Nerd tat time!

At the tat place now, nervous as hell. Stand by for pic!

2 months?!? Yikes!

I gotta get this shit going. 2 months until cruise and I'm so not losing any weight. I am, however, exercising and (somewhat) eating healthily. Guess I need to step up both areas. I wanna look hotttt on the ship. And I want an excuse to buy a new dress and other clothes. And possibly a new bathing suit. But let's not get crazy.

(Somewhat) starting my summer off right.

Started working 10 hour days this week, with Fridays off. My intention was to get up every morning and run. I actually did that this morning, and it was lovely. Discovered I can still listen to an audiobook while running, so hopefully if i get a good book going i can run further. Did have mcdonald's for lunch, but had a very healthy breakfast and dinner. And have made healthy lunches for the rest of the week.

Countdown to nerd tat: T-minus 3 days!

20 minutes. Tomorrow.

First 20-minute run tomorrow. Even though I ran today, I won't have another chance until Sunday so I'm going to go ahead and get that shit out of the way tomorrow.

For those of you who are counting, this is officially the 3rd time I am doing the Couch to 5k program, but only the second time I've gotten this far! Because I rule. And I have a cruise in t-minus 9 weeks. Stay tuned for a description of how much running for 20 minutes straight sucks.

Who finished week 5 today? This girl.

Lunchtime runs are really great, although I can't do them all the time. But on days when there are no students and my appearance doesn't matter, I love the lunchtime run. Next week I start working 10 hour days for the summer so will have to get up 2 hours earlier in order to get a run in before work. Stay tuned for that fun journey!
2 months until the cruise and 10 pounds to lose. Totally doable. Just had an apple instead of cheese toast. I can do this.

Also, possibly getting a tattoo in 2 weeks after talking about it for 10 years. Gonna try to tone up for that as well. Somewhat healthy sexy librarian in a bikini with nerd tattoo, here we come!

Week 5

Week 5, day 2 of couch to 5k today. This was actually the first day I couldn't complete the last run, although I did run during the cool-down to make up for it. That's pretty good for 5 weeks in! Last time I did this program, I pretty much felt like I was going to die during every run. Not so this time, perhaps running is growing on me? Also taking into account the massive hangover I had today, it's quite amazing I went out to run at all!
I am going to kick this program's ass and get skinny. Probably in that order.

Running=success

So tomorrow I will finish week 3 of the couch to 5k. This week, so far I have brought a healthy lunch every day and had a modest dinner. I treated myself tonight to some gluten free crackers. So naturally, I have lost weight this week. When I run, I can feel my legs and back toning up, and my measurements back that up! As long as I can drag my ass out of bed to do this, I have an easier time being good the rest of the day. I mean, seriously. Who "cheats" with crackers? I am rocking the shit out of health this week!

That being said, my birthday is saturday so I really am going to let it all hang out food and drink-wise. But i'm only going to allow it for that one day, then it's back to the grind. Promise.