Happy New Year Everyone!

Well 2012 has come to an end and it's been a fabulous year. Today I have reset my Garmin, created something of a running schedule and set motivational reminders in my phone. I downloaded a recipe app as well to keep things new and to find some new and delicious foods. I am looking forward to a year of happiness and fun. I hope 2013 is a wonderful year full of new goals and fantastic accomplishments. Thanks to all of you who follow and support me on this journey!

Happy Boxing Day!

Christmas Day has come and gone but our biggest celebration is tonight. The big kids get here and my aunts and uncles are coming too. We'll have our big turkey dinner and just a fun relaxing night.

The other excitement is that we are supposed to get a snow storm! Since I don't have to work or drive any where I say bring it on! Last year we really didn't get much of a winter and I was happy with that but the kids like the snow and there are so many thing we can do.

I have stuck to my running plan so far. I didn't make it out on Monday but knew that was possible. I did get out this morning though. Man was it cold!! I cut things a bit shorter because the cold really bothers my asthma at times and today I was running right into the cold wind. It was still a good run though and about 20 minutes. Friday will probably be a snowy run but a good one! The beauty of running in the snow makes it so much more fun!

Time for Reflection

Another year is almost over and what a year it has been.  Lots of fun and exciting things have happened and I have been spending some time reflecting on those things.  Most of those things I have shared here already and hope that everyone has enjoyed reading them.  I kind of fell off the blogging wagon for a while but I'm going to work on getting back on track and hope to share more in the coming weeks.    Looking back at my first couple of posts from last year I can see how far I have come and how far I still need to go.  I felt like I hadn't lost any weight at all but have realized that I have lost 14lbs this year.  It's not much but when you look at the fact that I lost and didn't gain I'm happy with that.  Maybe my goal for this year can be to lose double that amount:)  Slow and steady wins the race right?

Running has been very sporadic since my half marathon in June.  I know that I just need to get out and do it and have created myself a plan to make things work.  Since I have almost two weeks off I am going to start by running every other day.  Yesterday was supposed to be day one but the wind was too scary so I went today instead.  That would put my next run on Christmas Day but that's just not going to work so I will run a short run again tomorrow then will resume the every other day.  My short, short term goal is to be able to run 8k on my birthday in 3 weeks.  It might be a stretch but considering I could run 21k just a few months ago I don't think it's too much of a stretch.  Now that I have put it out there I have to do it so I can report back!

So what about the world outside of running and weight loss??  Well we have had some family fun this year with camping and recently we stayed over night at a local hotel with a water park.  The kids are all getting older and growing up so fast.  In just over a month we will register Christina for school!!  It's so crazy that this September she'll be off to school with Anna.  Anna is doing so well with learning and handled the first of her surgeries like a trooper.  Meag has had a year of self discovery!  She started college and realized that she didn't really fit the program she was in.  She has made some changes to her schedule and will be doing something different at school in the next year.  It has been a year of personal growth for her and she is slowly starting to find herself.  Drew had a rough year at school but things seem to be turning around now.  He is also really finding who he is now and discovering what he likes and wants in life.  Ashlee has come to be a young woman instead of a girl.  She is becoming a real teenager complete with the boy band obsession that I remember all to well from my teenage days.

Over all it has been a wonderful year and I'm looking forward to the year to come.  

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It Snowed:)

It snowed yesterday so naturally I had to go for a run this morning! It's been a rough go since my half marathon 6 months ago. I blame it mostly on lost motivation but partly on the pain in my right leg. Either way I bought new jeans yesterday and they are a size smaller than my last ones which puts me that much closer to shopping in a regular store. That gives me motivation to go and boy am I glad I did! It felt great! It was cold and crisp and painful but the end result is a wonderful feeling of accomplishment! Tuesday is supposed to be warm and rainy! Sounds like another perfect day for a run:)