Still losing and a new toy!

So I did my offical weigh-in tonight and guess what!!!!!

159.5lbs!! That means I'm out of the 160's! I don't think I've seen under 160 in about a year, and now that I am here, I love it! I am only 10lbs away from my first *small* goal of seeing under 150lbs! It's been MANY years since I've seen that number!

I also got a new fun toy, a digital food scale! It's very nifty and convinent when packing my lunch and making sure I am still eating healthy while I am working...talking about work I have a summer position at the local YMCA as a Day Camp Counsleor. It keeps me SUPER active, we walk everywhere and I am getting a great tan!

Life is still throwing me lots of downs, and tonight was a hard night for me. But things turned around quickly and without my family I don't know what I would do! Seriously, this hasn't just been a weight loss jounrey but a life journey, one that has been changing all aspects of my life.

I also have the whole family in on this new life style change...my dad had a heart attack about 3 weeks ago and it gave everyone a scare. They are all eating better and helping me along the way too. We have even suggested taking sometime to exercise together, walking or just getting out and running around for awhile as a family.

So goodbye to those 3.5lbs that I will NEVER see again and hello to my new hottie; Digital scale!

My first 5k!

ran my first 5k yesterday!! I was so nervous because I've been so busy lately that I haven't put in much training. I got up at 6am to go register, got my bib and my ankle chip and was so pumped! I was running wit my cousin, who ran a 5k about 1 month ago. We had a light breakfast, got dressed and headed to the park at about 7:30am. There were about 1500 people there and I was starting to feel nervous. As wel all packed together at the starting line, I told myself that no matter what to be proud of myself, that I could do this! There were so many people around me, a different feeling because I always run by myself!! But my cousin ( who has already run a race ) was right there beside me! Getting to the first mile marker was hard, but after that I was feeling pretty good. My goal was just to finish but I really didn't want to stop to walk. Right before mile 2, I was struggling with my breathing and started to slow down to almost a walk but my cousin grabbed my arm and told me to keep going. We were coming to the finish and there was my sister, her husband, a friend and my boyfriend. My boyfriend came onto the road and started to run beside me. Telling me how proud he was of me, he grabbed my hand and ran the last 50 ft with me. Crossing the finish line with him, it was an amazing feeling. I still have a smile on my face. I am now all relaxed, took a good long shower and can really feel it in my legs! But it was amazing and I wanted to thank everyone here that has supported me in my training. This is honestly of the of the few things that I started, went through with it, and finished it. My unofficial results was just over 39 mins, and I'm very happy about that! I can't wait to run my next one!