What a foggy, bleak morning.  The trees are pretty thought, each one is frosted and white.  I may drive up the mountain today and find sunshine!

I ran two miles this morning, just a warm for my leg workout today.  I'm really liking this week.  I like being sore and knowing that good things are happening.

I'm really trying to focus on the lower body muscles that will make me a better runner and help me reduce the chance of injury.   Here's the workout I'm doing:

1. Squat Thrusters
2. Single Leg Dead Lift
3. Lunges
4. Side Lunges
5. Hip Hikes
6. Calf Raises
7. Side Lying Leg Lifts

I use a Tabata timer and do each one for 30 seconds with a 10 second rest in between.  I repeat this three times.  Next week I would like to either increase the work time to 45 seconds or add another repeat on.  I'm not sure which would be more beneficial.  I would also like to add a donkey kick and a hip bridge on - I need something more here for the gluteus maximus.  No joke - I'm already doing some for the gluteus medius.


The scale is still not moving.  I am realizing that fat is being replaced by muscle and a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle.  One pound equals one pound -- fat just takes up a heck of a lot more space!  I measured this morning and I'm down an inch in my waist, and 3/4 of an inch on each arm and thigh.  Good news!  Something is happening.  This just proves to me even more that the number on the scale is just a number.  Evaluating yourself using other methods is so important and really helps if you find "the number" discouraging.

I'm going on day 5 of no sugar - it is crazy how much confidence is built one day at a time.  My confidence in my ability to say no slipped away so quickly, kind of scary to me.  I'm glad that I made it through that little test on my journey.