I'm freaking out that I have to wait until tomorrow to find out about the marathon! I don't know if I've been accepted yet. URGH! It is KILLING me. I'm not a very patient person! :)

Tonight was awesome at the pool. For the first time I was able to get in a full mile of swimming! I can't believe it! And I just swam for the first time maybe a month or so ago! Crazy!

It is so unbelievable how far I have come with fitness. I never ever thought I would be where I am at. I have run 10 miles this week, swam almost 2 miles, and taken a yoga class. And it is only Thursday! How did I get here??? When did this happen? And I'm freaking out that I might NOT be able to run in the Boston Marathon?? Are you kidding??? When did the idea of me running in the marathon even become a possibility? HOLY COW!

Just funny to think back at where I was when I started this blog. I never did anything, I was home all the time with very few local friends and I weighted around 160 pounds! Now?? I am NEVER home, and exercise about 6 days a week, I have a TON of local friends and today I was actually concerned because my weight was UNDER 125 pounds and I am trying to stay above that. (I was 124.6 this morning). Oh how has my life changed.

Many relationships in my life have changed or even ended during this process. I know that I have changed, not only my lifestyle, but WHO I am. Different things are now important to me. I talk about my workout ALL the time cuz I love it. And my friends are people who also like to have fun with fitness.

Tonight at the pool, I invited a few more people to meet up Sunday at 11am and then decided since I don't have yoga on Tuesday night, another swim would be great. SO we are meeting Tuesday night at 7. And I'm taking Zumba on Sunday morning with my friend Kim before going to the pool. This is my life now. My social life is now filled with fitness events as well.

And I think that is SO great. First of all, it is WAY cheaper! I get to go out, have fun, see people, be social and NOT spend a ton of money. I mean tonight I was at the pool for about an hour and half. Um, FREE! And same thing on Sunday and Tuesday. Zumba class is 9-10:30 and that's only $10! Monday night and Wednesday night I'll be running. Not sure yet of where, the track or the gym... depends on the weather.

But I have friends who go to my gym too... last week I hung out with Betsey at the gym and we ran 3 miles and chatted the whole time. This is my life now.

I'm not a party drinker anymore. I don't really drink and I don't want to feel like crap from drinking and being hung over. And now, especially if I am training for a freakin MARATHON, I can't drink. I can't do that. I need to really watch what I do, what I eat and how I fuel my body.

Speaking of that... I was thinking of calling my doctor after I hear about the marathon, if I get accepted. I wanted to ask her about it. She's a runner, so it would be to get the medical approval and all that, plus I'd really like to see a nutritionist. I know I could eat so much better! I am snacking on almonds and a glass of skim milk, so not super bad, but overall it could be better. And I know I don't eat enough. I'd like to see a sports nutritionist to make sure I am getting the right balance during training to keep me going.

WOW I have a lot! :)

After 3 nights now of little sleep, hoping I can get ONE good one in tonight, so logging off early to hopefully crash. Pretty tired right now.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow... yeah RIGHT, like I'll be able to sleep waiting for this decision! This is why I sent it in today. I didn't want to have to wait for a decision over the weekend! THAT would KILL me!