I've had an off week with my nutrition and exercise. It's been 7 days since I ran. I did a 1-hour P90X core synergistics video yesterday and played tennis for 30-45 minutes today. I've been eating poorly - bought curly fries yesterday, ice cream today. Two nights ago, I even ate a hamburger patty with cheese AND a hot dog with Lay's potato chips....AFTER I ate a fucking gardenburger with salad for dinner. Wow, typing this all out is really helping with my motivation to step it up this week.

I also see the results of this week in the mirror. Don't know how accurate it is, but my belly just looks/feels more pudgy, my arms look a little less slim, my waist seems a little more wide.

David and I had dinner at the home of our friends Susan and Jeff. They're an interesting couple for us to be friends with. Susan is about to turn 50 and Jeff is 55. They are old enough to be our parents. Being friends with them actually reflects our values and priorities a lot. They're kind, generous, dog-loving, active vegans. They really live their lives well and I just love having quality people like them in our lives. Anywho, they're the ones who most inspired me to be vegan for Lent last year. So eating their vegan dinner with them tonight reminded how good it feels to just fill your intestines with vegetables. It's literally enlightening.

It's hard for me to squeeze in runs because I am rightfully physically tired after work. But I need to make good nutrition choices. Besides my goal of completing the full marathon, I have another goal: to take fucking sexy pictures in the sexiest body I can get by December 2014. Why December 2014 you ask? Because David and I are going to start trying to have kids in 2015. I just need those photos before I get pregnant because I have a feeling my skin will not be very elastic, and I'll always have those photos to look back on.