Ground Zero

Well, life has been going swimmingly :D  We've been able to road trip most weekends, and we're remembering all the things we LOVE so much about the south!  Work is going great, finally getting fully integrated with my co workers.  It takes a while for a new person to come in and get a new routine established, but I think we've got it down now.  We've been to North Carolina twice, down the Tail of the Dragon 3 times, and we've finally begun to conquer the Blue Ridge Parkway.  We drove the Hwy 1 in CA all the way from start to finish, our goal is now BRP from start to finish.  It begins in NC and goes through West Virginia, finishing in Virginia.  This weekend, my inlaws were up and we went to Cades Cove for the first time in 6 or 7 years.  Cades Cove is this beautiful little protected valley area surrounded by the Smoky Mtns in the heart of the SM National Park. It has an 11 mile driving loop, and you can go explore all these old cabins and primitive churches.  It was fun!

The Greenway

Turtles!

I'm considering today to be "ground zero".  I have hit post partum bottom, and I'm ready to not be a fat blob any more.  I'm fully healed, my baby is big enough that if necessary, I can throw his little butt in his jogging stroller, and even though I work M-F, I have early mornings, late evenings, and weekends to Make it Happen!  I've tried a few times to post pics for accountability since I did my FIRST time, and I've failed miserably, so now I'm buckling down and being accountable.  No more donuts/soda/fast food burgers.  My water intake has dwindled and my coffee/wine intake has doubled.  I'm young and healthy and my feet have started to hurt every day which tells me I'm TOO HEAVY :(  I'm 5'2, I need to be somewhere south of 150, not barely south of 200.  I got down to about 146 before I moved and got fat again, so now that we're here, we're not going anywhere else for many, many years.  I have plenty of time to get back to where I was and work on maintenance this time.

Inside the city of Maryville

Cool bird

I've done Couch to 5K a few times around my new neighborhood and while I LOVE the app, it trains you to get to 5 miles by 3x weekly half hour walk/runs.  In half an hour, I'm only going MAYBE 1 1/2 miles, tops.  So today I figured out where the Maryville/Alcoa Greenway is, and did the week 1 Cto5K run 60 sec/walk 90 sec for a full 3 miles and change.  It felt good; it was only the 2nd time since Colton was born that I've done my 3 miles.  My plan is run 3 x a week, and shoot yet again to do Piyo the other 2 days.  Insanity is SO insane, I just have to work up to it. The last thing I want to do is start and stall again, so I want to establish a routine for the next 60 days so I get into the habit like I did 4 years ago.  Here's my "ground zero" pics, they're awful to me.  I hate it when my gut is all ugly and fat.  I REALLY want to slim my legs down so I can maybe actually wear REAL shorts next summer, not capris that hide most of my leg.  Here's to trying!