SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! Dec 14

Sounds like a good plan for the week Mary! I hope you get it all done!
This has been a crazy morning. I have gotten my quiet time/Bible study time in, 1 1/2 loads of laundry done (waiting on the dryer. It's slow, even with it not attached to the pipe!), meals made for the week, dishes done, trash out. And it's only 10:30!
Yesterday I went out to help hubby with the jeep, thinking I'd be out there for only a few minutes and was out there 3 hours. We decided that taking off the old window tint would make the jeep look better and sell for more. We didn't finish so I have to finish it today. I looked up scraping and cals burned. For scraping/painting a boat it was 309 cals per hour. I don't think I burned that much but I did get a good work out in my fingers! I will be out there for probably another hour today at least.
Hubby and I are setting into motion some new adoption fundraisers, so I have to work on that today. Details will follow soon. I'm in a time crunch on it so I have to get it in gear. That will be my afternoon project. Actually my project all week long. We did not sleep well last night because we were so hyped up about our ideas. And it was hot in our room. We like it around 60. lol. We had come up with these ideas several months ago but it seemed impossible and expensive to get them done. Well, now we have found cheaper ways to do it and it seems possible again. It will take a lot of work on my part. Hubby also thought of a dinner fundraiser so we may try to do that after the New Year some time.
Anyway, my work out today is:
cooking/cleaning
finish the window tint
and I promised to take Alex for a walk some time since it's gorgeous out!
Better move before I decide to scrap it all and take a nap!
MM

p.s.
New blog boogaloo.

I forgot the goal of no desserts until next Sunday. (once a week seems to be my magic point. . .any more and I start to feel pouty.)

I am feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning. I ran again last night - a little faster, but not as far - and an hour or two later, I felt sick. Better this morning, then sick again after breakfast. I'm going to blame the OJ. Coffee probably won't help, but I'm going to try.
Anyway, I got my pushups in yesterday, and 3 sets of stretching so far (2 yesterday, one this morning). Tonight is belly dance, and stretching. I also will be fasting for 12 hours so I can get some blood work done - they are doing a screening at work for cholesterol, blood sugar, triglycerides, etc. I'm sure my cholesterol is fine, but I've never had the other things tested, and it's convenient that they are bringing someone on-site to do it. So no food after 8:30!

Upset tummy boogaloo :sick:

Morning pebbs,

Hope the sick pebbs feel better soon!

Today is some sort of cardio, so probably a DVD of some sort. I tried to go for a walk Sunday, and the icy winter has kicked in, so it was more about "don't fall on this patch of sidewalk" than actual walking. I walked about half a mile, and gave up (so a mile round trip). I was sore in my calves the next day, probably from all the "don't fall" balance work. I already miss walking, but I will not pout about it.

Had a sweets craving yesterday, so had a tiny amount of dried apricots with my afternoon snacktime. They seemed to do the trick. Today is more of the same, a rehearsal for a Christmas show I'm doing. (it's happening at my place, so some blitz tidying up will be in order).

Chugging along boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

Warning, long post.
CP, glad you are feeling better. I think I have discovered that the new calcium vitamin I am taking upsets my stomach. :grumble:
I am not getting in the work outs like I need to this week. I did get Shred in yesterday. Today I won't have time. Because the new scale made me mad yesterday, I stepped on the old one this morning. I still weigh 152.5 on that one. The new scale is 3 pounds heavier. I really hate that my "progress", according to my mind, is wrapped around that dumb number. It's never nice to add 3 pounds on to what you've always counted as your "real" weight even though you know it's not right in the first place.
Today we have the usual: horse therapy, visiting with a friend.
I also have to run a couple of errands and continue work on my project, which is slowly coming together. I have spent the last six months (off and on) gathering verses in the Bible on fear (fear of man and fear of God, two different concepts) and putting them together. I have always struggled with fear. I heard someone say that there are 365 fear verses in the Bible, which is of course one for each day. Well, that's not true. There's more than that. So I took on the task of making a calendar with a verse for each day. During the research I found my fears slipping away and growing smaller and smaller! So then I thought that I need to put all these in a small book that I can take with me to Russia because I am afraid of going to another country, and I can just pull the book out and read it when I feel scared. Because of copyright laws I am having to go through all my verses and mix them up with different versions which is taking awhile. Anyway, we are trying to get a "proto-type" done to take to the pastor tonight and see what he thinks. The year is almost over and it's probably too late to sell them for Christmas, but the program I am using to make them can use any start and end date, so people can get them throughout the year and not lose a day.
So those are my projects. We'll build a simple site so people can order them on there. We are also going to have other things made, like shirt, bumper stickers, totebags, etc with different logos on them. We may not sell a lot but I think it will help. All the proceeds go to the adoption of course.
Gotta get off here!
Not enough time in the world boogaloo!
MM

Facing facts boogaloo:

I (according to my scale at the grocer's) weigh 156 pounds. (insert profanity here. . .I was 147 when I last weighed. . .I'm hoping a lot of it is water retention. . .but it might not be) In better news, I have gained only a half inch in my waist at the smallest point, and a half inch in my upper thigh at it's biggest point. I've actually lost an inch in my bellybutton waist (I don't know how else to describe that). Oddly, or since I'm retaining a lot of water, my calf is an inch and a half bigger than it was the last time I measured. (I've been feeling lately like I have fluid "pooling" in my lower body. . .essentially I feel skinny up top and bloated down below. . .this is bizarre...maybe it's all the lunges?) All of these are since March, the last time I did my full measurements.

Not bad (mostly maintaining, as I'm trying to not think about the scale number too much), but not the direction I want. I've been doing "good" (what I think of as good, anyway) with my eating. The truth is, my body can't take the workout schedule I was on two years ago (when all those measurements were about an inch or two smaller). I just really, really don't want to get any bigger. I need to start measuring monthly, just to keep it from getting too far out of my mind.

Sorry, I'm just venting now. Darn viking ancestors. I'm ready for a long ocean voyage with no food.:laugh:

Re-figuring goals boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Thanks for that, CP. I will trust in myself, and keep the faith. If the inches haven't changed that much, that new weight is either mostly muscle or mostly water. My goal is to lose that thigh inch, though. . .as my legs look less defined, which I do not like.

I just joined a new gym opening in my neighborhood. It's literally a block away, and they totally sold me. I just went in to inquire, and ended up signing up. (and not just because of the stupid scale.) They have spin bikes on the cardio floor that will teach you a "virtual spin class" (a little TV screen will give you anywhere from a thirty minute to sixty minute class). Also, they have Zumba, Spynga (half spin, half yoga) and TRX training (I don't know much, but you're suspended and working using your own body weight. . . I've been hearing about it.) They also will have weight machines you can put a usb key into that remembers your workout from last time. Also, and this was the big thing for me, you get a key card and twenty four hour access. My insomnia could actually pay off. It's five dollars more a month than my current gym if I don't lock into a year contract, and five dollars cheaper if I sign a contract. They open January 18th, which gives me exactly enough time to cancel my current gym without any overlap in payment. I pretty much figured out that the reason I haven't been going to my gym is because I don't like it, the class schedule doesn't work for me, and every time I go they try to sell me training sessions. Literally every time, usually while I'm doing cardio. Not cool. One of the main differences between now and two years ago is that I was going to a lot more group classes two years ago. I need a gym that I can do that (let that unhealthy competitive nature work for me instead of against me).

Now, I am excited. Broke, but excited.

Today, I have written a three part novel. Sorry.:flowerforyou:

I just lost my whole post due to one keystroke! :grumble:
So here we go again:
Good morning ladies!
CP, how was Rifftrax? We want to go but we have to find a babysitter and that costs money. lol
Mary, your yesterday sounded like my kind of day.
CM, good to hear from you again! You look great!
V, that's neat about that gym opening up close to you and how the timing is working out.
Do you all go through times when food just sounds gross? You aren't sick but food just doesn't sound appealing. I know I am hungry but I have no appetite. I think I am burned out on the same ol thing. I am tired of eggs or smoothies for breakfast but I don't know what else to have that isn't carb-ful. I've got to find something. I AM burned out! I didn't realize it until I started typing this. I've got to get some new ideas!
Today:
cleaning (the house is a MESS!)
laundry
playing with Alex
a work out of some sort (still having back issues so I need to see what's going to be best)
working on my project
and the miserable task of coming up with a grocery list when food other than oreos, pie, breads, cake, and ice cream sound gross. :ohwell: I will get what I know I should eat but I can't say that I will enjoy them next week. It's not even like I am craving carbs. It's just the only thing that sounds good.
Eating smart for my heart boogaloo.
MM

So I'm silly and I googled boogaloo. Found it on Wiki:

Boogaloo or bugalú (also, shing-a-ling, latin boogaloo, latin R&B) is a genre of Latin music and dance that was popular in the United States in the 1960s. Boogaloo originated in New York City among teenage Cubans, Puerto Ricans and other groups. The style was a fusion of popular African American R&B and soul with mambo and son montuno. It included the use of English lyrics as well as Spanish. Boogaloo entered the mainstream through the American Bandstand television program.

Let's dance boogaloo!
MM

Good morning.
I actually got some decent sleep last night, but I still had a hard time getting out of bed this morning.
V, I don't know what to tell you about retaining water. I don't know much about that. Hope somebody has some words for you. :flowerforyou: Oh and I had another unscheduled cry time yesterday. It worked out though and I felt better.
It hit me yesterday that I really am stressed out right now, I mean really stressed out! A friend from church called and said she and her family would be willing to watch Alex for us when we go to Russia. Then I had a meltdown. It hit me that Alex will be left here for a week, and I just couldn't handle it. I know it will work out. It's not like we are leaving tomorrow.
My eating is not going to be the best this coming week. Our schedule just got a whole lot tighter, so I won't have much time in the kitchen. I will have to figure out how to squeeze in work outs too.
Today:
store,
cleaning,
work out,
therapist coming.
So what are your plans for next week for Christmas? We have guests Monday or Tuesday. A family get together Wednesday night. To see my parents Thursday thru Saturday and Steve's parents Saturday thru Sunday.
Stress makes me sleepy boogaloo! :yawn:
MM

Mary, I'm so sorry to hear about the yoga teacher's parents! Were they elderly and were they both sick? I feel so bad for her. I will say a prayer for her. Especially right before Christmas. I hope your Christmas dinner and gift wrapping goes well. I should bring my presents to you. I'm horrible at wrapping.
Off to the store!
MM

I have days (most of them) when I feel awkward and reclusive.

You and me both.

I realized that I forgot to do pushups last night - so that and stretching are on the agenda. Otherwise, Christmas shopping, and maybe seeing the Princess and the Frog with some friends and their daughter. I am really not very good at buying presents - or shopping in general. I am also terrible at giving anyone 'hints' for presents - if I want anything, it's usually something that someone else wouldn't easily be able to give me (like clothes that fit, or running shoes, or a network cable run from my office to my living room).

Not a shopper, boogaloo!