OCD Princess Planners: Flights, Frights, Food, & a ToT Race, Too!!!

[momabaarjo]

Amy....

so glad you got in here! This gives me a lot more hope that everything will work out and you are going to join us!​

 

[Monknmom]

I gave up the scale for Lent (I also added some positive things too that are not about giving up...posting a positive post on friends facebook pages at random telling them what they mean to me along with trying to get the rosary said each day and turning off the radio in the car and turning on the divine mercy chaplet). I know that seems like a silly thing to give up, but it is amazing how much control a little thing has over your life. But, I have allowedI have been promising numbers forever...finally did an official weigh in at Curves. I have done 6 weeks on the program (Curves, Xyngular Diet, & C210K):

Pounds Lost: 12
Inches Lost: 7.5
Body Weight % Lost: 4.2%
Body Fat Lost: 13.10 lbs (which means I have gained a little over a pound in muscle)

Of course we all want better numbers and I dont seem to lose fast with the 8 day challenge like most people but it is a step in the right direction. My stamina and endurance is coming along...I now can run a solid mile without stopping (6 weeks ago I could barely do 1/8 mile without dying). On my longer runs I am down to 14 1/2 minute mile over 2-3 miles...down over a minute per mile.

I am kinda glad that you gave up the scale! You have been feeling better and doing great with the running and you should measure progress like that! You are doing excellent with those numbers above! Very proud of you and you should be SO happy with yourself!

you are doing so well! I am honestly impressed! I also am honestly thinking you will be far more ready for the tot than I was last year.

I understand going for it on a good day like that. Some times you just have to take a day when you can. .. But yeah, don't risk injury to do so. I have been running back to back all week...so sometimes it is ok in training. You just HAVE to listen to your body... Not the whiny part that tries to tell you going out at all is a bad idea... But the one who is trying to work with you to get in shape. (Does that make sense?). In other words- it is one thing when you wake and you are stuff and it is cold out (or hot... It won't be long before it is hot) and your body and mind try to convince you to skip and another when your leg is cramping to the point of buckling . That being said - the best best BEST thing that a trainer at the local running store told me was that running is about chasing pain. It makes me not terribly concerned when I have one ache it another. I guess it comes down to knowin your body well enough to tell between an injury or normal "wear and tear".

Sounds like good advice Ann you I am going to keep this on the back burner.

LOVE THIS!! Yes, I've finally caught up on our PTR!

For those that are here that I haven't officially met yet, I'm the phantom OCD princess. Who also needs to update her ticker... because I'm pretty sure it's still set to the Sept 25th original date.

My lack of presence... as short as I can possibly make this... my daughter had knee surgery 14 weeks ago and my life got more crazy than the norm. My training completely went by the wayside to take care of her, probably more than she wanted or needed, and I had to let the other princesses know that I may not be able to go and to count me out of the plans with the idea that I might do a 'small town drop in' on them while they were there.

However, training has commenced officially, life hasn't slowed down one bit, daughter is still in physical therapy 3x/week, but the chaos has been absorbed and adapted to and I think I can... I think I can... I think I can...
figure out how to get there for TOT weekend! Nothing set in stone yet but it's back on the top of my list to figure out... mainly financially. We have quite a few medical bills to pay off as a result of the surgery.

But I'm going to try to be more involved again and present!!

Now nobody pass out because I did an update.

LOL no one pass out! I love it! I hope that you can go with them! I think that it's going to be fun for them and for you to be there! And I hope that Erin feels better really soon! I know that physical therapy is a good thing for her to feel better, but I am sure that it's a pain in the butt as well!

 

[annmarieda]

Dont we have some updating to do? I don't want to take away any ones thunder...so I will just post about me

Now that I am done with the phm (which I loved!)... it is time to move on to the next trip! (and another rundisney event!!) And as of right now... the next one for me will be in the fall. Although since I did get an AP while on my most recent trip to the World... who knows. In a world where I would dream... I could dream of a super low air fare and a special deal and poof, maybe just maybe I would get to go before fall. Yeah, right!!!

So first, I got my Ap... so that is news. What that means for me is that I won't need tickets. It also means that I can get the TIW card and hopefully put it to good use in the fall.

In other news, Dh got laid off... but all looks pretty good and I expect he will have a job and be back to work by April. He has already had a preliminary interview with his first choice. This bounced him past the subsequent "interviews" and he has a full day one scheduled. He also has a preliminary tomorrow with a certain special co. that I would LOVE for him to go to work for Don't want to jinx it though. This would actually be his second choice... but I do like to dream.

In yet MORE news... One of the lovely OCD princesses alerted me yesterday to SW having their schedule up. It just so happened that there was a flight... that was a very nice one. (leaves at 8:xx am and arrives at 7:xxpm) Add in that it was "low" (is any fare truly low any more ) AND I had enough points for it... Well, I tried to wait. I tried to think I could stalk it and find a better deal...maybe use less points...ect. But when the other OCD princess purchased hers... I just couldn't be left out, now could I???? So I have my flight booked to arrive in Orlando on 9/28

Plans are definitely coming together for this trip!!!

 

[swwake]

Yay, so excited to see some definite plans and bookings on this trip! Y'all are gonna have so much fun!

Let me know if you want me to scope anything out in May...

 

[annmarieda]

Yay, so excited to see some definite plans and bookings on this trip! Y'all are gonna have so much fun!

Let me know if you want me to scope anything out in May...

Plans are coming together. I am not sure why no one else has mentioned any plans....

 

[momabaarjo]

Plans are coming together. I am not sure why no one else has mentioned any plans....

Cause my kids activities have gotten in the way and I hate plucking messages on my phone

 

[momabaarjo]

Run, Walk, Swim...but get your hiney moving towards WDW

I have now logged 333 miles towards my trip to WDW. I have made it to just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area to a city named Denton. Funny, my daughter was just there last weekend for a regional academic competition where she places 1st in Writing and 2nd in Literary Critic...qualifying her for state in a few weeks in Austion (love how I got a mommy brag in). I am now headed south into DFW, gotta watch for those crazy city drivers!

 

[momabaarjo]

PTR Planning Tease...

 

[momabaarjo]

How about 1 more teaser...

 

[annmarieda]

Cause my kids activities have gotten in the way and I had plucking messages on my phone

LOVE the teases!!

 

[momabaarjo]

LOVE the teases!!

How about a couple of more....

From Ann & Tammie

And from Tammie

 

[swwake]

Funny, my daughter was just there last weekend for a regional academic competition where she places 1st in Writing and 2nd in Literary Critic...qualifying her for state in a few weeks in Austion (love how I got a mommy brag in).

Ummm....are you coming to Austin?

PTR Planning Tease...

This works for me too! Yay!

 

[momabaarjo]

Shins & Winds: A Training Update​

Just a quick update...yesterdays run should was all about the wind and shins. Where I live we deal with the wind on a daily basis for the most part and I am not talking about a little wind. Last week when we were having our blizzard we had hurricane strength winds for the better of 7 hours so you know what that did with the snow. Normally it is 15-20 on a daily basis and in the spring more like 20-30 with gusts up to 50 are not uncommon. So I am just going to have to put my big girl panty on and deal with it. Yesterday, I dealt with it...I am trying to convince myself that it is good training...resistance, right? And that is a good thing, right? In addition to the wind, I have been having a little trouble with my knee, but not yesterday it was my shins...grrr. I moved the slide back on C210k, and repeated week 5/day 1 (run 5 min/walk 3 min x3) since day 2 earlier in the week was an epic fail (run 8 min/walk 3 min x2). I made it through 2 complete cycles but when it came to the last 5 min run, I backed off and only ran 3 minutes...I kept hearing Ann in my ear not to push it and get injured. Funny, though the running part was easier on the shins then the walking part. I talked with Ann last night and she suggested dropping the interval training and just run straight, increasing my distance no more than 1/10th mile each run...so I am going to try that out this week...since it is SPRING BREAK and I have time to really get out there and the weather looks nice all week (except for the wind).

I have a 5K 2 weeks from today and I am starting to get nervous that I am not going to make the goals I set for myself...and that makes me wonder if I can actually do this 10 mile thing...I dont want to let Ann down, she needs a running partner! She is going to get mad for me saying that, but she had such a disappointing ToT and then had to do PHM alone...I am not doing this run for her...I am doing it for me, but it still would be nice to be able to do this together and I dont want to hold her back to the point of the dreaded sweepers.

 

[annmarieda]

When it comes to pushing through... it is it a hard call. On one had you don't want to push to injury. However, you have to push past certain "walls" to get to the next step. It is about knowing the difference. Are you struggling because you are on the verge of injury...or because you need to build more endurance? I know for a lot of people the walk/run method works. I did put in my time with that. However once my cardio was built up and I no longer was on that interval training... I think I felt much better. I really have a hard time if I stop and start. That stopping and starting is hard on my joints and tendons. I think I am much better off just slowing my pace... but this is after I finished those initial intervals that built up that cardio endurance.

So you are on week 5? 12 weeks total? You should not be disappointed with yourself if in a couple weeks your 5k isn't quite what you had hoped. You are only half way through the training for it. The thing to be proud of though is that you are doing it! AND I bet money it will still be better than your last 5k. I finally got Steve to agree to do a 5k. He is JUST starting week one/day 1 tomorrow. The race is next saturday. He didn't think he should because he won't be ready to do "his best" Well, his best right now is different than his best a year from now... and you can't always so no just because you are not up to "your best"... cause you best will always be changing.... so I say go for it. Don't push to injury... and have fun. HAVE FUN!! And the good thing... next race will be a PR. It is like it can only get better from here on out.

Oh...and as for me?! PLEASE!!! You will NOT let me down!!! As long as you are ok with the plan that if I need to I will run ahead... then we are good. You never know what the future holds though..and maybe it will be you running ahead. You just never know. So my thought... a. If in fact I am at a faster pace... I will go slower. b. If I find that I need to push a little harder and run ahead... I will. c. we will both be ok with a and b and last... d. we will be open and honest about our expectations of our selves and each other. I am not sure why it was so much more complicated for me with the previous rundisney events. We will have fun!!! And should we not finish together we WILL party together once we all cross that finish line

 

[annmarieda]

I am starting to get seriously excited for this trip. Bookings are dealt with and all that is left for me to do is get my return airfare. This trip is coming together very nicely. So I now am left stalking airfare. As of right now flights on our return date are high...almost twice that of just a couple days later. I am tempted to consider booking a room by myself and staying those extra couple nights. Problem is work... 5 days to get all my stuff done for the week is far easier than just 3. I did it recently and really don't want to do it again... but if it saved some money(or cost the same)???

I also am signed up for a st. patty's day race. I am so excited. I think my excitement from the PHM is still there and I can't wait to run another race. AND I got Steve and Zoe to sign up too. AND I have costumes for us (well... steve's will be minimal... Zoe on the other hand... she is going all out.)

I haven't been feeling great the last few days though..so hopefully I can manage this race. Even if I don't do particularly well... it should be fun.

 

[annmarieda]

It just occurred to me that we have never announced our official dates! I don't want to completely commandeer this PTR..... but to make it official.

Tammie and I arrive 9/28

Ashley and Ashley arrive 10/30

Amy should arrive 10/2

We all check out on 10/6 (the day after the ToT race)

Personally, I wish that the dates were shifted to have us staying after the race. It will be hard to not go commando in the parks. However, I think if I take it easy friday and saturday I should be good to go saturday night. Come sunday morning though... I may be pretty tired. Again though...gotta watch that fare and see if it comes down or if it makes sense to just stay put a day or two.

 

[momabaarjo]

Spring Break, Not Meant to be in a Dark Place

I have so been looking forward to spring break for a number of reasons, the biggest being a chance to get outside and really do some running (still feels silly to call what I am doing running), but my sunny spring ahead attitude has really hit the wall. I have been fighting some pretty serious shin splints the last couple of weeks...I am not sure even if that is what it is because it seems to be higher up on my bottom part of my leg and more inside...everything I have read says shin splints are on the outside of the leg and closer to the ankle, plus the fact that I have the pain on both of my legs on the exact same place. Ann and I texted at length late last week and I decided that maybe this interval thing was not what I needed but just to run all out...the pain would ease up while I was running and then when I slowed to a walk on the interval I could barely walk. So Saturday and Monday I did just that...ran as far as I could. I knew I could do 1 1/4 mile so that was what I worked at getting to and then walk, thinking that I would increase by distance 0.1 mi a day. Well that was the plan...but after 1 1/4 mile I was dead and could barely walk to finish even 2 miles. That had me fustrated, and to make matters worse the lady I ran with on January 1st posted Monday afternoon that she was now at being able to run 2.6 mi straight and here I was still back at 1.25 mi...then of course she had to brag about how much weight she has lost...and well, that coupled with my training fustrated through me into a really downward spiral. I know that everything she is posting is accurate, because I saw her on Saturday and she looks amazing. We started at the same place (me even a little a head of her) and she has run (pardon the pun) laps around me.

I was left in this dark hole wondering if I am even capable of doing the 5K I am signed up for next weekend (with her mind you), let alone this whole TOT of thing. Yesterday, I did a lot of watching videoes thanks to the Disney Gals and learning everything about the Galloway method of interval training...and decided that Interval is probably the better way of training for me, at this moment, at least. I also did a lot of researching shin splints and after my Curves workout this morning (yay me...3 days in a row this week so far...trying for 6 days) spent a lot more time stretching out my legs. I hit the pavement again today, not willing to give up completely yet...I made it 2.5 miles in 36 minutes (about :14.40 min/mi...no improvement) and most importantly I was pretty much pain free, well in comparision to where I have been the last couple of weeks. I did an interval of 5 min walk-warmup/5 min run/3 min walkx3, and finished up with 2 min run/7 min walk-cool down. It felt good (for the moment) to feel a little success again.

Now to conquer the diet thing again...but that in another post!

 

[annmarieda]

I feel so bad that I gave you poor advice. I do think that the interval run/walk programs work nicely for a lot of people...and so maybe that would be a good fit for you. Then again... maybe I didn't take into account where you were in the c25k program. I know I didn't always just full out run. I strictly followed the plan. If the plan said... run 3 minutes and walk 1... that is what I did. I just know that by the end it had me running the full 5k... BUT that was at the end of the program. I know it must seem frustrating. You want to be there NOW! But... please, please PLEASE know I was no where near running and entire 5k this time last year. So you are STILL ahead of where I was. I know I say that over and over... but is is the honest truth. Even when July came and I ran my first 10k, it was a challenge. I did have the issue with my ankle to contend with, but if I am honest with you and myself... while it held me back... it wasn't the only reason the 10k was a challenge... I managed to run most of it... but I HAD to walk part of it. Remember... I came in almost dead last. I think I want to say I was ahead of 2 people? I did it though and the next 10k, my pace was a good 2 minutes per mile faster. That seemed to happen over night... but it didn't. July to October... 3 months and a lot of hard training and some healing.

So as you move forward, be proud of each step and each accomplishment. You ran a 5k to start the year.... I bet you do better on this one. And if you don't... it is a different kind of race...so you don't have to. I am looking forward to repeating races... because THAT is where I will be able to actually compete with myself. Imagine that first race of mine...the 10k in july where I managed to run across the finish and almost died doing so.... When I do it again...if i come in even with one more person behind me...or one second faster, it will be a victory.

 

[swwake]

Tammie, I get shin splints when I start to run after long periods off. Are you stretching really well before your jogs? I spend about 5 minutes on the edge of my porch. I stretch each calf in three directions (you can do this by positioning the ball of your foot in three different ways). So I get the muscles on the inside of each calf, outside of each calf, and the middle of each calf. I give them each a good long hard stretch (and it really feels good). Then I throw in a quad and a hamstring stretch just for good measure. I have found that this takes care of my shin splints almost immediately. If you haven't been stretching, give it a try.

P.S. I still think interval is the best way to train. It will help build endurance, and it's great for calorie burning. Did you ever get a heart rate monitor?

 

[momabaarjo]

When it comes to pushing through... it is it a hard call. On one had you don't want to push to injury. However, you have to push past certain "walls" to get to the next step. It is about knowing the difference. Are you struggling because you are on the verge of injury...or because you need to build more endurance?

I am sure it is an en
durance thing...thinking I should be farther along then where I am...
I know for a lot of people the walk/run method works. I did put in my time with that. However once my cardio was built up and I no longer was on that interval training... I think I felt much better. I really have a hard time if I stop and start. That stopping and starting is hard on my joints and tendons. I think I am much better off just slowing my pace... but this is after I finished those initial intervals that built up that cardio endurance.

So you are on week 5? 12 weeks total? You should not be disappointed with yourself if in a couple weeks your 5k isn't quite what you had hoped. You are only half way through the training for it. The thing to be proud of though is that you are doing it! AND I bet money it will still be better than your last 5k. I finally got Steve to agree to do a 5k. He is JUST starting week one/day 1 tomorrow. The race is next saturday. He didn't think he should because he won't be ready to do "his best" Well, his best right now is different than his best a year from now... and you can't always so no just because you are not up to "your best"... cause you best will always be changing.... so I say go for it. Don't push to injury... and have fun. HAVE FUN!! And the good thing... next race will be a PR. It is like it can only get better from here on out.

WHAT IS A PR???

Oh...and as for me?! PLEASE!!! You will NOT let me down!!! As long as you are ok with the plan that if I need to I will run ahead... then we are good. You never know what the future holds though..and maybe it will be you running ahead. You just never know. So my thought... a. If in fact I am at a faster pace... I will go slower. b. If I find that I need to push a little harder and run ahead... I will. c. we will both be ok with a and b and last... d. we will be open and honest about our expectations of our selves and each other. I am not sure why it was so much more complicated for me with the previous rundisney events. We will have fun!!! And should we not finish together we WILL party together once we all cross that finish line

I know you long for someone to run with...and I want to be there for you...as well as for me too! Share my pain with you!

I am starting to get seriously excited for this trip. Bookings are dealt with and all that is left for me to do is get my return airfare. This trip is coming together very nicely. So I now am left stalking airfare. As of right now flights on our return date are high...almost twice that of just a couple days later. I am tempted to consider booking a room by myself and staying those extra couple nights. Problem is work... 5 days to get all my stuff done for the week is far easier than just 3. I did it recently and really don't want to do it again... but if it saved some money(or cost the same)???

I knew that you would obsess over your return flight...so glad I made you book your departure flight...baby steps!

I also am signed up for a st. patty's day race. I am so excited. I think my excitement from the PHM is still there and I can't wait to run another race. AND I got Steve and Zoe to sign up too. AND I have costumes for us (well... steve's will be minimal... Zoe on the other hand... she is going all out.)

Cant wait to see pictures....YAY STEVE!

I haven't been feeling great the last few days though..so hopefully I can manage this race. Even if I don't do particularly well... it should be fun.

I think you do need some fun in your running...

I feel so bad that I gave you poor advice. I do think that the interval run/walk programs work nicely for a lot of people...and so maybe that would be a good fit for you.


YOu did not give bad advice, I am willing to try anything and love your input...
Then again... maybe I didn't take into account where you were in the c25k program. I know I didn't always just full out run. I strictly followed the plan. If the plan said... run 3 minutes and walk 1... that is what I did. I just know that by the end it had me running the full 5k... BUT that was at the end of the program. I know it must seem frustrating. You want to be there NOW! But... please, please PLEASE know I was no where near running and entire 5k this time last year. So you are STILL ahead of where I was. I know I say that over and over... but is is the honest truth. Even when July came and I ran my first 10k, it was a challenge. I did have the issue with my ankle to contend with, but if I am honest with you and myself... while it held me back... it wasn't the only reason the 10k was a challenge... I managed to run most of it... but I HAD to walk part of it. Remember... I came in almost dead last. I think I want to say I was ahead of 2 people? I did it though and the next 10k, my pace was a good 2 minutes per mile faster. That seemed to happen over night... but it didn't. July to October... 3 months and a lot of hard training and some healing.

So as you move forward, be proud of each step and each accomplishment. You ran a 5k to start the year.... I bet you do better on this one. And if you don't... it is a different kind of race...so you don't have to. I am looking forward to repeating races... because THAT is where I will be able to actually compete with myself. Imagine that first race of mine...the 10k in july where I managed to run across the finish and almost died doing so.... When I do it again...if i come in even with one more person behind me...or one second faster, it will be a victory.

Yep, one step at a time, one run at a time...

Tammie, I get shin splints when I start to run after long periods off. Are you stretching really well before your jogs?


The jury is out on the stretching, most times I go run right after curves so I know my muscles are warm, then when I dont I do a nice brisk walk and a few stretches before hand. I know that most of the issue is weight...Love the ball idea...I am going to try that... I spend about 5 minutes on the edge of my porch. I stretch each calf in three directions (you can do this by positioning the ball of your foot in three different ways). So I get the muscles on the inside of each calf, outside of each calf, and the middle of each calf. I give them each a good long hard stretch (and it really feels good). Then I throw in a quad and a hamstring stretch just for good measure. I have found that this takes care of my shin splints almost immediately. If you haven't been stretching, give it a try.

P.S. I still think interval is the best way to train. It will help build endurance, and it's great for calorie burning. Did you ever get a heart rate monitor?

Yes, Jeff bought me one for Valentines, but I still have not figured it out!

I have also been reading on the KP Tape...and I am thinking of getting some. Although I am going to look pretty funny walking around school in my capris and tape on my legs since it lasts for about a week before needing to be changed.

THANKS FOR THE GREAT ADVICE & PEP TALK ANN & SUSAN....