Day 5 of clean eating.

So.... I was doing awesome until we made some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and they were amazing and I couldn't stop eating them. HAHA. But other then that and the corn bread we made to go with dinner last night. I have done really well.

I have eaten tons of fruits, veggies and lean protein. My body is slowly responding and I'm feeling a million times better and have more energy.

I'm so glad I jumped back on the clean eating band wagon because I haven't felt this great in awhile. I'm obviously going to be eating lots of yummy food on Thursday but its just one day and then Friday I will get right back on track with my diet.

I'm so proud of myself for sticking to it. It is really hard to not eat processed meals. Cooking meals and only using fruit, veggies and protein is actually really hard. Ok not hard but its time consuming. It takes forever to make most of the meals. Not a big deal but I see why so many people stick with processed foods. Its just easier. But the benefit of eating clean is worth it to me and to my family =)

I am still at my "normal" weight. I haven't lost any more weight and that's fine. I really think my body like my current weight. But I really need to lose these last 25 pounds. So my body needs to get on board.

I think I would be more discouraged about not losing any weight if I didn't see results, if my pants didn't fit better, if my shirts weren't hanging on me, but you know what I SEE BIG results, my pants are HUGE on me and some of my shirts are so baggy. The other BIG change I see if my workouts.

When I started I couldn't run a mile, a few weeks ago I posted about how I ran my first 2 miler non stop. Well today I ran 3 miles non stop. Whats amazing is I could have kept running. I was feeling amazing! But I had set my goal to make it to 2 miles, then when I made it to 2 I said keep going lets see how far you can go and I went to 3 and then my mind played dirty little tricks on me and told me I couldn't do anymore so I stopped. I'm so proud of myself for pushing to 3 miles but then knowing that I could have done more I could have gone longer but my mind is still stuck back in time 3 months when I couldn't run at all and the idea of 3 miles seemed the longest run ever.

I need to get my mind to today and trust that I can run 3 miles, trust that I can even run farther then 3 miles. So tomorrow I am going back to the gym and seeing if I can run past 3 miles and how far past 3 miles I can go.

After realizing I could run 3 miles I went home and found the next 5k around my town and found one on Dec 15. Chris is going to run it with me and this will actually be my very first official race. I am super nervous but kinda excited to push myself and do it and get a good time.

So I kind of want to not focus on the number on the scale and focus on getting miles under my feet. Seeing how many miles I can run from yesterday to Dec 15 and just getting back to the girl I was in high school that LOVED running. I want to love running again. Today I got a slight taste of that love of running I use to have.

After running my 3 miles. All sweaty and yucky but so very proud of myself

And then of course one of the not so fun things about running. These awesome bumps are all over my legs from my shorts. My shorts were so large and my sweat just stayed in them and rubbed my whole legs raw. They hurt so bad. So I obviously need smaller shorts or some running capris.