1 mile. 12 minutes. I'm back.

I LOVE to run.  I mean LOVE.  It is currently 60 degrees outside.  There is no more perfect running temperature.  *happy sigh* So I decided today was the day to get back in it.  I left the apartment and just started running.  I told myself I'd just start with a half mile and I got there and just couldn't stop so a mile it was.  In 12 minutes even.  I'm pretty sure there are not words to describe how awesome I feel at the current moment.  BAM! :)

In other news, I think I'm going to give up soda....for like the 500th time.  Maybe the 501st is the charm?? ;)

So what I've realized is it's sooooo much easier to pass right by the kit kat section of the grocery store if I've just exercised (even easier if I'm still in workout clothes and sweaty :) I pushed that cart around like a BOSS.  :)

Until next time,
:)

When I eat veggies, I FEEL thinner

Try it.  Have veggies for a snack.  I just ate a bell pepper and a cucumber.  I don't know what it is, but I FEEL smaller.  I also ate some string cheese because...well why not?!?! :)  

I love raw (but washed) veggies with nothing on them.  Stoplight peppers (that would be the red, yellow, and green ones :) sit me down with it and I'll finish it.  I'm a little bit more picky when it comes to fruit, but I guess that's a good thing, what with the natural sugars.  I maintain these sugars are necessary, but it's important to ensure one doesn't go overboard with them.  Just because they're 0 points doesn't mean they have....nothing....It's always been that way, even on the old points system.  Most veggies were 0, but you still had to track them because every little bit adds up.  

In an effort to drink more water, I've started carrying around a 32 ounce gargantuan water bottle.  Turns out, I drink more water.  Cue phone call from nature.  Sorry, couldn't resist that one :)

I went to the grocery store Tuesday because I had no food.  And the snack-y food I did have was all 5 points.  SO not worth it.  At the store, I bought Lean Cuisine (checked with my WW barcode app), Bell peppers, cucumbers, green beans, apples, strawberries, WW string cheese, Lean Pockets, and a cool looking stir-fry frozen thing to have for dinner.  BAM.  I conquered Wally World and left with ZERO kit kats.  I'm pretty sure I deserve a medal.  OH, and I got WW ice cream bars, how could I forget.  :)

I was thinking I had something else....OH yea - another test.  

Until next time,
:)

Never judge anyone's story until you've walked in their shoes

When I was a young Weight Watchers member, I'll admit when I would hear people say they were rejoining I said to myself "I'll never have to rejoin".  Well the joke's on me really.  Last week, I rejoined Weight Watchers.  It's been a long time coming.  This time I joined online because my excuse for not rejoining earlier was that because of my forever changing schedule I had to keep switching meetings.  All that does is feed the fire of the aggravation that comes from not having a boring regular schedule.  

So far it's going well.  The discipline of tracking comes easier than I thought it would.  

Until next time,
:)