Who will stop the rain?

That’s how I feel right now. I hate the cold and depressing rain. It never helps my mood and I’m already missing the sun from last week.

So this morning started started with my first outdoor run of the year. I am really not a runner but I’ve always wanted to be. I can run about 3km on a treadmill but not much more then that and not really outside. I know for my running is all mental. I don’t think I can do it so I can’t. I’ve decided to change that. After doing some research and talking to some runners I’ve heard nothing but good things about The Couch to 5 Km program.

Today was day 1, week 1. I knew going to bed last night that the rain was going to start but I really wanted to start and I if I had to do the first day on the treadmill then I would. When I got up and looked out the window it was a bit misty but not raining very hard so I put on my sneakers and hit the pavement. Matt has decided to do this program with me so it’s great to have a running buddy.

Today was simple:

Walk for a 90 secs, run for 60 secs for a total of 8 times or 20 mins.

It was an easier run then what I would usually do on the treadmill but being outside made it much more difficult plus we really pushed ourselves during the running segment. It felt great.

Before running I grabbed and cheese string and half a glass of oj I won from Lynn’s giveaway. Tropicana is so good!

After the run I had half a bagel with peanut butter…

Snacks at school consisted of blueberries, another cheese string and a Kashi bar…

Lunch was leftover pasta and yogurt…

Today was pomegranate blueberry. This flavour rocked!

After work I got home and had some lemon liberte yogurt and granola before having to pick Matt up from work. I’m addicted to this yogurt. I really try to only have a little bit at a time and no more then once a day. Self-control right?

I just woke up from the best nap ever and waiting for Matt  so we can figure out dinner. The Biggest Loser will also be on the plan for this evening. Have a great evening everyone and lets all pray for this rain to stop soon.

~ Katie :)

Sleepless Night

First I wanted to start off tonight’s blog by thanking everyone again for reading. I wanted to try to reply to almost everyone’s post but I this weekend was pretty up-plugged and this week is going to be insane. I apologize if I didn’t reply to you or thank someone new for following. I really appreciate it and I’ve defiantly noticed. Thanks :)

If you follow me on twitter you might have noticed my tweets today about how crazy my day was. I think it’s going to be like this at least this week and maybe into next week too. Report cards are coming up and as any other teacher out there realizes that report card week is usually hell week for a teacher. Bring it on!

So back to my regular schedule post. So yesterday I got tons on comments on my 5:15 gym time. Yes, I usually try to get up early and make it to the gym but this morning was a little different. Last night I went to bed as scheduled and was all set to go to the gym this morning but when I was in bed I couldn’t sleep. And not just a little of not sleeping but I didn’t fall asleep until 2:00 or 2:30. This is not good when your alarm is going off a few hours later. Even when the alarm went off I was still going to drag my butt out of bed and make it to the gym but Matt wouldn’t let me. He said I would never make it through the day and be able to function with that little sleep so I put my head back on the pillow and got another couple of hours sleep. So no early morning gym for me today :(

When I finally got up breakfast was simple. Raisin Bran Cereal with some skim milk.

 

Lunch was leftover turkey burger and a yogurt cup. Passion fruit acai berry yogurt. Found this at superstore yesterday. It was very tasty.

Throughout the school day I also snacked on a Cherry Dark Chocolate Kashi Bar, cheese string and a banana. All unpictured.

Dinner was pasta and salad. In the ss (salad spinner) organic spinach, carrots, red, green and yellow peppers, cucumber and cheddar cheese.

On a plate…

Pasta with ground beef and sauce…

After dinner I relaxed for a little while before heading out to yoga with Jaime. On the way I grabbed another Kashi bar (I really need to make some more of my granola bars). I felt great to get some exercise in and stretch. I haven’t been an actually yoga class in a while. I’m really going to have to do that more often. Thanks girlie :)

I’m treating myself to some lemon liberte yogurt, mini eggs and a glass of milk.

I’m going to relax for a little while (maybe do a little reading) before heading to bed. I am defiantly getting up tomorrow for the gym.

~ Katie :)

Does anyone else every have trouble sleeping? If so how do you end up falling asleep? Any tricks? I am usually very good about sleeping but I’d say once a month I have a night where I can’t sleep and the more I try the worse it gets and I’m up for hours. Any advice for those evenings would be greatly appreciated.