I must be a little crazy!

Good weigh in this week! I lost 2.6 lbs! Woohoo!! I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things now that I'm home. Sometimes I have severe sugar urges from all the chocolate I ate but I'm coping.

I registered to run a 10K this weekend!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!! So I've been running like crazy to get ready for the race. Only 4 days to go and counting. This will be my 3rd race and I have plans for 2 more to finish out the summer.

What can I say about running 10 Kilometers.... Its hard, it takes a long time and I'm excited! Because I was a slacker on my vacation and I didn't work on running a 10K at all I've had to crunch in some serious running time. The only snag I've hit is because I had Osgood-Schlatters diseaseI might be getting some tendinitis in my knees. I have to be careful and really listen to my body because I don't want to over stress and hurt myself. I talked to the Chiropractor and he told me to wrap them for a long run and it has been helping.

If you want to come down and do a 5 or 10K this weekend! just go to Sandycity.com and search the site for races. If you want to come down and hang out with Ivy and I at the race its at Sandy City Hall at 7:15am!

I'm back in the States!

I'm back!!! What a trip. It was so amazing. Let me just recap what has been going on for the last 3 weeks.

Before my trip I was stressed and working very hard to loss as much weight before we left as possible. I also want to run a 10K on July 4th so I was working even harder to prepare myself for that. So it was a very big shock for me when I stepped on the scale and in spit of my efforts had gained about 4 lbs. I was devastated! I couldn't understand how I could be working so hard and eating all the right foods and still I could be gaining weight! So I went on my trip frustrated about my weight. But I was determined to enjoy myself. I tried to count my points the first day...... It was pretty hard so I decided that portion control would have to be my friend on this vacation.

So I ate whatever I wanted! I relaxed! Weight loss was finally NOT constantly on my mind and I have to say I felt amazing! I managed one run of about a mile and a half down a tiny country lane with farms and fields which was really different then the run around my neighborhood and very refreshing. I walked constantly to the sites we wanted to see so I was being active but it wasn't timed or at a high intensity but exercise all the same. I had some really great food! I tried many ice creams, chocolate, pastries, and incredible main courses and I didn't count my points for my entire vacation. It was the break that I needed to unwind from a health nut to just a normal person again. It felt really good to loosen the reins and just enjoy where I was.

I avoided the scales like the plague! I thought I would leave that part of me at home and deal with it again when I stepped on US soil. Instead I wore T-shirts without a sweater, a bathing suit without a cover-up and I didn't feel ashamed or self conscious! Even though I didn't make it to goal before my vacation, which is what I had been killing myself trying to do. I was at a very comfortable weight and enjoyed myself without having to constantly worry about what I would look like in pictures or bringing my sweater even when the weather was nice. It was liberating!

Now I'm back at home and I had to face the scale. So Sunday morning I stepped on and prepared myself for a number in the 140's... again.

139.6!!!! That is exactly what I was when I left! I didn't gain a thing! I was shocked and excited and learned some very important lessons!

• Stress really is a factor! I was going crazy before this trip to make myself loose anything else that I could and I was working ridiculously hard and it had the opposite effect on my weight loss. Now I feel like I should just enjoy the ride a bit more. Relax a little and I'm sure I'll have better results. I resolve to enjoy the weight that I am! Every pound is a milestone.
• Enjoy the ride! Not all my exercises has to be sweat my brains out intense. Any activity is just that... ACTIVITY.

What a great vacation! I'm so happy I had the chance to go!