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Less than a week to go....
Im having mixed emotions im happy im excited and im nervous, for the race on sunday. I know what to expect this year so thats a BIG PLUS!!!! I am gonna make sure i get tons of pics!!!! Ten K wish me luck guys!!!!!!!
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I laughed but if it were my kid, I would be ANGRY!!!
I think this may have been a clip on wife swap or something but this woman perhaps a nutritionist was trying to get a family to eat healthy and this little boy refused to play nice. I admit i did laugh but it was one of those uncomfy uhoh should i laugh laughs, this litte brat thinks bacon is a health food. and refuses to…
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How could I forget to have mentioned!!!
I contacted The University of Pittsburgh about as major in Health and Excerise Sciences, to get all the details before I apply!!!!! I am going to go back to school for nutrition and exercise(cause the degree basically goes hand in hand). I am thinking that may be the perfect thing to have when the company i work for…
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Why America is so obese, my dinner out...
I went out to dinner yesterday and saw the menu offered half portions so I opted for it as well as the whole wheat option(it was italian) but Im thinking I will get a kiddie like portion of pasta and I was wrong. I got a 9in soup plate full and took it home. I practiced the japanese philosophy of hara harci bu(sp?) to eat…
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weeks from you know where
unfortunately I am having them I have been having such awful luck. My dryer broke. My boyfriend dumped me, I have been working like a crazy woman, i also found out an old high school friend just passed away and it all hit with in the past couple weeks. Its hard to focus on training but I am gonna use it as a release and…
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I didn't see a post but if there is one hers another!!! BIG
I am WAY WAY WAY pumped its been so long since i had my fix. Im hearing danny is coming back??? the young really really really big young man. The one whos friend kinda was his anchor. I believe i also read they are gonna have the worst they have ever had a woman whos both up in age and the heaviest contestant. I am gonna…
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Im a veteran this time around
I just signed up for the city's great race. I am gonna run the 10K again. I did 1:08 last year and this year I am GOING to be under an hour!!!!!! I cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You know you did it when.....
(Now fill in the blank with how you know you lost a great deal of wt? 1. People tell you how nice your body is 2. Guys practically chase you out of the bar to buy you a drink.... I was shocked when these happened!!!!
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"Fat Girl Thinking"
I had a discussion at work with a coworker who calls herself a skinny girl trapped in a fat girls body(she was a borderline anorexic in her younger years) and i realized that i just may be the opposite a fat girl in a thin girls body. I realized how hard it is to break free from. Still to this day a year and a half after i…
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I guess confidence showed thru
I was joking at work saying im gonna go out and get guys to buy me drinks just cause i want a nice ngiht out and i never thought anyone actually would. And after being surrounded by creepers I looked up and noticed an attractive guy that hadda be in his twenties and thought "He will never ever talk to me" but he did. He…
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LA Fitness shooting
SO im sitting at home watching tv and my phone rings...its my best friend jason calling to see where i was. He then told me there was a shooting spree at my HOME BASE Gym!!!! I stopped going there because of the pretention(and cause of horrible work schedules have been working out sparingly bt am back o n track) But it was…
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"Good" Cravings
I have recently noticed that I now crave good food again, I LOVE IT!!!! I crave my healthy fats like tuna instead of the artery clogging bad crappy fat. I am just not one for sugar at all now and crave fruit when i need something sweet. When I crave that "crunch" Its usally raw veggies!!!! Its wonderful to be back in the…
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NEW TATTOO!!!!
I got a new tattoo, I got a cancer ribbon over my heart with my grammas name in it. I called my dad the second i got out of the shop and told him the artist custom drew it for me and that it was personal to him as well cause his mom was a survivor. My dad sounded like he was choked up and this may be the first time he…
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I have to!!!!
PROUD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS A SUPERBOWL AND STANLEY CUP IN THE SAME YEAR!!!!!!!!
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How could I have forgotten!!!
i posted a month or two ago that i couldnt take the country club as a job and was gonna go back to my old one. turns out i got screwed out of that one royally...there is no other way to say it. I called my old boss and he said that theyd hire me back at my old position(sous chef) and a little higer rate. but i called a…
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kinda scared now!!!!
i said i was gonna get back on track and i stepped on the scale and realized that within a little less than a month i lost over 20lbs. I worked out and ate less but i wonder if it is my body still in wt loss mode or i need serious help....i lost bggest loser style almost 17 lbs in two and ahalf weeks im scared what should…
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and when i thought it wasnt working
i got brave and checked my body fat percentage and was shocked to see it went down 5 percent. although i wasnt seeing it on the scale. i did notice clothes are fitting more loosely, i have more energy, and am gettin just plain stronger. ill be back to the healthy girl i was in no time. with one exception... il be healthier!
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Top 5 fitness goals
Be it just fitting in to something sexy and slinky or going(almost) for gold what are your top five fitness goals either long term ort short term??? mine in no order are 1. Run a half marathon in september 2. run the pittsburgh marathon next year 3. do a triathalon(hopefully eventually the iron owman and the escape from…
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He better not!!!!
I went to an outlet mall with my boyfriend and decided to walk into the coach store. I am gonna make a coach bag my reward when i finish my quest. I dont wanna "reward bad behavior" right now so I am gonna wait and hopefully it will be my happy birthday to me from me present as well. But he asks "sooooo if you were gonna…
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Heres some motivation
Pittsburgh had the return of the marathon this past weekend and i was sulking cause i wanted to run but i will next year/. It brought out 10,000 and some odd runners!!!!! And for the real motivation.... the woman who won the womans division did so in 2:22 thats just ADMIRABLE!!!!!!!!!!! she was ten measly minutes behind…
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I hafta go back to my old job
I know how happy i was to get this job at the country club but its literally aging me. I need to get out while i can i called my old boss carmen and he was happy as can be to hear that i needed to come back. Im salaried at the club and i work about 50-55 a week i work every single weekend with no chance of having one off…
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BAck on the losing end
of wt I mean and I Love it I forgot how good a runners high felt how yummy a turkey sandwich was and that tea actually has a wonderful taste sans the sweetners!!! I have my eyes set on the half marathon in sept and I wanna KILL the ten K later that month to YEA!!!!Im back in the game!!!!
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So tempting
It is way harder to maintain healthy eating habits working in the kitchen of a country club. Thank god I am not one for red meat or I would eat 10 oz filet or near 1/2 pound burgers. I just allow myself ont treat at work a day on top of the salad or wrap I am eating. unfortuantely I have picked up the awful awful awful…
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Im ashamed of myself...BUT FIXING IT!!!!!!!!
As I posted a few weeks ago i KNEW I packed on pounds and I have NO ONE to blame other than myself. But my disheartening truth came today when i sat down with a trainer. I decided that to get this darn wt off and keep it off that will be my only way. so I knew it was gonna be bad. so i found out i gained since bout earl;y…
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LOVE LA Fitness!!!!
It just gave me a new inspiration to get up and get moving!!!! I liked being able to swim!!!!
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doin the LA fitness thing today
As much as I dont wanna I am gonna sign up to go to thius gym cause its not good to drive an hour everyday to work just cause i love my gym and if its bad over that...I feel bad but i gotta do it...Im gonna miss it!!!!!!
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LA fitness...any goers???
I am giving consideration to switiching to it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my little gym and am not crazy about chains but this is on my way to my new job. My current gym is an hour away from my new job, so sadly i am gonna have to part and make the switch...do any of you go to LA fitness and whats it like????
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Im adjusting
to working a late evening shift so i havent had time to be on alot. I miss you guys. The plus side is witrh a full morning off i can hit the gym longer wahoo!!!!! and even being round food i dropped two pounds already!!!!!! The new gig is great and the members just love love love me!!!!
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OHMIGOD why did i slide off track...a confession
I feel so gross and unhealthy. I got myself off track majorly. I wanna place the blame on stress but i know its my own fault i lost my willpower for a little bit. i have been eating non stop crappy food processed food and not working out near as much as i should. I feel like i have let myself down and feel like i am so…
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signed my paperwork today
for the job of SOUS CHEF at a COUNTRY CLUB!!!!!!I am kinda scared but I get more time to hit the gym in the morn and I OVE that idea!!!! I gotta think I can do it I can do it. I am ready to branch out and give my current work two weeks notice!!!! My old school friends are happy for me and they wish they could snag a gig…
