Evolutions: Organized Chaos, Perhaps.

So lately my life seems like a whirlwind. I feel like I have just not had any me time. Between work craziness, training for the mountain goat, volleyball, and other various commitments... it certainly makes it challenging. Running has really become my me time. I put my headphones on and go. I run at my own pace, which is slowly improving. Spring hassprung, thank goodness. I have had enough of treadmills. They just don't do it for me anymore. I would much rather be running on a hilly country road than running in place. There is so much more out there to see. Growing up I always spent my time outdoors. Continuing to do that into adulthood has certainly proved to be much more challenging. I own my own home, I live by myself, and I work in a very demanding profession. My house is a mess, I have come to accept it. I've moved on. If only I could just learn to put things away when I am done, and quit falling asleep on the couch at night.

Tuesday was a gorgeous day here in Syracuse. After working 9+ hours, I took Guinness for a 6.2 mile run on the Erie Canal. This tired both him and myself out - and I got a good (flat) training run in. I was really only supposed to run 4.5, but it was so nice out. Today I ran with a bunch of my friends. AKA they ran together - and i ran at my own pace. We did 7 miles today throughout my neighborhood. It was another beautiful day. We are all training for the Mountain Goat so we get together at least once a week to run together. Then saturdays, the Syracuse track club hosts training runs where there are 600 or so people every week. They started 2 weeks ago, and I have been to both. This is a fact I am very proud of , especially since they start at 8am on saturday morning. My right knee is still a sore, but thanks to Dr Jessica, Biofreeze, and Ibuprofin it is not as sore as it was. I feel it more as I ramp up my milage. No other injuries to report at this time!

As I say every post, weight loss is a current struggle. I seem to be on a plateau with a 2% +/- slope. My last 5 weigh-ins have been +3, -3, -2, +3, and yesterdays -3.5 . This brings me to a total weight loss of 57 pounds. Woohoo. 4 more pounds, and I will have lost 20% of my body weight from when I started!!! To meet my goal for falls wedding season, I want to loose another 50 pounds by the end of August. This goal is seeming more and more outrageous. I will just have to take it one week at a time. At this weeks meeting, there was a gentleman who made his healthy weight, with a weight loss of 100 pounds. This was very motivating. Today I made poor food choices, but tomorrow is a new day, a clean slate. I know I can do well

again this week!!! I want to see another loss come wednesday!!!

I must admit I love my new computer as I lay here in bed typing this out when I should be sleeping...