**Day 284**

I had another good day of exercise!  I started my morning with the 30 DS, and a treadmill workout:

And tonight my parents joined me on an outdoor 40 min. walk/run workout.  It was great working out with them!

Such a gross picture of me!!!  But that's okay because eventually I'll be able to post not-so-gross pictures of myself, and I'll be able to look back, and see how far I've come!

Calories:  1516
Water:  120 oz!

**Day 283**

This is what I looked like after my treadmill walk/run workout tonight:

See the dripping sweat?  See how I look like I want to puke?!  Totally awful picture of me, but, I swear, I thought I was going to pass out during my workout.  I felt like, complete, crap.  It was the worst workout ever.  It took me forever to finish 3.1 miles!

I wanted to stop after 1 mile.  I really, really wanted to stop at mile 2.  I really, really, really wanted to stop (and cry) at mile 3, but I didn't because before I went down to do my treadmill workout I read Ben's blog.  And if Ben can finish a FULL marathon with a hip injury, then there is no reason I can't finish a 5k.  Ben's amazing!  If I was younger....and not happily married....and if he didn't have a girlfriend.....I would, totally, ask Ben to marry me!  HA!  Seriously, though, he's very inspiring!  Check out his blog if you haven't already.  Anyway, so my workout didn't feel great, and my time sucked, BUT I'm going to look at the positive - I did the workout at a 2.0 incline, I burned almost 500 calories, and I was moving my body for almost 50 minutes. Plus, I did the 30 DS this morning, so I'm very happy with the exercise I got in today!

Calories:  1320
Water:  168 oz.!!!

**Days 281 & 282**

We had a busy, but fun weekend!  I'm exhausted, and heading to bed, in a minute.  I didn't get any exercise in yesterday or today, but I kept my food in check, so, at least, there's that.  I'm looking forward to this coming week because I'm going to kick butt on exercising, I'm going to track every single thing I put in my mouth, and I'm going to drink a ton of water, which will, hopefully, lead to a great weigh-in on Friday!

Click on the youtube link to check out my daughter singing at a local scarecrow fest this weekend - she had so much fun!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHZdAXeOI3Y

**Day 280**

Weight today - 218.  I gained half a pound. WTF?!  I don't want to talk about it.  Moving on.....

I started off my day with a nice, big breakfast:

Half a bagel, one egg, 3 slices of turkey bacon, peaches, and a one cup of skim milk - 366 calories.  After breakfast, I helped the girls with their schoolwork, and when I'm done with my blog post I'm getting on the treadmill, and then doing the 30 DS.  After my workouts, I'm going to enjoy this beautiful day with my girls, and I'm not going to give my half pound gain another thought!!

Have a great weekend!!

**Days 278 & 279**

There's a man that lives a few doors down from me, and, I swear, he spends half of his day on his front porch smoking.  Almost, every time I drive by his house he's standing out there having a smoke, and when I saw him today I wondered if he was thinking - With every puff I take I'm, slowly, killing myself!  Well, duh, of course, he's not!  And I wasn't either every time I took a bite of a Big Mac, or piece of cake, or a fry, or whatever!  Of course, I always knew my bad eating habits may kill me one day, but when I was in the moment of eating, horribly, I was only thinking about how soothing the food was.  Like smoker guy, my warped mind allowed me to enjoy my bad habit (and it still does sometimes).  Anyway, I was a little ashamed of myself for judging smoker guy today - I won't be judging him, or anyone else, anymore.

I didn't exercise yesterday, and I have no excuse for not doing it, so go ahead and throw that bucket of poo at me!

Today's exercise:
30 DS Level 1
Treadmill  (Walk 3 min., Run 2 min., Walk 3 min., etc.) - 25 min.
5k training (Run 5 min., Walk 2 min., Run 5 min., etc. ) - 30 min.

**Day 277**

My period showed up today (two days early - not fair!), and I had some nasty cramps, so working out was the last thing I wanted to do, BUT I did it!  I put it off until the end of the day, but I did do it.  My mom joined me for the 5k training tonight - we were out walking and running for 41 minutes, and I estimate we did a little over 2.5 miles.  After I got home I did my 30 minutes on the treadmill, going 1.8 miles.  When I finished on the treadmill it was after 10pm, and I did not want to do the 30 DS, at all, BUT I did it.  It took all I had to get through it!!  So, I'm very happy with all the exercise I got in today!!

It feels good to be exercising again!  I've been feeling like real crap about myself the last couple months, and reverting back to my anti-social ways.  I haven't had much free time to spend with friends, but even if I did I wouldn't have wanted to.  And I haven't been in the mood, lately, to be all that intimate with my hubby, (sorry, too much information!).  It's not like losing 30 pounds changed my body all that much, but I was working hard towards getting healthy, and I was feeling good about myself, so I started enjoying being with friends more, and I was much more comfortable during intimate moments with my hubby, but when I started slacking off my confidence went to crap again.  So, I'm looking forward to really getting back on track, and, hopefully, getting some of that confidence back.

**Days 274, 275, & 276**

I've set some tough goals for October, but, I think, it's what I need to do to get back on track.  Big goals, big results!  I have alot of exercising planned for each day, but it's, totally, doable.  I have plenty of free time to spend on exercising.  I mean, truly, there is no reason I can't get my exercise in every single day!  I'm at a stay at home mama, and I homeschool my girls, so, yes, I have a family and a home to take care of, and I have to educate my daughters, and take them to their extracurricular activities, BUT there is still time in my days to get, at least, an hour and half of exercise in, with no problem.  I'm very lucky to have the schedule I have, and I need to take advantage of it.  So, if you ever hear me saying that I didn't exercise because I didn't have time don't hesitate to throw a big ol' bucket of BULLSHIT at me!!

I'm going to start posting my daily exercise again.  I think, it held me accountable before, so I need to get back to doing it.

Today:
Treadmill - 30 min.
30 DS - Level 1