200+ (Week 49) "Hot for Halloween"

akasullengal

Sarah- congratulations!!! *twirls* that's so amazing!! And, I know you say you're not a runner... and you might not be anytime soon, but keep walking and you can eventually work up to it. The girls here can tell you I was pretty anti-running the first few months and didn't think I could ever do it. And you've run in the past (even if it was a while ago), so you know you can do it in the long run. Keep it as a long term option. As the weight has come off it's also gotten easier for me. I was working out regularly for a couple of months prior to starting the couch to 5k program to get my endurance up and some intial pounds off, but I was definitely still over 200 when I started it. Just a thought for the future...

Hope everyone is doing okay. It's my long work day. I took a semi-long lunch and hauled it over to the rec center and did an hour on the stationary bike (~13 miles). I wanted to run today, but it's uber crappy and rainy outside today and is supposed to be for the rest of the day. If it improves tomorrow, I'd like to get a run in then. I have my 10K race this weekend. I wanted to get 2 runs in this week prior to the race, but I might end up only doing one and crosstraining the other days. We'll see.

I've got another meeting today and then I have my group tonight. Let's hope it goes better than last week-- definitely hard to keep them on topic. And I've got trivia tonight. We're mixing it up to another place, as there's a time conflict with someone on Mondays now, but if it sucks, I'm not down with going on Tuesdays instead. 1/2 off appetizers and drink specials. This could be bad. Not sure what I'll do yet. Might try and eat dinner at home, but splurge on a drink. We'll see.

anvy0530

Sarah: That is awesome!! You go girl!! :drinker:

Kristina: The weather has been crappy here too. Rain since Saturday and the temp hasn't gotten above 50 in days. I even had to figure out how to use my radiators (no central heating here) today. Good luck on your 10K. You rock!

I think my leg is almost better. I didn't do anything more strenuous than walking the dog today and I have iced it off & on. I'm going to get back to running tomorrow (if the weather cooperates, it's supposed to be in the low 60's - yay). I have decided to sign up for a 5K on October 30th with my son. I wanted to try for the 10K but Gabe isn't down for that. It's all good, I'm just happy to have some kind of race to run!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

stroynaya

crappy weather here too. Got caught in a downpour this morning without an umbrella. Luckily for me, a fellow transit rider offered a corner of her umbrella, resulting in me becoming only slightly damp instead of completely drenched. hope the weather improves by the weekend. I'm going "camping" with a group from church. sleeping accomodations are available inside the lodge along with indoor plumbing. :bigsmile: But I hope to do some hiking and other outdoorsy camping things that the rain would ruin.

I booked my plane tickets home for Christmas today. Seems early to think about Christmas, but I've found the best deals for holiday travel are usually from the end of September through October. This time I actually managed to use airline miles, so no cash outlay at all!

pinbotchick

Oh gals - I feel for you today since our day was sunny and 65 - PERFECT!!!! I love fall... The colors are perfect about 75% turned with lots of red this year. DH and I have been recording Vegas shows and practicing video poker on-line - the cool part is now all my adds are Vegas related!!! DH actually asked if we could go to the local casino this weekend for an hour to "practice". I've read the best play rules more than him and he kept asking me for play scenario tips last night. This really will keep us occupied for the next 4 months. I've been practicing for Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild. After deciding to cancel my run and sleep in - fate took over and my last 6:30 client canceled so I managed to get in 2 miles at an 11:52 pace - pretty quick for me.

Amy - glad your leg is feeling better.

Kristina - great job on the bike ride at lunch.

Sarah - where are you going for X-mas? I hope you have a blast camping!!!

anvy0530

Victoria: I love fall leaves. Being from California, where leaves don't turn, watching the leaves change is still a novel experience for me. I was happy to see that the leaves turn here in Germany. They are mostly yellow and orange with a little red here & there. Good job getting you run in. I'm going to have to put in some extra exercise to meet my 1800 minutes of exercise in September goal (as I took some time off with the leg thing).

Sarah: I love camping with indoor plumbing! The whole tent experience & no running water kind of ruins the great outdoors for me. I love hiking & biking and being outside but I love my creature comforts too. I have squatted over a log in the woods before and I can't say that it enhanced my outdoor experience.

So I've gotten my butt back in gear again, now that my leg is feeling 90% better. I did the dog walk and my B210K but I'm still kind of low on exercise minutes to meet my monthly goal so I'm gonna do some weight lifting and yoga today to bump up my time. I spoke with DH today on Skype and he told me that he met up with a friend who happened to be in DC for business & invited him to dinner. His friend is a VP of some division of Pepsi & Trav met him a few years ago doing charity work in California (Pepsi was the sponsor of the event & the VP was the face of Pepsi for the event). Anyways, Pepsi was having some pow-wow in DC and Trav's friend invited him out to dinner with a group of Pepsi big-wigs at a restaurant downtown. Trav was happy to catch up with the friend (who keeps in contact with him through emails but he hasn't seen him in over a year) and was happier to discover that Pepsi's CFO was more than happy to take care of the bill for dinner (Trav said his steak alone cost $45). His friend also invited him up to his house in Connecticut so he doesn't have to spend Thanksgiving alone. I wish I had someone to invite me somewhere so I don't have to spend Thanksgiving alone. But I'm glad he doesn't have to be alone - I guess. (I'm a snot, I know)

akasullengal

Hey ladies!

Funny-- I am booking my Christmas flights as well later today. Going to Baltimore for Thanksgiving (brother and girlfriend live there and both families are coming--- my mom thinks it's going to be an engagement announcement), and back to NC for Christmas. Looking forward to both.

Victoria- my parents are coming next weekend and through that next week and I think we're going to travel up north for the long weekend (it's a big football game in town and I wanted to get away from Ann Arbor), and I think we're going to hit up Traverse City. Hoping the leaves will still be pretty.

So yesterday was a good eating day until trivia. I should always check the calorie counts before going out to eat. They had half off appetizers and drink specials and I ate a day's worth of calories in one meal. UGH. That is not going to be good. And today's eating isn't going to fabulous either, but am going to try and make good choices. Going out with the coworker for lunch to discuss some things and then dinner with the old roomies tonight. Double food whammy! Definitely will need to get my exercise on today. Walked to and from work and plan to get a run in as well.

We mixed up our trivia locales this week... usually go to the Irish pub in town, which has pretty cutthroat trivia and we're lucky to be somewhere in the middle in terms of scores. We went to Applebee's last night, and blew the competition away, winning a $30 gift card, which we plan to use next week to dominate again. I guess all that hard trivia helped prepare us for a wussier form. Helped that the bonus final question, where we wagered it all was a question that was asked just the previous week at the other trivia, so we knew the answer. Success! Especially, as the table next to us was smacktalking. In yo face!

Hope everyone has a good day!

stroynaya

Victoria--I'm going to my sister's in Spokane, WA for Christmas. Well at least to start with. My parents want us all to go down to Joseph, OR, so there might be a family road trip.

Kristina--Sounds like you will be in my neck of the woods for Thanksgiving. I live just south of Baltimore. If you need a place to crash, let me know. I've got a spare room with a futon.

KendalBeee

The board has been relatively quiet lately. I'm still here...lurking. TOM showed up today so I'm really not feeling that great. Plus the entire east coast is dealing with this rain storm so that doesn't help my mood. We've had a lady ask about leasing the house. I said yes, but I also asked the realtor to mention that I would be willing to take it off the market and she could move in as a roommate. She's a nurse at Baptist Hospital who is going through a divorce as well...thats why she's unable to buy right now. Hopefully she'll be interested in the roommate option cause I don't know where the eff I'm going to live if she just wants to lease it by herself. I'll more than likely have to move in with the bff and her husband, and that means lexi will become an outside dog and that will make me incredibly sad and make me feel guilty. Putting her outside right when the weather is about to turn cold? She's my spoiled inside dog. She sleeps on the bed. She's completely house trained and the only issue is that she sheds all over the place. Maybe they would be willing to let me keep her inside in my room. I dunno. I'm thinking way too far ahead. I need to see what the lady says today.

akasullengal

Kendal- try not to think about too far down the line and just what's happening right now. See what comes of the roommate option!

The board has been a bit quiet. Come on ladies! *cracks whip*

Sarah- I'll be staying with my brother and his girlfriend in Baltimore, thanks for the offer!

Last chance workout day again! Yesterday went okay. Did 5.58 miles at about a 12:29ish pace. First time running with the Nike+. Pleased overall with it. Although occasionally, when it would give me updates the pace it said I was currently running seemed really off, but the overall average sounded about right. The distance I'm not completed sold on the accuracy, even though I calibrated for running. mapmyrun said it was 5.75. Yes, it's only 0.17 miles off, but it takes off almost 20 seconds off my pace. Whatever... close enough! Nothing's going to be perfect. Plan to head to the gym after work today for crosstraining. Will probably bike it up again... possibly elliptical. Just need to get moving

Was sort of pleasantly surprised I was less than a pound up from my low 2 weeks ago (let's ignore TOM weight last week), considering I've eaten out three meals in the past 2 days. I'm hoping if I can keep the eating in line today and get my exercise on, the scale will be friendly tomorrow and at least give me close to a maintain (obviously a loss would be better).

Oh, found out I might be dog sitting for a few days next week. I see it as a trial run for when I get a dog after the new year. My friend/co-worker needs someone to watch her little pug. She's adorable, and I hope it works out, cause I would love it!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Victoria- how was the long run?

Amy- how's the leg doing?

Deb- you around? I miss you!!

anvy0530

Hi all. I'm around. I've been kinda bummed since the weather turned grey and cold this week. It hasn't stopped me from getting out there but I kind of miss the sun. I've almost met my goal of 1800 minutes of exercise for September. I did the dog walk & me & the munchkin went on a mountain bike ride so once I do Insanity, I'll have met my goal. And...boy - am I tired! My leg seems to be about 95% better but I'm going to give it a few weeks before I run hill sprints again just to be sure. I've been working really hard at removing processed foods from my diet and I have to say that I have realized how much more food I can eat when I am avoiding the processed stuff!! I'm keeping my calories the same but it just seems like I am eating more often to get all those calories in. I am also feeling more...ahem...regular...with all the fiberlicious foods. I guess I'll see tomorrow if it makes a difference in the wight loss. Side note: me & Gabe were watching the Biggest Loser and after Burgandy weighed in (she's the only contestant he cares about since he KNOWS her), he turned to me and asked why I can't lose that much weight in a week. He also told me I have a mustache the other day. 7 year olds can really suck some times.

Kristina: How exciting to dog sit!!! I love dogs, I'd have a dozen if I had a place to put them.

Kendal: I agree that it is too early to worry about the future. Although, being a rabid worrier myself, I know how hard it is to actually NOT worry about something. Maybe the roommate thing will work out.

Laceylala

I'm here I'm here...I've been lurking but not had much time to respond.

Kendal - perhaps if the lady only wants to lease you can have 45-60 days before you move out so that you can save enough for an apt? Maybe she would go for that.

Amy - I hear ya about kids. Gracie for the most part is very girly and tells me that I look beautiful, etc. but the other night she was looking at my fat tire on my stomach and said what is that? EWWWWW....I was not so happy about that.

Kristina - yeay for dogsitting!

Sarah - I will wave to you in Joseph. I live in Eugene!

stroynaya

Having a *#$% day. Actually started last night. Upstairs bathroom toilet stopped working. None of the obvious quick fixes worked meaning I had to run downstairs in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Darn all that water drinking and my small bladder. Then slept through both alarms this morning. Battled traffic in the pouring rain to the train station only to find out the train was running over an hour late (which they did not post to the website like they are supposed to). Traffic was so horrible I couldn't face driving the whole way so decided to burn a vacation day. Since I was home, I decided to call the plumber. $145 Iater I have a working toilet . Now I have to rework my budget. I put it on the credit card, but I'd prefer to pay it off instead of running a balance. Think I'll go to the gym and get some extra workout time in.

KendalBeee

Monday night the battery died in my mp3 player. I had my cell phone with me so I plugged my headphones in that and listened to the few songs I have on that. Tuesday and last night, I basically just left my mp3 player plugged in to my laptop. Tonight I took it off the laptop and went to the gym. Got to the gym, turned on the mp3 player....turned on the mp3 player...........it didn't turn on. So what did I do?? I left my headphones on and made it look like it was on. :blushing: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Apparently my mp3 player would charge while the laptop was on but since I didn't turn it off when I closed my laptop, my mp3 player stayed on and drained the battery.


just thought I'd share that funny story

akasullengal

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