fixing my food

(Breakfast: Italian Sausage, Strawberries, Blueberries and Cinnamon)

I have had some ups and downs over the past few years. I have come a very long way from the person I was in 2008 but I have had set backs over the past year. For the first 8 months after my injury I felt great and while I wasn't running I still was clean eating and exercising in one way or another. By the time that summer rolled around I pretty much limited my running and exercising in general. We went on vacations and I went on a downward fall of feeling like a failure.

(Lunch: hamburger, avocado and salsa)

I tend to have zero self control and my passion driven from loss was what drove me for so long. That passion fell off with an injury and getting back to things has been long and hard for me. I have trouble motivating myself, I have trouble controlling myself and I have trouble truly caring for myself.

(dinner: homemade chicken noodle soup and ketchup, weird but worth it)

As I work back into my running schedule and start my bar method challenge, I am going to really make sure that what I am eating is healthy and clean, because I honestly believe this is the way I should be eating and my family should be eating.

I am doing a couple of things to make sure that I stay on track here, I am working FitBody during the Bar Challenge, I am participating in my friends DietBet, she challenged Food Bloggers and her friends to join and its a group effort to lose weight! Lastly I am putting everything in my food log. This is always the thing that holds me totally accountable!

If you are on myfitnesspal please send me a friend invite, I would love all the push I can get! I am not totally worried about losing weight but more so getting my eating and workout schedule right again.

Linking up with WIAW.

changes..

After starting this blog up to help me train for my marathon, I have a kink in the plans  My plan was to run a marathon up in MN but with something happening the week before the marathon, Brian wont be able to go with me to my first marathon that is almost 10 hours away.

I am not sure what I should do, go up by myself, run my first marathon alone?  I do have some friends going up so I will get to see when I get to Duluth but I just dont know about the traveling and rooming alone thing.

I am still trying to figure out what I am going to do and figure out the best plan for us. I thought of finding a marathon closer and I cant seem to find many around the midwest during the summer. I might just run 26.2 on my own or find a virtual one, or even create one but at this moment I am still not sure what is going to happen.

The good thing is I have another marathon schedule for fall in this area if worse comes to worse. Either way I am getting back into things and hopefully everything will work out.

Have you had to change plans for a big race you were planning on? Have you traveled a far distance alone for a big race?

weekly planning

We are snowed in for the third time in a month! I am hoping this was winters final farewell to us and Spring will make her way out. I love snow but I am just ready for it to be warmer and start my vegetable garden. The best thing about the snow is how beautiful it really looks after the storm and how it is helping us to get out of this drought we have been in. So while I am over it, I am thankful for it.

Today I am laying in bed nursing this dang head congestion so I can start off Monday with a pep in my step. I have no idea why this cold is lingering so long, I am ready for it to go away! I cant wait to sleep through the night again and breath though my nose whenever I want. And since I am laying in bed I realized that I can get some blogging done! Always a bright side to everything!

On to planning, since I plan on hitting the ground running tomorrow, I need to focus on breakfast this week! I have a few recipes I want to try out and cant wait to see how they are.

Monday

• Dinner: Chipotle Tenderloin and Cheesy Grits
• Workout: Bar Method

Tuesday

• Dinner: Short Ribs and Roasted Cauliflower
• Workout: 3 Mile Run 

Wednesday

• Dinner: Stuffed Vegan Mushrooms, Roasted Asparagus and Salad
• Workout: Bar Method

Thursday

• Dinner: Chicken Fajitas
• Workout: 4 Mile Run 

Friday

• Dinner: Out
• Workout: Bar Method and 2-3 Mile Run

Saturday

• Dinner: BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, Cucumber Salad and Baked Beans
• Workout: Bar Method

Sunday

• Dinner: Roasted Chicken, Shredded Brussels and Salad
• Workout: 4-5 Mile Run

What are you planning this week?

(sharing this on orgjunkie.com and Mommy Run Fast Roundup)