Monday Weigh-In + Weekend Recap

Good news on the Monday weigh-in! Back down to 130.6 today. So I guess it was a false alarm? Although I definitely ate much better last week. I started tracking my calories again to discourage me from sneaking extra snacks at work and a home, and I planned out all of my snacks like I talked about last week, which helped keep my occupied and away from the candy jars!

This weekend I was soooo lazy, which is definitely nice every once in awhile. I did manage to get in a bike ride with Sam on Saturday and a 6 mile run yesterday morning (set a new best time for 10k distance!), but other than that I basically sat in my bed and watched football or napped. Not even on the couch haha, straight up in the bed. Sam was catching up on work for most of the weekend and then left yesterday to go to Baton Rouge for a few days for work, so I guess that just made me feel extra lazy!!

Saturday afternoon I did go to a baby shower for my friends Jeff & Sara, so that was fun! I'm very excited for them - it is their first baby, due at the end of October. Of course I slacked off and didn't take any pictures, but here's a few I stole from facebook:

Beautiful Mom-to-be - all smiles!
...and me messing with my hair in the background not
realizing I would be in every single one of these pictures...

Amazing cake that Sara's friend made & decorated!!

Despite all the laziness, my Sunday run was really good, maybe because I was so well rested! I tried something new with my route - typically I either run in my neighborhood or go to the hike & bike trail. The problem is that my neighborhood is tiny, so there is really only a 0.4mi loop I can run without having to get out on a main road with no shoulder/sidewalks. I have run 6 miles on the loop before (15 laps!) but every time you come around again, its just another chance to quit early. And it gets a little boring. The hike & bike is a 2mi loop, but there is no shade at all, and nothing to really look at so it can definitely be boring too. So yesterday I drove to a different (larger) neighborhood, that also connects to other neighborhoods by just crossing semi-busy streets. I parked at an elementary school and the 6 miles seemed a lot shorter when it was one big route rather than repeating a loop! I mapped out courses up to 8 miles, so that might be my new spot for weekend runs. Plus it connects to the one of the only main streets in Beaumont with legitimate bike lanes and sidewalks, so I can hop on to that too when I get to even longer runs...

Okay enough about that, but I'm excited to be trying new things with my running - next weekend I'm testing out Sam's heart rate monitor strap thing. Now if only I could get something done around the house rather than just exercising and sleeping all weekend :)