No French Fries??

So the other day I stupidly said something to the effect of not wanting or needing to eat french fries. Lately I have been consuming a lot of french fries. For some reason I said aloud that I might give up french fries for the year of 2010, kinda like lent but about 10 times longer.

I don't know why but it came up again, and apparently my husband thought I was half serious.

So, then I got to thinking. If I give up french fries will I feel deprived? Do I really like french fries? I hate potatoes so do I like french fries or just ketchup. Could I find another venue for the ketchup? Probably.

So for two meals thus far I have resisted french fries. First at Cheese Cake Factory I ordered a Shrimp Club-delicious and it came with the choice of fries or salad. No brainer right...fries should be the answer. But I picked the salad knowing that the sandwich would be more than enough to satisfy! It was! Victory!!

Then at Los Altos Grill I ordered the Tuna Burger. Do you know how much I love Tuna burgers? Probably not, but now you do! I <3 Tuna! The waiter asked "Would you like ketchup for your fries?"

And I eeked out, "Actually, can I have tabouli?"

I know I was astounded too! Usually my response would be -Actually, yes I would like to bottle of ketchup :)! I <3 Ketchup almost as much as tuna...maybe even more. But so far so good.

Then I started to panic a little. Does this mean I can never have french fries again? O no! What if I want French Fries again. What if I can't make it the 9.125 Lents that would be a whole year. What if I only eat them on Sunday like as if it really were Lent. Nope my husband a Jew said that would be cheating. What is a girl to do who cannot commit to going 365 days without French Fries!

So I made a deal with myself. If you know me, you know I love a good deal!

So for every 100 miles I run I can have a small french fry! But I don't really like fast food french fries, so the deal extends to whatever portion of French Fries served with the Asian Chix wrap served at applebees! I love applebees fries! Is that strange? Yes. Applebees food is not that good, but their fries are so yummy and season salted and I cannot wait to go run 100 miles to get my first 'cheat' of the pretend long lent that I artifically set up for myself to eat less french fries.

I am totally delusional. I know.

New Years Re-commitmen

My bestie just called and said, "Do you think we will still be friends when we are 30?"

Um she is my best friend so I said, "Well I hope so."

She was like- Ok, well then do you want to run a Marathon with me when we are 30?

I said well sure...I am going to run one before I turn 26.2 but I should be able to do another by the time I'm 30-I mean it shouldn't take that long to recover from the first should it?

So this year I am committed to pushing myself farther!

My running goals for 2010 are:
Run a 5K in January in under 28 mins
Run a 10K in March in under an hour
Run a Sprint Tri sometime between April and September
Run a Half Marathon sometime between the Sprint Tri and December 31, 2010!

This sounds exciting!! And hopefully I can keep myself and said friend motivated until we are fit and hot at 30!!

A new social network...

I just joined dailymile.com. I actually read about it in some other bloggers post. But it seems like a great motivational tool to keep me going!

I think I will probably join a challenge or two and see what I can get done!

Currently I am feeling sort of lazy. Not like an overarching thematic feeling or like I am in a real rut, but that it looks cold and cloudy and dark and I don't want to go get on a treadmill. I want to cuddle up an read a book and fall asleep and be a bum, and since it is the weekend I can!! wooo!!

I should also go to the grocery store and a few other errands, but all of these things sound so much better than going outside or even changing into my running cloths and going to the gym.

As long as I go tomorrow, which I will because if I don't I will probably jump out my cube window, all will be good.

Should I feel bad for my co-workers?

I just got back from the gym. I like to go over to the gym and jump on a treadmill during my lunch hour for many reasons. First and foremost because then it is done. I don't have to drag myself to the gym once I am home. Also because my manager makes us take an hour lunch so instead of eating for an hour I would rather burn calories.

So today I went to gym and ran. And I ran pretty fast! I ran 3 miles in 27 minuets 10 seconds. (I would like to be doing it in less that 27 minutes, but you have to start somewhere right?)

I then walked a tenth of a mile and ran another half mile just as a sort of cool down at 6.4. Surprisingly my body felt good. (Surprisingly because I over-ran on Monday and I am feeling sore). But really the running felt good.

I walked like a minuet after that and then zoomed to the locker room for my quick shower and re-dress for the rest of my day at work. I blow dried the sweat in my hair so as to make it appear clean, dry, and normal. (I am not sure this is convincing but I don't really have time to get it completely wet).

And then I walk about maybe .2 miles back to my building and take the elevator to my desk. I know my face shows my workout my cheeks are bright pink! So I am not really fooling anyone, they all know I go workout. But the thing is I take the shower as a goodwill effort to not smell for the afternoon at my desk.

Unfortunately my sweat really starts pouring off my body right around the time I get back to my desk because my body is only just begining to truly cool down.

So should I feel bad that I sweat for about 5-10 mins hardcore in my cube? Do you think my co-workers notice and think I am gross?

(Not that it will change my routine, but I do wonder about social norms sometimes :))

Forgiving

Sometimes I forget how forgiving the human body, my human body in particular can be. I ran yesterday, Monday for the first time in 6 days. The last time I ran it was a the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I was really starting to feel good about my running shape again. I was doing 5k without to much effort but still a lot of sweat and hopefully a lot of calories burned.

But then I had some disappointments in my non-running life that felt like a brick wall in every part of my life. I laid on the couch all of Wednesday just festering with negative energy.

Thursday I pretended like I was fine, but I was still pretty upset, in fact I continue to pretty upset but I have started to transform that negative energy into my running. It is hard, but I am really trying to channel all the crap stress into the treadmill.

It was essential that I turned my attitude, because I was really starting to hurt my body. Packing on the Thxgiving leftovers, slouching around the house, and just being genuinely depressed was doing a number on the scale and my fitness!

Thank goodness my body already began to forgive me.

I got back to running yesterday Monday mostly because I needed to get away from my desk. My disappointment, stress, and depression all relates back to my job. So naturally to get away from my desk I do a quick swither-roo to my non-business casual magic black running pants and zip across the street to the basement gym where when I set the treadmill to my in the zone speed of 6.4 miles per hour the world melts away. It's just me, my ipod, and my sweat.

Like all good things my workout has to end to dash through the shower, run a brush through my hair, and pretend to slip back into my business cas attire.

I walk back through the glass doors of my office building and BAM that wave of stress rolls over my fresh vigor found on the treadmill.

I also hit up the Y with Anne.

In total I ran about 5.5 miles, which is pretty great for a regular Monday. Now to keep up the fresh running attitude, the commitment to upping my mileage in hopes that will also lower the number on the scale, with the intention of shaving seconds off my time.

If I can just keep motivated.

Anyways, thank goodness for the forgiving body. I can only hope that my mind will forgive me so easily and keep up serious motivation.