Saturday, March 21, 2015
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FromHereOnOut
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Hey all!
Feeling much better even though I know I'm not 100%. Gonna simmer awhile to make sure I'm truly getting better so when I do resume I won't have to stop again. Weather is great here today, but with lil girl sick and DH having a meeting, I'm stuck here with her. Also DH is super sick and super grumpy (I feel sorry for the guy he's meeting today, but the guy wouldn't let him cancel, so...!) He also planned another trip back to US early May. We're starting to plan the Summer too, but nothing set in stone yet.
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Sherry, so sorry to hear the bug got everyone in your family but glad you are on the mend.
Still struggling with binging and overeating
Reading Better than Before book about habits. Good info.
Yesterday snuck out at work for a walk in the rain with another coworker who also had ants in her pants. Felt good to be outside. I've been waking up early and reading, meditating, praying, practicing forgiveness, and planning rather than exercising.0 -
Sherry - glad you're starting to feel better!
Laura - definitely smart to let yourself recover. In my triathlon book, he had talked about how the worst problem he tends to see is overworking ourselves and not giving ourselves rest.
On that note, I had problems falling asleep last night so I skipped my long run this morning. Hubby is actually home tonight so I decided I'll do my run tonight instead. Actually got some sleep instead. I had problems sleeping mainly because I got fed up with kids and life after a difficult dinner time. I cooked dinner for the kids...and made cookies for my husband. But I spent so much time dealing with kids whining and refusing to eat what I made (which is every night) that the cookies. burned beyond recognition and I had to put them down the disposal. I only salvaged about half the entire batch. I kind of flipped out after that, because I've been dealing with four whiney kids for days and weeks without much of a break. That combined with the fact that four weeks ago my hubby took a break from school and I have yet to actually see him, spend time with him, or get much extra help made me feel like I'll never get a break. It sent me into a petty nasty spiral of emotions culminating in me wanting to quit training, quit counting calories, quit taking care of the house or the kids. But I'm proud to say I did not binge...and I even did some strength training. I'm still feeling frustrated and pondering it, I'm going to be more strict with the kids. I even contemplated making it a rule that if I have to hound them to eat, they will get nothing but plain bread and water the next night for dinner. Still praying about how best to prevent the emotional explosion from happening again, as it was shocking for my kids and me.
Today is our last garage sale day! Whatever we don't sell I'm donating or throwing away. By tonight my house should be successfully de-bulked! That, at least, brings my brain some relief!
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val, I know this place where you are. I got there a couple of times while DH travelled. Mostly we had a great time, but the Sunday I had to take them to the bday party and they just wouldn't get ready no matter how much I hounded them, I lost it and told them we were only going to drop off the gift and then come home. We ended up walking a very long way to get there and the fresh air helped me and the party was soooo nice. Of course we stayed. I had lectured them the whole way there about getting ready when I tell them so we can be on time and enjoy events, instead of missing them. I felt they had got the message. So I spent half the way back apologizing for over reacting and thanking them for being my rocks and explaining why. I know lots of parents may think it's inappropriate to apologize to kids, but I want my kids to learn what to do when they make a mistake or get overemotional like I did. It made me feel much much better too when I heaped all those good feelings onto them after such an outburst. They already got the lecture and the lesson, but we also had a really great make-up. Then it happened again the next day when I lost my phone and freaked out. I had to apologize for dragging them so fast and freaking out the whole way to the tutor and thanked them for being so understanding. FWIW, flipping the whole situation from negative/regrets to positive/hugs helps me a lot and helps me to slow down my future outbursts. You're a great mom, and even great moms get overwhelmed. Congrats on no binge or quitting!0
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This morning I did 15 minutes of running on the treadmill and 15 minutes elliptical. I felt out of breath very quickly today, not sure why?0
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Val hang in there, they do grow up! Weird how all the fights and hard times are fuzzy memory now but I know I went through all that. You can survive it!
Glad you are feeling better Sherry.
April I am unfortunately there with you about eating crazy. I know what its from, my emotions are all out of control with this move. I have zero patience for my hubby which is causing fights, I finally got to a point where I told him any questions about the move email me as talking is too emotionally charged for me now.
And it feels like stuff around my house is choosing now to all fall apart and cost us a bunch of extra money. We opened pool early and the pump is leaking and has to be fixed, the pool light is broken (hundreds of dollars), light on top of high 33 ft ceiling in A frame broken electrically, my soap dispenser chose now to break, our riding lawn mower has electrical problem and had to be towed to garage, it goes on and on and I feel overwhelmed.
I have been wanting to hide in a corner and just cover my head.
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Rising, sometimes I'm like that, where same workout feels like more effort. It might just be pushing a tad too hard puts you over a threshold.
Marla, we spent awhile renovating an old house, but by the end, after the major renovations were done (which my husband did with construction buddies) and we wanted to get it on the market, there were all thes little odd things nagging at me but we were so focused on packing for our big (transatlantic) move, so I just made a really thorough list, bought all the supplies, and called a handyman service. I don't know if we just got lucky, but the guy they sent was AWESOME! He got everything done in a day...I felt sure it'd take days and if we'd waited to do it all ourselves, it would still be undone if you know what I mean. ;-) it was an amazing feeling to get such a mix bag of things done at once without having half a dozen different service guys or whatever come out over the course of two weeks, y'know.0 -
Rising I'll have that too. The exact same workout can feel very different on different days. Just depends on what's going on with your body.
Val I don't have kids so I don't have advice from the role of a parent. As a kid, my parents raised us to be pretty independent, and if you're not ready on time then too bad you'll miss it and it's your fault because you knew the expectation (get yourself ready on time), you knew the consequence (you'll either be late or not go at all), and it was enforced.
I've had a horrible eating week. It started Monday night after my trainer session and went right through today. I tracked everything though, because that's my rule with myself. I had a pretty uncomfortable run tonight and I could feel every one of those bad food choices so I think I'm ready to get myself back on track.
I went to a free running seminar this morning, which was really interesting. Then I made stops at the running shoe store (bought a few bamboo blend shirts on sale), Walmart, Walgreens, and got home about 1:15. The sun was shining today but it was cooler than expected and the wind was cold, so I was feeling wimpy about running outside. I ate lunch instead, took a nap, then went to the gym about 5:00. Did a quick bike warm-up, a few sets of a dynamic stretch sequence, and then 8 miles on the treadmill (four intervals of running 1.75 miles & walking .25 miles). Did a very slow walk for another 5 minutes while I watched the end of the NCIS episode I had been watching, then stretched.0
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