SBF2: Reboot boogaloo...wk ofJuly 5....

lotusfromthemud

starting the thread...

lotusfromthemud

Morning, pebbs...happy July!

I'm bracing myself for a hot, hot day here. Highs in the mid 90s, with high humidity. Yay! (heavy sarcasm in the "yay."). There's something extra-special about hot weather in the city. Oof.

I'm pondering trying a boot camp class at the gym to get the workout out of the way before I wilt. I also have some grocery shopping to do, and have to kill some time out of the house, as my husband's having a rehearsal. Probably a mani/pedi and then a coffee-shop work session. I'm a little leery of the boot camp class, but it's a different instructor, and I'll be careful with the heaviness of my weights. (last boot camp = not walking without pain for about four days).

Did really stellar with my goals last week, with the exception of working on the academics. Dang. I told myself it was a week off to ponder and prioritize, and now I have to hit it.

So, goals for the week:
wine/sugar/refined grains at one meal only (ideally, not all the same day, but a dinner out always seems to work that way)
protein and veggies with every meal
three strength workouts (yoga counts, as all the classes at my gym are ashtanga style strength-heavy)
six cardio sessions (can double dip here, like the boot camp today or boxing would work for both cardio & strength)
an hour of regimented (set the timer and just work on something, anything, dangit) academic work a day

Whew, that seems like enough. Oh, and concentrate on getting my water in. Especially with the heavy heat coming this week.

Summer in the city, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

I got in trouble with a friend for going to the group yoga practice yesterday. I had mentioned a couple weeks ago that we would donate blood on the fourth. I sorta forgot about it and told the teacher that I was coming to the group practice. I didn't feel like donating blood (who does?), so I emailed her that I didn't feel like it and could we do it another time. She posted on facebook that she was blown off yesterday. I have no idea how to respond to that - if at all.

Anyhoo, group practice was lots of fun. Christina posted some really goofy pictures of me, among others, on facebook - including one where my tongue is sticking out. Ah, facebook, the good, the bad, the goofy.

I'm watching a Frontline on "Digital Nation" - it's about the good & bad of our digital age. There's a theme this week.

My goal for the week is to make it to the gym.

Today - back to regular yoga class. I might dust the bike off today and take it for a quick spin.

Digital, boogaloo.

wanderinglight

Good Morning and Happy July!

Inspirational goals!

Mine are:
* Yoga at least once this week
* 5 x 500 calorie-burning sessions
* Limit drinks to one night
* Jump in the ocean (sometimes I forget how lucky I am to have it right outside my door!)

I'm moving back into my place on Wednesday after 2 weeks of dogsitting at my sister's, so I'm excited to get back into my usual routine.

Hydration Boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Hi ladies!
We had a good time yesterday out at our friends' house. Didn't get any exercise, unless sitting in a nice pool counts. I need to get back at it. I haven't even taken my new running shoes out of the box yet! I may send DH upstairs so I can do a DVD this afternoon. I slept in so my whole day is a bit off. I like holidays but I always kind of look forward to getting back into my routine.
I guess I need to set some goals, but I'm not sure what yet. Finally starting to feel better so one goal will be to work out 4-5x this week. Drink lots of water. Cut back on the sweets.
I am glad for a day that's a little less exciting than the last four have been. I'm tired!
Back into normalcy boogaloo!
MM

mechanicmom

Good morning!
Did you all have a good weekend? Back to the grind for us today. I let the house get out of hand over the weekend, so lots of cleaning to do.
I'm covered in chigger bites. :frown: So itching like crazy today. Surprisingly I slept good last night. I have about 20 bites so far. Not fun.

So today, lots of cleaning, drinking water, working out, no scratching, and going to try to log my food. More rain expected all week so I hope I don't get headaches again. It's a slow week, only horse riding this week so it's a good time for me to get a lot done.

Short work week boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

I leave for Vancouver in two weeks - not possible. I'm feeling more than the normal amount of guilt about this trip. My 19 year old kitty only has eyes for me and, truthfully, I worried about him dying alone. I know that's a sad thought for a Tuesday morning. But I have to remind myself, that I can't schedule my life around my worries.

Today may be the day for the gym. It's been so long, I hope I remember how to use the elliptical
Also, I need to get all my paperwork together for the trip and make sure everything fits in schedule - last year I went to the train station only to discover I was there a day early. I'm the trip leader for the family, so I do all the reservations and keep track of where we need to be.

Worry wart, boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

Just got back from Zumba, and then it's out into the heat for some meetings. Then home for some brainstorming/writing/planning, etc...anything, really. I've decided to write an abstract for a conference paper idea, then write the actual paper if the abstract gets accepted anywhere. That will at least be something...

I feel very in limbo right now...waiting on news from so many things. Today's goal is to let those worries go and just move forward somehow. I feel very frozen currently. I worry that I will start something new and something old will come back from the dead (as I don't know the conclusion to a lot of tasks I consider "finished"...ie...the still non-graded Spanish exam). I'm also in a place of uncertainty about the future: graduating, getting a job (or not getting a job), moving away from the city I'm used to, uprooting my husband, all kinds of worries. I was even worrying about the trauma of a fictional move on my cats, and if I could find them a good vet. All of these things had me wide awake at 4:30. Not good. Worry is the theme of the day, I guess. I have to remember that "I can't schedule my life around my worries", too.

Let it go, let it go, let it go, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

So that's my mantra for the week - My worries will not control my life.

Today - my first Wednesday teaching gig. It's the same group that comes on Fridays, but I decided that Wednesdays would have more flow, less form. I haven't planned a class yet. I could always use an old one - just change it around a bit. Also - yoga tonight. They are finally interviewing someone to replace me on Tues/Thurs. I'm getting worried about subs for my trip - so I'm hoping they will have a sub list in addition to the Tues/Thurs replacement.

I didn't make it to the gym - my excuse is that I was cooking soup and it's much easier to just walk when doing that. I will make it this week. Or at the very least, to hard yoga on Thursday.

A friend had weight loss surgery yesterday. I can't remember which procedure she got, but that stuff scares me. She came through ok though. I hope she's happy with her decision.

New yoga class, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

Really slept in this morning, which felt so good. I feel much better now. I bought this new notebook/binder thing yesterday that I'm calling an "idea book". Every day, I need to spend fifteen minutes with it to try to jump start my brain. It worked yesterday, I ended up listening and analyzing for over an hour. A friend of mine (another student, who is in the throes of his dissertation) suggested the idea book to me. Essentially, you sit down for fifteen minutes, and try to get your brain working. If, after fifteen minutes, your brain is legitimately not working that day, then that's all the work you do. He claims that he has taken exactly two days off since starting this method six months ago. It sounds organic and friendly to me, so I'm going to try.

Today, it's time with my idea book, some cooking to get the fridge/freezer re-stocked, my favourite weights class, followed by my not-so-fave Zumba. Maybe the teacher will loosen up. I may actually speak to her after class. She's a nice lady, and she's on the verge of getting fired, so maybe the kind thing to do would be to give her some constructive criticism. Just not sure how to say "stop speaking to us as if we're six, and turn around so you're not staring at us the whole time, and quit correcting everybody all the time...less teaching and more dancing, in short." Maybe that's the best way to say it.

Last night with dinner I had red wine and dessert. So, that's it for the week in both of those departments. I did keep myself to one (crusty, beautiful, made in-house) roll with olive oil, so that felt restrained. Progress!

Yikes, novella.

Organic brain, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

wanderinglight

Back on track boogaloo!

Skipped the gym two days in a row so there will be no skipping today!

And I'm back into my place tonight so will be back to a regular schedule and eating plan. Sounds like it's a transition week for everyone!

Off to the gym now, will check in later...

mechanicmom

Hi ladies!
Just had a good work out: 75 minutes of taebo abs and glutes. Hope I can walk tomorrow!
Since none of the stuff I have been doing is working to get me smaller I decided I'd better look at my diet again. The goal until Sunday is to have no sweets at home, no eating out (until Sunday lunch), smaller portions (DH said he would get my food for me, we'll see how that goes! LOL!), and more fruits, veggies, and nuts, less wheat (trying to limit to 1-2x a week, again we'll see how that goes.). Sounds like a huge change for me but some of it I've already been working on.
I was not motivated to work out today but my sis gave me a pep talk and that helped. I feel better now.
Chigger bites are getting better, so hopefully they will be gone tomorrow. We are talking about Colorado again. I hope we can go. It would be fun.
Hope you all have had a good day!

Miscellaneous ramblings boogaloo!
MM

mechanicmom

So sore today. But that's okay. It means I worked hard.

How are you all today?

Just a short post from me. Exercise today will be grocery shopping and upper body taebo. I also need to get caught up on cleaning. My goal is to drink a lot of water today. I've been failing in this area. Oh another goal is to stay away from processed foods at the store.
I guess that's it.

Almost Friday boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

Today is: Zumba at noon, idea book (hopefully plus studying), and that's all I can manage in this heat. I'm pretty sore muscle wise from bootcamp on Monday and weights class yesterday. But, it's not pain, just soreness (progress!)

I actually complained about my gym's Zumba teacher last night. I felt weird doing it, because she seems like a nice young lady, but she speaks to us as if we're in first grade. It's frankly insulting, and she's just not a very good dancer. I learned that her dance training is Irish step dancing, which is about as stylistically far from latin/afro-cuban as you can get. She hasn't done her research, and she's doing the wrong steps to the wrong rhythms. (or, she just flat-out can't tell that it's wrong, which is probably worse) I was told "we're looking for somebody else, but there aren't any teachers." Boo. I'm stuck a bit, because I don't want the gym to be able to say "well, we're not offering Zumba because there was no interest in the class." So, I'll keep going. I have no idea how to talk to the teacher, but feel like if there was the exact right way to frame some constructive criticism, I could essentially help her save her job. Or maybe I should just get certified to teach, and steal her job. :laugh: Ah, my fear of confrontation of any sort....

Still hotter than all get-out, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Y'all are hotter than we are today, V.
Hope you're holding up ok, CP :flowerforyou:
Sore is good, right, MM?

I thought I taught a good flow class yesterday. Today: teach easy class, hard yoga tonight, a walk in there somewhere, as well as: visit old lady, get some cleaning done, and work more on trip. My mom pointed out something amusing - we do all this work, to plan a trip that is about a week long, a very short period of time - but we want to get new shoes for walking, a new dress for going out, etc. I think it's like having people over to your house - you may not ever clean behind the refrigerator, but since guest are coming...

I applied for a yoga workshop out at a ranch nearby. It's 5 days and nights - shared rooms (4 to a bathroom, the horror, the horror). The teacher has a bit of a reputation for yelling at people. There are very few spaces (and it's cheap), so I might not even get in, but I'm worried that I'll hate it. I need to get a handle on this worrying stuff.

Ending worry, boogaloo!

wanderinglight

End of worrying is good advice! Especially when you have no say in what the outcome will be.

Viv, I say get certified and teach that class!

It's been a tumultuous weekend. A friend of mine jumped off the Venice Beach pier on 4th of July (he was drunk -- it's something we've all done at some point once the bars close, being young and dumb, but he got caught in huge swells and a rip tide) and drowned. The memorial is tomorrow night.

I'm focusing on life, and making the very best of mine. This week (I know, it's Thursday but I'm still setting goals ) I'm going to be more positive about my progress and about staying optimistic that I really can continue losing weight. It's stuff we've all said before but I am refocusing on living the best life I can, right now. No waiting.

That being said, I had a great workout yesterday, and a very quick one today. I'll be back in the gym later on tonight with my HRM to reach 500 cals burned.

MM, 75 minutes of Tae Bo is awesome!

mechanicmom

Sorry to hear about your friend WL. How sad.

Update: I did 50 minutes of Taebo this afternoon, even with being so sore and I logged my food! Yay! I really think I must have been sick last week with the headaches and no energy and queasy stomach. I have had more energy the last two days, so I am trying to kick it into overdrive and make some progress.

Small victories today!
MM

yoginimary

I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend, WL.

Today, husband turns 40. We've been married for 16 years. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this. I'm not upset about getting older, it's just odd.
For today, I teach yoga this morning (need to write up a class! - I thought I would do it when I was in Boerne, but I think my brain needed a rest from yoga). We might go to the two hour practice this afternoon - but only if my parents iphones arrive in time. I think it's funny he wants to wait around for them. We are going to out to a nice restaurant tonight, but everything else has to work around iphones!

40 years, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

So sorry for your loss, WL. Makes me really grateful that I was lucky in my young(er) and crazy(er) days. Sometimes it seems so random.

I know what you mean about the "oddness", Mary. I have days when it hits me: "holy moley...when did I get to be such a grown-up?"

I just finished a home yoga session, and other than errand walking, that may be it for the day. Depending on my energy levels, I might go to a salsa class tonight (I get to pick either Friday or Saturday evening, once a week). I have to plan meals for the next few days, so a lot of planning/grocery shopping.

Oh, and work on school stuff. I am pleased to report that the "idea book" seems to be helping. It's this weird sort of no-rules, low pressure gateway into some more serious work. My fifteen minutes with it has led to a couple hours of actual work every day. I made the comment to my husband yesterday that "I spend more time doubting my work and ideas than actually doing the work. ...I wish I wouldn't waste all of that time and energy. Self doubt is exhausting."

Lack of doubt, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Good morning!

Mary, happy birthday to your husband. Hope you guys have a good day, even if you have to wait around for iphones.

V, hope the school work goes smoothly for you today!

CP, Bobbie, how are you two doing?

WL, may God comfort you and your friend's family today.

I feel pretty good this morning even though I had a hard time waking up and was up for awhile during the night. I was under my calories yesterday, and fought off the sweet cravings last night. I had a great breakfast this morning: no-flour waffle (basically, eggs, ricotta cheese, cinnamon, sweetener, and baking powder), topped with Cool Whip (yeah probably should have used yogurt) and strawberries and blueberries. I was surprised at how good it was! :bigsmile:
Going to visit with a friend this morning, then after lunch I will work out. Probably Taebo again. Not sure which one though since I am still a bit sore from two days ago. I don't know where this motivation came from. I guess maybe just from feeling better than I did last week. I am going to take advantage of it!
Rain everyday boogaloo!
MM

wanderinglight

Oh wow I love the sound of those no-flour waffles. Think you could use the same batter for pancakes?

Thanks for the kind words everyone (probably should have started off with that instead of pancake questions lol)

Got up early and ran the stairs, so that's it for the day. I am heading to Vegas tomorrow so I won't be checking in over the weekend unless it's Sunday night. I've decided to not drink during the memorial tonight (it's actually more of a "life celebration" at a bar). First of all because it seems weird to drink when that is what caused the accident, but also just to stay in control so that I can cut loose a little bit tomorrow.

Oh did I mention that I'm flying the helicopter to Vegas tomorrow? Well, with Chris, my pilot boyfriend...but still! I'm advancing in my lessons!

Viv, love your realization that the time you spend doubting could be time spent working and proving yourself wrong! Good for you!

Mary, happy hubby bday and 16 years!!!!! WOW! Congratulations!

Bobbie145

Whoa! The week is gone! We were out of town last weekend for the 4th. Got back Tuesday evening. I've spent the last three days making sure I'm up to date on everything. I've also gotten a few loads of laundry done. It has been a good week. I made an asparagus & goat cheese fritatta one night and a blueberry peach custard pie. Very yummy and fun and easy to make. :bigsmile: Gave blood this morning. Got to get back to some exercise. That was definitely lacking this week! :noway:

Soooo, goals are to cut down on snacking, drink more water, and get moving! :drinker:

Weekend, boogaloo!


Bobbie

lotusfromthemud

Yay, Bobbie, welcome back!

Just got a call from my trainer, and she's begging off today. I have taken this as a sign from the universe that it's time for a day off. (my last full day off was June 26th) I will, however, use my excess energy to clean the house, catch up on my menial but unpleasant chores (bill paying, running clothes to the cleaners, stuff like that) and may go for a walk later (the sun is shining but it's cooler out, and less humid...hooray!)

Also, keeping hydrated to get all the excess sodium out of my system. I missed my goal this week of only one "off plan" meal, as I went out yesterday and had wine and fries and ice cream. Oops. It was fun, though...I have been really sticking to plan with minimal exceptions, though...and the plan calls for 10% of your food to be "off plan", so I'm "on plan" by being "off plan" about four meals or snacks a week, so I'm on target with that standard. Yep, I'm confused, too. It makes sense if I look at it as a means to prevent burnout and keep your body confused.

Edited to add: I forgot that salsa class is this afternoon, so it's that instead of a walk. Told you I was confused.

Body confusion, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Had a great dinner last night. We had a groupon, so it was even better. It was one of those moments when you think, I should have bought more than one of these. I left one bite of my entree and half of my dessert - so I was proud. I have such a hard time leaving one bite.

I did make it to the gym on Thursday. I can't believe how many commercials there are for junk food on t.v. Most of it was gross (foot long hot dog with chili, etc - blargh) - but the amount of selling that's going on is incredible. It makes me think that if people weren't bombarded with this garbage all day long, they wouldn't want it as much. Ok, stepping down from soap box.

Today is trailer eatery day. Fingers crossed that I will find something moderately healthy.

Also - try to get some exercise in. I think I might have to decide between cleaning up my house (people are meeting here) and exercising - I think we know which is going to win :bigsmile:

Eating in the heat, boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Quick post.

If you all want that waffle recipe I will post it for you.

We are about to go work at the new church building for a couple of hours. We were going to work in the yard which needs attention in a bad way, but I prefer not to work in mud. So that will have to wait till next week when things dry out a bit. The mower no longer works due to lack of use. lol. So we will have to figure that out too.
My work out will probably be whatever we do at the church, unless it's not much then I may do something at home.
Better get going.

MM

lotusfromthemud

Update:

Salsa class was cancelled, so I came home and did a Zumba DVD. So much for a day off. I needed the endorphins, what can I say...

Hey, you Texans will enjoy this. Salsa class was cancelled "due to the heat". It's currently 85 F outside.:laugh:

I think it may have been cancelled due to "the lazies".

Also, yes please for the recipe, MM...I would have to make them pancakes, but that sounds yummy, and on track with my current quest for protein.

yoginimary

I almost forgot I have to teach yoga today. Luckily, it's not until 10:15, so I can still make it and drink my coffee.

Had a great time yesterday. I got a short walk in and vacuumed. Only one person came to our house - so it all worked out. The doughnuts were a little gross. I spit it out. It wasn't that I couldn't go ahead and eat it - it just wasn't good enough, so why? Most people liked them though. They were huge and covered in stuff. I'm not big on the fried things either. We saw "Despicable Me" - it was cute and a lot more kid friendly than I was expecting.

Today - well, teach yoga, go shopping with husband (he needs new clothes), get exercise in, make muffins, tie up loose ends.

Thank goodness for calendars, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Morning, pebbs....

Up early-ish this morning making some travel plans. I realized a few weeks ago while my husband was at a glamorous music festival (all expenses paid, because he was working) and I was stuck home moping and worrying about riot police, that I have been missing out on some golden Yoko Ono-type travel opportunities. So, I'm going with him on a few of the next things. I just have to take care of transportation to the location, and then I can just ride his free hotel room coat-tails. It cuts into his work profits a bit, but I think it might help with my current state of frustration and burn out. I can even take the laptop along and work in an exotic locale coffee house. Things are ramping up for him, so some of the prospects are pretty cool (Japan, Europe, and Australia tours are possible next spring). I figure I'll take the "woman of apparent leisure" as far as I can, as I've reached the point in school where there's less and less I have to do on the actual campus. I realized I will most likely never again in my life be this un-scheduled. I think I've been having a lot of realizations lately.

So, other than that today, it's Zumba followed by the possibility of cleaning my kitchen and bathrooms. Sometimes I'm super-wired after class, so I might take advantage of that.

I made two (huge) lists yesterday: "stuff to take care of" and "stuff you can't do anything about, so stop thinking about it." My other goal is to try to cross three things of from the "take care of" list (making travel reservations was one of those three, the cleaning would be another). I just let things stew instead of taking my medicine, and it's starting to seriously compromise my mental health, I think. I put even silly things (or they seemed frivolous at first glance, but make a big difference in my churny little brain) like I had a pile of clothes that had minor tears, or needed new hems, or were missing a button...yesterday I took them all next door to the dry cleaners and said "please fix these". Tah-dah....outsourcing a domestic chore I will never, ever do. . .it's like having five brand new items of clothing!

Also on my list for later today: assessing how I did on my goals this week. I think pretty good, actually, but that's why I've been writing all of this stuff down, so I can check that. I had a bad/terrible body self-esteem day yesterday (due to hormonal/post restaurant food cheeseburger and fries bloatedy-bloat) so it would be good to do a reality check.

Write it down, then cross it off, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Hi! Another quick post! Out and about today and no time for exercise. I'll try to post that recipe when I get home tonight or tomorrow. Don't let me forget! I've made pancakes and they are okay, but the mixture is kind of runny so they are thin. But still good.
We went to our new church building this morning. Now we are working on the pastor's van. Next we are going to look at some furniture some people want to give us. After that we may go out with friends. Busy busy. Today is my cheat day so I am hoping we get ice cream or something. Nothing else for the rest of the week. I was down a pound this morning. Hope it keeps going that way! I feel a little smaller around my stomach. I guess I was eating more than I thought.
Hope you all are having a great Sunday!
Practicing self control boogaloo!
MM

wanderinglight

Help! I lost the thread!

I've been offline for two weeks -- lots of big changes here! My boyfriend and I were out walking and came across a beautiful house in Santa Monica for rent, so we spontaneously applied for it and moved in together last week! It's been a whirlwind and I had to get out of my old place within two days, and new place needed internet install so I'm finally back online now.

Hope everyone is well and if someone can send me a link to this week's thread I'm looking forward to getting caught up again!

mechanicmom

Here ya go WL!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/107494-sbf2-reboot-boogaloo-july-19th

Good to see you again! :bigsmile:
MM