I have been slacking really bad with working out. My eating has been enough to slowly lose weight still but its the exercise that I really need to be better at. I got new running shoes on my birthday! Thanks to my Mama, and my husband Daniel's Grandma Gage, and my mother in law Terri :)
They are 361's, Sensation W. Its a lower profile, neutral shoe and I am in love with them! They just move with me, Its almost like I can feel the ground under me! I've only ran 3 times in them though... since my birthday! Which was January 12th. Soooo I am definitely not running enough. I've done 1 DVD since before Christmas. But to be fair, I have been really sick.
You see, a few days before Christmas, I drove to Panaca, NV. (Right near the Utah border). All the older siblings crew in my family paid for everyone to stay at a huge 8 bedroom house there for a Christmas vacation!! I only went for a day, because there was no way I could spend Christmas away from my husband (and Danny's 1st one, too!) So on Dec 21st, I drove all night... 15 hours... to get there. I chose to go all night because there's no way the kids would last in their car seats -awake- for that long. So they slept the whole drive. Tired is an understatement as to how I felt the next day. Hours later, my family arrived! It was incredible fun!! It wasn't supposed to snow until the day after I left but a storm arrived early and it was snowing hard by the time they drove in! We played in the snow till we were out of breath, laughed, eyes and cheeks glowing as we took in the incredible winter sunset. Then, later after my kids were in bed, I went into my sisters Julia and Bella's room, Julia and I enjoyed a hoarded bottle of wine (hahaha ssshhh) and we all hungout warm and cozy in bed, laughing and sharing secrets like the good old days when we all shared a room. Then I joined my twin brothers Judah and Joseph, as well as my brother Timothy playing pool. Bella joined in too! (Yes, there was a room with a pool table!) I was awake for a total of 39 hrs that day. Then I went to sleep and having kids means you have an alarm clock with no snooze button. So by 7am, my son Danny was up and that means I was up again! We all ate in the big kitchen. Bagels, coffee, bacon, eggs... Delicious!! Then my mom and I headed out for a run in the snow!!! Altitude there was around 6000', if I remember correctly! So altitude train we did! My mom got to do that for a whole week!
That night I packed up because the next day was Christmas eve. I drove all night again. This time taking a different, slightly longer route home. There was a Blizzard in the sierras so I headed southwest to Las Vegas where I got lost briefly (around midnight at this point), then on into California. Then up the state I went all night long. Finally arriving home around 8am.
Of course this knocked out my immune system. My eyes were bloodshot for weeks, I had headaches at the base of my skull shooting into my neck. Never took a moment off work. I finally now feel like I am catching up on sleep. Caffeine has been my best friend every day. So I am absolutely happy to have still been losing weight! And I suppose that is the point of my story!
Yesterday I ran 5 miles with my mom! I did have to walk a few times, because I think I was dehydrated (When will I ever get the hang of drinking enough water!? Its even harder because I'm nursing Danny! So when I do drink extra, I need extra still!) That is my new best distance since I got pregnant with Danny! It was great! I would have gone today again but I can feel my body saying "rest."
So there you have it, that's my little update. That's what I have been up to, and why I haven't really written!
Hope you all are doing well, and enjoying this new year which is off at a running start!
This is my fam, in Panaca! Picture taken after I left with my kiddos, but now you can see how incredibly beautiful it was!
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