It's on!!!!!

I am so excited!  I know I know, I've said that before.  But hey, it's the little things that get me excited.

My really good friend, who I ran the Disney Princess Glass Slipper Challenge with last year, and I are going to start the program the Masters Hammer and Chisel.  We start Monday.

This program follows the 21 Day Fix eating plan.  So I am going back to it.  I am excited by this, because for the past 2-ish months, I have been following a program that is NOT sustainable.  I knew this when I started, but it hasn't been easy in the least.  I have lost about 20 lbs, however.  So it has done what I wanted it to do... It just started my weight loss.  I still have another 30-40 that I would like to loose.

I know Autumn put out a video answering some questions that everyone seems to have, and one of them is can we add extra cardio or substitute cardio.  Unfortunately she says no.  But I have signed up for a few races coming up this spring.  My first is a 5k on April 2.  So I will be figuring out how to mash up running with this program.

I also have committed to my friend that I will run another Disney race in 2017.  But I need to decide do I go for Princess Half weekend, which I will want to do the Glass Slipper Challenge again (19.3 miles over 2 days) or the Wine & Dine Half Marathon which is during the Epcot food and wine festival.

Anyway, I will post my results.  I know I have seen a ton when I lift, and this program (The Masters Hammer and Chisel) is a cardio lifting program.

What kind of exercise do you enjoy the most?

So much life has happened

I know I keep saying that I will be better with my blog.  I have no excuses.  I know for a while, I had no inspiration.  I didn't feel like I could talk about health or nutrition, because I felt stuck.  And then Thanksgiving came, my birthday arrived, Christmas arrived... The New Year.  And this finds me at the middle to end of January.

So what have I been doing that life hit me so hard?  Like I said, Thanksgiving, my birthday.  Then my hubby came for a visit (he is stationed in DC right now).  On Dec 23, my mother-in-law was supposed to arrive at our house for Christmas.  Well...  She never did arrive.  

Unfortunately, she unexpectedly passed.  We were obviously in shock, but we tried to keep it together for the kids to have a "normal" Christmas.

Then the New Year came, and I decided I really needed to focus on running.  I had signed up to run the Disney Glass Slipper Challenge in February.  If you don't know what that is, we run a 10K on Sat & then turn around and run a half marathon on Sunday.  Back-to-back.

Yup... I'm nuts!  I haven't run further than a 5k before.  I had only wanted to sign up for the 10K, but got caught up in the excitement with my friend!

So, as of today, my furtherest run has been 6 miles.  I am due to run 8 this weekend!  Yikes! I'm a little nervous about it, but I know it is all mental.

It is funny to me, because I now say, "I'm only running 4-5 miles today."  Ha!  I never thought that would be the norm for me.

Since the New Year, I also had to put my beloved dog to sleep.  She had been wih me since the first Christmas after I got married... Back in Jan of 2002, we rescued her from the SPCA.  I've known she wasn't doing well, health wise, but it still doesn't make it any easier.  I just feel empty right now. I miss having her curled up at my feet or greeting me at the door, or sleeping on my floor at night.

The only time I feel better is when I run.  So running I will continue to do, at least until my 10K/half weekend.  

I haven't fully decided which program I am going to do, once I'm done with the races.  I have PiYo, 21 Day Fix, Les Mills Pump, and I think that's all I have.  I believe my hubby has the other programs (P90x series).  I think I want to focus on lifting because I keep reading these blogs of people who transformed their bodies with lifting.  

What are you focusing on in 2015?