of confidence, I decided to share with my readers as well. I still have 25 more lbs to lose until I am where I want to be and I'll get there, but for now I'm celebrating m...

I've wanted to do a post like this for awhile, thoughts I have while running. A blogger I follow (Sarah Fit) did a video awhile back about it and thought it was hysterical.  So hopefully you enjoy :) And yes, you can totally laugh at me ;)  Before the run. Ah, a beautiful morning to run! Can't wait to get out there, I'm going to kick some total ass.  It's going to be the best run ever. I LOVE RUNNING WEEE! Let's GO!  Warm up: OK Warm up! Here we go. It's a little warm out.. but nothing I can't handle! Feel great! Come on, why does the warm up take so freaking long. 5 minutes. UGH. I just want to RUN.  Run: YES! FINALLY. OK here we go..pace yourself.. we are running..yes.  We? I mean.. me. I. You don't talk in 3rd person. OK wait maybe I do? Ok just focus on the run.  Woo that is a big hill. Yep. BIG. LORD HELP ME. WHY DOES IT NEVER END?! Almost at the top.. pretty sure my lungs are going to fall out of me. Yay I hit the top! Downhill from here...

Oh how true that is. 10 weeks ago I started putting all that I had into Couch 2 5 K, I got on the treadmill (because it was still really cold and miserable out) and I turned the app on. I got through what felt like the hardest work out of my life. I was sweaty, red faced and out of breath, I was convinced that someone, somewhere invented this app as a form or torture masked in exercise. I kept going though, I pushed through the soreness took some time off to rest my aching legs. Once I started running outside it got a little easier, aside from the hilliest of hills, the fresh air helped me out. I ran through an intense allergy attack (remember that photo where my eye was totally swollen? Miserable.) I ran in the rain, I ran in the heat and the cold. Eventually I stopped dreading it and stopped hating whoever told me I should run in the first place (which was actually me, I was hating myself). This morning I finished couch 2 5 K, someone who in high school would slowly walk the mile and...

So, this morning I did week 9 day 2 of couch 2 5k, technically I guess I am a C25K grad (even though I still have one day left).  I think that because I have been doing a 5k the last 2 runs, so I really did what the program set out for me to do. I actually went from the couch to running a 5k, pretty sweet! I was thinking back when I first started during this mornings run and really got emotional, 9 weeks ago I could barely struggle through the 1 minute run. I think I was under 2 miles that first week and now I've broken the 3 mile barrier.  It was a great feeling and I will admit that I got a bit choked up thinking about it, I really thought I would never run like this again. Never did I think I would be contemplating what comes AFTER C25K, yet here we are. So once I finish up this last run, I will be starting the 5k-10k. I'm nervous thinking about starting it, terrified actually. I feel much the same way as I did when I started C25K and that almost helps, knowing that I got t...

I have 2 weeks left in C25K. I took last week off and basically ate what I wanted..didn't work out..it was rough. To be fair, I've been really not feeling well so I think it was needed. I also think part of it was that I was scared of starting week 8, running for 28 minutes straight really shook me up for some reason. I had it in my head that there was no way I could do it. Anyway, I started week 8 this morning and can I say, I never thought I'd be able to run for 28 minutes straight again? I thought that ship had sailed and my body just wasn't programmed for it anymore. Well..I freaking did it. I felt GOOD doing it to! I wasn't out of breath, my legs hurt a little but it wasn't that bad. I mean, I finished and I wasn't counting down the seconds begging, pleading, praying for it to be over. Granted I had to do it inside so it was a bit boring being on the treadmill, but man did it feel good when I finished. The improvement my body has made over the past 8 we...