6/26/13

This summer has just started and I am so busy it already feels like it is flying by! Life is excellent though. Work is pretty great these days. Even on my busiest days, I'm usually smiling. That is huge for me. I'm reading like a fiend. Bella is starting to be more fun than she is work. We had so much fun in the pool together yesterday. She was laying on a float and I was on another and we were throwing a sponge around and splashing each other with it. We bought a new car. A Nissan Maxima. Totally loving it more and more. The first two days were spent getting used to everything. It's finally feeling familiar. My treadmill is amazing!!! Totally had a great workout this morning and for 12 minutes straight was able to keep up at my old (fast) pace before I had to slow down for the remainder of the workout. Next week, I'm going to increase my distance and take it slow. Once I acclimate to the new distance, I will work on speed again. I'm also running at an incline of 5. On a regular road, there will of course be hills and valleys, as well as good flat stretches, but the temp has to cool down before I take it outdoors. Next week is the FOURTH!!! Excited to spend a long hot day bickering with my perfect husband! ;)

6/22/13

So I'm running again. Two weeks in. Feeling pretty good. I'm definitely one of those people whose body responds quickly to the activity. That's a good thing. I tone up quick. I'm also doing ab work, using hand weights and doing squats, as well as push ups and jumping jacks. Right now I'm doing this to help maintain a healthy lifestyle, but I may look into a few 5Ks this summer/fall and *maybe* I will entertain the thought of a 1/2 marathon. I mean I used to run at least 3 5Ks a year and do two triathlons a year when I lived in Maine, so this isn't foreign for my body. I just need to get back in the saddle again. My treadmill is awesome. Still prefer the outdoors. I will probably incorporate some outdoor runs in another week or two. I'm also trying to maintain 1200 calories per day. I never consume 1200 and at the very least, I should be because of the running. I also need to get my water intake back up. I was doing so well and then work got busy and I didn't want to run to the bathroom every 20 minutes. Ah well. It'll work itself out with a little effort.

June 15, 2013

Hello there!!
I haven't blogged since Zach's birthday! Rest assured we've just been busy with work and with Bella and that i haven't quit blogging. We have the pool already and I enjoyed a couple of hours in it this morning. The first pool day of the year for me! This is just one of those months where I have too much to say so I end up saying nothing. Oh well. Hubby and I enjoyed a nice dinner out at one of our favorite restaurants last night. I got a new treadmill and have been racking up the miles this week. Loving it! We took a not relaxing mini trip to Maine last weekend. This is our first Saturday in a few weeks in which we've been alone and so we are simply enjoying being together. Bella will be here for the night very soon, so back to the grind for us, even if it is a good grind. I have a ton of pics but I'm just not in the mood to do a phone dump sooooo till next time...