Oooh Wow

It's been so long. I mean sooo very long.

I reached my goal weight of 155 by my 21st birthday, but since then I have had my second knee surgery and put back on 5 pounds. My eating style has been sooooo crappy it's ridiculous, and I just can't seem to get back to eating right. A lot of that I have felt was due to the current lack of funds necessary for buying good healthy food. I'm working at three jobs plus going to school full time, which leaves me very little time. In addition, I am paying rent and monthly school payments which leaves almost $0.00 in my account at the end of each month. So when it does come time to go grocery shopping I make due with buying as much as I can with the little cash I have, which doesn't give me the option of eating healthy right now.

A couple friends and myself have decided to run a half marathon in June--it's called the Sunburst 1/2. I'm hoping that by sharing my goal with these people that it will keep me motivated and more driven to do it. So far we have been working out together every other day, just doing some lifting and biking. Right now all I can do is bike and only a few minutes on the elliptical, but hopefully I will regain my running ability soon, as I want to start training right NOW.

I'm thinking that losing more weight would definitely help in my 1/2 marathon quest. At 160 right now I would like to drop at least 10 pounds by race day---that's four months away, so hopefully it will be something I can accomplish. It's more about being fit to run this 1/2 than anything. I would love it if come race day I was 120 lb muscled woman with perfect abs but lets face it--that's not gunna happen. Slow and steady is my preferred method for now.

But I did manage to get some healthy food. :) And my younger brother got me a small blender so I am going to make a smoothie with fresh fruit soon!

What do you do when you fall off the wagon? Or how have you coped with surgery?