I have officially raised $190.00 for Tuberous Sclerosis. That is only $10.00 shy of the goal! Thanks to everyone who donated online and through the mail. I will leave tomorrow to go to Pell City to stay with my parents and then we will be on our way to the event early Saturday morning.
If you have noticed my running ticker; it has quickly been moving toward the 150 mile mark. I plan on running 4 today, 3.6 at the 5K and then getting the rest while I am in Texas so that the goal is met by the time I run the Cotton Row on Memorial Day. I took Alora to the doctor yesterday (she has strep throat but is feeling a bit better this morning thanks to 2 rounds of antibiotics) and was so close to the actual running course for the Cotton Row that I called my mom and had her give me all the street names so that I could go see it for the first time. After driving the whole thing, I have decided that, although Leah and I have been training hard, the first 3.7 miles of the race will be the hardest miles I have ever run! These include the hill; once over the hill it is pretty much down hill the rest of the way to the finish line. I drove up the steep hill and told Alora that Mommy would be running this in her race. Alora replied, "But even the car is having to go really slow up it!" We were even in my mom's off-roading Hummer! It is straight up I tell you! But alas, I could not help but grin. I do not know what it is that is so exciting to me about this but I get butterflies in my stomach even while I am typing about it. I may not finish but I am really excited about trying! The thrill of victory--the agony of defeat! I love it!
Another goal that is almost met is the "weight loss goal". I was cleaning up in the cabinets the other day and I found a piece of paper where I had begun trying to lose weight back in October. I had totally forgotten about trying to lose weight then but I even blogged my weight loss quest beginning in November--How could I forget this!
Here is the previous blog in November:
Alright, for accountability purposes and for a challenge to whomever needs one I have decided to share that I am on a quest to lose 25lbs. After already losing 9 lbs, I know that it will get increasingly harder as I get closer to goal and so I will be sharing the journey. This is a tough one for me, but the despair that provoked crying in the closet for two Sundays in a row, four weeks ago, forced me to make a decision--lose weight or buy new clothes. After surveying the closet and realizing the surplus of clothing that I actually have, I chose to lose weight. I am going to keep track of my progress on the right and from time to time tell you what I am doing to actually shed the pounds. Why during the holiday season and not on January 1st? 1) I don't have winter clothes to wear, 2) Why wait? I'm fat now! 3) If I don't set this up now I will eat myself into oblivion during the season of peanut butter balls and Christmas cookies and 4) Because when I do things I like to make it really hard on myself! My aim is actually to lose as much weight as possible early so that the pressure is off by December. If I accomplish this amazing feat I will weigh as much as I did during the early years of marriage, pre-babies. Now I love food, in a major way, so this will not be easy. I will keep you posted.
According the piece of paper I found in the cabinet I have lost a total of 14lbs since October! I had no idea! That means that to get to the original goal I set for myself I have 11lbs left! Not bad! Now for those of you like my mother or Beverly, who love me much and want to make sure that I am not going off the deep end with my quest for weight loss, I will have you know I had a milkshake yesterday and 2 oatmeal cookies the day before (and no I didn't throw them up). I am still eating but the snacks are few and far between and I don't drink calories. I have not had a glass of sweet tea in months! Plus, the running is just provoking good metabolism finally after weeks of no weight loss.
So, many of my recent goals are within reach. I am not the only one losing weight, though. In my family, on both sides, serious weight loss and excercise is happening. Way to go, FAMILY! We are getting fit. After taking in all the data, I will be reporting a family wide weight loss number. It's awesome I tell you and I am so glad that we are all being health conscious.
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