SBF2: Reboot boogaloo...wk ofJuly 26....

lotusfromthemud

Last week of July....what?

lotusfromthemud

So....

Today is my salsa/cardio/fitness deal, then I'm not sure what. I know I have to work on my presentation research, and I'm also starting to get stuff together for the October show...since it's practically August. I am in shock about this, and need to get over it.

Last week was not the greatest week. I missed a couple of workouts because of the shoulder pain, and my food choices weren't always the best ones. I did manage to keep portions sensible, but my 10% foods were more like 20%. I've developed the philosophy that I need to find the balance between pushing myself and killing myself (or driving myself batty). To that, my

Goals for this week:

vegetables and protein at every meal (this is hard, especially the veggies part, so I will buy and pre-cut veggies today)
water (drinking extra hot weather water has not been happening...I need to step this up, as I feel a bit bloaty)
academic work every day (especially important this week because I'll be out of town next week)
cardio six days, strength/resistance two (I'm dropping down from three to two on the resistance since I'm still healing)

and, that's enough.

Just enough, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Bobbie145

Good morning! I know...last week of July...wow. My 9 year old is off with his grandparents for the week. My ten year old and I went to see Grown Ups yesterday. A few scenes were totally inappropriate for him, but he laughed so hard on some of the scenes that it was worth it. I am glad my 9 year old wasn't with us.:laugh:

I've been on the treadmille, done my stomach crunch thingy, and used my 8 pound medicine ball today. I may take my ten year old and his friend bowling this afternoon. Now, for a little work.

Hope everyone has a great day.


Bobbie

mechanicmom

Hi,
I know. I can't believe it's almost August. Up until last Thursday I was excited because it meant that September and a new child referral was around the corner. Now we don't know what is happening and we don't have any goals. :frown: We are looking into different options and have the opportunity to go to Russia in two weeks and "host" a 10 year old girl for about 4 days. She's older than we wanted to adopt but she looks so sweet and she's very very shy. We would probably go if the plane tickets weren't running about $2000 each! :noway: This place may host some Russian children in Michigan in late October, so we may plan to go then if we don't have something else in effect by then.
Anyway, goals for today: get back into logging food (not wanting to), start week 3 of C25k, and get all my house work done (good start already). I also did some stuff with Alex this morning. So it's been a productive day so far.

Remaining in peace boogaloo!
MM

wanderinglight

Viv -- what are your "10% foods?" I'm intrigued.

MM -- good luck as you continue your search...

Bobbie -- nice work with the medicine ball! I always love using one at the gym.

As for me, I'm still settling in (and loving) the new house. The days have felt completely jammed full because we are painting, refinishing furniture, and still unpacking boxes. I have one more free week before starting my new job on Monday so my goals for the week are:

* 6 days of exercise, including at least 1 of yoga
* 4 of those days should burn 500+ calories
* pre-cook healthy stuff today so that there are snacks available
* eat breakfast!

I already got my workout done for the day, which was running the stairs, and I might try for yoga this afternoon.

Reboot boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

Today is Zumba, an appointment and then dinner out. I may try to get a walk in there somewhere to balance the "dinner out" portion of my day a bit more. I also have to do some housecleaning, as a rehearsal will happen here this afternoon.

10% foods are the foods that just aren't good for me in excess (or anybody, probably) essentially refined sugar or flour, the tortilla chips, the fried potatoes in all forms (which I still love/crave) and alcohol. On the current thing I'm doing, the goal is to have these only 10% of the time. (with the math, this is four times per week, which is actually not that restricting...with a meals/snack frequency of five-six times a day). I've been working on a moderation balance of having a darn cookie every once in a while, and not letting it turn into eating only cookies. It's tricky. I think I'm a better abstainer than moderator, but after a few weeks of abstaining, I binge, or lately just have the urge to binge....so...the journey continues, right.

I'm very lazy with my food prep goals lately. I seem to go in bursts of "hey, keeping all these veggies chopped/prepared is easy" and "I cannot even look at a carrot". I envy those people who have personal chefs...imagine just opening a fridge full of food ready to eat...heaven!

Had a weird/cool/terrifying experience yesterday. I get "job postings" in my field that people forward to my email all the time. Yesterday I got one for a dream job, with a time line that actually works with mine. Essentially, the first job I could actually apply for. So, now I have to get my butt in gear organizing my CV, publishing this paper I've been sitting on, finishing my degree requirements, etc, etc, etc...or as I said to my husband "holy crap. Now I have to be a real person." Everything has been feeling way off in the future, but I realized yesterday, since most search committees take a year to make their decisions, I've reached the point where...the future is now.:noway:

Future is now, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Wow, V. You and I have a lot in common. I struggle with the same food issues you do. Or maybe we all have this problem but you just know how to put it into words.
WL, I hope you get settled in before your new job starts.
Bobbie, did you go bowling?

Today is a bit of a stressful day. Still trying to mend things with our agency. Turns out the whole thing has been a big misunderstanding. We hope to find out today if she changed her mind about working with us. Maybe this is why the pounds aren't falling off? Too much stress.
I'm trying not to get frustrated but my weight is not budging. At all. I've cut back on my eating for the last three weeks or so, and I've been working out really hard. I don't get it. I thought once I incorporated more cardio that the pounds would start coming off. Am I too impatient? Five months of solid working out, almost a month of cutting back portions. Does something seem wrong? Steve says I look different. Something does look different. I can't put my finger on it. My clothes are not looser, but something just looks different. Maybe my posture? I guess I had hoped after AF left I'd drop a couple of pounds. Nope. :ohwell:
I am not giving up, I'm just venting. I wish I had a record of what I did three years ago when I started on here (3 years in Oct), and started losing weight. I am thinking it didn't come off immediately and I had to raise my calories, then it started coming off about 2-3 months later. You know, I need to just be thankful that it is coming off slow because then maybe it will actually stay off this time. I will not give up. Something has to be changing and I just can't see it yet. Kind of like what God is doing in our adoption process.

No stress or anxiety allowed boogaloo!
MM

mechanicmom

Whew! Good news. Agency is willing to work with us! We still feel bad that we stirred up such a stink in the first place. Guess we needed a lesson in patience.
I think I forgot to post what I am going to do today. I worked in the yard for an hour this morning, and somehow hurt my foot. I think it's the shoes. I think it will be fine, maybe just sore today. If it stays cloudy (and doesn't rain) I may go work in the yard some more. If not then I will do taebo.

MM

mechanicmom

I guess I am posting too much.

My busy day as usual today. Errands this morning, grocery list and cleaning this afternoon. I guess I sprained the toe next to the little toe on my right foot. I don't even know how that's possible. So I guess no walking/running on the treadmill today. :frown: I may try to do some taebo. I'm having a hard time getting motivated. I'm not seeing change and it's getting me down. I don't know if I should eat more, if I am miscalculating and eating too much, or not working out as hard as I think I am. I think I am just going to not count for a couple of days, focus on eating when I am hungry, and do whatever work outs I can. I'll rethink it all in a few days.

Hope you all are doing well.

MM

lotusfromthemud

Nah, MM I like your posts. That's good news about the agency. I'm not sure you did anything to stir up a stink there, it just sounds like your contact was having a tough time, and you got the what-for because of it. I know what you mean about the wanting/not getting tangible progress. I know that nowadays, any progress I make is way too slow for me to see. I have to rely on things like pictures from last year, my measurements chart (half an inch doesn't seem like much, but it's something over six months) and just plain faith in the idea that I'm getting stronger (and better and faster ). Losing weight is much more fun when you're at the buy a new wardrobe every three months phase...

I read an interesting blog entry today, that talked about how in olden times, stress always came with movement (ie: hunting, plowing a field, working hard at adrenalin stuff, running from the lions, etc.) Nowadays, we tend to get stressed out while sitting at the computer, or the office, or the sofa. Our body still has the same "stress=refuel with carbs and sugars!" response. The problem lies in the fact that we didn't actual expend any energy being stressed. So, our intuition lies to us. I keep going back and forth between planning all my food and then eating what I planned and just eating "when I get hungry", but I'm noticing that my intuition seems to lie a lot (I'm hungrier on days that don't involve a workout, because I'm bored/restless, stress makes me starving, I "intuitively" want ice cream because they sell it at the store, that sort of thing). I'm trying to shift up my goals just a bit by stocking the fridge (today, I mean it) with healthy snack options, and restricting myself to those. My stress levels (without movement) are not going to go away for the next bit (or ever) so I have to tell myself "hey, that was really sucky, but there was no lion" and just plain ignore the urge to eat sugar and some more sugar.

Today's goals are as follows: stock the fridge with food for now until Friday (going out of town Saturday) this means meal plans for lunch and dinner and snacks.

weight class (with lighter weights, ignoring my ego and really watching my form) and Zumba (our gym got a new teacher, so I want to try her class)

project work and a big to-do list/timeline for finishing, school goals/pro goals (not required for the degree, but required if I want to get a job...like publishing, conference papers, etc...)

printing out a packing list for the trip next week

and that seems like plenty.

slightly overwhelmed but pushing through, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Howdy folks!
Currently drinking art coffee in the hotel lobby with wifi. I just couldn't pass up the chance to check in. I've been walkking tons & the eatting has been mostly moderate. No yoga though I'll have to tell you guys about my yoga train experience when I'm not typing on a phone.
Take cate all!

wanderinglight

Hey all! Just a quickie...

Nice to see you MWD! Glad to hear you're staying on track on the road.
Viv, love the sound of your dream job...most amazing opportunities start off as terrifying. Go for it! Plus, it will add some adrenaline in your life that you don't get running from lions any more

I was up at 6:30 to run the stairs. Finally, after about a month of going regularly, I'm starting to feel stronger on them (and better and faster... ). I'm still sucking wind at the top but I can get more sets in. Feels good.

My goals for the rest of the week are to really stay in control in the eating today and to get in that yoga class on Friday morning.

Chase or be chased boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Viv, love the sound of your dream job...most amazing opportunities start off as terrifying. Go for it! Plus, it will add some adrenaline in your life that you don't get running from lions any more

"most amazing opportunities start off as terrifying" is now my facebook status. It was either that or quote Woody Harrelson's character in "Zombieland" "it's time to nut up or shut up.":laugh:

Bobbie145

Hi, everyone! MM: So glad things have worked out with your agency. V: So cool about your "dream job". I know you will keep us posted. WL: I do like my medicine ball. MWD: Hotel lobby sounds like fun!

I did get to go bowling. Have been twice this week with boys. Was actually sore when I bowled yesterday and wondered how that was even possible. It's bowling, for heaven's sake!

Had a little court this morning. In and out. Then back home with boys. Spent most of the day organizing and making sure up to date on stuff. Shoplifting case in the morning and a juvenile case in the afternoon. Civil stuff in between.

Right now I am really hungry. I've got ribs in the oven getting ready for sauce and to fall off of the bone. Might not be a good combination. Hungry and ribs, that is.

Moderation, boogaloo!


Bobbie

mechanicmom

I like what you said WL about amazing opportunities start out terrifying. I have discovered that myself in the last two years.

I have not done so well the last few days on eating etc. I have been down for some reason, I guess because I haven't been able to exercise. My foot still hurts, but it is a little bit better...I think. A test will be walking in the store for an hour. If it's not killing me after that, I might get on the treadmill or do taebo this afternoon. My mojo is leaving so I need to do something.
I am debating on counting cals or not, and whether to raise them or keep them where they are. The things I am currently doing are either not working, or it's working r-e-a-l-l-y s-l-o-w-l-y. I am learning I am not a very patient person. Later is just not good enough.
Today: store, exercise of some sort, cleaning up the house, and going to watch planes tonight with friends.

Learning to wait boogaloo.
MM

lotusfromthemud

Morning, pebbs

Big plans for the day: yoga at home, and a mani/pedi in preparation for the trip next week. Also, project work and waiting impatiently for return emails.

Ended up cobbling together some (healthy) foods from what was sitting around in the freezer and fridge yesterday. I'm A: trying to clean it out and B: lazy in the heat/storms we had yesterday.

Did very well last night with the whole ego/weights thing. I was getting my weights, and reached for 8s and 10s, stopped myself, and switched to 5s and 8s. I'm sore today. I have to recognize that that class is a muscle endurance class, and yeah I can probably do bicep curls with 20s (I can) but not approximately 400 reps. Zumba was super-awkward. I thought it would be the new teacher, but it was the old one, and I was the only person there. I finally said out loud at one point "I'm not feeling the beat wherever you're feeling it." I won't go back to this class. My other classes are soooo good and this one is just, well, not good. It's sort of a bummer, because I pay about 15 bucks a class, and it's included at the gym. (I'm also thinking of quitting my gym, but it's like my security blanket) So, I'll need to find other cardio for Weds. I might start going in and riding a bike before weights class. I might not. I'm waffle-y.

I know what you mean about "later is just not good enough". The universe doesn't operate on our timetable. It's something I struggle with, too.

Learning patience, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

wanderinglight

Learning patience...it's a process for sure! I've gotten better about understanding that you need to take as much action as you can to make something happen, and then you need to let it go and take care of other stuff in the meantime. Lately, because I've been gardening so much, I keep having to tell myself "stop poking at the seed to make sure it's growing!" I tend to plant it and then want to dig it up and make sure it's doing its thing as fast as possible. Metaphorically, of course.

Just a random aside, does anyone else wear a tiara while they clean the house? I found mine in a box when we moved and I've worn it every day. Right now I'm wearing it and old sweats as I'm refinishing a piece of furniture. The other day I forgot I had it on and I went to go meet my new neighbors. I think they must think I'm crazy. :laugh:

Okay, I'm going to burn 500 calories today! That's my goal. My only goal. I'm feeling very single-minded about it!

MM, I'm really sorry about your foot and hope you will be back on your game soon.
Viv, I can't help but laugh when I think of how awkward it must be to take a Zumba class solo...sorry but it makes me giggle just thinking of you there all by yourself!

lotusfromthemud

Just a random aside, does anyone else wear a tiara while they clean the house? I found mine in a box when we moved and I've worn it every day. Right now I'm wearing it and old sweats as I'm refinishing a piece of furniture. The other day I forgot I had it on and I went to go meet my new neighbors. I think they must think I'm crazy. :laugh:

I keep asking for (and shopping online for) a "vacuuming tiara"...
also, I spotted a Wonder Woman tiara and decided that I need to buy it to wear while typing my dissertation. I may also be crazy... There's a fabulous costume supply store in town that must have 100s of crowns and tiaras to choose from, and the last time I went I almost bought one. It may be time...:laugh:

mechanicmom

Y'all are silly! :laugh: :smooched:

I didn't get a chance to work out yesterday. Maybe a good thing because my foot still hurts. I was all planned to work out, dressed and everything, when the pastor's wife called and asked if I still wanted her to come over. Um, you said Friday I'm pretty sure. I didn't tell her that, but I'm positive that's what she said. lol. So I raced around just picking up the house, getting dishes done etc. She came over to talk to me about homeschooling Alex, but it ended up being a lot more, and it was all very good info! It was a good pep talk and it also helped me realize where my priorities should be. So it was good. Then we went to watch planes with friends last night.
I plan to get a work out in today. I am going to try the treadmill and see how my foot does. I don't want to get to far behind on my running program and have to start over. I am going to try to get some cleaning done as well. My goals, not just for today, but everyday are to clean a little everyday, get off the computer more, engage Alex more, and get some kind of movement in. I still haven't decided about logging food again.

Making some adjustments boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Gah...crazy busy...the reality "hey, you leave town for a week tomorrow!" just set in, and I haven't done my usual OCD planning for such an event.

So, goals for the rest of the day are:

a short weights/cardio workout (I may bust out 30 day shred...it's been about a hundred years) before my acupuncture appointment, and getting everything ready for the trip. I'm currently doing laundry, and making a to-do list, and then I have to pack and make sure I've gotten the house stocked for the cat sitter, and try to get a decent night's sleep before hitting the road first thing.

I go back and forth with food logging, too, MM. Sometimes it feels like a valuable reality-check tool, and then sometimes it feels too anal, and not like something I should be doing forever. Also, I lose (or, more likely, don't) a the same rate if I log or if I don't. Who can say?

To-do, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

wanderinglight

Gah...crazy busy too...but I got in a 45 minute workout already and burned 350. I'll get in one more today to reach my 500 calorie goal.

I have big news and a BIG incentive...I'm going to the Emmy Awards in just a few weeks!!!! Whale Wars (Season 2) was nominated. It actually DOES make 99 days on a boat worth it :happy: ...but just barely. Fingers crossed!!!! Now to find a pretty dress...

Happy Friday, all!

metizzy2

The summer coming to an end way TOO fast!!!! I have to go back to work next month...and that means going from 4 spinning classes a week to just one!!!! (
I'm so worried that I'm going to ruin all the work I put into my weight loss all summer!! I feel your pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lotusfromthemud

Hi Pebbs,

Just a quick check-in before I hit the road...

Goals for the trip are:
sensible choices (or at least sensible portions) 85% of the time
exercise at least six of the next 9 days
at least four study sessions
and plenty of water, and minimizing, um, other beverages.:drinker:

Pretty sure I'll still be checking in, as this is sort of a working trip vs. a vacation (the laptop stays home on vacation). As an aside, are any of you light packers? I am the worst...like I need a steamer trunk terrible. I actually own the steamer trunk that my great-great grandparents and their five daughters and one son packed to come to America from Sweden. It's huge, but eight people packed their entire lives into it. I forget often that even though I'm a broke bohemian, I am wealthy beyond their wildest dreams! I am so grateful they packed that trunk so that I could overpack.

Border crossing, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

cp005e

Ack, sorry I went MIA again. I am just completely swamped. It's definitely up in the air for me right now whether or not this job is going to be doable - or something I want to do for long. It's just wild to walk into a situation where you're both responsible for fighting the fire and figuring out how it started and how to build a better building and directing others how to do it, all at the same time.

I haven't been working out. :frown: I went to get evaluated for new orthotics, since that's what the doctor thinks I should do for my ankle, but I am seriously crabby about it. I think that my current orthotics, while they relieved pain, ultimately made my feet/ankles weaker, so I'm a bit reluctant to rely even more on them. But maybe when I'm running it makes sense for awhile. I'm still thinking that strengthening may be the answer, but I'm not getting a lot of good guidance from the medical community along those lines. Sigh. I will go to the gym this weekend, though, and I'm going to get a bicycle pump so I can actually ride my bike.

WL & V - I love the tiara idea! That's hilarious and I never would have thought of it. I don't know if I could get away with it at work, though.

MM, sorry your journey has been so up and down! I'm glad it sounds like the agency is getting over the misunderstanding.
WL - congratulations on the nomination! That's very exciting.
V, where are you headed? Hope you have a great trip! Mary, I hope you're having a ball.

Crazy town, boogaloo. :flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

CP, good to see you again! Hang in there! I hope things smooth out for you soon.
WL, that's awesome about the Emmy's!
V, hope you have a great trip! I am not a light packer. I take extras of most things. lol
Mary, we miss you!
Bobbie, what do you have planned this weekend?

I was able to run on the treadmill again yesterday and that felt great. My foot is still a little sore but it's a lot better. I haven't gotten a lot done this morning. I sprayed the yard with bug repellent stuff, so maybe we can actually go out and enjoy the yard again in a couple of days. My arms were shaking after spraying.
There's a "garage sale" in the convention center that's all kids stuff so we are going to go check that out this afternoon, then later we have to go set up the church (we share the building with a school, so desks have to be moved etc) for service tomorrow. Not sure what else we are doing. I was going work on the house today too but I'm kind of tired.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
MM

cp005e

Oh, V, I missed your message earlier. I don't feel like I'm a light packer, but I'm not too bad. I do like to be prepared, but it's not like I bring 5 pairs of shoes or anything. I also don't like buying disposable things, so I always bring my water bottle and coffee mug. I think it's worse on road trips, because I can just throw more things in the car. But a lot of times my husband and I will just pack one carry-on roller bag and a backpack for the two of us for a week - so that's not bad.

The weather looks nice this weekend, and we're going to see Inception this afternoon. Yay. I guess I missed you guys - I'm chatty today! :laugh:

mechanicmom

Hi,
Quick post. Hope you all are doing great and having a great weekend!
My foot still hurts so I'm resting it this weekend.
I had a thought this morning, believe it or not. I realized I need to focus on fitness, not fatness. That's my new goal.
Today is church, lunch with church people, maybe going to a bookstore, and then I'm not sure what else. Have a good day!
Fitness not fatness boogaloo!
MM