Random Thoughts - Misc. Chat Thread for April / May 2015
TravelsWithHuckleberry
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Missing you all. Missing the gym. Can't wait to get back to lifting.
Send good thoughts. Send swift kicks in the *kitten*. Send candy.
Full draft of the thesis is due in a week.
xoxoxo,
C.
Send good thoughts. Send swift kicks in the *kitten*. Send candy.
Full draft of the thesis is due in a week.
xoxoxo,
C.
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You got this. Just think, when it's done, you'll have accomplished so much AND you have free time again!0
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Oh hey, I get to be part of the conversation now that there isn't 70 unread messages in the thread! Rofl. I always meant to check it out and jump in and then got distracteded.
Don't give up C.! That means you're almost there! (Cap'n?) Crunch time!0 -
Thanks y'all.
What's everyone doing this weekend? If you celebrate Easter, are there fun and games on your agendas?0 -
I'm planning to eat a *kitten*-load of Easter eggs. When my kid is in bed so I don't have to share hahahahah!! Thinking of you Court xx0
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I'm planning to eat a *kitten*-load of Easter eggs.
i'm planning to get up before 5 (yeah, right) and watch the lunar eclipse. and then - in this theoretical future world where these things have not failed to happen yet - i am going to go lift. never have made it into the gym exactly at 6 when they're cracking the doors, but i'm really excited to try.
and really, a day off is exactly the day to do it. that way, once i'm there i'm not locked in or committed by the fact that this is my chance to work out and my god i have to be at work in three hours and i'd better give myself one to get there in case this workout totally ruins my legs and so forth. if i want to, i can go in there tomorrow, work out like a demon, then come home and sleep.
that would be fun. would be a total shakeup over my usual life anyway.
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I'm planning to eat a *kitten*-load of Easter eggs. i'm planning to get up before 5 (yeah, right) and watch the lunar eclipse. and then - in this theoretical future world where these things have not failed to happen yet - i am going to go lift. never have made it into the gym exactly at 6 when they're cracking the doors, but i'm really excited to try.
and really, a day off is exactly the day to do it. that way, once i'm there i'm not locked in or committed by the fact that this is my chance to work out and my god i have to be at work in three hours and i'd better give myself one to get there in case this workout totally ruins my legs and so forth. if i want to, i can go in there tomorrow, work out like a demon, then come home and sleep.
that would be fun. would be a total shakeup over my usual life anyway.
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I am working all weekend
I don't even get to be there for my daughter's egg hunt, unless I want to drag her out of bed at 6 am to do it (big nope). My hubby is good at taking pics and sending them to me at work though.
We aren't religious, so Easter is small. Chocolate egg hunt, and she gets some bubble, a skipping rope, and some pink fuzzy bunny ears on a headband. I think I got her something else, but I forget :P
I have dinner with the fam at my sister's place. My parent's asked me to make a cake for my brother's 32 birthday. I am totally making him a Ninja Turtle cake. Couldn't help myself :P That is assuming I have the time to actually get it done. I should be able to...0 -
We are off to the in laws. Kids will do an egg hunt (I have all the clues ready to go) and we will have dinner at my grandma in law's place.
It should be OK, I'm not a huge fan of sleeping in someone's living room but I convinced my hubby to not drive there until today so it will just be one night.
I plan on getting a long run in on Sunday between the egg hunt and dinner so I can eat all the things without any guilt.
@crabada it's almost over! You can get through it
@canadianlbs I was up for the eclipse but it was cloudy out...i was disappointed.
On another note, i set an arbitrary goal weight of 140lbs back when I had my daughter 20 months ago and this morning's weigh in was under that. Statistically it was an outlier but hehe I actually saw sub 140. After Easter it might take a week or two to get back there lol!0 -
Llamapants86 wrote: »@canadianlbs I was up for the eclipse but it was cloudy out...i was disappointed.
i stayed up past 1 last night, so getting up 3 hours later didn't appeal. i slept until around 6 and i did get to see the last part of it, but i missed the whole total-blackout thing. i was surprisingly disappointed with myself too, when i saw the little i did.
next total is in september. we'll probably be socked in with cloud for the coming winter by then, but i've put it into my google calendar.0 -
Easter will be really small this year. We usually have a big family gathering with my grandma on my mother's side, but this year everyone is elsewhere so it'll just be the close family having homemade baked beans, pea soup, and other nommy things and spending time together probably playing cards and stuff. I also have a dinner with my dad on Monday. Should be a good time.
But mostly I think this afternoon I'm focusing on getting the chores i,ve been putting off for days/weeks done and over with.
I should really get started, actually >_>0 -
I'm back to my regular schedule. Easter will be work but I did make a carrot cake to bring in tomorrow. I had never made one before so hope it turned out as I did a few different things than the recipe suggested. I did craisins soaked in orange juice and added a little orange zest instead of regular raisins or nuts. I also didn't have plain cinnamon or nutmeg for the spices. I put in some cinnamon sugar, some pumpkin pie spice and a teaspoon of cardamom. If the batter is any indication, the spices made it pretty delicious. I will have to frost it tonight after work and finish decorating tomorrow morning before work.
The vacation was nice but it's good to be back as I have a lot I need to get done. My weight did fluctuate upward from the travels, eating out every meal, plus desserts like chai fudge and lemon shortbread. mmmm they were so good. But I just have 1 extra lb from the pre-vacation weight now, so it's not bad. I'm going to start Stage 2 of NROLFW tonight after work. And I'm getting more than enough protein right now, so yay.0 -
I have dinner with the fam at my sister's place. My parent's asked me to make a cake for my brother's 32 birthday. I am totally making him a Ninja Turtle cake. Couldn't help myself :P That is assuming I have the time to actually get it done. I should be able to...
Ha, that's awesome!
Sorry you are missing your Easter festivites! That is a bummer.
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Llamapants86 wrote: »@canadianlbs I was up for the eclipse but it was cloudy out...i was disappointed.
On another note, i set an arbitrary goal weight of 140lbs back when I had my daughter 20 months ago and this morning's weigh in was under that. Statistically it was an outlier but hehe I actually saw sub 140. After Easter it might take a week or two to get back there lol!
I got up to see the eclipse, just by happenstance. My husband was just coming to bed at 4:55AM (W T F?) and I was like... oh there is an eclipse in a few minutes, want to go out and see? But, it was cloudy No eclipse to be seen
Nice job on seeing sub 140! Just seeing it sometimes helps, even when you know it won't last.
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Easter will be really small this year. We usually have a big family gathering with my grandma on my mother's side, but this year everyone is elsewhere so it'll just be the close family having homemade baked beans, pea soup, and other nommy things and spending time together probably playing cards and stuff. I also have a dinner with my dad on Monday. Should be a good time.
I'm kind of envious of a simple at-home Easter. I wish we didn't have to leave the house at all.
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DawnEmbers wrote: »I'm back to my regular schedule. Easter will be work but I did make a carrot cake to bring in tomorrow. I had never made one before so hope it turned out as I did a few different things than the recipe suggested. I did craisins soaked in orange juice and added a little orange zest instead of regular raisins or nuts. I also didn't have plain cinnamon or nutmeg for the spices. I put in some cinnamon sugar, some pumpkin pie spice and a teaspoon of cardamom. If the batter is any indication, the spices made it pretty delicious. I will have to frost it tonight after work and finish decorating tomorrow morning before work.
The vacation was nice but it's good to be back as I have a lot I need to get done. My weight did fluctuate upward from the travels, eating out every meal, plus desserts like chai fudge and lemon shortbread. mmmm they were so good. But I just have 1 extra lb from the pre-vacation weight now, so it's not bad. I'm going to start Stage 2 of NROLFW tonight after work. And I'm getting more than enough protein right now, so yay.
Cardamom makes EVERYTHING yummier, I bet it will be awesome
I never see you at the gym, we are on opposite days right now
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DawnEmbers wrote: »I did a few different things than the recipe suggested.
it sure sounds good. i have horrible trouble following other people's instructions to the absolute letter, and it shows up in things like cooking. i just can't help going 'but what if i don't [fill in the blank]. what then, huh huh? you gonna ban me? gonna send the fbi to my door?' and then i veer off sideways and do the kinds of thing you just did. usually it works out pretty well.
but i have a sense of perspective at least. in my late teens i was a katimavik volunteer, so i shared a household for nine months with a bunch of other teenagers from all over the country. one of the guys had to be watched like a hawk when it was his turn to cook, or he'd come up with these really repulsive upsetting meals like cinnamon soup and grape omelettes. the rest of us were all doing mostly manual labour and getting a buck a day 'spending money', so we couldn't afford stuff like that.
they lowered a genuine banhammer on him the day he opened the oven when no-one was looking and poked a bunch of raw popcorn into the quiche. i just wanted to see if it would pop, he explained when we all turned on him and beat him to death with our spoons.0 -
threnjen - It's too bad we can't catch similar days. I ended up deciding that it was better to lift tues-thur-saturday. I had changed it because was supposed to get thurs-fri off from work and figured thursday then made a good c25k day, except in March I just worked 6 days a week and that meant working on thursday. Now it looks like soon they are changing me to tuesday off instead anyways and I find it easier to lift after freight day as opposed to the lift late wednesday, c25k before work thursday then work freight shift. But maybe one of these days our paths will cross again. I'm hoping to be consistent on the tues-thur-sat lift and mon-wed-fri c25k schedule.
canadianlbs - I sort of follow recipes but just have always gone a little astray, which is supposed to be not great for baking. Most of the time it works out, though I still need practice. Plus, I can't always do things as listed (like beat on low speed as my mixer's speeds consist of fast and faster) so I just try to do what I can. Though the only things I've had major fails on while trying to follow recipes have mostly been vegan items. I tried to make a few as they don't involve dairy and they just don't work out for me. Other things are somewhat edible at least even if not a complete success, but not the vegan attempts so far.
And I've had a taste of the cake (had to trim a top for layering) and it's pretty tasty because of the spices. Hope people at work like it.0 -
I made a vegan dinner on Saturday for some friends. It was amazing and I'm pumped I have leftovers. Yesterday we went super traditional and did yard work. And by "we did yard work" I mean I pulled some weeds, got overwhelmed, and went inside and called my relatives while my husband did yard work. We then ate hamburgers. At least "ham" was in the name of the food so I'm considering it Easter-like.0
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mmm hamburger. I had a quest bar and a small slice of carrot cake for my "Easter" dinner while I was at work. Fun times. There was actually lasagna, some jello thing and veggies available. I might snack on some of the veggies tonight during my short shift but as much as I love lasagna, I am skipping it this time.0
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Hm speaking of Easter food. After having a crazy calorie day yesterday, it is only 1pm out here and I've had almost 3K calories of potato chips and chocolate. I'm still working on the bag of potato chips but I already gave up and logged the whole bag... So yeah. Not sure if I am proud about this but I don't think I had ever eaten so much processed food ever in my life. Originally, I wanted to eat a little bit more this week to lose weight a little slower now that I am past my original weight goal. But I woke up this morning and just said F it to everything and ended up a crazy person. The stress of moving to a new house is my excuse right now but wow. I need a better way to de-stress obviously. Surprisingly, I don't really feel bad about this, even if I end gain a a lb or two of real fat from the weekend and today. The only thing that does irk me is I had to go paint this morning instead of go to the gym so I couldn't use all this excess to help my lifts.0
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my random though today. I just am getting my thoughts out of my head.
I hurt my knee on sat and I am so annoyed. I was doing a thai boxing sparring class and I was paired up with a newbie ( we swap partners every 5 minutes after doing drills). So I was going quite gentle cos it was her first time. Unfortunately newbie made the mistake some newbies do and get a bit ahead of themselves and basically she ended up twisting my left knee.... so its been a bit sore and stiff last few days but I have been taking good care of it and today, Tuesday, it definitely doesn't feel as stiff or sore. My only concern is it doesn't always feel that stable. I have a knee support on it today ( I'm at work right now). I hope its just a sprain that will sort itself out as I can't really afford a docs visit right now. So yeah just feeling a bit annoyed cos I am itching so bad to work out. I think I will hit the gym at my work when I finish and do upper body and I will google some knee strengthening exercises to do as well.
I love that feeling when you are struggling to do that last rep and you do it... like yay me !
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I made my own homemade quest bar and it looked like a turd. Ate it anyway, tasted like a quest bar shaped like a turd.
If you are curious, on how to make your own quest bars, I used 50grams Vita Syrup from amazon + 1 scoop ON whey extreme chocolate. I should really buy a silicone mold so they don't look so ugly, or use vanilla whey instead.0 -
i bought (i just realized) 16 kilos of plain yogurt over the course of teh weekend and ice-cubed it all. actually, 17.3 kilos, and i've ice-cubed the first 15. i just can't face popping all the cubes into plastic baggies and dealing with the last four containers right now. sheesh. i can remember when i didn't even like yogurt . . . and now it takes the weight of a small child to convince me i'm all good for protein-shake stuff for a while.
i'm taking a rest break. like i haven't announced that enough, but now that i've decided to notice how beat up i feel i can't stop spelling it out. i'm tired. my shoulders are angry, my bum has quit talking to me, and my whole body is acting like mike 'n ikes are the only legitimate food group known to man. i need a break.0 -
Sorry about your knee @IzzyBooNZ1 seems newbie did well and hurt her aggressor instead of herself
lunges and squats (including single leg squats) strengthen knees but be careful not to aggravate injury. RICE method is probably best for now with some stretching of the quads, hips, hams, calves, and IT bands to keep everything around it from pulling on it. I am not an expert or anything but I have crap knees so I've dealt with this a lot.
That's a butt-ton of yogurt, @canadianlbs ! Butt-ton approx. = 16 kilos in case you were wondering about conversions. Yogurt in ice cube trays is such a good idea.awkwardsoul wrote: »I made my own homemade quest bar and it looked like a turd. Ate it anyway, tasted like a quest bar shaped like a turd.
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »Yogurt in ice cube trays is such a good idea.
i don't think i could even get into the unfrozen kind anymore, especially since it's eventually going to turn hot again. by the time you've smoothied up the cubes with whatever else you put into it, you have genuine slush.
plus the stuff gets expensive now that it's trendy again, but there's always some store in my area that throws a monster sale every couple of months. so i kind of resent paying the standard price for it now and i really tend to fall on it when it's cheap and bring massive amounts of it home.
makes me feel like a sherpa while i'm doing it, but it's worthwhile.
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Somewhat related, I once bulk bought yogurt and the lady at the checkout counter said under her breath while looking at my husband, "Someone's gonna stink." I now try to whisper that every time I see him eating yogurt.0
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So, how is everyone faring with having all that Easter candy around? If you don't have kids at home are you faced with it at work? I remember back in the day when I worked outside the home that all the parents dumped their kids excess candy at the office to get it out of the house! My older kids are pretty sore at me bc I told my husband to not go crazy in buying candy for them. I have zero impulse control over chocolate. Zero. So, I think the little candy he bought has pretty much been consumed already. Now, we just need to get rid of the bunny cake leftovers! pfft!
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Oh! and MissHoliday...that is just hilarious!!!0
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Well, I work in retail and have been staring at extra rows of candy on the shelves since... before Halloween. Aside from summer toys and end of summer school supplies, our middle aisle that is for seasonal has candy basically from pre-halloween until after easter. Now the easter candy is on clearance so it should dwindle quick but I have bought more than my single person share over the last month and the clearance prices are tempting.0
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