My success at avoiding getting sick finally failed...oh well bring on the cold meds.
I hadn't planned anything for New Year's anyway so if this makes me stay in my pjs so be it.
I do hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and may we all complete our goals in 2007.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Ho Ho Ho - Oh Oh Oh
Hello All,
Well my Christmas festivities involved food and not the world's greatest choices by any sense of the imagination. Even when I got back to the city my decent into madness continued. Attempted to curtail it yesterday and did better but still not on plan. However today is a new day and I will be on plan.
I was inspired by Totegirl to come up with a few of my own plans and resolutions.
Since I've already declared I will hit goal this year this what I plan to do to get there.
1) Follow the plan as it's attended, no tweaks, no gimmicks. Stick to my points, use my flex and AP in accordance. Just not the tracking of the good, the bad and the ugly, I need to follow the entire plan..ie water, fruits, veggie, oils.
2) To create an exercise/training plan. I'll probably train with my friend for the Vancouver Half Marathon again, not so sure I'll go but I'll train. I'm also going to incorporate more strength training and keep myself interested by incorporating different types of cardio as well. Just ordered some new Ripped Dvds and the Biggest Loser 2. Quit the gym because it bored me to tears, plus I want to save some cash.
3) Embrace fish, I don't mind it but have to admit generally avoid it. I also want to create more menus I so get into ruts with food where it's the same thing time and time again.
4) Track my progress beyond the scale. I don't take my measurements very often and that can be a huge motivator when the scale isn't moving. Establish mini goals and rewards. Work on better self talk and track trends by journalling more often.
Do all the above with a positive mind set and remind myself I'm doing this for life and to not set unrealistic goals. If I see a gain this Saturday, then I'll suck it up and go on.
I will be the Biggest Loser!!!
Well my Christmas festivities involved food and not the world's greatest choices by any sense of the imagination. Even when I got back to the city my decent into madness continued. Attempted to curtail it yesterday and did better but still not on plan. However today is a new day and I will be on plan.
I was inspired by Totegirl to come up with a few of my own plans and resolutions.
Since I've already declared I will hit goal this year this what I plan to do to get there.
1) Follow the plan as it's attended, no tweaks, no gimmicks. Stick to my points, use my flex and AP in accordance. Just not the tracking of the good, the bad and the ugly, I need to follow the entire plan..ie water, fruits, veggie, oils.
2) To create an exercise/training plan. I'll probably train with my friend for the Vancouver Half Marathon again, not so sure I'll go but I'll train. I'm also going to incorporate more strength training and keep myself interested by incorporating different types of cardio as well. Just ordered some new Ripped Dvds and the Biggest Loser 2. Quit the gym because it bored me to tears, plus I want to save some cash.
3) Embrace fish, I don't mind it but have to admit generally avoid it. I also want to create more menus I so get into ruts with food where it's the same thing time and time again.
4) Track my progress beyond the scale. I don't take my measurements very often and that can be a huge motivator when the scale isn't moving. Establish mini goals and rewards. Work on better self talk and track trends by journalling more often.
Do all the above with a positive mind set and remind myself I'm doing this for life and to not set unrealistic goals. If I see a gain this Saturday, then I'll suck it up and go on.
I will be the Biggest Loser!!!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Hair is better
So stylist phoned and said she'd have to charge me to fix it. I was like WHAT! She promised me copper highlights and they were mahogany, fire engine red. I told her any other stylist in this city would fix it for free. She said it's the company policy. Fine, I will never set foot in that salon again and I'll make sure everyone I know will know not to set foot in that place.
So Belle Colour #65 to the rescue and it's much better but I'm putting another box on just to seal the deal. The highlights now look a little burgundy but more brown.
Enough about hair drama.
I will for sure see a loss on Saturday which makes me quite happy, today I have to race home and clean it from top to bottom, well I have to finish my Christmas shopping first :) Only one gift so not so bad.
The blogs will probably be quiet over the next while but I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and happy 2007.
Here's to success for all in the New Year!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Ronald McDonald
Well that's what I thought I looked like this morning.
On a total whim last night I stopped in at this little salon in my local mall that's been there for 30 years. People are always going in and out so I thought I'll just see if they'll take a walk in for a cut because my hair has been driving me bonkers. Well I got the cut and highlights that the stylist described as a coppery red. Ah...it's red, to me- fire engine red. I didn't know what to think in the salon but everyone around was ooing and ahhing so I thought o.k I'll sleep on it. Well all of last night and this morning I had a continuous dialogue in my head of "I hate it". I thought everyone was looking at my head on my way to work. I get to work and everyone says "I love it", one collegue said it's sexy. Our receptionist who was at one time a stylist says it's awesome. To me it's way to bright. Everyone assured me that it will calm down, it's red afterall and that fades.
I did wash it the moment I got home because I thought it was way to0 bright so perhaps in a few days I'll feel better about it. I think another major hang up is that I'm seeing my Dad this weekend (provided my sniffles are gone by then - he's 84 I don't want to pass on a cold or anything) and he's a bit conservative. So as long as it looks good, I don't think I'll freak him out but I need to get over being freaked out first. I'm meeting TP tonight for coffee and she'll give me an honest opinion. I did call the salon and left a message for the stylist and when I told the person on the phone that I wasn't crazy about it and they said they'd have to charge me. I asked why since I was technically told they were copper highlights. She said then the stylist would have to absorb the cost. Oh well we'll see what she says when she calls me back tomorrow. Receptionist has now recommended an over the counter shade to tone it down if the stylist thing doesn't work out.
Weight wise I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 171 which is a bit miraculous since when I got home from Hawaii I stepped on the scale and it said 179. Just goes to show what an impact going back on plan can have. Of course today we have our Christmas potluck at work but I saved 16pts for that - well dinner needs to come out of that too and I have 12 flex points left for the week. I'm not planning on using all of those flex points today but if I use 16 on the potluck I'll need 2 flex for vegetable soup for supper.
I went up 1pt with the new plan to 23pts of course when I get back into the 160's that goes back to 22. I've abandoned the wendie plan for now and I'm going back to the traditional program and see how that goes. I like the new format of ww stuff but I think the 3mth journal needs to have more lines.
In Hawaii we picked up some WW goods that we didn't have in Canada at the time (not sure if new stuff has been launched). We got the individual serving drink crystals sweetened with splenda in Raspberry and Lemonade. I bought a few boxes of 2pt bars - Lemon Dream, milk chocalate chip, mint chocolate cookie. TP also bought the vanilla smoothie mix which we both agree isn't all that great - you're probably better off with making your own. Even the people in the meeting said you had to make it with milk and add fruit to make it palatable. I haven't tried the crystals or the bars yet but I'll report in when I do. Who knows Canada might have them.
DDD- I did tape BL but I'm not sure if I taped over it. I'll double check and get back to you.
Off to potluck might report back later.
On a total whim last night I stopped in at this little salon in my local mall that's been there for 30 years. People are always going in and out so I thought I'll just see if they'll take a walk in for a cut because my hair has been driving me bonkers. Well I got the cut and highlights that the stylist described as a coppery red. Ah...it's red, to me- fire engine red. I didn't know what to think in the salon but everyone around was ooing and ahhing so I thought o.k I'll sleep on it. Well all of last night and this morning I had a continuous dialogue in my head of "I hate it". I thought everyone was looking at my head on my way to work. I get to work and everyone says "I love it", one collegue said it's sexy. Our receptionist who was at one time a stylist says it's awesome. To me it's way to bright. Everyone assured me that it will calm down, it's red afterall and that fades.
I did wash it the moment I got home because I thought it was way to0 bright so perhaps in a few days I'll feel better about it. I think another major hang up is that I'm seeing my Dad this weekend (provided my sniffles are gone by then - he's 84 I don't want to pass on a cold or anything) and he's a bit conservative. So as long as it looks good, I don't think I'll freak him out but I need to get over being freaked out first. I'm meeting TP tonight for coffee and she'll give me an honest opinion. I did call the salon and left a message for the stylist and when I told the person on the phone that I wasn't crazy about it and they said they'd have to charge me. I asked why since I was technically told they were copper highlights. She said then the stylist would have to absorb the cost. Oh well we'll see what she says when she calls me back tomorrow. Receptionist has now recommended an over the counter shade to tone it down if the stylist thing doesn't work out.
Weight wise I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 171 which is a bit miraculous since when I got home from Hawaii I stepped on the scale and it said 179. Just goes to show what an impact going back on plan can have. Of course today we have our Christmas potluck at work but I saved 16pts for that - well dinner needs to come out of that too and I have 12 flex points left for the week. I'm not planning on using all of those flex points today but if I use 16 on the potluck I'll need 2 flex for vegetable soup for supper.
I went up 1pt with the new plan to 23pts of course when I get back into the 160's that goes back to 22. I've abandoned the wendie plan for now and I'm going back to the traditional program and see how that goes. I like the new format of ww stuff but I think the 3mth journal needs to have more lines.
In Hawaii we picked up some WW goods that we didn't have in Canada at the time (not sure if new stuff has been launched). We got the individual serving drink crystals sweetened with splenda in Raspberry and Lemonade. I bought a few boxes of 2pt bars - Lemon Dream, milk chocalate chip, mint chocolate cookie. TP also bought the vanilla smoothie mix which we both agree isn't all that great - you're probably better off with making your own. Even the people in the meeting said you had to make it with milk and add fruit to make it palatable. I haven't tried the crystals or the bars yet but I'll report in when I do. Who knows Canada might have them.
DDD- I did tape BL but I'm not sure if I taped over it. I'll double check and get back to you.
Off to potluck might report back later.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
7 Hours and 7 minutes
And I'm damn proud of that. This was the craziest race ever!
First of all arrived in Honolulu and got to condo with no problems whatsoever. Had dinner with training partners family and then TP, her Mom and I headed back to the condo and too bed.
Saturday- Picked up our race packs and toured the expo a bit. GU was there sampling some of their gels. The lime tastes just like key lime pie. Very obvious that out of the 25000 people signed up for this 16000 where Japanese. Their running clubs were well represented.
Mom and TP went off for Vietnamese but because that hadn't been a part of my training I went off on my own. Toured this gigantic mall called Ala Moana Centre. It's 55 sq miles, no Victoria Secret but they had a Sephora where I did a bit of damage. Unfortunately got blisters on my feet from my mary jane crocs...not a great start. Picked up some first aid and went to bed early.
Race day- Up at 2:30am, had breakfast, got dressed, taped the blisters and loaded the hydration packs and packed the fuel gels put the timing chip on runners. Headed out at 4:30am, got to start line and lined up under the 6hrs and over bannner. It was craziness. I took pictures that I'll post in the next few days.
It took 28min to actually cross the start line. At the 3 mile mark there were about 20 Japanese racers lined up at Jack in the Box....not sure why.
We had our best times up to the 20K mark and then we both hit a mall at about 30k. This race was crazy because you spent more time going around people then forward. When you think of it their were 1000 people for every mile. We probably did our slowest 12k ever but we crossed that finish line in one piece. Because the majority didn't speak English saying " on your left" was useless.
It was taxing, it was hot and people were throwing their used cups and sponges into the middle of the road so some areas were pretty slippery. We went up and down Diamond Head twice, first time fantastic, second time rough. There was a guy racing in a Yoda costume complete with rubber mask, one guy in flip flops with the timing chip strapped on. The guy that really got everyone's attention was racing in a Sumo training (diaper?). I saw a naked butt up a head and thought I was imaging things. The very last person crossed the finish line at 15hrs. Huge kudos to that guy.
We passed a load of runners and a lot of people who didn't look like they trained for this at all. I now know why they say don't aim for your best time at this race.
When the race was over it was like an obstacle course to find your finishing t-shirt. Your body is completely exhausted and now you have to navigate around a park trying not to trip on roots because you can't pick up your feet.
We had to take public transit back to the condo which wasn't too bad and then TP and I hit the living room floor and stayed their for 2 hours. I got a few more blisters and thought I had sprained my big toe, she had a swollen ankle and all of the muscles in our bodies ached. We pried off running shoes and ate real food (it will be awhile before I can look at a gel again). We both vowed never again.
The next day at Starbucks which we walked very slowly too and cursed any unlevel sidewalks and stairs (there were lots). Her Mom almost spit out her coffee when TP and I looked at each other and said ...next time. Mom was wicked race support lugging cheese and crackers, chocolate milk and gatorade to the finish line and finding both us in sorry shape. She just rocks.
For the next 5 days we couldn't go far, I'm not kidding it didn't take much to make you hurt again. On the Tuesday we went for massages at the Aveda spa and of course they said they couldn't do deep tissue massage because our bodies were simply not ready. We knew this of course but even a gentle massage helped. It takes 21 days to recover from a Marathon so we're both taking it easy.
We did attend a WW meeting at the YWCA in Honolulu. They have a great leader! We picked up some bars that we don't have or didn't have when we left and we got the new booklets about the tweaked program. I'm still going to try to get a set from my meeting on Saturday to see if US and Canada differ. Oh yeah the weigh in results were very interesting. I was up 6.8 and TP was up 10. We know we were retaining water and of course weighed in at the end of the day. So know the mission is to be back on track.
Suprisingly when we got home we both felt better, probably because neither one of us did much on the Saturday...got home at 2am.
Spent the last two days not doing too much, trying to fend off a flu that TP came down with in the last 3 days of Honolulu. We watched a lot of season 2 of Top Chef :) I have been back on points for the past two days.
This weekend off to visit Dad for Christmas, which will be interesting he was completely opposed to Hawaii and we've had a bit of a rough patch lately. This will be the first time I've laid eyes on him in over 2 months.
Back to work tomorrow of course.
I haven't read anyone's blogs yet but I'm looking forward to catching up.
Sonya- Did you have the baby?
Hugs to all!
First of all arrived in Honolulu and got to condo with no problems whatsoever. Had dinner with training partners family and then TP, her Mom and I headed back to the condo and too bed.
Saturday- Picked up our race packs and toured the expo a bit. GU was there sampling some of their gels. The lime tastes just like key lime pie. Very obvious that out of the 25000 people signed up for this 16000 where Japanese. Their running clubs were well represented.
Mom and TP went off for Vietnamese but because that hadn't been a part of my training I went off on my own. Toured this gigantic mall called Ala Moana Centre. It's 55 sq miles, no Victoria Secret but they had a Sephora where I did a bit of damage. Unfortunately got blisters on my feet from my mary jane crocs...not a great start. Picked up some first aid and went to bed early.
Race day- Up at 2:30am, had breakfast, got dressed, taped the blisters and loaded the hydration packs and packed the fuel gels put the timing chip on runners. Headed out at 4:30am, got to start line and lined up under the 6hrs and over bannner. It was craziness. I took pictures that I'll post in the next few days.
It took 28min to actually cross the start line. At the 3 mile mark there were about 20 Japanese racers lined up at Jack in the Box....not sure why.
We had our best times up to the 20K mark and then we both hit a mall at about 30k. This race was crazy because you spent more time going around people then forward. When you think of it their were 1000 people for every mile. We probably did our slowest 12k ever but we crossed that finish line in one piece. Because the majority didn't speak English saying " on your left" was useless.
It was taxing, it was hot and people were throwing their used cups and sponges into the middle of the road so some areas were pretty slippery. We went up and down Diamond Head twice, first time fantastic, second time rough. There was a guy racing in a Yoda costume complete with rubber mask, one guy in flip flops with the timing chip strapped on. The guy that really got everyone's attention was racing in a Sumo training (diaper?). I saw a naked butt up a head and thought I was imaging things. The very last person crossed the finish line at 15hrs. Huge kudos to that guy.
We passed a load of runners and a lot of people who didn't look like they trained for this at all. I now know why they say don't aim for your best time at this race.
When the race was over it was like an obstacle course to find your finishing t-shirt. Your body is completely exhausted and now you have to navigate around a park trying not to trip on roots because you can't pick up your feet.
We had to take public transit back to the condo which wasn't too bad and then TP and I hit the living room floor and stayed their for 2 hours. I got a few more blisters and thought I had sprained my big toe, she had a swollen ankle and all of the muscles in our bodies ached. We pried off running shoes and ate real food (it will be awhile before I can look at a gel again). We both vowed never again.
The next day at Starbucks which we walked very slowly too and cursed any unlevel sidewalks and stairs (there were lots). Her Mom almost spit out her coffee when TP and I looked at each other and said ...next time. Mom was wicked race support lugging cheese and crackers, chocolate milk and gatorade to the finish line and finding both us in sorry shape. She just rocks.
For the next 5 days we couldn't go far, I'm not kidding it didn't take much to make you hurt again. On the Tuesday we went for massages at the Aveda spa and of course they said they couldn't do deep tissue massage because our bodies were simply not ready. We knew this of course but even a gentle massage helped. It takes 21 days to recover from a Marathon so we're both taking it easy.
We did attend a WW meeting at the YWCA in Honolulu. They have a great leader! We picked up some bars that we don't have or didn't have when we left and we got the new booklets about the tweaked program. I'm still going to try to get a set from my meeting on Saturday to see if US and Canada differ. Oh yeah the weigh in results were very interesting. I was up 6.8 and TP was up 10. We know we were retaining water and of course weighed in at the end of the day. So know the mission is to be back on track.
Suprisingly when we got home we both felt better, probably because neither one of us did much on the Saturday...got home at 2am.
Spent the last two days not doing too much, trying to fend off a flu that TP came down with in the last 3 days of Honolulu. We watched a lot of season 2 of Top Chef :) I have been back on points for the past two days.
This weekend off to visit Dad for Christmas, which will be interesting he was completely opposed to Hawaii and we've had a bit of a rough patch lately. This will be the first time I've laid eyes on him in over 2 months.
Back to work tomorrow of course.
I haven't read anyone's blogs yet but I'm looking forward to catching up.
Sonya- Did you have the baby?
Hugs to all!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
One Sleep!!!!!
Holy Crap! At this time tomorrow I'll be at the airport waiting to board my plane...craziness so much to do before hand. I'm now second guessing myself of do I really need to bring that and that and that?
Well hard core packing will be tonight. I'm hoping I can pre call a cab for the morning. Apparently we have a cab shortage thanks to a short employee market and Christmas party season. I don't think it will be a problem at 6:30am, coming home on the 16th just after midnight might be.
Called the condo people yesterday and apparently I call them when I get to the airport and they'll meet we there with the key. My training partner is already in Hawaii so she'll have to do the same thing. I'm really hoping there's two keys and that I don't have to wait for her when I get there. If there's only one key this will not be fun. I'm kind of hoping to be there first. Just because I'm a worst case scenario thinker, I checked into hotels, not one room is available until the Monday. Oy vey, I'm hoping not to be homeless in Hawaii.
I'm going to try these no jet lag things that my dear friend Glitterati recommended, it's got great testimonials and will hopefully keep my energy level up. I'm so used to just getting off the plane and going to the hotel not this coordinating business.
Weighed in this morning at 7:15am, yes I was up at 5am. Was up 0.2 but I'm not worried about it. I'm going to Hawaii tomorrow after all. I will be at my meeting on the day I get back because I don't want to miss a beat. Toronto in June!
If anyone is up around 8am MST time on Sunday - send me speedy thoughts!
Well hard core packing will be tonight. I'm hoping I can pre call a cab for the morning. Apparently we have a cab shortage thanks to a short employee market and Christmas party season. I don't think it will be a problem at 6:30am, coming home on the 16th just after midnight might be.
Called the condo people yesterday and apparently I call them when I get to the airport and they'll meet we there with the key. My training partner is already in Hawaii so she'll have to do the same thing. I'm really hoping there's two keys and that I don't have to wait for her when I get there. If there's only one key this will not be fun. I'm kind of hoping to be there first. Just because I'm a worst case scenario thinker, I checked into hotels, not one room is available until the Monday. Oy vey, I'm hoping not to be homeless in Hawaii.
I'm going to try these no jet lag things that my dear friend Glitterati recommended, it's got great testimonials and will hopefully keep my energy level up. I'm so used to just getting off the plane and going to the hotel not this coordinating business.
Weighed in this morning at 7:15am, yes I was up at 5am. Was up 0.2 but I'm not worried about it. I'm going to Hawaii tomorrow after all. I will be at my meeting on the day I get back because I don't want to miss a beat. Toronto in June!
If anyone is up around 8am MST time on Sunday - send me speedy thoughts!
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
2 Sleeps
1. Yourself: Myself
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend (spouse): Nada
3. Your hair: Undecided
4. Your mother: Deceased
5. Your father: Stubborn
6. Your Favorite Item: MP3
7. Your dream last night: Hawaii
8. Your Favorite drink: Bailey's
9. Your Dream Car: BMW
10. The room you are in: Office
11. Your Ex: Moron
12. Your fear: Poverty
13. What you want to be in 10 years? Me
14. Who you hung out with last night? Me
15. What You're Not? Patient
16. Muffins: Lemon_Poppyseed?
17. One of Your Wish List Items: Car
18. Time: Early
19. The Last Thing You Did: Typed
20. What You Are Wearing: Clothes
21. Your Favorite Weather: Fall
22. Your Favorite Book: Many
23. The Last Thing You Ate: Waffles
24. Your Life: Busy
25. Your Mood: Hopeful
26. Your best friend: Plural
27. What are you thinking about right now? Packing
28. Your car: Nada
29. What are you doing at the moment? Typing
30. Your summer: Short
31. Your relationship status: Single
32. What is on your TV? Off
33. What is the weather like? Chinook!
34. When is the last time you laughed? Today
Thanks to Sonya for that list, quite fun to do.
Not much to report today, weigh in is tomorrow.
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend (spouse): Nada
3. Your hair: Undecided
4. Your mother: Deceased
5. Your father: Stubborn
6. Your Favorite Item: MP3
7. Your dream last night: Hawaii
8. Your Favorite drink: Bailey's
9. Your Dream Car: BMW
10. The room you are in: Office
11. Your Ex: Moron
12. Your fear: Poverty
13. What you want to be in 10 years? Me
14. Who you hung out with last night? Me
15. What You're Not? Patient
16. Muffins: Lemon_Poppyseed?
17. One of Your Wish List Items: Car
18. Time: Early
19. The Last Thing You Did: Typed
20. What You Are Wearing: Clothes
21. Your Favorite Weather: Fall
22. Your Favorite Book: Many
23. The Last Thing You Ate: Waffles
24. Your Life: Busy
25. Your Mood: Hopeful
26. Your best friend: Plural
27. What are you thinking about right now? Packing
28. Your car: Nada
29. What are you doing at the moment? Typing
30. Your summer: Short
31. Your relationship status: Single
32. What is on your TV? Off
33. What is the weather like? Chinook!
34. When is the last time you laughed? Today
Thanks to Sonya for that list, quite fun to do.
Not much to report today, weigh in is tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
3 Sleeps
Thanks so much to Glitterati for answering my questions - The garmin is smaller than an Ipod Nano for you to file in your head of phenomenal information.
I actually sat down and made a list of all the things I need to get done before I leave, time will fly I know it. Started using the hint of tanner lotions yesterday so hopefully I won't the colour of snow when I get there. Looked for yoga/track pants last night and nothing really worked. I'm either flying in a sort of faded pair I have now, fleece pants or I can hit a Sport Chek before I leave. I'm probably going to check sport chek.
Going out to a client lunch today at a fairly shwanky restaurant. I might go for the buffet because then I can control what's on the plate. I have 14pts for the remainder of the day so I know I can make that work. I'll definitly be careful, stepped on the scale this am and it said 170.5, which would be a pound less at WI, so I'm not rocking the boat.
I'll have to wait until I come back to find out about the new plan. I'm intrigued as to how WW will change it.
I actually sat down and made a list of all the things I need to get done before I leave, time will fly I know it. Started using the hint of tanner lotions yesterday so hopefully I won't the colour of snow when I get there. Looked for yoga/track pants last night and nothing really worked. I'm either flying in a sort of faded pair I have now, fleece pants or I can hit a Sport Chek before I leave. I'm probably going to check sport chek.
Going out to a client lunch today at a fairly shwanky restaurant. I might go for the buffet because then I can control what's on the plate. I have 14pts for the remainder of the day so I know I can make that work. I'll definitly be careful, stepped on the scale this am and it said 170.5, which would be a pound less at WI, so I'm not rocking the boat.
I'll have to wait until I come back to find out about the new plan. I'm intrigued as to how WW will change it.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Questions
Has anyone flown internationaly lately or Canada-USA or reverse?
I want to be clear on all this new hullabaloo that you have to go through. So I get the liquids under 100ml only in carry on and they must be in a resealable plastic bag no bigger than 1L. Should I put my prescription in the same bag (I'm only taking BC pills and my name and all the doctor info is on the package)? Since they'll probably want to know that.
I'm also thinking of putting all my electronics (MP3, camera, garmin, cell phone) in one bag in my carry on so it's easy to pull out and put in the tray. I want to make everything easily searchable so I can speed the process along. I'm taking my backpack as carry on and I can zip that thing open all the way along the front so I'll be their dream traveller. I was going to wear jeans on the plane, now I'm thinking track pants or yoga pants.
Do you lock your suitcase or not? Normally I lock but with all the searching going on maybe I should leave it unlocked and pray to the divinities of transport that no one takes anything. The last time I flew through the U.S I had to wait for my bag to screen because it was locked, it it wasn't locked you could just walk away. Now I think they just cut the lock off.
I'm trying to be as organized as humanly possible - 4 sleeps until I'm on a plane...eek! Yeah so I'm obsessing about it but that's my thing I need to be prepared. It's already freaking me out that I'm staying in a Condo that I had nothing to do with. I get to call a couple of days ahead and find out how to get in. I have no idea when my friend and her mom will be there. I'm definitely thinking of this as a solo trip with roommates.
So far I have 76 songs on the mp3 and I'm listening to it on my travels to and from work so I can weed out the not so get up and go songs and perfect my list. I'll be adding more so I only have to listen to the loop twice then I'll know I'm half way done.
I'm so happy I finally figured out the plug n'play problem. I downloaded all the info off my garmin too and it's pretty neat.
Didn't really go for a walk yesterday (got a paper) I was just zipping around the house doing chores. It's supposed to be pretty warm on Thursday and I'm taking the afternoon off so I'll think I'll do an easy 10k and test the hydration pack plus it will be daylight. Tonight I think step aerobics (it's walking ish).
Food wise the goal is 24pts today so far:
2 Eggo Fibre Waffles - 3
Becel Spray-0
Light Aunt J Syrop - 1
Milk-2
2xCoffee-4
Source yogurt-1
Burger and Fries at Pub - 13
Which would take me down to nothing, so a workout is definitely in order tonight. I should eat pasta for dinner because one is supposed to carb load for a week ahead not just the day ahead. By carb load I don't mean gobs of pasta just pay attention to the ratios.
I want to be clear on all this new hullabaloo that you have to go through. So I get the liquids under 100ml only in carry on and they must be in a resealable plastic bag no bigger than 1L. Should I put my prescription in the same bag (I'm only taking BC pills and my name and all the doctor info is on the package)? Since they'll probably want to know that.
I'm also thinking of putting all my electronics (MP3, camera, garmin, cell phone) in one bag in my carry on so it's easy to pull out and put in the tray. I want to make everything easily searchable so I can speed the process along. I'm taking my backpack as carry on and I can zip that thing open all the way along the front so I'll be their dream traveller. I was going to wear jeans on the plane, now I'm thinking track pants or yoga pants.
Do you lock your suitcase or not? Normally I lock but with all the searching going on maybe I should leave it unlocked and pray to the divinities of transport that no one takes anything. The last time I flew through the U.S I had to wait for my bag to screen because it was locked, it it wasn't locked you could just walk away. Now I think they just cut the lock off.
I'm trying to be as organized as humanly possible - 4 sleeps until I'm on a plane...eek! Yeah so I'm obsessing about it but that's my thing I need to be prepared. It's already freaking me out that I'm staying in a Condo that I had nothing to do with. I get to call a couple of days ahead and find out how to get in. I have no idea when my friend and her mom will be there. I'm definitely thinking of this as a solo trip with roommates.
So far I have 76 songs on the mp3 and I'm listening to it on my travels to and from work so I can weed out the not so get up and go songs and perfect my list. I'll be adding more so I only have to listen to the loop twice then I'll know I'm half way done.
I'm so happy I finally figured out the plug n'play problem. I downloaded all the info off my garmin too and it's pretty neat.
Didn't really go for a walk yesterday (got a paper) I was just zipping around the house doing chores. It's supposed to be pretty warm on Thursday and I'm taking the afternoon off so I'll think I'll do an easy 10k and test the hydration pack plus it will be daylight. Tonight I think step aerobics (it's walking ish).
Food wise the goal is 24pts today so far:
2 Eggo Fibre Waffles - 3
Becel Spray-0
Light Aunt J Syrop - 1
Milk-2
2xCoffee-4
Source yogurt-1
Burger and Fries at Pub - 13
Which would take me down to nothing, so a workout is definitely in order tonight. I should eat pasta for dinner because one is supposed to carb load for a week ahead not just the day ahead. By carb load I don't mean gobs of pasta just pay attention to the ratios.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Finally!
I finally figured out what was wrong with my computer and it not being able to read my new mp3 player. Plug n' play wasn't enabled...oy vey for months I've been trying to upload photos using the dock, the camera, a scan thingy and tada I got it done today. Plus I loaded a whack of songs on to my Sansung Mp. (that's red and has a Canadian flag on it). I only have it half loaded simply because I need to rip more songs. Well I have a few days to think of more tunes.
Let me ask all of you...I need fast paced, go go go songs for my marathon...any suggestions?
I stayed exactly the same at weigh in, which in itself is a bit of a miracle. This week I have to weigh in either bright and early (7:30am) or late in the day (6:30pm) on Thursday. I'm going to get up earlier and go to the early one. I'm leaving work at 1pm that day so I can pack and get sorted for leaving the next day.
Training partner left today and is probably about half way there by now. I'm really hoping it doesn't rain during the race. I raced in rain for my half marathon and it's not fun. This time it's double the distance so I really don't want to be a drowned rat by the end with water gushing out of the shoelace holes on your runners.
Yesterday was treat day food wise, today is 22pts and so far so good. Yesterday I walked everywhere to run errands so that was good exercise.
Just a quick post today, must do laundry and I should go for a walk today since the weather isn't so bad.
Later!
Let me ask all of you...I need fast paced, go go go songs for my marathon...any suggestions?
I stayed exactly the same at weigh in, which in itself is a bit of a miracle. This week I have to weigh in either bright and early (7:30am) or late in the day (6:30pm) on Thursday. I'm going to get up earlier and go to the early one. I'm leaving work at 1pm that day so I can pack and get sorted for leaving the next day.
Training partner left today and is probably about half way there by now. I'm really hoping it doesn't rain during the race. I raced in rain for my half marathon and it's not fun. This time it's double the distance so I really don't want to be a drowned rat by the end with water gushing out of the shoelace holes on your runners.
Yesterday was treat day food wise, today is 22pts and so far so good. Yesterday I walked everywhere to run errands so that was good exercise.
Just a quick post today, must do laundry and I should go for a walk today since the weather isn't so bad.
Later!
Friday, December 01, 2006
New week in 24 hours
My training partner is off to Hawaii on Sunday and I must admit I'm a bit jealous. I know that I'll now be there in not time whatsoever but there's something magical about leaving snow covered terrain for ocean and palm trees.
Supper was interesting yesterday, I didn't feel like cooking so I cut up a tomatoe, a bit of red onion, a bit of cheddar cheese and topped it with balsamic vinegar. It was alright, a bit odd but alright. I also whipped the cream for the cheesecake and topped it with crushed candy canes and grated white chocolate. Everyone loved it.
The supper thing got me thinking how there's no cookbooks geared at single people. Everything either serves 2 or more. The kraft canada website has a neat feature of one week menus and you can print off a shopping list. Most of the recipes aren't too ww friendly but all of them serve 4. But imagine if it were WW friendly and you could choose how many servings. I should copyright this idea.
I'm happy it's Friday and a new week is about to start. I need a clean start.
I'm also going to start getting organized for Hawaii, start packing what I don't need now so the day before I leave won't be chaotic. Tomorrow I'm grabbing the bulk of what I need (fuel gels and such) so the running around is limited. Not
The Food:
Breakfast
2 Eggo Fibre Waffles - 3
Becel Spray - 0
Wee bit of light syrup- 1
Milk-2
Coffee-2
Lunch
Sukiyaki Beef (with rice and sprouts)-7
Snack
Small piece of my fabulous cheesecake - 5
Supper
Subtotal:20/22
Yeah, well supper will probably be soup and I'll bediligently trying to distract myself from eating anything else while drinking lots of water.
Water: 1/3L
Exercise: Trying on all my summer clothes to see what fits, including the bathing suit...eek!
A.M Scale: 172
Supper was interesting yesterday, I didn't feel like cooking so I cut up a tomatoe, a bit of red onion, a bit of cheddar cheese and topped it with balsamic vinegar. It was alright, a bit odd but alright. I also whipped the cream for the cheesecake and topped it with crushed candy canes and grated white chocolate. Everyone loved it.
The supper thing got me thinking how there's no cookbooks geared at single people. Everything either serves 2 or more. The kraft canada website has a neat feature of one week menus and you can print off a shopping list. Most of the recipes aren't too ww friendly but all of them serve 4. But imagine if it were WW friendly and you could choose how many servings. I should copyright this idea.
I'm happy it's Friday and a new week is about to start. I need a clean start.
I'm also going to start getting organized for Hawaii, start packing what I don't need now so the day before I leave won't be chaotic. Tomorrow I'm grabbing the bulk of what I need (fuel gels and such) so the running around is limited. Not
The Food:
Breakfast
2 Eggo Fibre Waffles - 3
Becel Spray - 0
Wee bit of light syrup- 1
Milk-2
Coffee-2
Lunch
Sukiyaki Beef (with rice and sprouts)-7
Snack
Small piece of my fabulous cheesecake - 5
Supper
Subtotal:20/22
Yeah, well supper will probably be soup and I'll bediligently trying to distract myself from eating anything else while drinking lots of water.
Water: 1/3L
Exercise: Trying on all my summer clothes to see what fits, including the bathing suit...eek!
A.M Scale: 172
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Day one not so good - Day two not so great either
Alas I failed to stay within in 22pts yesterday. As I said in my post script I think it has do to with a lack of protein and lack of time management.
I got a ride to the mall after work yesterday and it took longer than if I had taken the bus. My stomach started to grumble at 4pm, got to the mall just before 6. Went to Walmart and it was insane. 3 Cashiers open and an average of 8 carts in each line. I thought forget it and went to Safeway instead. Picked up what I needed for the cheesecake, plus hummous and pita so I could have a fast supper. Turkey bites were on sale which made me happy. Next bus came at just before 7pm so I stopped at Starbucks for a peppermint mocha, got it with skim but said yes to whip cream.
Turns out the 6:30 bus was running late, came at 6:45 and saved me from waiting for an extra 15min.
Got home ate the pita and hummous then made the cheescake and to stop me from eating batter I had the after eights. It's a White Chocoalate Peppermint cheesecake.
It could have been worse I suppose, but I am a bit disappointed in myself.
I'm shaking it off and focusing on a new day. l
The Food:
5:45 am
Oatmeal - 2
Brown Sugar- 1
Milk-2
Coffee-2
10:00 am
Yogurt - 2
Lunch
Perogies (weird perogies made with a samosa type dough) - 5(?)
Farmer's sausage -4(?)
Fried onion-2(?)
Sour Cream-3
Supper
Tomaote - 0
2 Turkey Bites- 2
Cheddar Cheese - 2
Red onion- 0
Pudding-2
So far : 29/22
Apparently I'm seriously into carb loading. I couldn't resist...I love perogies. This week is going to H, E , Double hockey sticks in a hand basket. Right now I can have tomatoes for supper or do as I intend and do the workout and have 2pt soup for supper. That's if I guessed the points right, it could be higher.
I will not let this day fall apart
Water: 2/3L
Need to stay focused on this. On my way to fill my 1l water bottle up again.
Exercise: DVD-Biggest Loser
A.M Scale: 173 (EEK!)
I will do well today!!!!
I got a ride to the mall after work yesterday and it took longer than if I had taken the bus. My stomach started to grumble at 4pm, got to the mall just before 6. Went to Walmart and it was insane. 3 Cashiers open and an average of 8 carts in each line. I thought forget it and went to Safeway instead. Picked up what I needed for the cheesecake, plus hummous and pita so I could have a fast supper. Turkey bites were on sale which made me happy. Next bus came at just before 7pm so I stopped at Starbucks for a peppermint mocha, got it with skim but said yes to whip cream.
Turns out the 6:30 bus was running late, came at 6:45 and saved me from waiting for an extra 15min.
Got home ate the pita and hummous then made the cheescake and to stop me from eating batter I had the after eights. It's a White Chocoalate Peppermint cheesecake.
It could have been worse I suppose, but I am a bit disappointed in myself.
I'm shaking it off and focusing on a new day. l
The Food:
5:45 am
Oatmeal - 2
Brown Sugar- 1
Milk-2
Coffee-2
10:00 am
Yogurt - 2
Lunch
Perogies (weird perogies made with a samosa type dough) - 5(?)
Farmer's sausage -4(?)
Fried onion-2(?)
Sour Cream-3
Supper
Tomaote - 0
2 Turkey Bites- 2
Cheddar Cheese - 2
Red onion- 0
Pudding-2
So far : 29/22
Apparently I'm seriously into carb loading. I couldn't resist...I love perogies. This week is going to H, E , Double hockey sticks in a hand basket. Right now I can have tomatoes for supper or do as I intend and do the workout and have 2pt soup for supper. That's if I guessed the points right, it could be higher.
I will not let this day fall apart
Water: 2/3L
Need to stay focused on this. On my way to fill my 1l water bottle up again.
Exercise: DVD-Biggest Loser
A.M Scale: 173 (EEK!)
I will do well today!!!!
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Why wait
First weather news- Warming up today to a high of -15, that's a 25 degree difference from this morning...craziness.
I was thinking about what I wrote yesterday about how I wanted to start being accountable after my marathon and then I thought...why wait.
Points wise has been a disaster this week so far including yesterday. My goal for the remainder of this week is to stick to 22pts per day. Saturday will be a new week.
I also came to the realization of how many workout dvds I own this weekend. As I was setting up my Christmas stuff I put them all together. Wowsers - I should technically be ripped if I actually did all these things.
So enough is enough. My goal is to be at goal no later than my Birthday (June 3). That gives me 6 months to lose the 30lbs for WW and maybe an extra 10lb for my own personal goal. I'm really not basing that on any thing other than a BMI chart. I'll get to the 30lbs and then see.
So after Honolulu I'll add a tracker for June 3rd. My reward will be a trip to Toronto do some shopping.
So here we go: I'm tracking the food, the water, the exercise and because I'm a daily weigher, my morning weigh in.
The Food:
5:30am
2 Eggo Fibre Waffles - 3
Becel spray-0
Light sour cherry jam 1tbsp - 1
1% Milk - 2
Coffee-2
Jeuness Yogurt-2
10:30am
Apple - 1
12:00pm
Lentil Soup - 3
Jeunesse Yogurt- 2
Bag of pretzels-2 (Got point from Dottie's will double check when I get home)
3:00pm
Fruit Salad -1
6:30pm
Tall Mocha with Whip - 6
7:15pm
2 whole wheat pitas - 4
Hummous - 3
After Eights- 2
Results 32/22
Water: 1.5/3L
Exercise: NADA
A.M Scale: 172
I will come back during the day to update this list so that I can have a record of what I've accomplished.
Onwards and downwards :)
P.S What went wrong: One-serious lack of protein yesterday, I was hungry again by 4pm and then hit the mall to buy ingredients for a cheescake. Had to make the cheesecake that took until 8pm and then watched America's Next Top Model.
Major Achievement- While watching Biggest Loser I almost grabbed a pudding snack and then asked myself why I needed it and then put it back.
I was thinking about what I wrote yesterday about how I wanted to start being accountable after my marathon and then I thought...why wait.
Points wise has been a disaster this week so far including yesterday. My goal for the remainder of this week is to stick to 22pts per day. Saturday will be a new week.
I also came to the realization of how many workout dvds I own this weekend. As I was setting up my Christmas stuff I put them all together. Wowsers - I should technically be ripped if I actually did all these things.
So enough is enough. My goal is to be at goal no later than my Birthday (June 3). That gives me 6 months to lose the 30lbs for WW and maybe an extra 10lb for my own personal goal. I'm really not basing that on any thing other than a BMI chart. I'll get to the 30lbs and then see.
So after Honolulu I'll add a tracker for June 3rd. My reward will be a trip to Toronto do some shopping.
So here we go: I'm tracking the food, the water, the exercise and because I'm a daily weigher, my morning weigh in.
The Food:
5:30am
2 Eggo Fibre Waffles - 3
Becel spray-0
Light sour cherry jam 1tbsp - 1
1% Milk - 2
Coffee-2
Jeuness Yogurt-2
10:30am
Apple - 1
12:00pm
Lentil Soup - 3
Jeunesse Yogurt- 2
Bag of pretzels-2 (Got point from Dottie's will double check when I get home)
3:00pm
Fruit Salad -1
6:30pm
Tall Mocha with Whip - 6
7:15pm
2 whole wheat pitas - 4
Hummous - 3
After Eights- 2
Results 32/22
Water: 1.5/3L
Exercise: NADA
A.M Scale: 172
I will come back during the day to update this list so that I can have a record of what I've accomplished.
Onwards and downwards :)
P.S What went wrong: One-serious lack of protein yesterday, I was hungry again by 4pm and then hit the mall to buy ingredients for a cheescake. Had to make the cheesecake that took until 8pm and then watched America's Next Top Model.
Major Achievement- While watching Biggest Loser I almost grabbed a pudding snack and then asked myself why I needed it and then put it back.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Chill continues
Apparently it gets warmer after today so that's good news.
Last night it took me an hour and 45 minutes to get home, normally 40min tops. Buses were just not showing up, traffic was bumper to bumper. Amazingly enough I was relatively calm about it but when I got home I was an eating machine.
I don't know if it was because I hadn't eaten anything since noon or if it was the extended amount of time in the freezing temperature but it was ridiculous. It was continuous snacking. Of course by the time I got home I was tired and hungry so no workout happened. Though I did get a semi decent (30min) walk in via the indoor pedestrian walk ways during the day.
Today I'm going to space out my food a bit and make sure I get an afternoon snack in case it's the same adventure getting home tonight.
This weekend I need to get semi sorted for Hawaii, I don't want to leave everything to last minute so that means picking up fuel gels and anything else I can think of.
I also need to focus on water, I haven't been getting enough lately.
I have a confession to make - I'm addicted to tracking things. I adore spreadsheets and data. Because of this I have a notebook dedicated to tracking my WW details like total pounds, total pounds lost, weekly points, weekly activity points. I was adding new dates to this tracking sheet where I realized that's I've lost about 2lbs in the last 4 months. I'm not discouraged by this but it does make me realize that I'm probably not following the program to the best of my ability.
I am a slow loser but this is ridiculous. I get absorbed by the weekly plus and minuses that I don't look at the bigger picture. I'm proud of my accomplishments so far but I want to get to goal.
When I get back from my marathon I'm going change the focus of my blog a bit and highlight the goals of the program. Be accountable for my water, my fruits & veggies, my milk intake and my activity. Take my tracking obsession on to the blog to find out what works and doesn't work so I can finally get to goal.
Last night it took me an hour and 45 minutes to get home, normally 40min tops. Buses were just not showing up, traffic was bumper to bumper. Amazingly enough I was relatively calm about it but when I got home I was an eating machine.
I don't know if it was because I hadn't eaten anything since noon or if it was the extended amount of time in the freezing temperature but it was ridiculous. It was continuous snacking. Of course by the time I got home I was tired and hungry so no workout happened. Though I did get a semi decent (30min) walk in via the indoor pedestrian walk ways during the day.
Today I'm going to space out my food a bit and make sure I get an afternoon snack in case it's the same adventure getting home tonight.
This weekend I need to get semi sorted for Hawaii, I don't want to leave everything to last minute so that means picking up fuel gels and anything else I can think of.
I also need to focus on water, I haven't been getting enough lately.
I have a confession to make - I'm addicted to tracking things. I adore spreadsheets and data. Because of this I have a notebook dedicated to tracking my WW details like total pounds, total pounds lost, weekly points, weekly activity points. I was adding new dates to this tracking sheet where I realized that's I've lost about 2lbs in the last 4 months. I'm not discouraged by this but it does make me realize that I'm probably not following the program to the best of my ability.
I am a slow loser but this is ridiculous. I get absorbed by the weekly plus and minuses that I don't look at the bigger picture. I'm proud of my accomplishments so far but I want to get to goal.
When I get back from my marathon I'm going change the focus of my blog a bit and highlight the goals of the program. Be accountable for my water, my fruits & veggies, my milk intake and my activity. Take my tracking obsession on to the blog to find out what works and doesn't work so I can finally get to goal.
Monday, November 27, 2006
-40 with windchill
I love my city, really I do. I love how we can have +35 in the summer and -35 in the winter. It makes us a strong people and the owners of mutliple jackets and layers.
I wore a light pair of long johns under my dress pants and I could still feel the wind. If it's like this tomorrow I'm wearing the thermal tights.
I walked to weight watchers in -37 on Saturday and I swore I should have lost 2lbs by the time I got there. I had layers on and I was trucking fast. In the end I was up 0.2, which is a victory since I should have been up around 2lbs.
Activity continues to be a challenge due to the weather conditions, can't go outside. Not crazy about going to the gym in this weather either. Buses are typically unreliable and I don't want to be stuck downtown in -40. So I'll head directly home and I will plunk in a dvd!
This means that marathon training has been seriously off kilter for the last week so I need to do something this week. I'm tapering know any way but tapering does not mean doing nada. So I can use dvds for 30min-50min trainings. I couldn't really simulate the 16km this Sunday so I put up my tree and went up and down stairs multiple times by carrying only one thing at a time and doing laundry so that was at least 8 trips, still doesn't equal 16k but better than nothing.
Points wise - tough weekend just due to boredom. There was nothing on tv and too cold to go to the video store. I tried to keep busy but I could have controlled the snacking.
I can't believe I'll be in Honolulu soon, time is going so fast. My training partner heads over in less than a week. I started my pack list yesterday. I also need to find someway to test my hydration pack, it's supposed to get warmer over the next few days but if it doesn't I might just wear it around the house.
I'm still need to ask my neighbour if they'll shovel my sidewalk while I'm away.
My home computer is being stupid, it refuses to recognize anything I plug into a usb port so camera dock, scan disk and Sansung Mp3 player are doing nada. It still recognizes my rio MP3 so it looks like that one will be going to the marathon if I can't get the other to work. Less play time on it but I can always have an extra AAA battery on me.
Well that's my news for today - Hope everyone has a fantastic day!!!
If you're in Alberta - Bundle up!
I wore a light pair of long johns under my dress pants and I could still feel the wind. If it's like this tomorrow I'm wearing the thermal tights.
I walked to weight watchers in -37 on Saturday and I swore I should have lost 2lbs by the time I got there. I had layers on and I was trucking fast. In the end I was up 0.2, which is a victory since I should have been up around 2lbs.
Activity continues to be a challenge due to the weather conditions, can't go outside. Not crazy about going to the gym in this weather either. Buses are typically unreliable and I don't want to be stuck downtown in -40. So I'll head directly home and I will plunk in a dvd!
This means that marathon training has been seriously off kilter for the last week so I need to do something this week. I'm tapering know any way but tapering does not mean doing nada. So I can use dvds for 30min-50min trainings. I couldn't really simulate the 16km this Sunday so I put up my tree and went up and down stairs multiple times by carrying only one thing at a time and doing laundry so that was at least 8 trips, still doesn't equal 16k but better than nothing.
Points wise - tough weekend just due to boredom. There was nothing on tv and too cold to go to the video store. I tried to keep busy but I could have controlled the snacking.
I can't believe I'll be in Honolulu soon, time is going so fast. My training partner heads over in less than a week. I started my pack list yesterday. I also need to find someway to test my hydration pack, it's supposed to get warmer over the next few days but if it doesn't I might just wear it around the house.
I'm still need to ask my neighbour if they'll shovel my sidewalk while I'm away.
My home computer is being stupid, it refuses to recognize anything I plug into a usb port so camera dock, scan disk and Sansung Mp3 player are doing nada. It still recognizes my rio MP3 so it looks like that one will be going to the marathon if I can't get the other to work. Less play time on it but I can always have an extra AAA battery on me.
Well that's my news for today - Hope everyone has a fantastic day!!!
If you're in Alberta - Bundle up!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Snow!
And loads of it. It's nice fluffy snow that wasn't a total pain to shovel very early this morning. However it's causing massive problems on the roads, as it usually does.
My MEC stuff is finally in (of course on one of the coldest days so far). I might head over at lunch to pick it up or a little after. Not sure when I'll have an opportunity to try the hydration pack outside, it definitely won't be in -20 windchill.
Food wise was slightly better last night and the weird part is I'm now down 2lbs from what I weighed at the beginning of this week, but exercise continues to be non existent.
My big plan to go the gym on Saturday is quickly dimishing. Expected day time high -23 and buses not going peak. I'll be walking to WI anyway and then probably take a cab home with groceries. I think I might do a massive cleaning of my house including shampooing the carpets. So that will involve moving furniture and probably take the same amount of time as walking 16k.
I only shovelled my walk this morning but last night I also did my neighbours and tonight when I get home I might shovel for some other neighbours. It's good activity and strength training.
A bit disapointed that Biggest Loser wasn't on last night. It's interesting that one of the twins went home on ANTM.
Hope everyone has a great day!
My MEC stuff is finally in (of course on one of the coldest days so far). I might head over at lunch to pick it up or a little after. Not sure when I'll have an opportunity to try the hydration pack outside, it definitely won't be in -20 windchill.
Food wise was slightly better last night and the weird part is I'm now down 2lbs from what I weighed at the beginning of this week, but exercise continues to be non existent.
My big plan to go the gym on Saturday is quickly dimishing. Expected day time high -23 and buses not going peak. I'll be walking to WI anyway and then probably take a cab home with groceries. I think I might do a massive cleaning of my house including shampooing the carpets. So that will involve moving furniture and probably take the same amount of time as walking 16k.
I only shovelled my walk this morning but last night I also did my neighbours and tonight when I get home I might shovel for some other neighbours. It's good activity and strength training.
A bit disapointed that Biggest Loser wasn't on last night. It's interesting that one of the twins went home on ANTM.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Musings
Very random thoughts today...prepare yourselves :)
Fish shopping went well, my co-worker now has 3 new members of a family for the fish bowl. Some small orange fish, another fish that I think has tiger in it's name and a snail. The snail cleans the algae and apparently can escape from the bowl...don't know how I feel about that part. The tiger fish continues to hide under pebbles, the occasional swish of a tail makes it appear he's still with us.
Dropped by the gym today to pick up an access card so I can make an appearance on Saturday. I haven't been there in months due to marathon training and being outside for the most part. Well the -20 windchill forecasted for today encouraged me to re-familiarize myself with their location. Also got a letter in the mail saying if I sign up for another two years it's $49/mth which makes that one heck of a deal for the downtown core. They're not a fancy gym, no pool...but they have the basics and it's a more corporate environment so no hard body gung ho type people. I'm supposed to do 16k on Sunday but with an estimated daily high of -22 (that's without wind chill) it's not happening outside. So I thought I'd hit the treadmill on Saturday at the gym and continue my training days there until or if the weather gets better. That means loading up some serious tunes on the MP3 because that's a long time on the treadmill. Put the tv on the food network and go!
Saw a bit of clip from the music awards last night. It was of Britney Spears, so she's at the podium and smacking gum...that totally bugged me. You're on camera being seen by millions upon millions of people and you're chewing gum...oy vey.
Gilmour Girls was alright, I have a feeling it will just be alright until the series ends.
Looking forward to ANTM and Biggest Loser tonight.
The scale showed a pound less today...bizarre since exercise continues to be a struggle and eating was alright. We shall see. I'm hoping to burn off energy going to weigh in on Saturday dressed like the abominable snowman :)
Fish shopping went well, my co-worker now has 3 new members of a family for the fish bowl. Some small orange fish, another fish that I think has tiger in it's name and a snail. The snail cleans the algae and apparently can escape from the bowl...don't know how I feel about that part. The tiger fish continues to hide under pebbles, the occasional swish of a tail makes it appear he's still with us.
Dropped by the gym today to pick up an access card so I can make an appearance on Saturday. I haven't been there in months due to marathon training and being outside for the most part. Well the -20 windchill forecasted for today encouraged me to re-familiarize myself with their location. Also got a letter in the mail saying if I sign up for another two years it's $49/mth which makes that one heck of a deal for the downtown core. They're not a fancy gym, no pool...but they have the basics and it's a more corporate environment so no hard body gung ho type people. I'm supposed to do 16k on Sunday but with an estimated daily high of -22 (that's without wind chill) it's not happening outside. So I thought I'd hit the treadmill on Saturday at the gym and continue my training days there until or if the weather gets better. That means loading up some serious tunes on the MP3 because that's a long time on the treadmill. Put the tv on the food network and go!
Saw a bit of clip from the music awards last night. It was of Britney Spears, so she's at the podium and smacking gum...that totally bugged me. You're on camera being seen by millions upon millions of people and you're chewing gum...oy vey.
Gilmour Girls was alright, I have a feeling it will just be alright until the series ends.
Looking forward to ANTM and Biggest Loser tonight.
The scale showed a pound less today...bizarre since exercise continues to be a struggle and eating was alright. We shall see. I'm hoping to burn off energy going to weigh in on Saturday dressed like the abominable snowman :)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
High of minus 20
Apparently winter is on it's way with a vengance. Today high of 4 but by Friday a high of -20. Egads, it's not like this is foreign to me but we've had it so easy lately weather wise.
I ordered winter boots from Land's End (They're red) and they arrived yesterday thank goodness.
Got home last night and made the leek soup added loads of fresh leek and asperagus and then I ate it by dipping calabrese bread into it....almost WW friendly. Finished it off with light ice cream. Yup...snack a palooza has arrived.
Stepped on the scale this morning and I'm up 4lbs...I'm definitely retaining water and boy was that motivation to get into gear. Brought snacks with me (apple and grape tomatoes) have the day planned to the point. Must run errands tonight (want to do it before -20). Depending on energy level will squeeze in a workout.
Got roped in to go fish shopping later, my co-worker wants to buy a replacement to sit on her desk. The last one apparently lived for 3 years (a tetra). He met his unfortunate end when she knocked the part of her desk that wasn't attached. Bowl hit the floor and their were 4 of us looking for poor Peewee until we discovered him under my coworkers shoe. Yes, she stepped on him. At least it was quick.
The closest fish store is on the seedy side of downtown so we get to got today at lunch, I could say no but the store is tucked away and she's never been there before so I feel obliged to go with her. Oy what a day!
Looking forward to Gilmour Girls tonight.
I ordered winter boots from Land's End (They're red) and they arrived yesterday thank goodness.
Got home last night and made the leek soup added loads of fresh leek and asperagus and then I ate it by dipping calabrese bread into it....almost WW friendly. Finished it off with light ice cream. Yup...snack a palooza has arrived.
Stepped on the scale this morning and I'm up 4lbs...I'm definitely retaining water and boy was that motivation to get into gear. Brought snacks with me (apple and grape tomatoes) have the day planned to the point. Must run errands tonight (want to do it before -20). Depending on energy level will squeeze in a workout.
Got roped in to go fish shopping later, my co-worker wants to buy a replacement to sit on her desk. The last one apparently lived for 3 years (a tetra). He met his unfortunate end when she knocked the part of her desk that wasn't attached. Bowl hit the floor and their were 4 of us looking for poor Peewee until we discovered him under my coworkers shoe. Yes, she stepped on him. At least it was quick.
The closest fish store is on the seedy side of downtown so we get to got today at lunch, I could say no but the store is tucked away and she's never been there before so I feel obliged to go with her. Oy what a day!
Looking forward to Gilmour Girls tonight.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Get up and go, got up and went
A whole lot of people dragging themselves around today, it's like no one has any energy myself included.
I'm a bit sore from yesterday and realized this morning that this will be the week of snack a palooza if I'm not careful. Good start today grabbed a 1/2 rice cripsy bar and 1/2 puffed wheat square doo hickey and chocolate milk as my afternoon snack...that's not the good part. Good news is it's leek soup for supper so I'll still finish within points.
Should work out when I get home, not sure what to do. I find the walking in the dark alone in the evening kind of freaky, in the morning I don't have a problem.
It might be a dvd of some sort this evening then, cardio pumping Biggest Loser workout I'm thinking. Love those jumping jacks.
I'm a bit sore from yesterday and realized this morning that this will be the week of snack a palooza if I'm not careful. Good start today grabbed a 1/2 rice cripsy bar and 1/2 puffed wheat square doo hickey and chocolate milk as my afternoon snack...that's not the good part. Good news is it's leek soup for supper so I'll still finish within points.
Should work out when I get home, not sure what to do. I find the walking in the dark alone in the evening kind of freaky, in the morning I don't have a problem.
It might be a dvd of some sort this evening then, cardio pumping Biggest Loser workout I'm thinking. Love those jumping jacks.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Not too bad
Up .4 at weigh in, I don't think that's too bad after two weeks of no accountability.
I attemped the 32K today and topped out at 22k, the winds were horrendous and after getting smacked in the face with leaves and watching my pace time diminish as I headed straight into the wind I called it a day. I haven't exactly been keeping up with the training over the last 10 days and I felt it today. 0 to 32k is not terribly wise. I will stick to the training plan like glue up until the race however.
Called training partner and said "What the heck am I doing", she said relax - walking by yourself on the streets of Calgary and walking with 25000 other people all hyped up about the marathon are two different things. Ain't adrenaline grand?
I attemped the 32K today and topped out at 22k, the winds were horrendous and after getting smacked in the face with leaves and watching my pace time diminish as I headed straight into the wind I called it a day. I haven't exactly been keeping up with the training over the last 10 days and I felt it today. 0 to 32k is not terribly wise. I will stick to the training plan like glue up until the race however.
Called training partner and said "What the heck am I doing", she said relax - walking by yourself on the streets of Calgary and walking with 25000 other people all hyped up about the marathon are two different things. Ain't adrenaline grand?
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