Don't Want To Jinx Myself.....

...BUT. I am feeling better. Planning on a run tonight if I don't have to stay late at work. I REALLY NEED TO RUN. !!!!!

I am going to a Pampered Chef Party tonight. I want a cupcake carrier! I hope they have one!

Class was easy and short last night, Yay! Out in 45 minutes, that is a record!

I keep thinking how I want to get out there and run. It makes me sad not to. But sometimes, I feel like I just need a break. Along with my head and my body. I need to learn not to feel guilty for taking a few days off, or even a week. If my body is run down, I should listen to it.

I just know the longer you are gone, the more endurance you lose. Sometimes I feel like I am starting over. I had such a good 5k race, and now I feel like I am going downhill.

I just need to get back in the game. I talk a lot of talk, but I am going to have to walk the walk...I CAN DO IT. Now, if my friends would stop getting married and asking me to be a bridesmaid....Just kidding, I love it. (sort of, it is kind of pricey!)

Do I Have To Go....??

Last night was BodyPump, an awesome 60 minute, full body weight lifting class at Gold's Gym. At the beginning of class, the teacher let us know that an "average" person with "'minimal" weight burns about 440 calories a class. So, of course, wearing my new heart rate monitor, I was very excited to see how many calories I burn! At the end of the class, I check. Barely 200. WHAT??? Good thing I did that, I went and ran two miles on the treadmill, to end up with a total burn of 440. I don't know if it was because it was my first time back in about 3-4 weeks and I used lighter weights, since I did not want to SUPER SORE today. Next class is either tomorrow morning at 5.30 am or Thursday night at 6.30, so I will see how many I burn then. And surprisingly, the treadmill heart rate and calorie burn was pretty accurate! You always read that they are WAY off. Well, not last night!

I have a race this weekend, a 5k. No big deal. It is my friend's first race, and she is not super fast, so I told her I would keep her pace for her first race. I do that with all my friends on their first race, I keep their pace. After their first, they are on their own!

My mom's 50th Birthday is Wed. I am in charge of desert and the cake. Of Course. I am a desert genius, and am well known in the family for my creations. I am making a homemade chocolate vanilla marble cake, lemon cream cheese cupcakes and thin mint fudge. Sounds awesome, and I am not going to eat all day just so I can have some of everything, heheheee...

So I weighed myself on Saturday morning, after a run and some errands and before breakfast and after using the bathroom. Follow that?!?! Anyway...143.4 pounds. Not bad, I was expecting a little higher. So hopefully on Saturday this week, it will say 142 point something!
I don't want to get too excited...I have a hard time losing weight, and it seems like I am dissapointed every time I step on the scale.
Also, I am going to cut WAY back on the booze. Did well this past weekend. Not one drop. I want this weekend to go the same way. The next weekend I will be at a Halloween party in Chicago, so I will be drinking. But only on Saturday night. The next weekend I am in a wedding and will FOR SURE be drinking the night of the wedding, due to many issues....
A. 2 ex-boyfriends and an ex fling will be present
B. The 2 ex-boyfriends are also IN THE WEDDING PARTY WITH ME
C. My boyfriend of 6 years will NOT be attending, due to family prior commitment
D. I feel this wedding is a really bad idea
E. The dress is not all that cute
F. The wedding is in November in Illinois and the dress is strapless and goes to my kness, with strappy sandal shoes. I.WILL.FREEZE.

I guess that about covers the wedding weekend......

Virgin Territory

Ahh...a blog. MY blog. I always read other blogs, laughing and whatnot at the events of their lives. Never thought it would be something I would think I would do. For some reason, today, I decided, Hey Maybe I Do. So here we go.

I guess I could start off with a little about myself. I am in my mid twenties working at a law firm in a downtown midwest city. Not too exciting, but that is where I am at! I live my boyfriend of over 5 years. Not exactly sure on how long we have been together, I am not really an anniversary, exact date we started "dating" type of gal. Neither am I the "marrying" kind or "baby-machine" kind. Never thought I would do either. Although, J would really like the kid part. Gross. Dirty diapers, expensive things not for me, trying to find a baby-sitter if we decide to go out for a night.....not my style.

I started school again, a certificate program. I do have a bachelors degree from a university. The angle my life has taken made me decide to go back and get the right training for the job I have been doing for awhile now, to increase pay and opportunities.

I like to shop, read, watch t.v., run, workout, cook, bake and try new recipes. I have two different groups of friends, and sometimes things get sticky....Especially when you have to choose one event over another.

I don't really know what this blog will end up being about, or if I will even continue it, and if I do, for how long.

This weekend I have a bridal shower and a bachelorette party for a wedding I am in. I have a lot of baking and cooking to do for this shindig, the Bachelorette Party. Not only baking and cooking, but I must go get mucho amount of 1$ bills, as there will be a male stripper making an appearance at the home. Following the flopping around of an almost naked man in (hopefully!) a hot pink G-string, we will be loading onto a party bus to take us to a downtown city to most likely blackout.

J is going to see the Cubbies play, I mean WIN, this Friday night. He left this morning, and I have a feeling I will not see him until Sunday. Let the SINGLE LIFE BEGIN! This morning, after a quickie goodbye....wink, wink.....and after my shower, while waiting for the steamer to start to steam and before I put on clothes....I re-arranged the living room furniture. Yes, I know, naked re-arranging IS a good time! Back story- Last Sunday, J decided he wanted to re-arrange the living room. I obliged, mostly because I was too hung over to argue, and let him have his way. I did not like it. It looked a mess, it looked lazy and sloppy. Since he is going to be gone until Sunday....I re-re-arranged it back to the way I like it.

Stay tuned for more! I know, super interesting, huh...