Run.Chew.Sparkle

So its Tuesday and I am way off my routine for the day. Normally I would be at work and then WW and weighing in and then Taco's and possible frozen yogurt or I am off of work, running of course, doing errands and then the rest. But today I woke up in a hotel in another city with this strange man next to me... GOTCHA! haha, I am on a roll this morning with butter. No I didn't wake up next to a strange man, it seems like it with this crazy beard James has going on, but we did wake up in a hotel and in Kissimmee which is right by Orlando. James's best friend from college is here for the week with his wife and two absolutely adorable little girls. I am not much a kid person, but they made some beautiful babies for sure. We drove to Orlando last night after work. We had HORRIBLE traffic, a trip that should take us about an hour and a half, took us 2 and half hours, not fun. Since I was busy at work, we packed from snacks for the road because we weren't sure what we we...

Okay so this week is a bit of whirlwind of a week, lots of little things going on, all very fun, but things that throw off my whole routine and week. For instance tomorrow after work, James and I are driving to Kissamee to visit a friend from college who is here from PA with his family. We are driving to see them for the night and all day Tuesday, then driving back Wednesday morning just in time to be back at work by 12. So with these two things going on, one I cant weigh in on Tuesday, which is my regular time. I cant weigh in tomorrow because it closes earlier, nor Tuesday, and I am hoping that before work on Wednesday I can weigh in. I am not expecting much of anything because, it is an off day and two I haven't been in a routine this week with all going on. But I have to weigh in one day to keep myself accountable. It is only a number and that is what I will continue to tell myself. Thursday I work a half day of work and then I plan on just relaxing. I took the half day, so...

Okay a bit of a confession... I have been slack a lacking on the cooking aspect of my life. I used to whip up some goodies all the time, via Hungry Girl, Skinny Taste, etc from my many boards on Pinterest. And every since Christmas I have seriously slacked. I am in a cooking rut, I want to do tons of things, but sometimes with time and energy, it just doesn't happen. Well I will make a change to that and promise to post more about my food intake on here than I normally do. I mean it is my life and I post it on Instagram at times, why not here. I guess because I am so new to blogging. I read a lot and follow a lot of other peoples blogs and I want to get to there level, I'm just not sure how to get there yet. But I have to say, sometimes my favorite time of the day is just sitting down and posting a blog. Thank for you spending time with me and reading my jumbled grammar and rambles. Yesterday was a long and different kind of day. I had to be to work early and I accident...

It's that special day of the year and considering my business is kind of perfect for this holiday, I have been pretty busy this week, especially yesterday and today! James and I both work retail, so holidays are usually celebrated early or later in our lives. We both aren't all that big on Valentine's Day. I used to be and then it kind of worn off, we love each other every single day, we don't celebrate it on one specific time frame. This year we celebrated a little before and then tomorrow we are going out to dinner. On Wednesday, we both had off so we decided to make the most of it. We went out for lunch at this amazing deli/market/grocery store called Mazzaros. They have anything and everything Italian and oh so fresh. It is absolutely delicious. You can go there for lunch and order from their deli section. James has gotten sandwiches from them before but I have never, so we gave it a whirl. The place was packed, which of course means a good sign of good quality....

As stated in my "weekly weigh ins" the scale and I have not been friends, but when I look back on my weight tracker, I am exactly the same weight I was a year ago and I take that as a win. One because I haven't gained anymore, sure I haven't lost a whole lot from then, but I am at a standing still and I would rather be there than up. I might be the same weight but I know I don't look the same and clothes do not fit the same. I have been going through pants like crazy, shirts the same, I can now fit into a small, oh and that thing called being able to wear calf boots. WHAT! I never had that. Well I don't do a lot of clothes shopping because I have so much anyway, but I do a lot of work out clothes shopping, so a lot of my regular clothes will tend to repeat themselves here and there. Today James and I had an amazing day off, and that will be discussed in another post, but I wore a similar outfit that I wore exactly a year ago, so I figured I would put the two...

Good Morning! It is Wednesday, middle of the week, hump day and only 2 days until Valentine's Day and more importantly my day off! And the last one is a big one, considering last week I thought I was going to be off and then BAM, taken away from me. Considering we are done watching Breaking Bad, we weren't up until 3:00 am, so I was up at 8:00 am, ready to go. Surprising for once, usually I want to just sleep in. I took advantage of the morning and went out and got 4.14 miles in. I ran just around our neighborhood here and the weather is a bit weird, overcast and windy, but it was a great run. My legs felt a bit stiff, since I ran 13.1 on Sunday and then worked back to back days. After my run, James was still sleeping so I made myself a protein shake/smoothie. I actually thought about it the whole time I was running, I was running home just to make it. My boss let me know of this protein powder from EAS. It is lean and toned 15 protein powder and for two scoops it is only...

Ughhh another bad week... Not sure what is going on with my body, but I gained .8. Okay okay, I know that could be anything, it could be water retention, it could be lord knows. I did run 13.1 miles on Sunday and every time I have a long run, regardless, I always seem to have a small gain. It is so weird how my body reacts to those long miles. You would think that running for that long you would just drop the weight. Nope not with me, but what can I say is I am seeing a difference in my body for sure. My sides feel smaller, my legs feel stronger, my calves are getting more defined. I feel lighter and my little pouch seems to be getting smaller, but see that scale, that scale is not moving. I am eating my points, making good decisions and drinking water more than I have ever had in my whole life I swear. I need something to just get me over this hump, this plateau. I went through this struggle last year also. I looked back at what I weighed this day last year and the same thing, the...