Feb252010
A Good Day & A Good Run
Filed under Day to Day by kristen at 4:05 pm on Feb 25 2010
Today started out a little rough. I am one that needs sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. So when I have to start my day at 3:30am, I am not a happy person. I had a little girl wake me up. I got her back to sleep but had no luck myself. I was exhausted. I was ready for a nap even before I took Megan to preschool. My bed called out my name as I walked out the door to take Megan to preschool. I was so tempted to come back home after dropping her off and hibernating for a few hours. I finally decided against it.
I knew that I wanted to go to my Weight Watcher meeting this morning. It really has helped my mind set going to the meeting each week. I think too often people forget that I am still a member even though I do work at WW. I am glad that I went today. Definitely some things that I needed to hear and a few things that I remembered sitting in the meeting.
After the meeting I rushed to the Y. I was so excited to finally be able to get in a run. I cannot remember the last time that I have been able to run. School closings due to snow, doctors appointments, Megan’s birthday party at school, showings, house inspection…. you get the idea. I think the last time I ran was in January. Bummer. I really pushed it today. I need to get better about tracking my times. I think this was my best time for a 5K yet. Not fast. It was a good run and made me realize that my goal for the 5K at the Indy mini is not a reasonable goal most likely. But I am ok with that.
I am kind of scared to post this and jinx us. It looks like we sold our house. It is a scary time but we really think we have made the right decision. We made an offer on another house (a house with a basement so I can get my treadmill back) and our offer was accepted yesterday. Big relief. Talk about stress. Another offer on the house came in. Nothing like thinking you just sold the house that you love and won’t get the house that you have dreamt about for 6 months. During those crazy 24 hours I really really wanted to turn to food. I wanted to stuff those emotions but I fought it off. No food that I didn’t need. In the heat of the moment I was able to remind myself that the food wasn’t going to help & I would only feel worse once I was done eating & realized what I did. Dodged that bullet.
Unless we hit a major snag we will be moving in the next six weeks or so. So excited and nervous. Lots of things to do. Not going to turn to food. I will not. I refuse.
1 Aliciaon 25 Feb 2010 at 6:14 pm
Kristen,
I am so in touch with emotional eating these days, with the house renovation, my MIL’s death and the girls in the NICU. I am so proud that you were able to “talk yourself down” so to speak. It is not an easy thing to do, even though we know the food will not help.
I find the afternoon the hardest time. I can not exercise for another 3 weeks, until my c-section is healed, so I am trying to distract myself with other things like reading the book the NICU gave me on preemies and watching “educational” television…TLC really thinks “What Not to Wear” and “Say Yes to the Dress” qualify for The Learning Channel?
Anyway, I think you are doing great!
2 Amber Bennetton 26 Feb 2010 at 9:52 am
Kristen I am so proud of you!! Good job on the running!! Just think not to long until you will have your own treadmill back and can run anytime you want (that is if the girls and hubby don’t need you), and of course us WW members that need you to. You are a wonderful inspiration.