Map My Run!

Here's a little jaunt that my friend K and I did last week. It didn't feel as far as it is, which is why I like this website so much!!!



I've been (thankfully) working out almost every day for the past week and a half. It feels so good to be back into a routine of working out. It seems so hard to start back up again once I've stopped, which is why I am glad I am finally back on the program. This morning I decided to take a run up the nature trail and then do P90x Ab Ripper! I am going to try and do Ab Ribber 2-3 times a week and see if I can notice any results. Ab workouts have never really shown me visible results in the past, but I think it's because I've never really watched what I ate. Since I eat pretty healthy anyway, I've always let myself eat pretty much whatever I want when I am training hard for something, which is probably why I've never lost weight while training for races. When I was training for my Xterra last spring, I didn't lose a pound, even after the 3 hour a day workouts! I'm a firm believer that getting ripped abs (if it's even humanly possible for me) takes more than just the workouts. It's very diet related as well. Which brings me to my goal: Lose 6 lbs by May 14th. Yes, that's two weeks away, I know. My reward: Other than losing 6lbs? Spending $250 on new clothes! Yay! I realize that $250 doesn't get you too far in the clothing world, but for me this is huge, becuase I haven't been spending any money on clothes since we are buying a house... in 3 days!

Anyway, here's what I am doing:
Limiting:
Sugar
Wheat
Dairy
No red meat
No beer or cockatils (red wine only)

Eating:
Lots of veggies
Lots of water
Good whole grains (spelt, kamut, barley, quinoa)

Trying to do something active every day.
Well.... we'll see how it goes, won't we?
New clothes here I come!!!