Monday's workout: Run 2 minutes. Realize that:
a. I have no desire to run
b. Gee I almost got run over by a bus b/c the fog is so thick and I'm not even on my back roads yet.
c. I'm going to run home and get in the shower instead.

Total run time 6 minutes.

Later that day....it's 55 out (according to my car) I NEED to run.

Put my SHORTS ON! (yee ha!) and go out for a 3 mile run. It should be a fartlek, but I say F it, and just run. Turn route around b/c if i run this 3 mile route one more time I might never run again. Push myself (1st mile 8. 2nd mile 8.03. 3rd mile 9.05) total time 25.09.67. I wish I could of done mile 3 in less than 9, but you can't win them all. Since I don't have all those fancy gadgets everyone else has, I have no idea what the heartrate was, but it was extremely high.

Today was gym day. Clog lady #2 was on the great treadmill. (yes there are 2 clog ladies) and of course all the slow walkers grab the best mills too. No big deal I did elipitical and got a great workout.

My husband says I need to get up to 10 miles within the next two weeks. I guess I'm going for 9 or + miles this Saturday. I'll just skip 8 miles. I'm debating about doing it alone though. I'm not sure if my running partners are up to 9 miles yet and I have to do it super early (in case/most likely/i have a feeling that my pace will be 10 minutes or more) b/c daughter #1 has an early b-day party to attend and I hate running in the afternoon.

not much to report other than that.

7 Again

Just a quick post. 7 miles done on killer hills everywhere. 9.19 pace. Finished in 1:05:13. I'm happy with the whole run. I could of probably done another mile too. Next week it's 8 miles. I think I ran last weeks 6 mile route faster b/c I was trying to lose the 'ole running partner (such a great friend though) I feel great. Ok that's it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

7

Yes. I had worst run ever #7 today. I walked every mile. My legs screamed at me for not keeping up the stretching routine and for doing half assed stretching before I went out. I actually did "fake" stretches on a road (mile 3) b/c I didn't want all the drivers to think I was a true loser. All in all 3 miles in about 29 minutes. The first mile was 9.32, 8.58 and so on. I think part of the reason for such a crappy run was the crappy food I ate these past two days. Not many calories mind you, just not real healthy food choices. For example: white bread, with fake butter for bfast, yogurt for snack along with peanuts at the hair salon and diet soda. Lunch was progresso soup with whole wheat crackers and 8 oz of water. Then I went running. Yeah it could be my food choices.

I finally got a haircut. I should get my haircut more often b/c when I finally do it, I'm like chop it all off and color it. So now I have short dark hair. When did "rich brown" become the new black. My husband is in 7th heaven b/c my hair is dark. Bleck, I hate it. Oh well it's just hair.

The speech therapist mentioned that my son might have apraxia. Just kinda threw it out there. Nothing big. I asked what the heck is that? She said "oh, something about facial muscles not getting the right signal blah, blah, blah. It was so matter of fact I didn't really listen. Of course there is my "google" and that brings up so/too much information. Not to bore everyone, but it's a neurological disorder. Can be extremely serious (special schools etc) I don't know where David falls into this. My husband (ever the optomist) thinks he's on the light end. I'm wondering (which I always have) could it be that fall down the stairs at around 6 months? I don't know. What I do know is that we are starting speech early and that is the best thing we could of done. Now we (family) have to work with him every day. This is not going to be as easy as son #2 learning how to talk.

I have my long run Saturday. I hope it's better than todays. I don't plan on walking & running for 6-7 miles.

perspective

caution: political post.

I could blog about not running, gaining weight, thyroids etc. I will continue to blog about all that stuff. Life isn't all that bad. Not for me anyway. I'm going to copy something I read in the paper almost every day. I make sure I read it. I can't be the only one reading it.

Names of the Dead

The Department of Defense has confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday:

ARRELANOPANDURA, Carlos, 22, Cpl, Marines; Los Angles; First Marine Division.
CALAPINI, Lewis T.D., 21, Pvt., Marines; Waipahu, Hawaii; Anti-Terrorism Battalion, Fourth Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Second Marine Expeditionary Force.
DEWEY, Brandon, 20, Lance Cpl., Marines;SanJoaquin, Calif.;First Marine Divison.
McELROY, Brian, 28, Staff Sgt., Air Force; San Antonio; Third Security Forces Squandron.
NORTON, Jason L., 32, Tech Sgt., Air Force; Miami Olka; Third Security Forces Squadron.
SCOTT, Joshua A., 24, Lance Cpl., Marines; Tunnel Hill, Ga.; Fourth Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Second Marine Expeditionary Force.

End.

ghosts

I woke up at about 5:30 this morning to David laughing hysterically. At first I thought he learned how to open the door and was walking around upstairs thinking he was 'da bomb". I didn't get out of bed I just layed there and listened. He must of laughed for over 10 minutes. My husband got up and I asked him if he heard David laughing and he said yes. About an hour later I went up to get him and he's sleeping by the door. It got me thinking what the heck was he laughing at? His room is pitch black and the only thing by the door was a Tims boot. Maybe it's funny that he's missing the other boot, but no that's just to normal for our family to be only able to find one shoe. Of course I watched Medium on Monday night so I'm sure my mother of FIL are hanging out with the baby from beyond OR (I love this one) it's like that meg ryan/nick cage movie where angels just hang out in peoples rooms, the beach and libraries. It's just weird, but I still get googly thinking of him laughing by the door of his room. He did wake up in the best mood though. Anyhow him laughing is better than any alarm clock radio!

I still feel fat. Though I had a great workout this morning. 20 min at fat burner and 12 min of sprints on the mill. Some abducter leg resistance and about 5 min of core. My mid-section sucks. It was starting to look good, but not anymore.

I'm running alone this weekend. I want to do at least 7 miles early in the morning. I'm not aiming for a fast run. Just hoping the ITB pain doesn't show up.

Weekend review

I wish someone would of told me that synthroid increases your metabolism while increasing your hunger (aka food consumption) I put on 3lbs and had to pay at WW. Fucking pissed off is all I have to say about that. I'm back to points tomorrow. Actually writing down points, not just doing it in my head. I feel fat. BUT I feel normal in the head and that is all that matters.

I ran 6 miles on Saturday. I dropped 3 minutes from my time. Which makes my time 53 min. Maybe I dropped 4 minutes? Can't remember my last time. Whatever. I ran it faster b/c my running partner was "pacing" me. I lost her in mile 2-3. She shortchanged mile 3 and waited for me then told me she was going to keep up with me. I hate when people are running on top of me. She was breathing weird and I kept trying to get rid of her and finally at mile 5 I pulled ahead. She gave me a great time (I don't think I would of run that fast w/out her), but after talking to my hubby he thinks I need to run by myself. Or maybe I should get used to this b/c this is the way the half is going to be, right? Next week we are adding another girl to our route (who is slower than both of us) and I just don't feel like dealing with it. I need to increase my mileage to at least 7 or more. Now the more I think about it, my friend is kicking butt b/c she is really only used to 3-4 miles. Oh I don't know anymore. I like to run by myself during training and when I'm NOT training for anything I like company. So there.

The Child Psychologist came to our home this morning. David put on a mild hissy fit so at least she see's what is going on. Gave me some good suggestions on how to deal with him. You'd think this was my first kid. I'm so lost on how to handle/raise/teach him. Anyhow, he slid down a flight of stairs on Friday night. Head first with a little flip at the end. Scared the crap out of me b/c I was vacumming and all of a sudden I see him fly by my line of sight. So that's 2 whole flights (one barrel rolled, one head first) and two 1/4 flights down the basement stairs. Thank God they are carpeted. The upstairs aren't and end up with a slate landing. That would be a ride to the emergency room.

Went to a the neighbors house for a dinner party Saturday night. Men in the kitchen drinking scotch and talking about guns. Girls in the den, getting drunk on wine and trying to out-decorate out-remodel the other. There might have been talk about what beach houses some of them were buying in the next year. Oh and a small discussion on the neighbor that didn't show. Real or fake boobs? We all agree they are fake. Not desperate housewives, just nasty ones. Actually I do like my neighbors. They are fun and crack me up half the time. I'm competitive about sports (need to get competitive about the scale soon!) I'm not competitive about material stuff. Probably b/c I can't win that game. Who can with wood paneling? I need to get off my wood paneling, or post a picture of it so everyone sympathizes with me.

Fartleks rock

Yeah right. No actually they don't rock, but I've decided that I like them because when it is a speed day I ONLY have to run 3 miles. No pushing myself to run 4-5 miles. My times were ok yesterday. My first mile felt like it was about 10+ minutes. Ever feel like you are running so slow, like you have a couple bags of flour on you? That's how I felt and was shocked that I ran the first mile in 8.49. Then it was off to speed work. I did have a hard time with the 30 sec sprints in the beginning. I could barely do 20 seconds. Got my act, ass, legs and lungs in gear and did much better with the whole thing during mile 2. I'm sticking with the 30sec sprint, 30sec walk, and 30sec jog repeat sequence. Tomorrow is a long run. I have 2 running partners (that are doing the race with me) We are set for another 6 mile run. I'll probably lose them around mile 3-4 and am going to add another mile to bring it to 7.

I've also been stretching 3x a day. Nothing big in the morning and afternoon. Just 5-10 min here are there. Since I've gone ga-ga over hamstring and ITB stretching I let the shins go. I need to concentrate on both.

Oh, I lied. (I don't feel like finding my quote) But, I hate wood paneling. It will never come back as long as sane people run the design world. I kept trying to tell myself it didn't look THAT bad. Then I found a picture of my husband in a plaid shirt, on the plaid couch with the wood paneling in the backround. Reality set in and my den belongs in 1972. Actually that is about the time my den was built. There has not been one change since then and NO changes are allowed. I begged him to let me paint the room red (b/c that's close to the color of wood paneling right?) and I got a big fat NO. This is his room and it's staying that way. I can do what I want to the rest of the house. He did say I could replace the paneling with new paneling if I would like to. Which, yeah I could get into the high end stuff (mahagany, cherry) but since we are still working on the bead board in the laundry room (which is 1/8 the size of the den) and that is taking 2+ months, I don't think so. If I only married a metrosexual instead of a ubersexual there would be no problem with this picture, right? Well, that would never happen, because I find Tom Cruise offensive looking and George Clooney to die for. Also I couldn't stand it if my husband took longer than me to go out and I don't want him to have more hair products than I do. (not possible)

The speech work with my youngest is going nowhere. Basically if you walk by our house and you get past the wood paneling you will hear me in the kitchen going "more, please, moo" over and over again. More and please for signing and moo to get him to say the mmmm sound. He thinks the "please" sign is hysterical. Then he runs away laughing while I chase him going 'moo, moo".

That's it with life. Have a great weekend.

Whew. My results are in. I have hypothyroidsm. (aka a raving lunatic that has no energy, bad hair and gains weight looking at food) Lovely name isn't it. Kinda sounds like I'm going to turn into a hippopatamous. For about a second I was wishing why can't I have hyperthrodism. (you know easy to lose weight) anyhow that's a ton worse. I got my meds. They are starting me at the bottom (of course) and we check the levels in April. I think I feel better. I didn't really care (to much) when David broke a plate ($29.95) last night, and I didn't freak when he flipped the heater in his room. (thank god we have a carpet in his room or the hardwoods would be destroyed with his antics)

I am going to become a stretching whore. I stretched last night for about 20 min. Where I discovered I have absolutely no flexibility. I stretched like crazy at the gym this morning before I did the 'mill and after. I'm hoping this helps the ITB. Of course my husband has been saying stretch, stretch, stretch. Yeah, yeah, yeah the man is right AGAIN. Most of my problem is that I only stretch for my shins. I haven't been really seriously stretching for any other part of my legs. I have also gone back to my original weight resistance training plan. Going back to when I started getting this ITB I had started resistance training my hamstrings (b/c some internet site said that's what runners should be working on) Ever since then, my knees have been bothering me. Granted my distance is no longer 3 miles 3x a week, but I'm going back to hip abductors and dropping the hamstring workout every week.


Ok the "mill. I keep downing this equipment. I mean why workout on it if you can run the road? I only use it for a sprinting program I can do. Well today I decided to try something different. I did fat burner for 30 min. Damn! I was running at 6 (ok not my normal 7.5) but the inclines were a low of 2.5 to a high of 5.5. I thought I was going to die. I walked 2x, but got an awesome workout. I think I found my new hill training program. I do have a major gym vent though. This is to the lady next to me. Why must you pick one of the nicest treadmills (there are about 8 high end treadmills and three treadmills that have advanced programing on them for serious people and she picks the only one that you can adjust the controls right by your waist, on the other two that feature is broken) to walk in your CLOGS? Why? When I got off the treadmill and went to clean the machine and saw this lady in her clogs .... argh! Clogs people, CLOGS!!??? I wish I had some balls because I would actually go up to her and ask "why in God's name are you wearing clogs?" And my final gym vent (for today) these chicks who look at themselves in the locker room mirror naked. They strip in front of it, towel off in front of it, dress in front of it and never ever take their eyes off themselves. I swear! Ok why I'm looking at this is even more disturbing. I guess it's like a train wreck, (is it over yet?) and every once in awhile you look over and she's still admiring herself. I just don't understand.

Peggy Fleming

why is this hag still allowed to comment on the olympic hopefuls. Does getting a gold medal in 1960 something give her the right to critique these new skaters? I don't even think they could do a triple much less a double back then. I would rather hear whoever won a medal in the past 4 olympics then Peggy Fleming tell me what is going on. Argh. It's the simple things in life that piss me off.

I finally got a run in today. 6 miles in 57 minutes. Not award winning. It started out as worst runner ever #7 and actually I will title it worst run ever #6a. The start of the run is uphill (which I am so not used to) We ended up in a 10 mile race also. That was nice. For 30 seconds I know what a really fast runner feels like when he runs behind a motorcycle cop. I like that feeling. Oh well, dream on. What was really cool, is that Bons and I were the only girls on the course for awhile and people thought we were running it. One lady goes "great form" and some guy yelled at me b/c he thought I was cheating the course. I said "thanks for thinking I was that good for being in 15th place overall". Reality hit later on the way back at their mile 7 when I decided to try to keep "their" pace (by this time i'm behind #40, 50 oh who knows ) and uh, I suck. I gave up after 10 strides. I'm still kicking it in at mile 4 though. I seem to lose most of my running partners at that time. We had some 40 mile wind gusts going up the "hill" I think for a couple of seconds we might have been running backwards. I'm not holding to the 2 hour time anymore. For one if the weather is like it was today, forgetaboutit. 2nd I need to get this thyroid under control. I don't want to blame all my problems on my thyoid (but given the chance I will) It really is getting worse. I'm having some serious ITB problems also. The pain was stabbing me in both legs today. Tomorrow is a cross train day. It was originally sprints, but that's out now. So those are my three things. I'm going to train for 2 hours, but will not get pissed off if I finish in 2:05.

Bleck reasoning

I have gotton the first of two test results back. A while back I complained of being a raving lunatic or depressed. It seems I most likely have a low thyroid condition. Which explains about everything.

1. Why the hell I haven't been able to lose 1 stinking pound in several months. I will put on 2-5lbs from drinking a beer or having a slice of cake. It will take 2 weeks to remove this weight.
2, why a clump of my hair came out in my hands today,
3. I haven't washed my hair since Sunday and it is in no way oily or anything.
4. depression
5. cholesteral has risen since this summer

Once the final tests come back I will be put on medication for my thyroid or I get xanax. Either way I'm assuming the slightly depressed lunatic in me will go away and my hair will look better. Unfortuntely I will not be taking off any 10lbs before this race in March. I will have to try for 5.

I haven't run or exercised. I feel like a fucking blob. I'm still sick. Today was gorgeous here. I could of ran in shorts and a tank top. Dammit. When I run on Saturday (I think it will rain so it might be a gym day) it will be 30 degrees. Oh and I have lost 3 pairs of gloves and my running hat. I really pissed off about the loss of my running hat. I loved that stupid hat. Now I have to get a new hat. Sunday is a course run. My goal is to run the first 4 miles regular 9:30ish and the last two around 8 min.

TOM rant:

Emeril. Anyone watch this show? I can't stand it! He's a great cook, but the audience is a bunch of doofus'. He's cooking an Italian dish, let's say it's manicotti. He goes "I'm going to add a little oregano" the audience goes "whoa, ohhhhhh" like he just committed the most crazy thing by adding oregano to an ITALIAN dish. Now if he added oregano to a dessert, I would say "whoa, ohhhh where the heck is he taking this." I love watching cooking shows, but his show just drives me up the wall. I love Rachel Ray, but if she says delish one more time I might have to scream.

More Bleck

I'm starting to get sick. I felt it coming on Sunday and went out for a run. It was worse Monday and I went out for a run. Today I felt really shitty and skipped the gym (eliptical, legs and core) I'm hoping I will feel better tomorrow and can exchange my rest day for tuesday's gym day. I hate Monday, Wednesday and Friday gym days b/c that's when all the New Years newbies go. Oh...the gym membership was not stopped. Whew. I could of dealt with it if it were, but I like cross training.

I'm doing speed work once a week now. Basically it's 1 mile warm-up and 2 miles of sprints (30 sec on/30 sec walk and 30 sec jog, repeat) Is that right? I hope to get the sprint longer, but 30 seconds is my max right now. I am trying to stop the 30 sec walk and increasing the jog by the leftover. I'm curious how others do their speed work. Feel free to comment. My husband isn't impressed with the 30 second sprint. It should be longer like he used to do it when HE WAS 16 and done on a extremely steep, steep hill. I reminded him that he may think I'm 16 because I have such a rockin bod, but I'm actually 40. Did I mention he snorted out his beer at that comment.

My baby (how long can I get away with that?) was seen by the speech therapist yesterday for a consult. She says one day a week is not enough. She can max at 2 days a week. I'm psyched. He was good for her, but tried to lob a few of her toys at her head. He's got good aim and a strong right. He also has some good leg kicks when he gets really mad. He's practically brought me down with a good double kick to my shins.

My husband went hunting Saturday and got two ducks. Neither kid started crying or got grossed out while he was cleaning them. They weren't to interested either, but some kids would start bawling. (me) Not to into the hunting thing. I'm sure it will all pay off when the supermarket runs out of meat someday.

Oh on a final note. Signed up for S1rius radio (i justified it since the hubby refuses to carry a cell phone/electronic leash) It's great. I reccommend it to everyone and anyone. I assume xm is pretty much the same deal w/channels and price. Just my 2 cents

"I...........need..............to..................train..................this.
............course............every.............week.
........................I suck......................." Those were my exact words (the ...... is me gasping for air) today, going up a hill on my half course after some dude ran by me. It wasn't a pretty run, I have no idea how far I went. My time probably was about 10 min a mile. It ended up going from a long run (6+ miles) to a serious hill run. I saw more runners today than I have seen since I started this whole drama in May 2005. I have a feeling that a lot of them were running the half course too. I will be out there every week from now on. I found out my friend that got me into this prediciment and who I beat at the last 5k we raced (she was shocked by this) now has a running coach. WTF? Ok I am jealous b/c how cool would that be, but I'm a little perterbed (sp) by the whole thing. Maybe she wants to kick my ass? I don't know.

Oh, on a side note to my crappy run. I'm Catholic so I've been brought up with much Catholic guilt. I went running while the family went to church. We drove to church they went in to worship I went out to run slow mileage. Anyhow, I come back and the guilt sets in. (eg "how will God strike me down for this sin?") I meet my hubby outside of church and take the baby from him while he takes the girl to Sunday school and picks up #2 from School. What happens? I trip over my shoes and fall ON TOP OF THE BABY. You could here his head hit the pavement. Poor thing. I'm freaking out, hubby takes the baby and sends me in to drop #1 off and p/u #2. I'm fricken dressed in running gear. I look like an idiot (I go to a very, very wealthy church...why when we aren't?...long ass story) I drop my daughter off. Then the nun (sister imelda...these ladies still scare the shit out of me, and why can't they have pretty names like sister cecilia or sister maria?) corners me looks me up and down and tells me the baby is screaming. No Shit! Finally I'm allowed the get #2 out of class while everyone else looks at the sinner who failed to go to church today. Yes I got struck down in record time.

My final thought on this oh-so-boring post. We went to Costco yesterday and what is the deal with the "vultures" there. You know the people I'm talking about, they put some sliver of De1 Giorno pizza out and all the people run you and your kids over to get the slice before you even realize what is going on. Are people that desperate for a free taste of food? I'm serious. Ok I might run someone down if there was a free filet mignon with grilled veggies, garlic mashed potatoes, bananas foster and a bottle of Arrowwood Cab (1995) But for a sliver of pizza, get a grip people. Then again, why do my kids think Costco boiled hot dogs are "the bomb"? Yeck

All I want

Is two quided supersonic torpedo missile launchers on the front of my car. Oh hell, and one on the back for good measure.

And if I get those I will need this car too.




Thank you.

All good things must come to an end

Like my free gym membership. I didn't see this coming. Usually when I swipe my card it says "have a nice workout" Today when I did it I heard a car screeching. Ugh. They let me go through, but I have a feeling it's over. I will ask the big guy at the end of the week if he decided not to renew. Fuck this really messes up my whole training schedule. I can't join a new gym because; I refuse to pay $150+ upfront fees. What the hell is that about. 2nd I don't mind paying $40 a month for a gym membership since I WAS paying $43.80 a month to do Weight Watchers. BUT I don't feel like getting into some long contract thing. I probably won't even use the gym in the summer time. Crap. I guess I need to get the core ball and some tubing. I hate videos workouts. I really wanted to cross train too. Elipticals/steppers/swim. I did go for a swim today instead of the stepper because if it really is over I won't be swimming until this summer :(
Another reason not to join a gym is that money is going for my kids for summer camp. That's like a month or more of camps for one kid.

Dammit.

Onto other things. Visualization. I'm becoming a pro at this. I visulize all workouts and especially the half race course. Which is really interesting since I only know portions of the course. I need to start training on the actual course on weekends. I also need to breakdown and join this running club. I'm being very self consious about the whole thing. It's the same I was last year when I finally got my flabby ass into the gym. I was terrified about my old, chubby self working out. Now look at me. I'm don't have the best body there, but I'm in the top 25%. (ok so there aren't alot of super bodies at this gym) I'm just feeling the same way, I'm not fast enough, I'm too old. I may think I'm fast, but to these people I'm a slow poke. I went on their website and there are Ironman people as members and some girl ran a marathon in 3:15. (in 90+ humidity) I can barely run 5 miles in that weather.

I've noticed via other running blogs that all of us are getting ready for half marathons through the months of January - April. It must be the season. At least I'm not alone. My boss told me I should run a marathon next. You know what? No, I don't think so. Currently I have absolutely no desire to run for four+ (4) hours. No desire whatsoever. Maybe after the half I'll find that desire, but I can't even imagine running for that long. I'm actually having a hard time imagining myself running for 2+ hours. 26.2 miles. Nope. Not interested in that goal at all. I think it's great that others are, but it's not my thing right now.

Later: While researching running clubs I found this little tidbit. Uh, at the present time I will run a half marathon in 2 hours and 5 minutes. Or 2 hours and 7 minutes. Depending on which run I use. If I use a 5k personal best I will run it in around 1 hr 57 min. Maybe this thing doesn't work. Well enjoy it.

Self absorbed

To make a very long story short. I've deleted my original post. It was a very, very dark bitch session. Let's just say I didn't get a 7 mile road run in. It started raining 1 hour after I was suppose to start my run. Why didn't I start my run on time? Let's just blame it on small game, namely ducks. Enough said. I have left the last word of the post and the start of my training for the half. You'll get my drift.

Fuck.

11:30 or something like that. I was ready to go ...I step outside....it is fucking raining. I am so mad that I weigh myself. 147 lbs. I go to the gym. Yeck. It's all the New Year newbies. Which can be broken down into the following groups:

Old ladies who walk on the treadmill in a sweater. Yes a sweater.
Young girls who are 15lbs less than me, but probably have a higher fat%. They get on the machines, laugh and goof off. One tries to treadmill race me. I'm doing sprints not in the mood for racing. Next time maybe.
Dudes. Enough said there. Wait no it isn't...Why come to the gym to watch TV? Just hang around the stepper and keep changing the channel? Why? Why are you wearing weight-lifting gloves too? You never lifted a weight. I am so curious about this guy.
Actual runners. Weird, I've never seen these here before.

I did some kick ass treadmilling. 24 minutes of sprints and 12 minutes of some fat burning program. Some leg weight resistance training and 5 min of core. I got some awesome stretching in too. It's much nicer to stretch when it's not 30 degrees outside. If I stretch inside all the kids complain to me about something that happened the hour I was away. It takes away from whatever zen I have.

I rocked on the good eating today. Egg whites, oatmeal, apples, 4 clementines, wheat bread, turkey slices, Chicken soup, brown rice and No Pudge Brownies (they are awesome). Ok not one veggie. I'll get into those tomorrow. I keep forgetting to buy V8. Oh well, I'll do broc tomorrow. I did have my morning cookie. It's in placement of my normal cigarette. I've been doing this every morning since 10/01/05. I should put that in the 2006 goal. Get rid of morning cookie. Hmmm.

RESOLUTION =
The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.
A resolving to do something.
A course of action determined or decided on.

GOAL=
The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
Finish: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);

I have several goals. I resolve to achieve my goals.

It all starts on January 2nd. With a run............