In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!

[cantwaitvaca09]

Ronda WOW you look great. Sorry about Murray
I know you will have a Rock Race!!!! Good Luck!!

Nancy, Great Job on the bike ride, I don't bike, I have a bike. I am one of the riders that rides slow down the street on Sundays with the family HA HA HA H

Hello Everyone! Hope your haveing a great day

2.5 miles train done. I walked more than ran. Lets still very stiff

 

[jekajekalynn]

Hi all

Had a pretty good day today. Me and dh did our daily 2 mile walk this evening, and I did my 20 minutes of Wii exercise stuff. I'm pooped today for some reason, I think it has to do with the humidity.

Thinking of starting a garden this year, but I was wondering how long does it take for seeds to germinate from one of little plastic planter boxes with the little seed-puck things?

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Hi all

Had a pretty good day today. Me and dh did our daily 2 mile walk this evening, and I did my 20 minutes of Wii exercise stuff. I'm pooped today for some reason, I think it has to do with the humidity.

Thinking of starting a garden this year, but I was wondering how long does it take for seeds to germinate from one of little plastic planter boxes with the little seed-puck things?

I can not help you with a garden, I can even plant a flower. HA HA

 

[Ronda93]

I had completely forgotten about that pic. Really stunned me when I saw it this weekend. It's been a slow grind. It took fifteen years to gain it and nearly the same to lose it. I never weighed at my tippy top, but I was over 250. At 162 now, I'll call it 90 pounds.

Exercise has improved my fitness profoundly, but I think the loss has come from changing what and how I eat. Someone said you cannot out train a bad diet.

Ronda

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

I had completely forgotten about that pic. Really stunned me when I saw it this weekend. It's been a slow grind. It took fifteen years to gain it and nearly the same to lose it. I never weighed at my tippy top, but I was over 250. At 162 now, I'll call it 90 pounds.

Exercise has improved my fitness profoundly, but I think the loss has come from changing what and how I eat. Someone said you cannot out train a bad diet.

Ronda

Ronda, that is me to a T. Cannot out train a bad diet. I know how to do the workouts, I just can't get the diet together.
I think you look wonderfull. 90lbs is ALOT. Way to Go!!1

 

[adsrtw]

Have a quick shout out all the moms out there - i need some help! Taylor has really been the death of me lately. Tonight she wouldn't even eat supper wouldn't take 1 bite. On top of this it was kid friendly. All she wants to eat is peanut butter. She won't even touch her old standby of carrots. i've been giving in and fixing her something else to eat, until last week. Has anybody else live through this? Any tips on getting taylor to eat? She is so picky! Again i apologize for the lack punctuation. I'm still learning this voice recognition feature.

 

[goofyfan-12]

Ronda - you look fabulous! The side by side comparisons are truly telling. How awesome for you. So sorry to hear about Murray. Sending hugs.

Thanks to everyone for all of the words of advice. They are helping. I still feel pretty crappy, but work has me busy today so I can't think about much else right now (I am typing this from work and will be here for a few more hours at least - yuck!).

I am taking it all in and am trying to process it. This is not easy for me. Still trying to get used to the new me I guess.

Gotta run - time to get back to my number crunching.

EE - good luck with Taylor. I remember my sister eating bologna sandwiches for lunch for like a year and a half when we were in school.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

EE, I cant help you much, as you know my girls are 5 & 2.
ALexa 5 will not try anything new, just chicken, chicken nuggets, Peanut butter, Mac and Cheese, Fruit and Junk.
Most of the time if dinner is not something I know they will eat I make them something else.

For example, last night was turkey taco salad, they got mac and cheese with strawberries
Tonight was grilled chicken and rice, they got grilled chicken and rice.

Just a side note, every day is an issue with Alexa on everything, from getting dressed to brushing teeth to playing to TV. Everything is an issue, you would think she is 15 with all this drama

 

[adsrtw]

OMG, that fits Taylor to a T recently. Worse than pulling teeth and bossy!

Have fun with those state misfits Paula! I bet you have your angry eyes on.

Ronda - sorry about Murray.

 

[poppinspal]

Ronda- Sorry about Murray, I'm sending lots of hugs your way. The pictures are great to see, you look so amazing! I'm getting excited to hear about your race, which you will surely rock!

Kat- The class I'm taking is Turbo Kickboxing so it's probably the same idea. I have to say my instructor is amazing, which I know really helps. I was worried that after playing hockey with the guys for months now that this wouldn't be enough of a replacement... I was wrong. It's great for any fitness level because you get out of it what you put into it. I am definitely looking forward to more of it.

So I did my turbo kickboxing class last night, came home and ran my planned training run and then got a call that they needed extra skaters for hockey tonight so I went and played an hour and a half of hockey. I'm proud to say that I'm feeling so good, my body has really changed since January. My fitness level is definitely almost back to where it was when I was playing sports. I'm going to a Zumba class tomorrow, then Thursday night I am trying out a Cardio Cabaret class and I'm going right from class to my last night of hockey till fall. We'll see how I'm feeling after all that but so far this week my energy level is so high I was almost bouncing off the walls at work.

Oh and have I mentioned I never learned how to ride a bike? Well I haven't but this might be the summer I finally tackle it. I have tried before with horrible results but I'm sick of missing out on this. I want to ride to work, I want to be able to jump on my bike and go. I wonder where I can get myself adult training wheels! haha

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

=. I wonder where I can get myself adult training wheels! haha

Too funny Meg!

 

[HockeyKat]

Meg, that sounds fun!! I will have to check it out. I want to try Zumba someday, too, but I would have to go to a different branch of my gym about 15 min away.


So, our AC broke last night. High of 93 today. Whee. I am at home awaiting the repair guy (had to call 4 before I found one that could come today), wish me luck that they can fix it.

 

[poppinspal]

Jo- I have this great mental image of me cruising down the sidewalk on a bike with huge training wheels.

Kat- I'll let you know how Zumba is, taking classes like this is kind of new to me. I usually stick to playing sports but I'm enjoying it so far. Did I mention I'll be in North Carolina at the end of October for a wedding? The girl is from Charlotte so I assume the wedding is going to be some place in that area.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi Everyone!

Fly-by from me - just got home from London and I am shattered!

Oh, Phantom of the Opera was PHENOMENAL!!!! I really cannot express how awesome it was - from start to finish I was mesmorised!
I almost fell from the top of the stairs on an open top bus, but I managed to hang on to the banister and not end up on the drivers lap! Oh a day in the life of me!

Ronda - You look fantastic! You should be so proud!

Jo - Good for you for saying yes to the run!

Check in tomorrow with you all

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Kelly Glad you had a great time!!

Its a Yucky day here, lots of rain

My lower back hurts bad today, Hurts to sip. I took Aleve,
and I promised the girls I would take them to Chucky Cheese tonight!!!

Hope eveyone is have a good day.

 

[HockeyKat]

AC man is here. $400-600 repair. Isn't homeownership FUN?

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

AC man is here. $400-600 repair. Isn't homeownership FUN?

Sorry Kat, That sucks. If it makes you feel any better we just had to put $1500 into my mini van

 

[adsrtw]

Hey! Just popping in B 4 the thunder storms hit. Just tired lady gaga On the radio and was reminiscing about our night at jelly rolls

 

[poppinspal]

Just got home from Zumba, my instructor was horrible. A girl I went with has done Zumba a few different places and says that was not Zumba. Plus my instructor never explained any moves so we just had to try to follow along. Oh and she charged us $12 for what was supposed to be a free trial.

Makes me really appreciate my Turbo Kickboxing class!

 

[goofyfan-12]

Hi everyone-

quick post for me as I am exhausted and about tocall it's night. Wanted to say thanks for all of the support these past few days. I am not quite back on the wagon yet, but I have a leg up so that is a start. Telling the guy to scram tomorrow. I still have guilt but as my best friend reminded me I wouldn't be me without it and it will fade. Work is just going to be stressful for a while and I need to roll with it. In the meantime, I am making quite an impression on the higher ups so at least there is a positive to all of this.

The one thing I can control is my living situation so the plan is to start saving and prepping to move out. I am working on the schedule and budget stuff so I can figure it all out. I think I can do this sometime in the fall and not have to dip into savings to cover all of the deposits if I hunker down and reign inthe spending on stupid stuff. I would really like to leave the emergency stash where it is and am willing to wait an extra month or two if need be.

So that is where my head is. Now I am off to bed. This girl needs some sleep.

Ciao'