It's FRIDAY!!!
The BEST part about today is at 10:05pm tonight I land at the Charlotte, NC airport and get to see my fiance shortly thereafter. :) I know I'm flying there not driving - it's fantastic! I'm flying because this weekend my fiance's lease ends and we decided to bring back his stuff to Jacksonville. We rented a U-Haul and he's going to drive that and I am going to drive his car back to Jacksonville. If I had a car that would just monkey wrench everything. Don't get too excited just yet, yes we are moving his stuff back BUT he has to go back. He's not in Jacksonville for good yet. He will take up residence in an Extended Stay for now. At least we are taking steps towards being back together for good in 1 city. YAY!
By the way we paid for movers to move him out - He's on the 3rd floor! There is no part of us that wants anything to do with bringing furniture down 2 flights of stairs. No thank you! I am pretty sure it's going to be the best $95 we have ever spent in our lives. haha Don't worry I will still get my share of a work out moving carrying clothes and other stuff that go into the car and things that he's going to leave at a friend's house until he gets back. Lot's of ups and downs 2 flights of stairs are in my future.
So this week I took Wrigley for a 45 minute walk on Tuesday and biked 6 miles yesterday. It's slow but I am trying - just not trying hard enough is the problem. Still making excuses, but I am getting better about not letting myself listen to all of them. Yesterday I dropped my car off at a shop to have the front bumper repainted while I am gone this weekend and I thought about having someone come get me to take me home, but nope instead I strapped my bike to the back and rode home. Okay I made a pit stop at my favorite bar for a bite to eat and 2 beers but hey, it was a 6 mile trip home. :)
Next week my fiance is in town all week. The goal is to still work out 3 times (minus unloading of the truck) next week. You guys are to hold me responsible please! THANKS!
Enjoy your weekends.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The "Changing Room" girl inspired me
Did anyone watch Good Morning America (GMA) this morning? Personally I am a fan of GMA over the Today show but that's just me. Anyway there was a story on it this morning about an artist who took pictures of herself in dressing rooms under that harsh light for a year to help herself lose weight. I couldn't find a printed article on GMA online but I found it on NPR - Click Here to read her story.
We was married in 2009 and decided afterwards to drastically change her lifestyle. She ended up losing over 160 pounds in 1 year. She stopped eating junk food, started walking and biking every day and weighted her food and counted her calories. It was a private journey and the pictures were for her to document her transformation and remember the feeling of the smaller clothes. She would look at them to remind herself what she was working for and help her make the sometimes harder but better and healthier decisions. They showed her she was making progress.
The whole way to work this morning I was thinking about this story, remembering the pictures that they showed of her journey and thought to myself - Am I Truly Committed?!
It didn't take me long, in fact I think it was an instant answer of - "No!"
I got to work and found the article and read it and looked through the pictures again. You see her difficulties and successes across her face in the album. God knows I have had my share lately but I just haven't done anything about it which is where the struggle is for me right now.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do for me - maybe pictures every Monday to take a cue from her, maybe throwing myself back into my blog (which I have been doing and definitely helping) but I do need to dedicate myself back to getting healthy again. I owe that to myself.
We was married in 2009 and decided afterwards to drastically change her lifestyle. She ended up losing over 160 pounds in 1 year. She stopped eating junk food, started walking and biking every day and weighted her food and counted her calories. It was a private journey and the pictures were for her to document her transformation and remember the feeling of the smaller clothes. She would look at them to remind herself what she was working for and help her make the sometimes harder but better and healthier decisions. They showed her she was making progress.
The whole way to work this morning I was thinking about this story, remembering the pictures that they showed of her journey and thought to myself - Am I Truly Committed?!
It didn't take me long, in fact I think it was an instant answer of - "No!"
I got to work and found the article and read it and looked through the pictures again. You see her difficulties and successes across her face in the album. God knows I have had my share lately but I just haven't done anything about it which is where the struggle is for me right now.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do for me - maybe pictures every Monday to take a cue from her, maybe throwing myself back into my blog (which I have been doing and definitely helping) but I do need to dedicate myself back to getting healthy again. I owe that to myself.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Encouragement
It's Monday again and it's like the restart button - have you ever thought about that? The problem is that when like Wednesday comes around many people decide that they will just wait till Monday to start back up if they haven't done anything thus far in the week. I know I have been GUILTY of that lately, okay for many months now. I've even used the phrase next month! LOL!
I had some encouragement though this weekend as a friend completed his 1st Ironman on Saturday, which in itself is amazing but then you add he caught a horrible stomach bug Friday evening and vomited the entire way, having to stop for 55 minutes after the bike for an IV and even with the medics saying he shouldn't continue he did and finished! That is an amazing showing of strong will, determination, and believing in yourself! He posted a comment on facebook yesterday that really got to me and it's something I want to share. Thanks Ryan you're amazing!
I know some people hate when others post about their workouts/exercise on Facebook. But I want to tell all my fitness friends out there to keep it up. Yesterday, I achieved a lifelong goal of finishing a 140.6-mile ironman triathlon, in spite of coming down with a stomach bug on Friday that had me up all night with diarrhea and vomiting. After the bike portion I was disoriented and dehydrated and
Today I won't be able to work out they way I want to at lunch but it's for a good cause - once a year Chili's Grill & Bar donates 100% of it's profits to the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and I ALWAYS eat there on that day. Well today is that day so if you don't have lunch plans or dinner plans (take out works too because it's 100% of it's profits from today period) go eat at Chili's. They have "healthier/ lighter" options too. I recommend either the Margarita Chicken w/ black beans and w/o rice replace with steamed broccoli or the Grilled Chicken Salad. Both are yummy! ENJOY!
I had some encouragement though this weekend as a friend completed his 1st Ironman on Saturday, which in itself is amazing but then you add he caught a horrible stomach bug Friday evening and vomited the entire way, having to stop for 55 minutes after the bike for an IV and even with the medics saying he shouldn't continue he did and finished! That is an amazing showing of strong will, determination, and believing in yourself! He posted a comment on facebook yesterday that really got to me and it's something I want to share. Thanks Ryan you're amazing!
I know some people hate when others post about their workouts/exercise on Facebook. But I want to tell all my fitness friends out there to keep it up. Yesterday, I achieved a lifelong goal of finishing a 140.6-mile ironman triathlon, in spite of coming down with a stomach bug on Friday that had me up all night with diarrhea and vomiting. After the bike portion I was disoriented and dehydrated and
spent 55 minutes in an ambulance for an IV. The EMT's didn't want me to go back out but I told my dad I didn't put in all that training to come here and quit.
Through all this training, there were often days I didn't want to get out there. But then I'd see statuses about my friends out there making themselves healthier and stronger doing their couch-to-5k, or their first half marathon, or their boot camp, or their crossfit. All of you motivated me and kept me going, and thought about you all yesterday. The people who hate when others talk about their workouts in FB are usually the people doing nothing. I say ignore 'em. Keep sharing your struggles, goals, triumphs and achievements with your FB friends around the world. You never know who you're going to inspire.
Thank you everyone for the encouragement and the kind texts and messages yesterday.
"When I get older, I will be stronger" - K'naan Through all this training, there were often days I didn't want to get out there. But then I'd see statuses about my friends out there making themselves healthier and stronger doing their couch-to-5k, or their first half marathon, or their boot camp, or their crossfit. All of you motivated me and kept me going, and thought about you all yesterday. The people who hate when others talk about their workouts in FB are usually the people doing nothing. I say ignore 'em. Keep sharing your struggles, goals, triumphs and achievements with your FB friends around the world. You never know who you're going to inspire.
Thank you everyone for the encouragement and the kind texts and messages yesterday.
Today I won't be able to work out they way I want to at lunch but it's for a good cause - once a year Chili's Grill & Bar donates 100% of it's profits to the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and I ALWAYS eat there on that day. Well today is that day so if you don't have lunch plans or dinner plans (take out works too because it's 100% of it's profits from today period) go eat at Chili's. They have "healthier/ lighter" options too. I recommend either the Margarita Chicken w/ black beans and w/o rice replace with steamed broccoli or the Grilled Chicken Salad. Both are yummy! ENJOY!
Friday, September 21, 2012
Feeling a bit better
It's almost the weekend and I can't wait! I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I am feeling better today, not 100% but better than yesterday for sure. I slept a lot yesterday and have been pumping my system with Vitamin C so I am thinking that is helping my body fight whatever little bug I caught.
Tonight I have the kickball season kick-off party. Definitely going to take it easy and not go crazy but I will definitely go. Okay well assuming I stay the way I am feeling all day and don't go downhill at all? The bad thing is this means it's the start of me having to wear that ugly ass burnt orange color. LOL Yes my team's color is burnt orange. I will be cutting that shirt up, puffy paint like crazy, Gig 'Em, I'm not a tu fan, etc!
Does anyone else feel that the time we have with the sun is quickly going away? It was like 2 weeks ago it stayed up until like 8:30 and now by like 7:45 it's pitch black! Boo! Definitely cuts into my time to go walk on the beach with Wrigley. It takes at least an hour to walk there, on the beach and then back home. Definitely going to come home and eat early and then go walk because I like to go for a walk after I eat, not before. I know Wrigley has missed walking lately - I've been a busy girl and then not feeling well.
As for this weekend, I'm just looking forward to relaxing and get back to feeling 100%. I am also going to pick a 5K to do soon so that I have to start running again. I know I can I know I can I know I can.
Tonight I have the kickball season kick-off party. Definitely going to take it easy and not go crazy but I will definitely go. Okay well assuming I stay the way I am feeling all day and don't go downhill at all? The bad thing is this means it's the start of me having to wear that ugly ass burnt orange color. LOL Yes my team's color is burnt orange. I will be cutting that shirt up, puffy paint like crazy, Gig 'Em, I'm not a tu fan, etc!
Does anyone else feel that the time we have with the sun is quickly going away? It was like 2 weeks ago it stayed up until like 8:30 and now by like 7:45 it's pitch black! Boo! Definitely cuts into my time to go walk on the beach with Wrigley. It takes at least an hour to walk there, on the beach and then back home. Definitely going to come home and eat early and then go walk because I like to go for a walk after I eat, not before. I know Wrigley has missed walking lately - I've been a busy girl and then not feeling well.
As for this weekend, I'm just looking forward to relaxing and get back to feeling 100%. I am also going to pick a 5K to do soon so that I have to start running again. I know I can I know I can I know I can.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Feel Terrible Today
Well yesterday was crazy and I made the decision to skip my work out and work through lunch. I actually was glad I did. I was soo busy yesterday and then "fires" happened which means that what I wanted to get done didn't.
Today I am exhausted and don't feel well at all! my head hurts, my stomach hurts, my throat even hurts a little bit. I really wanted to stay home but I have sooo much to do at work and I have this stupid sexual harassment class we all have to take once a year and my number is for today's hour and half seminar. yippie - not! I really just want to go home and go to bed. I know I won't get a work out because with that seminar taking an hour and half of my day I don't have time to take a lunch today. Yay HR. haha
I am suppose to go to kickball practice tonight at 6:30; a practice scrimmage against another team. We'll see how I feel throughout the day and if that is even an option.
My bed is calling my name right now and I want nothing more than to just answer it and crawl back into it. It was so hard to get out of it this morning. Thankfully Wrigley came and snuggled with me and that helped.
1 more day till the weekend! Yippie! Fingers crossed this terrible feeling goes away. please please please
Today I am exhausted and don't feel well at all! my head hurts, my stomach hurts, my throat even hurts a little bit. I really wanted to stay home but I have sooo much to do at work and I have this stupid sexual harassment class we all have to take once a year and my number is for today's hour and half seminar. yippie - not! I really just want to go home and go to bed. I know I won't get a work out because with that seminar taking an hour and half of my day I don't have time to take a lunch today. Yay HR. haha
I am suppose to go to kickball practice tonight at 6:30; a practice scrimmage against another team. We'll see how I feel throughout the day and if that is even an option.
My bed is calling my name right now and I want nothing more than to just answer it and crawl back into it. It was so hard to get out of it this morning. Thankfully Wrigley came and snuggled with me and that helped.
1 more day till the weekend! Yippie! Fingers crossed this terrible feeling goes away. please please please
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Positive Steps Forward
206 Days till the best day of our lives!
Yesterday was an interesting day but I made some good choices which is a positive step forward.
1.) Went to my favorite Thai restaurant for lunch with some friends. Ordered my favorite/usual, the Gang Woon Sen soup (this clear broth with button mushrooms, ground pork, bean sprouts, grass rice noodles, and green onion) and pad thai. I ate all the soup so when I got to the pad thai, I ate half of it and pushed it aside and asked for a box. Lately I have been eating it all and being very full afterwards. Not this time, no fat girl comma around 2-2:30. lol
2.) Planned to take Wrigley for a walk last night, however, a friend and I decided to meet at the best bar in town - Engine 15 - for a few drinks around 7ish. Instead of just completely skipping my exercise, the hour+ walk with Wrigley, I decided to bike the 4.5 miles to the bar instead. It was great and I really enjoyed it!
***Did I mention my beach cruiser is the one my fiance bought me last summer to make it easier for me riding around town/the beach? It's pink which is hysterical to me because I'm not a pink girl but it was a friend's that moved away so it was cheap. I'll have to get a picture of me on it and post it soon. :)
3.) I wasn't feeling the best after work, had a headache and kind of in a bad mood which lately I would have used as an excuse to not do what I needed to do. Last night I stuck to my guns and made it happen. I love living by the beach, you can ride your bike anywhere with all the sidewalks! My fiance will love hearing me say that :)
I brought my work-out bag to work today... hopefully I will make it down at lunch. I'm a bit tired and I have a lot to do today which lately has won over. I need the strength today please!
On another note, I am very proud of my fiance. He tracked his food on Monday on MFP. He struggled with it yesterday BUT this is 100% new for him. I'm just so happy he is there for me and definitely trying this out. He's the best! Love you babe!
Yesterday was an interesting day but I made some good choices which is a positive step forward.
1.) Went to my favorite Thai restaurant for lunch with some friends. Ordered my favorite/usual, the Gang Woon Sen soup (this clear broth with button mushrooms, ground pork, bean sprouts, grass rice noodles, and green onion) and pad thai. I ate all the soup so when I got to the pad thai, I ate half of it and pushed it aside and asked for a box. Lately I have been eating it all and being very full afterwards. Not this time, no fat girl comma around 2-2:30. lol
2.) Planned to take Wrigley for a walk last night, however, a friend and I decided to meet at the best bar in town - Engine 15 - for a few drinks around 7ish. Instead of just completely skipping my exercise, the hour+ walk with Wrigley, I decided to bike the 4.5 miles to the bar instead. It was great and I really enjoyed it!
***Did I mention my beach cruiser is the one my fiance bought me last summer to make it easier for me riding around town/the beach? It's pink which is hysterical to me because I'm not a pink girl but it was a friend's that moved away so it was cheap. I'll have to get a picture of me on it and post it soon. :)
3.) I wasn't feeling the best after work, had a headache and kind of in a bad mood which lately I would have used as an excuse to not do what I needed to do. Last night I stuck to my guns and made it happen. I love living by the beach, you can ride your bike anywhere with all the sidewalks! My fiance will love hearing me say that :)
I brought my work-out bag to work today... hopefully I will make it down at lunch. I'm a bit tired and I have a lot to do today which lately has won over. I need the strength today please!
On another note, I am very proud of my fiance. He tracked his food on Monday on MFP. He struggled with it yesterday BUT this is 100% new for him. I'm just so happy he is there for me and definitely trying this out. He's the best! Love you babe!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Project Make the Bride Sexy!
Yesterday on the way home from work I decided to change my angle of my blog a little bit through my wedding. Still the same concept of being honest but definitely gearing it towards my wedding with a twist - Project Make the Bride Sexy! lol I need a change to get me motivated again and excited about writing it. It was getting stale so I'm sorry for that.
I hear a lot of people say planning your own wedding is stressful. Well I have to disagree! Besides that it is time consuming there is no denying that - I have actually had a ton of fun doing it! I have the majority of all the important things:
Date - Done
Venue - Done
DJ - Done
Photographer - Done
Caterer - Done
Bar Service - Done
Buy Alcohol - Need
Florist - Need (might do this myself we'll see)
Day of Coordinator - Done
Officiant - Need
Transportation - Need
Dress - Done
Bridesmaid Dresses - Ordered
Groom's Suit - Need
Groomsmen Suits - Need
Decorations - Buying here and there but have a good bit
It's fun planning the best day of my life/ our life! We have 207 days till that day which means I have 207 days to become a sexy bride! :) I started that journey yesterday, I was very proud of myself. I went downstairs during my lunch hour and hopped onto a elliptical for 35 minutes. It was the 1st time in that room in I don't know how long. In fact I have a little "joke":
Question/ Joke: How do you know it's been a long time since you worked out?
Answer: When you finish working out, go to grab your baby wipes to freshen up and clean the sweat off and they are all dried up, completely!! OOPS!
You see I don't sweat a lot - most would think that is a great quality, I would beg to differ - I just over heat. But I don't need to take a shower most of the time after I work out for 30-45 minutes inside. Typically baby wipes will do the trick. Definitely had to wet those puppies in the sink yesterday. Needless to say a trip to Walmart was in my future that evening.
Well 1 day down and 207 to go till the best day of our lives! Today I will walk Wrigley after work. My best friend is back in the office after being out for 2 weeks for surgery, we're going out for lunch! :)
I hear a lot of people say planning your own wedding is stressful. Well I have to disagree! Besides that it is time consuming there is no denying that - I have actually had a ton of fun doing it! I have the majority of all the important things:
Date - Done
Venue - Done
DJ - Done
Photographer - Done
Caterer - Done
Bar Service - Done
Buy Alcohol - Need
Florist - Need (might do this myself we'll see)
Day of Coordinator - Done
Officiant - Need
Transportation - Need
Dress - Done
Bridesmaid Dresses - Ordered
Groom's Suit - Need
Groomsmen Suits - Need
Decorations - Buying here and there but have a good bit
It's fun planning the best day of my life/ our life! We have 207 days till that day which means I have 207 days to become a sexy bride! :) I started that journey yesterday, I was very proud of myself. I went downstairs during my lunch hour and hopped onto a elliptical for 35 minutes. It was the 1st time in that room in I don't know how long. In fact I have a little "joke":
Question/ Joke: How do you know it's been a long time since you worked out?
Answer: When you finish working out, go to grab your baby wipes to freshen up and clean the sweat off and they are all dried up, completely!! OOPS!
You see I don't sweat a lot - most would think that is a great quality, I would beg to differ - I just over heat. But I don't need to take a shower most of the time after I work out for 30-45 minutes inside. Typically baby wipes will do the trick. Definitely had to wet those puppies in the sink yesterday. Needless to say a trip to Walmart was in my future that evening.
Well 1 day down and 207 to go till the best day of our lives! Today I will walk Wrigley after work. My best friend is back in the office after being out for 2 weeks for surgery, we're going out for lunch! :)
Monday, September 17, 2012
TODAY I am getting back at it!
It's the middle of September and my slow start back to working out has been on a VERY slow path. It basically doesn't exist. lol! Last week during 2 different times I said a phrase that I had never admitted to but finally did - I am sacred of the gym! Really it's more I am intimated by it because I don't know what to do, how to work out and how to maximize my time in there; therefore the reason I am sacred of it.
The last time I really did anything active was the trident challenge race back on June 9th. The last time I was routinely working out it was early March. Ya I know a LONG time ago! My excuse once the summer months hit is that I don't sweat and I over heat if I try to work out outside. You see lately I have been running and I prefer outside and in the heat I just pass out. Really I don't sweat much. If you know me you know that's true. The hard part is that I "conveniently forget" about a gym and that I can work out inside in the land of AC.
As you might have seen on my last post, back on August 29th, that I signed up for a 1/2 marathon on February 17th. I have a training schedule and that starts on November 26th and that is all in my calendar. However what I am struggling with now is getting back at it so I am ready for that training schedule. My sister suggested signing up for a 5K the weekend before the 26th or even the weekend before that so I will start going now. I'll have to look into it and get back to you.
With all that said we are now less that 7 months till our wedding - on Thursday last week was 7months. We decided this weekend to try to lose the weight we have been wanting to by our wedding date. I have 12-15lbs from my starting point now - 166.4 according to this morning. He has 39 pounds to go from him starting weight this weekend. He's a guy though so the larger number is definitely doable. We signed him up for MyFitnessPal.com this past weekend. He's not too sure about it but I am hoping it will help him realize what he's eating like it did for me. It kinda opens your eyes to what's in prepared foods, how eating healthier can actually make you fuller for longer, etc.
The biggest thing is that he is willing to do this with me! That made me so happy since I know this is going to be something new for him, logging food and exercise, and it's not something he is extremely thrilled about. I love him so much for that! I just really need the help right now and someone to hold me accountable and who is in the same place as me. I hope he gets into it too and its a successful journey for the both of us till our wedding. We're calling it getting sexy for each other for our wedding/ honeymoon! lol! Hey whatever works right?!
Well the gym bag made it to work again today. The issue lately is that it never gets used. Today I am going down at my lunch break and doing something for 30-40 minutes, I'm using my workout bag today! I don't care if it's just walking on the treadmill - it's happening! I HAVE to get back into this now. Plus I can't let my fiance show me up right?!
The last time I really did anything active was the trident challenge race back on June 9th. The last time I was routinely working out it was early March. Ya I know a LONG time ago! My excuse once the summer months hit is that I don't sweat and I over heat if I try to work out outside. You see lately I have been running and I prefer outside and in the heat I just pass out. Really I don't sweat much. If you know me you know that's true. The hard part is that I "conveniently forget" about a gym and that I can work out inside in the land of AC.
As you might have seen on my last post, back on August 29th, that I signed up for a 1/2 marathon on February 17th. I have a training schedule and that starts on November 26th and that is all in my calendar. However what I am struggling with now is getting back at it so I am ready for that training schedule. My sister suggested signing up for a 5K the weekend before the 26th or even the weekend before that so I will start going now. I'll have to look into it and get back to you.
With all that said we are now less that 7 months till our wedding - on Thursday last week was 7months. We decided this weekend to try to lose the weight we have been wanting to by our wedding date. I have 12-15lbs from my starting point now - 166.4 according to this morning. He has 39 pounds to go from him starting weight this weekend. He's a guy though so the larger number is definitely doable. We signed him up for MyFitnessPal.com this past weekend. He's not too sure about it but I am hoping it will help him realize what he's eating like it did for me. It kinda opens your eyes to what's in prepared foods, how eating healthier can actually make you fuller for longer, etc.
The biggest thing is that he is willing to do this with me! That made me so happy since I know this is going to be something new for him, logging food and exercise, and it's not something he is extremely thrilled about. I love him so much for that! I just really need the help right now and someone to hold me accountable and who is in the same place as me. I hope he gets into it too and its a successful journey for the both of us till our wedding. We're calling it getting sexy for each other for our wedding/ honeymoon! lol! Hey whatever works right?!
Well the gym bag made it to work again today. The issue lately is that it never gets used. Today I am going down at my lunch break and doing something for 30-40 minutes, I'm using my workout bag today! I don't care if it's just walking on the treadmill - it's happening! I HAVE to get back into this now. Plus I can't let my fiance show me up right?!
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