Cait Runs This

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Cait Runs This

Cait Runs This has moved!!  (again) and a blog revitalizing again!

www.caitrunsthis.com is where you can follow along!

xoxox to whoever still reads this blog! I hope you join me over at my other site.  

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Weigh in results (last week)

So I totally wrote a post  about but it’s totally not here??

Anyway I lost 2.6 lbs!

I started week 2 of couch to 5k, and I am feeling really great. It eases you into running without feeling overwhelmed.

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Day 2

Instead of just going at this whole running thing by luck I decided to follow couch to 5k. So today was my first day, it was a 30 min walk/ run. 5 mins warm up then 1 min run 90 sec walk for 20 mins then 5 min cool down. It felt good to be running and it feels good to be focused. Also 5 days of a blue dot on weight watchers which means I stayed in my target points on all those days. First weigh in is tomorrow! Post to follow.....

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Engaged!!

Okaay! So before I explain why I’m back- let me just share that over the holidays I got ENGAGED! Which is partly why I'm back...

Holy crap! There is plenty to talk about with the wedding, but lets focused on the good.

I am overweight, out of shape and (was) unmotivated. There’s nothing like a wedding to kick your ass in gear!

I joined weight watchers last Monday. I had such great success with it in the past, I figure why not go back to my roots. Then today I started up a gym membership at the jcc, which was my old gym. I walked 1.5 miles on a 3% incline, then ran 1 mile 1 min on 1 min walk. Felt great and is a great first work out.

I’m excited to reach milestones again and can’t wait to update yall on all the fun stuff!

Here’s a pic of my cutie pup too and our new comforter.

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And now it’s Monday

So the weekend was pretty packed. I had to work on Saturday, so that occupied the afternoon. However, we got a new couch! and got to relax the rest of the weekend.

New couch with Rich modeling it! There’s an end piece that’s not attached in this picture

It’s safe to say Cole likes the couch....

Then we went out to dinner Saturday at a Mexican place in town and went to the balloon fest. Which basically all of it was pretty uneventful. Sunday though we went swimming at his moms house which was awesomeeee.

When I don’t work out I don’t have much to say here. The bggest thing is I am eating really well. I’m not obsessing and I’m not over eating. Next step is get my booty moving....

Here’s a pic of Rich and I from last weekend :-)

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HAH

So I kept trying on that other blog site, but honestly it’s not the same (which I’ve said here a thousand times) so I’m pretty sure I am official a broken record.

I got this great super fantastic amazing job- where I am a nutrition/wellness educator for a huge company where I live. I travel across my state and go into the different places and teach them about new things each month. It’s truly amazing and I am so blessed that I can do this. In addition to that, I’m a remote employee aka I get to be by my computer and on the internet at home, in a coffee shop, at the bakery etc to work. Which again is AMAZING. My hours are flexible and I just have such a great opportunity. 

Enough about that- the point of sharing that is it’s time to practice what I preach. I talk about healthy living, yet I live a half assed healthy living life. I haven’t exercised consistently in um forever, and I probably eat well 60% of the time. Which is why I haven’t gained weight, nor lost weight in about 3 years. So it is time!!

I have the time to blog again, I have the time to exercise again- SO LET’S DO THIS!!!!!!!

Starting weight: 218.4

Goal weight: 140

Let the countdown begin......

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Help A Sista Out

Sooo this might be an awkward thing to ask on Tumblr... but who has a wordpress site? I’m trying to add people to my reader. Another (maybe stupid) question- can I add tumblr people to my reader on wordpress? 

Anyway..... over there at caitlinrunsthis.com I’ve deleted the entire blog about three times so let’s hope this time I’m gettin’ it right. 

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Purple People Eater

Hi Errybody-

My lovely 8 year old laptop finally kicked it so I’ve been not really able to post at all. I hate posting from my phone so I just won’t do that. 

I don’t feel like there is too much to inform y’all about except I totally haven’t done anything from my “plan for November post”. Which is fine... haha I don’t know what my deal is. I am comfortable and uncomfortable all at the same time. I suppose I am afraid of failing really- to touch on this more in another post. 

I’m headed out to Massachusetts with my mom in about fifteen minutes and I still haven’t packed. So naturally I popped on here to show y’all what i did with my hair this week. (See above :) ) 

I am hopeful to have some coffee shop time tomorrow to write and catch up. 

XO

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Love this Video

http://www.today.com/news/instagram-star-quits-social-media-reveals-her-dream-life-was-t53721

Her message- it’s spot on. 

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November is here!!

As for my last day of October.... Rich (the bf) and I went to a drive in movie for 5 horror movies! It was pretty legit and I loved how old school the place was. 

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Party People

Y’all will be very excited to know yesterday i went running with my friend and we ran two miles straight WUDDDDDDUP 

Yet I woke up this morning just groaning because I obv hurt ahah

We signed up for the Syracuse Half though. It’s in April right after my birthday! Super excited about that.

The bf and I went to this haunted house last night it’s ranked the best one in our area and it was freaking insane. I’d love to know how many calories I burned screaming and pushing our way through that. 

I still feel like I need more clarity on what exactly I’m doing nutrition wise and I need to develop an actual running/work out plan too. That will be the plan for today I suppose. Also  a “rest of 2015″ goals list. Yaaaa digggggggggggggg

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Reality Strikes

Highest Weight: 215.6lbs

Current Weight: 215.6lbs

Goal Weight: 145lbs

So there you have it. The stats are out. I’m going to revamp the whole tumblr page right now too. Changing about me, before & after all that. It just seems necessary. 

Here’s the plan though:

Tracking device is an app called Lifesum (those who have used it how do you life it?) I’m logging my food here. It is actually pretty fantastic because it has the calorie count to lose weight, and the % of carbs/fat/protein ratio to use. 

Work out plan- running! Well walking and running,..and elliptical... and body weight things. I’m signing up for a half marathon with my friend Meghan. It’s on April 3rd. So that gives me about 3 months to build endurance and then the rest to train before it. (We’re going to follow this http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51131/Half-Marathon-Novice-1-Training-Program ) 

Until further notice, here’s a drunk selfie of me from a wine tour yesterday. 

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I saw this quote on instagram and it’s so freaking true

“The older I get the more I understand the Britney Spears breakdown of 2007.” 

IT’S SO TRUE. I love perspective. Things always look tough while you’re in it. And then afterwards you go through some shit that was totally harder and you just look back laughing at the prior situation. 

I’m going through some more life crisis. I suppose the biggest thing for me right now is that I truly don’t know what the right decision is or what I really want. I have ideas of what I want, but committing seems to be the issue. . . 

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Series of Snaps/Selfies

Here is a series of snap chats/ selfies I have sent in the last week to summarize my week. 

I’m mostly using adult coloring books, drinking lots of coffee, and being annoyed its 69 degrees in October when it should be fall weather. Also got to drink Stewarts coffee when I was up north and got to act like my fav girl Kylie Jenner via snap. Boosh. 

In other news- does anyone else relate stepping on the scale the same as looking at your bank statements? Hmm 

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mmmm

Love the response people. I’m still open to ideas and feedback and haven’t made the appointment yet. I love them all!

Tonight was my first open house for PA school. It was really informative and help gave me a ton of clarity on what I need to focus my energy towards. So there’s that. 

In other news, yesterday I worked out (wow) and ran (double wow). 1 mile, 12 minutes and some change. It was painful. I am sore today. Still haven’t weighed myself, and ate 3 oreos tonight and currently drinking a Pumking by Southern Tier. I’m winning at life. 

Anywhooooo here’s a pic that will make you think, “is she being serious? Wait I can’t tell? I thought she was from northern ny??” And that is the point :) no political debates here- just love these earrings and the GOP ;-) 

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Advice Needed

This is really important- brace yourselves. 

I might want to dye my hair. And when I say that, I mean I will come really close to doing it then probably won’t pull the trigger because I’m afraid. (Transparency people, I’m being transparent with you).

Anyway- I would like to solicit some advice because there is a possibility if many people like the same one I’m thinking then I’ll do it. 

Please no making fun of the face, I was more so trying to get lots of hair in the picture. 

Let’s hear it. 1, 2, 3 go!

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What Is It About This Place

Guys- I don’t even know what it is. But there is this magically overwhelming feeling of home when I think about writing on tumblr again. I literally PAY FOR a website yet have no desire to post there. I’m not sure what it is about this place but I just constantly want to be back here. 

I don’t even know what to post or why. I just want to. 

Let’s recap then just stay up-to date ;-) 

Recap: 

I am in school full time. Taking possibly the worst course load I’ve ever taken in my life. Biology - Chemistry- Anatomy & Physiology. All with labs. It’s glorious. I was feeling really overwhelmed because I’ve been working over nights (11pm-7am) at a long term care facility. It really screws with your sense of time and actual ability to think. So this week I took every shift off to focus on school and see if I can find a new job. We’ll see I’ve applied a few places.

Health wise- wooooof people. I’ll tell ya, I suck at losing weight when I don’t put any effort in HAHAH naturally. I just have been (1) lazy (2) lazy and (3) lazy. Sooooooo0o0o0o0o0o if I fix that one little blip I should be good to go ;-) 

I’ll do a weigh in tomorrow, I’ve “been following” weight watchers (meaning i have the app downloaded on my phone I just haven’t tracked or followed anything). 

I worked out twice in the past three months (#winning) So if I eat less....and move more....I believe I’ll lose weight :) 

Anyway- we all know I love pictures. So here is a shameless selfie to let you know I still exist. 

This was my nervous face before a date a few weeks ago haha I just like my hair/necklace/shirt combo (plus i have enough bronzer on to make me look tan)