200+ (Week 39) Sizzlin' Through Summer

Hi ladies! Today is my rest day and my body is feeling it. Insanity keeps me pretty sore all week long. I had problems at the end of last year with a bulging disk in my neck. I treated it with acupuncture & traction and it got mostly better but, when I was getting ready for bed last night I could barely turn my head. I have no idea what I did to it - maybe I strained my neck when I did the Cardio Abs workout or something. I have been treating it with my traction collar but I don't have acupuncture available to me so please, please, please cross your fingers that it gets better. Other than that, I'm just hanging out reading and painting my toe nails.

Kristina: Fabulous job on your run. Are you doing anything in particular to get faster or is the speed just coming with continued running? I still run painfully slow but at least I can do it for 25 minutes at a time now. What book are your reading? (I LOVE books and am practically glued to my kindle!) Enjoy your day.

Armyrangermom: A deployment is tough on the people left behind at home. It's nice that you are keeping your son's girlfriend company during this stressful & lonely time. Good job with your eating. Enjoy your new running shoes!

Have a great Sunday ladies!

Hello everyone, sorry Pals that are in more than 1 group with me...but I have to post quickly and then help my son, he's in the mood for some baking so I'll be doing some copy and paste today.

I am so excited to posts that at my 2 week check, I have lost inches, I have lost pounds and I also did a lot better on the insanity fit test, most of the exercises I actually doubled the amount that I was able to complete...except for those darn suicide jumps, (can you feel me Amy:laugh: :laugh: )they kill me and I did 1 less of those, but I did 2 more rotations of the globes jumps, so all in all I am very happy with the way things are moving along.

I got my hubby one of those nike+ ipod and receiver things for his birthday (along with a new ipod) and we tried it out today on a 2 1/2 mile run....are you all ready for a good chuckle, in my hurry to transfer his music and get us out the door before it got to hot today...I forgot to turn it on, so it never did track our run:blushing: :blushing: , lesson learned...but we had a pretty good time

Not sure if I posted yesterday, but I did swim for 30 minutes before I left for the game...and bad news, our second game of the day was horrible and we got knocked out, didn't get home until midnight last night and we were all pretty sad today...some fielding errors and 1 bad inning and now baseball is over ,
and then today I did the insanity fit test, some running and some stretches. :bigsmile:

Hey everyone!
Gracie and I are back from our quick trip. The drive home went much faster than getting there so that was nice. I went to Rogue Creamery and bougt Oregonzola, Smoky Blue, lavender cheddar and chocolate stout cheddar and a bottle of rose wine. Yum!! I don't know if any of you have seen it in stores but Rogue Creamery is famous for their Blue cheeses and have some won some big awards in ghe cheese world. Tonight For dinner I am thinking salad with lettuce fro the garden, strawberry slices, the oregonzola and some lint champaigne dressing.

Amy I too put some macro greens in my smoothies. The jar says something lime one scoop surpassing the nutrients of five servings of veggies. Its got the probiotics in it too and I feel better when I use it every day. Ive often thought about doing two smoothies per day with that stuff in it and just a dinner.

Sounds like everyone is having a good weekend. I'm tired and am gonna lay on the couch and relax for a bit.

Hello all! You ladies have been posting like crazy this weekend! I've been lurking in the shadows- just haven't posted anything. My eating was pretty bad this weekend, but I somehow managed to maintain 220.6 today. I think thats what it was. I know it was 220-point-something. My goal is to see 219 right now. Be done with the 220s. I don't want to plauteu. (dang, how is that word spelled??! I could spell it 6 different ways and they all look right but they're actually all wrong!)

I wish wish wish I had a place I could swim laps. Actually, I'm going to google that right now...might have to call the Y and see if they allow non-members to use their pool for a small fee. That would totally be worth it. dang thats a big fee...$7.85 per visit or $199 for a seasonal pass for Memorial Day- Labor Day....I wonder if they'll pro-rate that down since I've already missed a month and a half.

I only worked out once last week. :embarassed: :frown: Storms and laziness got the best of me. Maybe thats why I'm losing though- my body has no clue what I'm going to do! lol

In more personal news...I'm kinda dating two guys at once. They know about each other but it still gives me a bad feeling about it. I don't want to hurt either one of them but I don't think I get 100% of what I want from either. Guy number 1 has a good job, is ex-army (served in iraq, was shot in the knee and discharged), is really nice and funny and protective, but he lives an hour away and right now he's working at a job site thats 2.5 hours away. He is all into survivalist camping stuff and plans to someday move to Arizona and live in the dessert. My friends have met him and really like him. He just got out of a serious relationship before we started our "thing" and isn't ready to be in another relationship cause he's scared he will be clingy and controlling. His ex stole thousands of dollars from him and he's suffering from ptsd in a couple aspects of his life.

Guy number 2 dropped out of school in 8th grade, has a couple criminal charges against him, is a bouncer/bodyguard for strippers and a scuba diver (somehow its the same company that does the guarding and the diving :huh: ). Part of his criminal charges was driving without a license so he can't come see me, it'll always be me going to him at this point. He has several made-at-home tattoos and "brands" (hot iron against skin to create scars basically) but he's also very nice and funny and protective. We've been talking for months and months and there was never any pressure to meet in person and I really liked that. He was the one from last week I saw on his birthday. He lives about 30 minutes away (right by work actually) but with his jobs, he goes away on projects for days at a time. He doesn't have a cell phone because it either gets wet or broken in fights (he's been shot and stabbed multiple times at work). When I met all his friends and stuff he introduced me as "the Kendal I've been telling you about" and they were all like "oohh ok! yeah he's told me a lot about you..." so it feels kinda obvious that he really digs me. His sister is even a friend of mine on facebook. So the pros about him though- the bouncing thing....he has partied with some big name celebrities and as a bouncer, I can get on his tab at a club and drink for free. I've always wanted to learn to scuba dive and he's willing to teach me. His company has a boat at the beach and he's willing to take me anywhere the boat can go. I feel we have more common interests than me and Guy number 1. But the big thing I really like is that he's not afraid to tell people that he's really into me.

......:huh:

PTSD can be a scary thing..and it is so sad. We've hired two guys here at work that have recently gotten out of the military and been away in the middle east several times. One guy we had to let go after about three weeks because he was a little too aggressive and broke down crying in the bathroom at our Christmas party on a guys shoulder he barely knew. It was horrible to watch. He was told that if he went to counceling or got what ever services the military offered him to help him get back on even ground he would get rehired. I don't think he has and its been almost two years. He is friends with some of the younger guys here and he stops by once in a while. He is still very erratic when they aren't here and none of us girls feel safe.
The other guy was here a week and came up to the front office and told the owner that as much as he wanted to be here he wasn't still quite right and needed to go back to the VA and get help. SO he left.
Very sad to watch and so frustrating that you can't really do very much to help them.

Weekend was way too fast but good. Could have used another day at home thats for sure.

TOday I'm going to hit the gym. its overcast and cooler and that always helps me want to go more. Summer time makes me want to go home and enjoy the hot weather.

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I've printed out these two challenges and am looking for an upper body/arm challenge as well to do at the gym. I like things like this because it is challenging and makes me look forward to going.

I'm a bit cranky so I'll keep it short. We got out the door by 6 am and made it home about 30 min ago. It's been a long day in the car and I'm sleep deprived.

Men - are not high on my list of the moment. Kendal you just got out of a serious relationship. Play the field, be honest with each of them and take your time to make sure things are right before settling down. I smiled when I got home - DH enlarged a flower bed and put a pretty rock border around it - unfortunately, he only dumped the mulch over the grass (*rolls eyes*). He must have been bored - he's on my *kitten* list due to taking everything in the house that he didn't know what to do with and dumping it on my closet floor. After throwing it all back out (*which did make me feel better*) I'm now venting to you guys. He means well but drives me nuts. Please remind me why I'm married.

I need to go take a nap so I perk up before I start work. Yes, I have 4 clients tonight...

I totally agree with Lacey that society has kinda groomed girls for serial monogamy while men are taught to "spread it around". Luckily, I wasn't taught any of that nonsense (parents just kind of avoided all boy-girl talk entirely) so I created my own opinions. My opinion is what's good for the goose is good for the gander and I definitely had my fun before settling down.

Victoria: I am with you on the DH dumping stuff in your space. When my DH "cleans up" he collects random crap he doesn't know what to do with (because he hasn't applied a helluva a lot of thought to it) and dumps it on my side of the bed. He doesn't do it in a hostile way or anything but I ALWAYS have hateful thoughts when I see crap on my side of the bed. I don't do that to him. I put his junk away, put my son's junk on the foot of the stairs leading to his room (his room is the only room on the top floor so he can just grab his junk on his way upstairs) and find homes for whatever random junk needs homes. I believe this is the way cleaning up should be done - moving junk from place to place is NOT cleaning up. However, I adore my DH. He is sweet and thoughtful. He will do the dishes when I have cooked, he will fold laundry after I have washed it, he goes grocery shopping with me every week because he knows I HATE grocery stores more than an audit from the IRS. DH knows me. He's not perfect (neither am I - I leave shoes wherever I happen to remove them and I KNOW it drives DH nuts but I tend to do it anyway) but I love him. I think that real love is actually knowing the other person's faults and loving them anyway. It helps that the military has a tendency to send DH away for months at a time and it reminds me that my life is so much better with him than without him. I can only imagine your story is similar Victoria - you love your DH, that's why you're married. Hope your night improves!

I got my Insanity Fit Test in but that's it for the day. I was just toooooo tired from the early rising and not enough sleep. But my neck is feeling much better so I think maybe I needed a light day to help with my recovery. Tomorrow will be C25K and Insanity and I need to clean up this joint (Monday is my usual cleaning day but we weren't home today). Hope the night goes well for all.

Hey girls! I'm back...Things have been so freaking hectic with my new position at work and wedding plannin and moving that I have lost track of everything. I need to get my booty back in gear. I feel bad for not being on here more often. I am going to try and post something every day, but I don't have as much free time as I used to. I'll be starting back to the gym on Wednesday after work and I AM SO READY...It feels like it's been forever sicne I've gone. It probably has. I am starting all over again on here...I've gained back weight since I haven't been doing the right things. Sorry I've been away and I'll be back soon!

Happy Tuesday everyone. I have been doing some cleaning & got my C25K run in for the day so all I have left (exercise wise) is Insanity - Plyo Cardio Circuit tonight with DH. I am also scheduled to make paint bubble aliens and <sigh> cream puffs with my munchkin. This is the first summer vacation (Gabe is 7 yrs old) that I have actually not been working so me & Gabe are spending time having fun this summer.

Alannah: How cool is it that you have a horse?!!?! My neighborhood is right on the edge of a rural area so a lot of people here have horses. Being a city person (I'm originally from the San Francisco Bay area), the horses entrance me. I love watching the neighbors walk their 3 blonde-colored beauties up my street when they take them home from the pasture they hang out in all day when the weather is nice. My dog, a big Bernese Mountain dog, is also obsessed with the horses - she watches them like a hawk and if we happen to be out for a run/walk when a horse trots by, she tried to chase after it. So far, I have been able to keep her from catching any hoses (I don't think it would end well for her if she did).

Erin: Hi there! I'm Amy. It's been a while since I have had to do any kind of wedding planning but I know it can be stressful and take over your life. Going to the gym will not only help you reach your weight goals but will also help relieve any stress you might have. Good job for getting back in there.

Lacey: I love working out at a gym as I have more options but I have absolutely no desire to drive 30 minutes (out of my way) to go to the gym and then drive 30 minutes to get home. That extra hour of driving time just makes me refuse to do the gym thing. I have a lot of exercise equipment in my home though. I've got a treadmill and a rowing machine as well as a TRX (doorway suspension thing) and kettlebells. Though my Insanity DVDs have been keeping me quite busy. At any rate, I have no excuse NOT to get exercise - that doesn't even count the kilometers & kilometers of biking/hiking trails in the naturepark in my back yard.

Unfortunately, the weather people say the heat and humidity we've experienced so far this summer will be nothing compared to what we're about to experience this week. I already thought it was too hot to do stuff outside! Theres no way I am going to be able to walk/jog this week! UGH. Thankfully tonight is zumba and I might be able to convince mom to go with me. If theres enough time to reset it, I'll even let her wear my hrm since I know basically what I burn in that class now. Maybe that'll help get her excited about going.


Halloween is probably my most favorite holiday. Its still 3 months away, but I'm already excited about my costume. I'll be re-wearing my Alice in Wonderland costume from last year, except this year it will fit comfortably. It fits great now, but I'm *hoping* to lost another 10-15 pounds by then. That will make me smaller than I was when I graduated high school. :noway: I really went all out last year on that costume...spent close to $200 on it when all was said and done. It was the first time I ever really bought an outfit.....I normally just make my own (or maybe buy cat ears and black face paint stuff....that kinda thing) Spending that kind of money makes it a lot easier to be Alice again too (besides the fact that its incredibly cute).

Great Job Lacey...Your off to a great start with your challenge!!!:flowerforyou:

Kendal, you'll be rocking that Halloween outfit!!:bigsmile:

Insanity Pure Cardio and Cardio abs for me today...shew, glad it's finished I was super hungry today when I finished.

I am having a fresh greens salad from my garden, topped with avacado, shaved turkey and a couple TLBS of hot sauce, and some fresh blueberries and cantalope on the side.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Welcome Alannah, walking is awesome, good luck with your goals, we're all doing this together!

is it really just Tuesday? Wow, it's been an incredibly busy week already and I have done absolutely NOTHING! Let me explain if I may....

Saturday we had a flat on our van, no biggie, the dh was there to change it and patch it, but I thought I would be the good supportive wife and help him out.... I tried pulling the BIG 3 ton jack to the rear of the van when he was finished with it and the handle slipped out and pounded my leg really badly! I thought I had fractured it for awhile there....

Sunday my altonater went out in the van. The DH pulled it (with my "help" again, though I didn't get hurt this time) BUT because he had to work nights it was up to me to get the new one! Got that done, and just kinda laid around yesterday and today letting the leg rest.

I did notice that today I was eating ALL day long, probably because I wasn't doing much more than sitting, but still haven't gone over my calorie limit for the day. I guess I must be making healthier choices without even noticing! *pats self on the back* I turned down homemade french fries today (one of my many favorite foods)... Yes, I am tooting my own horn here, but I have too, if I don't who will?

Got in to a "heated debate" today with the DH. He asked me what my goal weight is, and I told him, right now it's 160, but I may try for 140 after I get there. He actually argued with me, told that I would be nothing but bones at 140! It really was very funny.

And, last but not least, my granddaughter came over today and I got pictures of her. She and her mother had done her hair and make up and dressed her like a rock star, so I got pictures and have been playing around with them all day, enhancing them and stuff. They came out really cute, if you like seeing a 3 year old in make up and looking like a rock star! LOL Not for me, I still see her as my little princess, but we had fun! And she IS beautiful no matter what she wears!

Okay, thats my "beginning of the week" news lol sorry it was so long, guess I am just talkitive tonight!