Went all of the way to the beach yesterday...

(ok, so it's only about 10 miles away...)

And realized they charge for parking on the weekend. $8. I had no cash. WASTE of gas money.

I guess it's good though, bc I still have hip pain, and today I am choosing NOT to run through it.

I'm kind of annoyed - it's been a week since I ran.

2nd chiropractic appointment this week to "fix" me, then I'll run again.....

::AP FAIL::

One of the 8 million reasons I love my leader...

I posted about finishing my first 10K last week. Marianne gave me THIS today at my meeting:

Cool. :) I'm very motivated by tokens. They're already on my 10% keychain. 

I was down .1, which is nominal, but considering I was a PMS Monster ALL week, and had about 5 beers last night, as well as guac and tortilla chips. Not to say it was a "Last Supper" by any means, but today is OFFICIALLY Day 1 of SFT, and OFFICIALLY Day 1 of a new cycle of OP 2 Overcome.

Today is also my first day of running again, since the 10K. I'm planning on driving to the beach to run the boardwalk, bc it is GORGEOUS out today. I've never done this before, so why not start now? I just hope the weather holds out. I plan to go around 1 (to give me enough time to digest) - and it's supposed to rain later.

We shall see.

Switching to SFT....

And this was my dinner tonight...The only thing that was NOT a power-food was my Lite Sour Cream...but it was measured and counted.

I'm still expecting a gain on Saturday, but going full-fledged SFT after that. Tomorrow is an SFT day, as well.

I'm going to learn to find "hungry" and "satisfied."

Recipe will follow another day, but...It was Pan-Seared Chipotle-Lime Chicken with Rice, Stewed Tomatoes & Beans.

A happy accident. :) I love that I can throw things together in a pinch!

You need to snap out of this terrible funk.

You feel defeated.

You feel fat.

You feel ugly.

Your sense of self-worth is plummeting, as you have lost your job for the fall, once again.

Your small staff is gossiping about you, because they all know you lost your job for the fall.

Your world is shaken, your trust has been betrayed.

You hate getting up for work every day, because going to work creates anxiety.

You can't control your emotional eating.

Your DBF is working crazy long hours, and you haven't seen him since Saturday.

Your BFFs all seem "busy."

You're PMSing.

When it rains, it pours - but how do you ESCAPE and start to feel good again?

And HOW can you justify GAINING on the scale again...?

Sorry all, I feel very low tonight...

OK, ok....

I weighed in on Saturday but didn't blog about it. Fact is, even though I expected the gain that I got, I was REALLY cranky about it. I was up about 2.9, bringing me back to 30 P+.

183.1. That's 3.1 pounds OVER my 10%.

So this week, I am TRYING more. Of course, it didn't help that I had a family party almost immediately after WI.

I went in, in pretty good shape. I noshed on veggies and fruit.

And then came the cheese....OOOOH the cheese. But on the upside, at least I didn't overindulge in alcohol. I had one light beer and one glass of white wine.

Sunday, I ran my first 10K. I went into it, hoping simply to finish in less than 1 hr 30 mins, as I was NOT well-trained. I ended up finishing in 1:25 after a horrible run-in with a porta potty that didn't have a LOCK (FAIL! You try to pull up your sweaty granny panties and skin-tight running capris with one hand!)....so I could have been a little quicker.

It felt great, and I burned 1393 calories.

Unfortunately, I ate all of those APs.

I'm a little in the red today. I'm going to do a light walk on the treadmill tonight - I'm not ready to run yet, due to sore calves.

Tomorrow, Zumba...Running Thursday and Friday, hopefully.

I need to make a commitment to myself NOT to eat my AP's...it looks to me like that's what's killing my WLJ right now, and putting me over the edge.

:::hoping for a loss Sat, despite incoming TOM:::

I will not be taking a mid-week peek this week.