Busy!

Well, by now, I have fallen off the blogging bandwagon.  I have also fallen off the eating well bandwagon.  I plan on climbing back on both of them, though.  I will be blogging more.  I will be eating better. 

The good news?  I have still been doing some running, though!  That is something I can be proud of.  I have been running for six minutes at a time with a two minute walking break in between. 

I am using a lot of excuses, and I know I have to stop using excuses.  I am working this summer part-time.  I am so thankful for this part-time job.  I have not done a great job of establishing a routine sine I began this job.  I am definitely a girl that loves her routines. 

One routine that I got out of is going to bed at a decent time.  I have been staying up later which means it is harder for me to get up in the morning.  It just has become this vicious cycle!  I am going to have to force myself to get back into my school routine, which means getting up early and going to bed by ten o'clock.  Doing that now will help me tremendously when I go back to school at the end of this month!  My summer is almost over.  Can you believe it? 

I saw this article on Runner's World (my new favorite website), and it really inspired me:

How Running Changed Me

My goal is to have my own before and after picture with a stunning new Allison, one that is fit and happy and healthy. 

The most humbling thing happened to me after I posted this article on my FB wall.  I got a comment from someone that I used to work with.  It was the highlight of my day, made me cry (of course!), and motivated me to keep trucking with my progress.  This is what she said:

Allison...I wanted you to know you have inspired me. I HATE RUNNING! So I set a goal to be able to run for 6 minutes by the end of July without stopping ( I could never do more than 2 minutes...yet I ZUMBA all the time!)...well, I am now running 2 miles in 23 minutes without stopping! Changed my goal to run a whole 5K before starting back to school!!!! You go girl!!!!

Isn't that awesome!  I am so proud of her!!!!!

I hope that you are all working to achieve your goals.  I know that I am going to be working on getting better at blogging more often and tracking what I eat / my caloric intake. 

Have an awesome weekend!