Hi guys!\u00a0 I couldn’t wait till after lunch to get posting.\u00a0 I’m in too much of a good mood! 
\u00a0 No lie I headed up to bed to read last night around 8:30 or so.\u00a0 I probably could have even called lights out not long after 9pm.\u00a0 I was a tired mess.\u00a0 But I stayed up reading and talking with Scott till about a quarter of 10pm, then I had to call uncle.\u00a0 At this point I passed out and woke up with my alarm at 6am. Oooo that felt early.<\/p>\n
When I opened the sliding glass door curtains, I saw a dusting of snow on the ground.\u00a0 Meh.\u00a0 I am tired of you snow, please go away!\u00a0 I took care of Rocks and then made the saddest bowl of oats ever.<\/p>\n
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I was starving this morning and needed to have oats.\u00a0 My dilemma was that we have no bananas (I’m also on my last tub of 2% fage and having a slight emergency food situation).\u00a0 You know that a banana in my oats is a must so I can 1. get a fruit in and 2. sweeten my oats.\u00a0 I decided to push on through and make oats anyway.\u00a0 “Plenty of people make oats without a banana!” I said to myself rather unconvincingly.\u00a0 But I pushed forward.\u00a0 I added a little bit of brown sugar instead (and cringed a little bit inside).<\/p>\n
My oats turned out too thin.\u00a0 Even though I added 3\/4 scoop of vanilla protein powder, that didn’t thicken things up enough.\u00a0 My mix-ins were walnuts, cranberries, and dark chocolate PB<\/abbr>.\u00a0 I ate the entire bowl of sorry oats.\u00a0 They weren’t bad just sort of lame.<\/p>\n coffee to the rescue <\/p><\/div>\n Along with morning coffee + creamer which was AMAZING this morning.\u00a0 I don’t know what Scott did but it was perfecto.\u00a0 Speaking of coffee we are considering a French Press.\u00a0 Thoughts?\u00a0 Recommendations?\u00a0 Any sort of info would be great!<\/p>\n After taking care of some bidness, I woke up Scotty-poo and then got changed for my run.<\/p>\n <3<\/p><\/div>\n HALLELUJAH!<\/p>\n Sweet jeebus but it had been way too long since I ran.\u00a0 The temp said it was 12F for my run but it had to have been warmer than that because I was burning up hot.\u00a0 I had to unzip my jacket a bit I was so toasty.\u00a0 The sun was shining and it was beautiful outside!\u00a0 I had the most glorious run and was so happy to be out and stretching my legs.\u00a0 My left hip and ankle were peachy.\u00a0 I only did a quick 3.5 miler.\u00a0 I didn’t want to push myself too much since I was coming off of some soreness and not having run for two days.\u00a0 There were a few crappy icy patches but nothing to worry about.\u00a0 It did slow my time down a wee bit.\u00a0 I wanted to keep going and stay outside but I curbed it and came back home.<\/p>\n I had my loverly CS<\/abbr> and then hit the floor for some yoga.\u00a0 Twenty sweet minutes later I was relaxed and in the shower.\u00a0 Normally after my shower I need a small snack but so far I’m doing okay.\u00a0 I’m wondering if the protein powder in the oats is the reason?<\/p>\n Now let’s talk about Motivation!!<\/strong><\/p>\n When starting a new exercise program or adopting a new lifestyle change, people want to see results right away.\u00a0 And when they don’t see results right away they tend to get frustrated and angry.\u00a0 “This doesn’t work!”\u00a0 “Why did I think I could do this?!”\u00a0 And then they stop doing whatever it is they are trying.<\/p>\n It’s a very defeatist attitude to have.\u00a0 I’ve been there.\u00a0 When I first started running, I wasn’t seeing any weight change.\u00a0 However, there were some inches being lost.\u00a0 I was frustrated because I have heard so many times how the ideal is to lose a pound a week, if you are looking to lose weight, right?\u00a0 I wasn’t doing that.<\/p>\n Then it finally hit me that my body just doesn’t work that way.\u00a0 And that everyone is different and everyone is going to have different results when doing something.\u00a0 I literally wanted to smack myself in the head once I figured that out.\u00a0 It was a huge, “Duh!” moment for me.<\/p>\n I think sometimes these sort of negative thoughts also occur when people hit a plateau.\u00a0 Plateaus can be conquered.\u00a0 But you do have to stay focused and motivated in order to get past the plateau.\u00a0 Don’t let the scale or whatever get in your head too much.<\/p>\n I bring all this up because I came across a great article today.\u00a0 The AntiJared<\/a> has a great post up about staying motivated and remaining positive.\u00a0 Please take a minute to read it and give some props to him for his amazing journey he’s going through.\u00a0 And if you aren’t reading him, add him to your reader!<\/p>\n![\"coffee](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ohc-02-03-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" "\\"ohc-02-03-09_breakfast\\"")
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