Marie's New Years Resolution~in July

[CACruisin']

Hopefully the painter does better today. You are making great progress on your house. We need to paint inside too, but not until Picasso aka DD3 stops decorating the walls! Older two never did that ...

It is ok to take a day off from exercising. I'm guessing with all the stuff you were doing, quite a few calores got burned into oblivion.

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Hi, Marie!

WOW!! You are doing AWESOME on your weight loss!! Your making me want to try the JC thing! I think you are doing a good job of getting exercise in, especially with all the projects you've got going on these days!

Keep up the good work!! Have a wonderful week!

 

[lovinaz]

You are doing great! Look at you, I think you are actually gonna finish your exercise challenge this month!!!! That is so cool, you are one of a very small percentage of people actually sticking to your New Years resolutions. Keep it up!

 

[kmp1191]

hi guys! How 'bout dem Bears??!!
I didn't get to watch the game, but DH called me several times & a guy at the photo shoot had it on his blackberry thingy!! (I'm originally from just south of Chicago, so I have to root for the Bears!! I was in High School last time they made it to the Super Bowl, so I'm excited!!)

Ok....so I left the house at 8 this morning and just got home at 6:00...been on my feet the entire time!! I wore some flats w/ the cushioned inserts and that really helped...I'm just really tired right now. Talked to a couple hundred people....booked a few weddings.....it was a good day!
I did pretty good on my food today too....resisted the concessions, and several of the food vendors....HAD to get a bite of red velvet wedding cake w/ cream cheese icing...OMG....it was two bites and it was heavenly!! I brought my JC food for lunch and stuck to the plan!!

B-frosted oats cereal
l-tuna salad w/ crackers
s-2 bites of cake
d-will be chicken fajitas....
s-later - if i'm still awake will be cookies & cream cheesecake.
water-60 oz
exercise-loading and unloading equipment, standing & walking. I'm not going to count any.....i'll add in what I do tomorrow morning, and the rest of the week.
This week is gonna be a tough one...I have a sports shoot on Monday & Thursday, plus another show on Sunday. I'm really gonna have to make Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday count. Plus I think i"m gonna hit the treadmil in the morning....might help wake me up!!

The painter got to the house around 11 DH said. He's finishing up the trim work. Will probably be here until 8. I don't care. I plan on putting DD's & DS's rooms back together tonight. I'll worry about mine on Tuesday.

Ok....i'm gonna go fix my dinner....and relax for a few....

see ya tomorrow!
marie

 

[toystoryduo]

Marie,

You are doing a fantastic job, my friend! I am so proud of you for staying OP and getting that exercise in! You are doing a great job.... Keep up the good work!

It sounds like you have a super busy week ahead of you.... Sending some extra to help you through.

Have a great week!

P.S. How is the science fair project coming?

 

[kimwim8]

I guess you're gonna ignore my bikini comment.....

And again....you amaze me at all you can squeeze into a weekend! I feel like I got a lot done....but you BLEW me away! And AWESOME, AWESOME job just having a small taste of the cake. (sorry for the tempting phone call). That's all we need to get it out of our minds right....just a taste! We are SO doing this ....and you're leadin' the pack!!

Oh, and GO BEARS!!!!! (I'm not gonna tell you where I was when they were last in the superbowl. )

 

[kmp1191]

Marie,

You are doing a fantastic job, my friend! I am so proud of you for staying OP and getting that exercise in! You are doing a great job.... Keep up the good work!

It sounds like you have a super busy week ahead of you.... Sending some extra to help you through.

Have a great week!

P.S. How is the science fair project coming?

CRAP!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THE SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT!!!
CRAP CRAP CRAP!!!

I think we still have time to do it.....should only take a week. My idea, and DS liked it.... "ARE THE COCA COLA MYTHS TRUE?"

Will Coke take rust off a nail?
Will Coke disentigrate a steak?
Will Coke remove an oil stain?
Will Coke cause a human tooth to rot/disentigrate?

Or, my other thought was "HOW DOES TEMPERATURE AFFECT PAINT?"

How does a painted object react to extreme cold/heat? (i mean...DUH!)

Thats what I came up with....I am a very simple minded person. (I did mine on "Take the Pepsi Challenge" (hey, it was the 80's, it was cool then! It was a survey....I got a B!"

Ok ya'll, give me some ideas!! Nothing dealing w/ mold...Yuck!! and NO volcanos!!
Either way, we HAVE to get started on it this week!!!

Thanks for reminding me....been a little preoccupied lately!

marie

 

[toystoryduo]

I like the Coca Cola myth idea! That is unique and fun! Plus, I bet your son will have a great time proving/disproving the myths.

 

[lindalinda]

My son did this great science project once, he won awards for it. For the life of me I cant remember what the thing was called tho..

It was about food preservation without electricity. Supposed to help in poverty countries and such. You took a plain clay pot and put it inside a larger plain clay pot. then you filled the space in between the 2 pots with water. Then you stored veggies inside. Amazingly, this makes it stay cool inside. Then he tested how much longer the food stayed fresh, versus using just one clay pot. It was pretty impressive. (i cant think of the name of the pots...plain unglazed pots work tho)

The Coke thing sounds good tho too.

 

[lindalinda]

I looked it up, its called a "zeer pot". Heres a link describing it.

http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/september/refrigeration.htm

I am a hippie chick remember. And a science geek as well!

 

[lindalinda]

I looked it up , its called a "zeer pot"

 

[lovinaz]

s-later - if i'm still awake will be cookies & cream cheesecake.

I think I am going to join JC just so I can have this! Of course they might frown on the idea of just eating the cheesecake for every meal...

Your science project idea sounds fun. I take it there are no rules, just do something that deals with science??

 

[kmp1191]

Yeah, no rules...except no volcanos....and you have to follow the guidelines. I like the Zeer Pot idea, but DS has his mind set on the Coca Cola one. Oh well.
(I'm gonna hang on to the zeer pot one for next year!)

So, no exercise today, and I'm beginning to feel it. I'm cranky and want to go to bed. I had a photo shoot tonight, so that took my exercise time. Tomorrow I'll be out there though!!

Food-
B-french toast w/ berries & lite syrup
S-orange
L-(was supposed to be JC chicken stips w/ rice) but i had a small bowl of taco soup w/ 5 fritos.
s-JC trail mix - I could have eaten a bunch more!!
d-lentils w/ beef....it was good, but i'm not sure what a lentel is...
water-40 oz
exercies-none
mood-crappy!
science fair project-getting there.

i'm gonna go try to put my bedroom back together. the painter was supposed to come and finish the trim today...but he didn't make it. I'm not going to worry about it. He doesn't get the last of the money until the job is done....and again, I'm not complaining, he has done a great job, and has done more than I expected....BUT, it has been a week already...i want my normal back. I still have to finish putting DD room together....I guess I'm just tired tonight...

later taters~
marie

 

[kimwim8]

Another great day, girlie. Only thing is...might want to increase the water intake a bit, huh?

Get back to exercising. As much as I love the snarky Marie....it's fun to watch the energetic, determined Marie go to town!

 

[kmp1191]

Another great day, girlie. Only thing is...might want to increase the water intake a bit, huh?

Get back to exercising. As much as I love the snarky Marie....it's fun to watch the energetic, determined Marie go to town!

Yeah, I know about the water....I don't know what happened today...

And as far as the snarky Marie....she's DEFINATELY still here...but I like the energetic one more too...she'll be back tomorrow!!

 

[lovinaz]

So how are you doing today? Did you get your exercise in and drink more water????

 

[kmp1191]

45 minutes of exercise & 60 oz of water....how's that??


Food-
b-banana nut cereal
s-banana
l-turkey burger & small salad
d-chicken fettuccine
s-later tonight-double chocolate cake....(I love these!!)
water-almost done w/ 60 oz!!
exercise-2 mile walk/run - 30 minutes, 15 minutes of weights, pushups and crunches.
I'm not gonna say how many crunches, but it's no where near Kim's 100...i'm workin on it though!! I feel so much better tonight!! The walk was a great pace, and even though my legs started to feel like rubber, the run was pretty good too. I didn't time it tonight...I'll give myself a day or two to get back into it.

I have to go to the Dentist office tomorrow to pick up a tooth for the science project....felt weird calling them, but they said they keep them just for these purposes!!! weird!!
Kids are fighting and being total pain in the @$$'s tonight... It's shower and bedtime...I'm done listening to it!!
Yes. I'm the mean mom. It's ok, I can deal with it.

ok...off to laundry.....buh bye!!
marie

 

[toystoryduo]

IKids are fighting and being total pain in the @$$'s tonight... It's shower and bedtime...I'm done listening to it!!

Marie,

It must be something in the air.... My kids have been pains in the bottom too lately! Maybe it's the cabin fever ... I don't know. Here's hoping for happy, obedient children for all of us!

You are doing a fantastic job! Great workouts, great food choices! This is your year, Marie!

Have a good evening!

 

[lovinaz]

Too bad I didn't know about the tooth earlier, I could have sent you DS's molar! It came out on Monday...

Great job getting the workout in and drinking all your water! You are really hanging in there and doing AWESOME!!!!!

 

[kimwim8]

Hey Marie....great job with the food, water and exercise yesterday! YOU ROCK!!!

Have you read any of the MfM book yet? I'm really liking it! Still haven't gotten to the part where they actually show you the plan, but I'm getting close. I also just subscribed to Runners World magazine. I figured that might keep me motivated.