Day 10 - Feeling Good!

I was filling up my water bottle this morning in the kitchen at work and asked one of the ladies I work with next to me how she was doing. She replied, "Fine, thanks! You're awfully smiley today..."

And I guess I am! Yesterday, I successfully ran over 1.5 miles without stopping! This may seem trivial to many, but even at my smallest, I was never a runner! In fact, I purposely played defense on the soccer team because there was LESS running involved. By the way...

The simple fact is...I don't like running. I don't like not being able to breathe, I don't like my calves and thighs burning, I don't like cramping in my sides and back, I don't like my ears aching from the cold, and I certainly don't like people seeing me running:

(Thank you Pinterest.com)

...I DON'T LIKE IT OKAY?!?

But on my way home last night, I decided to measure out a mile in my car, just out of curiosity. I picked one street, drove up and back to my house....1 mile total....0.5 to the end of the street and 0.5 back.

I told myself that if I could just run to the end of the street and not die, I'd be a good day. Well not only did I run to the end and back, I also took a couple detours around a couple cul de sacs! Yes, I did want to die afterwards but the pride of not stopping outweighed the pain (pun intended). Now if I could only get more good weather days like yesterday I'd be set! But it's back in the 40s again today, so back to the gym I go...oh how I hate thee treadmill.

Oh one more detail I almost forgot to mention....I'VE LOST 7 POUNDS!!! Hopped on the scale this morning and was more than pleased to read that I'm down to 177! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!

In celebration and for your viewing pleasure, because who doesn't love a little Michael Buble:


Yesterday's Recap:
1/24:
Breakfast: Two hard boiled eggs
Snack: Mandarin orange
Lunch: Progresso Light Soup: Italian Style Vegetable, with some leftover brown rice stirred in. (And I think a part of me died while I was digging out the pasta noodles...RIP pasta...you are loved and missed)
Snack: Almonds
Dinner: Chicken stir fry: chicken breast marinaded in Ken's lite Asian sesame with ginger and soy dressing, frozen stir fry veggies, and steamed brown rice.
Water: five 24 oz bottles!
Exercise: ran 1.5 miles in the neighborhood :)