Oakland Half Training

Happy Monday! Things continue well and after being measured and weighed today I am down 12 lbs and 9% fat loss...WOOHOO!!! I am still 5 lbs from my ideal weight ant 10 from my goal weight but I have to admit that I feel great. It's the first time in many many years that I have felt this good. Yes, I have been quite active for the past 7 years so at least I haven't been sitting on my rear but I wasn't making a huge effort to lose weight. I had started WW 3 years ago and lost 14 pounds and then 2 years ago I really didn't put much effort into it and at the beginning of last year I really hit it hard. I'm very happy with my progress :o)

Training for the Oakland Half Marathon is going although I must admit I'm not pushing myself very hard. I've only been running on Saturday's or Sunday's and nothing during the week. It's till too dark at night after work and that creeps me out so I won't run alone. I had been helping my neighbor with training, it's her first half, so I had been mainly running with her and not going at my full speed but her mom died :o( so she's been out of town for 2 weeks. The last 2 weeks I've run with my friend/co-worker and she runs a bit faster so we've been sticking together for most of the Saturday runs. I have felt really good during those runs so I really think the loss of weight and strengthening of my core has made a huge difference.

Things at home are good although as usual very hectic. Hubby has been doing amazing with his training and I've been trying to keep up with his laundry and feedings...LOL!!! I though the amount of laundry I produced during tri training was bad!! geesh, this is crazy!. I also finally got a Costco card because the amount of food he's eating is crazy! But it's been fun because I'm getting to try out lots of new recipes. GO IRONHUBBY :o)