I finally ran today! It's been almost a month but I only have pain in my little toe when I bend it. No pain walking or exercising. So I decided I wanted to run. I figured with that time away from it, I would die a half mile into it. My friend warned me to take it easy and not do too much my first run after an injury. So I planned to not do much.
But I felt great! I had so much energy during this run, it was wonderful. I did 2 miles and probably could have done another half, at least. But I didn't want to push it. So I am really happy I am back to running. I have a love/hate relationship with running. I really do like it, but there are moments in the run when I feel warn out and then I hate it and wonder why I'm doing this. When I'm done I feel so good though. Like I really accomplished something.
After my run, I did a strength workout.

I was actually supposed to clean house for $, but she called and said they have an ant problem and could I come next week.
This actually worked really well as my dad gave me money to go shopping for clothes for the boys and I have had no time to do it.
So after my workout, I took them to the mall. Well, it had been pouring rain all day. I mean, really raining hard. Just running from my car to the mall door with the boys in the stroller, and we were all soaked. I felt really bad and wondered if maybe I shouldn't be shopping on such a crappy day. But our weekend is packed and next week is looking pretty full too.
And Carter has only 2 sets of summer pajamas and Collin only have a few pairs of shorts that fit. They really need some clothes.

We had lunch (Grilled chicken salad for me!) and I let the boys play in the kids area. While they are playing, my husband calls in a panic, upset that I'm out in the weather. He says the streets are flooding and I need to get home. I told him I would as soon as I got some clothes for the boys. Chris panics so easily.
So I bought a bunch of stuff for them at Sears. New swim trunks, pajamas. t-shirts, and 4 pairs of shorts for Collin. Lots of fun! Seriously, it's been so long since I have shopped for new clothes for the boys. We usually get hand me downs from friends or I shop at second-hand stores. So this was a treat.
And the roads were fine. At least the ones I drove on were. Many areas are flooding but the route I took home was fine.

Food has been so-so. I only had one binge/slip up today. This afternoon I had a bowl of icecream--which is unusual for me as I haven't dipped into the icecream in a while. And then I had more tonight. That late afternoon time is a weak time for me. So I need to come up with a plan for that.
I don't know if I mentioned that I went biking with my friend the other day. I had the kids in the bike trailer and I'd never pulled them before in it. But it was fine. Our trail was relatively flat so I kicked up my gears so I got some resistance. I kept my HR at a steady 145. But without hills, it was not much of a challenge. But it was so nice to bike outside and the kids were really good. We only biked for about 30 minutes, burned 300 calories.
Next week I was hoping to bike on my own and have my MIL watch the kids, but if I am cleaning Monday, she will have to watch them for that and I may not be able to ride on my own. I may do another ride with the kids. We'll see.
I really need to step up my tri-training (well, not tri for me-just du). Now that I'm running again, that will get me on my way.