I'm baaack!

I started this blog almost TWO years ago. Two. I posted twice. I gave up on the HCG diet because I almost passed out at work and I never looked back. My journey through weight loss has not gone anywhere, really. Very disappointing. I got more serious about running than I had been in awhile this past spring and had worked my way up to 5 miles every morning with that Saturday being the start of 6 mile daily runs, followed by a long run on Saturdays. And then I got injured. Pulled my quad. And it took FOREVER to heal. It finally healed; I started getting back into the swing of things and then I moved across the country. Try running in 98% humidity when it is already 75 degrees out at 7am with two dogs. Not easy. So I've had a hard time getting back into running since moving to North Carolina. The weather has finally cooled and I really just need to get my ish together and start. I really don't have much of an excuse since I've been unemployed since August 2nd. I quit my $30,000/yr job to move across the country with no job lined up in search of finding paid work in my field (marine mammal biology). Or grad school. No dice in the job department so now I am looking at grad school. Which involves taking the GRE. Ugh. I really don't want to take the GRE. And after almost 2 months, I will be starting work at a local coffee shop here earning about 45% less than I was back in Washington. I'm grateful that I finally found a job but they don't offer health insurance and I have to drive 25 minutes from home to get there because the only way to get from one side of town to the other in Wilmington is to drive through town. With my grown up bills and my now not grown up job, I will basically be able to pay my bills and put gas in my car. Luckily, the love of my life came with me and he has promised that we will be okay and the dogs will be fed and taken care of. And I trust him. It will be a struggle but I know we will survive. And I am VERY grateful to finally have a job again.

So why am I back after almost two years of not blogging? Now that I have more free time on my hands, I decided to give it another shot. Except in addition to posting my successes and failures in the weight loss department (I live right next to the beach...I need to be beach ready for next summer!), I also want to share recipes, running tips, beer reviews, book reviews and things like that. I love to bake so not all of my recipes will be "healthy" but everything in moderation, right?! So here we go again...