Congrats to tiki and the rest!
A big congrats to our top losers, and Tiki23 as number one!!!!!
It's not that I would ever want to be 20 again, and god knows I won't ever look that good again, but i just wish I could go back for a day and feel like I was as thin as I actually was, and enjoy it and be satisfied with my body.
Jumping in on the 20's talk, I am actually smaller now by at least 15 lbs than I was in my 20's. AND, early 20's were depresssion and infertility, so no, I don't wanna go back, NOR do I want my 20 year old body back!
on work cutting into Dis time. AMEN! I don't like it!
Hey BREE! We did it just like we said. We made the Top Ten 2 weeks in a row girl!! Can you believe that!?
to you both!
Make sure you taper/rest before the race. I can't stress this enough. If you are at all competitive it will kick in, no matter what you tell yourself before hand. How do I know this, read my post from Saturday!
If you are feeling at all iffy about the distance on race day, make sure you stick to the time you trained at and try as hard as possible to run negative splits.
What are negative splits????? I had thought about looking into a plan to get ready for a half, should one pop up I want to do!
How hard is it for you to take a rest day from your exercise routine?
Like Connie, thanks to Jen......
I do try to get something in. I need to get back on my arms and abs. Sometimes I'll do souped up housecleaning for 30 minutes on non running days. That's where you act like a tazmanian devil, every time you have to do upstairs, go up, down, up, and vice versa, never stop moving. March in place while folding clothes, twist waist putting clothes away, etc.
Yep, you can totally be ready to run that race. Just be sure you get a training schedule written down and follow it. You can find lots of them online to help you out. You also don't need to actually get all the way to 10 miles before the race. When I ran my first half, the furthest I had gotten was 11 miles and the 13 miles of the race went great. It does work.
Good to know.
Sorry about the gain, hope it comes off by next week! I know you want to be lifetime!! You mentioned doing better when school starts, are you planning on subbing if nothing else comes open?
Just got a call from dh. He is in Maryland
I know you are excited. Wait, does this mean today is your anniversary??? It seems like you mentioned it was the day he came home?
Sorry I can't hang around more... the sun is shining and the kids are swimming, so I'm gonna run...............P
Sounds wonderful!!!!!!! Glad your newcation is going well!!
JenA: Thanks for the hugs. And you are right about the self discovery and discovery about others. And its almost never what we think it will be it seems. I think part of looking for the peace in my life is this weight loss journey.
Totally fell off the wagon again today and I have no excuse as to why it happened! I had a small sub and onion rings at lunch. Came home and I was DYING for a hot fudge sundae so I had one! Then we just had frozen pizza for supper in which I ate half.
Sorry.
your metabolism may be back in overdrive after a few weeks off! Probably ravenous! Your shirt sounds fabulous!
Today, I stopped at Dunkin' Donuts. I never stop there. I ate a bunch of donut holes, a cinnamon bun, and 4+ donuts.
That's hard to put out there.
I found for me, a Hershey's kiss ALWAYS cures the sweet tooth. I get one, let it melt in my mouth, never chewing, and the desire is taken care of after one! Hang in there. And it wasn't the first day of school, just workdays.
Hey everyone! I am absolutely WIPED OUT! Sophie did NOT sleep well last night, cried on and off all night.AND working is for the birds. Rearranged my classroom, moved furniture, put my Mickeys on the door, wrote names on Mickeys to label cubbies and bookbag hanger, made some plans, rearranged my room again, started digging through mess and setting up centers.
I started thinking about a fitness challenge at school. We do them for food drives, box tops, money raised for PTO, etc. I am thinking about giving each child a paper to record minutes exercised outside of school (sports counts). The teacher would get one, too. The homeroom with the most total teachers and student minutes would win.... maybe a dance? obstacle course set up in gym? Want it to be something active. I had thought about allowing it to be the number of minutes a family exercises, but that would be a disadvantage to small families.
Ran 3M this am. It had just finished raining, and was honestly the most humid run of the summer. I could not breathe!!! Dripped sweat for an hour, even with a shower. An older gentleman that walks 5 -10 miles every morning commented on how much faster I was getting, (not true) and asked how much I had lost. I told him 57, and he said "Taryn, you weren't that big to begin with." I just smiled. The truth? I didn't run at the park until I was down probably 20 pounds!
But I felt horrible all day. The water at school is funky, I didn't take enough, so I think I got a bit dehydrated. Got a smart water, 33 oz, at lunch and felt better.
Had some coffee left in the pot from this am. Put it in the magic bullet with ice and a few splashes of skim milk. Not bad, but totally not my coffee shop iced coffee with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and Lord only knows what else!
I am NOT running the 10miler. I found out this am that it is the weekend of Anna Kat's birthday. We had decided to try for HHI that weekend. Oh well, there will be another.
Going to try for a 20 minute power nap while Sophie is napping on the couch. Gonna be a late night.
Taryn
) to move to a new town and new job. The new town is 120km away (75miles), and is where my DH works and where the majority of our relatives live. It'll be a crazy few weeks getting the house packed and ready to sell but it will be worth it.
When it was about 80 feet away, DH says "get in your boat NOW, its not a duck, its a bear". 
. I think that's 1 of the reasons i don't do it. I am planning my money for other things that need it more. But it'll be great for you to be done with the dues.
But have fun with your soccer and hopefully you will get the running in too
and possibly see that pasta again on the race course.
Spend some time experimenting and I'm sure you'll find a combo that works almost as well.
