Weekend recap

Happy Monday to all you lovely people! I know Monday is the worst day to everyone - I had to drag myself outta my soft as a cloud, cozy bed this morning. Nick was still snoozing away since he doesn't have to be into work till 8:00.

So, the big news of the week...I COMPLETED MY 10K!! Woo HOO!!! I completed a little over an hour and I didn't stop running for one second except to speed walk while I tried to drink a Dixie cup of water. I was sort of disappointed they only were passing out water to us runners, cause I could have really used some gatorade. I was one dehydrated girl, and I had the dried white spit on my lips to prove it, Hehe! The course itself was great- FLAT! There were a good number of people at the event overall. About 2500, and I'd say more than half of them ran the 5K that started before the 10K. I kept pretty good pace and towards the end it payed off. I wasn't too tired, I wasn't outta breath, BUT my right foot had an injury. My 2nd toe (next to the big toe), was bleeding from underneath the nail. I have ALWAYS had issues with his toe when I run no matter what shoe I wear. It's my dads toes and it's actually longer than all of the other ones. So that last 1.2 miles, every time my foot hit the pavement, I could feel the blood, BLAH! Another eventful happening, is my left hip/leg area had the making of a massive charlie horse, but did I stop? NO! Why? Because #1, I knew we were going to breakfast after the race and I wanted me a veggie omelet, and #2, I only had 1.2 miles to go, and I just couldn't stop then. It was Extremely rewarding crossing that finish line, hearing the announcer call my name (then hearing my sister, mom, niece and Nick cheer), and knowing what I had just accomplished. I gave my all and that's all I expected out of myself :)

Before going to bed last night, my leg/hip was cramping up still, so I took a hot shower, took 2 extra strength Tylenol, and went to bed. This morning I was SO stiff and my leg is still giving me grief. You can bet your bottom dollar I am going to keep it numb with some more Tylenol today while at work.

On other weekend news, Nick and I went over to my parents house to celebrate my sisters birthday, with a nice lobster and steak dinner and homemade lemon miraunge pie, mmmmm!!

We are supposed to hear about Nick's job this week! I thought we'd be hearing last week, but this is the for sure week we hear something, EEEEEK!! He does so well at his job, and he gets recognized for so many things. He deserves this!

I'm signing off with these pics from the race. 10k baby- DONE! That was my new years resolution, and I've already checked it off my list. Now I am going to focus on getting my body summer ready aka BIKINI ready!!!

Bunny Boo supporting her Aunt Karli!

Yes- this is how I felt (and my stomach felt) prior to the race

1st lap done!

:) Poor Nick - he has his hands full with that crazy wife of his

Dun Dun DUUUUUN!!

It's my day for the 5 miler!! EEEEK!! I have never ever before ran 5 miles at once, so this shall be interesting. I am assuming I will be covered in sweat by the time I step off that treadmill. I wish I could run outside since last weekend was the BEST taste of Spring a girl could ask for, but it is raining. It was the California weather that I looooove in the beginning of the week as well, but alas, I was reminded that it's February pretty quick when the rain clouds came.

I am getting ready with my coffee with sugar free vanilla creamer while I lay here in bed typing and trying to catch up on The Bad Girls Club. Why is it that I am addicted to non educational, mindless shows filled with not so classy people? Hmmm....? Oh and btw, I got a couple of emails from you lovely concerned people whom I love (aka my faithful readers), and the doctor appointment yesterday was just for a physical that every woman should get every year- promise no baby stuff or anything else like that.

Today is a busy one folks and I plan on making it a great one! My goal for today: EAT AS CLEAN as possible! Why this is hard for me to do on the weekends- I have no clue, but I am sticking to my guns (which hurt from yesterday's heavy bench presses), this weekend. Actually, that is the goal this WHOLE weekend- I know more than one of you can relate to me when I say, that when the weekend comes it seems like I just let go of my good eating habits from the week. All week I eat SUPER clean and control my cravings, but when the weekend comes, I get more lax. Now I'm not saying, don't indulge in the hamburger you've been craving (and then get right back on the good eating train), but I seem to just lose that motivation on the weekend. Sorta like "Well, I've been good alllll week, why not treat myself?" Well that's all fine and dandy, but treating myself, can hurt all my progress I killed myself for during the week. So- that's my challenge. I will be sure to fill you all in on Monday. I have a family BBQ to go to on Sunday, so it should be a challenge to stick to a clean eating clan on that one, but I'll do my best.

Off to OWN those 5 miles baby!! Have a splendid weekend cupcakes! (MMMmmm cupcakes!)

Conquered!

Well all you gorgeous people- I woke up this morning (despite me hitting the snooze about oh 10 times), and I loaded my system with 2 cups of coffee and 1 english muffin with some almond butter and honey. I was a woman on a mission and that mission was tackling 4.5 miles on Tread.

First off- it was PACKED! I don't know why it bugs me because I should be happy that hundreds of people in my city want to become healthy. All shapes and sizes and gender and color....but was I? NO! I really hate and dread it when the gym is so packed, I was already thinking to myself "good luck finding a treadmill, Karli". But guess what? I found one! So I flipped on the tv (my gym has tv's on every treadmill and elliptical, pretty shnazy eh?) and The Client was on. YES! I used to watch this movie almost every week and it was there I fell in love with Brad Renfro (yes, I was devastated when he died!).


To be honest it kept me occupied till about mile 2, then my mind was wandering which is never good cause that's when I get bored and wanna quit, so I knew it was time for some Lady Gaga tunes. Let me just throw in there, that I was lucky to find myself the ONLY friggin treadmill without an A/C or fan on it. I was cookin! Just fuels my fire baby- I don't feel like I've accomplished anything unless I am dripping.

30 minutes later and BAM! 4.5 miles conquered baby! This was HUGE for me- the most I have EVER ran at once WAS (because it's not the case anymore) 4 miles! It's a good Saturday!

Twenty ten, what what?!

Hola and welcome to the year of 2010! WHEW- we made it! To be honest it doesn't feel to bad typing 2010. Way easier than 2009 in my opinion. I do apologize for the no blog
last night, but this cold has been kicking my tired hiney. After the wonderful Mexican food and movie (**It's Complicated was a REALLY cute movie, btw. A must see with your mom or sister or grandma or girlfriend. A total chick flick and N was a champ throughout the whole thing**), I was exhausted. My eyes were watering like you wouldn't believe and I could barely keep my eyes open enough to watch the Guido's and guidettes from Jersey Shore host NYE, let alone blog and not sound loopy.

So lets talk goals for twenty ten, shall we? 2009 was most def a great year. A year of change and a year of firsts for me. Changes- moved back to California and left NC for good, the negative people in my family/life were removed, and quit a job in NC that I loved going to (thank you Christine!). 2009 was definitely my most healthy year (so far), and it was the year that I decided to surround myself in all things healthy, weight loss, getting certified as a PT, running, counting calories, etc. In February 2009, I ran my 1st ever 5K in 34:37! Not too shabby for a girl who used the asthma excuse in high school when my PE teacher wanted us to run the weekly mile. It was then that I discovered my love for crossing that finish line (note how I didn't mention how I loved the rest of the 3.1 miles...just crossing the finish line). So I signed up for another 5k, and then another. So I finished my last 5K of 2010 beating my PR and I couldn't be happier. Yes sir, the running bug has hit me for good.

1. In terms of fitness, my goals for 2010 will be to run a 10K. Yikes- even typing that makes my stomach queasy, but it's something I know I can do and its a pretty attainable goal. I'm thinking spring is a good time for it since the weather is beautiful here, so be expecting updates on THAT!

2. My second goal is to keep my strong realtionship with my Savior, Jesus Christ. I was baptised in May of 2009 and I will say moving to NC had a lot to do with it. I found a church that I fell in love with and the Pastor had a way of teaching that I felt like I walked away every Sunday with something new and something that pertained to my life. Even though I may not go to church EVERY Sunday (want to work on that), I know my relationship with God is amazingly strong. I want my kids to know Christ like I do and love him with all their heart. He really is an awesome God

Pastor Rodney on the left


My friend Tonya and I with our Baptism certificates


3. My next goal for 2010 should come as no surprise to my long time blog readers.....

N and I are starting a family this year! Another crazy thing to type! I am so so excited for this journey, but since this is an honest blog, I have the normal worries. Like what IF my ovaries are shot (yes at the ripe age of 23), or what if my Uterus just sucks?! I've never had any problems whatsoever with my "stuff", but still, it's the little "over thinking things" stuff that gets me. To be completely honest, I don't think N and I will have a problem whatsoever in this department. We are going to start trying in February I believe. That's when my insurance for my job will start and Houston will have been cleared for lift off!



Here's to Twenty Ten ladies and gents!

K, I take that back

So I know I said I wouldn't blog until tomorrow, but I before I log off for the rest of the day, I am watching True Life on MTV (Very Christmasy, right?) and it got me thinking. I have lost 30lbs (thank you sparkpeople!!!) from exercising and tracking my calories to a 'T'. The heaviest I ever was in my life was at least 185. Beyond that, I never weighed myself. I am watching the True Life about wanting to lose weight and for some reason it just gets me super motivated. True, I have lost 30 lbs. I am a personal trainer and I have educated myself in fitness as well as nutrition, but I for some reason want to push myself (the competitive side in me). So since N and I will be starting a family in the next coming months, I am determined to get in the best shape possible. I am healthy now, but I want to get super toned. N loves me to pieces no matter what size and to quote him "I look smokin hot" and "bangin", but I want to get to the best shape possible so after I have kids, its easier to get in the best shape possible. I will never forget a quote from Heidi Klum when a reporter asked her, " Stay at home mom's all over America would love to know, how they can get the body you have after 4 kids". Her answer? "Well it depends what sort of shape you were in before. If you were 30lbs overweight before you got pregnant, you can't expect to be where I am" It wasn't word for word that, but pretty darn close. So Heidi, I am taking your advice and I can only get on my knees and pray to Jesus that I look like you after kids. N and I move into our new place January 9th, so I will be able to have super fast Internet again which will in turn let me track my calories accurately on sparkpeople again. So lovely readers of my blog- that's my resolution. More details to come, but that's the basis of it.

O and PS- since being back in the Cali-for-ni-A, I have gotten to my original goal weight baby! Snaps for Karli!

Merry Christmas!!