Oh. my. God.    

SO, I dropped my van off at Steve Mills garage today for an oil leak and decided to do my morning run for the way back (since it is a PITA to put the boys in Doug’s convertible).

Using the odometer, it was only 1.5 miles to get there, and I need to do a 2.0 mile run today.  So I would just need to run 1/2 mile after I got back home.  AFTER I ran up that HUGE hill that leads up to my driveway.  Yikes. 

It’s a steady gradual uphill on the way up 19th from Vermijo to Oswego.  When it came time to go up the hill, I was completely unable to run up it.  Or even fast walk.  I had to walk at a “normal’ pace.  My heart rate shot up 10 bpm just walking up that damn hill.  After I got to the top, I had to force my burning quads to start running again for another half mile.  Just keep running, just keep running…

But I did it.   

Man.  That was tough.  I should probably do that once a week to prepare me for the Take 5 in the Garden.  That doesn’t mean I will, just that I SHOULD.   

I seriously have not been on the scale in a long time.  I’m doing this herbal cleanse that makes me all bloaty, and I haven’t been doing Balance Log.  I am VERY VERY afraid of my scale.  I also think I might need to start focus more on toning.  My body seems to like weighing 132.  Which doesn’t seem like a lot, but my friend May, who is basically my height and build weighs 15 lbs less than me!  I need to rethink my goals and motivation.  I will keep on training and watching what I eat, but for now I have to take a break from dieting.

I’m going climbing today and I am VERY excited about the new bouldering routes they were putting up Monday night.  Can’t wait to try them out! 

Right now I’m eating my Premier Nutrition Odyssey Caramel Nut protein bar.  Yum!  With one egg, one slice of toast and 1 tbsp of jelly, my breakfast rounds out right around 500 calories.  Yesterday was my rest day and I pushed a stroller around at the zoo.   

I like to give myself free reign on eating fruit and vegetables.  Mostly with veggies.  Fruit can sometimes have lots of calories, so I do have to watch myself somewhat on that.  But I never feel REALLY guilty about eating 2 bananas or a pint of strawberries.