Should know better!

WHY pizza and beer, WHY?

(curse you Home Run Inn)

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Think the working portion of my brain decided to take time off last night! 

Paying the price for it still.  It was only one beer and a slice of cheese pizza (all be told a BIG slice) but the lack of a gallbladder and messed up liver spells trouble.   At the time I just did not care, not quite that way late into the night and today.  No one made do it and it will hopefully stick this time (or at least for  long time again).  There is no getting around the fact if I play I'll pay... and pay.  Thank goodness it was not more crap, the chicken tenders and Ranch had been calling pretty strong.   If your going to be stupid be GOOD and stupid, stopped at stupid thank goodness.   On to a good day of easy on the tummy stuff.  And a lot of water to deflate the puff ball.

The fairy strikes again

Birthdays are good for you.

 

Statistics show that people

who have the most live the longest!
~ Father Larry Lorenzoni

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Time to update the age in the profile again.  It was a beautiful day today, sunny and warm. That kind of day seems to go by so fast.  You just have to love them.  It was nice timing for this weather since I had to stay home for the repairs from the major leak in the ceiling.  Since a lot of the house is torn up and dust going everywhere working outside fit in nicely.  It was great to be out working in the gardens.  Mostly it was cleaning and prepping them.  Most of the daffodils are blooming.  Some of the mini iris are done but not all.  Bluebells are just about to start.  Tulips still to get going, just leaves.  Put in some English daisies I'd gotten as a gift.  They are new for the garden and look so sweet, hope they do nice.  There were quite a few gold finches out singing and it was great to see them turning yellow again, one more sign the season is here.  

Behaved on the food today.  Actually things have not been sitting well lately (making me nervous) so I was not tempted.  The guys did not mind missing a go out birthday dinner.  There are so many April B-days in the family it gets old anyway.  Hoping the yard work was decent exercise because it was just that and walking the neighborhood, for the day.  Back at the regular tomorrow.  Maybe bump it up because my son's B-day is Saturday and he will pick a dangerous dinner place.  They are his favorites.  Have to go easy, there are two more next week.  April... party month.

HYC weekly check in

This week's weigh in looks like a three pound lose on paper but two of those were gone earlier in the week fairly quickly.  They were the salt induced water weight from the previous week.   I have not gotten in as many workouts as I'd like this past week with kids back home, holidays and the big home repairs going on  things got in the way.  Some of that is gone this week so getting back into it maybe easier.  

What a difference a day makes

It was long over due.

Time to play hookie, from it all!  Woke up to a beautiful morning and know it is going to be a busy weekend so made the rash decision to just have fun today.  After dropping my son off at school drove to the arboretum and spent the day hiking, running and nature watching.  The weather was wonderful.  Early on there were few people and it was so peaceful and nice to spend more time taking it as a work out.  As it warmed up and more people were around (still a lot less than on weekends and holidays) it was great to take in the nature.  Having the trees leafless made it easier to see the birds and animals, glad to say there was a lot to see.  A few shrubs and woodland flowers were starting to bloom.  I came across a spot that smelled wonderful and realized a couple of viburnums  had the flower buds just barely opening.  Spring is definitely here.  The  daffodil fields were not blooming yet so it just means another trip is needed.  Around the time my feet were starting to talk up, I looked at the cell phone and saw it was a little after one o clock.  Finished up the trail and having only a short time before having to head back to the school for my son decided to eat there.  They had a 1/2 salad option (the regular ones people had were really big) and the roasted asparagus and potato sounded good.  It was, made up of baby spinach topped with the asparagus, a few potato quarters, cherry tomato and red onion (had hard boiled egg and a cucumber slice as well but those are not my favorite).  They had several of these cute little biscuits and though not whole grain I took one.  It was topped with a little rosemary, tasty.  Nice end to the visit.  

Got to the school on time, made it to his two appointments and then cell rings.  

My husband thinks it is so nice outside we should go for a hike (he did not know of my earlier change of plans)... take son home, pick up DH's walking shoes and change of pants, head to his office (he changes), off to hiking again (different location).  We had fun.  By the end it was getting later so stopped for quick dinner and then back to his office for his car.  I stopped for some dinner for my son, he calls and he needs to go to Best Buy and then to a friends.  Get home feed him, have to return some calls and the take him on his way.  Finally ended up at home at 9:42.  I did not get anything done today but it was worth it.  Though there were times today out on the trails I felt tired now the feeling is energized.  Better turn in anyway, tomorrow starts a very busy weekend (and it will have to play catch up for today but that's fine it was fun).

Hoping all the hiking and such worked out to be enough exercise.

Hurts so good

Going to feel it tomorrow!
It was a day of one BIG stress after another.  By tonight frustration and anger seemed stuck inside.  It was past comfort food or cravings.  Just knew it had to get out somehow, it was literally making me feel sick.  Put in the 30 Day Shred (since it was in the plan already).  Starting it up, the thought of beating the stress out seemed like a good option.  Pushed through level 1, 2 and 3, ouch just determined to have power over something .  Time for a nice long warm shower and comfy jammies.  Leaving today day behind and looking forward to a better new day!

 someday , hopefully I'll look this good sweaty :-).

Oh and the running intervals are really lame at this point but going to stick it out and try to work them up.  If that will be possible, time will tell.

HYC Tuesday

Sunday's weigh in was up but today it is off.  It felt like water weight at the time.  That is all good but at the same time there is no real drop going on.  Something has to give, I want to reach that elusive Onerland again.  Reevaluating it all I'm thinking it is time to make a big change up in the type of work outs.  I really like what I'm doing but there was an article about a man's success story which pointed out his total routine change brought about the renewed weight lose after a long period of being stuck.  It is not a completely new idea just that I'm at a point of frustration that even things I hate would sound good if they would work.  Still going to keep a few things thrown in, that I like, here and there.  

*Since the reformer is at the house it can be done a couple of evenings.  The Pilates class will go on hold for a bit though.  

*Thinking I'll keep one yoga class and still do some home practice. It helps with more than just weight lose.  The pool is the same and that will happen as there is time if nothing else because I love it.

*Here is the hate part, running intervals.  Phew I said it, it is out there.  I hate to run, always have even when I was thin.  Just think it might be the kick in the pants that is needed.  

*Going to talk to the trainer about a free weight mix.  I have thrown in some basic ones now and then but think she could come up with a good shake up.  

*Go back to the Shred dvd.  I started it and then oops.  Well, back to every day.

*Another thing that was not followed through with was the quick burst aerodyne bike intervals. 

I'm on the look out for different things and will ask the trainer when I talk to her about the free weights.  

Puffy weigh in

The Sunday weigh in was not good, a two pound gain, BUT it seems to be water related.  It showed up this morning (weight had not been up yesterday morning). Fingers and feet quite puffy and as the day moved on it has gone way down.  I'll check the scale in the morning.  Salt is killer for me and we had to eat lunch out yesterday.  The menu was mostly way off my food choices.  Chose soup and side salad, the soup was good but think it was very salty.   Not going to be down about it just hate to have to enter the gain.  Hoping to make next week a bigger lose than the two from this week.  

*Monday morning things better with rings, shoes and bra, oh salt.

Time for a big old kick!

 

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Not going to be an April Fool!

March ended with that foolish state winning.  Not feeling well, not exercising, falling into doing for everyone else and turning off otherwise, thought those days were long gone, what the heck.  Last night I ran into an old friend from a past job in the grocery store.  The conversation we had stuck with me and for some reason it brought these feelings of  realizing how lost and backwards I was slipping.  I was rationalizing that the food was still good so it was all good.  So wrong!  I should know better, it has to be the whole package.  Besides the biggie of exercise, I'd slipped into the routine of not bothering with myself.  My friend stood there looking so nice and I happened to see my reflection behind her in the glass door and shrank.  That should be a wake up sign that things are off.  It looked like I fell out of bed and hit the ground running (which I did).  It just creeps in though, one thing at a time like the rest.  It all STOPS now.   

Time to be April Fabulous not an April Fool.