Il taxi è qui

Translation: Cab's Here!!!

So one of my silly little guilty pleasures is watching the total debauchery called Jersey Shore!!! Believe me, I know that show is not life changing, but it's pretty entertaining watching orange people make complete and utter fools of themselves. C'mon, I know you watch it too… just admit it.

So why, you ask, is this the title of todays post??? Well GTL of course!!! For those non-Jersey Shore watchers, GTL stands for Gym, Tan, Laundry and well… after my favorite 8 Guidos and Guidettes got to Florence, Italy they went out to GTL and while they were doing the G part, the guys were using Crazy Ropes!!! This is something we do at bootcamp where we have these large, heavy, 20-30 foot ropes that we have to snake up and down… crazy cardio and crazy arm workout. Eric calls it the Pacific Ocean because when you have three of us lined up shaking our ropes, it kinda looks like waves in the ocean.

So here is my giant NERD ALERT!!! I have been so incredibly overwhelmed by the amount of support I have been getting, both emotionally and through donations, for my 5K next month. Not only are the donations pouring in, but I've been getting amazing words of encouragement from everyone and I'm so excited to be doing this, not only for myself, but also for this amazing cause, and believe it or not, I'm doing this also for all of you. I have been hearing over and over again how inspiring I am (which is still a little mind boggling) and I suppose this just keeps the inspiration going.

So why am I a nerd? Well, cause, quite frankly, my eyes well up every time I get another donation because I'm so touched. I know, I know, those of you who know me are now rolling your eyes and saying to yourself… "Liz cries at Hallmark and Publix Holiday Commercials" but this is a different kind of cry - I'm simply so touched by everyone's generosity (and ya'll know that the Publix commercial where the whole family goes to the house of the doctor to surprise him because he can't travel to them for christmas, makes you teary eyed too). It's never too late to make a donation and if you haven't done so yet and would like to, please click HERE.

Stacy went to some trainer training (HA) and she came back with new gadgets and torture ideas and I'm totally feeling it this week. While each day of each week is different, there is always going to be some repetition of exercises and I guess my body was getting used to some of them. Well, not this week. My legs are KILLING ME!!! I was lying flat on the couch last night with Greg's belt wrapped around my foot holding my leg straight up in the air to try and stretch out my hamstrings… OUCH! No pain, No gain - Right?!?!?!? Although, it would be nice if this was easy.

I did get my bootie up early last Saturday and Sunday to go to the park and run around and see how much work training for this 5K is going to be. Saturday I managed to go 1.5 miles w/out stopping and then walked .5 then started to run, but starting back up was not so easy. Then Sunday I went 2 miles non-stop and walked another .5. I keep thinking that I'll be like Forest Gump and my (imaginary) leg braces will break off as I start moving my feet and "I was running", but no, it's hard propelling my butt around and I have a ways to go still.

One pound down this week, although it was not an easy pound and I barely made the cut-off. I've been kinda slack in journaling all of my grub and I suppose I should make that my goal for the week: write down EVERY little bite I put in my mouth!!!

HUGS XOXOX