What I'm giving up and This weeks focus

So it's almost Lent (March 9th till Easter) and I said I would let you know what I'm giving up... and I do believe that this might absolutely kill me or I really need to apologize to my husband now for what I will be putting him thru those 40 days.

No White Breads or Sugars

Oh goodness... yes, I said it! Now everyone can hold me to it!!!
This will only keep helping me on my continued fight against my fat suit.

So this weeks focus will be water intake. I really wanted a Starbucks frappacino this morning but instead I kept going to work and am starting my water intake... I'm going to try for 60 oz today, 80 oz tomorrow, 100 oz Wed and so forth until I hit my .5 oz for every lb I weigh. I figure if I stay around 120 oz I should be water logged enough hopefully. The problem with this is I have a lot A LOT of phone calls at work during the day and doing the pee pee dance is not very fun!

Well good luck this week guys... any suggestions on dishes that don't involve white breads or sugars pass them my way!

Valentines weekend

Most people go out to a nice fancy dinner. Eat Chocolates. Desserts. Basically all carby indulgence.

Well this year I decided to get back on a eating plan. I'm going to spend the weekend cooking, prepping, and getting my meals ready for the week.
This weekend I'm also starting my training for the 5K that I will be walking on March 26th. I'm also planning to do another one in May. I figure if I commit to these things then that is motivation to get my butt off the couch and get what I need to done BEFORE I relax.

Not to say I won't allow my self some Choco covered strawberries if I get them :) because I hinted to that.

Where's the good weather

So in a little over a month I am supposed to walk in a 5K for Epilepsy. My Sister-in-law has this and we are going to support her "Go Team Ray!!!"

So my mother in law is having shirts made for us and it's hard not to tell her I need size "Fat Ass" and be my sarcastic funny self because that's how I deal. What I'm most excited about is that I'm actually going to do this. I'm going to walk a 5K. I've said for years that I wanted to get fit enough to finish one. Damn it my time is NOW!!! I'm not waiting any longer.

So back to the topic... where is the good weather... welp not here in Utah apparently. I had an idea to walk from my house to my mother in laws house each weekend until the 5K... so far no bueno. It's a little over 3 miles but it's been so cold that not even my dog wants to touch the pavement. So I'm hoping for some good weather here shortly and I'm revamping my routine. Instead of trying to walk there once a week... I'm going to start off by walking as far as I can in 30 mins 2-3 days a week then doing it again on Sunday (weather permitting). Duane is going to pick me up. Then the next week I'm going to walk as far as I can in 45 mins 2-3 days and then on Sunday... and so forth until I reach my mother in laws house. Hopefully by the time the 5K rolls around I will have walked to my mother in laws house a few times... and then the 5K will be a breeze!!

My next blog update will be about this and what I'm choosing to give up for lent.. Stay tuned!