Walking to the 5k |
On Saturday the 19th, I went out drinking with Charlie, my brothers and sister in-law. We first went to the Looney's in Maple Lawn. I had a crab pretzel when I was there, which is so delicious! Then we went over to the Looney's in College Park. It was a BLAST! I had so much fun! I danced all night and the next day I had bruises on my knees from bumping them on the stage over and over again lol!
The thing that made me happiest from that night was the bouncer at the College Park Looney's. When I showed him my ID, he looked at it and did a double take. He said "There's no way that's you! It doesn't look like you at all!" that definitely brought a smile to my face and made me so proud:) He also said other things like "We could all learn from you! We all need to lose weight!" lol... thanks guy!
I had weighed in that Saturday with no loss or gain. Boo! But for some reason I decided to weigh in the next morning, after going out drinking. I was expecting to see a huge gain from all the food and alcohol, but this is what I got!
Previous Weight - 158.2
Current Weight - 156.4
Weight Lost - 1.8 Pounds
Total Weight Lost - 75 Pounds!!!
Wow! I was shocked I actually had a loss. And I can't believe I only have 6.4 more pounds to go till I reach my goal!!! What!!!!:) Although once I hit 150, I'm still going to keep eating the way I do and exercising. I just might work more on toning, rather than cardio:)
I don't remember which day it was, but we went and ordered our new iPhone's! Charlie decided to come onto my Verizon plan. Even though it's a little more expensive, the service is way better than his AT&T! You get what you pay for! Unfortunately, they were back ordered until December 9th!:( Luckily, mine ended up coming on the 23rd!! Yay! I was so happy. Poor Charlie, his still hasn't come yet! lol:)
So far I love it! It's so much faster!!! Things download really fast and Youtube doesn't skip like it did on my DROID. Finally!:) So much better!
So Thanksgiving morning I had a 5k Turkey Trot! I was super excited because it started on Main Street which is walking distance from my house! The course went on all the streets that I run on anyways! So it was perfect for me:) Since it was a smaller race, in my running area, I decided to try my hardest to go fast and get in the top 100, at least!
I started off strong and fast! It was pretty easy, but there were a few small inclines that made me get outta breath. Luckily there were some downhill parts too! That helped.
I crossed the finish line at 26:40! A new personal record!!! I was so happy:) My pace was 8:36/mile and I placed 171 out of 551 people! Not in the top 100, but close!! I was still happy with those results:)
Another great part about that race was the fact that Charlie came with me! He has never been to any of my races before, so that made me really happy to have his support and to have him see me in action! He said he had a good time and that it was actually pretty cool:) Yay!
I didn't really get a good nights sleep that night, so when I got home I took a short nap. I was exhausted! I had to get up at noon though, to start cooking my Thanksgiving meals! I decided to do a sweet potato casserole and a green bean casserole. I had to do the gluten free version of both, so it was kind of experimental!
We headed over to my parents house at around 3:30. It was just our immediate family, which I like:) There was so much food and it was all amazing!! Unfortunately my green beans didn't cook all the way and they were really hard:( But my sweet potato casserole turned out amazing!! Everyone loved it! It really was delicious!!
I pretty much just had this plate which was turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, gluten free mac n cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, yuca bread, and some meat my brother made lol. I think I got seconds of sweet potato casserole and mac n cheese. I was so full though!!
Right after I ate, I sat down on the couch and passed out lol. I finally woke up when I realized people were starting to get pie! Mmm, my favorite!!
I had 1 piece of apple pie, 2 pieces of pumpkin pie, and a bite of pecan pie. Sooo good!! Pumpkin pie is my favorite of all time!! I love it:) Now I wish I had some more!!:(
Overall it was a very good Thanksgiving and I had a blast. I love spending time with my family. We always have so much fun!!
I was supposed to do another 5k on Saturday morning, but Friday night I started feeling kind of sick. My throat really hurt so when I woke up in the morning and still felt crappy, I decided to just skip it:(
I ended up going back to sleep all day till I had to come into work tonight:( I'm feeling a little bit better at least.
I'm excited for next weekend. It's the Hot Chocolate 15k!!! I'm doing it with a bunch of girls from work, so it should be fun!:) Hopefully it's not freezing cold out!! At least we get hot chocolate and fondue afterwards!:) Yay!! Can't wait!!
Ok, I'm sure there's more I could talk about, but I don't really feel like it. Hopefully my next post will be more interesting!
Bye!
Anna
I was just thinking this morning that I hoped Anna had another blog and weigh in soon!
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