Changed fortunes

Wow....I am not even going to talk about my goals from last week.   It was ugly!   

Ok, I will still talk about it!  But let me put off that 'pain' for a while.

Thursday evening I was able to get in a walk with Sherry.  It was great to see her!    Saturday Jason and I headed up to Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania.  

What a pretty park!  :-)    We explored the Appalachian Trail Museum and explored around the park for a bit...and managed to get in a bit of a hike before our time ran out.  

On Sunday the wind was whipping and  it was cold!   We really were not feeling the need to go up on top of a mountain to hike.  Yeah, we have hiked in cooler temps...but the last few weeks of warm has TOTALLY spoiled us.  We spent a bit of time exploring but then went down to Gettysburg and had some fun hitting the touristy shops in Gettysburg.

Zoltar spoke to us.   Seriously...if you've seen the movie BIG how could you NOT want to have your picture taken with Zoltar!!!

Ok ok ok....so we also risked the "BIG" phenomenon (ha ha ha) and got our fortune.  Sadly, the speakers were set REALLY low and we had to get really close to hear!

And of course MY fortune.  (Yes, Jason got his own!)

So I have delayed enough......

My goals for this past week!

1.  Water    I totally  nailed this one!!!  Lots of water down the hatch each day!  The lowest day was probably only 90 ounces or so!  WIN WIN WIN

2.  Run at least 2 times    Fail....Big time fail.  No run at all!

3.  A  Track I totally nailed this.  I tracked EVERY bite!!!!

     B.  Stay within my caloric  budget   I totally failed this one!   BIG TIME FAIL!    

And it was NOT healthy food!

4.  Use the stair stepper at least ONCE!    Yeah...NOT 

So what is on tap for this week????     I will be busy with normal life things and I will also be busy getting ready to go to Charleston, SC.  Yes, the Cooper River Bridge Run is this upcoming Saturday!   I am woefully unprepared.  I am looking forward to seeing Sue....even if the forecast is currently calling for rain EVERY DAY!      I am however dreading not seeing Jason for a few days!!!!!   

Goals for this week? 

1.  TRACK every day

2.  TRY to make better choices in my eating to keep my calorie count lower

3.  Cut back on the Diet Soda that is slowly creeping back into my life.  

4.  Do my best with the 10k...and enjoy my time

It sure does bite!!!

Love Bites...Not going so well at this moment.  Ohhh...all is well in love and friendship.  Yes, things with Jason are going well.  (Yeah, the guy I finally kinda sorta alluded to for a few posts in November and December and then revealed in my 10 year blogiversary post )  Ok, things are going REALLY well.  I'm just gonna say it...it's hard to admit because I'm so afraid of getting hurt again.  But I will admit it...I like this guy.....and as crazy as it seems to me sometimes.....he likes me!  Seems like a win win!   

No, Love Bites was referring to that Valentines day Challenge that I created for myself.   Last week was eh with eating.  I was over my budget on Monday by a ton, spot on on Tuesday and Thursday , a few hundred calories  over on Wednesday and Friday.   And then it went really bad.  It started on Saturday morning when I left for work HUNGRY!  Why yes, I stopped at Burger King for a drink and caved and got food.  Why?   I don't really like fast food to begin with!  Poor planning.   The weekend just followed that trend.  Ok, in fairness Sunday wasn't that bad.   Monday however was......we got a late start and ended up snacking in the car for lunch while we toured the Gettysburg Battlefield.  I actually did pretty well with that.  I picked up some cheddar cheese and ate a Kind Bar at a 7-Eleven.  Not a bad lunch......

Maybe the Slurpie wasn't that great!  (although not that bad in calories!) But in fairness I drank well over my recommended amount of water for the day even without the Slurpie!  (Wild Cherry flavor of course....Jason had a lime something or other flavor...which wasn't bad, just no comparison to the good old fashioned cherry!)

It was dinner that messed me up.  I was hungry and I was on my way home and I opted for more junk.   Deep fried cheese (so yummy...but can I say BAD for me!)  and a pepperoni sub (wayyyyyyy too salty).   I caved and got a donut also.   Yeah, a donut.  Really?   My mouth was dried out from the super salty sub so when I was home I added on a Chocolate Eclair Ice cream bar thingy.     Ok, so poor planning, because I KNOW that my slurpie inspired lunch had left me hungrier than usual so I binged for my dinner.  

NOT how I am going to reach my goals.  Not gonna reach them that way at all.  I recognize it and I know that the only way for me to reach these goals means I have to PLAN.  I have to think.  I have to be cognizant.  I have to want it badly enough to sit back and say "NO" to the donut! 

The weekend was good.  We got to relax.  We got to hang out together.  And saw some pretty cool things.

This is a monument at the Gettysburg Battlefield that we read about.  It is inspired by a nest of baby birds that got knocked out of a tree during the heat of the battle.  A soldier actually stopped and saved the birds during that battle.  Neat story....cool monument.

And of course beautiful scenery all day....even though it was bitter cold!!!!