WOW! November just FLEW by. I can't believe it is December in less than 2 hours and Christmas is only a few weeks away! That's just nuts. I barely started my Christmas shopping. This is just NOT like me. And I'm broke, so it'll just have to wait. I'll be one of those fools doing my shopping on Christmas Eve this year... seeing as if we get get our Christmas bonus's, we'll get them on the 23rd and I get paid on the 22nd. Either way? I'll be shopping on Christmas Eve.
Time to look back at November. Lots of figuring out my new job, but I think it went well. I made the decision to do the 10K on New Year's Day and to run in a 1/2 marathon, and this week officially started my training. I'm doing my best to let the annoying people no longer get under my skin (easier said than done!) and trying to continue to focus on the positive. With Thanksgiving, I've really been looking back at the whole year and just overall, I'm grateful for where I'm at now.
As far as the goals I had set for this month... time to review the successes.
Hmm.. run 5 miles at least times? Honestly, I can't remember if I have or not! I didn't keep track all month of what I did, so I'm not too sure. I know I was consistant in getting to the track, even if my knee hurt and even if I didn't get in the whole 3 miles, I did it. SO for that I'm happy.
I didn't do 2 other fitness things every week. I did do some walks, 5Ks and swimming so I was closer than I expected to be! That's cool. Nice to at least have the fitness group's calendar to see what happened. I did do squats and lunges and a work out once. That was good too.
As far as a social night out with friends? I'm going to count the dancing night. We went to a bar after the dance lesson and it was SO much fun! I need to do that more often! :)
Hmm... now for setting December goals.
First... I want to enjoy the season and not stress out about the shopping and all that bs. I just want to enjoy it and have fun with it. Yeah, I'm broke, but I can have fun without spending a ton of money.
Second goal... I NEED to stay on top of my 1/2 marathon training schedule. This is going to include it all... the short Tuesday runs, the strength training, the cross training and most importantly, the long Saturday runs. I HATE running in the morning and this Saturday will be a BIG test for me to do 4 miles at 9am, but I have to do it! And I know I can.
Also, I need to continue to use that online training log that I found. I LOVE it. It is a great way to review my progress and hold myself accountable. Friday's will be my only day with no entries! :)
What else? I want to continue to develop my new friendships. I have done so well with all of that and I think I am continueing to do that. I want to keep up with it and reach out. The fitness group has really opened me up to so many people and I have made so many friends. I like that. I am doing yoga this Sunday with someone I have only met a few times but she is SO nice. So I'm looking forward to us taking Sunday morning yoga classes together.
And that's it... that's what I want for December.
On a side note... I had on The Biggest Loser tonight. They keep doing the commercial for a Biggest Loser exercise video game. In the commercial, this woman walks into a gym. She sees another woman running on a treadmill and it isn't for her. Then she goes into the yoga room and doesn't know what they are doing. Then she walks into a boxing/sparing class and decides the gym is not for her. She goes home and does the game on her own.
I think it is SO funny because all the things she thought were too much, running, yoga and boxing, I LOVE! I don't love the gym, but I love the fitness, the pushing myself and getting in that workout. Not sure when this happened or who I have become, but damn, I like this change in me! :)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
A quick one
It is almost 11pm and I'm tired, so this is planned to be fast, but knowing me... who knows! :)
My knee was still sore tonight running in the opposite direction on the track. But I still got out the 3 miles per the training schedule. I am SO glad Tracie went too. Not sure I could have done it on my own. I wanted to stop around mile 2, but my mantra as I was running was, "I am in training for a 1/2 marathon". That seemed to work for me tonight.
After I got home, I was emailing another friend I run with who wants to do the New Year's Day run with me. I told Carrie that tonight was the start of the 1/2 marathon training for Tracie and me, but it wasn't too bad. We only did 3 miles tonight. She had the best response ever:
"only 3 miles"...can you believe you're saying only? Haha. I was just telling my coworker I "only" did 2.75 yesterday and she thought I was nuts. Look how far we've come!!"
Seriously... I can't believe we are saying "ONLY" in reference to running 3 miles! That IS nuts! :)
It got me thinking about the past year. A year ago right now, I was looking for a new apartment, living in a really bad area. I already had at least one round of cortisone injections into my spine and I was still trying to lose weight.. at about 145 or so pounds. I had stopped running last year after the begining of October.
Now? In my new apartment in a MUCH better area (I'm actually planning on running around here tomorrow night, I NEVER would have done that in the old neighborhood!). I am running 3 times a week and this week moving to 4 times. I am swimming and doing yoga, and just overall SO much more active. I have SO many new people and great friends in my life. I weigh 125 pounds and have never been this healthy or this happy.
Amazing how many things have changed overall in the past 12 months. If you put your mind to it, its amazing what you can happen!
My knee was still sore tonight running in the opposite direction on the track. But I still got out the 3 miles per the training schedule. I am SO glad Tracie went too. Not sure I could have done it on my own. I wanted to stop around mile 2, but my mantra as I was running was, "I am in training for a 1/2 marathon". That seemed to work for me tonight.
After I got home, I was emailing another friend I run with who wants to do the New Year's Day run with me. I told Carrie that tonight was the start of the 1/2 marathon training for Tracie and me, but it wasn't too bad. We only did 3 miles tonight. She had the best response ever:
"only 3 miles"...can you believe you're saying only? Haha. I was just telling my coworker I "only" did 2.75 yesterday and she thought I was nuts. Look how far we've come!!"
Seriously... I can't believe we are saying "ONLY" in reference to running 3 miles! That IS nuts! :)
It got me thinking about the past year. A year ago right now, I was looking for a new apartment, living in a really bad area. I already had at least one round of cortisone injections into my spine and I was still trying to lose weight.. at about 145 or so pounds. I had stopped running last year after the begining of October.
Now? In my new apartment in a MUCH better area (I'm actually planning on running around here tomorrow night, I NEVER would have done that in the old neighborhood!). I am running 3 times a week and this week moving to 4 times. I am swimming and doing yoga, and just overall SO much more active. I have SO many new people and great friends in my life. I weigh 125 pounds and have never been this healthy or this happy.
Amazing how many things have changed overall in the past 12 months. If you put your mind to it, its amazing what you can happen!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday of the 4 day weekend
I really like long weekends. I'm pretty relaxed. Still a bit stressed about money right now. I just wish I had more of it. Money really is the biggest stressor in my life.
I slept in today, had a couple cups of coffee while I surfed the net & watched some morning news. Then I met the fitness group for a walk at the park at 11:30. We really walked fast today. We stopped after one lap to wait for a couple of people, then did the second lap. Even with the waiting, we finished the 3.5 miles in about 55 minutes! That's a REALLY good pace for our group.
Now I'm sitting, watching some football with another cup of coffee. I need to hop in the shower and get to mom's, so I have to get myself in gear soon.
Because I'm a bit stressed, I know I'm cranky. I need to really watch that today with my mother... I have a feeling she's going to be getting on my nerves today, but that's ok.
Tomorrow is going to be a VERY long day at work. I haven't logged into my email once all weekend and I'm a little nervous about what I'll see when I do! It'll be NUTS!
JOY!
Oh, today at the park, I told my friend Jen who also has knee problems what I found online about the IT Band thing. I described what it said, and she completely agrees that is what is going on with her as well. She laughed with the needing sneakers and running on a circular track thing. She got her sneakers when I got mine and she has been running with me since April, but not as often as me... I am at the track more.
SO... tomorrow night, I am going to run in the opposite direction to help my knee. And I'll take Advil before I run too. Hopefully it'll help. Between that and getting new sneakers this week.
That's about it... not too much going on. I've been REALLY lazy this weekend. Good thing I posted the couple of fitness things on the calendar! I might not have left my house! :)
I slept in today, had a couple cups of coffee while I surfed the net & watched some morning news. Then I met the fitness group for a walk at the park at 11:30. We really walked fast today. We stopped after one lap to wait for a couple of people, then did the second lap. Even with the waiting, we finished the 3.5 miles in about 55 minutes! That's a REALLY good pace for our group.
Now I'm sitting, watching some football with another cup of coffee. I need to hop in the shower and get to mom's, so I have to get myself in gear soon.
Because I'm a bit stressed, I know I'm cranky. I need to really watch that today with my mother... I have a feeling she's going to be getting on my nerves today, but that's ok.
Tomorrow is going to be a VERY long day at work. I haven't logged into my email once all weekend and I'm a little nervous about what I'll see when I do! It'll be NUTS!
JOY!
Oh, today at the park, I told my friend Jen who also has knee problems what I found online about the IT Band thing. I described what it said, and she completely agrees that is what is going on with her as well. She laughed with the needing sneakers and running on a circular track thing. She got her sneakers when I got mine and she has been running with me since April, but not as often as me... I am at the track more.
SO... tomorrow night, I am going to run in the opposite direction to help my knee. And I'll take Advil before I run too. Hopefully it'll help. Between that and getting new sneakers this week.
That's about it... not too much going on. I've been REALLY lazy this weekend. Good thing I posted the couple of fitness things on the calendar! I might not have left my house! :)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thanksgiving weekend
I survived Thanksgiving with the family. Had a fun day with a ton of food. Even though I ate a ton of pie, the scale was ok on Friday morning. :) Good thing I did that 5K on Thursday morning.
Thursday afternoon my knee was KILLING me. It was pretty bad the whole day. I had a really hard time moving it. It was ok straight and it was ok bent, just getting from one to another hurt.
I googled knee pain for runners and found a few things, then I finally figured out what was wrong. Here's a cut and paste from about.com:
What is the iliotibial band?
Iliotibial band syndrome is due to inflammation of the iliotibial band, a thick band of fibrous tissue that runs down the outside of the leg. The iliotibial band begins at the hip and extends to the outer side of the shin bone (tibia) just below the knee joint. The band functions in coordination with several of the thigh muscles to provide stability to the outside of the knee joint.
What is iliotibial band syndrome?
Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) occurs when there is irritation to this band of fibrous tissue. The irritation usually occurs over the outside of the knee joint, at the lateral epicondyle--the end of the femur (thigh) bone.
And where has my pain been? Um, on the outside of my left knee. Then I found the causes. It can be overuse, not enough stretching and increasing distance or speed too much. I only run at most 3 times a week, stretch like a crazy person and have been really good about slowly increasing my distance while my speed remains the same.
Other causes? Improper shoes, and running on a circular track. My sneakers are about 7 months old with about 15 miles a week on them (some weeks WAY more with walking tossed in). And I have been running on a track since April. That's why its my left knee only. Nice, huh?
So I'm going to have to take it off the track soon and I'm ordering new sneakers tomorrow. I have been taking advil and icing my knee too. Today I walked for about an hour and 20 minutes. I wanted to run, but after about a mile or 2 I started to feel it in my knee. I didn't want to push it too much.
So now I'm home, relaxing. Stopped at Target after the track for milk and my frozen pizza. $125 later I left. (I really don't know how that happens! At least I got one Christmas gift there for my cousin, but everything else? Yeah, for me! Food, undies-SIZE SMALL!- kitty litter & catfood, a new gel pack for my knee and that's about it! $125?)
I have a list that I want to do at home today. Sweep, mop the bathroom, clean the tub, change the lightblub in my bedroom overhead light, put the dishes away, go through some clothes to donate more and finish reading the 15 magazines I'm behind on so I can get rid of them. So far all I did was make that list. But I cleared out my email, made coffee and changed into comfy clothes to get on the sofa in! :) I deserve the break.
Tomorrow I am supposed to start the 1/2 marathon training. We'll see. It is stretch and strengthen day. I have a walk with the fitness group at 11:30 tomorrow morning. I MIGHT do yoga at 10am tomorrow, I don't know yet (said that for 3 weeks now and I STILL haven't made it to this FREE class!) And I'm going to mom's tomorrow too. I suppose I could work out at home tomorrow like I did last weekend and possibly make it to the yoga class, then do the 3 1/2 mile walk at the park too. I'd get it all in and be on track with the training. I just don't know how I'll feel in the am.
Monday night I am supposed to run 3 miles, Tuesday is 2 and I have yoga that night too. Wednesday is 3 miles & stregthen and Thursday is 30 minutes of cross training, but I'll do laps at the pool for that. Friday is Rest and Saturday is a 4 mile run. As long as my knee is ok, I SHOULD be able to do it all. Hopefully! We'll see. Maybe Monday night I'll do the opposite direction on the track and see how my knee feels, if that makes a difference! :)
SO that's it.. Now time for my lazy Saturday. I really really like 4 day weekends. I still have tomorrow off too! :)
Thursday afternoon my knee was KILLING me. It was pretty bad the whole day. I had a really hard time moving it. It was ok straight and it was ok bent, just getting from one to another hurt.
I googled knee pain for runners and found a few things, then I finally figured out what was wrong. Here's a cut and paste from about.com:
What is the iliotibial band?
Iliotibial band syndrome is due to inflammation of the iliotibial band, a thick band of fibrous tissue that runs down the outside of the leg. The iliotibial band begins at the hip and extends to the outer side of the shin bone (tibia) just below the knee joint. The band functions in coordination with several of the thigh muscles to provide stability to the outside of the knee joint.
What is iliotibial band syndrome?
Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) occurs when there is irritation to this band of fibrous tissue. The irritation usually occurs over the outside of the knee joint, at the lateral epicondyle--the end of the femur (thigh) bone.
And where has my pain been? Um, on the outside of my left knee. Then I found the causes. It can be overuse, not enough stretching and increasing distance or speed too much. I only run at most 3 times a week, stretch like a crazy person and have been really good about slowly increasing my distance while my speed remains the same.
Other causes? Improper shoes, and running on a circular track. My sneakers are about 7 months old with about 15 miles a week on them (some weeks WAY more with walking tossed in). And I have been running on a track since April. That's why its my left knee only. Nice, huh?
So I'm going to have to take it off the track soon and I'm ordering new sneakers tomorrow. I have been taking advil and icing my knee too. Today I walked for about an hour and 20 minutes. I wanted to run, but after about a mile or 2 I started to feel it in my knee. I didn't want to push it too much.
So now I'm home, relaxing. Stopped at Target after the track for milk and my frozen pizza. $125 later I left. (I really don't know how that happens! At least I got one Christmas gift there for my cousin, but everything else? Yeah, for me! Food, undies-SIZE SMALL!- kitty litter & catfood, a new gel pack for my knee and that's about it! $125?)
I have a list that I want to do at home today. Sweep, mop the bathroom, clean the tub, change the lightblub in my bedroom overhead light, put the dishes away, go through some clothes to donate more and finish reading the 15 magazines I'm behind on so I can get rid of them. So far all I did was make that list. But I cleared out my email, made coffee and changed into comfy clothes to get on the sofa in! :) I deserve the break.
Tomorrow I am supposed to start the 1/2 marathon training. We'll see. It is stretch and strengthen day. I have a walk with the fitness group at 11:30 tomorrow morning. I MIGHT do yoga at 10am tomorrow, I don't know yet (said that for 3 weeks now and I STILL haven't made it to this FREE class!) And I'm going to mom's tomorrow too. I suppose I could work out at home tomorrow like I did last weekend and possibly make it to the yoga class, then do the 3 1/2 mile walk at the park too. I'd get it all in and be on track with the training. I just don't know how I'll feel in the am.
Monday night I am supposed to run 3 miles, Tuesday is 2 and I have yoga that night too. Wednesday is 3 miles & stregthen and Thursday is 30 minutes of cross training, but I'll do laps at the pool for that. Friday is Rest and Saturday is a 4 mile run. As long as my knee is ok, I SHOULD be able to do it all. Hopefully! We'll see. Maybe Monday night I'll do the opposite direction on the track and see how my knee feels, if that makes a difference! :)
SO that's it.. Now time for my lazy Saturday. I really really like 4 day weekends. I still have tomorrow off too! :)
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Turkey Trot
Kind of forgot that Sudafed is dehydrating. Not really the best choice for before a 5K race. I was doing great through mile 2, then I needed to walk. I was at 20:20 at the 2 mile mark. Then I died. I finished at an even 36 minutes. I thought that it was at 35:59 but I guess not! :( But considering I'm sick and don't feel well and that I walked most of mile 3, that's not too bad for me.
It was a fun morning. I'm glad I went! Now I'm on my sofa relaxing before hopping in the shower and heading up to see my family.
Here's some pics from today...
It was a fun morning. I'm glad I went! Now I'm on my sofa relaxing before hopping in the shower and heading up to see my family.
Here's some pics from today...
Turkey Day!
It is 6:20 am. I'm on the sofa with the news on and about to start getting ready to head to the High School for the start of the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot. Should be really fun.
I am feeling better from this cold. Just took the forth round of meds... 2 every 4 hours for the past. 4pm, 8pm, 11:30pm and 6am. Just need to remember the tissues for the race. 30 degrees today! URGH! That's cold for running even for me!
As long as I don't strangle NA today, then it was a success. :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am feeling better from this cold. Just took the forth round of meds... 2 every 4 hours for the past. 4pm, 8pm, 11:30pm and 6am. Just need to remember the tissues for the race. 30 degrees today! URGH! That's cold for running even for me!
As long as I don't strangle NA today, then it was a success. :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Thanksgiving Eve with a cold
Still fighting this cold. Work closed at 3 and I stopped at CVS for a prescription, some cold meds and tissues. I LOVE the tissues I got. Never thought I could be this excited for tissues, but really, I am!
I was almost this excited when I first tried Puffs Plus with Aloe, but this is SO much better when you have a cold! I LOVE THEM!
Puffs Plus, with lotion AND VICK'S! Every time I use a tissue and wipe my nose, I smell Vicks and it helps clear me up a little. I LOVE it. Such a great idea!
So I've been laying on my sofa for the past 4 1/2 hours. I will most likely be in bed by 10pm and up at 6. I need to be at the race for 7am. I'm meeting SO many people there and I can't wait. Should be fun.
Other than seeing NA tomorrow. Damn, that girl STILL drives me crazy. I got such a HUGE and I mean HUGE!!!! email from her tonight. Really? Just not necessary.
That's one thing I need to work on... not letting someone get to me that much. I've gotten so much better at it, but some people just really get under my skin and she's one of them.
And yes, I was a complete and absolute BITCH in my email response to her on Thanksgiving Eve and I really just don't care. And I bet you're thinking... "hmm... I wonder what she said back that was so bad?" Wanna know? I'll tell you! I'll even copy and paste from my sent email.
I said....
NA, the email is so long I couldn't read it.
Tomorrow is thanksgiving. As I said before, you bring out something in me that I don't like about myself and with tomorrow being thanksgiving, I refuse to let that happen.
You are obviously entitled to your opinions, but going forward I would GREATLY appreciate not having them shared with me.
SO tomorrow morning when I have the 5K... there will be about 15 of us there meeting together. Yeah, she's one of them! Nice and tense on Thanksgiving morning!
Good times, huh?
Happy Thanksgiving!
I was almost this excited when I first tried Puffs Plus with Aloe, but this is SO much better when you have a cold! I LOVE THEM!
Puffs Plus, with lotion AND VICK'S! Every time I use a tissue and wipe my nose, I smell Vicks and it helps clear me up a little. I LOVE it. Such a great idea!
So I've been laying on my sofa for the past 4 1/2 hours. I will most likely be in bed by 10pm and up at 6. I need to be at the race for 7am. I'm meeting SO many people there and I can't wait. Should be fun.
Other than seeing NA tomorrow. Damn, that girl STILL drives me crazy. I got such a HUGE and I mean HUGE!!!! email from her tonight. Really? Just not necessary.
That's one thing I need to work on... not letting someone get to me that much. I've gotten so much better at it, but some people just really get under my skin and she's one of them.
And yes, I was a complete and absolute BITCH in my email response to her on Thanksgiving Eve and I really just don't care. And I bet you're thinking... "hmm... I wonder what she said back that was so bad?" Wanna know? I'll tell you! I'll even copy and paste from my sent email.
I said....
NA, the email is so long I couldn't read it.
Tomorrow is thanksgiving. As I said before, you bring out something in me that I don't like about myself and with tomorrow being thanksgiving, I refuse to let that happen.
You are obviously entitled to your opinions, but going forward I would GREATLY appreciate not having them shared with me.
SO tomorrow morning when I have the 5K... there will be about 15 of us there meeting together. Yeah, she's one of them! Nice and tense on Thanksgiving morning!
Good times, huh?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Almost Thanksgiving
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Eve, but even though its a huge night to go out, I'm not. Pretty sure that work is going to close at 3pm and I'm looking forward to that. Then Thursday morning getting up for a 5K, then my Grandpa's for dinner.
I have 4 days off and of course... I just got a cold! I feel miserable! I can't stop sneezing. I am so congested right now and I have a dry hacking cough.
Figures!
I have 4 days off and of course... I just got a cold! I feel miserable! I can't stop sneezing. I am so congested right now and I have a dry hacking cough.
Figures!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday morning
The funniest thing happened as I was waking up. I had set my alarm so I had time to chill before the walk at the park today. I hit snooze a couple times. With my clock across the room, I need to get out of bed and hit snooze and then go back to bed. Sometimes I don't even wake up or realize I'm hitting snooze.
This morning, I THOUGHT I was watching a news story about the police showing all these crazy areas that the found bullets and casings. Then the alarm went off and I remember thinking, how come the TV shut off when the alarm went off? Um, because the TV wasn't on. I was dreaming I was watching the news. Really? How weird is that?
SO I am a bit sore today. After I wrote yesterday I ended up doing more arms and abs. I know I didn't do enough arms the first time around. I WANTED to feel really sore, so I knew I got in a good workout. I'm not as sore as I wanted to be, but I do feel it. Guess I need to do it more often and push myself. I don't want flabby arms. I want some muscle defination.
Now my challenge is to find the balance to maintain my weight. I don't want to lose anymore and it is a struggle find the right balance. Generally my weight is between 125.0-128.0 never more or less since the begining of October. Until this week. Three times I was under 125 and today I was at 124.4. I don't want to lose more, so it'll be tough to find out how to stay where I'm at. Maybe doing weights and working out like that will build more muscle mass and keep me from losing anything else.
I have about 20 minutes left before I need to get into the shower. I'm meeting my fitness group at 11:30 for a walk at the park again. I want to have everything I need in my car when I leave, so I won't need to stop home again. I'll just shoot right up to mom's. I have lots of laundry this week, so it'll be a couple of loads.
My mom wants to go visit my aunt in a rehab. She had surgery a week or 2 ago, still not sure what she had done but either way it has been a while since I've seen her. SO that will be good.
And I am going to have to hit the supermarket to pick up a few things. Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving lunch at work and I need to bake the stupid muffins tonight! The Pats play at 4:15. Not sure when time I'll be home to start baking. Obviously I'm super excited about this, huh? But everyone loves those muffins. Chocolate Cherry Mini Muffins, a weight watchers recipe. It says 1 point each but I make them too big, so they end up being about 1 1/2 points the way I make them.
I still have more cleaning to do in my house. My kitchen is DONE I love it. So is my living room. Dusted, vacuumed with the carpet deoderizer and even vaccuumed the furniture from cat fur. Didn't do the floors in the bedroom, closet room or bathroom and didn't do the tub. I REALLY hate cleaning the bathrooom. That is SO my least favorite. And I hate cleaning in general. SO the bathroom?? SUCKS!
I need more coffee. Time to get up!
This morning, I THOUGHT I was watching a news story about the police showing all these crazy areas that the found bullets and casings. Then the alarm went off and I remember thinking, how come the TV shut off when the alarm went off? Um, because the TV wasn't on. I was dreaming I was watching the news. Really? How weird is that?
SO I am a bit sore today. After I wrote yesterday I ended up doing more arms and abs. I know I didn't do enough arms the first time around. I WANTED to feel really sore, so I knew I got in a good workout. I'm not as sore as I wanted to be, but I do feel it. Guess I need to do it more often and push myself. I don't want flabby arms. I want some muscle defination.
Now my challenge is to find the balance to maintain my weight. I don't want to lose anymore and it is a struggle find the right balance. Generally my weight is between 125.0-128.0 never more or less since the begining of October. Until this week. Three times I was under 125 and today I was at 124.4. I don't want to lose more, so it'll be tough to find out how to stay where I'm at. Maybe doing weights and working out like that will build more muscle mass and keep me from losing anything else.
I have about 20 minutes left before I need to get into the shower. I'm meeting my fitness group at 11:30 for a walk at the park again. I want to have everything I need in my car when I leave, so I won't need to stop home again. I'll just shoot right up to mom's. I have lots of laundry this week, so it'll be a couple of loads.
My mom wants to go visit my aunt in a rehab. She had surgery a week or 2 ago, still not sure what she had done but either way it has been a while since I've seen her. SO that will be good.
And I am going to have to hit the supermarket to pick up a few things. Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving lunch at work and I need to bake the stupid muffins tonight! The Pats play at 4:15. Not sure when time I'll be home to start baking. Obviously I'm super excited about this, huh? But everyone loves those muffins. Chocolate Cherry Mini Muffins, a weight watchers recipe. It says 1 point each but I make them too big, so they end up being about 1 1/2 points the way I make them.
I still have more cleaning to do in my house. My kitchen is DONE I love it. So is my living room. Dusted, vacuumed with the carpet deoderizer and even vaccuumed the furniture from cat fur. Didn't do the floors in the bedroom, closet room or bathroom and didn't do the tub. I REALLY hate cleaning the bathrooom. That is SO my least favorite. And I hate cleaning in general. SO the bathroom?? SUCKS!
I need more coffee. Time to get up!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
My day and new insights
Today has been a pretty good day for the most part and I still have hours left. It's about 4:30 on Saturday afternoon. I had set my alarm for 8am this morning to get the day going.
After a sluggish start, I left for the track at 9:45 to meet my friends. I completely forgot to eat my protien bar while I was home and grabbed it on the way out the door. I ate it on my drive to the track with some water. NOT good! I need more time in between eating and running. Should have had it earlier with some milk and then left for the track. Anyway.. somehow finished 1 3/4 miles of jogging with a horrific side stitch! I had walked 3 warm up laps and ended up doing another 2-3 miles after the jog with Jill. Nice to catch up and chat. She's pretty cool. (funny cuz she went to college with NA- the annoying one and didn't like here then. somehow ended up back here and couldn't believe she was stuck around NA again!)
Speaking of NA, she was there today. Did my best to avoid her. I can't even say how many times she inturrupted me. Jill and I were talking about a website I had emailed her and NA just started talking over us about swimming. I made it REALLY obvious I was annoyed at her inturrupting us. After quickly answering NA's question, I looked back at Jill and said, where was I? What was I in the middle of saying? But it was only the 3 warm up laps I had to deal with and there were several of us together so it wasn't too bad. :)
So after walking with Jill, I came home and made a pot of coffee... I was DYING for my caffine fix. Then I emptied the dishwasher, did some more dishes, and realized I had never really washed my bathing suit from the other night, so pulled out the bucket and woolite to clean that. Then since I had the bucket out, wanted to mop. I moved the kitchen table around, swept and mopped the kitchen and did all of the counters. The kitchen was SUPER clean. The only thing I didn't do was inside the fridge. Trash day is Monday, so I could do that tomorrow night. (I hate leaving food in the trash too long before trash day).
Then I decide to clean out the oven too... just before I started sweeping. Since I almost never cook, the oven doesn't get too dirty. The last time that I cleaned it was just as I was moving in and I didn't stick around for it to clean. Um, yeah. HORRIBLE! It was hot, smokey, and smelt like burning plastic! My house is super old and it has an exhaust fan to outside over the oven. I had that on, the 2 windows open, the ceiling fan on, and the door to the kitchen closed so the smell wouldn't get to the rest of the house. Plus I put in 2 Clean Cotton candles to help.
It was so bad, as soon as I finished mopping I had to leave the room! My eyes were BURNING! After the chlorine burning my eyes Thursday night, they are still pretty sensitive. It was SO bad. I went into the living room and surfed on my laptop for a while and watched some TV. Finally it was a little better and I finished up in the kitchen, put everything back.
Then... it was on to more working out! I remembered the old bootcamp exercises that Alex did with us last year when I was going 2-3 times a week. I did all of that stuff SOLID for about 40 minutes. I couldn't do the lunges though. My knee is REALLY sore from the run today. I'm afraid I did something to it. It started hurting after the 5 mile race a few weeks ago and since then after I run it gets pretty sore, and always the same place. The outside of my left knee. HURTS! On the first lung I tried, I knew there was no way. The squats were ok though so I did a ton of those, with the bicept curls then I did the nuts arm thing Alex did. I ended up on the floor doing her leg routine and I'm pretty sure I'll have a hard time walking tomorrow!
And I did a REALLY good ab workout. I want to keep doing abs more regularly. I know I already have some defination but I really want a solid 6 pack. I know I could get it even if I only spent 10 minutes a day doing abs.. not even 10 minutes! I'll get there.
SO... after all of that, I was back in the kitchen. I had a very old picture of me up on the fridge. It was my reminder when I wanted to open the door and snack. I picture of me about 10 years ago. I was really thin and fit and looked good. So for the past few years while I wanted to lose weight, that was my goal.. to get back to that picture.
I took the picture off the fridge and put it in the drawer. I don't need it as a reminder anymore of what I want to be. I don't want to be who is in that picture. It was from New Years Eve many years ago and my old psycho roommate took the picture of me that night. I had a drink on the table and a cigarette in my hand. I never exercised and ate like crap. Yeah, I was thin, but I wasn't healthy. And I wasn't happy either.
So now that picture is put away. I like where I have come to at this point in my life. I am happier and healthier than I have ever been. I don't need a picture on my fridge to tell me what to strive for. I'm thinner now than I was in the picture! And I don't smoke, I barely drink and I exercise at least 5 days a week. I am not the absolute best I could be with my eating habbits, but I am SO much better than I have ever been.
Now I'll need a new picture for my fridge; a new goal to set for myself. Maybe I can find a picture of a finish line of a race. Something to keep me going for the half marathon. This is going to be a challenge for me. Even today with my knee sore, and not doing as well as I wanted for my run, I started to doubt my ability to really go through with 3 months of training for this. But I have committed to it. I told so many of my friends and I am going to do this!
Nothing worth anything ever comes easy. Working for this, to run a half marathon.. even the 10K on New Years Day... those are going to be big challenges for me. It won't be easy. It will be lots of hard work and dedication. But the sense of accomplishment when I finish? :) That's what I want! I want to work so hard for something, towards a goal I really want, and then do it! And run across those finish lines! My time won't matter. My speed and pace, I really don't care. I want to finish. That's my only goal for the 2 races. Finishing. I just want to cross the finish line! It will be hard work to get there, but again....
Nothing worth anything ever comes easy.
After a sluggish start, I left for the track at 9:45 to meet my friends. I completely forgot to eat my protien bar while I was home and grabbed it on the way out the door. I ate it on my drive to the track with some water. NOT good! I need more time in between eating and running. Should have had it earlier with some milk and then left for the track. Anyway.. somehow finished 1 3/4 miles of jogging with a horrific side stitch! I had walked 3 warm up laps and ended up doing another 2-3 miles after the jog with Jill. Nice to catch up and chat. She's pretty cool. (funny cuz she went to college with NA- the annoying one and didn't like here then. somehow ended up back here and couldn't believe she was stuck around NA again!)
Speaking of NA, she was there today. Did my best to avoid her. I can't even say how many times she inturrupted me. Jill and I were talking about a website I had emailed her and NA just started talking over us about swimming. I made it REALLY obvious I was annoyed at her inturrupting us. After quickly answering NA's question, I looked back at Jill and said, where was I? What was I in the middle of saying? But it was only the 3 warm up laps I had to deal with and there were several of us together so it wasn't too bad. :)
So after walking with Jill, I came home and made a pot of coffee... I was DYING for my caffine fix. Then I emptied the dishwasher, did some more dishes, and realized I had never really washed my bathing suit from the other night, so pulled out the bucket and woolite to clean that. Then since I had the bucket out, wanted to mop. I moved the kitchen table around, swept and mopped the kitchen and did all of the counters. The kitchen was SUPER clean. The only thing I didn't do was inside the fridge. Trash day is Monday, so I could do that tomorrow night. (I hate leaving food in the trash too long before trash day).
Then I decide to clean out the oven too... just before I started sweeping. Since I almost never cook, the oven doesn't get too dirty. The last time that I cleaned it was just as I was moving in and I didn't stick around for it to clean. Um, yeah. HORRIBLE! It was hot, smokey, and smelt like burning plastic! My house is super old and it has an exhaust fan to outside over the oven. I had that on, the 2 windows open, the ceiling fan on, and the door to the kitchen closed so the smell wouldn't get to the rest of the house. Plus I put in 2 Clean Cotton candles to help.
It was so bad, as soon as I finished mopping I had to leave the room! My eyes were BURNING! After the chlorine burning my eyes Thursday night, they are still pretty sensitive. It was SO bad. I went into the living room and surfed on my laptop for a while and watched some TV. Finally it was a little better and I finished up in the kitchen, put everything back.
Then... it was on to more working out! I remembered the old bootcamp exercises that Alex did with us last year when I was going 2-3 times a week. I did all of that stuff SOLID for about 40 minutes. I couldn't do the lunges though. My knee is REALLY sore from the run today. I'm afraid I did something to it. It started hurting after the 5 mile race a few weeks ago and since then after I run it gets pretty sore, and always the same place. The outside of my left knee. HURTS! On the first lung I tried, I knew there was no way. The squats were ok though so I did a ton of those, with the bicept curls then I did the nuts arm thing Alex did. I ended up on the floor doing her leg routine and I'm pretty sure I'll have a hard time walking tomorrow!
And I did a REALLY good ab workout. I want to keep doing abs more regularly. I know I already have some defination but I really want a solid 6 pack. I know I could get it even if I only spent 10 minutes a day doing abs.. not even 10 minutes! I'll get there.
SO... after all of that, I was back in the kitchen. I had a very old picture of me up on the fridge. It was my reminder when I wanted to open the door and snack. I picture of me about 10 years ago. I was really thin and fit and looked good. So for the past few years while I wanted to lose weight, that was my goal.. to get back to that picture.
I took the picture off the fridge and put it in the drawer. I don't need it as a reminder anymore of what I want to be. I don't want to be who is in that picture. It was from New Years Eve many years ago and my old psycho roommate took the picture of me that night. I had a drink on the table and a cigarette in my hand. I never exercised and ate like crap. Yeah, I was thin, but I wasn't healthy. And I wasn't happy either.
So now that picture is put away. I like where I have come to at this point in my life. I am happier and healthier than I have ever been. I don't need a picture on my fridge to tell me what to strive for. I'm thinner now than I was in the picture! And I don't smoke, I barely drink and I exercise at least 5 days a week. I am not the absolute best I could be with my eating habbits, but I am SO much better than I have ever been.
Now I'll need a new picture for my fridge; a new goal to set for myself. Maybe I can find a picture of a finish line of a race. Something to keep me going for the half marathon. This is going to be a challenge for me. Even today with my knee sore, and not doing as well as I wanted for my run, I started to doubt my ability to really go through with 3 months of training for this. But I have committed to it. I told so many of my friends and I am going to do this!
Nothing worth anything ever comes easy. Working for this, to run a half marathon.. even the 10K on New Years Day... those are going to be big challenges for me. It won't be easy. It will be lots of hard work and dedication. But the sense of accomplishment when I finish? :) That's what I want! I want to work so hard for something, towards a goal I really want, and then do it! And run across those finish lines! My time won't matter. My speed and pace, I really don't care. I want to finish. That's my only goal for the 2 races. Finishing. I just want to cross the finish line! It will be hard work to get there, but again....
Nothing worth anything ever comes easy.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Mid month check in
I was thinking about what I was going to write to try to stay positive (pretty rough week so hard to be positive at this point when I'm just COOKED!). I looked through my October review and the goals I had set for November. At this point I'm doing pretty good.
The first week I only ran on Monday and Wednesday but I had a race that weekend on Sunday. Since then I have run 3 times a week though. I did over 5 miles on Monday night and have done at 3 miles a few times too. I haven't done 2 other things each week but I have done at least one other fitness thing each week, so that's good.
And 3 weeks ago I did go out with friends on the south shore. We had our ballroom dancing lessons and a big group of us went out for drinks after at a bar across the street. It was fun to hang out like that.
I'm glad I am staying up with the goals for the most part. That's nice. I know I have made so much progress with the fitness thing and by continuing to try and put more time in, I will only improve.
I do need to get new sneakers. I know mine are starting to wear out. I want a few other little purchases for myself too. I want a running stop watch so I can use it to train and improve my time. I want to get goggles for the pool. I think I burnt my eyes from the chlorine last night. And another bathing suit wouldn't hurt either. I would also like to get new winter running pants and a wrap around headband that covers my ears. Oh, and a running jacket to keep with the layers. Saw one at Marshall's that I want! Maybe I can get Santa to give me that too!
And then I also will need to start really writing down what I am doing. I want to keep a training log. I have a million fitness journals that I've gotten and never used over the years. It would be great to just keep a log so I can look back and see the improvement and know what worked.
I am pretty sure I might have one or 2 people joining me for the 1/2 marathon. They are keeping it open for 4 hours which is an 18 minute mile pace, so it is ok for walkers too. I think my friends Tracie and Jill will be joining me for it! Well, at least Jill for now. I'm going to try to talk Tracie into it. I think it might work! :)
At Thanksgiving approaches next week, I'm going to try to focus on all the positives and bitch and moan as much about the bs going on. Yeah, work was tough, but my new boss was much more receptive than I thought about the issues that I was concerned about. I have no money and I'm broke, but I manage. Been there and not anything new. I'll just have to continue being creative in how I figure things out. Christmas will be a challenge this year, but seeing as I'm planning on a ton of Gift Certificates, I might be ok to get them last minute. I think it will be ok.
SO that's where I'm at. I'm healthy, I'm training for a half marathon, I have great friends; old and new. Things are ok. Right now, things are ok.
The first week I only ran on Monday and Wednesday but I had a race that weekend on Sunday. Since then I have run 3 times a week though. I did over 5 miles on Monday night and have done at 3 miles a few times too. I haven't done 2 other things each week but I have done at least one other fitness thing each week, so that's good.
And 3 weeks ago I did go out with friends on the south shore. We had our ballroom dancing lessons and a big group of us went out for drinks after at a bar across the street. It was fun to hang out like that.
I'm glad I am staying up with the goals for the most part. That's nice. I know I have made so much progress with the fitness thing and by continuing to try and put more time in, I will only improve.
I do need to get new sneakers. I know mine are starting to wear out. I want a few other little purchases for myself too. I want a running stop watch so I can use it to train and improve my time. I want to get goggles for the pool. I think I burnt my eyes from the chlorine last night. And another bathing suit wouldn't hurt either. I would also like to get new winter running pants and a wrap around headband that covers my ears. Oh, and a running jacket to keep with the layers. Saw one at Marshall's that I want! Maybe I can get Santa to give me that too!
And then I also will need to start really writing down what I am doing. I want to keep a training log. I have a million fitness journals that I've gotten and never used over the years. It would be great to just keep a log so I can look back and see the improvement and know what worked.
I am pretty sure I might have one or 2 people joining me for the 1/2 marathon. They are keeping it open for 4 hours which is an 18 minute mile pace, so it is ok for walkers too. I think my friends Tracie and Jill will be joining me for it! Well, at least Jill for now. I'm going to try to talk Tracie into it. I think it might work! :)
At Thanksgiving approaches next week, I'm going to try to focus on all the positives and bitch and moan as much about the bs going on. Yeah, work was tough, but my new boss was much more receptive than I thought about the issues that I was concerned about. I have no money and I'm broke, but I manage. Been there and not anything new. I'll just have to continue being creative in how I figure things out. Christmas will be a challenge this year, but seeing as I'm planning on a ton of Gift Certificates, I might be ok to get them last minute. I think it will be ok.
SO that's where I'm at. I'm healthy, I'm training for a half marathon, I have great friends; old and new. Things are ok. Right now, things are ok.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Swimming
I hit the pool tonight and did laps for about a 1/2 hour. Felt pretty good. I did much better this time than I did at the pool last time. Still tough to get through all the laps, but just like doing the couch to 5K, I have to start somewhere. I'd like to start swimming more often so I can continue to improve with it. I do need to buy some goggles. My eyes are pretty sore right now.
I do have a bathing cap, but I don't know how to put it on yet! :( So I didn't wear it. I took a shower when I got home, but my hair still smells like chlorine. But I do feel good from swimming.
I'm taking tomorrow off from everything. Then Saturday I'll run again, hopefully 4 miles. I really want to take this 1/2 marathon training seriously. Swimming will be a great addition for me.
Hopefully I'll sleep well tonight but tomorrow is Friday! Ahh... Yay! :) Almost the weekend!
I do have a bathing cap, but I don't know how to put it on yet! :( So I didn't wear it. I took a shower when I got home, but my hair still smells like chlorine. But I do feel good from swimming.
I'm taking tomorrow off from everything. Then Saturday I'll run again, hopefully 4 miles. I really want to take this 1/2 marathon training seriously. Swimming will be a great addition for me.
Hopefully I'll sleep well tonight but tomorrow is Friday! Ahh... Yay! :) Almost the weekend!
It's days like this that I'm grateful for being the group organizer of the fitness group. I'm tired and mentally spent. Kind of like I was on Tuesday night when I ended up completely blowing off my yoga class. And that was easy. No one was counting on me to be there and I was only letting myself down.
Tonight, I would SO much rather just lay on my sofa and do absolutely nothing all night. But I have swimming on our groups calendar. I know that one of the 4 is not showing up and another most likely won't either. The other 2 people have been no shows at events before so I'm not too confident in them going, but since it is on the calendar and I organized it... I have to go!
I'm still in my work clothes, under a blanket on my sofa right now. I set my alarm on my cell phone because I was starting to doze off and I was afraid I would really fall asleep and completely miss swimming! So now I have 7 minutes (didn't end up falling asleep after I set the alarm) until I need to move and change into my bathing suit with clothes to cover up and hit the pool across town.
My goal tonight? Not really sure. I want to do more than I did 2 weeks ago, but that won't be very hard. I barely swam that night. More chatting in the shallow end than anything else. So at least I have a bathing suit that fits now. Last time I had on an old 2 piece and the bottoms are too big, even though it was the smallest 2 piece I have. It kept feeling like I was losing the bottoms when I did a lap! SO now I have a real swimming 2 piece with a razor back. No losing anything.
If I can get in at least 20 laps (I think 1 lap is up and back), then that's progress from last time. And that's all I need is a little progress. Hopefully it won't be too much. I'm just tired and spent.
Been a while since I had a REALLY bad day at work. Kind of forgot. Today was a REALLY bad day. Dropping f bombs all afternoon. Not good. But tomorrow is Friday! REALLY looking forward to the weekend! And next week is a short week too!
8 hours. I can handle 8 hours tomorrow! :)
Tonight, I would SO much rather just lay on my sofa and do absolutely nothing all night. But I have swimming on our groups calendar. I know that one of the 4 is not showing up and another most likely won't either. The other 2 people have been no shows at events before so I'm not too confident in them going, but since it is on the calendar and I organized it... I have to go!
I'm still in my work clothes, under a blanket on my sofa right now. I set my alarm on my cell phone because I was starting to doze off and I was afraid I would really fall asleep and completely miss swimming! So now I have 7 minutes (didn't end up falling asleep after I set the alarm) until I need to move and change into my bathing suit with clothes to cover up and hit the pool across town.
My goal tonight? Not really sure. I want to do more than I did 2 weeks ago, but that won't be very hard. I barely swam that night. More chatting in the shallow end than anything else. So at least I have a bathing suit that fits now. Last time I had on an old 2 piece and the bottoms are too big, even though it was the smallest 2 piece I have. It kept feeling like I was losing the bottoms when I did a lap! SO now I have a real swimming 2 piece with a razor back. No losing anything.
If I can get in at least 20 laps (I think 1 lap is up and back), then that's progress from last time. And that's all I need is a little progress. Hopefully it won't be too much. I'm just tired and spent.
Been a while since I had a REALLY bad day at work. Kind of forgot. Today was a REALLY bad day. Dropping f bombs all afternoon. Not good. But tomorrow is Friday! REALLY looking forward to the weekend! And next week is a short week too!
8 hours. I can handle 8 hours tomorrow! :)
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
My shadow in the moonlight
Today was insane at work. I was mentally spent by noon and still had another 5 hours left. Not sure what I even did, but I was busy all day. Pretty sure tomorrow will be just as crazy.
When I left, I was looking forward to hitting the track for a run. I checked my fitness groups calendar for the rsvp list. Tracie was the only person who signed up and I knew she wasn't going. She's in CT for work this week. SO I went to the track.
No one else showed up. One guy was there when I got there, and as he was leaving another guy showed up. He left and one more showed up as I was leaving, the orange shirt guy (he wears an orange sweatshirt every time I see him and that's twice a week).
It really was a good night for a run. Cool and dry. I got in 3 miles. The back corner of the track was pretty dark but the moon was SO bright tonight. I actually saw my shadow in the moonlight. I thought that was kind of cool.
SO I finally remembered to check the time on my IPod when I started running. I ran for 35 minutes. I think next time I'll set the stop watch on the IPod to get an exact time. I want to push it and cut my time down.
My friend gave me her 1/2 marathon training schedule. It starts with 4 mile long runs and I'm already past that, so I think I can do that. And her schedule is an 11 week class and I have 15 weeks for this race. Ahh... Am I really thinking of doing a 1/2 marathon?? WOW! I really am! Freaking out. First I need to do the 10K then see if I really think I can do the 1/2, but I kind of want to.
This is pretty exciting. :)
When I left, I was looking forward to hitting the track for a run. I checked my fitness groups calendar for the rsvp list. Tracie was the only person who signed up and I knew she wasn't going. She's in CT for work this week. SO I went to the track.
No one else showed up. One guy was there when I got there, and as he was leaving another guy showed up. He left and one more showed up as I was leaving, the orange shirt guy (he wears an orange sweatshirt every time I see him and that's twice a week).
It really was a good night for a run. Cool and dry. I got in 3 miles. The back corner of the track was pretty dark but the moon was SO bright tonight. I actually saw my shadow in the moonlight. I thought that was kind of cool.
SO I finally remembered to check the time on my IPod when I started running. I ran for 35 minutes. I think next time I'll set the stop watch on the IPod to get an exact time. I want to push it and cut my time down.
My friend gave me her 1/2 marathon training schedule. It starts with 4 mile long runs and I'm already past that, so I think I can do that. And her schedule is an 11 week class and I have 15 weeks for this race. Ahh... Am I really thinking of doing a 1/2 marathon?? WOW! I really am! Freaking out. First I need to do the 10K then see if I really think I can do the 1/2, but I kind of want to.
This is pretty exciting. :)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The World of Blogs plus all about me
WOW are there a lot of blogs out there. Didn't really realize it for some reason. I guess there is something for everyone. The whole theme of this blog has changed since I first started it, but I have changed so much since I first started writing here. I still can't get over how much of a different person I am.
Anyway... enough about me. :)
I started surfing through some of the blogs I found on the blog hop link. Some I loved! I know I'll start following them. Others? Just not my thing. Again, something for everyone. And every has their own interests. But I do love reading different ideas and what is going on in other people's lives. Started with the soaps around 12, then the whole reality TV thing.
I ended up blowing off yoga tonight again. I feel like a jerk for missing 2 weeks in a row. I was SO tired tonight. Last night I was still awake at 1:30am. Pretty sad when I know the alarm was going off in 3 1/2 hours and I was still awake. I just didn't have the energy to move tonight.
Then I was on my fitness groups website. The same person who gets under my skin... yup, again. I really have done so much to distance myself from people who generate a negative reaction in me. I like being around happy, fun, positive people with great energy. But there are just some people in this world who get under my skin. For some reason, no matter what I do to stay away, I can't shake two of them! Really, on Survivor, people are voted off the island. Can I vote to put these 2 ON the island???
Just something about these two people. Let's see... Um, AC and NA, that's what I'll call them (hopefully I can remember that!) I work with AC. But now we are on different floors. I still have to see her rolling her eyes now and again and deal with the attitude she just give off, but I've put so much emotional distance between us, that it is getting better. But she just gives off BAD energy! I do NOT like being around her. And call me a nasty B, but today when I had things come up that she had done and messed up before? Yeah... made me feel REALLY good!
And the other one... NA. OH that one REALLY gets me. I just can't shake her. She's just constant. No matter how much I TRY to shake her, it doesn't work. WORSE than a bad penny! I even venting with a comment on facebook tonight about distance not working and people still getting under my skin.
I'm glad at least that I only have it down to the 2 of them. The people closest to me are amazing. I have worked really hard to have good energy in my life. If I have good people around me, that will help me stay positive and stay on the path I want. Took me a while to figure it out, but I'm glad I did.
Anyway... enough about me. :)
I started surfing through some of the blogs I found on the blog hop link. Some I loved! I know I'll start following them. Others? Just not my thing. Again, something for everyone. And every has their own interests. But I do love reading different ideas and what is going on in other people's lives. Started with the soaps around 12, then the whole reality TV thing.
I ended up blowing off yoga tonight again. I feel like a jerk for missing 2 weeks in a row. I was SO tired tonight. Last night I was still awake at 1:30am. Pretty sad when I know the alarm was going off in 3 1/2 hours and I was still awake. I just didn't have the energy to move tonight.
Then I was on my fitness groups website. The same person who gets under my skin... yup, again. I really have done so much to distance myself from people who generate a negative reaction in me. I like being around happy, fun, positive people with great energy. But there are just some people in this world who get under my skin. For some reason, no matter what I do to stay away, I can't shake two of them! Really, on Survivor, people are voted off the island. Can I vote to put these 2 ON the island???
Just something about these two people. Let's see... Um, AC and NA, that's what I'll call them (hopefully I can remember that!) I work with AC. But now we are on different floors. I still have to see her rolling her eyes now and again and deal with the attitude she just give off, but I've put so much emotional distance between us, that it is getting better. But she just gives off BAD energy! I do NOT like being around her. And call me a nasty B, but today when I had things come up that she had done and messed up before? Yeah... made me feel REALLY good!
And the other one... NA. OH that one REALLY gets me. I just can't shake her. She's just constant. No matter how much I TRY to shake her, it doesn't work. WORSE than a bad penny! I even venting with a comment on facebook tonight about distance not working and people still getting under my skin.
I'm glad at least that I only have it down to the 2 of them. The people closest to me are amazing. I have worked really hard to have good energy in my life. If I have good people around me, that will help me stay positive and stay on the path I want. Took me a while to figure it out, but I'm glad I did.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Love Sundays
After writing this morning, I FINALLY made it out of bed, took a quick shower and got to the park in time to meet everyone for a walk. We ended up doing 2 laps, so about 3 1/2 miles. It was fun catching up with some friends and meeting new faces too. My friend Betsey ended up walking with us last minute. And get this... that was AFTRER she ran a 1/2 marathon this morning! INSANE! But I'm so proud of her! Her 2nd 1/2 marathon this year. How cool is that?
I was chatting her up about running and my plan for training for the 10K. Since I do so much better running at night, I want to make Monday nights my long runs. Then do 3-4 miles on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Plus I want to keep in yoga on Tuesdays and do lap swimming a few times a week as well.
Already have my bag packed for tomorrow. After work I'll stop home to change to go running at the track and grab my bag when I go. That way I can stop at the pool to swim laps for a bit after the run. Read something on active.com today about an easy swim after a hard run is really good for the muscles and helps keep them from tightening up. Plus, I'm really dying to try out the new suit! :) I figure adding in swimming regularly to my routine will really help me out.
After the walk this morning, I went up to my parents house for the afternoon. My grandpa and aunt came over for dinner too. It was really nice to see them and hang out. My grandpa is SO cute! I'll have to think of something really good to do for him for Christmas.
Tonight when I got home, I found a journal I started about 2 years ago for my monthly class with the life coach. Now that I write here, I don't really use it much anymore. I read through all of my old entries. I really can't believe how much I have changed in the past 2 years. Just my frame of mind alone. I really I am a completely a different person at this point... just in the past 2 years. Incredible.
Two years ago, I hadn't done anything with meetup. I didn't exercise. I was a couch patatoe. I had several drama filled, negative people in close contact in my life. And overall I was just unhappy. I was unhealthy and sad.
In every possible way in my life, I really am the healthiest I have ever been. I don't remember ever being this happy and content, just in general. Not for a specific reason, not an event or something good happening... but just in general, I'm happy. I like my life. I like being active. I like how I spend my time.
On a side note... earlier tonight I was checking email while laying on my sofa. My big cat McGraw, the 20 pound cat, I think he forgot he's not a small kitten. He climbed up on the sofa, crawled next to me, then crawled on my chest. I couldn't see my laptop! I couldn't get my arms around him to type! He's been a snugglebug all night. I have a tiny space on the side of my sofa now with him taking up more than 1/2 of it next to me.
I am going to be SO tired tomorrow. I was tired earlier tonight and looking forward to sleeping well. The Pats game is still on at 11:30 now with about 7 minutes left on the clock for the 4th quarter. I'm tired, I want to go to bed, but I have to see how the game ends! Even though right now we are up by 19 points.
Anyway... busy week this week with the running, swimming, yoga and toss in work too! :) Need to have a good week for training and with Thanksgiving next week, want to be productive and have a good week workout-wise.
I was chatting her up about running and my plan for training for the 10K. Since I do so much better running at night, I want to make Monday nights my long runs. Then do 3-4 miles on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Plus I want to keep in yoga on Tuesdays and do lap swimming a few times a week as well.
Already have my bag packed for tomorrow. After work I'll stop home to change to go running at the track and grab my bag when I go. That way I can stop at the pool to swim laps for a bit after the run. Read something on active.com today about an easy swim after a hard run is really good for the muscles and helps keep them from tightening up. Plus, I'm really dying to try out the new suit! :) I figure adding in swimming regularly to my routine will really help me out.
After the walk this morning, I went up to my parents house for the afternoon. My grandpa and aunt came over for dinner too. It was really nice to see them and hang out. My grandpa is SO cute! I'll have to think of something really good to do for him for Christmas.
Tonight when I got home, I found a journal I started about 2 years ago for my monthly class with the life coach. Now that I write here, I don't really use it much anymore. I read through all of my old entries. I really can't believe how much I have changed in the past 2 years. Just my frame of mind alone. I really I am a completely a different person at this point... just in the past 2 years. Incredible.
Two years ago, I hadn't done anything with meetup. I didn't exercise. I was a couch patatoe. I had several drama filled, negative people in close contact in my life. And overall I was just unhappy. I was unhealthy and sad.
In every possible way in my life, I really am the healthiest I have ever been. I don't remember ever being this happy and content, just in general. Not for a specific reason, not an event or something good happening... but just in general, I'm happy. I like my life. I like being active. I like how I spend my time.
On a side note... earlier tonight I was checking email while laying on my sofa. My big cat McGraw, the 20 pound cat, I think he forgot he's not a small kitten. He climbed up on the sofa, crawled next to me, then crawled on my chest. I couldn't see my laptop! I couldn't get my arms around him to type! He's been a snugglebug all night. I have a tiny space on the side of my sofa now with him taking up more than 1/2 of it next to me.
I am going to be SO tired tomorrow. I was tired earlier tonight and looking forward to sleeping well. The Pats game is still on at 11:30 now with about 7 minutes left on the clock for the 4th quarter. I'm tired, I want to go to bed, but I have to see how the game ends! Even though right now we are up by 19 points.
Anyway... busy week this week with the running, swimming, yoga and toss in work too! :) Need to have a good week for training and with Thanksgiving next week, want to be productive and have a good week workout-wise.
Lazy morning
I had pretty ambitious goals for this weekend. Yesterday was going to start my "long run" Saturday's. Then today I was going to take a yoga class at 10am and do a 3+ mile walk with my fitness group at 11:30.
Well, 10 people are meeting me for the walk which starts in about an hour... needless to say I did not make the 10am yoga class yet again. AND its FREE! I just couldn't get going. I need to shower and I just didn't want to move... so I didn't.
Yesterday I was not into the whole running thing. I jogged 1 1/2 miles, then walked a lap, jogged a lap, walked a lap, then jogged another 1 3/4 miles. SO in total ok, I got in 3 1/2 miles, but still. I was hoping for 5 straight solid miles.
I think I am going to make Monday or Wednesday nights my long runs instead. I just feel better running at night. I know eventually I will need to do long runs during the day to build up to running the race during the day, but for now I am going to go with what works for me. And after doing some more research on swimming.... guess it is good after a long run to help with the acid build up. I'm thinking that I pack a bag when I run tomorrow. If I do a long run and I'm up for swimming, then I could just stop at the pool on my way home and try for a 30 minute lap swim. Or at least see what I could do.
My goal is to try to get to the pool at least twice a week and build that into my workout routine along with running and yoga. I know I need to do some specific weight training to firm up some muscles. Even a 30 minute workout with hand weights and some squats and lunges. I could just make a routine and maximize what I'm doing... a lung with a bicep curl or a squat with an overhead tri pull down. We'll see. I just have to make the commitment to myself for that. I want to firm up.
I think its funny now. Originally it was about trying to just run a 5K. Done that. Then more fitness in general. Now I am more on my overall health, and really becoming as fit as I can. I love this!
Even though I slightly slacked yesterday at the track, it was still fun. I met my friend Tracie there. First we did 3 laps as a warm up, then all that running mix, then I we walked for at least 30 minutes, and then stretched. I was at the track for 2 1/2 hours with her! And it was a perfect fall day out too! It was great.
Ok, so I am now STILL laying in my bed. I need to get up and take a quick shower so I can go meet everyone for a walk. LOTS to do today! :)
Happy Sunday!
Well, 10 people are meeting me for the walk which starts in about an hour... needless to say I did not make the 10am yoga class yet again. AND its FREE! I just couldn't get going. I need to shower and I just didn't want to move... so I didn't.
Yesterday I was not into the whole running thing. I jogged 1 1/2 miles, then walked a lap, jogged a lap, walked a lap, then jogged another 1 3/4 miles. SO in total ok, I got in 3 1/2 miles, but still. I was hoping for 5 straight solid miles.
I think I am going to make Monday or Wednesday nights my long runs instead. I just feel better running at night. I know eventually I will need to do long runs during the day to build up to running the race during the day, but for now I am going to go with what works for me. And after doing some more research on swimming.... guess it is good after a long run to help with the acid build up. I'm thinking that I pack a bag when I run tomorrow. If I do a long run and I'm up for swimming, then I could just stop at the pool on my way home and try for a 30 minute lap swim. Or at least see what I could do.
My goal is to try to get to the pool at least twice a week and build that into my workout routine along with running and yoga. I know I need to do some specific weight training to firm up some muscles. Even a 30 minute workout with hand weights and some squats and lunges. I could just make a routine and maximize what I'm doing... a lung with a bicep curl or a squat with an overhead tri pull down. We'll see. I just have to make the commitment to myself for that. I want to firm up.
I think its funny now. Originally it was about trying to just run a 5K. Done that. Then more fitness in general. Now I am more on my overall health, and really becoming as fit as I can. I love this!
Even though I slightly slacked yesterday at the track, it was still fun. I met my friend Tracie there. First we did 3 laps as a warm up, then all that running mix, then I we walked for at least 30 minutes, and then stretched. I was at the track for 2 1/2 hours with her! And it was a perfect fall day out too! It was great.
Ok, so I am now STILL laying in my bed. I need to get up and take a quick shower so I can go meet everyone for a walk. LOTS to do today! :)
Happy Sunday!
Monday, November 8, 2010
One week down in November....
Been a long start to November. I'm looking forward to having Veteran's Day off from work. I'm off to a slow start on the month's goals.
Last week I ran twice and kind of slacked with it. I ran yesterday at a race and ended up maybe running a total of 3 miles. Tonight was cancelled because of the rain, which is a good thing. I'm pretty sore right now.
I went swimming last week too... that was good. Need a new bathing suit which I ordered on line, we'll see when it comes in. This week I have yoga tomorrow then bootcamp on Thursday night and running Wednesday and I want to go running again on Saturday.
Work is CRAZY busy, but I'm getting lots done. I've stepped up and really taken to this position so I hope it all works out.
Saturday I was shopping with mom. Bought a couple pairs of pants. Who knew I was down to a size 6?? WOW! I was surprized but VERY happy! Now I need some new tops because all of mine are too big. I'll get there eventually.
Not really too much to say today. Hmm....
Here's a few of the cats hanging out on the sofa with me....
Last week I ran twice and kind of slacked with it. I ran yesterday at a race and ended up maybe running a total of 3 miles. Tonight was cancelled because of the rain, which is a good thing. I'm pretty sore right now.
I went swimming last week too... that was good. Need a new bathing suit which I ordered on line, we'll see when it comes in. This week I have yoga tomorrow then bootcamp on Thursday night and running Wednesday and I want to go running again on Saturday.
Work is CRAZY busy, but I'm getting lots done. I've stepped up and really taken to this position so I hope it all works out.
Saturday I was shopping with mom. Bought a couple pairs of pants. Who knew I was down to a size 6?? WOW! I was surprized but VERY happy! Now I need some new tops because all of mine are too big. I'll get there eventually.
Not really too much to say today. Hmm....
Here's a few of the cats hanging out on the sofa with me....
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Too late to be awake still
First... it is 11:30pm... and why am I wide awake?? WIDE awake!! Not good! Going to be a LONG day tomorrow if I can't get any sleep.
No yoga tonight.... first Tuesday of the month. Funny, I've been going so long that just being home tonight doing nothing, I was bored out of my mind. Can't just sit still now. Last night I was at the track for running. Only one other person showed up. Her and I walked a mile together then she left. I jogged a mile but was so cold, I just went home. Hopefully tomorrow is better.
I stopped at the food store on the way home and ended picking up some protien bars. I think I run better if I eat one of those first. Hopefully it'll make a difference eating one before my next couple of runs. I want to get in a really good run tomorrow night then I have a 5 MILE race on Sunday.
Today was the election. Nice that we can finally have the election commercials be DONE. Enough of them! I watched a little bit of the election information, with the turn outs.
Hmmm...not much to even write about. I'm relaxed, calm and just hanging out. I read a magazine, watched trashy tv and did NOTHING tonight. And I am WIDE awake still! Frustrating. But tomorrow is hump day, so it'll be on the downswing to the weekend.
Oh, I have swimming on Thursday night with the fitness group too... that will be fun! Looking forward to trying something different.
Guess I should TRY to go to bed now... getting closer to being Wednesday. I'm never up this late! Tomorrow is going to be a LONG day!
No yoga tonight.... first Tuesday of the month. Funny, I've been going so long that just being home tonight doing nothing, I was bored out of my mind. Can't just sit still now. Last night I was at the track for running. Only one other person showed up. Her and I walked a mile together then she left. I jogged a mile but was so cold, I just went home. Hopefully tomorrow is better.
I stopped at the food store on the way home and ended picking up some protien bars. I think I run better if I eat one of those first. Hopefully it'll make a difference eating one before my next couple of runs. I want to get in a really good run tomorrow night then I have a 5 MILE race on Sunday.
Today was the election. Nice that we can finally have the election commercials be DONE. Enough of them! I watched a little bit of the election information, with the turn outs.
Hmmm...not much to even write about. I'm relaxed, calm and just hanging out. I read a magazine, watched trashy tv and did NOTHING tonight. And I am WIDE awake still! Frustrating. But tomorrow is hump day, so it'll be on the downswing to the weekend.
Oh, I have swimming on Thursday night with the fitness group too... that will be fun! Looking forward to trying something different.
Guess I should TRY to go to bed now... getting closer to being Wednesday. I'm never up this late! Tomorrow is going to be a LONG day!
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