Hello........

So I am still here, still working on my fitness. Still kinda bummed that BFFN is the only one who leaves me comments. Oh well I guess. Anyway I am still moving along. I have not been able to get outside for my walk/run workout. Too cold! I am thinking about joining world gym. Its only 10 dollars a month, and they have treadmills, so I might do that. Plus they are open 24/7 which is good because sometimes when I get home after a long day at work, the last thing I want to do is work out.
Also my sleep patterns are nuts. I have no idea why I can't get to sleep before 12:00am especially since I have to be up and moving before 6:00am. So I think what I am going to do to set a new goal for myself is try to be in bed at 9:30pm so I can be up by 5 to run to the gym. Lucky for me, its just a block from my house so I can walk depending on how early I get out of my house.
Anyway thats about it. Just wanted to do a quick check in.
Also look at this cool picture. Its of the Great Barrier Reef.

The kind of trouble I am in

So I am not going to lie. I have been having all kinds of trouble making it to the gym this week. My diet is right on track-even if I did have that piece of birthday cake today-. Not even BFFH is able to motivate me. So she is FIRED!
Okay I will admit to being kind of a material girl, livin in a material word. I like pretty things just like the next girl. I found something pretty and sparkly and major major expensive. When has that stopped me before? Okay a lot, but this time I think I can justify my lust in the way of weight loss.
I already mentioned my 30 by 30 so I am posing another challenge to myself.
Its called the Coach 60! bummer it doesn't sound as catchy as 30 by 30. Anyway I want this Coach purse. I want it bad, and since I am pretty sure I can't lose 60 pounds overnight I will have to save up for it in money and pounds.
Now before any of you freak out about spending that much money on anything...... consider this:
1. I have no kids and no mouths to feed except for my own
2. I am shallow
3. I lack motivation, and sparkly things motivate me
4. I have no house payment to worry about
5. My bastard boyfriend won't buy it for me......oh wait I don't have a boyfriend.
6. Just lay off, I can do what I want.
Anyway here is the item that has my shallow heart in love.....................................>

Soap Boxin

So I have been thinking a lot about what it going to take me to really get my to the body that I want. I have never been afraid of hard work. I don't mind working up a sweat. But sometimes I lack the motivation. I was talking to BFFN today about this very subject (among others). I am a realist when it comes to getting healthy. I know that there are not magic pills or easy outs, because if there were then the USA wouldn't have such a high obesity rate.
I guess what really gets my blood boiling, is when people do try to take the easy way out of...... anything really, but mostly for the purpose of this blog weight loss. Doesn't it just come back and bite you in the end?
How many people do you know that have had the gastric bypass, or lapband, or the newest craziest thing? What the heck people? You are spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars for what? Instant gratification, I say instant because yes they do lose weight, but most of the time they gain it all back because there has been no lifestyle change.
Its not easy, trust me I know, but making little changes everyday can help.
I would like to get this belly off me, but could I live with the belly if in 6 months I can run the whole 5k? Absolutely. I hope to lose the belly though ;). What I am saying is, health is most important to me. Its not healthy for me to be at this weight I am now, but I know I am not going to get there sitting on my tush drinking slim fast and praying a lot for a miracle.
I would love to have children someday and because I am leaning heavy on the side of 30, I no longer have age on my side. Its going to be a matter of health. Yes people have children into their 30s and some into their 40s, but I know its not as easy say if you were 22 years old. So I have to take care of this body now.
Also I don't want to go shopping with my friends and hangout at the accessories area while they buy cute cloths, I am sick of sitting in booths that are a tad bit to tight, and freaked out about flying. Mostly the flying thing is because my legs are too long, but you get the picture.
So I guess the whole point to this rambling is, there is no magic pill, its going to take hard work but health is important, most important, all the other things like fitting into that cute dress are just bonuses.

Salty Katie

So the workouts are going good. I feel nice and sore, but honestly I love that. I don't feel like it was worth my effort unless I come home and want to die on the bed. I remember when I was in sports in high school, and we had to run so much, maybe I should have kept running, because now all I can think is... how the hell did I do this before?
Anyway I have been reading my newish book called Becoming Vegan- I showed it in my haul blog-. Anyway apparently too much salt can help aid in stomach cancer. Woohoo! I am a saltaholic. I love it, I need it, I eat it a lot. So my mini goal is to avoid adding salt all weekend. I am going to hide my shaker. I might not make it. I don't know. Its like chocolate to me. I know, I have a problem. I would much rather have chips than a candy bar.
So I am going to start slow and just not have it for 3 days. Even now I am uncomfortable with that thought. I imagine its like some people and their addiction to soda. So wish me luck!
Also last night I cooked something awesome.
I found these noodles at my Fredy's
and threw in some veggies, and I want it again. It was pretty cheap, and yes I did eat that whole plate but I was hungry, however it could have easily feed 2 people.( ya, that is something I need to work on too!)

Working on My Fitness

So its been a crazy week at work, and I looks to be about 3 more crazy weeks until things settle down. Do I want to punch my boss? Yes! Do I want to punch my employees? Yes! So instead of getting fired I will simply take my aggression out on my body.
Yesterday I started the running program I linked for you all. I am not going to lie. I hated every second of that, and I think I only ran for a total of 3 minutes. Thats how out of shape I am. But I am completely living my life like the the tortoise and the hare. Slow and steady. The link I gave was for a six week program. Luckily for me, I have longer than that to get ready for the race, so I am going to keep trudging along using that as my guide.
I am really excited about this year, which is good because last year was nothing to write home about. I like that I have found a passion for health, I guess I only hope that I will inspire others.

Fighting through the cold

Yuck! I have been feeling under the weather this last week. Not full blown sick, but just not 100%.
Makes it real hard to start a strenuous work out program. Anyway I did do some yoga last night, and I will probably do it again tonight until I feel up to working out hard. How is everybody else doing on the working out?
So Tara from the z103 morning show is turning 30 this year the same as me in April, and she is trying to lose 30 by 30. I thought that was an awesome goal, so even though Tara has no idea who I am, I am going to do that with her. I think its a total doable goal. So I am going to add that on my list of goals for this 2010 year!
Anyway just thought I would check in!
Good Luck!

Running Running as fast as we can......

So it looks like I might not have any takers on the weight loss challenge. Oh well I don't need you punks. However just because you are lame doesn't mean I am going to be. In fact I have been doing my research. Maybe that is what I should graduate in Research, I like it, and I am good at it. Anyway back on topic..... I found this link today on the Women'sHealth website. By the way this is one of the best magazine/sites I have ever seen. I actually have a subscription to that mag and I love it every single month. Anyway because BFFH gave me an entry fee payed for a 5k for Christmas this year, I need to get started preparing for it. So on the "Your best body ever" tabs I picked Become a runner. I printed the exercise program and it totally seems doable! So for all the rest of you that are going to be running with us and need to get some motivation that is not so overwhelming, I say start here. That is what I am going to do.