Something new happened yesterday!
I made it all the way through spinning class without even once thinking I was going to die!
And it was the first time I've even been to the class in several months.
Wow!
It was great!
Every single time I've ever taken the class not only have I allowed myself to slack my way through, but I've also - about ten minutes in - always thought I'd absolutely keel over before I finished. But not yesterday. Yesterday, the whole time, I pushed myself as hard as I could push and never once did I want to stop.
It was absolutely exhilarating!
Anyway...so today I ran a scant little three miles at the track and along the Greenway. I may go to the gym this evening, as well. Not sure yet.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
Today, nothing.
Yesterday, in the early a.m.: 4.25 miles (2-ish with Madelyn & Kristi, who I encountered just as I was crossing Highway 31 to reach the track); then in the p.m.: 15 minutes on the eliptical followed by 15 minutes in the sauna.
Tomorrow: Spinning class, maybe.
Yesterday, in the early a.m.: 4.25 miles (2-ish with Madelyn & Kristi, who I encountered just as I was crossing Highway 31 to reach the track); then in the p.m.: 15 minutes on the eliptical followed by 15 minutes in the sauna.
Tomorrow: Spinning class, maybe.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Rain, rain went away
Just as I was about to head out the door for a run around 8 this morning, the rain came fallin' down. I was rather disappointed. Since I was already dressed for a workout, I went to the gym and by the time I got there, the rain had stopped so I stashed my gym bag in a locker and took off on the course of a now-defunct 5K that starts & finishes at the park right next to the gym.
What a wonderful, cool morning it was!
When I got back to the gym I climbed on the eliptical for 15 minutes, alternating backwards and forwards for the last six minutes.
Then I sat in the sauna for 15 minutes.
What luxury!
I MUST do this more often.
What a wonderful, cool morning it was!
When I got back to the gym I climbed on the eliptical for 15 minutes, alternating backwards and forwards for the last six minutes.
Then I sat in the sauna for 15 minutes.
What luxury!
I MUST do this more often.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Just call me Olive
No run today.
Went to the gym instead, sat in the sauna for 15 minutes, got out, cooled off, and went back in for 10 minutes more.
It's been way too long since I've done that and it FELT GREAT!
I was so wonderfully relaxed afterward. It was absolutely worth skipping the workout.
Before I got in the sauna, I weighed on the medical scale in the dressing room.
121.
How can that be? I eat junkety junk food as much as I want and, let's face it, I haven't really been on top of any real exercise regime in the last few months.
Ugh.
Must build muscle!
Despite what those on the other end of the scale may think, being scrawny-fied is NOT the gold at the end of the diet rainbow.
Ugh. I mean, really, nobody ever holds Olive Oyl up as the epitome of good health, now do they?
Went to the gym instead, sat in the sauna for 15 minutes, got out, cooled off, and went back in for 10 minutes more.
It's been way too long since I've done that and it FELT GREAT!
I was so wonderfully relaxed afterward. It was absolutely worth skipping the workout.
Before I got in the sauna, I weighed on the medical scale in the dressing room.
121.
How can that be? I eat junkety junk food as much as I want and, let's face it, I haven't really been on top of any real exercise regime in the last few months.
Ugh.
Must build muscle!
Despite what those on the other end of the scale may think, being scrawny-fied is NOT the gold at the end of the diet rainbow.
Ugh. I mean, really, nobody ever holds Olive Oyl up as the epitome of good health, now do they?
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Speaking in generalities
Today, as I was eating black-eyed peas and greens with the inlaws, I decided to look up the why-withall of this New Year's Day tradition...so here it is...courtesy of wikipedia.
"Hoppin' John is the Southern United States' version of the rice and beans dish traditional throughout the Caribbean. It consists of field peas or crowder peas (black-eyed peas) and rice, with chopped onion and sliced bacon, seasoned with a bit of salt. Some people substitute ham hock or fatback for the conventional bacon; a few use green peppers or vinegar and spices. Throughout the coastal South, eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a year filled with luck...The peas, or beans with little black “eyes,” signify coins. Fill your plate with them and your cup will run over, as in the 23rd Psalm, perhaps. Collard greens along with this dish are supposed to also add to the wealth since they are the color of money. On the day after New Year's Day, leftover "Hoppin' John" is called "Skippin' Jenny," and further demonstrates one's frugality, bringing an even better chance of prosperity in the New Year, it is hoped."
So, there you have it.
There's no tradition, really, to eating strawberry swirled cheesecake for breakfast, but that's what I did this morning. It was yummy but I sure did feel all heavy and slow on my pitiful little four-miler just now.
Oh, well.
Still, four miles after having cheesecake for breakfast is better than no miles after having cheesecake for breakfast, right?
Maybe there is a bit of tradition to be established here, though. The reason I ate the cheesecake in the first place was because I have decided to allow myself more little luxuries and enjoy life more. For me, getting out and running four or five miles almost every day is just about the ultimate in luxury. So, maybe that'll be an easy resolution to keep.
Another luxury I afforded myself today: I got out the door bright and early to take Nash to the park. We fed the ducks and played on the slide and just generally enjoyed each other's company.
Then, while grocery shopping, I bought two avocados, some sour cream, green onions and multigrain Tostitos. Later tonight, I'm gonna make myself some guacamole for no reason other than I like guacamole.
So, there!
Happy 2009 friends!
"Hoppin' John is the Southern United States' version of the rice and beans dish traditional throughout the Caribbean. It consists of field peas or crowder peas (black-eyed peas) and rice, with chopped onion and sliced bacon, seasoned with a bit of salt. Some people substitute ham hock or fatback for the conventional bacon; a few use green peppers or vinegar and spices. Throughout the coastal South, eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a year filled with luck...The peas, or beans with little black “eyes,” signify coins. Fill your plate with them and your cup will run over, as in the 23rd Psalm, perhaps. Collard greens along with this dish are supposed to also add to the wealth since they are the color of money. On the day after New Year's Day, leftover "Hoppin' John" is called "Skippin' Jenny," and further demonstrates one's frugality, bringing an even better chance of prosperity in the New Year, it is hoped."
So, there you have it.
There's no tradition, really, to eating strawberry swirled cheesecake for breakfast, but that's what I did this morning. It was yummy but I sure did feel all heavy and slow on my pitiful little four-miler just now.
Oh, well.
Still, four miles after having cheesecake for breakfast is better than no miles after having cheesecake for breakfast, right?
Maybe there is a bit of tradition to be established here, though. The reason I ate the cheesecake in the first place was because I have decided to allow myself more little luxuries and enjoy life more. For me, getting out and running four or five miles almost every day is just about the ultimate in luxury. So, maybe that'll be an easy resolution to keep.
Another luxury I afforded myself today: I got out the door bright and early to take Nash to the park. We fed the ducks and played on the slide and just generally enjoyed each other's company.
Then, while grocery shopping, I bought two avocados, some sour cream, green onions and multigrain Tostitos. Later tonight, I'm gonna make myself some guacamole for no reason other than I like guacamole.
So, there!
Happy 2009 friends!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas morning
I love everything about my boy!
Even in the hoopla of discovering that Santa had left a veritable wonderland of new toys for him, he wanted to stop and read one of his new books!
Of course, we only made it about four pages in before he closed the book, said "the end," and hopped down to play some more...but, still...
Monday, December 22, 2008
Girlfriends
Here's the annual "chick pic" from our Friendly Christmas Party...which we've had every year since 1995 (except 2005). Each year, the chick pic is a little different...depending on people we've met and befriended anew and which old friends have new babies at home or kids in Christmas plays, etc.,and thus don't attend the party that year.
Yvette, Lisa, Shelly, Sabrina, Amanda, Tanjie, Rita, Angie, Cathy
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And here's my other group of girls...the ones who came into my life when I became a "fitness freak" back in 1993. This was my first GNO with them since a month or so before Nash was born! Again, who's who at our GNOs changes up depending on which grown daughters come along, who's working late or out of town and new friends made along life's busy path.
Sally, Kari,Cathy, Tanjie, Alison, Debbie, Laura, LeAnne, Rhonda, Casey
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Yvette, Lisa, Shelly, Sabrina, Amanda, Tanjie, Rita, Angie, Cathy
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And here's my other group of girls...the ones who came into my life when I became a "fitness freak" back in 1993. This was my first GNO with them since a month or so before Nash was born! Again, who's who at our GNOs changes up depending on which grown daughters come along, who's working late or out of town and new friends made along life's busy path.
Sally, Kari,Cathy, Tanjie, Alison, Debbie, Laura, LeAnne, Rhonda, Casey
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