What a Day!!!!!!!!

This week I was down 3.6 lbs!!  This is important for several reasons (1) I hit the 10% goal, I lost 10% of my body weight since starting WW, (2) Its another 5 lbs!!, (3) Grand total lost is 20.2 lbs!  I'm just starting week 17 so I am ahead of my 1 lb per week goal.  Its definitely a lot to do with the running, I'm now in the 10-15 miles per week range. I trained for a half marathon before and did not lose weight like this so I know its the WW too.  The biggest thing is the tracking and I've been so good for several weeks now.  Can not let myself get lazy now.  Unfortunately, no meeting this week with the snow.  Wonder what the 10% keychain is like?  Guess I'll find out at the next meeting.

Lucky me, they evaluated my kids swimming ability in their swim class today and they are able to take lessons at the same time in different groups.  THIS IS HUGE.  No swimming in that cold pool for me!!  Plus I was able to fit in some exercise unexpectedly.  Managed to get my long run in today, unfortunately on the treadmill.  HOLY INTERVALS!!!  I picked up my pace a lot. I would normally run on 6.0 which i think is 10 min per mile pace.  I started out on it and it felt slow!  So I mostly ran on 6.7- 6.3, which is like a 9:13 min - 9:30 min/mile pace.  Maybe I should really set the time bar higher and make my time goal under 2 hours.  That's secretly what I was hoping for but I thought that would be too hard.  So happy the shin splints seem to have gone away, just a little tightness at the beginning of my runs and then it subsides once I'm fully warmed up.  I sound like I'm an old car.

Met another mom today at the Y with 3 kids close in age like mine.  Its so easy to relate to people that are in a like situation.  Hers are even closer together than mine.  She was so funny how she commented that she only now feels like she's having a life again (her baby is 9 months).  She commented that she's had to teach herself how to talk to other adults again.  I wouldn't say I've gotten that bad but the coolest music I listen to is in my 2 year old daughter's gymnastics class.  I really should go Biggest Loser on this blog and start calling it "My Journey."  My Journey to what?  A healthy me, a healthier family, goal achieving, being interesting, having something interesting to work on, perhaps all of the above.  I think being boring or rather not boring is good motivation too.  Totally anticipated that today was going to be a little boring and what a pleasant surprise it was so far from it!