It's been awhile..

         Well it's been about 9 months since the last time I blogged. Around February I started eating what I want and not tracking consistently. I would track sometimes but was not faithful but any means. However, I was not closely watching what I was eating but I was still watching. I stayed withing a 10 pound range in my weight. Unfortunately I have not lost anything since January. If I have lost it is what I have put on. I slacked off on my blogging because I did not want others to see that I wasn't doing what I was supposed. I know, I know that was the entire point of the blog..accountability! Well this time around I hope to stick with my blogging and not slack off because I am not doing like I should be.

         A few weeks ago I told myself this was unacceptable! I want to loose the weight and get healthier and I know what I need to do I was just being too lazy to do it. I started halfway tracking again for a few weeks. My sister told me she was starting weight watchers which was my push to go full force. The only time I get really competitive with weight loss is when it's with my family. I can't let them beat me ;) The first week I lost about 3 pounds and that was all the motivation I needed! I am happy to say that I am beginning to track and exercise more regularly. 

My first challenge:

     Saturday (10-29-11) morning there was a 5k run in Vacherie. That wasn't really the challenge. The challenge was that it was going over the Veteran's Memorial Bridge!!!

  Being that I decided Friday night (10-28-11) that I was doing this race I had not trained one bit! I actually just picked back up on my running during the week. I would run every now and then throughout the year but I had not been consistent. I have to admit that I actually LOVED doing the bridge run! We started further back than what the picture above shows. I ran from the start until probably about half way up the bridge. I walked from that point until I got to the top where it was flat. After I reached the flat surface I ran down the bridge and all the way to the finish line! I did the race in 42:22 coming out 3rd in my age division! There were about 45 people who did the run and I finished 32nd. This definitely has sparked my love for running again. I was running about 2 miles at a time but now I know that I can do 3 so its time to start pushing myself again. 

      This weekend I decided to buy a body bugg and I am so excited about it!!! The body bugg is used on the biggest loser and I have a few friends who have one. The people I know who have one absolutely LOVE them!! It counts your calories burned throughout the day. You log in your calories consumed and it tells you how many you have burned compared to how many consumed. I will try the body bugg with weightwatchers for awhile. If it gets to be too much to track both with weight watchers and the body bugg I will go with the one I find works the most effective. Im excited to get it in and update you with how I like it and how effective it is.