Swimming on Friday!

Well we didn't go swimming together! Haha but I took buddy to day care yesterday and he gets to go swimming in the pool :) Meanwhile, yesterday was my first day of advanced swim lessons!!! I'm so sore already hahaha but it was such a good workout! It felt nice to get back in the pool :) and Buds definitely had fun too!

Day 3 off, Day 4 ON!

So my mom was in town yesterday; not under the best circumstances, but it was still good to see her! I had 7:30am class, so I didn't take Buds on a run. Mom and I spent the day together and I think Buddy had a nice day off since we spent almost 3 hours at the dog park on Tuesday!

Today was a little bit of success...for some reason I felt like I could not physically pull myself out of bed...and the weird thing was that Buddy didn't even get up when he heard my alarm and that's usually when he's ready to go! So I ended up sleeping through class...again, but I did have a pretty major headache and didn't sleep well last night...so I guess it's okay for this time... But after getting up a few hours later, Buds and I went on a run! It was pretty warm outside, so we didn't work too hard; just the usual walk/jog for about 30 minutes :)

He's coming to work with me tonight though, so he's pretty pumped about that!

So far it's been a pretty decent first week!

Success on Day 2!!!

It wasn't much...but it's a start! :)

My alarm went off at 6:47am...and I was really debating hitting snooze...I actually stayed in bed for a while after turning off the alarm, but didn't go back to sleep!
I got up after about 5 minutes of staying curled up in bed, and then got on my tennis shoes, iPod armband, and windbreaker and leashed Buddy up! :)
It was about 7:05 when we got started, and I had to shower and get ready for school at 7:30, so that gave us a good 25 minutes to enjoy the brisk morning air! We warmed up for about 5 minutes, ran for almost 10 minutes, and then walked the rest of the way home. It was definitely a nice start to the morning, and Buddy kept looking back at me as we were out running and he definitely looked like he was smiling and thanking me :) Just that cute little face is enough to make me want to keep waking up early to get our walks/runs in everyday!!!

Not off to a good start...hahahaa

So...definitely didn't start this week off very strong! When my alarm went off, I didn't get out of bed because I knew I had three other alarms set for later! Ugh, I guess I shouldn't have had wine last night with Andrea haha but it felt necessary to have wine as I whined about my roommate issues! Oh well, the day is not over and Buddy and I will workout today!!!

First Post!

So, this one is going to be pretty short and sweet...
This is my first blog; so I'm pretty new to all of this...but everything that I've read in health magazines said that blogging REALLY helps with exercise, eating healthy, and losing weight...so I figured I'd give it a shot! :)

I recently adopted my WONDERFUL dog, Buddy, who is a one-year-old Golden Retriever/Yellow Lab mix :) Therefore...he needs A LOT of exercise!!! I live in an apartment with him, so I've been taking him to the dog park a lot to play with other dogs and burn off all of that puppy energy!

But I noticed that I've kinda been in a slump the past few months...really tired all of the time, not really motivated, always wanting to sleep whenever I get the chance...It's understandable to a point since I am a full-time college student with a part-time job and there's been A LOT going on in my personal life...but I feel like it's just gotten out of hand! I'm not overwhelmed enough to be burnt out with school and work...but that's how it feels already!

So I'm taking it upon myself to get out of this mess and get in shape for me AND Buddy!!!

Tomorrow is a new day; a new Monday to be precise...so the start of a new week, and a new routine!
:)