I really want this lifestyle change to stick with me so I am afraid of doing too much and burning out, but then I am afraid of not challenging myself enough and giving up. I am feeling really great and balanced right now, so I don't want to push it. At the same time, I am steadily increasing my running distances, so maybe in a few months, I will be much more ready for a half marathon.
I also think it would be a great accomplishment. The half marathon I am thinking about would be the first weekend in September, which would be right around the 1 year mark for starting this blog and for making a huge change in my life. I think that is a pretty great way to celebrate 1 year and to really see how far I have come.
What do you think? Should I go for it?
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When I got off of work yesterday, the sun was blaring so I grabbed Franklin and headed out for a run. My run turned more into a walk, but it was nice to get out and stretch my legs a bit. For some reason, I couldn't get myself together to actually run for more than a mile or so. I kept stopping, getting tangled in my headphones, and getting wrapped up in Franklin's leash. It just wasn't our day.
We walked for a little over 2 miles, and then headed home. I think Franklin was glad to cut our walk and run short, since he hadn't eaten yet and was probably starving.
For this week's bible study, I decided to make some blueberry muffins. We had decided last week, as a group, that we would have a breakfast pot luck for this week's meeting.
I followed a really simple recipe, I think from Betty Crocker, or some cookbook I had, and they turned out pretty good. They didn't have the big fluffy top like I would have imagined, but they were still pretty good.
When I got there, there was an entire table full of awesome breakfast treats. It was a total carb fest though, with biscuits, pancakes, muffins, and bread. There was also a bunch of fruit, so I tried to put a lot of that on my plate to avoid too many carbs.
I didn't take any pictures (these people don't know me very well yet, so I will slowly introduce them to my picture and blogging ways), but I had a pancake with blueberries and syrup, a biscuit, a handful of grapes, and a small piece of monkey bread. Everyone enjoyed the blueberry muffins, and I had a few extras to bring home.
When I got back home, I spent a good 30 minutes packing up my breakfasts and lunches for the next 2 days. I am working at the hospital tonight, so I will be really thankful that I already have my meals packed up and I can head straight to bed when I get off.
For breakfast this morning, I had some vanilla greek yogurt, frozen cherries and berries, and some granola on top. It was so delicious.
Then, around mid morning, I had a half of a whole wheat bagel thin with chocolate, chocolate chip cookie dough almond butter and sliced banana.
I am pretty excited about my lunch today. I cut up a bunch of veggies (tomato, red pepper, orange pepper, cucumber), grabbed a handful of spinach, some chicken that was in the fridge, and a little balsamic vinegar to put inside of a whole wheat wrap. I hope it is as good as I am thinking it will be.
Hope you all have a great day! It is going to be busy, busy, busy all week since we are out of town this weekend. So much to do!
Yesterday's Stats:
Calories (-) 534
Sodium (+) 408
Protein (+) 6
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