New Size

So this is a craptastic picture of myself however, these shorts that I'm wearing, yes the ones that are a lot shorter than I'm comfortable with, are not one but TWO pants sizes SMALLER than I've worn for YEARS! Numbers I'm not comfortable sharing just yet, but eventually I will! ;) 

And they fit comfortably. I didn't have to suck it in to button them up! I'm pretty excited!

Fishpond with Bayleigh

Bayleigh has been asking for some time now to ride Fishpond Rd with me and I've never let her ride it with me on bikes. She's walked it and even ran part of it but never rode it. Until today. :) 

She did a great job! She said her thighs hurt and was afraid the buffalo would charge us, but she did great! We rode over 5 miles and she kept saying, mom, it's so beautiful out here. Then she said, lets just be quiet so we can listen to nature! So sweet! 

We stopped for a drink and some pictures for the blog! I'm a hot mess but its ok--this isn't a beauty contest! ;) In a picture or two if you look closely you can see the buffalo! 

Late Night Walk

So I'm afraid that I'm losing my partner in crime Jen to insanity. Not like she's insane, but it's a vigorous workout program on TV called insanity--well because I guess you have to be insane to do it bc it's craziness, but anyways, Jen has decided to do that and I am wishing her all the best in the world. I watched a little bit of it on YouTube and I was tired for the girl doing it after 5 minutes! Sheesh! So my hat's off to you friend! Knock 'em dead! I'm sticking with my walking. :)

We got home from Columbus, and I'm going to say tonight bc I'm writing this after midnight, but it was tech Friday night we got home and I asked Bayleigh if she wanted to do 2 miles with me. She agreed and off we went. As we got by Jen's house she was outside and asked if we had just started and said she'd love to join us--YAY! That made my day! :D so we waited for her to get ready and off we went. Poor Emma, her daughter, she had just played hard with her sister and her side was hurting but she was such a trooper! God love her! We are so blessed with supportive kids! <3! 

Here's our time! 

After, Bayleigh and I were hanging on the porch and my neighbor Dakota, he's getting ready to go into 6th grade, and his older cousin Autumn walked over and Dakota was telling me he can see a big difference in me and that I'm doing great! What a great kid! 

We sat visiting and they asked if we could all go for another 2 mile walk. Heck! Why not! I was already sweaty! So off we went!

Dakota kept pushing me and encouraging me to better my time! My second mile was even done in 15:42, I believe! I know it was in the 15's bc when the voice of the app announced it, Dakota high fived me and congratulated me on making it to the 15's!!! Isn't he such a sweet kid?! 

We loved the cool and peaceful night walk. The stars and the moon were a glorious sight! The town was so quiet. I loved it! Autumn even suggested that we do it every night--I'm down! Let's do it! Here's our time from the second walk. More than 4 miles total tonight! 

Morning Glory

This morning I was woken with a text saying T wasn't coming over so, with the surprise of having a free morning, I woke Bayleigh up and asked her to go with me to get a workout in! She woke smiling and agreed. Let's hope that I don't regret this early wake later!

We made it to the school and in true Jennifer fashion, I had to go #2, (tmi, I know). So we boot scooted home so I could do that. That was our first 1.3 miles. Then I felt great and asked her if she would be interested in starting the whole route over to make it a total of more than 3 miles. She agreed! So we walked out route from finish to start, just to shake it up. 

Our whole walk she kept saying, the morning is beautiful! And it was!

Slower than out fastest to date but still good!

New Times!

VBS has been going on at church since Sunday so Jennifer P. and I have been unable to get walks in the evenings. Monday I did walk with my friend Jill a smidge over 4 miles, but not in note worthy time. Regardless, 4 miles is still 4 to be proud of! I am.

I've been missing the walks. Bayleigh had a game tonight and we celebrated her win and individual success with dinner. When we got home I was feeling so guilty and asked Bayleigh if she would walk with me. I told her we could race the dark. She agreed! My picture times don't reflect what I'm about to tell you, but I watched the time when it rolled over to mile 1 and the time when it rolled over to mile 2 and did the math.

Ok, to date, Jennifer's and my best mile time was 16:53. Tonight, mile 1 for me was 16:45! Mile 2 rolled over at 32:25, meaning it was a 15.8 mile!!!! YAY! I kept feeling like I was slowing on mile 2 so I really pushed to not do so. Bayleigh, 8.5 yrs old was so supportive and encouraging. She had to jog to keep up but she never complained and kept cheering me on. Just under half way through my walk, my BFF texted me a pic from her evening out of the sky--she sent it when I was in my moment of taking in our gorgeous night walk here too! I'll post her pic too! 

Jen's smiley face view! And yes, my BFF is named Jennifer too! She's a runner and SO inspiring! She knows my friend Jennifer P. too! There's a lot of us! :) 

June 1st, 2013

My partner in crime Jennifer and I decided that we would do photos the 1st of every month, beginning with June to see our changes. Here's mine. I'm going to respect her privacy and not post hers. They are pretty embarrassing but I'm hoping with lots of hard work that July will be much better!

This is different because of the collage app I used. I couldn't use this size to use a different app to get the date on there. 

Hopefully these arms will go away quickly!

These are the seven pics I'm going to do each month. I have a long way to go, but I'm ready!