Back in Action ... Finally

I finally feel compelled to write a new blog entry after all these months of running around and not being able to collect my thoughts long enough to write anything that would be remotely interesting. Not much has changed in the sense that I still can not collect my thoughts, but I will try to focus on this as long as my kids give me a good half an hour of me time... Ollie is asleep and Nathan is semi interested in TV at the moment, so, here goes nothing...

Last year I went on a huge running kick, starting with training for the Broad Street Run (10 miles), my first 5K in April and ending in August with the LiveStrong run, which was very emotional for me. After that run, I wanted to take some time off to enjoy myself and that subsequently turned into enjoying myself for 4 months! We all know how much we love "enjoying" ourselves during the month of December... I think I consumed 4 dozen cookies alone in the weekend following my Holiday Cookie exchange! All that time off left me feeling blah, blah, and more blah, and disappointed in myself that all my hard work was down the drain.

Well, I finally motivated myself to get off of my tukus and shelp the boys and I back over the ever so lovely LA Fitness, that was exactly one month ago on January 4th. Looking back at my training for the past 4 weeks, I can't believe how much a difference even a month makes! I have so much more energy and feel much better about myself, which is so important when you're a mom! Only mothers know about the unconditional selflessness that goes into raising children and we can all admit that at one point or another in our post children lives, we are feeling bad about "letting ourselves go" or just not feeling as beautiful as we did prior to having kids. Well, I have the answer, ladies... get your rear in gear! It works wonders for the self esteem, mood, sleep... I could go on and on. I hope I can stay this motivated till May 2nd for my 2nd Broad Street Run!!

In addition to me loving on the endorphin producing side effects of exercise, I have been eating a lot better, too. I still don't find the time to actually sit down and eat a meal in peace, but at least I am not reaching for the chips and cookies. Which brings me to my latest random adventure... Shakeology. This stuff is supposedly so good, it makes you feel super energized after one shake and is HEALTHY, like eating a huge salad, but in a shake. I know, I know, it seems like a gimmick, and of course, I would fall for it, but let me give it a try first before I start catching any slack... it does come with a 30 day money back guarantee, even if the bag is empty and I say I don't like it... hmmm... sounds like a plan.

OK, I am off my exercise high horse. I have a few moms that I know that are looking for something to help jump start them to get back in shape. The Broad Street Run is my motivation. Unfortunately for a lot of people, they were shut out because it sold out in 5 days! Hell, there are so many people doing the race, you could seriously still run it, unofficially. ;) If you need a pep talk, come see me. I won't charge ya, I swear. :)