Running and ice cream

Ice cream……….. I LOVE ice cream. I think ice cream is my favorite thing. I think about it a lot, is that strange? Who sits there and thinks about ice cream? I decided to stock my fridge with yogurt, but it’s not the same. I miss ice cream. The exercise part of this challenge is hard, but not as hard as trying to eat right during the day. Something else I need to work on I guess. I eat when I’m stressed or upset. Always have. I also eat when I am happy or want to celebrate something. When I want to do something fun it usually involves food somehow; a picnic, lunch with a friend, dinner with my husband, drinks with the girlfriends. I also eat when I’m bored. (as a stay at home mom this happens a lot.) So whether I’m happy, sad or just hanging out I seem to be eating, which is all the time.

I went running last night. (what I call running anyways, you might call it jogging, or maybe a fast walk but it‘s as fast as I go right now) I jogged/ran for 22 minutes without stopping. I didn’t start up the coughing thing that I was doing at the gym the other night which is a good thing. I hate feeling like I can’t breathe. I was excited that I made it as far as I did, but when I got home I just wanted to pass out on the couch and I did.

Today was Jacob’s last day of kindergarten. I’m so happy for him, but not looking forward to this summer at all. I’m going to miss my daily hang out with the other moms on the playground. We usually let the kids play while we sit there and talk. I’m going to miss that, I know the kids are going to miss school too. It seems like when I have a schedule, I do better on my eating and going to the gym. But when I’m at home with nothing planned out, I get all lazy and don’t want to do anything. The summer heat doesn’t help either. I usually try to stay indoors during the summer and only go places in the evenings or early morning so I don’t get fried by the sun. I think this is why I signed up for boot camp. This will give me a reason to get to the gym and help to not going crazy this summer.

“If you think you can or think you can’t then you are right“- Henry Ford