For Katrina, Me, C, and Gina...and anyone else who wants to

LuRox

I remember having a junk room. Now that's my basement...and it's getting junkier by the day! I need to get ahold of that place before it gets out of hand!

I went for my walk/jog today...I actually went outside and did it . It was a balmy 52º with snow on the ground.

my shins hurt bad at about mile 1...I can tell I'm not taking the steroids anymore...they were keeping me going...but I muddled on through and toughed it out. And it took me 56 minutes to do it but I did it!

Now off to cut potatoes! Yee haw!

Hope you got up to go walk Katrina!

ckmama

I did. Just over a mile. But it was slow and getting dark. I don't like to walk to late, I might get run over.

But at least I did something. After all that standing I did today, that was better than nothing. I'll be back at it tomorrow. Nothing on the schedule and I can get back to my schedule.

I am perplexed at what to cook for dinner. I have been like that for 3 days. I jsut don't feel like cooking.

LuRox

Good job doing that 1 mile! Way better than nothing!

I forgot to say that when i started jogging my pants started to fall off. Now these are the same pants I've been wearing for the last 3 years. Could it possibly be that I'm losing inches???? I think that is the case! It made me feel good anyway! I also think I'm getting a butt again. It's a little more round than flat now. I can't believe I've already walked 49 miles! That's more than I have ever walked in my life I think!

I think the challenges are also motivating me to do this. My blood pressure was 117/64 the other day at the doctors when I was sick. I'm thinking that my BP is going down too. I have 2 months before I have to go to my regular doctor. I'd love love love to be able to come off of bp meds...because he told me that I never would...I want to prove him WRONG!

I'm so full from dinner...ribeye steak and cheddar bacon potatoes...YUMMM YUMMMMMM

I'm done.

LuRox

WOW! I'm up to 52 miles already. I cannot believe that I am sticking to this. And I feel so good about it. My shins still give me fits after the first mile, but by the time i get to about 3/4 of the way into my second mile, the pain goes away. I keep hoping this will stop. I also keep hoping that my weight will start dropping. But even if it doesn't I still feel like what I am doing is helping me.

Today it was 54º when I went to walk...it was really nice out there. Can you believe we STILL have snow in my yard? A lot of it has melted all around but not in our yard for some reason. It's really strange. All the snowmen around are melting and falling apart. That's sad. LOL 8 days is a long time to have snow down here!

OK, that's about it for today! Day off tomorrow! Yay! It's supposed to rain, so I will probably have to do some indoor stuff. I'll probably do that first thing. Sounds like a plan!

ckmama

It was supposed to rain here. We didn't get a drop. This a.m. the sun is out and it is warming up. I'm going to walk with Nicholas outside. Hopefully that goes well.

Yesterday at the gym I had to potty 5 times in the 40 mins I walked. LOL.

LuRox

Yeah, they said it was supposed to rain here today also...but it's just cloudy. now they are saying hit or miss showers...what does that mean it might rain or it might not...I don't need a degree to tell me how to say that! LOL

I have thought about not walking today, but I really have no excuse...matter of fact, I think I'll get off my lazy butt and go now!

Thanks for the motivation Kat...and you didn't even know you were did you! LOL

ckmama

well I went out and it was warm enough to wear short sleaves. Very nice outside. I made it 2.6 miles before I started hurting "down there" so I may walk some more this afternoon.

But I could feel my feet and ankles swelling so I figured it best to come home before I pushed it too far.

I felt great for doing it and walked the fastest I've walked in months. a 17.5 min mile.

LuRox

I wore short sleeves too all weekend I have. I get to sweating out there! LOL I just got back. I intended to just do my usual 3+ miles or so, but I got to 3 and just decided since I did that in 50 minutes I would walk the rest of the hour and see how far I got...well I got 3.98 miles...it took me 1:01:14 to walk 4 miles. I didn't do any jogging except I did 2 interval runs to see how fast I could go, and I got up to 6 mph. That was pushing as hard as I could go...I do not see how I could make myself go any faster...it will have to come with the weight leaving me! LOL

Anyway, I walked 4.4 miles and burned 644 calories in 1:15:00 I think that was pretty danged spiffy!!! My average mile time was 17:30, so we were walking about the same speed there Katrina!!! ;0)

My knees were hurting really bad, that means it's gonna snow....and yes, they are predicting snow for us Friday morning...we'll see. They did say it would be nothing like what we had last Sunday...(which by the way, I still have snow in my yard...even with the temps we are having.)

I had pancakes this morning that I made. I had no idea that they were so high in calories...I won't eat them again. Although when I put the recipe into the recipe thing on here they came out to 102 calories each...so not as bad as what the database said they were.

I haven't had lunch...not real hungry after that walk!

LuRox

Well, I slept late today, so no exercising for me this morning. I wanted to do at least 30 minutes of something so I could add it to my lunch time shenanigans! I will probably have to go walk at the Coliseum (indoor track) today. Not a bad thing, it's just monotonous...but so is everywhere I walk. I'm just glad I found the app that works indoors so I know how far I've gone!

I really am liking this not going to work. But alas, the holiday is over and back I have to go today. Maybe Friday will be enough snow to close us down. They probably won't do it though since we missed 3 days already in this semester. ARGH.

Next week is gonna be hard, I mean having to work for 5 days...how dare them? LOL

OK, I've got the exercise down. And I came in under calories last night, but I also ate more than 2000 calories yesterday. That just doesn't seem right. So I am going to work on cooking the foods I like much healthier. I know it's possible. I just need to make a concerted effort to do it. No more bacon in my beans...but I can put the pork flavoring in them. That will save a ton!!! And no more FRIED pork chops...I can back them and make them taste yummy too! And My mashed potatoes? well, not sure what to do there...other than using skim milk. I have been buying 2% milk but yesterday I bought skim. Lettie is the only one that DRINKS it anyway. Well, I did buy a half gallon of whole milk for Riley...he drinks instant breakfasts.

So, I think I'll have pinto beans for lunch today. They are so good.

Hey, I'm watching my local news, and they are HOOPING!!!! Makes me want to do mine again...maybe I'll do that tonight to add to my lunchtime walk!!!!

OK I gotta go get ready!

ckmama

did a brief stint at the gym today. I know it is supposed to be warm today so I am saving my walking for when it warms up. I did half mile on the TM and then did a set of 3 types of weights for upper and lower body. I've gotten so weak, but I figure keeping doing a little weights is better than total muscle atrophy.

Lu you are probably eating more because you are moving more. I know it makes me hungry, don't let it drag you in though. It kills my workouts. Real weight loss is in what we eat, unfortunately. :grumble:

I got DH to rent a storage climate controlled space yesterday and he started packing up last night:drinker: i felt bad because i know he loves his stuff, but i need to feel like something is getting done and will be completed. I'm hoping he will have all of it moved out by the end of the week. then we can start Kilzing and patching holes from the cabinets he has in here. Then we can paint and move Nicholas in. Then I can move my baby bed out of the living room, set up my new computer desk in there and start washing my baby linens and getting ready. YAY WOO HOO

DH doesn't think he will need the storage longer than 2 months, but I have a feeling it will be late or early summer before he finishes. I will be surprised if earlier. He really hasn't been making any progress. Well at least I got him to throw some stuff away. That is a first. My dh is a pack rat. But I love him just the same.

ckmama

oh yeah, i took pictures of this mess too, so you can see what I was dealing with. LOL

ckmama

oh yeah, i took pictures of this mess too, so you can see what I was dealing with. LOL Here's the computer desk I bought for the living room. I hate to have it in there, but we don't have any where else to put it and I'm not putting it in my bedroom.

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/616100/Christopher-Lowell-Shore-Mini-Solutions-Computer/

http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/bergamo-americana-lifetime-convertible-crib-natural-reviews

This is my baby bed.

And if you'll remember here is my bedding
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CUxW1SCDBZ4/TFsqa1kxA3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/-l6iBo4bI7s/s1600/JungleTales[1].jpg

The room is the light green of the dots on the comforter already, so should be really easy to move the baby stuff in. I'm getting excited to get this done.

Nicholas is so excited to be getting a bigger room.

LuRox

I soooooo sooooo soooo wish I had bought a convertible bed when we bought Lettie's...I need a toddler bed and can't find one that I like. I'm going to have to order one just to get the one I want. But really we are looking for Twin size beds for her and her momma both. She is sleeping with Lucy and we need to stop that! LOL

I like the computer desk too! At least it will be nice in your living room!

Your DH's paying rent on a unit may just inspire him to get his workshop done faster! LOL At least he recognizes that it has to be moved out NOW! It's close! WOW It's close!

I have my eating planned out for today. I'm going to bake/fry my chicken tonight, (that's one of the changes I'm going to do), and I think we'll have pinto beans again, and some oven roasted (instead of fried) potatoes! See I'm making changes but it will be the same kinds of foods. Instead of 2000 calories, I will have 1380 or so! Much different! Somehow my calorie count changed from 1380 to 1400...it must be because of my weight. I used to have it set at 1200 but I never did well with that so I thought maybe eating a little more would help me lose.

I go to my doc in 2 months. If I have not lost a significant amount of weight by then (say at least 10 lbs) I'm going to have a chat with him about what we can do to get me losing. It's so disheartening! I am actually up to 232 again (from 229 the other day) And I can't for the life of me figure out why I'm not losing with all the walking I'm doing! My metabolism just must not work AT ALL!

LuRox

I just did 3.5 miles in 60 minutes.

I went to the coliseum to walk inside since it was drizzling rain. But It didn't take long for my shins to really start screaming. I ran around 1.5 times but then I had to stop that...it's funny, it doesn't hurt when I run, I just can't keep up the running for that long. When I walk it hurts soo bad I want to cry. Really, that bad. Today the pain wouldn't subside. I think the steroids are completely gone out of my system now. I'm going to have to take advil about 30 minutes before I go walk now...This is the reason I have always QUIT walking...the pain!

Anyway, after 1.5 miles I couldn't stand it anymore and I came back to my office and did the other 1.5 miles walking in place in my office. I was sweating so bad I'm yukky! But I did it and that is most important to me!

Now, I"m eating my lunch. A fried pork chop(I logged it that way), and pinto beans. YUMMMMMMMMMMM

LuRox

I just did 1 hour 4 minutes of inside walking. I'm sweating like an I don't know what! I'm tard now too! LOL

4 more miles to add to my ticker...I'm now at 64...only 36 to go for my 1st 100 miles...WOW that is unbelievable to me.

My right shoulder is hurting really bad today...I can't figure out what I've done, it started last night. It's the shoulder I sleep on. And I'm also right handed. Do you realize how much it uses your shoulder when you do things with your hand. Typing this is hurting me so bad!

Anyway, just checking in that I've done my exercise for today...feels good to have it done and over. Maybe by tomorrow at lunch my legs will have recuperated and I won't hurt when I try to walk outside!!!!

I guess I'm' gonna have to break down and take some advil....ARGHHHHHHHHH:devil:

ckmama

It sounds like you have shin splints. You may be landing on your feet wrong or the shoes you are walking in don't have enough cushion. Google some shin splint exercises/stretches and see if that helps. I know it won't get better on it's own.

SO be careful. I can't believe you've walked already this morning. I've been so lazy. But the sun is out here and no rain today, so I am going once I get back with Nicholas. He's off early every day this week.

Here's a story:

Nicholas' bday party is Saturday. He handed out invitations at school last week. One of the little girls in his class turned to him yesterday and said "I ripped your bday party invitation up and threw it away" . Kids are so freakin mean. I told him if she says it again to say "good, I didn't want you there anyway". I know childish, but i want him to take up for himself and not get stepped on.

At the 2 bday parties we went to this weekend. Nicholas and 1 other boy showed up at one and the other had over 23 kids. They were both for kids at school. I just find that amazing. The other boys dad told me they've never had a high turnout at b-day parties. I haven't gotten any RSVP's yet so I can only assume none of the 11 in his class will be coming. We invited some of his other friends too but haven't heard from them either. But the good news is, Nicholas is used to that. He wasn't allowed to pass out invitations at his old school, because of fairness with lower income kids. So he never invited anyone.

I told him don't worry about it, the party is for him and not anyone else and we were going to have a good time. I know cousins are coming., My self centered SIL scheduled my nieces bday party at the same time. Her bday was Jan. 11th. She scheduled it after I told her about Nicholas' then came up with every excuse in the book as to why it had to be the same day and time. She aggrevates the crap out of me sometimes.

But that's okay, lately everyone aggrevates me. I wonder why? I've been wishing some people would get knocked off their little high horses lately. I know I'm wrong, but I'm grumpy. LOL

ckmama

see you need to pray for me and my nerves.

LuRox

First of all...prayers going up for you! ^^^^^♥^^^^^

Kids CAN be mean. But you were right for telling Nicholas to not worry about it. There will be enough people at his party to make it a GREAT one! And that is MEAN of your SIL for scheduling a party at the same time as Nicholas' too! Very mean! Just my two cents worth!

I definitely have shin splint problems...I always have...that's why I use VERY cushioned shoes. I have a really high arch so I buy ASICS running shoes that are specifically for my kind of problem. I think maybe I need to go buy some new shoes. I've had these for awhile now. The walking I did today was in place in the house...it doesn't hurt my shins when I walk that way. And man, I get to sweating and most days I have a great calorie burn too. I walk faster when I do that kind of walking. I wonder if walking on a treadmill would cause me pain. I need to go try one at our little gym here on campus. I just hate going over there.

When I get my first 100 miles in on my walking I think I may try to start incorporating a little bit of weight time in my workout schedule. Maybe I will walk 1 mile and then do a workout on my weight machine. And even hoop again. I miss hooping!

ckmama

I explained to Nicholas there would always be mean people wherever he went. School, work, life. That it had nothing to do with him or who he was. That they were just bitter, jealous, mean, and miserable people.

I want him to understand what I didn't as a kid, or that my mom didn't explain to me. She didn't teach me to have self respect so I am working hard on making sure Nicholas knows he doesn't have to tolerate being treated poorly. He doesn't have to be "nice" just for the sake of being nice to someone that treats him ugly.

ckmama

I'm moving some of the stuff we've packed down to the storage unit. My DH didn't want me doing it, b/c some of it is heavy. But some of it isn't and I want this stuff out. YAY.

LuRox

Girl...don't be moving the heavy stuff....leave that for Rick!!!! Dr. Lu's orders!!! LOL

I think kids today are just mean because they don't have supervision or parent's that care. Which is very sad. If you don't want to give your kids values and morals then why have them?

About to go eat Japanese...Yummmmm Sushi!

ckmama

see I think it is learned from the parents. I think alot of parents have bad attitudes or they sit on their cell phones textiing all day and the kids don't see it as mean, they see it as normal.

I'm trying not to lift anything heavy, but I so want this stuff gone. LOL. I did pick up one thing and was like Oh I shouldnt' be liffting this. But I'm about done with what I can do. The rest of it I can't pack until he goes thru it.

He has actually thrown quite a bit of it away.

LuRox

You could count that as your exercise today!!! LOL Heck my bending and picking up would be a feat in itself for me and I'm NOT preggo! You go girl...but be careful!

My japanese was good. I ate with Chopsticks so I didn't eat all my food. Which is a good thing. I left quite a bit on there. Over half of my rice (but I logged the whole amount) and 2 pieces of my tempura veggies...I ate all my sushi though...because well, it's just good! And I ate my whole chicken breast too. I left about half of my salad. I think next time I go I'm going to get a sushi plate. I should have gotten that today, but decided to get the Bento box.

I'm glad I exercised for an hour this morning. I need the calories today. Unless I decide to just have one hamburger tonight...but we'll see how hungry I am.

I need to make me some more Brown rice pudding. It's that whole grain brown rice we get from WIC and I have tons of it in my pantry. It makes a GREAT breakfast. I can use Splenda instead of sugar and I'll be set. It's so filling and YUMMMY! The bad part is that it takes over an hour to cook it!

OK, that's it for me for now!

ckmama

I have that rice. I don't know what to do with it. I've tried cooking it, but it never works right.

ckmama

Made it to the gym last night. Didn't do much, but got in 1.5 miles more. I have just gotten so lazy this week. My energy seems to be gone and I'm eating so aweful.

Goal today: Eat right for baby and myself, limit portions. Stay out of the chips, LOL.
It's supposed to rain, so I'm hoping for 2 miles today.

LuRox

Good Morning!

No exercise for me yet. I'm going to walk at lunch. I can't decide how far I want to go today. I'm thinking about cutting back to just 2 miles. I'd like to do some calisthenic type stuff like they make the people on "Heavy" and "I Used to Be Fat" do. Something isn't working. I weighed this morning. 230.5. I was at 228. I took my measurements this morning though and I'm down an inch on my waist. So I guess that is something. But dang. 44" to 43"....I'm still HUGE!

I'm seeing the fat me when I look in the mirror now. I guess that could be a good thing though. I can see what I need to do. My hips and butt look great...it's my upper body that looks like a monster. Yes a monster. Or maybe I should say an NFL Linebacker. I'm just huge. I will say that my belly isn't sticking out like normal today so maybe my new eating habits are actually maybe going to help me out.

I did 25 wall push ups this morning in my shower. My shower is 4' wide so I put my heels on one wall and hands on the other and went down until my head hit the wall. That is tougher to do than it looks. Then I did this thing I saw on I used to be fat last night...I got in like a push up stance on the wall of my bathtub, it's about thigh height (like a weight bench height) and I took each arm off one at a time...I did that 15 times...it was pretty tough too...and I could feel that in my abs. So I think when I get home I will do as many of those as my body will let me. I'm going to push myself to do upper body things. I actually have lost 1.5 inches off my right arm and 1" off my left arm. My right arm used to be huge compared to my left...and now there is 1/2" difference in the circumference of them. So I am making some progress somewhere and that is very encouraging! Weight is irrelevant I know but really...I NEED to lose at least 10 lbs here soon! To show for all this hard work I'm doing.

So that's my tale for this morning. I'll check back in after lunch.

Today for breakfast I am having a chicken breast and an eggo waffle. I may lose the waffle, I will need to punch all the numbers. But I thought I'd try to load up on protein for breakfast and see what happens.

Oh yeah, the rice. That brown rice never gets soft. It's always hard. I cooked mine for 1 hour and then I poured 1/2 cup of milk in with some sugar (I'll use splenda next time) and stirred it until the milk was absorbed too...it was still crunchy...but it was good with the milk and sugar. I have to say it made a GREAT breakfast too...kept me totally full and had lots of energy. I am making another batch tonight. Here's my recipe:

1.5 cups of brown whole grain rice
3 cups of water
1 tbsp. butter (I think I will leave this out next time)

Bring water to a boil, then put the rice in and lower heat to simmer. Cook for 1 hour COVERED (very important for steam).

After the rice is done, stir and fluff it.

1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 cup splenda

Pour the milk into the rice along with the splenda (or sugar) and turn heat up to medium and stir until all the milk is absorbed by the rice and it looks creamy like oatmeal. Let it cool just a bit and eat it...It's DELICIOUS cold (that's how I eat it) I usually have about 1 cup or 1.5 cups. So filling.

I have tons of that rice and 1.5 cups is about half the bag. And makes about 3-4 servings of Rice Pudding. With sugar and butter the calories for 1 cup is 138. Not too bad!

LuRox

Wow, 4 more miles added to my total...I'm gonna have these charms very soon!!! I cannot believe that I am doing this...truly, if you only knew how I always complained about it before with all my friends. But really I think I am pushing MYSELF and not having someone else push me. This is something I want to do...not do because they are. This is for ME. There is a huge difference in my motivation this time.

Now if the weight will start coming off I'll be very happy!

OK that's all for now!

ckmama

You still sound very happy to me.

I know how that weight thing just lingers in the back of your head. Stupid scale.

I did 2 today. Aimed for 3, so maybe I'll squeeze 1 in later when it warms up. We had a cool front come through last night, so it is a little chilly.

Tomorrow is my babies 8th birthday. So I'm excited about that. I made him cupcakes for school today. That was his priority thing for me to do.

LuRox

Hmmmmm, I replied to this post way long time ago when I was still at work and apparently it didn't save. So I'll try to remember what I said.

I am happy. I'm not letting a stupid number on a scale tell me that I'm not doing great things for my body by walking every day. They say that walking is one of the best forms of exercise because it works so many different muscles and keeps our bones healthy. I have a family history of osteoporosis so I need to watch that.

I know that eventually that the scale will change. I'm keeping track of my measurements too. I am determined to do this this time.

Those apps I'm using are helping me keep my motivation going and I'm really enjoying competing with myself. I also know that what I am doing is something because I hurt (like exercise pain) every day. And NO PAIN NO GAIN! (or Lose in my case)

I still can't believe Nicholas will be 8 years old. Time does fly! How is he going to react to a new baby brother?

Cupcakes...YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM

ckmama

4 slices of pizza, 2 cupcakes, 4 pieces of fried catfish, and 2 servings of tater tots. This doesn't include breakfast, a salad, and a snack.

WHAT was I thinking? OMG I am going to be so poofy tomorrow. I haven't been feeling the greatest today. Just really tired and achy feeling. I know as I get further along I may get more and more tired, but that is no reason, NO REASON for me to eat poorly. In fact I should try to eat better.

Pray for my eating.

I think I'm going to talk DH into trying a new church. It's kind of a local non-dem. "mega" church, I think with like 6000 members but they are very active with volunteer oppt. and have a huge kids program. I like our current Baptist church, pop. 1500, but its kind of stale, I guess would be the best word? Or maybe it's me.