Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

Yesterday I made it to the Y. I pushed myself to go the 4 miles on the elliptical.  I just was bored. Oh, how I want any own elliptical with a TV. A  girl can dream. Anyway, I digress. I really made myself go faster than I had in the past. I wanted to push [...]

Well time has passed so quickly that my half marathon is quickly speeding towards me. I am scared silly. We are talking the first Saturday in May. How is that possible? I have really struggled this weekend with my progress. I am trying not to be too hard on myself. I am just SO frustrated [...]

Visualization.  I looked up the definition. “To recall or form mental images or pictures”. I love that definition. I have been working on some positive visualization of my own. I can see it. I am putting on my running clothes then my shoes. Next I am stretching and warming up my body. Chris & I [...]

I can tell that I have too many irons in the fire. I just realized that in my post about Spicy Roasted Chickpeas, I didn’t even give my description about them. Granted, I wrote the post while I was babysitting. And no, I still don’t have the picture to post. But the Spicy Roasted Chickpeas [...]

I wanted to let everyone know what my training plan was. So since I just finished my run for the day, I figured now was as good as time to get this posted. So as sweat is dripping off of me, here it is…….. Sunday, I finally got a chance to talk to the other [...]

Well, I am plugging along in my training and have noticed something very interesting. When I am working out regularly, my emotional eating is almost non-existent. I have been spot on with my eating the last two days. I am not saying that all temptation is gone. But I am amazed how little food I [...]

I think I have found my biggest obstacle in my training for the mini. Finding the time to run. Friday, I had great plans to run late. We had company coming. I thought that after they left, I could hop on the treadmill for a quick run. Ha! I already knew that there was no [...]