Giving Thanks

I had an amazing run on Wednesday night. Since I had to leave from work late, and knew it was going to get dark on me, I decided to head to the high school track instead of the Tweetsie, reasoning that I'd be able to run longer without fear of the dark overtaking me completely before I could get back to the car.  It turned out to be a good decision, I think. 

I haven't run on the track in about two months, and it felt pretty good overall to push myself on some hard intervals.  But dark did wind up overtaking me despite my best efforts, and I had to stop at two miles instead of my usual three.  Still....two miles at a sub-12:00 pace?  I'll take that any day!

Yesterday was spent in quiet refuge with my lovely hubz...doctoring a sick cat, decorating the Christmas tree I've tried in vain to get up all week, and generally avoiding the kitchen like the plague.  I did not cook this Thanksgiving, nor did I allow us to get invited to anyone's house who did.  Keith was as good with that plan as I was, and I was ecstatic....not only at not having to cook, but even more importantly, not having to deal with the guilt-fallout that most certainly would have ensued.  I've had enough of that in the last few weeks, thank you very much. 

Late in the day, I left out to do a virtual 5K I had signed up to do with a new online group (Lovely Ladies Losing It!) I just joined.  It was a good, steady run, but unfortunately, I left my phone at home, so couldn't log it. 

*shrug* Bonus time. :)

Related: I'm really jazzed about hooking up with this group.  I've been reading about it for a while, since I've been following several members' blogs for probably almost a year now, but I'm a stalker at heart, so it took me a while to get up the nerve to join them.  I'm so glad I did, and I'm really looking forward to a lot of positivity flowing both ways.

Today is another run day for me (I don't really count yesterday), and I'm working late yet again, so I'm headed down to the gym when I get off, I think.  The weather's so nice, I hate not to be able to run outside while I can, because I know it's a temporary reprieve...but it'll be too dark to run anywhere but inside.  Still...any run is better than no run, especially since all my bad decisions of late came home to roost on my scale this morning...back up to 205....not acceptable!!  My food's been good today, though, and I know it will be this weekend, as well, so regardless of the number, I'm still feeling good and positive.


...which brings me to the last item on my agenda...but certainly not the least.

I am so thankful this year to have had such amazing success, both in terms of my weight loss and also with my health gain.  Yes, I still have work to do, more mental than physical, but I have the rest of my life to perfect all that.  Right now, I'm just happy to still be here, still fighting, still running, and still loving my life and the people in it.

How about you? How was your Thanksgiving?  Was it quiet like ours, or stressful and chaotic? Tell me about it!