Time to write it down...

So, the last few weeks I have made some huge personal changes. I am determined to get in shape and get healthy. I think that by writing it down it will help me keep focused and accountable. Not only do I want to lose weight but I want to get healthy.

I have started a running program that I downloaded onto my iPhone called "Couch to 5K." I LOVE it! For someone who hasn't been a runner it is a great way to get someone started and continue on it. I actually look forward to my runs. I am at the end of week 3 and can't believe I am sticking to it! CJ and are playing golf one day a week or going snowboarding (since the mountain was just dumped on). We have also joined a fun kickball team in SE Portland. Although it isn't super strenuous it is one more way to be active. I have been trying to go to the gym 3-4 times a week which some weeks I do better than others. I am so glad we have a membership at Hawthorne Farm Athletic Club. It is sooo nice there and is not a meat market like 24 hour or Ballys.

I have been eating a lot better to boot! I really would like to lose 15-20lbs. this spring. I have to manage what I am eating and drinking. I really eat pretty healthy, it is the drinking that is killing me. I love a good beer (IPA!) or a glass of wine. I am really limiting this. My doctor also told me he wants me to go wheat-free for 6 weeks. I am on day two of it and it hasn't been so bad. I am hoping that it will help me shed a few pounds.

CJ has been a great influence and inspiration to me. He has lost 40lbs! He is a workout machine. He gets up three times a week at 4:45 to go to a Master's Swimming class at the Downtown Athletic Club. He is a part of a triathlon training group that runs/swims/bikes 3x a week for 2 hours, and he plays soccer two times a week. WOW! He is looking A-MAZING! So sexy! He is so much happier too. Yesterday he and our friend Jeff went on a 64 mile bike ride from Beaverton to Vernonia and back. They are training for the Reach the Beach- starting in Beaverton and riding a bike to Pacific City! It is is a whopping 104 miles. Yowzas! Not for me :) Needless to say he is a huge inspiration and has been nothing but supportive of me.

So, I will make a valiant effort to update this with my progress. Keep me in your prayers. I am not the best with losing weight, but I am hoping that if I write it down it makes it become real.

CJ's Triathlon

CJ and I have been working out a lot more. Which is a great thing because we both need it. We belong to Hawthorn Farm Athletic Club and love the facility they have. I have been taking Zumba, outdoor yoga, dynamic toning, and body sculpting classes. CJ has been lifting, running, swimming, and biking. We have been getting our rear-ends kicked, which needs to happen. Badly! On Sept. 13th CJ competed in the Lincoln City Sprint Triathlon. He did one at Hagg Lake when we graduated from UO in 2004. This is where he swam 1/2 mile in Devil's Lake, rode 11 miles on his bike, and finished with a 5k run! He finished it just under an hour and a half. Wow, it was impressive back then and impressive this time. What a work out. He was such a little cutie too! We stayed at our friend Emily Evenson's beach house and had a few friends that also competed in it including, Jeff Lee, Matt Lee, and Scott Burrows. All of the guys did great and we ladies stood at each of the transitions spots and finish line enjoying our coffee and each other!