a loss of about a pound, since I was approaching my third weigh in and figured I’d be hitting a slow-down here soon.  So imagine my surprise (and delight) when I had a 4 pound weight loss this week!  I’m noticing a difference in how my clothes fit and tonight I ran 2 miles on the treadmill and I wasn’t crazy out of breath.  I’ve decided I’d do much better if I could just race from my treadmill, with no hills and no weather and a belt that keep propelling me forward and squeaks when I slow down too much and near the end.  But alas, I cannot.  My knees were a little sore, but not like they have been.  I’m hoping to run again tomorrow to try to better my time from today (no, I’m not going to share that because it’s still a little embarrassing!).

We’re closing in on about 2 weeks until race day.  Here’s to a great hope that I’m able to carve out time to run once school starts up!

As I lie here contemplating the long trek upstairs where my oh-so-comfortable bed awaits, I realize I haven’t yet posted the good news of tonight’s weigh in!  Down another 3.6 pounds!  Hooray!  I was totally going to celebrate my success by indulging in one of my all-time favorites – a flurry!  After I got in a good mile run (yes, my knees are still hurting), I headed to the Ice Cream Shoppe.  I promptly returned, empty-handed.  They were closed!  😦

I suppose it was a good thing, though.  Instead I enjoyed a mini special dark!  Plus, that will leave more room for this weekend’s food fest at the annual Cornwell Outlaw Party. 

So, back to the knees for a bit.  I arrived home after my run and Calder was still fussing and not settling in for bed.  Sweaty and stinky I trudged up the stairs to tend to him.  He wasn’t wet, so I figured I would just snuggle for a bit (I’m sure he appreciated that!).  As I was cuddling, I started The Sway.  Those with babies, know what I’m speaking of!  There I stood, feet firmly planted, bending my knees at strange inward angles.  Could it be?  I stop to think of the million times I’ve swayed in my life.  No way?!  Granted, I won’t say that it’s the complete cause, but I really think it’s related!  Craziness!

Hopefully, by staying active (and staying smart) I’ll be able to keep running and be ready for the 15th!

OK, so I only ran one morning while we were gone.  But I did go kayaking twice and walked quite a bit.  And yes, I did have several “off plan” foods, but I really tried to watch portions and make the healthiest choices I could.  I really do hope that I lose again this week!  One good thing was the fact that I wore a pair of jeans today that were too tight only a couple of weeks ago!  This could be the answer!  If I can shed say 5-7 more pounds before school officially starts, I think that I will actually have a few outfits to choose from for those first couple of weeks.

On the downside…my knees are really sore!  I ran for only about 15 minutes on the treadmill when we got home yesterday, and I was feeling good breathing-wise, but I could hardly stand it for the pain in my legs.  So I cut my workout short, and iced my aching legs.  I took today off again and hopefully will be back at it tomorrow!  We’ve got less than one month until race time! 

I was quite good all week long with the exception of Saturday when we had our family reunion.  So I was certainly pleased with my 6.4 pound weight loss this week!  I know these first few weeks usually bring in the big numbers, so I have to brace myself for when I’m celebrating the 1/2 pound here and the 1/2 pound there. 

I took today off from running since my knee was a little sore.  I’m planning to get back in the habit tomorrow though….espeically considering that the 5k is one month from tomorrow!  How crazy!  One cool thing I’ve learned is how much better it is to workout to music.  I know!  I know!  I’m slow at becoming a blogger and now running to music is like a new discovery…but seriously, for me it is.  It really does make the time go faster and I find myself keeping the beat, which is great because it keeps me moving at a good clip!

This is one I should have posted last night, but I still have to report how happy/proud I am that I ran almost 2 miles on the treadmill last night and it felt great!  It’s funny too because I started out just walking to get warmed up and then I had settled on my speed of 4mph (though I don’t think our machine is truly calibrated correctly).  After a while, I felt like I had to keep my muscles tighter to run at that pace because I wasn’t getting a very long stride.  So I bumped it to 4.5, then to 5 and that was a much better pace.  I kept it there for most of the time and then took it to 6 for the last minute or so.

I ended up taking today off, but I’m actually looking forward to getting up, feeding C-man then hitting the treadmill to start off the day.  Unfortunately, that schedule will only happen for a few more days this week, then we’re back to work and there’s NO WAY I’m getting up any earlier than absolutely necessary when it comes to getting to work on time!  I’m already fretting about how I’m going to get up and around before Calder wakes around 6ish!  Ick!

I also thought it was cool that even though I’m sure I exceeded even my 35 weekly points allowance at our family reunion on Saturday, I weighed in at my folks’ house and I was down about 4lbs!  Hopefully that’s true on Tuesday too!