Bad Week

The very end of last week and all of this week were aweful in terms of my running, or any other physical activity for that matter. I felt aweful last weekend. Sunday I laid around with a fever all day. For the majority of this past week AF made me wish I had already gone through menopause.

But...I'm feeling much better now...not quite 100% but I feel good enough to get back into the routine of working out. Hopefully this next week won't be too busy. I plan to re-do week 4 since I never ran the last day of it. I know week 5 is going to be really tough so I don't want to jump in at that point. The last thing I need is to get discouraged.

Need Motivation!

I still haven't done day 2! I planned on running it Thursday & Saturday. I realized my ipod was dead on my way out the door Thursday so I didn't run. I wanted to run around NC State's campus when I went to visit FI but I couldn't find my charger anywhere. I know this is a ridiculous excuse not to run but It hasn't taken much to talk myself out of running lately.

On the bright side, I woke up about 45 minutes before my alarm clock went off this morning. Usually I just lay in bed and try to fall back asleep. It takes me a good 30 minutes to fall asleep so it usually just irritates me. I got up this morning and did some yoga. I don't remember the name of the show I was using..."Inhale" maybe. Anyway...it was on Oxygen and I didn't like the guy at all. Maybe it was too early but he annoyed the crap out of me. I couldn't remember what channel FitTV was so I just stuck it out. I still have to get used to these new channels.

C25K Week 3...Pending

So, I decided I wasn't comfortable running in this area so I planned to do some pilates today. What did I do? I took a nap, had a baked potato and a beer. Not my idea of a good workout. :-/ I REALLY hope I can make myself run tomorrow after the 3 1/2 hour drive to Raleigh!

My New Favorite Tasty Treat

White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream! So delicious. I am a sucker for ice cream, too bad it's not exactly a low calorie/low fat sweet snack :-/



My biggest problem with ice cream is controlling how much I eat. I will grab the whole container and tell myself I'll only have a few spoonfuls. Half a container later I'm telling myself "ok...this is really the last bite". I've decided that I can still eat ice cream but I need to put X amount in a bowl so I'm not so tempted to keep eating it all. Of course I didn't do that today, I'm in the dorm for another week and I HATE washing dishes in the same sink I brush my teeth and wash my face in. I definitely plan to start using a bowl when I get back to the dishwasher.

Here are the nutrition facts for this yummy deliciousness!

Nutrition Facts:
Amount Per Serving
Serving Size: 1/2 Cup (108g)
Calories: 310	Calories from Fat: 160
Total Fat	18g	28%
Saturated Fat	10g	52%
Trans Fat	0g
Cholesterol	105mg	36%
Sodium	65mg	3%
Total Carbohydrate	32g	11%
Dietary Fiber	1g	2%
Sugars	28g
Protein	5g

Weekend Update

This weekend FI and I had to pack our things to move out of our apartments. I HATE packing. It's even worse because we haven't even moved anything in to our new apartments, it's all in storage waiting to be moved again next week. Anyway, because of the very busy weekend, packing all the dishes, lots of time on the road etc. I had more fast food this weekend than I've had all summer. Between Saturday morning and Monday night (I'm including Monday because I didn't work) we had. Hardee's 3 times, Sonic once, Krystal once, Wendy's once, McDonalds once, Cookout once (yes, I got a milkshake too), and Chic-fil-A once. The only "meal" we had that wasn't fast food was cereal on Monday morning. This is horrible! I know we were busy and pressed for time but I can't believe we had that much fast food in one weekend.

Yesterday should have been Week 2 Day 1 of C25K. I was at FI's apartment in Greenville. I have a pair of running shoes at each apartment so I don't have to worry about packing/leaving them at either place. When I was ready to run I found out FI had already packed my running shoes up and they are in storage in Raleigh. I did do some random leg, ab workouts for about 15-20 minutes.

We packed/moved/cleaned 10 am-8 pm Saturday and 10 am-6pm Sunday. On our way back to Asheville and Greenville Sunday night we stopped for a quick dinner (Wendy's). I had to continue on 40 and FI got on 85, about 30-45 mins later my car started to overheat and my battery and E-break lights came on. I had to let my car cool on the side of 40 at 10:30 at nights alone. I was really scared. I finally got my car to the nearest exit in Statesville to wait for FI. We looked at my car and noticed a belt had broken and was hanging below my car (it was the alternator belt). Nothing was open so we drove back to Greenville. We got there at 2 am, I was supposed to be at work in Asheville at 5 am. I slept for 2 hours, called out of work, slept for 2 more hours then got up for the trek back to Statesville to take my car to get repaired. FI had to get back to Greenville so he could work a half day. We got to Statesville to pick my car up around 8:00 pm. About 20 mins down the road (after FI had went his own way to Greenville, again) my car started to overheat badly again. FI came to my rescue again. We decided that we were not going to leave my car 2 hours from either destination again since we spent so much time dealing with it Sunday night and Monday. We were just going to drive it little by little, expecting to arrive in Asheville around 3 am. I decided I wouldn't go to sleep since I get up for work at 3:30 anyway. Luckily we only had to stop to let the car cool down once. FI tightened the radiator cap really well (we noticed that the rubber piece inside it is slightly torn, causing water to spray out instead of circulating) and we arrive in Ashevill a little after 1 am. Luckily I got to sleep about 2 hours before I had to get up for work.

Somehow I'm still going kind of strong...I plan on going to bed early tonight though!