Snickerdoodles are the devil's dessert

I LOVE SNICKERDOODLES! Who doesn't? They are the perfect sweet!

Knowing that I am an emotional eater, I should have stayed away from the grocery store. I was having a very rough and emo day. But I didn't stay away and under the guise of picking up some WATER, I immediately went to the bakery section of the store to get a chocolate chip cookie. When I spied a ten pack of snickerdoodles. I actually put it in my cart without a moment of hesitation. I felt both guilt and happiness. I didn't even look at the calories because I was going to eat these cookies. Maybe all ten of them and I don't even consider myself a binge eater. I walked the rest of the gigantic store and on my way to the check out, I said to myself, "Victoria, you are absolutely not buying these cookies." I didn't analyse anything and just put them to the side.

Thank goodness!
Close call.

Monday Motivation

Funny Friday

"Your only as good as your last pass."  BF

Monday Motivation

Every day is not perfect....
Brett Favre

Sunday Weigh In

A little bright news as I have finally had a week of routine, so I was able to get some quality meal times in.  Therefore, I lost 1.4 this week and am relieved.  Except...now I leave for Vegas and the west coast!  EEKKK!!!!!!!

5th country....FAIL

I tried very hard to get my fifth country, the USA, complete today. But after a HUGE thunderstorm and humidity at 100%, I ran about 10 steps and realised I was in for a long race.  At mile 1, I actually felt my knee/tear move and I had to start walking due to the pain.  I got another mile and then found a short cut to the end of the race.

It took me 45 minutes to go 2 miles.  Lots of pain and I STILL need my fifth country.

Funny Friday

In honor of Brett's induction into the Packer Hall of Fame AND retirement of his jersey, I give you....

"I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.'"  :)
xxxxxx

Completely struggling

Well, the short story is that if you don't exercise much and eat a lot of sausages and strudel and cake in Berlin, you will gain weight. According to the Delavan scale, I am up almost 5 pounds. Not an impossibility, but just awful.

I have no motivation to be good.
My knee is feeling slightly better but I am just in a funk.
I can't figure out where to get the energy or the enthusiasm or the drive to keep going.

I saw this at the store today and I bought it to try and motivate me.  "Do or do not.  There is no try."

Country #4!!!!!!

This post should be called "whatever could have gone wrong, did go wrong, but I still got my run in!"

Firstly, I must say that Berlin is a beautiful and amazing city. I wish I had more time here. But my short stay has been plagued by craziness.

My original plan was to run a 5k in Berlin on Saturday and then pop over to Poland to run on Monday, but on arrival in Berlin on Saturday morning....both of my suitcases were lost. After flying for about 30 hours I just wanted a shower and clean clothes but at least I got the shower! :)

I changed by plan and decided I would wait one day to see if I got my luggage. If I didn't, I was close to a Nike store and I would go and buy new runners and running clothes. I would not be deterred!

Sunday morning arrived and good news - one of my suitcases arrived, but NOT the one with my running stuff. :(  And, it turned out to be the hottest day on record in Germany. IT IS SO HOT! And it turns out that stores aren't open on Sundays so no way to get running stuff.

Last night my second suitcase arrived.  :)
A huge thunderstorm blew through Berlin so temperatures have dropped.
But my knee has been throbbing.
So, this Monday morning.  I just didn't think about it and got up and got ready to run. I took some pain medicine and off I went.

The beautiful city street I ran down was modeled after the Champs Elysees.
It was not busy but it seems every person I ran around was smoking.
It was an overcast and cooler morning.
So great to FINALLY get my FOURTH country complete!!!!
My playlist rocked.
I rocked.
SO HAPPY!!!!!

 

So....can I run 5K?

I think I can.

I am off to Europe. I am still planning on running 5k in Berlin and then 5k in Poland.  I have no idea if my knee is going to hold out but I have pain killers with me.

Other than than, I will be controlled with my eating even though I will be in the home of sausages!!! YUM!!!!!! :)

To the airport....

Funny Friday

I love a good bicep joke.