Uh oh! It looks like I fell off the blogging train a month ago and didn’t know how to get back on board. Well, I haven’t figured out a schedule to sit down and write that seems conducive to family time, working, meal prepping, half marathon training and sleep. Yes, that last one is usually the thing I sacrifice the most these days. I knew my schedule would get tighter when I made a commitment to healthier eating and getting more physical exercise.
So, what has happened in the last month. I joined Weight Watchers again. I was very successful with the program a year and a half before I had my daughter. I even lost all the weight relatively quick after delivery and maintained that for a little over a year. Then we decided to expand our family and my food cravings were for anything and everything that did not include a fruit or vegetable. Fast forward about two years and I still don’t fit into most of my pants. So, I joined Weight Watchers a second time and have been committed to tracking points.
I signed up for onceamonthmeals.com and picked foods that were healthy and didn’t include processed foods. My mom and I spent two days prepping 30 meals to have for lunches and dinners. Most of the meals were insanely easy to prep and we’ve only ordered out once in two weeks. That is a HUGE improvement for our family. *disclaimer: we did go out to eat one night for dinner for a fundraiser* The website provides a grocery shopping list, a prep day set of instructions, labels for the containers and cooking day instructions. I plan to do this type of prep about every 3 weeks, just not at the extent of the first go around.
I started my training for my half marathon! I signed up for this half last April for a seriously low price. It has finally come to start training with a bit more intention. I 
found a training plan on pinterest that would work with my schedule and wouldn’t feel like I was only running on the treadmill. There are numerous cross training days and I’ve got my beach body on demand ready to go to assist with that training. I use my planner to track my workouts, water intake and successes/challenges for the day. I feel ready to go and I have found some serious support in a virtual running group!
Finally, I signed up for 7 virtual races with the Hogwarts Running Club that is run by the non-profit Random Tuesday Inc. It has been the most supportive group of people to get me back into running and fitness in general. The first race is scheduled and I’m even planning to meet up with local members to run as a group! If anyone is interested in running the Nargle 9k, sign up here. I encourage everyone looking for fitness support to join the Facebook group
@HogwartsRunningClub.
So, all in all I haven’t been slacking too much. Just on this blog. I hope to be consistent with it to provide updates on my training. Until next time, what do you like to do while running/walking on the treadmill?
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