Kicking *kitten* In Our Twenties - January Challenge!!

Meag - I am right there with you!! Hooray for online!! I feel like my boy is the one that I have waited my entire life to meet. Like he is the one that I had to go through all of the bull**** for. And I think it was soooo worth it!!

In case you guys are interested I have a blog that I update daily.

http://thiskatiskrazy.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/hungry-like-a-wolf/

Gonks-7 miles is awesome!! great job!

Meagan-great job kicking *kitten* in your spin class!!

Meag-does your gym offer a bootcamp class?? i heard that kicks *kitten* and it would definately include the strength training that you are looking for

Aly-great swim and I am glad that you seem to be on a roll right now!

Guam-I agree...online dating is the way to go! especially when you live in a big city! and great job on the workouts so far!

Seripha-I have heard of that cleanse and actually know someone who did it! she said it didnt make her "go" but she also had a stomach of steel so let me know how it works for you!?

Lou-i definately felt like i had to do something...I know it is ok to have a cheat meal sometimes but what i want to learn is that if i have something planned i should stick to it for better results and to "understand the whole life change thing"! i am so happy that i did the workout as a reminder of why I am doing this whole process!

Bella-again WTG on the loss for the month! i kinda figured that 15lbs was your goal including that 10lbs that you already lost but i think it is great that you changed it down to the 10 because you never know what is going to happen due to that fast!! any extra loss will be considered a pleasant surprise!!

QOTD-i met my now ex at best buy when i was 16 and working and a cashier...he was my customer! we were togethor for almost 12 years now i am with the girls on the online dating thing!!

AFM-2/3 on workouts done, everyday over my water goal so far, and today was my WI day...I lost 2lbs! that puts me at a total of 3/8lbs lost for the month so far i am very happy with my results!

Mary- Thanks for reading the blog! I am feeling super good now!

Selfish moment- I did my 2 mile marker and I did it in 18:47 Minutes!!! That is faster than my previous one by 4 minutes! So stoaked! Riding high on this workout high!!! Go Me!

Hey all- was snowed in yesterday so was stuck at home with no real computer access. Did get on and read all the great posts through the fiancés phone but its too annoying to respond on it so I am going to play catch up today.

*** I don’t know if anyone else does this, but I know that when I have been MIA on posting for a while and want to try and respond to everyone I do it in a separate word document. Haha DORK right here I know but I know I will NEVER remember everyone. It makes it so much easier and then I just copy and paste… hehe My secret has been revealed.



Bella- welcome to this amazing group! As you have already seen we are all SUPER supportive but also not afraid to put our $.02 in even when it may not always be welcome. So rock on for hearing the ladies advice for exactly what it was- total and complete support. Some people would take it as criticism. We just want everyone here to succeed and be healthy as much as possible- hope you enjoy this group as much as I have over the past few months. Truly inspiring!

TJ- I like that you are always planning for your eating. Its what makes you so successful. Don’t beat yourself too much though lady! Just keep trucking along like you have been you are a rock star! LOVE LOVE LOVE the new hair cut and love even more that you did it for locks of love! More amazing results too!!! Great job

Mary- oh man! I have been hearing all about this CrossFit business. I think I would LOVE to do something like that. It sounds sooo intense and yet so amazing. I am with you on the whole coach thing. I think at this point that is something I need to work through- being able to push myself and work for it because I want it not because someone else is there for me BUT that is totally just because for so long I didn’t to that after I left sports. I think that eventually though I would like to find a CrossFit gym. Sounds like such a Kick *kitten* time!!!!

Meag- sounds like you had a crazy few days! But sooo glad the interview went well! You may have said this already but what type of job is it for? OMG Crock pot salsa chicken sounds AMAZING… recipe please. J and I were just talking about trying to find our next crock pot dish. How did it go with the boy and your brother and everything?

Gonk- I LOVE when you rant. I know it was on your status and not in here but it was a great rant. It is really hard to hear people try to find all the quick fixes. I am totally with you. I have been guilty of trying some myself in the past but it has NEVER stuck. I am trying so hard to just do this the right way. Even though it can be long and frustrating- I still firmly believe that it will be worth it.

Megan- sounds like you had a crazy day also! Busy busy bees we are! You are rocking some awesome workouts lady! Keep it up

Aly- I say just register! Why not? Sounds like a great swim workout too! I am going to go check out your blog also. I am slightly obsessed with blogs. It rates right up there with MFP among my obsessions. Could be worse right?

Guam- how do you like kickboxing? I’ve never tried it. I need to start adding some more classes in to my schedule so I don’t get so bored with the same routine.

Seripha- I too am a little skeptical about the cleanses BUT since you don’t have to change your healthy eating habits at all it doesn’t sound too awful. Maybe it will help with the IBS good luck

Skip- its so funny how different amounts of snow seems like SOOO much depending on what area you live in. Even just within the state I live in its craziness… haha oh well.

Melissa- stomach bugs are THE WORST! So glad she is feeling better and glad that you decided to just go to bed your body needed that sleep soooo bad!

QOTD Monday?- I usually am up my 745 or 8am to catch a ride to work with someone now that the weather is nasty.

QOTD Tuesday- The fiancé and I met 5 years ago from this past new years. We met a mutual friends New Years eve weekend party. She was my best friend dating his best friend (they are married now and we were both in their wedding and now they are both in ours... awwwww). We had never met prior because J had moved away. He happened to come down for the party though and we just kinda connected- nothing romantic though. He was carless at the time and I was going to college about 5 hours away (his place being the halfway point) so I offered him a ride home on my way back to school. We ended up getting stuck in a snow storm and eating crappy gas station food talked about our lives and still nothing more than friends. Valentines day he sent me a text wishing me a happy day- I responded and he said don’t feel special I sent it to all the girls in my book.(I later found out that he just said that cause he got nervous) haha dork. Anyway we met again at the same friends graduation barbeque and big camping weekend and then another big campout a few weeks after that. Kissed and have been together ever since. First year was long distance and then moved in together after that. We got engaged on our 4 year anniversary- I ruined that surprise too! Hahahaha ooops. We were supposed to go hiking and camping and have it happen by a waterfall that he first told me he loved me at BUTTTT I broke my foot the week before at a friends wedding and was in a cast up to my knee. Oh well! Hahaha it’s a good story to tell at least


AFM- stayed home yesterday in our snow storm. Wasn’t really an awful one we have had worse about 12 inches yesterday. It was just the timing- it didn’t start until the early morning hours so the plows just couldn’t keep up with the snowfall. Roads were awful- plow didn’t get to my back road until almost 3pm yesterday. But we made the most of it. It was the perfect mixture of relaxing and activity. J and I went out and shoveled his car out in case we did need to go anywhere… WHAT a workout!!! LOVED it then we decided to let the pup out and come play in the back yard with us. He had SUCH a good time its his first winter with us and we think his first real winter at all (he was in a shelter for the first 2 years of his life) so he romped around with him and then took him for a walk down our country road to see if the main road was driveable yet. It was just so beautiful being on a back tree lined road completely covered in snow while the snow was still coming down. So peaceful. Then we went inside played some wii tennis together and relaxed the rest of the day!

Tonight is my first night of running since Monday night when I accomplished my 5min goal and then some. Any suggestions from you veteran runners and those on here who are doing C25k or something like that to increase my time so that I can run a mile straight by the end of Jan. That is what I am shooting for now! YIPPEE!!!

EEEEK!!!! Just found a run in March that I think I am going to register for. Its only $15 and its only 2 miles... I know I know sounds wimpy to most of you veterans out there BUT its motivation for me AND my dad is going to do it with me. Which is huge motivation for him. He has been working really hard to get back in to shape over the past year- lost over 50lbs and is ready to start running again. So it will be cool for us to do it together!!!

Bella - congrats with the 10 pounds!! Hope the rest of the month goes well also!

Tara - the new haircut!! And that you donated your hair too!! I had my daughter donate her hair to Locks of Love also!! I opportunities to do good! Congrats on continuing to lose!! You impress me each and every week!!

Mary - awwwww...thanks!! Everytime I hang out with him, I fall more and more everytime. Kinda feel like its a dream and I will wake up eventually! Cross Fit sounds like so much fun!! I love being pushed to my limits. I kinda need someone to do it for me and always feel that if I am actually at the gym, rather than home, I have to push even harder.

Aly - checked out your blog yesterday. It will probably become one of my everyday obsessions as well.

Meag - hope you have fun at bootcamp! The boy and I were talking about it last night cause he has a friend that does it. I think I would pass out after. Kickboxing kicks my *kitten* as it is! :sad:

Melissa - sounds like your little one is feeling better since she's chasing the dog! Poor thing though. My 2 kids and I all got it about a month ago and then I thought my daughter and I were gonna get it again about a week ago. Luckily we escaped a 2nd round.

Cait - I actually grab a piece of paper before I start reading posts and make notes as I go. Then will elaborate when I get to actually typing it out. I kickboxing!! It pushes me and I usually feel it for a couple of days. And after months, I have started making friends which will keep me coming back cause they now they have noticed me and will probably notice when I am not there. I need all of the accoutability I can get. I love making salsa chicken in the crock. I throw in some boneless skinless chicken breast, pour in a jar of salsa, and cook all day. We usually will shred it, throw it back in the crock to moisten the chicken, and make tacos. Your story about the tree-lined, snow-filled streets makes me wish I lived in a state that had more than 2 seasons. We have warm and hot!! The race sounds perfect...nice price! Nice distance! And with your dad!!!

seripha - how is the cleansing going? I have thought about doing something like that as well. I will wait to hear how it turns out for you.

AFM...ended up getting tickets to the Ducks game last night. Amazing experience for my first NHL game. Great game!! Plenty of fights!! And with my boy!! But that threw a wrench in my daily plans cause we got there and had pizza. But it was a great night so I am not complaining. The boy has signed up for a weight loss challenge at work. The guys that orchestrated it didn't really want him to join because he won last year and had actually kinda given up the last few weeks of the challenge. But they ended up letting him in again this year. And we all know that boys usually just have to change one aspect of their diet and they can drop 10 pounds easily. He did mention last night that when he hangs out with me, he slips up on his diet. I told him that I was the same way so hopefully we can start making healthier choices when we go out. Didn't get W1D2 of the push-up challenge in last night cause I was running around so that I could make it to the game before it ended. I am gonna be super tired tonight after being out late with the boy the last 2 nights and have to drive an hour to pick up my son and then an hour back. Even if I just do push-ups today, I will be okay with that.

Hope everyone's week is coming along nicely!!:bigsmile:

LAME SAUCE. I went to go click on Aly's diary to see her food and then my entire post was gone. >.< Well here's an abridged version.

Guam - I'll let you know how it goes. I'll do 2 weeks and report back. I don't expect to lose any weight with it, but I'm hoping to be a little more "regular" if you know what I mean Coolio re you and your boy starting to make healthier choices together. I often find that I don't when I'm with my bf. I think this is because I usually feel good about myself when I'm with him and trick myself into believing I can eat whatever he is eating. It's not the case. He's 6'3" and built like a viking. I'm built like a viking, but I'm only 5'6". I can't eat the same stuff.

Aly - It sounds like you've hit the dreaded plateau. I took a look at your food diary and it looks like you're eating really well. I can't see what you're doing for exercise though. The only things I can throw out there is maybe changing out your work out schedule during the week - do things on different days so that when your body is expecting a run all of a sudden it gets a swim and it's like "WTF?". The other thing is sleep. How much sleep are you getting?

Finn - Yay for cheap races and running it with loved ones!

AFM - I'm in a totally horrible mood. The boy was having bad sleeps with his pillow so I let him use my super nice memory foam one and SLEPT HORRIBLY. So badly. Woke up in a bad mood. Wearing clothing which makes me feel fat and unattractive. My hair is not nice - didn't get to shower today because I slept as long as I could. Feeling a little guitly from last night's chinese food. I was under calories and I rarely eat chinese food, but I know I would have been happier if I had just made my stirfry like normal. Tore a HUGE hole in a pair of my favourite tights when I was getting them on.

Worst thing about it is that I have to be on an expert panel tonight for my professional association. I want to look professional and feel good when I'm up there but right now I'm totally not. Kind of just want to cry.

I think I'm going to try and work out this afternoon and have a shower to at least fix my hair issue.

seripha & Meag - sorry to hear that your days aren't not coming along as planned! I hope that things will turn around for both of each of you...even if its slowly!! *hugs*

I'm here....sorta. Figured out that my feeling ill is directly related to my office. I took a snow day yesterday as I tried to drive in the snow, only went 12 miles in an hour (my commute is 36 miles/way) and decided it was too treacherous to keep going. Headache was barely there yesterday and after 6 hours at the office it's back. Not quite as bad as before, but still here. Old building + old heater = really bad environment My heater is a oil heater that clangs away all day and it's either on or off. It gets really dry in my office plus having contacts and looking at a computer screen 90-95% of the day is just bad news. I shut the heater off for about 2 hours this morning to get a break from the noise and intense heat, and am trying to down water. Ridiculousssss.

I got in Turbo Fire 55 EZ and Stretch 10 Tuesday night.

And well yesterday, as I am a crazy person...I went running in the blizzard. Snow was past my knees, sustained winds of 30-40mph and it was just me and the plow drivers. Did have to leap into a few snowbanks to avoid getting hit, but I wore my awesomely bright Brooks Equilibrium Nightlife shirt so despite the whiteout conditions, they could see me! Ran 5.09 miles at just under a 10 minute mile pace...which I'm pretty pleased with considering the conditions and that I finished with icicles on my eyebrows. I LOVE that I got in an extra unplanned run and an 5 mile buffer on my goal mileage for this month! After the snow stopped coming down at 2 inches/hour, I shoveled out the end of the driveway (stupid state plow trucks), in front of the garage and the front walkway/door. Nice little 453 calorie burn there. And then topped it off with 6 Week 6 Pack Level 2... I upped my weight from 5 to 7.5 pounds for it! I was planning on doing some Turbo Fire but I had other things to do (plus my body was exhausted)...made a delicious Ginger Chicken with Cilantro and Lime for dinner. Also for lunch and dinner today and for lunch tomorrow. Heading out of town tomorrow night and didn't think about the whole leftover issue:noway:

Oh and I booked my flight to DC for April for my 10 Mile Race! My mom and I are going down for 3 1/2 days. I lived in DC for 3 years until June 2009, so I hope to see some old friends/co-workers. I spend a lot of time with my mom as she is a superstar and has voluntarily gone to my races when it has been snowing/pouring rain/windy as hell...she went to 11/12 last year. Even more impressive is that she had a major car accident/major stroke about 3 1/2 years ago and almost didn't live, probably a major factor in why I enjoy spending time with her. She's done remarkably well and sort of the secret to my determination. I think of her standing on the sideline wanting to be able to do so much that she can't and I push through for her

(Holy man, my grammar is so bad today)...12 edits later:laugh:

Aly - I dropped about 20 lbs in 2009 from two things - eating more veg and fruit and less carbs and then getting mono. I wouldn't suggest the mono. Over the course of 2010 I gained 10 lbs back, putting me up to 162 just before I started here. Then just through MFP calorie counting, a mix of cardio activities and stretching (I do pilates 1 x a week and will be doing yoga 1x a week starting in two weeks) I was able to get down to what I am at now - 152lbs. Nothing earth shattering really, but it's been good so far. You might want to have one of your cardio days be a yoga / pilates day to stretch out your muscles if you don't have it already. I find it helps me prevent injuries and sooth my sore muscles. It also reduces stress and helps me be focused.

Here's a picture so you can tell the difference between me Oct 2010 (at 162 lbs) and me now at 152 lbs. Yes, I'm in dirndls for both of them. :P I love Germany ok??? First one is at a local Oktoberfest event and the second one is at the German Christmas market in Leavenworth, WA.



Jill - You're crazy. I get wimpy when it's just rain. Good for you!

mkingraham – I hear ya…I too have a love hate relationship with working out. Love it after I’m done with it or the day I have to miss it due to any reason apart from laziness. But hate going to the gym

Aly – WTG on you 2 mile marker!!

Melissa – Hope your daughter’s ok now.

Cait – I do that too – type up everything in Word & then paste in MFP. Can’t imagine typing everything in MFP directly.

I loved reading all your stories about how you met your guys

Haven’t yet read today’s post sbut will come back & read them later.

AFM – Thanks to the storm yesterday I was at home & ended up having a very lazy day. Was irritated by the end of the day & didn’t even go to the gym. The only good thing was that I made Pork & Rice stuffed Peppers & they turned out well. Thursday is my rest day but since I skipped gym yesterday, I’ll go tonight. Had a horrible eating day too yesterday but oh well!!

QOTD (Wed): The first time I met my hubby was during the vacation between 7th & 8th grade. We were at a get-together but didn’t know each & did not even speak. In fact, we only found out this fact after we started dating and I do remember seeing him there but he doesn’t remember me
Anyway, after that we met in coaching classes for medical entrance test, which I joined just because my friends were joining & I had nothing better to do. We never spoke even though we hung around with the same set of friends, but that’s where he got interested in me. After about 6 months, we met with a common set of friends & I think that was the first time we spoke. About a year passed by & no contact whatsoever. Then we happened to start chatting on MSN & within 2 months we were together Dated for 6 & ½ years before tying the knot, 6 years of which were long distance (partly in 2 different continents). Our second Wedding anniversary is on V-day & we will complete 9yrs of togetherness on Aug 13, the day some of us will be at Warrior Dash!!

QOTD (today): My trousers are all loose now, so that’ll definitely be the next thing I buy. But I’m going to wait for a few more weeks to make that purchase.

Skip - Happy Birthday girly!! Sounds like the festivities so far have already been great!! Hope that the rest of the day continues that way for you as well!! :flowerforyou: