Earlier this year I decided to do something crazy for me. I’ve wanted to get healthier, since I’m not at an ideal weight. So I thought that this would be the year that I would give it a try to do something I’ve never done before. And then I taught myself how to run. I had a very fit co-worker that wanted to learn how to run on the balls of his feet. I did a couch to 5k app with my phone. It took 6 weeks, and a lot of early morning starts, but I did it! We kept running and I kept getting a little better, and I can now run 5k.

So this is me.

The race we did was super low key. Running room did a race called Running Scared, with the proceeds going towards the Canadian Diabetes Association. My aunt has diabetes, and I wanted to support something close to home. This was also a costume race, because it is so close to Halloween. So I went as a highlighter. Since running is hard to do for anyone to do on a regular clothes, let alone a costume, I decided to make due with neon colours I had.

I ran the race in 51 mins. Which isn’t my best, but considering that I could have been sitting on the couch, I was very happy to make that time. My goal was to finish the race and not come in last, which was completed when I came in 172nd out of 185.

This, me and running are obviously a work in progress. I used to be a figure skater when I was younger. Although I was never slim, or even athletic as a kid/teenager, I always did something. So I’m trying to keep with that theme, so I can do a little better size wise.

I’m looking to do another race in the spring, so I can keep up with it during the winter. And another one again in the fall. Just to see if I can get faster and if I can get leaner too.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone!

We’ve had a good week of poor eating. And by poor, I mean not healthy, except for the turkey that was roasted with a bacon weave and like 2 lbs of butter. mmmmm….. bacon and butter. So I roasted my first turkey. I named him Simon. Since I was the only one up while stuffing him, and I was putting my hands up him, I figured I should know more about him. So Simon, my turkey, used to be a turkey accountant. Which means he was a very conservative turkey. Either way, I still stuffed him, all while imagining Bird Brent from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. So I gave him a nice stereotypical persona, so he wouldn’t animate himself.

Simon was sooooooo tasty! And stuffed with “Turkey Tyme” Bread via Brownberry breads, which is absolutely impossible to find in my area. I had the bread frozen for a few months, when I picked it up in Northern Ontario.

Also, we started a hockey pool at work. I know…. some hockey. Not enough to make better educated guesses on who is going to be the best goal scorer of the year. So it was a bit of remembering names and who is ranked closer to the top. I have a feeling that I will never really know as much hockey as I want to know. Anyways after the starting week, I am in last place, :(. However, it is still the first week, so I might be saved in weeks to come. Wish me luck!

Thats right… Its coming… its here… there’s pumpkin puree in my fridge, ready for another go. It was bound to happen soon. It finally came to Starbucks in Canada. It also has been spotted here and there among the blogs I follow religiously.

Also if you read last week’s things post, you saw that I freaked out about rose water. I’m definitely not making that from scratch. There are so many different ways to make rose water. Enough that there were conflicting ideas as to the best way to make the rose water. So instead I walked to the natural food store and exchanged my pennies. Small problem solved.

I’ve been starting to think about Christmas lists (mostly because my mother gave me hers). And was thinking that for some folks that the funny t-shirts over at lookhuman.com would be good.

Ok, this one might be for me, but still, they’re pretty cheeky.

Been doing bootcamp as of late. It’s been pretty good. Not the traditional yelling at people and super defeated working out, just a more constructive environment. So thats why the muffins are healthy in the last post.

Otherwise, yay October!