Katie & I ran our first session... and other ramblings :)

Yesterday I wanted to write about supportive spouses and how much mine really isn’t. But I don’t want to sound like a whiner – so I didn’t. Today I just wanted to say that those of you that have supportive spouses during your journey to a healthier you - be grateful for them as it is something some folks just don't have. Maybe one day my SO will get off that couch and at least walk with me. I certainly hope it is before it is too late and he suffers medically from something more serious than just plain laziness (heart attack, high blood pressure, etc.). However, he needs a wake up call and I can't seem to get it across to him. I'm not giving up though. (OK maybe a little whine was written anyway).

So today I wanted to let you know that Katie (my Pup) and I went for our first jog/walk session this morning. For some reason the little brat was crying at 3:00 a.m. and at 4 when my alarm went off she was a little bit louder. So I got my housecoat on and let her out and all she wanted was lovin and no outside constitutional…. Brat.

So I got dressed to run outside and took her with me. We had hit the streets by 4:30 this morning. It is very lovely at that time of the day, as there is absolutely no one out 'n about except crazy me and my dog, the bunnies and the birds. She did well and only tried to run into me a couple of times otherwise, she heeled really well. When we walk her she is training to heel right up close and this doesn’t work so well for me when I jog but we will learn together how to get along. Since I’ve been running with my co-worker downtown here, the pathway is fairly flat. My community isn’t so I found this morning a bit more challenging and my pace was a bit slower. Mind you, this is Friday and by Friday I’m danged tired as I’ve done 4 days in a row of up at 4:00 a.m. and exercising and I didn’t get to bed as early as I liked almost every day this week. I’m usually beat by today… and today is no exception. And to push myself a bit more, I walked another 1.8 miles from my home to the train station to get to work this morning. I’ve walked 8800 steps all before 8:00 a.m. I think I’ll make my 10,000+ today for sure. In fact, I’ve been averaging about 13,000-15,000 a day – not bad I’d say.

I was reading Jen’s blog this morning and she was talking about “stop making it so hard”, “take it one day at a time” and I have often thought this myself and it was a welcome reminder this morning that I really need to just let this weight loss thing go and just live one day at a time making good clean conscious choices. I think I’m stressing myself out WAY TOO MUCH about that stupid scale not moving and I need to just let it all go.