I wasn't expecting THAT.

This morning, I went for my usual Saturday run. I wanted to change the route, so I did. I didn't think it'd be much different [distance-wise] compared to the route I ran Tuesday and Thursday. Well, I just got home from measuring the distance I ran, and it was a longer distance than I ran twice this week.

Today, I ran 2.3 miles!! Yeah! I ran it in 27:13.53. To me, that's not too bad for it being the first time I ran that distance while being up here. Maybe it'll be like the last distance - I cut 20 seconds off of my time from Tuesday to Thursday. So with a little bit of work and time running this distance, I can knock some time off and be able to run it at a decent pace. That is, unless, I decide to just go ahead and bump up the distance soon. I'd like to stay at the distance I'm running now and be able to improve my time, but it wouldn't be out of the norm for me to just bump up the distance within a week.

This week has been a good week for me though!! I'm lifting now and am seeing a difference already. I can lift up to 50 pounds when I do lifting for my legs. I'm only bench pressing 20 pounds, but can lift up to 70 pounds when I do other upper body stuff. I still do ab work on the days I lift, and I am definitely seeing a nice change in my torso!! My waist is getting smaller, and so is my "tire". All of my muscles are becoming more defined and toned, and I love it!! I decided to just go tanning Monday-Friday this week, and take the weekend off. But I definitely have a tan now, and it's nice!!

I'm just very happy with how hard I've been working this month. I have put so much effort into getting healthier. Some days are tougher than others because the boys will sometimes throw my schedule off, but I do try to stick to the schedule as much as possible. [I normally workout and go tanning during naptime so that I'm not just leaving two boys running around the house with my mom while I go do stuff and she has to take care of two out-of-control boys.]

I know I say this a lot, but I really can't wait to see how much I've changed in 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, etc.!! It's going to be so weird looking back and seeing the changes I went through.