Friend Makin Monday!!

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Foodie Questions
1. Do you make grocery lists? I do! Although, I'm not really sure why, because I ALWAYS end up buying stuff that's not on the list, forgetting to put things on the list, forgetting things that ARE on the list etc. However, the good intentions are there ;)

2.  Do you have a routine when shopping in your favorite grocery store?  Yes, I start on the outside getting produce, meat, dairy, yogurt. Then I try to sneak into the isles to get all that other stuff. I try SUPER hard to avoid the candy bar/chip isles because everything is soooo tempting!

3.  What is your favorite seasoning? I'm ashamed to admit this...but garlic salt. I can't get enough, I put it on everything. I'm pretty much in love with it.

4.  What is the healthiest food in your fridge right now?  Fresh veggies and fruit,  I like to keep it where I can see it so I go for that first (hopefully!)

5.  What is the most unhealthy food in your fridge now?  I believe there are some pierogies in there...but I don't really like to consider stuff like that unhealthy. I'm a firm believer that most things are only TRULY unhealthy when you eat too much of them.

6. What is the most exotic produce you’ve ever had? Well I like to stick to the basics, so basically the most adventurous I've ever been was trying star fruit...I didn't like it. I'll stick to apples/ bananas/ grapes.

7. Tell us about your favorite local restaurant. Around where I am, we don't have a ton of local resturaunts that aren't chain resturaunts...so I would have to say La Roma's. Its a pizza place and I have a STONG appreciation for pizza. So I have to be loyal and pick my favorite pizza place!

8.  What kind of pasta do you prefer (regular, whole wheat, etc.?) I will pretty much eat any carb I can get my hands on. Some of my favorites are tortelini, linguine, and anything filled with cheese ;) I like whole wheat just as much as regular pasta too.

9. If you could make one food calorie-free for an entire week, which food would you choose? Pizza. I could literally eat this food 3 meals a day 7 days a week for the rest of my life and never ever get sick of it.

10.  If you had to choose would you rather give up french fries or chocolate?  I think I eat chocolate much more often then I do french fries, so if I had to pick between the two I would pick fries. Now, with that being said, I like french fries a whole freaking lot! so I would be heart broken. I'd probably sooth myself with some chocolate though.

Happy Friend Making Monday
~Beverly

Run for Childrun 5K Race Report

Well, I did it. I ran in a race!! I felt so brave. I know that might sound stupid to some people, I mean it was only a 5k run. But I don't know. Something about signing up to run with other people and some of those people are "Real Runners". But, I signed up, I showed up, and I ran it.

On the drive up to Morrisville I was starting to get super nervous because of how hilly the area is. I actually had no idea that Morrisville was a hilly town until after I had already signed up for the run! Too late. So I got to find out exactly how hilly it was on my drive there. When we got there around 7:30am there was a small sign pointing towards a tent that said 5k today. I figured that must be where we need to go :) So I went and got my T-shirt and then waited around. There were maps of the route, but I grabbed the wrong one at first. There was a 1.25 mile fun run going on for children at the same time, so the path split in two directions after about a 1/2 mile. Good thing I figured that out before we started running!

Sadly, the first thing I noticed about the 5k was how unorganized it was. For some reason I couldn't really get the people at the tent to give me clear directions as to where it started. When it got closer to start time though I just followed everyone else. The next thing I notice, was that there were probably only 25-30 people participating. I definitely wanted my first run to be a smaller one so that was great! Everyone running seemed pretty serious though so that freaked me out a little.

The start off was really easy going and simple. A lady with a stop watch and a little girl came out to the starting line, gave us a few tips and some info, then the little girl said "On your mark, get set, go!!" and we were off. I was so releaved to see that after about a quarter mile there were people directing us where to go. I was sure I would take a wrong turn somewhere and end up lost because I couldn't keep up with the little herd. Thankfully that didn't happen.

So when I tell you that this route was hilly. HOLY CRAP. Beautiful scenery, but I'm telling you I may have almost died on the last hill before the finish. I can walk faster then I could run up that hill. But I made it! My time was 32:14. I can't lie, I was a little disappointed with my time at first. Then when I got thinking about it though I was like, you know what with all the freaking hills in that run, I should be so proud with that time!! So thats where I'm at. Maybe I'll do the same run next year and try to do better, but I don't think I'll ever PR my 5k time at this particular race ;)

Slippery Slope

Terrible 2's

I didn't start the day thinking that I was going to run 2 miles instead of my scheduled 4. But guess what happened...
With my relationship with running, it seems that it's always the littlest things that cause the most distruption to my routine. Today it started with the fact that I couldn't charge my phone last night, so I didn't have any music to listen to while I was running. I knew it would be rough. I knew I would feel like I was dying after a mile. But I will be very honest when I say that I had no idea that I would have to struggle crawl to get to the 2 mile mark. I also didn't wear my arm band (no phone means no Nike+ app therefore no reason to wear my arm band to monitor and record my pace/distance).
In the beginning I thought I was going to HATE wearing my armband for every run. But I've grown to like having it there on my arm. Weird. 
The fact that I felt like I was running through soup this morning didn't help things either. It's been soooo humid with all of the rain/flooding/heat going on, it makes running pretty rough. And I did this run inside, so I can't even imagine how bad it would have been outside!
The last teeny tiny thing that may have definitely contributed to my terrible run this morning was how god awful I've been eating the last few days. I'm telling you if it isn't nailed down, I've been eating it. Which is not helping the whole "I want to lose 10 more pounds before the half marathon in September" goal that I've had.

So I'm declaring today A NEW START!!!

I'm giving myself 35 points a day to spread out for the next 10 days (until my next weigh in at weight watchers). I know its more than what I would normally get in a day, which is 31. BUT! I'm trying to take some preventative measures here and keep myself from bingeing. So when the "new week" starts on Friday, I'm not going to use my extra PP because I've already divided them out between the 10 days. After this time is up I'll see if I can be trusted to handle the extra 49 on my own without bingeing.

Wish me luck, and hopfully tomorrow's 4 miler will go much better than today's did :) Oh...also, I'll probably be messing with this thing and the look of it quite a bit because I have no idea what I'm doing...sorry if that's annoying.

~Beverly