Motivation?
i can't seem to find it anywhere and i looked for over an hour under my covers this morning for it...lol...yeah, i had the best of intentions last nite and set out my running clothes so all i had to do was turn off the alarm clock and jump outta bed into the clothes and head out the door...running at nite is just not gonna happen these next few days as hubby is super busy working late every nite! at least he makes it home for supper before he's on the run again!
so, i was planning on getting in my final week 2 run (btw, it's the start of week 4 for other ppl on the c 2 5 k program...but not here)...and somehow i forgot to turn the alarm clock on once i set the timer back...duh...at least i woke up at 6 (20 mins past when i wanted to wake up) and set it up for hubby's wake up time...
i have to at least get back into shredding...cuz i'm up a lb at this morning's WI...a lil dissappointing but i didn't do nearly enough exercising or following any sort of program food wise this past week!
well...now i gotta go look for my motivation again...it's around here somewhere!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
yay for getting back into it...
so, i got up early this morning (baby boy was up at 5:45) and i couldn't get back to sleep right away so i jumped up outta bed (knowing i had until 7am when hubby goes to work) so i got my running clothes on and laced up my shoes and got outside to get my 2nd run in of week 2 of the C 2 5 K program in! i felt great when i got home but then i hit the wall right before baby boy got up and had time for a lil quick nap (20 mins)...and now my quads are sooooooo sore...guess i didn't stretch as well as i should have...don't know if i'll get to shredding today...will see how i feel later on...
also, started going through the kids old small clothes yesterday that are stored up in our attic (it's actually a spare bedroom that we use as storage) and it's going to take me the rest of the weekend plus some to go through them all but as we have definitely decided we are done having kids...i'm packing up some for when our nephews/nieces start having kids in the next 10 years (they are 19,17,15) for hand me off's but also cuz i got alot of handmedowns for our lil girl, i am going thru them carefully and donating some of the older more used clothes...but not to the salvation army...i want to donate them for free to some really needy families...might have to take them to the big city for that tho...oh well!so my spare room is full of stacks of clothes, boxes and just a lil area on the bed where i'm organizing everything...great fun for lil girl to come up there with me when baby is sleeping and "play"...
laters!!!
also, started going through the kids old small clothes yesterday that are stored up in our attic (it's actually a spare bedroom that we use as storage) and it's going to take me the rest of the weekend plus some to go through them all but as we have definitely decided we are done having kids...i'm packing up some for when our nephews/nieces start having kids in the next 10 years (they are 19,17,15) for hand me off's but also cuz i got alot of handmedowns for our lil girl, i am going thru them carefully and donating some of the older more used clothes...but not to the salvation army...i want to donate them for free to some really needy families...might have to take them to the big city for that tho...oh well!so my spare room is full of stacks of clothes, boxes and just a lil area on the bed where i'm organizing everything...great fun for lil girl to come up there with me when baby is sleeping and "play"...
laters!!!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Official WI...
and i'm down 2 lbs!!!yay!!!but the bad news is that i'm still not back into shredding or running this week...off since friday...yikes...need to get a hold of that thing called motivation...and you'd think the 2 lb loss despite all the overindulgence this past weekend would do it for me, but for some reason my resolve is waning...gotta go read some success stories and get back into that "losing" mindframe again!!!
later!
later!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Had to peek...
at the scale this morning even tho my WI is tomorrow...but i figured i would assess the damage early and make a plan...but whew...i STS...
had an absolutely fabulous weekend even tho the reason for the gathering was a sad one...leave it to my hubby's hometown to turn it into a party! after 50 years, his lil town's school (k-6) closed it's doors...but they decided to do it in style and had a school reunion for anyone and everyone that attended the school since it opened...which for my hubby's family is three generations! his parents were there when it first opened it's doors (it was a consolidated school, combining the surrounding one room schools that were located throughout the countryside), then of course my hubby and his older brother and younger sister all went to school there...then my sister in law's little guy (who is now 15, and goes to highschool in the neighbouring town) went there ...
so on friday was registration and a concert at the rink of a whole whack of local talent! then a bonfire and my father in law's firework extravaganza! (he put on a show that was 31 minutes of pure excitement...he has his pyrotechnics license so he can purchase all those really big big big fireworks and man oh man did he!!!)
of course he needed lots of help so i didn't see my hubby for the majority of the day or night but thats' the price! it was sooooo worth it..and my baby boy slept thru most of them...lil girl wanted to go home but once i got her further away from the noise she was okay to stay and watch!
the next day was full of fun...Amma (that's icelandic for gramma) made a bunch of egg macmuffins and i did up a huge fruit platter for breakfast...then we had an Amazing Race team entered but me, hubby and the kids just toured the school and signed the gym wall, played at the park, went to the senior center where amma was working and had a lil lunch of a roll, cheese, pickles and more fruit!
then back to the house where it was naptime for the kids...so i went with my nieces back to the school to go play volleyball...then back to the house to get ready for supper at the hall...then from the hall back to the house for a visiting session, then to the rink for the social, which we took the kids too...it was awesome and i wished we had a sitter for the kids cuz i know hubby would have loved to go back after we put them to bed...oh well...then on sunday was the sad day as the closing ceremonies were after the lunch at the hall...
we got all set up to watch and they announced that once they locked the door of the school it would remain locked for the rest of the day so take 10 minutes and take one last tour...which me and hubby did...got to leave kids outside with the nieces...i could see the emotion on my hubby's face so i got tearly eyed as he led me through the school...we started in the kindergarten room...then on to gr 1-2, 3-4, 5-6...it was sad...then the ceremony started ...they put together a time capsule (complete with the strap from years ago!) and decided to put it in a crawlspace where it will stay up and until/or past when the building gets renovated (it hasn't been sold yet)...then there was this past year's students (the school population) who sang "saying goodbye" from the muppet movie...very touching! then the principal said his thank you's and a very moving speech which brought a lot of tears (my hubby included) and the final act of closing the school door! wow...and i never even went there and i was all choked up~!
then we went home, packed up had a big family visit...then off to home!
i'm exhausted today and need to clean, do laundry, get kids back on schedule, and get groceries...whew...somewhere in there i need to shred and make a food plan...lol...it'll all get done sooner or later!
had an absolutely fabulous weekend even tho the reason for the gathering was a sad one...leave it to my hubby's hometown to turn it into a party! after 50 years, his lil town's school (k-6) closed it's doors...but they decided to do it in style and had a school reunion for anyone and everyone that attended the school since it opened...which for my hubby's family is three generations! his parents were there when it first opened it's doors (it was a consolidated school, combining the surrounding one room schools that were located throughout the countryside), then of course my hubby and his older brother and younger sister all went to school there...then my sister in law's little guy (who is now 15, and goes to highschool in the neighbouring town) went there ...
so on friday was registration and a concert at the rink of a whole whack of local talent! then a bonfire and my father in law's firework extravaganza! (he put on a show that was 31 minutes of pure excitement...he has his pyrotechnics license so he can purchase all those really big big big fireworks and man oh man did he!!!)
of course he needed lots of help so i didn't see my hubby for the majority of the day or night but thats' the price! it was sooooo worth it..and my baby boy slept thru most of them...lil girl wanted to go home but once i got her further away from the noise she was okay to stay and watch!
the next day was full of fun...Amma (that's icelandic for gramma) made a bunch of egg macmuffins and i did up a huge fruit platter for breakfast...then we had an Amazing Race team entered but me, hubby and the kids just toured the school and signed the gym wall, played at the park, went to the senior center where amma was working and had a lil lunch of a roll, cheese, pickles and more fruit!
then back to the house where it was naptime for the kids...so i went with my nieces back to the school to go play volleyball...then back to the house to get ready for supper at the hall...then from the hall back to the house for a visiting session, then to the rink for the social, which we took the kids too...it was awesome and i wished we had a sitter for the kids cuz i know hubby would have loved to go back after we put them to bed...oh well...then on sunday was the sad day as the closing ceremonies were after the lunch at the hall...
we got all set up to watch and they announced that once they locked the door of the school it would remain locked for the rest of the day so take 10 minutes and take one last tour...which me and hubby did...got to leave kids outside with the nieces...i could see the emotion on my hubby's face so i got tearly eyed as he led me through the school...we started in the kindergarten room...then on to gr 1-2, 3-4, 5-6...it was sad...then the ceremony started ...they put together a time capsule (complete with the strap from years ago!) and decided to put it in a crawlspace where it will stay up and until/or past when the building gets renovated (it hasn't been sold yet)...then there was this past year's students (the school population) who sang "saying goodbye" from the muppet movie...very touching! then the principal said his thank you's and a very moving speech which brought a lot of tears (my hubby included) and the final act of closing the school door! wow...and i never even went there and i was all choked up~!
then we went home, packed up had a big family visit...then off to home!
i'm exhausted today and need to clean, do laundry, get kids back on schedule, and get groceries...whew...somewhere in there i need to shred and make a food plan...lol...it'll all get done sooner or later!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
another STS...
and i'm okay with it as i was wayyyy off points this past weekend and TOM is coming soon...i feel the bloaty-ness...
i got a double shred in yesterday and felt great...enough so that i went for my 3rd run from Week 1 in my Couch to 5 K program...now to somehow figure out when i'll get to start Week 2...it's raining here now so at least i can shred this afternoon without being too hot...and with us leaving Thursday nite for home, i think i may do run 1,2, 3 these next three days...hmmm...wait...hmm...may have to take my running stuff with me and get one in when at home...wonder if anyone will want to join me? also i need to take my shred DVD with me again...just gotta figure out a good time to get the TV...there will be 11 of us living in the inlaws for 3 days...
i can't wait but i need to remember to watch my portions...i always overdo it when i'm there...
well...i better go continue cleaning...i started but slacked off after i fed the baby...not motivated...lol
i got a double shred in yesterday and felt great...enough so that i went for my 3rd run from Week 1 in my Couch to 5 K program...now to somehow figure out when i'll get to start Week 2...it's raining here now so at least i can shred this afternoon without being too hot...and with us leaving Thursday nite for home, i think i may do run 1,2, 3 these next three days...hmmm...wait...hmm...may have to take my running stuff with me and get one in when at home...wonder if anyone will want to join me? also i need to take my shred DVD with me again...just gotta figure out a good time to get the TV...there will be 11 of us living in the inlaws for 3 days...
i can't wait but i need to remember to watch my portions...i always overdo it when i'm there...
well...i better go continue cleaning...i started but slacked off after i fed the baby...not motivated...lol
Saturday, July 4, 2009
couch 2 5 K runs...
so, i started a Couch to 5 K challenge group on the fitness challenge board on the WW site and so far i have a tonne of joiners~!!!!19 in total...if only 1/4 of those stick with it, that's wayyyy more than i thought in the first place...
i've done 2 runs so far and altho i am totally outta breath by the end of the 60 seconds, 90 seconds is sufficient time to recover and i find myself saying "you can do anything for one minute, it's only one minute!" and that helps!
i totally need new running shoes tho and i would like to find a relatively cheap mp3/ipod player thingy cuz music would be nice, even tho i find myself quite occupied with watching the clock! gotta get my own stop watch/clock instead of holding onto hubby's huge watch in one hand and my water bottle in the other...now i know what a fanny pack is for!lol...i so don't want to get a fanny pack...lol...
so, i need to get moving here and somehow find the time to get my shred in today before the company comes (8 ppl are coming to our house tonite for supper and to stay over...my one friend from my old army days, and hubby's friend, his girlfriend and their combined children which are 5 in total...thank goodness they are bringing their camper! )
soooo...lots to clean/tidy and i gots all the makings for a great bbq dinner...i just have to watch my portions! i hope i see a lil loss this week for all the hard work i'm putting in!
later!
i've done 2 runs so far and altho i am totally outta breath by the end of the 60 seconds, 90 seconds is sufficient time to recover and i find myself saying "you can do anything for one minute, it's only one minute!" and that helps!
i totally need new running shoes tho and i would like to find a relatively cheap mp3/ipod player thingy cuz music would be nice, even tho i find myself quite occupied with watching the clock! gotta get my own stop watch/clock instead of holding onto hubby's huge watch in one hand and my water bottle in the other...now i know what a fanny pack is for!lol...i so don't want to get a fanny pack...lol...
so, i need to get moving here and somehow find the time to get my shred in today before the company comes (8 ppl are coming to our house tonite for supper and to stay over...my one friend from my old army days, and hubby's friend, his girlfriend and their combined children which are 5 in total...thank goodness they are bringing their camper! )
soooo...lots to clean/tidy and i gots all the makings for a great bbq dinner...i just have to watch my portions! i hope i see a lil loss this week for all the hard work i'm putting in!
later!
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