Starting Up

So my loving husband has informed me that he has requested R&R for August. For those of you that don't know I have another blog that follows our next year with my husband being deployed. Anywho! That gives me quite literally 8 months to lose up to 40 pounds and tone up. I have been discussing some ideas with some friends and actually have a good plan in place in order to make this happen. Unfortunately part of that plan takes money I won't have till Feb which means I"m shorted a month. So I have started this blog to keep track of my progress and what not. I also have another goal of walking 15,000 miles in the next 11.5 months while my husband is deployed. This is a round number of how far the distance to Bahgdad and back is. Anyway I'm gonna leave you a break down of my goal.

I am going to walk the kids to and from school from Jan. 5th to June 5th.
On Monday, Wed, and Fri I plan on going to excersize classes at the gym (once I get a membership). Until I get the gym membership I'll hit the gym at our community center and hit the treadmill doing strength training on my bad ankle.
On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday I plan on walking and running in the mornings along with using the gym equiptment in the afternoons.

I need to figure out a good flavorful diet. I have found two reasons in which diet fails me in this house. The biggest being finances. Eating healthy isn't always cheap. And with 5 kids to feed I mostly come secondary. The 2nd being that I have a good diet but it is so bland it's hard to follow. I need to start drinking more water too.

My husband and I created a bet that I would not be able to outrun him when he returns from his deployment. Alot of the running that i have scheduled is training up for this event. Wish me luck cuase it'd be awesome to beat a soldier at something he trains daily for!

Lastly I have just been notified that we have a half marathon coming up but since my ankle is still so week I will not enroll for it as it's at the end of this month. However! The 23rd annual Silver Classic 5k walk/run is coming up on March 1st. I am going to enroll in this one. So wish me luck getting ready to do a 5k run in 2 months.

Today is my weigh day but since I can't get taped till tomorrow I"ll post that information then. It is also my rest day so I will not be doing any excersize today. Have a great day bloggers!