Baby, is this love for real?

        Today I am proud to say that I accomplished two milestones in my healthy lifestyle transition:
1. I have officially lost over 10% of my initial body weight
                               and
2. I ran nearly 4 miles without stopping. 3.92 to be precise

         My best friend asked me the other day to blog my running playlist for new ideas. I have a strange method to my playlist but I will list all of the songs currently included. Since I use the Runkeeper app I normally set it to shuffle and let the app do its thing. However, here are the songs in alphabetical order:

"A-Punk" Vampire Weekend
"Act II, Der Holle Rache Kockt in Meinen Herzen" Mozart, Die Zauberflote
"Alive With th Glory of Love" Say Anything
"Anna Sun" Walk the moon
"Another On Bites the Dust" Glee Cast
"Around my Head" Cage the Elephant
"Beating Heart BAby" Head Automatica
"Breakfast in NYC" Oppenheimer
"Burnin' Up" The Jonas Brothers
"Canned Heat" Jamiroquai
"Caress Me Down" Sublime
"Crawling in the Dark" Hoobastank
"Do You Realize??" The Flaming Lips
"Everybody's Changing" Keane
"Everything" Michael Buble
"Everybody Talks" Neon Trees
"Fingertips" The Urgency
"Flourescent Adolescent" Arctic Monkeys
"The Ghost Inside" Broken Bells
"Hate (I Really Don't Like You)" Plain White T's
"A Heavy Abacus" The Joy Formidable
"Help I'm Alive" Metric
"Hold Me Tight" Evan Rachel Wood
"Honestly" Cartel
"Honey, Honey" Amanda Seyfried
"I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons
"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Panic! At the Disco
"In One Ear" Cage the Elephant
"Inertiatic ESP" The Mars Volta
"It's My Life/Confessions, Pt. II" Glee Cast
"Live Like You Were Dying" Tim McGraw
"Love Lockdown" Kanye West
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" The Beatles
"Miserable" Lit
"My Friends Over You" New Found Glory
"New Moon Rising" Wolfmother
"Nights On Broadway" The Bee Gees
"Norma Jean Riley" Diamond Rio
"Oh! Darling" Across the Universe Soundtrack
"Pain" Jimmy Eat World
"Pale Bride" The Von Bondies
"Poison" Bel Biv DeVoe
"A Praise Chorus" Jimmy Eat World
"Promises" Nero
"Radioactive" Imagine Dragons
"The Reeling" Passion Pit
"Sail" AWOLNATION
"Scratch Your Name" Noisettes
"Sixteen Saltines" Jack White
"Start Me Up/Livin' On a Prayer" Glee Cast
"Stuck In the Middle With You" Stealers Wheel
"Such Great Heights" The Postal Service
"Suddenly I See" KT Tunstall
"Sweetness" Jimmy Eat World
"Swing" Savage
"Tell Me Something Good" Glee Cast
"To Be Loved" Jackie Wilson
"Too Close" Jackie Wilson
"What You Know" Two Door Cinema Club
"White & Nerdy" Weird Al Yankovic
"Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" Say Anything

     As my playlist changes I'll continue to post different songs. I've noticed so many positive things in the last 2 1/2 months. I just love my life right now. More than I could have imagined a year or so ago. If you were to tell me 10 weeks ago that I would be running almost 4 miles I would've laughed. It gives me pride to know that I'm doing something that a lot of others can't or won't do.

    I've got to get some sleep but I'm looking forward to Wednesday when I WILL run 4 miles.

Clever Title

     Wow! It's been a long time since I've had a chance to sit down and write. I'm happy that I finally have a chance tonight. I've been super busy the last two months or so but it has been totally worth it.
      Let's start with a summary of my day. Of course I had to work in the admissions office today which breezes by on Thursdays. I had producing class which went well and I'm excited to attend our next client meeting tomorrow at 10:30a.m. Today was the second half of the midterm in Intro to Fiction. I think it went well because I'm a talented writer but I'm always unsure of test performance. My gauge is always off. I was so happy to see my BFFF tonight! We hung out and ate dinner which didn't turn out to be super tasty but eh, beggars can't be choosers. She recently decided to start training to run a 5k (with my persuasion). Tonight was her third night and the end of her first week. I was so proud to run next to her.
       As far as running goes I'm just a beginner myself. On July 29th I decided to start my journey into becoming a runner and improving my overall lifestyle. I am proud to say that last Sunday I ran my first 5k race alongside my mom. My goals were:
       1. Run the entire race
       2. Finish in under 45 minutes

       I accomplished both of my goals! My time was 42:43, not the fastest but better than my goal. Running has helped me improve my confidence and I've even lost a few pounds, so that's a nice perk as well.
      I'm pretty exhausted from helping Karen train because I ran a crazy route with a bunch of hills yesterday. I'm headed to bed. More to come.