January Catch-Up

So I didn't post too much last month because I've been running around like a crazy person. I am strongly considering purchasing my first home when my lease is up at the end of June (yay!) so I've been looking at houses and getting my finances together.

I did meet my weight loss goal for January - woohoo! - so I lost 8.4 pounds over January. Of course, that was basically getting me back to where I was pre-Boston and holidays, but I'll take it. Since then I've been not so good (lots of takeout) but I'm back on track hopefully all the way through to St. Patrick's Day! I've got about a month and I'd really like to lose 8+ pounds, which is definitely doable. Of course to meet my February goal I have to lose about 7 pounds in the next two weeks, which is maybe not so doable, but we'll see. Maybe I'm carrying a lot of water weight? Ha, wishful thinking! 

I'm going to post a few of the recipes that are getting me back on track, and I need to start training for the Warrior Dash 5K in April. As of now, I still can't run and still have no upper body strength, so that is not going so well overall. I'm thinking about signing up for the Run On! 5K training class. It's every Tuesday and Thursday and it's $100 - and I would have to miss 2 of the classes since I'm going to have company through the week before St. Patrick's Day...if I could just force myself to finish Couch to 5K I'd be fine, but there's not a place to run safely outside near my apartment and I HATE running on the treadmill at the gym - I feel like some sort of ogre crashing through the forest. It's so loud and the whole machine shakes, and I just hate it, okay?! 

I'm going to try to be better about updating in the future, since I love love love my new phone hopefully that will make it easier. Wish me luck!