Normally I do not post things about myself, but today I am going to. 8 months ago I decided to make a life changing decision and stop eating sugar (thanks to the help of some co-workers who encouraged me to do it with them). For those of you that know me, this was very difficult. I have never stuck to any kind of diet and I LOVED sweets. Now that we are done having kids, I was ready to make a change. The first couple of months it was low carb, high protein and lots of green vegetables. I even started eating healthy things like hummus. I remember when my college roommate tried getting me to eat hummus and I thought she was crazy, but now I actually love it :) Slowly I added a few more carbs. The first time I had any sugar, was a couple of days after my appendix surgery. So many generous people were bringing meals and sweets for us that I had to just have a taste. I went over 4 months without anything. I now fudge every now and then, but rarely eat sugar and honestly don't crave it anymore.
After losing over 35 pounds, I decided that I was going to set a goal of running a 5K race. I started training a little over a month ago. Running every other day and following the "Couch to 5K program" iPod app (which totally Rocks by the way and I highly recommend it). Well, yesterday I completed my first 5K run. Which was one week earlier than my original goal date. I was slow...I ran it in a little over 33 minutes, but I didn't stop. I ran the whole way. Jesse also ran the race, and of course was WAY faster than me. He ran it in just a little over 20 minutes. He did a great job and once again placed 2nd in his age group. Olivia ran the kids race and she loved it too. This was her second race of the year and she says that she wants to continue.
So here we are approaching the finish line...
We both feel great now that we have started making healthier decisions
We are hoping to continue running and do a few races a year and hopefully in about 2 years Charlie can start running with us =)
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