Exciting news! My husband starts working directly for his company come Monday! Parking will be paid for, woohoo!

More exciting news! I'll have a new nephew by Friday!

Random news: My truck has been cleaned out, washed, and vacuumed.

Running news: I hit 5 miles on Tuesday in 58.03! I did 2.11 miles in 26.51 on Wednesday and 4.73 in 1.03.01 yesterday. The good news about yesterday's run, even though it was slow, was that I conquered the hill between my house and the end of the road not once, but TWICE. It's a long hill, but I ran up it both times.

Running update

I'm so excited to say that my last 2 times out, I've run, yes RUN, 4.25 miles. I did not stop to walk either time! If it had not been so foggy when I finished running this afternoon, I would have tried to hit 4.5 miles. Aiming for that Monday morning. I believe I have enough time before the Cooper River Bridge run to add 0.25 a week and be able to run it all. Haven't signed up for it though. I don't want to run it alone, so I need to find out if someone wants to go with me.

Feeling bloggy today

Not sure why, but I'm feeling bloggy today. A couple nights ago, I had the urge to put pen to paper. That doesn't happen real often, but when it does, I go with it just as I'm going with this today.

I'm a week into the healthyfitfamilies.com challenge. I'm eating more veggies and fruit than I thought possible...and enjoying them for the most part. I'm able to crank out the sit-ups without a problem. Still amazed that I can do that. I pulled out a FIRM work out DVD yesterday and was able to get through it relatively painlessly, nevermind the fact that I almost tripped over the fanny lifter while doing some step and kicked it over doing some cardio. It was a good work out. I'm a little sore today, but it's a good sore. Was going to do another one this morning since it is raining and I couldn't get my run in, but didn't feel like changing out of pj pants or putting shoes on, so Wii Fit Plus won out. I did 30 minutes and have also done 100 jumping jacks and 100 squats since then. Looking forward to a good run tomorrow.

Did another 4 miles Monday and felt great. Hoping to increase by at least 0.25 when I go out Saturday morning.

Speaking of Saturday, my best friend, Leslie, and her family are coming to visit on their way to their new home in Virginia. I can't wait to see them and spend the day with them. We've been friends/sisters for 20+ years. I don't get to see her much because we've lived pretty far apart for the last 12.5 years.

Now that I have the bloggy feeling out of my system, it's time to refill my water cup and get back to work.

Awesomeness

I seem to have gotten my groove back as far as running goes. I ran Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, and Friday morning last week. I covered 3.7, 2.0, and 4.0 miles respectively. I am still walking a little each run, but I am most definitely running more than I walk. My walking distances are usually about 0.1 each time I slow to a walk and total about 0.2 each run. I'm down to 83.62 miles in my hundred mile challenge.

I've also joined another challenge that requires 20 sit-ups, 20 push-ups, 30 minutes of exercise, 3.5 servings of fruit, 3.5 servings of veggies, and giving up a vice for the duration of the challenge. My vice is coffee after 4:00. I tend to drink a cup while I'm cooking supper. So, I'm on day 4 of this challenge. Who knew I could do full fledged sit-ups after having 2 kids? I surely didn't, but I can. Mondays are my "official" weigh-in days. And by official, I mean I chose that day to weigh-in each week.

2012

It's a new year, 3 days into it already. I'm not one to make resolutions, but I do have a few goals I want to meet this year. I have started reading through the Bible on my droid through the Daily Bible app. That's one goal: to read through the Bible. I also have a book downloaded on my Kindle that has to do with the names of God. I want to read through that. I've started. I've chosen a word to be my word of the year, so to speak. It's "perspective." After this past year (and all that is not done yet), I feel I need to have perspective on what this year will bring. I want to have God's perspective. I want to see through HIS eyes and not my own. Tough? You betcha'. BUT, with him, all things are possible. If I ask according to his will, it will be done.

Physically, I have a mini goal of losing 10 more pounds by March 1. That's do-able. I also have a goal to run 100 miles by February 29. That's do-able as well. My plan is to run 3 times a week and hit at least 3.7 miles each time out. If I do that 25 days, then I'll hit the 100 miles. Of course, I'm also trying to turn my 5K running into 10K training, so hopefully I'll be adding at least a little distance each time out.

I'm excited about what the new year will bring.

Weight loss to date: 27.2 pounds.