Happy Mother's Day! Time to be mushy!

Yeah, I know. It seems like I'm a day late in saying that. 

But like any good daughter, I spent the day celebrating with my mother and grandmother in real life, so I was too busy to blog about it! Haha.

 Yesterday's workout: 

2-hour walk with BR2 at 11am 

2-hour walk with my AMAZING mother at 6pm

Not really high-intensity, but lots of fun! I LOVE spending time with those 2 ladies, they're awesome.

Anyways, Mother's day was great! 

My dad grilled some veggies and some chicken breasts and my mom made a salad with the greens and onions from her garden, as well as some flowers! She send me home with a bunch to eat this week, too!

Oh my goodness. SO YUMMY

My health tip of the day?

EAT COLORS! 

Not so that you puke rainbows (HAHA) but because it's a great way to insure that you're eating a wide range of naturally occurring vitamins and minerals! SO COOL! 

Also, when you want to spend time getting to know somebody better, or just enjoy having private conversations, go on a walk with them. I got to catch up with my mom about a lot of things going on in her life that had fallen off of my radar, and we probably wouldn't have caught up if we stayed home.

I also got to listen to my grandma tell me stories about being an Airforce Wife and about living in a bunch of different places.

My mom also promised me that if she wasn't able to do the the Tink 1/2 marathon come January, she still really wanted to be able to run one with me next year sometime. I was so happy I started to tear up! I never really believed before yesterday that she really believed in her ability to make it! 

I'm SO proud. I love my mom SO much. 

Hope you all had a wonderful day!

How do you celebrate the ones you love?

Tinkerbell on My Mind

So I might be obsessing over Tinkerbell right now. 

It could have to do with me watching all of the good seasons of The Biggest Loser already... 

But I'm also staying pumped for the Tink 1/2 in like... 8 months. 

Last week I watched the the Secret of the Wings:

And today I'm watching the first Tinkerbell movie:

It's aptly titled Tinkerbell. Just if you were wondering. Haha. 

I also have started planning my costume. Because why not? Something to do, right? I'm thinking I'll go for Ariel. You know, because she was a mermaid, and I used to be a swimmer, and then she had to learn to walk, and I'm learning to run! Ok, super cheesey. 

But if you look at my instagram @bustyrunner, you can see that my hair is red now, too. But that was just to cover up a horrible orange color I experimented with... yuck.

Today is Salad Thursday, also! My BR counterpart will be here later for delicious salad bar time! It's a tradition that started before the running did, but only by a little. It used to be salad Wednesdays, too... but we started running and going to the farmer's market instead... so this week we're trying Salad Thursday!

There will be tons of pictures, I'm sure.

What are all of you eating for a healthy treat with your friends?

Shameless Optimism

Today I was running (duh) and realized that through all of the blogs I read, I haven't found one for women running for weight loss, but also running to prepare for a race!

Well, that would be me. And I spend a lot of time reading blogs Mostly running blogs. but also nutrition blogs. And general athletic magazine websites.

So here goes: I was once a very active person. I lost my way about me... and weighed in at 250 pounds!! Needless to say, I wasn't happy with that number. I was also unhappy with my low energy level, and especially how inactive I was! So now I'm 40 pounds down, 30 miles up, and 6 5k races away from a half marathon! 

I am VERY excited! 

I'll be doing posts on clothing, foods, I'll put up some recipes, and most importantly, I'll tell you about being a big girl runner. 

Wish me luck!