SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! Nov 16

mechanicmom

Thanks ladies. Y'all are so sweet! I have always felt like everything I've done has been half-hearted, so I guess that's where my comment came from. I didn't eat a lot at lunch but I did eat a piece of cake and some sort of little cookie thing. I don't know what my problem was but I was totally anti-social today. I felt nervous and awkward and I don't know why.
Anyway, I'm going to put Alex down and get a work out in. A little sleepy today since I woke up at five-ish due to thunderstorms.
DH brought me roses yesterday to make up for the grocery fiasco, and the cat was just up there "eating" them. I picked her up off the table and "dropped" her on the floor. She didn't land on her feet! She struggled to get her hind legs around. Admittedly it was kind of funny but I felt bad for her because she is an older cat. She let me love on her so she isn't mad. lol
DH just got home. I don't like working out in front of him (or anyone else). Maybe I can go for a walk/run? Or I'll clean house for two hours or so.
MM

lotusfromthemud

Workout plan for the day: clean the whole house. A lot. :grumble:

I hate cleaning, and a month ago, we hired a cleaning lady. I felt guilty the whole time, like I should be helping her or something. It felt weird to have a "servant". I think if she could come when I wasn't home, I could do it. But, for now I feel like I want to save the money and do it myself. I'm having people over next weekend for American Thanksgiving, and the place isn't messy but dirty. (floors haven't been cleaned, etc. . .) so I have a lot of scrubbing to do. I'm pretty good at keeping clutter to a minimum, but bad at scrubbing. I have lots of wet dusting, and countertop cleaning, and floor dusting/ polishing on the old hands and knees (the whole apartment is hardwood that hasn't been refinished in 50 years, I'm guessing).

Also, I managed a walk home from the subway yesterday (it was lovely and didn't rain). It's only a half hour walk, but it's all uphill and I had my backpack so that made it feel like an actual workout, especially after all the squats the day before. Also, I made it my weird goal to take all stairs I came across, and to go up them two at a time. (actually, many people do this. . .so I didn't feel too weird ) I was talking/walking to my teaching with a colleague and when we hit the stairs I looked at her mischeviously and said "Two at a time!" and she didn't blink an eye.

Have been doing well on my goals this week. In fact, I haven't had any wheat or sugar and don't really want any. I may just roll them both over and have too much of both at the dinner party next week. Also, having a vegetable (or two or three) feels automatic with every meal now. Progress! The new workout schedule feels pretty slacker, so I may up the intensity of the weights next week. I may need to go buy heavier weights, or go to the gym now that I don't sound like someone with a horrible disease. (I've decided to keep the gym for this month, but track how many times I actually go. With winter coming, I hate to not have it as a back-up).

Ah, I'm chatty to procrastinate from the cleaning!

Whistle while you work boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

cp005e

V, my plan is exactly the same! Although I still have a lot of clutter so my scrubbing probably won't be as deep as yours. We have family coming on Monday, and then just got a surprise request from a good friend to babysit for them tonight (two girls, 1 and 3). So now I REALLY need to make sure the downstairs is both clean and reasonably child-proof by 5:00. (laundry and upstairs will have to wait until tomorrow) Eek! No more computer time for me!

Unfortunately, I may not get my cupcake as a result (the place is mainly open during the time that we'll be babysitting). Our friends are bringing over pizza when they bring the girls, though, so I'll try not to overeat.

Cleaning boogaloo! :grumble:

yoginimary

Oooh, saving dessert for next week, what a good idea. We will be staying at a nice hotel, eating more than one Thanksgiving dinner, the possibilities for dessert are many. Thanks V! I skipped dessert last night - so I will skip it again tonight.

Today is get rid of stuff day! Also need to get some exercise in. It's damp right now, but I think it should clear by the end of the day. So bike ride and maybe a walk. I moved the treadmill yesterday (should have counted as weight lifting), so it's not near where the kitty sleeps. It looks funny in our formal dinning room, but I can look out the window or watch t.v. now. I would love to change that entire room into a "gym". Haven't convinced husband yet.

Letting go, boogaloo

mechanicmom

Wow. Y'all are busy! I've been cleaning too. I have a long ways to go before the house is the way it should be but I'm not ready to tackle that yet. CP, you will have so much fun with those little girls! You'll have your hands full but it will be fun! V, don't overdo it on the cleaning! Mary, way to go on getting rid of stuff. I need someone to come over here and help me figure out how to do that!
I only got three work outs in this week so far. I'm going to try to work out this afternoon, even in front of hubby if I have to. The scale was still down this morning! Whew I thought it would be back up the 2 pounds. That motivated me to work out today. I'm kind of out of energy so I don't feel like doing it. Maybe after lunch I'll be revived.
I'm just really excited about the scale going down. 3 more pounds and I'll be back in the 140's! I would guess it's been at least six months, maybe even a year since I got below 153. I'm at 152.5. And it will probably go up next week thanks to AF. Why does my body time my monthly over the holidays? :grumble: At least I will feel justified for eating pie or whatever. :laugh:
I'm chatty now. I'll go. I am having a mushy moment and wishing I could just give each one of you a big hug! :smooched: I'm such a weirdy.

Mushy Mel

lotusfromthemud

Update:
I ended up doing a little de-cluttering and then getting sidetracked by organizational projects I've been putting off. (which are sort of productive, but not visibly so) Then, since it wasn't raining and not too cold, my husband and I went for a long (almost 2 hours) walk. The house is still covered in cat hair, so, um. . .oops. I ended up drafting a plan to do a little cleaning every other day this week (which will actually make the house look better, I think)

yoginimary

We got $140 for our books and dvds. That was a nice surprise (I was guessing about $60). We now have a bookshelf that can leave the house. I want to do closets next. Oh, and I'm going to rearrange so the treadmill is in this room (office) and declutter the living/dinning room. I wish I had the courage to sell stuff on Craigslist - part of it is husband being in computer security, he's paranoid (understandably, from all the attacks he deals with).

Got lots of walking in yesterday, but no yoga. I hope to get some yoga in today, but at the very least, I'll go to the gym.

We ended up at Thai food last night, so dessert was easy to skip. Going to the Empty Bowl Project today. You buy a handmade bowl (some are done by kids), you fill it with soup, and all the money goes to the food bank. There are some famous bowls you can bid on as well (Bruce Springstein, Joan Biaz, Lance Armstrong (of course), etc). It's so popular that it's spreading across the nation. It's our first year to go though.

Feeding the hungry by eating soup, boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Good morning. Short post as I am on my phone and at church waiting for service to start. I did shred yesterday in front of hubby. Told him not to look. Lol. Today is a day off but I may try to do something. I'm making progress so I want to keep it up. The dress pants I am wearing today fit better than last Sunday so that was encouraging. I'd better go. Have a great day!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Another lovely unseasonably warm day here in the great white north! I have a teeny sense of dread that we'll pay for all this mildness come January.

Today, I am very excited because I'm going to Bikram later. I checked my calendar, and I think it's been over a month. Oof. So, my goal today is to just stay in the room and not push too hard. I am the queen of pushing too hard. I would love to figure out how to balance on the razor's edge between pushing into getting myself sick and pushing into getting myself healthier.

I get mushy sometimes, too Mel. I have an elaborate fantasy sometimes that I could go trail running with CP, or to Mary's yoga class. . .or to feed the ducks with you and Alex, or snowshoeing (not yet, though) with Karen or pick Arianne's brain for health advice. . .I have seriously never had internet "friends" before, so you're not alone in your mush. We are all good pebbles. (hey, I wonder what adventure Wanderin' got off to?)

Bikram boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

edited to add: just couldn't finish an apple because it was too sweet. Who is this person using my body? Cool.