I just needed a little motivation today when I got home from work.  Motivation to not eat 15 tablespoons full of peanut butter dipped into cool whip!  I was so hungry when I got home that I went straight to my computer to search for a fatty fat photo of myself to inspire me not to go off the deep end!  This was taken at the end of Sam’s, I think, fifth grade school year on a field trip to Craters of the Moon. It is a very cool geological site if you are ever in the area.  Sam is 15 now!  So that was ~ 4 years ago.

One more pound lost,  down to 136 lbs!

Eleven more pounds to go to get to my “race day” goal weight of 125.  I am talking about the family reunion “bikini race” on Friday July 20^th “in case you were wondering.”   That gives me only eight more weigh-ins.  I am really going to have to “turn up the heat” on myself! I have been contemplating posting a progress photo of myself, but I kept putting it off and now I just think that I will wait until the big race day.  Sunday we had our longest run to date, 8.5 miles (Ben ran 9.5 because he was so far ahead of me and he was feeling so good that he figured he might as well).  I have never ran that far before without stopping to walk.  It was not as bad as I thought it would be and I am beginning to believe that a 13.1 mile run is within my capabilities.  I am also beginning to believe that getting through a run like that will be much more mental than physical.