Happy Friday team! Just taking a quick break to say hello! Did anyone get any amazing Black Friday deals? I found out this morning that someone stole my credit card number and went shopping at the Apple Store online. Luckily they were dumb and tried buy 5 laptops... of course it didn't go through. It was a PITA cancelling the Apple order though... almost about as bad as being on hold with the airlines
Sue - Have fun at Mary Poppins! Is it hard to hide the bike? I remember I use to turn the house upside looking for presents at Christmas
I'm excited for the "warm" weather this weekend! I've heard it's going to be 11C tomorrow!
The iPad would be for reading, taking notes and watching movies ... although that's a really distant third. I'd want it mostly for working in the kitchen so I could make notes on my recipes or not have to print out paper. The screen seemed pretty sharp when I was reading off the guy on the train beside me. I may wait until Boxing Day and see if there are any other deals during that time.
Tandy - Gaming systems are insanely expensive! I'll bet you'll need to get a nice sized monitor to go along with it too. Can't you get an xbox or PS3 for about half the price? But the games probably aren't the same.
The training was great! We did a lot of plyo, leg work and then spent the rest of the time working on upper body. I'm really not a fan. He had me do those pushups where you do a pushup, jump into a squat position on your left, then back to the center and then jump to the right and back to the center. Do another pushup and repeat. He calls them suicide pushups. I hate 'em
He did say I was leaning out so I was happy about that!
The Groupon fitness classes sound like a good deal! I know people at work who hop from one gym to another every few months. They go with whatever deal is being offered on Groupon. Does your college have a gym you can use? And don't forget to ask for a student discount, if you stick with the classes outside of school. If you have a student card, they might give you one!
I have the pumpkin mac & cheese recipe at home. I will get it up this weekend. I took someone else's recipe and made a few modifications
The recipe makes a good amount of food - I had enough leftover for two lunches and a dinner.
Good luck with the studying this weekend!
Lynn - Thanks for the iPad feedback! There were a few sales today and I'm looking at a 16G w/WiFi. I'm still humming and hawing over getting one. I feel like it's a lot of money (ok I'm just cheap
). I saw the covers you were talking about, they were about $45 or $79 for the leather versions (but the leather versions weren't highly reviewed so I'd just go with the plastic ones). The 25% discount on bikes sounds awesome! I hope you're able to get it still.
Rick - That's some post race meal! I guess your speedy pace got your metabolism going!
Dave - Do you snack a lot? That's the one that always gets me. I use to nibble here and there while I was at work. I also use to taste test a lot while cooking and that adds up as well. One tip my physio gave me back in September was to cut out fruit from my diet and replace it with veggies. Not that there's anything wrong with fruit but it does contain sugar and I found it really helped me.
Kim - Congrats on your weight loss! That's fantastic! You're going to be lean and mean in January!! I am staying for a week until Wednesday. I was actually worried about using too many vacation days but come to think of it... I didn't use that many at all in 2011. Oh well, too late to change things around!
AFM - I have my 17 miler tomorrow. I was trying to think of the best way to do it. I briefly thought about running one mile away from my house and then one mile back but that would get really boring done 17 times
So I think I'm going to do 3 laps of my 5 mile route and then a quick 2 miler around the block. I thought about doing the 8 miler once but that's a really hilly route and I just want the mileage, not a challenging 17 mile run
I made some cheesecake filled pumpkin muffins yesterday after seeing something similar at Starbucks. I gave one to my dad and he really liked it. I didn't tell him it was pumpkin. He wouldn't have eaten it otherwise!
Oh and I'm down another 0.7 lbs! Yay! My trainer was telling me he noticed I was leaning out. I said there's no way I want to carry any extra weight while doing a marathon. He said he would be sure to step up the workouts but that I'd have to continue eating clean(ish). I still have a cookie now and then and my one cheat day a week. It would probably go faster if I didn't but I'm happy going with about 1 lb/week.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Things are feeling good and I can't wait to get back to disney, I know I was just there in October but not the same without meeting up with my WISH family.
But if it's a side dish at one of you're dinners tonight, definitely don't feel bad eating it.
for 20 pounds!!!!
