You look like a runner....

Hello everyone :)

Hope you are all having a great week so far :)

So what have I done this past week…?

Last Sunday I took part in the Evening Echo Women’s Mini Marathon in Cork. It was 4 miles and you could run, jog or walk it. When I started C25KM about 5 weeks back this was a mini goal that I had. I aimed to jog 80% of it and I did that so yay me :) I didn't care about the time I did it in or my pace once I kept going, the stitch in my side slowed me down for awhile but I got going again :) I haven’t had a chance to go for a jog since Sunday thanks to the weather so I've just been going to fitness classes but will try to get back to it maybe this Sunday.

And look at the really cute medal I got :)

Got to have a good catch up with some friends I hadn't seen in ages after the race. Niamh, is a good friend who I met when I worked in Cork and we hadn't seen each other since May and I just loved how when I saw her the first thing she said was ‘girl you look so skinny’ I was like yay. I'm not skinny but you know what she meant :)

Another little highlight was when we were getting ready to start the race we were trying to figure out if we were at the right place for starting etc and a woman just turned around and in the middle of talking to us she said ‘you look like a runner anyway’ I know it is something really small and maybe you’ll think it is silly but I had a silly smile on my face after that…me…look like a runner…LOL :)

A good jog followed by a yummy Subway Ham salad :D

Oh and this is a picture of me (in the pink) and my friend and a fellow weight watcher *who is at gold may I add and doesn't she look great* Teresa before the race began :)

The rest of my week has been fairly boring! Had to get back into study mode which is hard especially when you have to study at home and I find distractions all the time but I need to focus focus FOCUS :D Had a fun Zumba class on Monday and Wednesday, was fun to get back to dancing like crazy and just having fun!

Tuesday I had a personal training session (I got a really REALLY good cheap deal online for it) and I made myself go to a cardiobells class (30 mins spinning/30 mins kettlebells) before hand and I have to say it was just fantastic. I didn't want to go but after I finished everything I felt amazing :)

I had my weigh in today, a day earlier than usual, as I am teaching tomorrow (yay, I can’t wait). But…yesterday I got the feeling that I would have a gain, I felt bloated and just heavy. A reason for it just not food/drink related. So I prepared myself for it and kept positive. Had a gain of 2lbs!!! I was a little shocked as I wasn't expecting that much but I felt HUGE this morning!

While I was a little down afterwards I made myself remember how far I’ve come. The 2lb gain still means I’ve lost 5st 1.5lbs and I’m 10.5lbs from goal. It is a blip and I will have the 2lbs plus more please god down next week! Mother Nature just got to do her thanggggg for now :D

Soooo what have I learned this week?

I’ve learned to…

appreciate myself more.

be more confident in my own skin.

be happy with the results of whatever I do be it a jog or my WI results.

I spend soo much time being hard on myself even when I do so many positive things that I don’t give myself enough praise. I still look in the mirror and see someone who is bigger than what I actually am. I want to change how I see myself. I am no longer the ‘’big one in the room’’.

I am me….I am Gráinne….I am proud…. :D

And I think we all need to learn to love ourselves a little bit more. We need to celebrate every success, the small ones and the big ones :)

Now I must go and get ready for some spin/core time :)

Have a lovely weekend guys :)

Until next time,

Grá :)