10k training, going, going......

Hey guys! I have decided to try to start blogging more once again. Gosh, life happens and ya get busy and there is just no time for it sometimes! I was thinking the other day, "I really need to start blogging/writing again". There is just so much on my mind all the time and this really is an outlet to get if some things off my mind.

Today is a NEW day and I am excited to just embrace the day and grab it by the horns. I have to do something because it has been DREARY here. Raining and grey skies since TUESDAY! Not supposed to clear up until SATURDAY! This girl needs some sunshine and beautiful weather in order to operate my best. So that is why I am choosing to be excited today even though there is no beautiful sunshine. I am going to make the best of it anyway!

If you have been following me on my facebook page, you know that I have started my 10k training. Once again, I didnt get to start it at 8 weeks out, but I started at 6 weeks out! After my half marathon in November and a lot of life happenings, my running hasnt been where it used to be. As a matter of fact, I have been finding a little hard to wake up and go. I am hoping that most of it is due to it being dark early in the morning when I want to go. And with my husbands new schedule he has to leave to go to work around 6:30 am which means if I am going to get in a run, I need to be out the door around 5:30/5:45 depending on how far I want to go. He doesnt get off until the next day at 8 am so cant go early those mornings either. 

(Last year at the 10k bridge run)

So none the less, I am looking FORWARD to the spring forward time change! At 5:45 am the sky should be lighting up just a bit. Once I am able to start the routine again of getting out there that early, the darkness shouldn't bother me early am when the time changes again in the fall.

So with my training, there will be some more parking garage training days and even though those are tough, I am excited to run some stairs. I am also hoping to be able to beat my time from the past two years of 1 hour and twenty something minutes. 

 For today's training, I have cross-training planned and that consists of a spin/cycling class! It has been a little while since I have done one. Not looking forward to the sore booty!! After that first day back after not doing it for a while, my butt gets sore from the seat. After the soreness wears off, then I am good. I know too much info, but hey if you have never done a class, I am sure you might appreciate it :-)

What are your plans for today?

Much Love,

Krissy

 

My Summer Bucket List

So after a couple of days or should I say a good week and a half, I have made it back to the gym! My back has eased up some. It still gets sore if I sit for a while and stand up, but not as bad as it was. YAAYY! It is time to get serious again. My 14k will be this month and training for Team in Training starts next week.....I am committed!

I was thinking last month of some things that I wanted to do this summer kind of like a bucket list of things I want to do and accomplish. So here it is - My Summer Bucket List:

1. Become a good swimmer - I was scarred with the deep end during swimming lessons when i was a kid and let that keep me from becoming a good swimmer. I can swim (not the strongest) but have kind of stayed away from it for a while.
2. Play tennis again. Used to play in high school
3. Start personal training certification process
4. Go camping (never been)
5. Be a beach bum - Lord knows I used to be :-)
6. Go kayaking more and buy a kayak
7. Go stand up paddle boarding
8. Host a Sundress and Sandals event with some girl friends
9. Sign up for Team in Training another year ( CHECKED OFF  http://pages.teamintraining.org/sc/rnrsav13/runningwithkrissy)
10. Become the funny girl I used to be and be that fun summer mom
11. Reconnect with an old best friend after our fall out 3 years ago.
12. Blog more
13. Post on my personal page running with krissy more.
14. Save money
15. Read some good books beginning to the end
16. Enjoy some new restaurants
17. Sign up to play soccer on an adult league ( Just about CHECKED OFF - Had to opt out. Hubby has to finish paying for school so new cleats and shin guards (don't have any) are out of the budget right now)
18. Plant some plants on the patio
19. Fix bicycles and ride more
20. Have a water balloon fight
21. Plan Constance's 5th birthday - Lalaloopsy theme
22. Learn how to fish
23. Run a 14k (already registered for it!)
24. swimming lessons for Constance
25. fly kites in the park
26. Wear hair down more
27. visit a theme park
28. go to a water park
29. Watch the sunrise on the beach

Its going to be a fun summer!

Much Love,
Krissy

Im still here

I haven't blogged in a little bit, I know! My food logging went to CRAP and I need to get back to that ASAP! It was nice to have that daily log and look back to see what I ate. Even just before I started writing, I looked back at some of the stuff and thought "wow, I have got to ge back to that"! Its funny how I can forget some of the simplest things. Through the logging I was trying to focus on fruits and veggies with every meal. Right now I cant say that I am following through with that so much, but today is sunday and I can make a good plan for the week and get back on track, right? ABSOLUTELY!

So, I will start training for a half marathon next month. YEP! I had such a wonderful experience with Team In Training last year, that I just had to do it again. I love the cause and the great people I have met along the way. Team In Training has taught me so much - Mentally, spiritually, and physically. Personally, I learned to dedicate runs to those that cant run to help me get through tough runs. I learned to push myself and dig deeper for that inner strength and just go for it. I met (online) a wonderful mom and her son that was battling leukemia last year, and he was just tired and went to be with our Father in Heaven last August. He is still near and dear to my heart. Something just brought me close to them and I will ALWAYS run for RYAN!

I started my morning off planning on getting in a run, but my lower back and hip area has been bothering me. A weird adjusting pain. Once I am standing, I am fine, but to change positions from siting to standing or standing to sitting, its like I have to take about 20 to 30 seconds to adjust slowly. So this morning, I sucked it up, prayed before I went out the door and off I went. It was a beautiful morning out! Kind of chilly too. My plan for 3 miles turned into 4 and I loved every minute of it!

 

 

It's going to be a great day and I hope that you all enjoy your weekend and extra day off tomorrow. Also to remember why we are off! I am truly grateful for all the sacrifices that were made for us and the ones that are continually being made. We are a blessed nation!

 

 

Much Love,

 

Krissy

What I am training for next

I did so good keeping up with my food journal the week before last and after all the craziness that happened last week, I kept forgetting to log and take photos of what I was eating. I didnt do bad, though. I still need to work on a little more portion control with dinner. I will start the logging up again really soon - It is good to look back and see what I ate!

I am super glad that I have 2 races under my belt for this year already. They were both lots of fun and look forward to them again next year. I have found that training for a race is one way that keeps me motivated to keep going. I have quite a few races in mind that I want to do, but the next one that I am training for is 14K. It will be my first 14k as well as my first trail race! I am excited to see how it will be.

(click on the image to be taken to the website)

 

8.5 miles should be fun right? I also want to do 1 or 2 half marathons this year! Aiming for one in October and 1 in November. That may be too close together though. I have to take that into consideration.

 

Do you have any races planned? If not, you totally should get on board. If you dont know about any, Active.com is a great way to find out about races in your area!

 

 

Much Love,

Krissy

What I ate today - Food log 4-14-13

Today was such a lazy day for me. I was definitely tired this morning after eating breakfast and sitting on the couch. I did get up early at 6:30 am to get in a good 2 mile run. It was so nice out.

I came back home and grabbed a small left over crab and shrimp cake along with a Chobani (black cherry flavor)

 

I had a few cookies, trail mix and prob some other stuff that I dont quit remember. Its about to be that time of the month and I am craving the not so good for you stuff. I drove to Biggby Coffee to get my coffee fix. I only ate half a blueberry muffin with half a cup of a caramel hot latte (poured the other half out)

 

 

A bit later, my daughter wanted a mini pizza so I let that cook in the oven and when it was done, I was craving a piece. So I cut myself a TINY piece and ate that.

 

For dinner, I finished up the refills of the fruit infused water with some leftover veggie spaghetti (i took out half of what was in that container and put the rest back in the fridge) and a piece of broiled/baked chicken.

 

 

 

And my last snack was a bowl of frosted flake cereal. I did not eat fruit and veggies like I really should have today, but I will do better tomorrow.

 

Much Love,

Krissy

New comforter and bedroom Inspiration

I have been on the hunt for a while looking for a comforter that we absolutely love for a GREAT price. The one we had was old and dark. The energy was just heavy. We had to have something more peaceful and lighter. During my search, I ran into a few, but they were not quite right. There was always something that I would want to change, but of course couldnt change the thread pattern in an already made comforter or take a color out.

I originally bought 2 pieces of wall art that is of a purple flower and that was supposed to be the inspiration for our bedroom. As I kept an open eye out for things that would go, it just wasnt working. So when I found these towels at my store on clearance, I knew then that the art work was going into the bathroom and that new color scheme was going to be purple, grey and white. Worked out perfectly.

 

 

So back to the bedroom. I wanted something light and airy. We had tan duponi silk (fake duponi) like curtains up already and I really didnt want to change them with any new design. While looking around in TJ Maxx one day, I came across a very nautical like comforter set. I STOPPED! THIS was it. Checked the size, then the price which was 69.99!!!!! It came with everything except the sheet set - two extra decorative pillows, euro shams, standard king shams, and the comforter were all in the set. I quickly took a photo and sent it to my husband to see if he liked it. He was in! That made me one happy girl. I was ready to turn our bedroom into a light, airy, relaxing, peaceful space.

So of course after finding this I have some other projects that I need to work on to get our bedroom into the way that I would love to have it. I hate spending a lot of money on stuff and I am a DIY queen. I will find what I like and look for the look for less or create it myself.

 

Here is the comforter on our bed:

 

I added the color tan to match our curtains and will also add a nice green color. I dont hae the euro pillows on yet. I just need to go get the right size pillows. The inspiration came from these candles that were originally for our living room (will be working in there to change the color scheme to a summery scheme)

So we are in need of a head board. I have been looking to make a fabric upholstered one for a long time, but just didnt have the right feel of the room to go with. I know what I want now. Well I have narrowed it down to 2 choices.

Something like this from Censational Girl

 

Or like this one from Deep thoughts by Cynthia, but paint it a nice distressed tan color.



 

Other stuff I would like to add:
Coastal fish prints from Etsy (Printpressfmt) Just not sure which color we will go with.

 

I also need 2 nice lamps, some new dresser hardware for the handles, a rug, and the art work I designed to go in my 16x20 frames that I have had for a while. I love the way my artwork came out. I need to hurry and send it to get printed so that I can get them in the frames and on the wall.

 

Here is some other inspiration from Target:

Lamp shades

 

Pillows and decor

 

You can view my pinterest board to see more of my inspiration for the room

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the other side of me today - the side that is always on overload with creativity :-)

 

Much Love,

 

Krissy

food log 4-12-13

It has been a long day and I didnt want to miss any of the logging of the meals! So I wanted to really quickly running through what I ate today!

 

 

Breakfast

Morning snack

Lunch

 

 

Dinner with family

Much Love,
Krissy