So my friend MAS text messaged me today - she is down to under 140lbs!  That has been our mutual goal since we met and started working out together in 2007!  I am so proud of her for achieving her goal!  Makes me want to work even harder now. :)  It reminded me how great I felt about my body when I was down to 139lbs and how good my clothes fit.  I have to admit I do miss my size 8's!!
  Today was a good exercise day - made it to the gym for a 20 minute run.  Did a little over a mile and walked a little bit as well then met up with my co-workers for lunch (another nice, long walk to get there).  Lunch was ok - had a hot dog (not too bad actually), steak fries and green beans.  I was hoping they'd have corn again today but no such luck.  So... I got a small bowl of honey dew and cantaloupe mix - very yummy!
  My boss and I walked again after work which was nice because I missed our one-on-one yesterday so I had a chance to ask her some questions about work and we chatted about some upcoming things going on in the office.  Did our 2 miles in about 25 minutes (actually 30 but we ran into a friend of her's so I'm ignoring those lost 5 minutes! ha ha).  I enjoy the walk because it's a chance to get outdoors for a short while (and today was gorgeous!!) and get some much-needed exercise.
  The pedometer is interesting.  I guess I never knew I walked so much in a day.  I'm already over 15000 steps today which means about 7 1/2 miles.  One of those miles was my run over lunch and 2 were from our afternoon walk so the rest is just regular walking I do. :)  The 320,000 goal by May 5 should be NO problem! ha ha.  It's already Friday and I have over 50,000 clocked!!
  I have realized over my lunch break runs that I suck at running by myself.  I give up way to easily. :/  I have learned to better pace myself but without someone to push me to run farther, I tend to do a little over a mile and then stop.  I know I can go further but eh.  I don't want to be like that - I want to run 3 miles and then stop.  I am hoping that running with Jessica (hi Jessica!  She's the only one I know who reads this!!) helps me.  She says she's nervous to run with me but she'll be helping me as much as I help her go farther.
  We'll see how this goes! :)