Orange Is The New Black | BeachBumRunner

My long run is at 9 miles, right on target for my half-marathon training. My weekly mileage is creeping up. But so is my snacking. Uugghh. I can’t stop eating! This didn’t happen to me during my first 2 half marathons. I was disciplined with my meals, and very focused on meal preparation and moderate healthy snacks. Lately I’ve been extra hungry between meals. Wish me self control! LOL

I was finally able to download “Orange is the New Black” for my kindle. I wait to get the library version in case I don’t like the book. I was on the waiting list at spot 252, and it only took 10 days to get a copy. I’m 10% through with the book (something I would never have said if it was a paper copy of the book) and I’m enjoying it. It’s a little weird so far, but very interesting, and unlike anything I’ve read before.

I just suspended my television service for a month. This is something I’ve talked about doing, but never actually put into action. In the summertime, when the days are longer and there is so much to do outside it always seemed like a waste of time to be sitting in front of the boob-tube. Yet sit I would! And don’t get me wrong… I love the TV. Watching Big Brother is my summertime guilty pleasure so it will be interesting to see if I go through withdrawal.

Thankfully DirecTV makes it very easy to temporarily suspend service. You can suspend their service from 30 days to 60 months, and it extends your contract with them for the same amount of time. I’ll save over $100 this month on this bill, at a time when I shouldn’t be sitting on my butt watching shows (in my opinion!!!!).

I have a number of goals for this month without TV.

1. Spend more time reading (next on my list: Orange is the New Black)

2. Evening workouts (gym, yoga studio, short runs, track work, home workout routines)

3. Clean up and organize my office (I finally made an office area in my family room, but it’s a wreck since I’ve been spending all my evenings working out or sitting in front of the TV!)

4. Cooking, food prep, cleaning

5. Yard work (mowing, weeding, edging, pruning) – why save it all for the weekends, right?

6. Walks or bike rides with Matt (I’ll probably move this up to #1)

7. Sitting on the deck or by the outdoor fire pit with a glass of wine and my honey 🙂

8. Going to be earlier so I can get up earlier for longer runs. I call TV the time-sucker. Before I know it 3 hours went by and I’m exhausted, and it’s past my bedtime.

Things I will miss about the TV

Big Brother (I’m obsessed and would actually LIKE to be ON THE SHOW! What motivation that would be to get my butt in shape, right?)

Baseball (Even thought I haven’t been watching as much baseball as I used to, I will miss it as a possibility… especially now that Jeter is back at short)

Below Deck (a reality show like Jersey Shore or The Real World but on a boat)

The weather/news & Live with Kelly and Michael Strahan

THAT’S IT! At least that’s all I can think of besides an assortment of home improvement shows.

Hhhmmmm…. what else can I get rid of!? One thing at a time, right?