Bring on the challenge!

Okay, I've caught up the mileage on the blog now :)  I've gotten lazy, not just about filling this in, but in general.  

Starting last Monday, the day after Easter, hubby and I decided it was time to kick it in to gear and get the exercise going and start eating healthy.  Since then, we've tracked our calories each day, and, I'm happy to say, are starting to see it pay off this week.

Last week was hard.  Running was hard.  Jillian was hard.  Giving up sugar (well, not entirely, but A LOT) was hard.  But, by the end of the week, I had lost 4 pounds and was motivated by the results.  This week, we bagged the running on Monday (it had rained in the night and we thought it wasn't finished yet - I know EXCUSES!!) but I did do Jillian.  Tuesday I did both, and yesterday hubs decided to do Jillian with me but no running.  So we did the workout backwards.  Jillian first, then I went running while he got ready for work.  It's kind of funny, I've been doing Jillian for so long, it's a workout, yes, but I'm not super sore the next day.  Hubby on the other hand was feeling it a bit this morning. . . :)

This morning, we joined our friends at the golf course for the tempo run.  Last Thursday, we did this, too, and I was REALLY struggling.  Today, I felt really good!  Combine that with the fact that our friends told us they had seen some wild dogs out on their way to meet us this morning, and I ran pretty fast today!  Didn't want to get left too far behind in case some stray dog decided to come calling!  I was able to keep up with hubby and the one guy (the other one is just insanely fast - we're talking sub-3 marathon fast), and not feel like I was dying this morning.  It's when you feel great because you are eating right and losing weight and exercising that you get more motivated to keep going because you can see it's all worth it.  To top it off, I was down another pound this morning.  (On a side note, I'm only trying to lose about 10 pounds, it's all the holiday goodies that are still hanging on :) )

Tomorrow will be a running rest day, but I'll do Jillian, then Saturday I'll go at least 6.  It's been nice to tone the mileage down, although I'd like to get back up to 10 on the weekends again.   

Today's mileage was straight out of an Indiana Jones movie.  "Go around, don't go between!  You said go between, not around!"  lol  Asked the hubby last night how far he wanted to go.  I heard, "8 miles".  About six miles into it this morning, he was saying "I can't believe you wanted to go 8 miles."  I said, "you said you wanted to go this far!"  His response, "I said NO MORE than 8 miles!" Guess I missed the no more part :)

It really was fine, though.  Felt good, weather was GREAT this morning, and averaged a 9 min/mile pace.  Plus, the more miles you rack up, the more calories you burn, right? ;)  Still counting the calories and doing good.  We have a neighborhood crawfish boil tonight, so I'm trying to rack up as many calories as I can today!!

My best friend ran the SL marathon this morning, her first ever.  So proud of her.  Can't wait to hear how it was for her :) 

Struggling again this week.  Not sure why, exactly.  Still going good on the diet, but had a battle last night.  Kids made me mad last night and after they were in bed, all I wanted was some chocolate!!  Of course, I have none in this house at the moment.  Did find some Nutella in the cupboard and some pretzels so had to settle for that.  Made me feel better, but I definitely felt it this morning as I was running.  So not fair!  Here's hoping today will be better :)