Well aren't you all chatty this this morning lots of new stuff already this morning. Was 10am when I started. Wow this has taken me 45 minutes. But no wonder I can't keep up. I probably can more for a bit. Until I get more clients or a new job anyway.
I worked my booty off at the gym last night. My friend was on the way text me she'd be there at 6:15. I live 10 minutes so shortly after 6 I leave and get there to see she had messaged me that she had to go back home for her key tag to get in. So I decide to get on the bike while I wait and did 20 minutes before she got there started on arm circuit(only got 2 sets in on the tricep machine) and we went back on bikes since treadmill was pretty full there were two but not next to each other so we could chat so we did bike for 30 minutes and then walked on treadmill. I did 45 minutes got in my 2 miles. Was aiming for 3 but with the bike time my legs were done. I'm up to 14.75 of my 50 mile goal for the month. I might just make it. I'm wanting to expand to 3 miles but I think that would take so much longer than an hour because I have to go back from 3.0 in intervals to recover. But when my pace quickens I will work at getting in 3 miles before strength. Leg days will be crazy though. Anyway, I worked out 95 minutes and burned over 800 calories the machines and MFP were really close on that burn too.
@courtneybeth
Another pound gone! I lost 10.5 lbs since I joined the April wish group. I am 9 ponds away from pre DH diagnosis weight (when my weight gains started). Feels exciting!
Things are slowing down but it will be awesome to have the remaining gone by end of June. Then the vanity 10 by end of September but to be honest I will be happy once the next 9 are gone
Woohoo on 10.5 lost.
That is exciting, I'm sure.
Some days I hate technology - I had just written my post about my happy place and my computer wiped it
QOTD (again): My happy place relates to water - I love being by the beach but prefer swimming in a pool - so for me a lazy time on a tropical island with one of those fantastic pools with a view is perfection. My easier to get to happy place is called 'Cotton Tree' you all have heard me talk about it and post a pic previously. It is the beach/river area I exercise at with friends. Over the past 15 years it a place we regularly visit we have had birthday parties there, watched and played with my kids on the playground equipment, rode bikes and scooters along the wide pathways, had soccer and cricket games, took my kids to swimming lessons at the public swimming pool there, drank wine with friends, occasionally eaten at the upscale restaurant on the river's edge, made sandcastles. So many happy times. Here is a pic from this morning when I arrived at sunrise - we started with walking on the beach interspersed with abs, legs, back exercises until it was light enough to hit the water for a paddle.
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I like the sound and site of beaches but not the sand being everywhere or the seaweed brushing your legs/feet. YUCK. I prefer swimming areas I can see the bottom of so I imagine a pool overlooking the ocean would be a pretty happy place for me.
If you upload to flickr(free) you can CHOOSE your size and no need to play around in paint. Especially if you forget to keep orgional sizes by saving as. I did that with pics at the start of my digital picture journey when dd was little. Needless to say I can't really print too many because I save for web size and now they don't have resolution to print well. So I keep them all size shot and use flickr for posting to web(which isn't that often anymore) where I can chose the size I want and not worry about sizing(with a save as of course) until I am ready to size for a printing. Sadly I don't print too many pics either.
Oh my GOSH.... my morning "me" time to spend with you all has been chiseled away by things like spilling salad dressing on my new capris when I was packing lunches, hanging out a load of laundry because it is FINALLY sunny around here, and accidentally ripping out 1/3 of my upper lashes on my right eye when the eyelash curler slipped!! Grrr.... what a morning!
Let me try to do a tiny bit of catching up.... I've got 10 minutes left!.........P
I love morning me time. It has been great that my job allows for that because I was working just 12:30-3:30 even if I didn't like the low 15 hour week paychecks, well 30 because I get paid biweekly. I get a little cranky if I don't have time to relax in the morning. But sound likes you are having the Mondays on Wednesday.
Ouch on the eyelashes. Not a big make up person but scares me that my daughter curls hers sometimes. Not much lately but she bought a curler at this store in the mall with tons of accessories and it was cheap.
QOTD - May 11
It's woohoo Wednesday!!! Yay!
What are woohoos for the past week or so? Time to toot your horn and pass around the party hats!
Woke up late and am now paying the consequences. I'll be back later to make this post look pretty.
My woohoo for the day was I peaked at the scale and so far down a little so hope it increases a bit more by Friday though.
I got to sleep in an extra 30 minutes or so this morning since every wednesday is "late" start for my daughter by 30 minutes. It was good because I was up a little late last night. Aiming to get 8-9 hours of sleep tonight and tomorrow, hoping I'm able to get to bed early Friday. We are leaving probably 6-7am for San Diego. My daughter is wanting to go earlier but we can't even check in the hotel until 3pm.
I have a few woohoo's this week. I have gained back the .6 pounds I lost last week. I am working hard for the my official weigh in on Friday. So here are my wooHoo's.
1. We got our Magic Bands for Our trip. 24 more days until check in
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2. I got this shirt this week for our trip. I need to flatten my stomach just a little bit for it to look good. I have started doing sit ups and I continue to do my back exercises on the work out ball (it is more for your core muscles then the back).
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Nice I'm wanting to make it to Florida and Disney World late in the year but not sure it will happen. I am probably going to be in a new job soon so it would be depending on if I could get the time off. Even unpaid if need be. I don't know what vacation time my brother will have and we'd be driving. Oh that is a long, long drive. Ahh But I would be excited to get magic band. I need to read more about them.
mine are - lost a pound
A holiday that I didn't really want to go to was cancelled (long story) and I will get what I paid (flights + booking for the hotel) back! Kind of odd but I am happy about it
Yay!! on the pound. Sounds like the holiday cancelled isn't a big deal and so glad you get the money back.
Let's start with the woohoos:
- Obviously running my first official 5K was a big woohoo for me and meeting my original goal was a plus.
- I followed it up with a 3+ mile run on both Monday and Tuesday. Last night was a crazy busy evening - didn't get a chance to eat dinner until 8:30, but did a slower run outside last night at 9:00.
- I think my run last night gave me confidence to try running 6.2 miles this weekend. I slowed my pace to around 13+ minutes and felt like I could do another 3 miles. Looking forward to the challenge!
- I've been reading up on sprint triathlons and that might be my next goal. A sprint is a half mile swim, 12 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run. It will take some time to build to that, but my brother and I might try to do a super sprint on our own in a few weeks. Super sprint is .25 mile swim, 6.2 mile bike, and 1.5 mile run. There is a sprint here at the end of July, but we will be down at the Gulf Shores that week.
- 7 more school days and then it's summer break!
Now the boohoo:
- The weight hasn't been coming off lately. I've only lost 0.5 lbs over the past 6 days. I think it's because my routine has been so out of whack and even though my calories have been around the same, drinking 10 Ultra's on Saturday and having a slice of birthday ice cream cake on Sunday didn't help... just things that my body isn't used to. I've also had some late dinners which isn't normal. I hate eating and then sleeping 2 hours later. Hopefully when I get back in a routine, it'll start coming off again. I'm due for a big 1lb+ weight loss day!
Way to go on 5K. I haven't run one. I did a 5K walk many years ago for Autism with a friend. Did pretty well just walking. Never even thought to time myself just walked. They didn't have fancy phones and apps then. LOL Sprint sounds fun. I love all three events. Swimming a half mile sounds exhausting to me because I know after one or two laps of olympic sized pool I have to rest. Biking 12 miles doesn't sound too bad but I know my legs can do it my tushie is another story. Running just isn't gonna work for me yet. But I can't wait to run again. I did at the end of high school and really loved it.
QOTD Yesterday - I am at Trunk Bay on St. John. I love it there. It's just a beautiful beach and if I'm there, that means I'm on vacation with my family. The Caribbean in general makes me happy for those reasons!
QOTD today:
I have several woo-hoo's today:
1. the scale showed 199.9 today (it was 199.7 on Friday, then up over 200 on Saturday - now it's back down), which made me very happy!
2. An even bigger woo-hoo is that I measured my waist this morning and it has gone down another inch. For whatever reason, I am overly focused on getting seeing my waist at 35 inches or below. I know it's just a number like everything else, but I am definitely striving to get my waist to that magic number since everything I read says that a woman's waist above 35 inches puts her at increased risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, etc. Today it was 36 inches on the nose. Getting there . . . getting there . . .
3. Non scale woo-hoo: I get to check my family in for our cruise this morning! I got an email that the documents are ready for me to fill out! I get so excited for these baby steps to vacation!
Woohoo! teetering on onederland and inches gone are great means closer to a new smaller size too.
Plus the added bonus to reduce risks of health issues.
This entire week has been one great big magical woohoo. I am so grateful to be feeling better and to have the stamina to keep going and do all the things I wanted to on this trip.
Yesterday was my down day, I just did one park... Ha ha. I finally made it to the right side of MK, something I've skipped the past few trips. Rode Astro Orbitor for the first time ever, probably a one and done, but it is done now. Spent the afternoon at Ft Wilderness, a couple hours of which was archery class which was really fun. I accidentally hit the bullseye with the first two arrows! I ate at Trails End and for the second time was stuffed to the point of being uncomfortable, so I'm really cutting back on the food for these last few days.
This morning was the walk to France morning, so quiet and peaceful.
Jealous of you there. HEHE I haven't gone since 2009. And the other parks been even longer. If we don't make it this Oct or Dec then sometime next year I will make it down and finally get my dd to other parks besides just MK.
@courtneybeth Sending tons of pixie dust your way today!
Woohoos for today:
- It's our anniversary today and we have a nice dinner planned!
- I planned ahead on this and had a light breakfast and packed a light snack and light lunch so I can save my calories for tonight!
- We head to the WDW in 15 days! Not excited for Memorial Day crowds, but I don't care. DFIL is closing our store for the whole weekend and Monday so 3 Disney days trumps 2 days hands down!
Happy anniversary!! 15 days wow. You'll be in single digits days before you know it.
My woohoo for today:
The scale moved!! I am still feeling very puffy, but the scale is nearly down to my start weight of the month. So, now I am hoping that once the puffiness disappears (and that should happen any day now), I might see a significant weight loss.
My underwear is starting to feel very loose... The bra is in the innermost hooks! Not looking forward to the expense of buying new underwear though... Especially not before I am at my goal weight!!
Yay!! Sounds like water retention maybe. I hate bra shopping but its probably because I need odd size normal C cup but bigger bands are hard to find. argh
Sorry to hear that you're struggling ... sending along some
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Happy Anniversary! Enjoy your dinner!
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No woohoos for me right now. Maybe later I'll sit down and think about it, but right now I'm tired. Time to make some coffee ... even though I wasn't planning on having any. I think I need to give up this "I don't want to start drinking coffee every day" thing of mine. Grr.
Here's a mini-woohoo: I skipped Haagen-Dazs free scoop day yesterday. And I was right outside the store right before it started (it's right by the bus stop closest to my library) - I could have easily gotten in line and gotten my scoop, but I decided that it wasn't worth the calories. Smart decision, because we ended up having pizza for dinner.
Hopefully I'll be back post-coffee with more WooHoos.
I'm still waking up myself. I'm caffeine free so no help there not really by choice either(aggravates my anxiety issues). LOL I gotta do some housework and make a phone call I'm dreading it. I hate making calls. I guess that is why I had yet to call around and work at buying a new(to me) car. But just want to relax a bit more.
I have lots of friends who love tris and do many each summer. It is a great sport that really works all parts of your body, which is sort of like built in injury prevention. 
we will be here when you are ready to come back ....
cruising too! I've never cruised Disney, but love all of them that we've been on. We're doing the NCL Hawaiian islands cruise this summer!
