Day 13 feels like a fresh start!

Welp, today is day 13, spring break is over, and it's the beginning of a new week! As I said yesterday the Easter jelly beans and goodies got me good yesterday:) But I'm moving on and looking ahead!

Today was a great day! I came home from work and ran 3.5-4 miles because it was GORGEOUS outside (slightly hot when I started running but none-the-less beautiful) and then I came back and did the Sweat 1-2 video and the Ab Ripper... It was a great workout! After working out I walked to the grocery store and picked up a few things for the week (I'm obsessed with the grocery store so any chance to go I get really excited!) Not to mention I was excited about dinner because I had a veggie burger and fries! YES, FRIES!!! Now, they weren't your fried and drenched in salt but they were baked and still delicious. I was going to post a picture of my dinner but I forgot to take it before I ate it all up:) Next time!

Tomorrow night I'm picking up E and R from school and then I'm going to meet up with friends for our other friends birthday... at Hooters! (it's ok last time I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich and I was ok with that... even though I LOVE wings!) so I won't have time to workout after work so my goal is to wake up early before work (5:00ish...) and do the Sculpt video before my day gets going, that way I get my Tony time in! (So pray that I can wake up in time!)

So... I have to mention my best buddy Matt, because if I left him out I'd be omitting what most of my dad consisted of... talking to Matt. He reminded me last night that we've been friends for almost 10 years..... 10 YEARS! In those 10 years we've become the greatest of friends through good and bad and distance. We can count on each other for anything no matter how long it's been since we last talked. We truly have a friendship/relationship that I cherrish. Anyways, he has really helped keep me motivated and dedicated on my journey. He (used) to write me emails that had motivational workout quotes they were awesome! I looked forward to them daily because he helped remind me of my goal and made me realize the support I had from him. He's currently out of commission for a bit because he just had surgery on his knee so while he's bored out of his mind I've been trying to keep him occupied with my daily antics of my kids at school and my workouts. We talk all the time and I really appreciate his support and motivation. He's a great friend!

In addition to Matt, my sister has been AWESOME. I've been stressing a lot about exact portions especially on the things that aren't on the planned out menu. They give you alternatives and I've been trying to make sure I don't give myself too big of a portion. However, my sister helped me out last night and once again made sure to remind me not to stress so much about the exact portions but to make sure I have a balanced meal... I'm getting better:)

**(The picture at the top is my sister and I after the Richmond Monument 10k race 2 weeks ago... she BUSTED through her goal! So proud of her!)**

That's about it for now.... since I double dipped on my workout today and had to go to the store I ate dinner late so now I have to stay up later so that my "eating 3 hours before bed" rule kicks in... this should make getting up early to workout interesting.... I'll let ya know how it goes tomorrow! :)