Running and eating

I went for my first run Sunday since my 10k on 12/3, and for the first run since I got my new running shoes, and the first run of the new year. All in one. How do you like that? I ran four miles, and "run" is a term I'm using very loosely as I walked more of it than I ran, but it was still good to get out there and good to get moving.

Once of my biggest problems was that I ran in the middle of the day, and while the weather is FABULOUS (high 60s/low 70s), the sun really bears down and it was just plain difficult to keep moving. You know it's bad when you refuse to run the extra half mile to the water fountain and would rather just walk the 1.5 back to the last water stop, which is only half a mile from home.

We also went on a family bike ride later on the same day. I was getting discouraged by our family bike rides. Hubby lost a lot of weight last year too, and a lot of it was muscle mass. He did it by diet only, so now when we try to do family outings he gets irritated by his lack of endurance. And I wouldn't mind going slower and riding together but he insists that I "go ahead", which frankly isn't a family bike ride. It's a "me and Henry" ride and a "Hubby and Spencer while Hubby complains" ride. I know we just need to do it more, but it's hard to talk him into it because he's getting discouraged as well. We did get him a new bike (and then exchanged it for a different new bike) and today's ride was fun and encouraging again.

Last week was TERRIBLE for our eating. Meat meat meat meat yummy freaking meat. I made baked grouper on Friday night which was awesome, but we got take out from Red Robin on Saturday for the garage sale (which was awesome - we sold almost all the big stuff, a lot of the little stuff, made over $200 and I packed the rest of it up for goodwill). Now that I'm on Pinterest (okay, so resolution #2 sucked this week too) I've been loading up on great recipe ideas for the next week, and I'm making veggie pesto lasagna, quinoa burgers, salad, and ... well, something else. Once thing that has been good on the food front is that we moved Henry's seat to the regular table (it has removable legs) so he can eat with us, and he has been such a better eater the past few days. He has eaten mashed sweet potatoes, acorn squash, non-processed chicken, macaroni and cheese with carrots and spinach, couscous, and spinach artichoke feta quiche on Sunday morning. I think one thing that helps is that it's pretty low and he CAN'T SEE HIS FOOD so he doesn't realize the color until it's already been eaten. Plus, he can see all of us eating the same thing he is.

So this week is a new week! We had chicken and rice last night (and zucchini), but Monday through Thursday will be meatless, I'm going to run Tuesday and Thursday night and do weights Monday and Wednesday. I'm going to get myself off the computer until after the kids go to bed, I'm going to finish this god-forsaken book club book so I can move on to sunnier pastures. It's a new week.

A new week. Let's get this party started.