I can't believe that it's Halloween already! That means it's already November.... Sadly, my only tricker treater was the UPS man.
I know I've said it too many times before, but it still surprises me that work is getting crazier and more intense. At some pont someone needs to make a decision and we either need to stop testing or restrict what we do when we go live. We just need someone higher up than I am and with enough balls to say it!
It also helps that I set some goals for next year. Swimming wise, mom wants to have a family vacation in Hawaii so we will be in Kona in February. I want to do the swim leg of the Kona Ironman. I also want to do a swim from Alzatraz.
Swimming is my main stress relief, but I need something that I can do on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays. Since I want to do more tris, I really need to work on the bike. The bike is my worst leg. I'm just not comfortable on the bike. Some of it is my size. I think that makes me really slow, which makes me uncomfortable. The smaller girls should make things easier. So I'm going to take a class on Saturday morning to brush up on my skills. There is an afternoon class on hills, but I think that may be a bit too much for one day
Then in January there is a kick off for a Cinderella ride in Pleasanton in April. It's 65 miles will about a 1,465 feet rise through the course so it shouldn't be too bad. I was hoping to do the same tri I did last year in June, but it looks like it won't be held until October. I've spent the last 45 minutes searching for alternative races so now it's time to finish this up & head to bed!
Walking/Running wise, I'd like to start doing some more run/walking for an extended period of time. I'm hoping that my book club group will do the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon in Las Vegas next year. That will get me training in all three of my sports!
So much for getting to bed early this tonight! I have early calls in the morning so I'm hoping I walk up in time. I need to hop in the shower by 6:30 (which is REALLY early for me) so I can be outside of WW for the 7:30 call. There is a meeting at 8. I'm hoping I can be in and out for my 8:30 call; home for my 9 am call and then the rest of the morning is full of calls.
Tomorrow night we are getting foot massages and dinner with the book club girls should be really fun. I have to be really good and get home early so I can make it to Redwood City by 8 am for the bike class Saturday! Let's hope I can get a nap in before the Warriors game Saturday night!
I'll let you know how I do tomorrow at WW.
Have a great Friday!
xxoo
Deb
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
A Great Swim
Oh my goodness. I had such a great swim tonight. I wasn't going to write about it until tomorrow since it was getting late and I would really like to start getting to bed earlier.
So much for that. I laid in bed forever & finally got up to fold laundry at 3. It's now almost 4. I'm not sure if I should even try to sleep at this point. Of course my first call is is 8.....
Anyway, back to the swim. It was a 1,000 yd warm up & then a mile broken up into different sub-sets. I figured I would start to see how far I got. I was really disappointed when I looked at the clock & realized that I had 5 minutes to do 850 yards. The coach said to see how far I could get so I kept going. By the time I hit the last 450 there was no way I was stopping! He was very nice and stayed about 20 late so that another lady and I could finish up. The last 50 yards was timed at I was at 48 seconds. A lot longer than hen I was a kid, but not bad after swimming almost 1 3/4 miles. That's the farthest I've gone in well over 30 years!!!
Since its late I'm going to fess up. I LOVE the Monday night coach. He always has time for everyone. He's also quite the cutie patootie (QP). I finally found enough information to google him. I'm really not a stalker, I just act like one one occasion. He looks like he's 12. I don't know about you, but as I get older everyone I think is my age is really much younger. I guess I'm not ready to be old. Anyway, at least he's in his upper 20s. I was really surprised to learn he's a pro athlete. He has won several tris and Ironmans. That makes him all the nicer!
Anyway, all stop rambling now. It was such a great workout. I felt really strong and powerful when it was over with. Maybe that's why I can't sleep!!
I have decided I'm going to train for another half marathon in December 2014. I would really like to do a run/walk rather than just a walk. I also want to do the Mermaid tri in the spring. I have to figure out the rest of my fitness goals for next year now!!
Happy Tuesday!!!
Xoxoxo
Deb
So much for that. I laid in bed forever & finally got up to fold laundry at 3. It's now almost 4. I'm not sure if I should even try to sleep at this point. Of course my first call is is 8.....
Anyway, back to the swim. It was a 1,000 yd warm up & then a mile broken up into different sub-sets. I figured I would start to see how far I got. I was really disappointed when I looked at the clock & realized that I had 5 minutes to do 850 yards. The coach said to see how far I could get so I kept going. By the time I hit the last 450 there was no way I was stopping! He was very nice and stayed about 20 late so that another lady and I could finish up. The last 50 yards was timed at I was at 48 seconds. A lot longer than hen I was a kid, but not bad after swimming almost 1 3/4 miles. That's the farthest I've gone in well over 30 years!!!
Since its late I'm going to fess up. I LOVE the Monday night coach. He always has time for everyone. He's also quite the cutie patootie (QP). I finally found enough information to google him. I'm really not a stalker, I just act like one one occasion. He looks like he's 12. I don't know about you, but as I get older everyone I think is my age is really much younger. I guess I'm not ready to be old. Anyway, at least he's in his upper 20s. I was really surprised to learn he's a pro athlete. He has won several tris and Ironmans. That makes him all the nicer!
Anyway, all stop rambling now. It was such a great workout. I felt really strong and powerful when it was over with. Maybe that's why I can't sleep!!
I have decided I'm going to train for another half marathon in December 2014. I would really like to do a run/walk rather than just a walk. I also want to do the Mermaid tri in the spring. I have to figure out the rest of my fitness goals for next year now!!
Happy Tuesday!!!
Xoxoxo
Deb
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Back on Track
I almost wrote this last night. It was such a relaxing evening and then I realized it was SATURDAY!!! I still had one more day without work! So I just stayed off of the computer. It was wonderful!
Anyway, as I mentioned the other night, I recommitted to WW. I overslept, but I did go weigh in. Shockingly I actually lost 1.8 pounds in the last 2 weeks! I'm down to 257.2 pounds. That's a total loss of 12.8. It's been very, very slow! Right now it feels good to be back on track. Let's hope I can keep it up the rest of this week.
On thing I'm learning is that I just need to keep taking things one day, one hour, one meal, even one bite at a time!
Hope you had a great weekend!
xxoo
Deb
Anyway, as I mentioned the other night, I recommitted to WW. I overslept, but I did go weigh in. Shockingly I actually lost 1.8 pounds in the last 2 weeks! I'm down to 257.2 pounds. That's a total loss of 12.8. It's been very, very slow! Right now it feels good to be back on track. Let's hope I can keep it up the rest of this week.
On thing I'm learning is that I just need to keep taking things one day, one hour, one meal, even one bite at a time!
Hope you had a great weekend!
xxoo
Deb
Saturday, October 26, 2013
A Very Late Post
Today was a pretty good day. I feel like I've been off; missing the spring in my step lately. It felt like things started to fall back into place today.
As I was swimming tonight I really wanted to post something. Of course I got home, ate dinner, and started to watch some TV. I honestly think I can't get to sleep because I need to write!!
I don't know if this attitude shift is because:
As I was swimming tonight I really wanted to post something. Of course I got home, ate dinner, and started to watch some TV. I honestly think I can't get to sleep because I need to write!!
I don't know if this attitude shift is because:
- We started getting some testing done for this project that is about 2 months behind.
- This is the first weekend in 6 weeks I haven't had to be on call and/or work (knock on wood!!).
- My shrink is back after having been gone for 7 weeks to have her knees replaced.
- I was able to get more walking mileage in with the dogs for the firśt time in a few weeks
Whatever it is I'm taking it!! I feel ready to commit to WW tomorrow morning. I really want to get the new magazine. One of the bloggers I really like - CurveyFitGirl - is featured as a success story. I think it helps that tomorrow is the first day in many, many weeks that I don't have something planned with someone else. I'm taking advantage of it and getting a massage, but otherwise it just me & the muffins all day!!!
I think I really did need to write, I'm starting to fade. Maybe because hen pecking on the iPad is much slower than typing on the laptop!
I'll let you know how I do tomorrow. I may be up, but that's ok. It's a new day & a good time or a fresh start!!
Xoxoxo
Deb
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Tuesday, Tuesday
Sometimes the day just gets away from you. That's been what's happened the last few days. Sunday I went down to San Jose to a flea market and for dinner. We had a VERY healthy dinner of meatloaf made with a ton of veggies, green beans, asparagus, a huge salad with a lot more veggies, and a third of a sweet potato! It was a ton of food and it was so good! I don't know what I liked better. The best part was that she gave me a meatloaf to take home!
Yesterday was crazy. I think the next few weeks with this project at work will make my life insane. I snuck out with the dogs and tripped on a hole in the sidewalk. At least it was my good ankle so it was just twisted and not strained, but I did really bang my knee and when I landed the poop bags popped. This of course scared Cherry who started to run, the collar caught her and she fell and was bleeding from her ankle. I just sat there for a minute looking like an idiot gathering my thoughts. Of course I was supposed to do some volunteer with the Warriors in 30 minutes. I was able to get home, patch up Cherry, change clothes, take some Advil, just in case and was ready to go. My friend and I were assigned to blackberry clean-up duty. It was over 2 hours of hard labor. By the end I could barely lift the loppers and squeeze them. But we cleared a huge area of about 8' tall by 4' deep. I even pulled out a huge hunk of a pine tree. I was so tired from this that I didn't go swim; my knee was also swollen and purple by this point so that did factor into the decision.
Today was another day on the crazy train. I spent the morning on the phone. I forgot to pull some english muffins out of the freezer so I thawed a chocolate croissant for breakfast. Not really WW friendly. I've really had a hard time staying on plan. A REALLY hard time. I was surprised that I felt rested when I woke up this morning since I didn't swim. I was exhausted by 3 so I took a nap, which is why I'm still up, but I'm fading fast.
Ok, tomorrow is Wednesday, if I'm going to be stiff from the fall and/or the blackberries, it will be at it's worst tomorrow. Swimming will help. That is my number one goal for tomorrow. The number two goal is that I will eat a frozen omelet for breakfast, leftover chicken pasta for lunch, and meatloaf for dinner. Goal number three - NO See's candy. I will put them in the freezer on the way to bed.
Have a great hump day tomorrow!
xxoo
Deb
Yesterday was crazy. I think the next few weeks with this project at work will make my life insane. I snuck out with the dogs and tripped on a hole in the sidewalk. At least it was my good ankle so it was just twisted and not strained, but I did really bang my knee and when I landed the poop bags popped. This of course scared Cherry who started to run, the collar caught her and she fell and was bleeding from her ankle. I just sat there for a minute looking like an idiot gathering my thoughts. Of course I was supposed to do some volunteer with the Warriors in 30 minutes. I was able to get home, patch up Cherry, change clothes, take some Advil, just in case and was ready to go. My friend and I were assigned to blackberry clean-up duty. It was over 2 hours of hard labor. By the end I could barely lift the loppers and squeeze them. But we cleared a huge area of about 8' tall by 4' deep. I even pulled out a huge hunk of a pine tree. I was so tired from this that I didn't go swim; my knee was also swollen and purple by this point so that did factor into the decision.
Today was another day on the crazy train. I spent the morning on the phone. I forgot to pull some english muffins out of the freezer so I thawed a chocolate croissant for breakfast. Not really WW friendly. I've really had a hard time staying on plan. A REALLY hard time. I was surprised that I felt rested when I woke up this morning since I didn't swim. I was exhausted by 3 so I took a nap, which is why I'm still up, but I'm fading fast.
Ok, tomorrow is Wednesday, if I'm going to be stiff from the fall and/or the blackberries, it will be at it's worst tomorrow. Swimming will help. That is my number one goal for tomorrow. The number two goal is that I will eat a frozen omelet for breakfast, leftover chicken pasta for lunch, and meatloaf for dinner. Goal number three - NO See's candy. I will put them in the freezer on the way to bed.
Have a great hump day tomorrow!
xxoo
Deb
Friday, October 18, 2013
A VERY Long Week
I can't believe how long it's been since I've written. It's been such a crazy week. I found out Monday at 3:47 that we had a meetings every day from 4-7pm. That put swimming in jeopardy and makes for a very long day if you start at 7 am!
I'm very happy to say that I did swim Monday, Wednesday and Friday and that helped so much. I was very grateful that I had the release from the stress of work.
I wasn't so good about eating or logging my food. I know it sounds like an excuse, but when you only have a few 10-15 minute breaks in your day, it makes it hard to plan/make meals.
As I write this I'm watching the very last "What Not to Wear" show. They weren't supposed to end the show without helping me!!!
There were a few things that I did this week that surprised me. Both were on Wednesday. First, walking on Wednesday, I noticed that a lady down the street was getting rid of a bunch of furniture. One of the pieces was an antique buffet. It was beautiful! I actually went back and took it off of the street!
The other thing I did was Botox! When I went for my 4 month post-op I met with aesthetic practitioner to see if there were things I could do to help preserve my skin. One of the things she recommended was Botox for my huge worry line between my eyes. Since I get a lot of migraines, especially recently, I asked if it would help with those. She can't do the type for insurance, but many of her patients have headache relief. So I went ahead and did it! Something I never thought I would do!
One thing that I realized while swimming tonight was that I really don't have any active goals right now. I read several other blogs they have inspired me to set some goals. I will be looking at events over the weekend to find something for next year.
Do you guys have any goals that you are working towards? Also, how do you pick yourself up and start over when you feel like you are stuck and not moving forward? That's kind of where I am.
I have meetings from 7-7 most of next week so it will be hectic again. Of course there are 20 million things this weekend so I don't have a lot of time to cook ahead for the week. Hopefully I will figure something out!
Have a great weekend!
xxoo
Deb
I'm very happy to say that I did swim Monday, Wednesday and Friday and that helped so much. I was very grateful that I had the release from the stress of work.
I wasn't so good about eating or logging my food. I know it sounds like an excuse, but when you only have a few 10-15 minute breaks in your day, it makes it hard to plan/make meals.
As I write this I'm watching the very last "What Not to Wear" show. They weren't supposed to end the show without helping me!!!
There were a few things that I did this week that surprised me. Both were on Wednesday. First, walking on Wednesday, I noticed that a lady down the street was getting rid of a bunch of furniture. One of the pieces was an antique buffet. It was beautiful! I actually went back and took it off of the street!
The other thing I did was Botox! When I went for my 4 month post-op I met with aesthetic practitioner to see if there were things I could do to help preserve my skin. One of the things she recommended was Botox for my huge worry line between my eyes. Since I get a lot of migraines, especially recently, I asked if it would help with those. She can't do the type for insurance, but many of her patients have headache relief. So I went ahead and did it! Something I never thought I would do!
One thing that I realized while swimming tonight was that I really don't have any active goals right now. I read several other blogs they have inspired me to set some goals. I will be looking at events over the weekend to find something for next year.
Do you guys have any goals that you are working towards? Also, how do you pick yourself up and start over when you feel like you are stuck and not moving forward? That's kind of where I am.
I have meetings from 7-7 most of next week so it will be hectic again. Of course there are 20 million things this weekend so I don't have a lot of time to cook ahead for the week. Hopefully I will figure something out!
Have a great weekend!
xxoo
Deb
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Will the World Ever Stop?
I've decided that I'm not going to stress if I don't write every day. As much as I want to, work is way to crazy right now. The day is basically starting at 7 and ending at 7 with minimal breaks. I barely got the dogs out for 15 minutes today. I had to eat, drink & potty all while on the phone. Thank goodness for mute buttons!
The sad part is that the calls are stressful so I'm not being good about logging. Last night I was so grateful that I was able to take the dogs while on the call so I could go swim. There was no way I was going to miss the swim last night. I needed to turn off of my brain. It took a long time to happen, longer than it ever has, but it finally happened. I was so exhausted by the time I got home.
Tomorrow I go to my surgeon for her to look at my boobs to see how they are healing. I'm also going to meet with the skin consultant as a treat to myself. I'm hoping to find out what I can to keep my skin in good shape
Tomorrow I'm also going to track all of my food and I will swim tomorrow night. I can do those two things.
I hope you have a good day!
xxoo
Deb
The sad part is that the calls are stressful so I'm not being good about logging. Last night I was so grateful that I was able to take the dogs while on the call so I could go swim. There was no way I was going to miss the swim last night. I needed to turn off of my brain. It took a long time to happen, longer than it ever has, but it finally happened. I was so exhausted by the time I got home.
Tomorrow I go to my surgeon for her to look at my boobs to see how they are healing. I'm also going to meet with the skin consultant as a treat to myself. I'm hoping to find out what I can to keep my skin in good shape
Tomorrow I'm also going to track all of my food and I will swim tomorrow night. I can do those two things.
I hope you have a good day!
xxoo
Deb
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