It is Summer and it is Hot!

Yeppers it is hot and dry in Texas.  Walking more than running lately, but at least I got out a couple times this week.  Sat on the porch, sipped ice cold lemonade and watched the hummingbirds drink at the feeders.   Oh yeah, and I did lose another pound!

Erica has signed us up for a 4 mile race on the 4th of July.

http://www.saroadrunners.com/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=736866&item_id=162243

 So overall it was a good week.

Vital Stats
Beginning Weight - 196.2
BMI - 29.0
Miles Walked/Ran - 13.13

Y-T-D Miles Walked/Ran - 201.08
Ending Weight -195.2

BMI - 28.8
Weight Lost <Gain>- 1.0
YTD Weight Lost - 24.8

At least it is Father's Day...

This has been a pretty stressful week, to put it mildly!  And only God knows (no's!!??) what is in store for us, but we can still count our blessings, after all, it is Father's Day.

Tomorrow I start training for the business center.  I like the idea of working there, as there won't be nearly the number of customers, and the order size should be very small, finally the others should be much better too!

Nuff said for now...

Vital Stats
Beginning Weight - 197.2
BMI - 29.1
Miles Walked/Ran - 6.89

Y-T-D Miles Walked/Ran - 187.95
Ending Weight -196.2

BMI - 29.0
Weight Lost <Gain>- 1.0
YTD Weight Lost - 23.8

Better

<cue theme music from "Rocky">

Ok, maybe I didn't do THAT well, but I did have a better week.  I actually got out and ran three times this week.  And last night I ran my long-slow run, and went nonstop over 3 miles.  Ok, Ok, I know most of the other bloggers and posts I read on Active.com, consider that an easy day.  (I think some of them would even consider it a day off!).

It continues to be hot here in the hill country of Tx, but I am slowly getting acclimated to it, and running late at night.  I tried early in the morning once, but the dogs were out, through out my route, so I ended up walking the entire way!

I saw a cool Nike ad this week "Chosen ".  Well of course I had to look up other Nike ads and love the one about no excuses, although I did hear him mention more than a few I have used!  Do you have a favorite Nike ad?

This week's race I'm considering is the "Keep Austin Weird Festival and 5K".  I'm hesitating because of the cost, $45, and it is in Austin (meaning huge crowds and dogs at the race) and finally it starts at 7PM which I think means it will be hot!

Vital Stats
Beginning Weight - 198.4
BMI - 29.3
Miles Walked/Ran - 7.48

Y-T-D Miles Walked/Ran - 181.06
Ending Weight -197.2

BMI - 29.1
Weight Lost <Gain>- <1.2>
YTD Weight Lost - 22.8

The Lovely Month of May

Yes it was a lovely month.  We made some progress on the weight, towards the end of the month I've decided on a renewed commitment to my running and we have been doing better on the diet stuff.  Financially, things are still awful, but I've renewed my determination to find a full time job, and Leta had her appeal hearing with Social Security.  Leta also has been doing much better on her diet, has started walking!

I love to think we could walk the Hersey Half Marathon in October and visit nearby Lancaster PA, home of Amish/Mennonites and beautiful fall colors.  Not to mention the mountains and oh yeah even some relatives are back there!).  Maybe Leta and I could get matching 13.1 tats!  I'm thinking for motivations we ought to plan a trip there, what we would like to see, and where we would like to visit.  Even Philadelphia isn't that far away.

Well Erica and Tom return from their "summer in Europe" adventure and I have to retrieve them from the Houston.  I need to get a run in before that plus run some other errands.

The numbers from May:

Miles Run - 27:58 (lowest number for a month this year, but fast pace at 13:19
Y-T-D miles -  170.28
WT - 196.4
LBS lost - 7.4 lbs
Y-T-D LBS lost - 23.6

Leta walked 1.6 miles!