Running on full

A couple months ago I made the grand statement that I was going to start running every morning I could before work. I'm very proud to say I've stuck with that. My rule is if I start work at 9 a.m. or later, I set my alarm to run. Sure, there's been a handful of times I'll hit snooze and skip it altogether. But for the most part, I've stuck to it.

And I've become one of those assholes I hate, who say "Oh, it felt so good to run today, wa wa wa." I was hoping I would hate it to much I could throw in the towel and resolve myself to the fact that I am not someone who needs to exercise. But, running before work gives me awesome energy throughout the day. And it makes me freakin' HUNGRY! I think my metabolism is speeding up, so I just want to eat eat eat.

I'm not a big breakfast person. I usually just have a 90 calorie breakfast bar. Last week, I had that after my run but by the time I left work I was like Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live: "LAY OFF I'M STARVING!!!" I had to stop at Starbucks and get a breakfast sandwich just to survive until lunch. Fitness guru Janice Soderlund says you keep burning calories for awhile after you work out, so maybe I was OK.

I was running 3-4.5 miles outside for awhile, but it got too cold for the princess so I've been going to the gym. I run for 30 minutes every morning, and it usually equals out to 2.75 miles. I'm not sure if I've lost any weight, because I refuse to weigh myself. I've noticed a difference in my legs and around my collar bone but that's about it. Oh well.

It's also been a good opportunity to see the characters that go to the gym at my apartment complex. My favs are the guy who looks like John Locke from "Lost" (who I told this to and he was quite flattered, even though he had never heard of "Lost), and the guy who looks like Bunsen from The Muppet Show.

The picture above looks like I'm running, but it's really just me and Al outside of a Cuban restaurant in Florida.