Evidence Found

The evidence of my past races has been uncovered by my son. He found pictures of my races. For a whole week he has picked them up and looked at them. He asked when I will do a race with him. He also told me he wants to be my coach. I think that sounds like a great idea. I am going to get my schedule together soon and come up with a race plan for the year. Last year was a little bit of a dud in the race department and I am looking to change that. Now that the time is about to change and the days will start to be more light in the afternoon I am looking forward to afternoon runs and bike riding. I can't wait to shake off the dust bunnies on my bike, find my gym card where I put it so I would find it but can't and get back in the pool for some laps.

Where has it gone?

Where has this year vanished to?
On that note where have I been?
Just not sure how to answer either of those questions.
I am planning to get back to my previously scheduled programming real soon.

Hang in there if you haven't already given up on me!

Hope this vanishing year has been as productive for you as mine has been.

Take care and leave a comment to let me know you are still out there.

And yes I am talking to you... the one who is reading this on her phone.
You who only reads the posts on Google Reader.
Stop take a minute click on the link...
Say "Hello!" leave a comment... anything...
Could be in the form of a word, sentence, short phrase, long paragraph.

I will take what I can get.
Have a great weekend.
Mel

Tried something new

I tried a 10 minute workout video with my son. Before it started I asked him if he wanted to do it with me and he said of course he would do it with me. When the lady came on the screen for the stretching warmup... he was right there stretching along. This was made even cuter by the fact that he was wearing his Iron Man pajamas doing all the moves (sort of) right along with the instructor. He followed along right up to the part where she does crunches. That is when he saw the perfect opportunity to jump on me and say "Gidddy Up Horsey! Yee Haw!" I busted out laughing, but the added weight I am sure added to the workout. LOL. It was a lot of fun. He even asked if we could do it again soon. Not sure whether he meant the workout or jumping on me. 

Tonight the Beach

So tonight we decided to tackle walking on the beach. It was a beautiful evening. So far so good on fitting in more activity. Walked the hotel floors last night, the trail at work for lunch and the beach tonight. Here are a few pics of the walk on the beach.

Walking at KSC

This afternoon I decided to check out the walking/jogging trail by the building at KSC. It was a beatiful day with an awesome cool breeze. I wasn't dressed for a jog but I brought my shoes for a walk. It was a nice walk. Here are some pics I took along the way. I really enjoyed the Fit Trail signs along the way. It reminded me of the park in my home town.

While I wait in Florida!

I have been in Florida since last Saturday for work. It will be a week tomorrow and I wont be home till Monday at the earliest. So far I have been able to stay away from the sodas and fast food. My diet has been pretty good with two exceptions desserts and late night eating. Other than that it has been great.
Tonight while doing my laundry I decided to walk the floors at the hotel while I waited. The suites we are staying in have 5 floors. So while I waited for my clothes to wash @30 minutes I walked the floors up and down the stairs. I know it wasn't running on the beach or treadmill but I got off my booty and got moving.
My goal for the rest of the trip is to get more moving into my days in whatever form that takes.

40 Days

I am giving up Coke and fast food for 4o days. Hopefully longer if I can hack it. I do mean soft drinks not just Coke, but I mostly drink Coke. So far so good. I am a week into it and am already 4lbs lighter. Been eating many more meals at home and adding lots of veggies and fiber to the diet. I am looking for clean eating recipes. So if you have any good ones that you love, please send them my way.
Also I am looking for other things to change as I progress to a get healthy lifestyle. What are things that you would change to make a big impact on your fitness and nutrition?