No yoga or walking last night. I worked in the backyard for an hour when I got home from work and felt super sick afterwards. Mike made a quick dinner of pasta and I felt better afterward, but not well enough to exert myself again. Tonight is wog night ! :) Luckily it was much cooler yesterday, hopefully it will be cool tonight too.
Eating is going ok. We had unplanned pizza a couple of nights ago, but I didn't go over points by too much. I have already planned on eating at 2 of my favorite restauarnts on my trip this weekend, though.
Today was my last day working mornings at preschool so I don't have to get up that early to open it up and receive children any more. But late tonight I got called in to come in early tomorrow at 2 PM instead of 4 PM because another staff person had some kind of problem arise. And I have a meeting tomorrow night too for preschool's arts and crafts fair thing.
Then another the night after for fundraiser auction junk.
Yargh.
Bright side? I brought in another $1000 worth of stuff for my fundraiser auction. Go me! Booyah! :)
So change in plans for those keeping track at home. I'm NOT doing Hal Higdon Novice twice. I'm doing Hal Higdon Walking and THEN I'm doing novice. I dislike it, but I have no time for long stuff nor strength training this go around. And when peopel ask me to do other things, I say NO, not til after Disney.
Probably won't have time to update daily walks til the auction is over in late September... so I'll shoot for weekly.
Distance: .5 miles warm up, 1.25 miles workout, .5 miles cool down
Lap Times: 3:49, 3:49, 3:48, 3:51, 3:47
Minutes/mile: 15.3
Wow, look at my min/mile! I think that is my fastest ever.
Today was SO HARD! I woke up at 6:15, had my breakfast, read my email, and just couldn't seem to get myself out the door. By the time I went out, it was 7:15 and I didn't properly stretch before going. It was 80 degrees, 90 % humidity, no breeze, sun already beating down. I increased my jogging times today and, believe me, I felt it. But I was glad I was able to do it. I wasn't sure I would be able to run for 90 seconds straight, I was so happy to stop at 60 seconds last week. It didn't feel like such an impossibility once I was out there (but I was very happy to stop after 90 seconds, there was no "running it in".) The bad news is my right thigh is really sore. I stretched after I got back and will continue stretching throughout the day. I guess that teaches me that I must stretch before going out to wog.
I am off to hop in the shower and say good morning to Mike and Iz. Hope you guys have a great day!
I feel great! All the stretching must be paying off because I am not at all sore from this morning's wog. I have got to get an early start on wogging this week since I am out of town next weekend. My plan is:
Sunday - wog in early AM Monday - yoga or walk Tuesday - wog Wednesday - yoga or walk Thursday - wog Friday - leave for 2 days
I joined the yahoo group Team Penguin Disney. They have been discussing places to stay and to be honest I hadn't even thought about it. I guess I was thinking I would drive in from my in-laws. There was some discussion whether it was better to get a cheaper hotel serviced by buses or if one serviced by the monorail would be preferable. Cat - what are you doing?
Distance: .5 miles warm up, 1.25 miles workout, .5 miles cool down
Lap Times: 3:54, 3:54, 4:03, 4:01, 4:12
Minutes/mile: 16.1
Man, even at 7 am it was hot out there! And there were about 30 high school girls on the track (the field hockey team?) . When I approached the track, I could see them running all together like a flock of gazelles. When I got there they were standing in a circle, taking up the whole track, stretching. As a unit, they all moved to the side to let me pass. It was quite funny. While I was working out, they were training, running in circles, or in partners, so I had to change lanes to avoid them a lot.
Mentally, I wasn't "there" for this workout, but I got out there and got it done. Even though the numbers look the same as my other two wogs, I felt like I was struggling a lot, like I couldn't figure out how to make my arms swing or knees lift.
Mike and I are 99% sure we'll be moving in the next few months. The planning required to move us, a baby and two pets, sell this house, buy a new one, and find new daycare for Iz, all while I am prepping for my new job and wrapping things up at my old one, is keeping me up at nights.
The weather looks equally bad today and tomorrow as yesterday. Next weeks wogs are 90 seconds jogging/2 minutes walking. I hope the weather breaks or I will have to break down and do them on the treadmill.
Cat- glad things are getting more managable! I am looking forward to hearing all about your upcoming exercise :).
Every day that I drive to preschool I check out the construction progress on the gym down the street. It's a branch of my gym, so I eagerly await the opening. Because then I can leave the kid at preschool and not be stressing about her being in gym daycare. I really don't like leaving her there.
Weight? I'm maintaining -- which is good given all the job stress lately. Opening preschool, going home to nap Julia, then closing preschool -- very weird hours and weird eating as a result. Living on cereal and toast sometimes because I was too damn tired to cook.
I was going to do it all month to help out, but happily it didn't take that long to find someone to do it and it happens to be an aquaintance of mine from playgroup that I wanted to try to get to know better.
Julia recovering well from her fall earier this week. She took a tumble and knocked a tooth loose. Lots of crying and scary bleeding but the doc said she is fine and now we wait to see if the tooth is going to reattach or fall out or what. The very next day she was at her monkey antics and was trying to climb the big kids' slide in the playground! I flipped out and got her off of there.
Last night we went to an open mic for a little while en famille -- it was very relaxing. It made me laugh because with all the candles on the tables and stuff it reminded me of our coffee house days. Paul and I and our friends used to go quite a lot when we were younger. Only then the problem was volume -- somehow college kids never seem to get their volume on open mic nights decent. Always way loud. Our problem last night was trying to convince Julia that while pretty, candles on tables are hot.
Until she got tired, she was busy flirting with all the other people and dancing.
Last night was too hot to exercise outside, so I ended up doing 15 minutes of stretching and 30 minutes of yoga. Sometimes I just need to put on the outfit. I put on my yoga unitard last night and finally got around to doing it. As I mentioned before, I really like the yoga dvd, but can't I have everything? The dvd only has one program. It is broken down into a 10 minute warm up, 13 minute workout and 7 minute cool down (and for several minutes of the cool down you are just laying on the floor breathing). Duing all of the sessions there are little pauses between each posture where they say the posture name and what the posture is meant to do. Then they show the posture. There is only one "positional flow" and it lasts maybe 3 minutes. I like this dvd, it is a great way to learn a few postures. But it isn't that many postures. Eventually I just want to do the flow without all the breaks and long descriptions. Can't they put everything on 1 dvd? A "posture learning" workout and a flow workout? Or god forbid multiple posture learning/flow workouts? I like this dvd so far because I am still learning, but I feel like I will grown out of it quickly. Where is the dvd that is a yoga studio in a box?
As soon as it gets light today, I am going out for my third wog of the week.
I wogged on Wednesday, but didn't post hte stats and yesterday I didn't do anything. Tomorrow, another wog is scheduled, but there is a head advisory in our area. If it is too hot, then I will be walking/yoga, if not then wog.
Today was great, yoga and stretching was just what I needed. I was sore all morning and my knees felt a little "crunchy" so I spent about 15 minutes stretching, then did the 25 minute yoga routine from my new yoga dvd. It is called Just My Size Yoga and I really liked it, it was my first time doing yoga. It is taught by a larger lady, a former plus sized model. It only has one workout on it, though, so I can imagine it might get boring after I get used to the poses. But it seems good to learn some of the poses and to practice breathing with movement. My legs felt better afterwards. Tomorrow is another wog scheduled, but this time I need to stretch before and right after and hopefully do it a little later so it won't be as hot.
We have been considering moving and I think we have almost come to the conclusion that we are going to move. It is going to be intense, I will be moving sometime in the late fall, maybe even right before Christmas. I just need to stay focused on getting healthy and exercising and not get distracted by all the stuff there is to do. Hopefully we will pay someone to move up, to clean our house and prep it for selling, so there will be precious little for us to do (fingers crossed). Whatever happens, I must keep training!
WOOHOO! I wogged today! I couldn't believe myself. Mike had to work late and I had a little time at home before I picked up Iz so I ran out and got it done. I walked over, then walked a lap to make sure I was properly warmed up. Then I wogged 5 laps. Do you see that I finished a lap in 3:31?? Fastest time ever! (for me at least). I was tuckered by the end and had to walk REAL SLOW the last lap between jogging.
I wore my disney tee! For your amusement, I put a picture here.
First day of the new school year at preschool and I had to watch a a small baby, two large babies, and then 5 toddlers before help arrived. The two toddlers with separation anxiety were the hardest of the bunch to deal with.
On the flip side -- my hosue is cleaner, I had my bags at the door, lunches packed, everything organized. AND the new branch of my gym is getting clsoer to being done and it's 5 min from preschool.
So... things are looking up for me and my schedule.
I went to the grocery store today and stocked up on loads of fresh fruit, snacks, and other essentials (spent $180!). It was a good trip. This week we are going to have omelets, manwich (made with tofu crumbles), salad with nuts and dates, bbq tofu with sweet potatoes and asparagus, and pasta. Sounds yummy, no?
The hot weather has broken a bit and I will walk today (it has been my little mantra all morning.) I am also going to try out my new yoga dvd as soon as I get off the computer.
This morning I spent a lot of time while laying in bed re-dedicating myself to the idea of getting healthy. To say the least it has been hard to get back into after a month off. And it was becoming a weight thing in my mind, I had lost focus on the real goal of having a healthy and happy second pregnancy. I was thinking about getting pregnant again this morning and realizing that though I am a lot healthier now than I was in January, I am still no where near where I would like to be when I get pregnant again. I just want to focus on that.
In happy news, I have been baggin up clothes that are too big, which seems to be everything in my closet. I am going to have to do some serious shopping this fall.
My prayers last time didn't work, but I try to post anyway.
Tonight Mike and I had a date. It was sweet, we hired a sitter (the woman who works at Iz's daycare), then went to a movie and dinner. I ate poorly. I felt like it was my last meal. I know it is the wrong mindset, but there it is, I did it.
I came home and drank two large glasses of water and wrote out a grocery list for next week. I am going to stock popcorn, apples, and yogurt as snacks.
*saying a little prayer to blogger to please work this time, unlike the last 3 posts that never posted*
Yay, it's Friday! Tonight we are eating in (don't know what yet, probably pasta) and tomorrow Mike and I have arranged a date! Dinner and a movie in a newer area of town that we haven't been to before. I am very excited, we haven't been alone since our vacation and I am missing it badly. It is still hard to swallow the $10/hour babysitting bill, but it must be done. Before the babysitter comes, though, I feel the need to do at least cursory house cleaning, so that should keep me occupied tonight and tomorrow morning. Plus I haven't put away any clothes from our trips, I am still living out of a suitcase and laundry basket.
This week, my goals are: 1) complete the 3 couch-potato-to-5k workout sessions (60 seconds jog/90 second walk, repeat for 20 minutes) 2) walk 2 days, any speed or distance 3) stretch/yoga/strength 2 days 4) EAT IN POINTS
The last will probably be the hardest. I have been recorning points this week, but going way over. TOM will be over by then, so hopefully that will help.
My disney t is on its way, I hope it is here for my first running workout!
I just got back from the cardiologist, all is well! I am very happy. My whole life I have tiptoed around heart problems, but all the tests today show everything is working very well, there is no reason to think I should have any ill effects from my heart surgery in years to come. And better yet, I don't have to go see a cadiologist until I am 50! (Even though 50 doesn't seem so far away as it once did.)
Hey guys. I wrote an entry last night and blogger ate it, very hungry that. I have been writing down points for the last couple of days. I haven't been staying within points, but at least I am writing them down. We cooked dinner last night and I am going to cook again tonight. Look at me, back on plan, somewhat.
In happy iriver news, I have been copying my cds onto the pc, then seperating the songs into warmup, cooldown and workout. I have 5-10 songs in each folder now, I hope to get some good playlists going soon. I have ordered my run disney t-shirt and a new yoga dvd.
Tests at the cadiologist are tomorrow. After I pass them (fingers crossed) I should get the ok to start jogging next week. There are 6 weeks till the 5K with my sisters, must get to work now.
Yay, it's August! Woohoo! I weighed in this morning and weighed 3.5 lbs more than the beginning of July, a total of 36.5 lbs lost, not too much of a gain considering the craziness of the month. So back on track today.
Now two of my sisters are going to do the 5k with me in September! I love a family affair.
