A Long Journey

When Kyle and I got married, I was happy with my 115 pound frame. Over time I sort of let myself go, I was comfortable in my life and it showed. Then came the fertility treatments, they wreaked havoc on my body. The hormonal changes were a nightmare, I was an emotional eater and with every setback it just got worse. I gained 45 pounds in a matter of a year and I had no idea how I was going to fix that. I was just plain unhappy.

I was never a very active person and I knew that this had to change. Once we moved away from North Carolina I gained a new outlook on life. I started walking a few days a week and started to really watch my portions. To be honest, I never eliminated anything from my diet (with the exception of soda) and I started to see changes.

When we moved to Texas I finally said okay to giving running a try and boy did it change my life. I felt energy that I hadn't felt in years! Over time I successfully lost that 45 pounds and have kept it off for a year. I did not want to lose it quickly, but I wanted to do it the healthy way. Even during these last few rounds of clomid, I was able to keep my body in check and I did not experience any weight gain from it. 

My advice to anyone who is looking to lose weight, do it the way that is best for you! Don't let anyone talk you into a diet that doesn't seem right for you. Take your time, there is no reason to try and lose 50 pounds in a month. 

I don't want to be skinny, I just want to be fit and healthy.

November 2010-August 2014

Rio Grande Half Marathon

Saturday morning we hopped in the car and headed up to Albuquerque for another half marathon. We decided to go up a day early, pick up our packets and stay in a hotel. This was such a smart move on our part.

The race started promptly at 6:30am and it was a gorgeous run!!! I wish I had stopped to take a few photos but I was focused on not tripping over myself haha. Part of the run went behind the Albuquerque zoo so we got a nice view of the Elephant enclosure, it was awesome.

The rest of the run was primarily along the Rio Grande (hence the name of the race). It was absolutely gorgeous, it was only 66 degrees and it barely reached 70 degrees by the time we were finished.

My knee and ankle started to give me fits around mile 12, my entire goal for the rest was to best my 10 mile time (since we have the 10 Miler in the Heat this weekend), I shattered my previous time by 10 minutes. 

I was only 1 minute off my fastest half time, given my knee/ankle issues I was happy with that. As with any race our goal is to just cross the finish line (Kyle runs ahead of me so his times are stupidly fast lol).

We had a great time and can't wait to come back to Albuquerque in September for another half.

I hope you all had a great weekend!

It's Friday!!

In an earlier post I mentioned that I wanted to have the items from Kyle's Change of Command put into a shadow box. I went and picked up the one that I liked and did it myself. I love how it came out!! Now I don't have to worry about the movers crushing the flowers or losing the other things.

Yesterday I had my 90 minute massage that my sweet husband got me for my birthday. It was heaven! I had so much built up tension in my shoulders/legs from all the running. I need to do this more often.

We have a half marathon this weekend and I can't wait! To run in a new place and see new scenery will be amazing.

Oh and on an exciting note, Kyle got his orders on Monday! We scheduled transportation yesterday and if they accept our dates the movers will be here in 3 weeks!!! Ahh! :)

I hope you all have an amazing weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

I love this man!! I love an excuse to get dressed up and snap a photo with him.

Happy Wednesday!

Thoughts on Tuesday

*If I hear one more person say that they are sorry we are going to Polk, I'm going to punch them! If you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all.

*Daily I search and look at houses in LA...finding a good house seems promising. We will see how it goes when I visit at the end of September.

*The Army thought it would be funny to give Kyle his ranger school spot back after wait listing him...umm yeah can't go now.

*I finally got my running mojo back! For the last few months I have been slacking but now I am back and better than ever.

*I am ready for our mini-trip to Albuquerque this weekend even though it means running 13.1 miles haha.

*I bought tickets to Oktoberfest on post....yay for German food and beer!

*Michael's wants to charge me $125 to frame my flowers, program and napkin from Kyle's COC...yeah I'll do it myself.

*I am starting to panic a little that we are moving in a few months...time to kick operation PCS into high gear and prep things.

*I start 2 new classes yesterday...back to five. I often wonder if I am a glutton for punishment. My head wants to explode on a daily basis. :)

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Weekend Snapshots

Friday night was pretty low key, it was spent drinking tea and playing Super Mario Bros. Pretty awesome if you ask me.

Saturday, we spent the day running errands an enjoying the crazy rain that we were getting. It was so nice to have to cooler temps.

I changed my mind on the dress I wanted for the Change of Command tomorrow. I found this awesome dress at Dillard's and knew I had to have it. :)

A little baking always happens and I made some delicious Margarita cupcakes! OMG! So good! I'm making oreo cookie cupcakes this afternoon.

Sunday, we got up bright and early to run the Spartyka Fallen Heroes 5k. It was a great race, but just really humid. I had another PR so I was happy.

I hope you all had an amazing weekend!

Hello August

I can't believe that it is August 1st! This year is flying by and there is no sign of it slowing down, which is both good and bad.

Here is a snippet in bullet points of what is going on with us lately.

*We are holding off on doing round 3 of clomid for various reasons. It will be nice to give my body a little bit of a break.

*We have had a few showings for the house...we have an interested party so hopefully they come back with an offer!

*The Division Change of Command is on Tuesday (thankfully Kyle doesn't have to march so we can go together), and I'm in desperate need of a new dress. I'm going to the mall today with something like this in mind:

*I am knee deep in classes for school...I start two more classes on Monday and it just has me one step closer to graduating.

*I scheduled my massage for next week...my body will thank me since we are running a 5k, half, 10 miler and 8k this month haha.

*FRG stuff is really starting to ramp down and it makes me sad. As of today Kyle only has 16 people in his company and the battalion is dwindling as well.

Well that's about it! I hope you all have a great weekend!