SBF, Reboot Boogaloo, June 7th

yoginimary

I think of June as the beginning of summer. Of course, this leads to thinking of September as the beginning of autumn - which it's not here. I'm hoping for a mild year. It's been great so far.

Today - I'm trying out a yoga class by a teacher offering a very convenient teacher training - 3 weeks total, one week a month starting in September, and I would be finished. Much easier than driving to San Antonio. Also, I'm not signed up for SA yet, and I'm already having scheduling conflicts.
I'm also going to the regular yoga class as well as a short walk. I'm sure husband will want to do yoga when he gets home from work as well.
I need to think of some meals for him, that he can microwave, while I'm gone. I'm making pot pie this week. I'm open to vegetarian ideas. An egg dish other than quiche would be really nice.

Oh, I kinda forgot about my "what I couldn't do when I graduated high school" list - so here is today's: post messages on the computer about fitness.

Summer, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

Good morning,
Mary, I have also enjoyed this year. We seem to be getting all four seasons! So I hope that this autumn will also exist and not just go from summer to "winter".
Feeling really down again this morning. I need to get out of this slump! There's lots of things I am frustrated about right now, not just the adoption. The scale is just not moving and I'm frustrated at myself that I don't want to give up foods that I shouldn't be eating. The scale would be moving if I would just eat salads and proteins and not so many carbs and sugar. I've been working out for two months and I can tell a muscular difference but I'm not any small. I think it's that "bigger before you get smaller" thing going on. I have about 25 pounds to lose. I could drop that fairly quickly if my eating was not an issue. :frown:
I will keep working out, and I will keep trying. I hope I don't get tired of Taebo. I can't afford to get any other DVD's and it's too hot to go outside. I'm a wuss. What can I say?
Goals today: pick myself up off the floor (or couch), work out, clean up the house, have some fun with Alex, not spend so much time on the computer. Oh and remembering to take my vitamins.

Frustrated but still trying boogaloo.
MM

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

Just finished recording all of the current assignments. To enter 8 piles took 2.5 hours. Yeesh.

Today, I'm aiming for boxing class at 7. Other than that, not much. I had an allergic reaction to some mystery last night, got hives and had to take Benadryl. Then, I slept for nearly twelve hours...Benadryl sort of knocks me out. Still pretty groggy this a.m.

Today is a big week. The exam is Wednesday, I have to finish my grade inputting/grading by Saturday, and have to get everything together for a gig in a week. So, I'm sort of taking today to enjoy the calm before the storm.

Groggy, boogaloo...:yawn: :flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Update:
I did 75 minutes of Taebo and I also did week 1 level 2 plank pushups which equals 27 total. Both of those things were encouraging to me, that I was able to do them and for that long. I sure hope I start to notice a change soon. I've been working out 4-5 times a week for two months and I'm not feeling a difference. I do see more muscle in my legs and my shoulders are more defined, so I should be happy.
I think part of my problem is that I don't trust myself. I don't trust that I am going to stick this out and keep it off like you ladies have. You may not be where you want to be, but you've kept going and you all look great. Just because I've posted on here for two years doesn't mean I've been working out the whole time. You ladies are machines! I am at a time in my life right now that I can work out an hour or more a day but one of these days I may not be able to and I don't want lose what I am getting back.
Anyway, I am happy that I worked out hard today.
MM
PS. I guess I forgot that I can tell my rear is slimming down a little because it was hurting when I was sitting on it in church yesterday! I'm loosing my padding so my tail bone hurts. I guess I can't have my cake and eat it too.

lotusfromthemud

Update: I just pulled a muscle in my calf. Ugh. No boxing tonight (lots of bouncing, jump rope, etc.)

I hope to be back to normal tomorrow (I have an old injury in my left calf that get aggravated from time to time.)

See, MM...I'm not quite a machine.

Boo to it.

tape it up, stretch it out and hope for the best, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

V, you are still a machine. Even machines "break" every now and then. :flowerforyou: Hope your calf gets better quick!
MM

mechanicmom

Good morning,
Short post. I forgot to take my vitamin yesterday. I can't take it within four hours of my thyroid medicine so I can't take it at breakfast which is why I forget.:ohwell: Try to remember today. I should at least put them on my nightstand so I will take them before bed.
I worked out pretty hard yesterday and I am not sore at all. Maybe I'm not pushing myself as hard as I thought?
Today: Alex's tumbling class starts again for four weeks, clean house (not getting much done these days), and lower body work out. Need to start on grocery list too.
That's it. Hope everyone has an awesome day!
MM

yoginimary

This machine is a little sore. Too many lunging positions, I guess. I also have my wrist acting up, so arm balances are out. Today is teaching easy yoga, so that shouldn't be a problem.

I liked the teacher I took yesterday. There are some things that will grate me the wrong way, but I think the convenience of being in town might overrule philosophical disagreements. It's therapeutic yoga, which is nice to learn. If she starts talking about energy healing, I might have to puke. Speaking of puke, she mentioned the one time she took Bikram yoga - 6 people in class puked (including herself). Wow, I can't imagine finishing a class after that.

Today: yoga and walk. 20 years ago, I did not have definition in my forearms - nor did I have forming deltoids :bigsmile:

Arm strength, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Ewwww...(pukey Bikram story). It never happened at the studio I went to, but I've heard stories. I would be done with class if that happened. I think that whole "tough guy, punish yourself" mentality is why I haven't missed it. I just feel like I'm done with the period in my life where self-torture seems like it builds character.

Today is probably (non-pukey) yoga (either at home or the gym later). I was really cranky this morning, because I had to go proctor an exam instead of go to zumba. (and it would be on the one day I'd pre-paid for the class). But, it was the last time I'll have to go up to do anything.

Yeah, Mary, "energy healing." I went to one class (and it was at the gym, not a yoga studio) and we had to do a kria (sp?) to "polish our auras". I never went back, and actually made a complaint/criticism. I think if you're teaching yoga at the gym, you should at least make some sort of disclaimer along the lines of "now I'm going to do a meditation with you, and it involves some, um "philosophy"" or something. I have no problem with guided relaxation, or even a mild affirmation/intention setting, but when I'm told I should polish my aura, you lose me....Just MHO, anyways...

The calf is much better today. I ended up taking a muscle relaxant (wheeeee!) last night and putting one of those sticky heating pad patches on it to loosen it up. It's still a bit "twinge-y" but not actually constantly painful. I have to do some walking downtown today, so with that plus my yoga, that's the workout for the day.

MM, for me lately, soreness shows up two days later. I'm not sure why.

Sort of active recovery day, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Good morning Pebbles!
V, I'm glad your calf is better. :flowerforyou:
Mary, I like your posts about what you couldn't do or have 20 years ago!
CP, Bobbi? Where'd you go again?

Trying to decide whether to take today off or not. I don't have much time on Wednesdays, but I don't feel like working out on Saturday which is what I would have to do to stay in the June challenge. I should do push ups today as well. Didn't sleep much last night. Seemed like I had caffeine before I went to bed. :grumble:
Today: horse therapy, meet with a friend, deny myself fast food for lunch no matter how hungry I am, work out?, church tonight (DH is teaching!).

Cooler in Texas boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

Isn't the cooler day nice? We got lots of rain, and I got the fertilizer and some annuals in before it came.

Today: walk and yoga. My hip flexor is sore from Monday (or maybe Sunday?), so I still need to take it easy.

20 years ago, taking it easy would mean doing nothing - now it means working out less.

Rain, boogaloo

lotusfromthemud

Missed yoga last night, but went for a super-long (2 hour) walk with the husband instead. My calf is still twinge-y, but OK. I think I should maybe get it ultrasounded or something, but don't want to go to the doc. If it's still weird in a day or two, I might. I'm attributing it to wearing multiple new-ish shoes for different activities (last Fridays longest outdoor walk in the vibrams (there was actual pain on the way home) and the new dance shoes for a few hours over the weekend.

Anyways, today it's back on the more structured exercise horse. I find that when I get really stressed/have a big thing coming up I have the instinct to not exercise as hard (conserving energy? just being lazy to talk myself into the idea that it's a reward? I must ponder it...)

Anyways, today is the big spanish exam (ay, dios mio is the only phrase that comes to mind). This evening, I have my favorite weights class followed by my least favorite zumba (maybe she'll be less nervous and better this week...it's always hard to have the first class somewhere.)

Español, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Good morning. :yawn:
I kind of feel like someone hooked a vacuum cleaner up to me and sucked all my energy out. You know the cartoons where the character is walking and his arms are dragging on the ground. Yeah I felt like that when I got up. I don't know why. I'm not sleeping that great but I've had worse nights. I think I'll be better after I get moving.
Mary I loved your 20 years quote from yesterday. So true. Although I'm still in the "a day off means doing nothing" but I can tell I am moving on.
V, how are you feeling this morning?
I have got to get my grocery list done and get to the store. I just have no idea what to eat. Nothing sounds good and I really don't know how to make simple and healthy foods stretch. So that is my mission this morning. I will also try to work out today. Probably more taebo, lower body.
That's it for now. Hope you all have a great day!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Well, I finished the exam. I like to leave an exam with a "man, I totally aced that!" feeling. This was not the case. It's a pass/fail situation, so now I just have to wait to see if it was bad enough to fail. I feel like a couple of paragraphs ended up sounding like gobbledygook that an eight year old wrote. So, I just wait and see....the worst that can happen is I have to take another crack at it. There are a bunch of tricky things with context...for example "caja" means box/crate, but in the article I was reading, it meant "drum", which is sort of musician slang. Also, there are a few phrases that don't really translate that I didn't know. I'm waiting to see if I passed, in which case I have to go buy the biggest French/English dictionary money can buy and start practicing that.

Today is Zumba at noon (with a good-ish instructor). Then if the rain stays away this afternoon, I'll go to the farmer's market (about an hour of walking round trip to get there and back). In between those things, I have a semester's worth of attendance sheets to record and three hundred more assignments to grade and record by tomorrow evening. :noway:

I have a lot of nervous energy. Also, I got a random email today informing me that a choir director position is opening up, so I'm contacting someone about that. It's essentially become my goal to put a few roots down in the hopes of staying here. (while looking for a fabulous tenure-track long term contract somewhere with a good moving bonus...positivity!) I love the city, what can I say? So, lots of pacing to burn extra calories today.

Learning patience, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

I'm always amazed when people can speak more than one language. Never my strong suit, after 5 years of French, I still have trouble telling the time.
Hope you find your energy, MM.

Today: maybe bike errand and/or walk, and easy yoga. I also need to decide what to get my dad for Father's Day. I saw this thing on the Sears website that turns your pickup into a dump truck (by way of sliding the stuff off). He hauls stuff all the time, but I'm not sure if he would use it. I cleaned his work space yesterday - did you know they don't make tool caddies anymore? He needs a new one, but I couldn't find one on the internet. I'm thinking personalized screw drivers maybe?

20 years ago, I did not know, nor did I care, how my food was made (I was a veggie, but an unhealthy one).

Father's Day soon, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

Just had to comment.
Wow, V, Spanish and French? I never had a desire to learn a second language until all this Russian stuff came up. My Russian is starting to get rusty. Maybe I should make a note to work on that today...
Mary, I got a set of white pearl Snap on screwdrivers when I graduated from college. The guy said not to open them because they could be worth something one day. (80 year anniversary ones) So I like the personalized screwdrivers idea. DH didn't do anything for me for mother's day (not even a "Happy Mother's day!"), and I found out that he really doesn't care to do things on those holidays. I may still get him a little something. I wish he did do something on those days because I like to. Oh well.
Anyway, there are my comments. lol
I miss CP and Bobbie!
MM

Bobbie145

Hi, girls! Just got a new pair of glasses and wanted to show them off!

Boys are now out of school. We are packing this morning for a little trip down to Ponte Vedra, FL for a conference. We are all excited. I'm going to try to make good eating and drinking choices while we are gone and get in some walking and swimming.

I start the working from home next week for the summer, so will probably check in more often. Yay!!

Have a great day!


Bobbie

mechanicmom

You look fabulous Bobbie! Hope you have fun on your trip!
MM

lotusfromthemud

The stress, I have it. I just had a phone interview for the choir director position. Also, I'm awaiting my exam results.

Who needs a spa retreat? Wait, I think we all do...

Also, Bobbie, I am loving those glasses. I need a new pair. The world is a bit fuzzier than I remember lately...

cp005e

V, I want a spa retreat!!! :sad: But, good luck with your job opportunity! And your exam results. Bobbie, I like the glasses. Have fun on your trip. MM, sorry you're dragging. And sorry your husband doesn't like holidays. :frown: Mary, I completely forgot about Father's Day! Yikes!

So, I got the job offer I was expecting today. It is good, but not quite in the "offer I can't refuse" category. The company seems like a better place to be, in general, but I've also picked up on a few vibes that make it sound like it could be really busy. Also, I would be bummed about losing my vacation (I "purchased" extra vacation this year for a trip to Costa Rica with my parents in the fall, which I will lose if I leave - so I totally know what you're talking about, MM!). But, the more I talk to people on my current "new" team, the less I feel like my new boss is somebody I want to work for. It really is starting to feel like things are stacking up on the side of leaving just because almost everyone I know is pretty down on my company. I just don't know if I can live with myself if I leave with so much depending on me - even though I know it's not really my responsibility that they put way more on my shoulders than any person should attempt to carry. And I will really miss my two good friends there if I go. SIGH!

Of course, I've been at work until nearly 10 the past two nights. The project that I'm on is absolutely ridiculous and there's no way that it should have been set up this way. And I'm going to have to be traveling next week for work, regardless, and probably working 12-hour shifts or more. My brain is completely fried, and I feel totally unequipped to make important life decisions at this point.

Oh, and in my current state (I've been telling my husband that I don't have 2 brain cells to rub together), I kept forgetting to call my orthopedics doctor to find out when my appointment was and then when I did, I found out I had missed it that morning. Damn. My ankle has been bothering me more this week, too.

I guess everything is coming to a head! If I do leave, I'm going to feel like I have to work my tail off to try and make things not too horrible for whoever has to pick up where I left off. And if I don't leave - well, I'll still probably work my tail off. I just don't know. Not sure when they're expecting a decision - probably Monday (when I'll be out of town on business - ugh).

Not loving my choices, boogaloo. :ohwell:

Bobbie145

CP: What kind of work do you do? I have never been one of those with the stamina to do 12 hours worth of work at one time. I can't imagine doing it all the time and being at work that late. I would get stressed out and cry just thinking about it. I guess I've just never been equipped to actually think for long periods of time. Thinking causes me stress. Isn't that funny? And, me, a lawyer. Don't tell my clients!

We made it to the beach. So nice down here. Boys are sleeping. Do boys in general like to sleep in their clothes? I tell my boys to put on pj's, and they are happy just to sleep in their clothes. Doesn't seem to do any harm, but do other boys do that? I like my nighties, personally.:laugh:

Did so so on the eating yesterday. It's the extras that kill me. Stayed away from the food at the reception. Lovely food, too. Could have been dinner, but hubby didn't think we'd have anything to do after the reception if we didn't go out to dinner. So, had two cocktails at the reception and then ordered two appetizers for dinner. That would have been perfect, except I finished off french fries, a chicken finger and half a hot dog from the boys' plates. :noway: Guess that it still better than having an appetizer regular entree and then eating off of the boys' plates, too.:huh:

We have a mini frig and a microwave in the room so made a run to the Publix once we got here yesterday. Got good, healthy stuff in there so at least will have good breakfast and healthy snacks for us.

Have a great day, girls:flowerforyou:

Vacation boogaloo!


Bobbie

mechanicmom

Poor CP, I can't imagine the stress you are under. :frown: I will pray for you. :flowerforyou:

Bobbie, I want to go on vacation! :sad: Or on a retreat with V!:sad: I just want to go somewhere.

I would think DH would be in a better mood on Friday knowing he has a weekend coming up, but he's not. lol. This job that he thought might come up in July is now in October and he realized that the guy only has enough work for him to do two weeks out of the month. :huh: He said the other two weeks he can do his own thing. DH has had his own business before and ALL he talks about (when talking about work stuff) is working for himself again. He will just need to get some clients. I don't know what he's going to do. I'm really not looking forward to this weekend. Weekends without plans are bad around here! So I am going to try to come up with some stuff Alex and I can go do that doesn't cost anything or much.
Vent over.
I don't know what I am going to do today either. Clean for one. Come up with something to do tomorrow. I will probably work out, shred or taebo and push ups. I need to make some major progress today in whatever I attempt so I can shake of DH's crabiness.
I have an ad on the side that looks like a plateful of colorful play-doh hamburgers. :laugh: I don't know what they are. One "hamburger" is all one color, and the colors are pink, green, yellow and white. It's annoying.
Rambling boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

MM - I don't have any ads - I use Firefox with an ad and script blocker.
Bobbie - have fun on the beach
CP - 12 hour days? Do you get comp time? Don't you want to apply for a state job instead?
V - good luck on the position - did you have to sing over the phone?

I was telling my husband about the 20 years ago (we were married 16 years ago, so he knows the younger me) - he brought up that 20 years ago I was drinking about 4-5 soft drinks a day. Now they just gross me out.

Neither Father's Day gift worked out, so he might get just some nice tools. I'm thinking I could take them to an engraver and have them personalized.

I'm off to Dallas today, be back Sunday. It seems like I travel a lot.

Driving, boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

The cranky husband thing is going around, MM. We've caught it here. Blergh.

Anyways,

Today I'm going to gym yoga, and then burning through the remaining grading. If I finish that, I'm re-drafting my resume, and trying to get a reference list together. I sent out a bunch of "would you feel comfortable saying nice things about me?" emails yesterday. I hate doing that, almost as much as I hate talking about my qualifications (it feels like bragging somehow). I think I was fairly impressive in the phone interview, but I never have an accurate idea of that sort of thing. (I get nervous and my brain stops working at maximum...it's all a blur, and I can't remember what happened after, or much of it).

Or, I may put off the resume until this evening and go get a mani/pedi. (since I cannot afford a plane ticket to Tahiti right now ) The perils of living above a nail salon!

Calm thoughts, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Happy Saturday!

Well, I have an open day. And that's not necessarily a good thing. My plans to meet friends at the park were cancelled, but I told Alex we were going so I need to take him. Today is a day off from working out unless we go for a walk or something comes up that requires it. I've been working out 5 days a week and my body isn't used to it so I welcome a day of rest.
We are planning a trip to Colorado. Whether we take it is to be seen. We were looking at July 4th as my hubby gets extra days, but that's not enough time to plan and come up with the money. Thinking about Labor day weekend, which seems so far away. lol. I hope we can do something.
I finished week 1 level 2 with plank push ups. I think next week I will go to week 2 level 1 which isn't quite as many, but my back was bothering me when doing a lot. I think I need to build up my core muscles more before going on.
Have a great day!

Change of plans boogaloo.
MM

lotusfromthemud

Busy day today...

I had a great "energy trade" session with my trainer today. A great voice lesson, and a high energy boxing workout. But, when she was stretching me at the end, she told me that my right shoulder is immobile (again), so I need to go to the massage torture therapist. (I have scar tissue/repetitive stress in my right shoulder and it's been hurting lately, but I have a crazy high pain tolerance so that I don't notice how bad stuff is. :noway:

Then I had a meeting with a singer (sort of my "little sister" singer, I think...kind of mentoring her, I guess, which is very cool and at the same time makes me feel old...but it also makes me realize that I wouldn't go back to 25 for a million-billion-jillion dollars ).

Other than that, vacuuming excitement and my new chair arrived. It's pretty gosh-darn awesome.

New chair mentoring boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Bobbie145

Hi, girls. Having a nice day. The boys and I did not even leave the room this morning. We stayed in and watched The Blind Side until my hubby got back from his meeting. We had lunch in the room and then went to the beach and then to the pool. Back at the room now getting ready for the dinner thing. It is going to be a Low Country Boil. Yum!!

Headed home tomorrow.
Shower is going to feel good in a few minutes.

Have a good night!


Bobbie

cp005e

I thought I posted on Friday but I guess I never finished it. Bobbie, I work with computers - building and taking care of large servers and making them work together. Mary, I don't know that I'd want to work for New York State - our government is a mess! But less hours and no on-call might be nice someday. It was disturbing, though - I came in on Friday to discover that one of my co-workers (who is also traveling this week) had not gone home yet! He actually spent over 30 hours in the office, trying to set things up so that he can come back home ASAP. But that is completely uncalled for! And I can't believe that my manager let it happen. :mad:

:yawn: I am still worn out. I should be getting ready to travel this afternoon, but I haven't quite managed yet. Probably need to do laundry, too. At least I decided to fly instead of drive - you flying-averse types wouldn't love the prop plane I'll be on for the last leg, but I decided that losing two whole days to traveling was excessive. No decision yet, but I may be beginning to settle on something. It's going to be hard either way.

Looking for peace, boogaloo. :flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

Yee-ouch! I guess it's been a little while since I had a brutal boxing session. My mid/lower back, they feel it.

Also, the little bit of work that my trainer did on my shoulder seems to have knocked something loose, and now it hurts. A lot. Le sigh. Hopefully I can get in with a session of physio this week. I had noticed I felt sort of lopsided, but now it feels spasm-y.

Anyways,

Today is Zumba (hopefully with my second favourite teacher). I'm considering going out window shopping, but I'm not sure if the weather will encourage that (super gloomy so far). I'm counting on the endorphins to kick the pain away for a bit.

CP, I hate to fly but actually prefer small props over large jets (it just seems cozier or something? hard to explain). My least favourite part of flying is taking off, and they seem to go up in a more gentle, slower fashion. This may be all in my mind. Also, I take an anti-anxiety med now when I fly, so I'm just sort of a semi-bemused but happy camper on planes. Also, I hope that you get some peace a decision comes to you, I know that thinking process can be agonizing.

Nature's ibuprofen, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

I would want to go Labor Day, MM - it's still so hot here and it's something to look forward to.

The take off/landing is the only part I like. I like the feeling of acceleration, but not being up high. I'm afraid of anti-anxiety meds as well

30 hours? I remember when husband was writing the tech books and had a deadline - he would work crazy hours, but he always got sleep.

Safe trip, Bobbie.

Home from Dallas. Went to a heated yoga class (90 degrees) on Saturday. I have to do them every once and while to remind myself that I don't like them. I did some yoga this morning. Once the AC catches up, I'll walk - which always feels great after a long drive.

20 years ago, I wouldn't like what I was served on Saturday - squash casserole, broccoli/rice casserole, slaw, and mac & cheese - but because I didn't eat: squash, broccoli, or slaw - as opposed to now - I really would like more vegetable in my vegetables. Southern cooking :huh:

Home, boogaloo!