My little Bit of Honey

I haven't posted in quite awhile, one of the reasons is that I've been pretty busy. My husband and I spent 9 days trekking around Europe and it was amazing. Rome was my favorite, such a beautiful city filled with just lovely people. Paris was beautiful too, but Roma, Roma has my heart. So while I had a fantastic Summer, it was also a wee bit tough on me emotionally. I constantly had this nagging feeling in the back of my head that I just needed to get back on track and it just never happened. I stopped running altogether and put weight back on (I'm not sure how much because I am absolutely terrified to weigh myself right now), it was just not a good time for me. I don't really know where the mental block came from, I just kept putting it off and eating one more of this or drinking more of that. I feel it physically too, my asthma which was non existent for almost the entire summer is back, I went for a run and my body just felt sluggish. I restarted C25K, I've don...

My 31st Birthday was on Saturday, I was in NYC with friends for a wedding, I didn't mind one bit. It was an excellent weekend and I danced, drank (and drank..) and ate my way through the weekend. It is what it is and I don't regret a second of it I partied like I was 21 again, except my body very quickly reminded me that I am NOT 21 anymore. By the end of the weekend my whole body ached and I felt like I was hit by a truck. Still it was totally worth it.  Now though, I'm onto my 31st year and I feel like I need to set some new goals for myself. The goals have always been the same and usually they don't get achieved. Sad, yet true. I've been trying to lose this last 24 pounds for a few months now, I really need to take it seriously now. So I was looking on Pinterest trying to find some motivation. I stumbled upon a blog that a woman wrote and it was about running at least 1 mile every day for a year. I can do that. I can totally do that, might be tough in the winte...

Last week was pretty terrible, I won't lie. I didn't grocery shop so I didn't have much for healthy food in the house. We had a party at the house so I had all this... yummy but crappy for you food all around me. Not to mention the delicious wine and beer we also got, hard stuff to say no to and my willpower was in the toilet basically. So Friday I took the time I needed, pulled myself up by my bootstraps and shopped, got the healthy stuff and went from there. I still didn't do GREAT this weekend, but I had the option. Today though, today I am on my shit. I did two workouts and have eaten really well so far, including vegetables! I have the hardest time with veggies, seriously. Drinking my water as well and just feeling better. I went for a run and it was HARD but I also got down to a really good under 10 minute pace for 2 miles which has not happened in awhile. So, that's great! I hit my 10k steps and am on an accountability thread group so I have my own post tha...

If you've been reading along, you may remember that awhile back I made an appointment to see a Nutritionist, well that appointment was on Friday. It was really interesting to say the least and very eye opening. I had talked to a friend before going and knew somewhat of what I should expect. I'll try to break down the visit as best I can. So the first thing we she did was just of course ask me why I was there and about my current eating habits. I told her I'm looking to lose the last 25 pounds and get back to pre baby weight but being healthier and to change my habits - for life. I also mentioned that I'm an emotional eater, stress makes me eat. She was not concerned with my calories, but more my balance of what I was eating. Makes sense. She also helped me see that I've really been depriving myself of things that are part of a BALANCED diet. The key word there is balanced, I eat a lot of starch (duh potatoes) and a lot of sugar but not a lot of natural sugar which...

Well week 3 is in the books, great! I will say honestly I haven't been as good this week, but, that's just due to some rough stuff we're going through, all will be ok and I am back on track today with counting calories and working out. I did get a run in on Monday which was great,I will also do a workout today!  I weighed myself this morning just to see how I was doing, I was not expecting any type of loss ( I weighed in on Sunday and I did in fact lose 2 pound last week). Well I lost .8 oz! I am SO close to being where I was when I weighed in last! I'm not expecting a big loss this week for my own personal reasons, but, it would be nice to lose .2 more pounds and be back where I was a few weeks ago!  We will see! I had to get dressed up yesterday (I work from home so most days my "dressed up" is my LLR leggings and a tank top) and I hadn't worn my "Dressy" clothes in awhile and man it was difficult to find something that fit, everything was too ...

I'm 2 weeks in as of today, last week went great with the exception of Saturday and Sunday. I strayed a bit and didn't do as well as I should have. Ah well, everyone has slip ups sometimes. I've basically stuck to my healthy eating and I've been exercising a lot more, at least once a day I'll do something. Yesterday I did a different workout and it was good, but didn't give me the steps I needed, so I decided to go for a run at lunch. I did great, I did stop for a few minutes here and there, but I kept going and finished up the session with running (which is important!) and did not vomit on the side of the road (which I will admit, I felt like it a few times - it was HOT). Both are wins.  So I'm sore all the time pretty much but it's a good sore, it's that "my muscles are changing" type of sore.   So I've been feeling pretty good overall, I've really upped my protein and my Omega 3s which has helped! I'm eating probably about....

Almost all of my life, I've always been tired. I've had very few days where I felt completely GOOD and where I wasn't suffering from something. I've grown tolerant of it and just accepted that it is what it is. I've been focusing on my calories for the last few years and ensuring that I wasn't eating too much so I could lose weight. I thought that if I kept doing that, I'd eventually feel better. Doesn't really work like that, calories aren't the only factor here and if I'm going to practice what I preach, then I really needed to pay attention to the bigger picture. Let's go through how I feel on a daily basis: Wake up: Exhausted and just not able to shake this "out of it feeling".  8-9 AM - Have 2 cups of coffee and slowly start to wake up and feel better 10-2pm - feel good! Energized and able to get stuff done! 2PM on - Start to feel tired, headache, foggy brain, lose motivation/energy/irritable I have been dealing with thi...