SBF2: Reboot boogaloo...wk of June 14

lotusfromthemud

Just starting.....?

yoginimary

Don't have much to say today (I posted late last night). Yoga and walking are on today's schedule.

20 years ago, I didn't have a single cat. What an improvement - even though I feel guilty every time I go on a trip.

Kitties, boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

Today is a visit to the physio (hooray!) so hopefully I can loosen my shoulder up.

Later, it's boxing and a rehearsal for the big little gig on Wednesday (sort of nervous because it's the first time it's me and not just me sitting in on someone else's thing). Also, today is the day I have to suck it up and look at my resume. It's sort of a mess, so that won't be fun. I hate doing anything that involves talking about myself professionally, as I'm just filled with self-doubt.

Also, I want to set goals for the week:
--sugar, wine, and eating out only once
--cardio (even light) every day
--taking a week off from academic pursuits in celebration of getting all my grades finished and taking (I still don't know the result) the exam.

Goals, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Hey Pebbles.
We've had an eventful few days. Maybe you saw my post on FB. Our car was "broken into" Sat/Sun night. We apparently forgot to lock it, which is pretty unusual. At first we thought DH's CD's were gone but we later found them safely stowed under the front seat. The only thing we found missing was DH's 3 year old $10 sunglasses from Walmart. :huh: And they left us a $50 MP3 player with two sets of earbuds. :laugh: What a trade off! Thankfully nothing was missing or damaged. This is the second or third time our cars have been broken into since living here. :grumble:
Then we worked on the pastor's van. Mostly DH did. I graduated from mechanic to supervisor. This morning I met some girls from church at a park and the kids played. One of the girls is new so it's good to help her get more involved. She's really sweet.
But it's so stinking hot! So I am kind of drained and don't want to work out. I will though. But I might complain. lol. I was going to do Taebo but I might just shred today. It's shorter and more intense. The house is a mess so I need to work on that too. I really feel like sitting on my rear today or taking a nap.
I guess that's it.
Determined to move my rear boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

update...the shoulder problem is actually a neck problem. Apparently, there are nerve that run through the neck muscles, and can radiate pain and numbness up in the form of headaches and vision disturbances (check) and down the arm in the form of shoulder pain and hand numbness (also check). The good news is, I'm not having a stroke, so hooray! (I get paranoid and have a friend who is a nurse...she told me to run not walk to the doctor when I told her the symptoms I was having.)

I was cleared for activity, but warned I should ice my neck after. Also, I decided to skip the "sculpting" class I sometimes go to before boxing, because she's a pilates lady and there's a lot of what feels like neck strain to me. So, just boxing, then ice. I am much sorer, but much more mobile now.

Ice, ice baby boogaloo. (sorry, couldn't resist.):flowerforyou:

Bobbie145

Hi, girls. Back home safe and sound. Worked from home today. It was nice.

Went to Jenny Craig this morning to do the food this week. Up ten pounds in a month. Part of that was from the last few days. Here we go. Back down again.

Plan on doing a 6:35 a.m. spin class in the morning.

Here's to a good week.

Good week boogaloo.


Bobbie

yoginimary

I'm such a dork. I sent the wrong dates to a yoga sub. Now, I don't have anyone to cover the last week in June. Luckily, it's just the Tues/Thurs class, so they won't be that upset if there's no class. I will ask them today if they would rather have the fitness guy do an abs class or no class at all. I'm not sure that my teacher would want to do the class, but I could ask her as well. It's a pain to get the key pass and explain all the ins/outs of it, or I would ask the all the yoga teachers.

Today, I'm considering riding my bike to the store. It's so hot though.

Dorkness, boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

Just got back from an intense Zumba class and feel powerful. The fact that I was relatively pain free and slept for 10 hours last night also contributes to this powerful feeling.

For the rest of the day: my appointment downtown, the piano tuner is coming, so I need to leave the house pretty soon...(the piano tuner doing his work is one of the most aggravating collection of sounds there is) then probably yoga this eve, followed by a rehearsal for tomorrow's big (little) show.

Powerful boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

I am kind of dragging again today. I don't know what's going on. I just haven't had much energy the last few days. Wonder if maybe I got too much sun and heat over the weekend? But I would think I'd be over it by now. I'm out of breath running up the stairs and my legs feel kind of jello-y. :huh: I'm gonna try to do Shred today and then relax this afternoon. Maybe watch a movie and work on my cross stitch or something.
And still no change in my clothes or on the scale. I have been giving in to temptation over the last twenty four hours, but I know I am eating less overall so I am not understanding why things aren't changing for me. I've been working out consistently for almost three months and I've got nothing to show for it. Except maybe that I have shoulder definition. :ohwell:
I guess that's all I have to say right now. Shocking I know.

Wobbly legs boogaloo!
MM

Bobbie145

Good morning, all. I made it to spin class yesterday morning. Yay! Followed my Jenny Craig except for some popcorn at the movie yesterday afternoon with the boys. They had $1.00 popcorn and drinks! Couldn't pass that up. So I got three drinks and two popcorns and mooched off the boys' popcorn.

I have an appointment at the office this morning, haircuts for the boys at 11:30, and juvenile court this afternoon at 4:00. I'm hoping/thinking this is the last of the juvenile court cases until the fall. I can take the boys with me everywhere except juvenile court since those are closed sessions. Worked on one of my estate cases yesterday and made a trip out to the jail last night after the hubby got home. Enjoying summertime!

Tomorrow morning another spin class at 6:35 and keep following the plan!

Summertime boogaloo!


Bobbie

yoginimary

Got my bike ride in yesterday - didn't even melt. Today is a morning walk and evening yoga.

I forgot about my 20 years ago stuff. Let's see. 20 years ago, I didn't ride a bike anywhere.

20 years ago, I made fun of a teacher that practiced yoga and meditation. She gave me my first meditation lesson, and I remember that day in class - it was guided visualization. She drove a Citroen because it got 60 miles a gallon. She was dating a member of the band The Killer Bees. I'm pretty sure I'd like to hang out with her now.

20 years ago, I took computer classes - we used command line - and thought it was pretty cool when we could make "school sucks" or some other phrase repeat itself across the screen. I also took typing - most wise.

20 years ago, I was introduced to Science Fiction/Fantasy by my English teacher. He had an interesting reading list that included "A Canticle for Leibowitz" (Walter Miller) and "Tombs of Atuan" (Ursula K Le Guin). I think that is the time I started reading for pleasure - late bloomer I guess.

20 years, boogaloo.

ps: V - what happened with that blog you sent your entries to?

lotusfromthemud

Morning, pebbs...

Today is the big little show, so not much planned in terms of working out. I need to do some housecleaning, so I may just do that. It's been a minute since I took a day off, so not worried for that.

Your 20 years ago take me right back, Mary. I wouldn't go back, not for anything!

I haven't heard anything from the blog, but I sort of expected that. Even in our modern age, wheels turn slowly. Also, found out last night that a pretty good musician friend's day job is in book publishing. Hmmmm....

I'm waiting to hear on so many things: the exam, the possible conducting job, the blog, the one thing I have coming out allegedly (encyclopedia article) this summer... I have to send out a scheduling email to my committee about my next big project, but I feel like if I have one more thing I'm waiting to hear something about, I'll freak completely. I admire your strength and patience, MM...with all the huge news you've just been waiting and waiting on.

Bobbie, I read your post too quickly and thought you were taking your sons to haircuts so they'd look good in court. Yikes. Apparently, my wrong-side-of-the-tracks youth is showing.

Lots of irons in the fire, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Hi,
I was going to take the day off but I ate too much for lunch. I go to a farmer's market store to get stuff for Alex and I end up buying things like taffy. I hadn't had any in years so I caved. I have GOT to quit buying that stuff. I didn't buy very many because I know I will eat them all in one sitting because that's what I do but I shouldn't have gotten any at all. Must resist!
I am probably going to try to start logging food again. I really hate doing it but I don't think I realize how much I eat. DH says I don't need to log what I eat, I just need let myself get hungry some times. Either way,I know what I am doing is not working. I've been working out 4-5x a week 30-75 minutes a day and I haven't lost a thing. Darn food.
Today I will do push ups, and probably taebo. Church tonight.

Resisting the call for sugar boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Whew!

Yesterday went really, really well. People who hadn't heard me really sing were surprised, in a good way. Now I need to figure out what to do next. I've sort of taken the last four years off from performing to see if I had "something to say", if you catch my meaning. I do. So, now figuring out how to integrate that in to the rest of my stuff.

But, I made and ate a smallish batch of low sugar, flour free peanut butter cookies (this is a recipe that I wish I'd never discovered, as they are literally the best cookies ever.) My rationale is I was nervous and wouldn't eat anything else, but, I'm not sure if "2 lattes, 10 peanut butter cookies, half a salad with steak, and two brandies" would look great on my food diary. A friend of mine took a pic of my husband and I (we seem to always pose for pictures in the same way) and then scrolled back in his camera to a pic of us from September. I look like I've lost about 15 pounds! (I haven't...more like five) So, last night was good for the ego all around!

Today, the goals are no cookies or brandy, Zumba and the vacuuming I didn't get to yesterday.

Anti-cookie-brigade, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Hope you find your groove, MM.

Glad your show went well, V. People who are musically inclined are such an enigma to me. I can neither keep a beat nor stay even near tune. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars were playing on the radio the other day. I told my husband, "You know, I don't think I like David Bowie", he replied, "don't like David Bowie! Then, you don't like music".:laugh: Later I thought of some songs I like of his, so all hope is not lost.

Today - teach yoga and ? - my foot is a little sore, so I'm not sure what to do. I'm not sure what caused it either. If I'm going to ride my bike, I better get a move on - it will get too hot soon. Only problem is today is watering day, and I can't leave the sprinklers.

20 years ago much lunch was: PB&J on white, chips, candy bar, and a diet coke. Not kidding. Today, typical lunch is salad with feta and crasins, ww bread, and almonds.

Improving, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

V, so glad for a good ego day for you! I'm glad everything went well, and what a joy to look at a picture from less than a year ago and see a difference!
Mary, that's a nice change in diet. I am somewhere in between your 20 years ago and what you are eating today.
CP, Where'd you go?
Bobbie, how is working from home going?

DH took my computer to his work today to blow it out, so I am on the desk top. I need a new laptop (okay, NEED is a little strong) but he thinks part of it's running problem is that it's dirty and not breathing properly. It also has only a few hundred mb left which is barely enough to run windows. When I do get a new one I will clean the old one off and give it to Alex. :happy:

Goals today:log food and work out. That's pretty much it. I will try to start logging again as much as I hate it. It will be good for me.
I'd better log my food and go make lunch.

Counting calories boogaloo!
MM

wanderinglight

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER BOOGALOOO!

Hi Everyone!

I'm so happy to see that you are still here and working hard! I saw some of you on other threads and it made my heart sing! I'm back from Antarctica again, just wrapped the third season of Whale Wars. I'm back on track with MFP and have gone about a month now of serious committing to eating right and working out. Life is good!

Oh and I fell in love. With the helicopter pilot on the ship...lol...figures. I"m wondering if I'm the only person in the world who can say they met their mate in Antarctica! He's amazing. And if you watch the show you can oooh and ahhhh over how cute he is, just like I do! I've been taking flying lessons and want to get my license in a year.

Anyway, hope you will welcome me back into the fold at least for the duration that I'm in town before leaving the country again.

lotusfromthemud

Yay! Wandering! Yay!

Hey, I am such a fan of the show, and confess that I have already oohed and aahed over Chris (is that the one?) I also think super-brave guys are ooh and aah worthy, as are super brave adventurer ladies like yourself.

Awesome! Allow me to embrace you into the fold for the rest of the pebbles.:flowerforyou:

wanderinglight

Yes, it's Chris! Sooo cute, right? Especially when he lands that thing on the back of a moving ship (swoon). Hahahahaha ha. Thanks for watching! It's really great to be back. You look great in your profile picture!! I love it. I can't wait to get into some regular yoga on dry land!

mechanicmom

Welcome back WL! Sounds like things are going awesome! I'll have to be on the look out for when that shows comes on so I can see your new honey!

Quick post. Have a lot to try to get done today. Don't think I will manage all of it but I will try. I have yard work to do, which I may wait on till tomorrow morning. I am way behind on my cleaning. For some reason when I consistently work out, house work doesn't get done. :huh: Cleaning will take a bulk of the day. Then working out and hopefully push ups. I did lower body yesterday but for some reason my upper back hurts today.
I really do eat more than I thought. I ended up going 100 calories over yesterday, even after working out. So I basically ate about 2000 calories. That's what a doc told me to eat on days I work out but that seems like a lot. I didn't need to eat that much. I wasn't hungry enough for it. I will try again today.
Got my computer back. Realized it was a good thing for me not to be on it so much yesterday. Trying that again today too.
Have a good Friday!
MM

yoginimary

Does that mean you're going veggie now, WL? You are so fearless, I'm wowed. This summer I plan on breaking out of my comfort zone by riding a gondola up a mountain then going on a zip line.

So the 20 year reunion is tomorrow. The three most important things that have changed in the past 20 years are: I married an awesome guy, I have kitties in my life, and I discovered yoga. My kitties are having issues. The kitty that had the tube in her neck had bad liver values yesterday, so we have to get her some meds, and take her back to the vet in a month. Which is right before I leave for Vancouver. I don't know if the kitties get sick right before/during/after a vacation, or that I have so many cats one of them is always sick.

Today: teaching yoga and a walk. My foot is still bothering me, but it's not too bad. I didn't walk at all yesterday, just did double yoga. My goal is to not have any injuries for my back to back workshops starting next Friday.

20 years of change, boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

Morning, pebbs,

Pretty busy day here:
I have to go to physio, then come home and clean (I haven't seemed to get to this all week), then I have an energy trade with my trainer (voice for her, boxing for me), then I have a new voice student coming over. Whew. Not sure what after that. I have to go buy food for my dinner, and I have still yet to look at my resume. (oops.) I wish I could hire someone to come over and interview me for an hour and then write a fantastic resume for me. Surely there are people that do this, right? I want to outsource all of my unpleasant activities lately.

I ordered (as a present to myself for doing my Spanish exam...which I still have no idea if I passed or failed) the Zumba DVDs. They came with these weighted maraca thingees that I have been walking around the house shaking since they came, like a kid with an obnoxious new toy. My husband is less than amused at this point.:laugh:

I eat around 2000 (or even sometimes more) on exercise days, MM.

Omnomnom boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

new blog boogaloo.

Bobbie145

Hi, everyone! Got in Zumba this morning. Yay! It was fun. Have done well on my eating all week. My sister comes to visit next week. Hope I can at least maintain. Maybe I'll get up early to go to the gym next week while everyone is still sleeping. working from home is going pretty good. Have file sort of spread out and around. Trying to keep neat and focused. I like working from home. The boys have been good about it, too.

Hi, WL: Where might I find your Whale Show? That sounds very interesting. I'm especially curious about the cute Chris!

Have a great weekend!


Bobbie

mechanicmom

Update: I took the day off from real exercising. My upper back hurts. I will try to do push ups tomorrow. I did however clean for two hours this morning, shopped for an hour this afternoon with a friend, and managed to stay within 100 cals of my limit the last two days. I don't really think I am eating that differently than I have been the last couple of months, so it makes me wonder why the weight isn't coming off. My sugar is high so I need to work on that. So I had some small victories today. :happy:
Mary, the gondola/zip line sounds fun! It would be getting me out of my comfort zone as well but I might like to try that! We may ride a gondola in September if we go to Colorado.
V, I pictured you walking around your house with the maraca things. lol. Are you driving your hubby crazy?
Bobbie, way to go with your eating this week!
See you all tomorrow!
Small victories boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Mary, the gondola wouldn't be out of my comfort zone, but just reading "zip line" made me pee a little. Eep.:noway:

yoginimary

That's funny, the gondola scares me more. The whole swaying the in breeze thing.

I thought of one thing that I was better at 20 years ago - staying up late. I had to go take care of a friend's pets last night. I was so tired - it was 11:00pm. I do feel like I've improved in 20 years, though it's not hard to improve on teenager. Here's to improving the next 20 years!

Today - whatever I can fit in. I need to take a day off yoga, so today may be the day. I won't have another day completely off between June 22nd- July 3rd. I guess it wouldn't hurt to take 2 days off. Radical. I don't want to have any injuries for my workshops, so I need to be easy on myself. No hard yoga, no long bike rides.

20 years, boogaloo!

I forgot to mention - my husband is down another 5 lbs! All he's doing is eating mindfully - and then just sometimes.:grumble:

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

My trainer (who had re-scheduled from yesterday) just cancelled (she's ill). So, I have to improvise. I think I'll do weights at home and then a walk. My calves are officially sore from Zumba yesterday (with my DVDs that came) and the day before, so I need a day of no bouncing. The "toning sticks" are sort of a joke as "toning sticks", as they each just weigh a pound. So, if I do the toning workout, I'll put on my weighted gloves with them or use a heavier weight. Also, I discovered that one of my teachers just draws choreography right off of the DVDs. Interesting....

Other than that, blissfully un-scheduled today. I've been pretty low-energy (special lady time) so I may take that extra time to relax.

Have fun at the reunion, Mary...I couldn't go to mine and regretted it a little. I quickly discovered that facebook solves that issue, though. I was the discussion of "whatever happened to" and someone finally stalked me down on facebook. We live in the future!

Future, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

cp005e

Hey, pebbles.

Welcome back, Wandering! It's so wonderful to see you back. I saw one episode of the new season while I was in the hotel. And of course I remember Chris - he's great! Are they putting the episodes online again this year? I need to catch up with all the boats.

I made it home last night, after a very long week of working and fretting and not much else. And I had to accept or decline the job offer by Friday, so... I accepted it on Friday. I need to give my notice on Monday. However, I spent the whole time traveling back last night feeling horrible about it (I'm a failure, I'm letting people down, I'm giving up my friends, I'm making life harder for people, I'm not finishing what I started, I'm stepping into somebody else's solution instead of continuing to build my own, I'm too susceptible to flattery, etc. etc.) I hope I am doing the right thing, and start to feel better about myself. I'm at the point now where I completely don't trust my thinking anymore and believe I suck at life. :sad:

I brought workout clothes, and a swimsuit, but didn't even get down to look at the gym or the pool in the hotel. I ate OK mostly (there was a pretty good salad bar in the cafeteria for lunch), but also had a fair amount of junk and diet soda. My only exercise was walking around the (albeit scenic) parking lot a few times. Unless agonizing burns calories?

I need a reboot, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

Aw, CP. You make me sad. :frown: You are not a failure, and changing things is hard on everyone, but everyone also adjusts. Is it possible that your current job will hire you back just in case you are at the other one for a few weeks and hate it? You will probably like though and your friends at your current job will not hate you and will probably still be your friends. :flowerforyou: You will probably also make new friends. I don't think you did a bad thing. You just chose a different road than the one you were on, and it's a road that could very well be the better of the two. I made a decision kind of like yours before I got married and it seemed like it was a mistake at the time, but I don't think I would be where I am now if I hadn't made that decision and I don't regret where I am now. God watched over me and got me to a really great place. I can't complain...except that maybe I hate the waiting part of my current situation. :laugh: I hope what I said made sense.
I worked in the yard for 45 minutes this morning pulling weeds and it's super hot. Trying to decide whether to take Alex to see Marmaduke or Toy Story 3 this afternoon. We're trying to do something fun each weekend so we can get away from our stress for a bit. Right now Alex is spinning things in the living room. He has pinwheels going, the ceiling fan on, his spinning top on, and he's spinning a thing called a billi-bo. I will not try to explain that. lol. I think Alex is either on a "timer" (clocks) or on spin cycle most of the time. :laugh:
I was up two pounds today. :grumble: Trying not to let it get to me. I don't know what I am doing wrong that this isn't working. Maybe my body is just slow because of my thyroid issue so it will catch up soon. :huh:
Off to get ready for the day!
Movies boogaloo!
MM

wanderinglight

Mornin' all. Congrats on accepting the job, cp! It looks like Animal Planet only has full episodes of last season online right now. I think when the series ends they'll put full episodes of Season 3. Right now it's airing Friday nights at 9pm on Animal Planet. Wheeee!

I ran the Santa Monica stairs yesterday. Well, "ran" is an overstatement, but I've been going twice a week and getting steadily better. I'm really trying to build my cardio back up after four months of never getting above a double digit heart rate.

Today I'm thinking of a hike, maybe someplace new that I haven't gone before. Or I might hit the gym if it gets too hot. Either way I'm aiming for 500 calories. Then I'll add a 45 minute walk in the late afternoon.

I had a very busy day yesterday and by the time I got around to eating at 5pm I was STARVING. I can't let that happen again as I went to Whole Foods and made some bad choices at their salad bar.