Posted in Life, Weightloss on 01/24/2010 03:03 pm by Emily
This morning, for the first time in over 18 months I went running. To say I’ve been putting it off would be an understatement but with the disaster that was my knees after the 30 day Shred in No-No-No-November I was a little wary but lately several friends have started back up their running and its inspired me to get out there (although not enough to get off the couch evidently!) I’ve lost almost 10 lbs in the last 2-ish weeks by changing my diet and I know I can lose more if I exercise but I was pretty disinterested – I wanted some sort of sign that my body was ready to do this.
Last night it seemed that every time I closed my eyes I dreamt about running. Running 10k races, running in Battersea park, running by my house, crossing finish lines – lots of different scenarios but always running. So this morning when I woke up I decided to give it a go. It was great – it wasn’t fast and it wasn’t pretty but I was out there and as any new mother can tell you – just getting out there is a massive achievement. I actually enjoyed it – I’m sure I’ll hurt tomorrow but I’m already looking forward to doing it again on Tuesday. Looks like I got my sign after all.
*This is a phrase I would love to hear Little Miss say some day!
Posted in Life, Little Miss, Parenting, Weightloss, motherhood on 01/03/2010 11:55 am by Emily
So here we are… a new year all shiny and unblemished and full of numerous ways for me to screw up possibility. I’m not entirely sure how I felt about 2009 – it began with me ready to come out with my pregnancy and within a month had seen my salary cut and my husband let go – things that we really haven’t recovered from a year later. 2009 brought me my gorgeous baby girl (who is so ridiculously chubby its hilarious) but it also brought insane financial and emotional hardship and that, ultimately, is why we’re now having to sell our house. And although I don’t want to seem ungrateful in a year that brought us a daughter I don’t really have good feelings about last year. So onwards and upwards I say!
2010 is going to be an interesting year for us – a combination of making change and twiddling our thumbs and chances are we will end this year in a very different scenario to how we’re beginning it.
I don’t usually make resolutions (I have enough things to not get done as it is in any given year!) but this year I’m setting some goals instead.
- I need to get back into shape and lose weight. I have set the lofty goal of getting back to my wedding weight (and into my gorgeous wedding dress) by our anniversary on June 24th. I’ve been talking about doing this for a while and now I seriously need to get my ass in gear. Basically its about 35lbs(ish – I’ll know tomorrow) in 6 months – doable but not easy and I’m strangely looking forward to it.
- I want to eat more whole foods – we do make a lot of things from scratch but I want to up the quality (and not the quantity) of the food we eat.
- I want to beat my previous times at the Sun Run in May which means running 10K in less than 70 minutes – bring it on!
- I want to make some decisions about our future plans and be confident in them. Right now I’m incredibly lost with how I feel about our future and I want to make some plans that FEEL RIGHT and start putting them in place. This means everything from Little Miss’ routines, husbando and my jobs and even where we live.
- I want to be more positive. I feel like the last few years have beaten me into a cynical downer who never sees the best in things so I’m hoping I find (at least a bit of) my inner Pollyanna this year.
So thats me for this year – hopefully sprinkled with some travel and a lot of love. What do you want for 2010?
