Thursday, February 12, 2015
valmaebel
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Marla - moving is so stressful! Until I moved to Phoenix, the longest I had lived in one place was three years. Our previous house we lived in four years and now we've lived in this house 5 years. I told my husband I will die in this house! I love our neighborhood, our church is literally down the road, and it feels like a small town. But life is uncertain so who knows what may happen. What caused you all to decide to move?
April - That sounds yummy! I like sherry's idea on how to kick the winter blues! I also liked the suggestions on how to reward yourself not with food that was under your status the other day. I realize I only usually go to food as a reward. Now I want to get a massage! After almost two weeks of training my muscles are sore!
. So thanks for the inspiration!
Sherry - Getting your hubby to the gym is HUGE! You may not have worked out, but I call that a win! If you can keep him going, eventually you will have a partner in all this and that will help you so much in the long run! So well done!
Got my run in yesterday, and stayed within my calorie count. I volunteered for picture day at my kids' school. It was a lot of running around fetching and delivering kids so I got my 10,000 steps in relatively early. I was planning on going to the gym to ride the indoor bike but my hubby's schedule changed so he was gone by 5:30. Which was when I was going to leave. Can't leave the kids home alone yet so I guess I'll have to try to fit it in another day. I was a little disappointed, but I figure this is the first workout I've missed and it wasn't because I was being lazy! I also finally made my homemade pancakes! I used to eat them every morning with peanut butter and Nutella on top with strawberries after I worked out. But they were a bit heavy after I had my surgery because I was doing zero activity. So I had taken to eating cereal. But now that I had started training, cereal wasn't cutting it. So I finally made them and had a hearty breakfast yesterday. Finally I wasn't starving at 10 in the morning!
Today hubby and I have a double date, so I'm excited to get out of the house...sans kids. I hope you all have a wonderful day!0 -
I have lived in 3 places in my life a long time, house i grew up in from 2-18 and then ten years in one place with first husband and this house with my current husband ten years this summer. The move is because he is unhappy here. Unlike me he has found no friends and hobbies he enjoys here or part time jobs and he has tried all 3 and not clicked with any of them.
I think the problem is it is so different here than the city area and CA where we used to live. I have always loved the mountains and hiked all my life so this was a good fit for me and I found friends at my gym and found out about my bookclub from them and also got my job from one of my bookclub friends.
Its such a small town there is not a lot of people to pick for friends and sometimes I think its just easier for women. We bond easier.
We are planning to move to Arcata, CA near ocean Mike loves and mountains I love. There is a animal place there Mike wants to volunteer at to help hurt ones. Nothing like that around here, Mike is right around here they hunt animals.
He also wants to get more involved with his music he is not all that great but loves to jam and a college town will be perfect for that with him. I just want him happy, he has been moping for the last 5 or 6 years.
I had to admit this area was more my dream instead of his so now I am picking a place I think we both can be happy at.
Thanks for the pic Val I sent it to my daughter going thru divorce too.0 -
Wow, amazing the difference coming here and reading the threadstarter and comments can make! I was feeling a bit bitchy because early in the day I called DH and asked if he wanted to do the gym in the afternoon again (he had said yesterday he'd like to do a few consecutive days to jumpstart). He said yes. But when he got home with son from school, he started making excuses. At that point it was too late for me to get myself together to do the tutor drop-off & gym or run etc (had been in a deep phone convo w/parents about their health, etc). Anyway, after a little argument, I explained my position and reiterated that it's easier to go when already out at the tutor, etc, etc (had to re-sell the whole thing again, reminding him that HE wanted this, not me). Anyway he decided to do it and all i could think was "well that's the last time I donate my workout time-of-day to HIM!", but val you are so right!!! It's better to get him on board, even if I miss out a few days here and there in the early days. Thank you for that. I'm feeling much better about it now.
Bottom line is that I didn't get a workout, and frankly it's been very cold here all week so I've not exactly been chomping at the bit to go out there, but DH did go workout again and is starting to get into it & think ahead. But he did just ask me if I wanted to go tomorrow. I told him I really want to run and am hoping for better weather. I think he understands that he's not getting the afternoon tomorrow, but who knows, maybe he'll go in the evening.
Oh yeah, and in other news, the scale finally moved! I just have to keep up my momentum (which isnt easy with a full week of no workout, but I can at least mentally hold myself together).
Well, it's late here and I should go. Read y'all later!0 -
Did another Daily Burn workout. OTM Air Force Style. 72 stinking burpees (should of been 80) I just couldn't do it. plus endless squats! I thought I was going to make it all the way through I had to breath on 2 of the 20 rounds.
I loved working out with my husband - we did well at it for a while, then I get frustrated because he seems to do better - lose more weight or better at running and then I get catty about it. We try to encourage each other to work out though. I miss our walks at night though. Hopefully we will start again. It was nice to just talk then as well as get steps. I have to not let my pride to get in the way.
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Good job everyone for just getting up and moving your bodies!0
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