Running Bee

Or starting a groove anyways. Wow what a whirlwind week, camping was great…and hurried and stressful cause I hate not feeling prepared but we managed. I’m glad we got one last “hurrah” in before summer ended. The kids had fun and while Pinecrest was nice I don’t know that I’d go again, we are constantly in search of that special place that will be ‘ours’ to go back to every year….we’ve yet to find it. Although we’ve come close with Calaveras Big Trees, that is a beautiful park, and my hat’s off to the state of California and their parks, they run a much better show than the Federal Parks, but I think next year we’re off going up the coast and possibly into Oregon (where most Californian’s seem to flee) it makes sense anyways us both being ocean people. Blah blah, okay, so I actually did a run on vacation, I have to admit, while I was feeling so bad not getting in any exercise the last crazy days before leaving town, I was a bit intimidated running amongst people. I don’t know why I’m like that but I just hate doing things in front of people, joining a gym is just a dreadful thought. But I did get out and do it! And I got more comfortable with myself as I went along. I am keeping with week 3 of the c25k program for another week since last week I didn’t feel a huge commitment to the program. Although I’ve tweaked it a little going a bit longer. Anyways, still have not started the core stuff, giving myself this week to getting used to the new job …. which is pandamonium but good…and getting the kids settled into school. Thankfully we seem to have 2 good and 1 decent teacher this year, crossing our fingers for a good year…Okay I want to go catch up on some blogs and see what everyone’s been up too.

Just a quick note since I’ll be off the grid for the rest of the week and once we get home Sunday night I hit the ground running.  I have to be at work at 7:45 Monday - OUCH!  but  I have to admit it, after nine years being home, it is so very cool to say “I have to be at work”!  Not that my work the last decade hasn’t been more important than anything else I could probably do, but in some aspects it was hard for me.  Anyways, TOTALLY stressed today between getting school paperwork in order - found someone finally to turn it in for me.  Got all the employment stuff, spent 1-1/2 hours at the district office doing orientation - and the kids sat quiet the whole time - I was completely amazed.  Never know when they’ll surprise you….And then topped the night off with piano and a girl scout meetings.  Then came home to finally start packing the trailer…needless to say I’ll be up at O’dark thirty to finish up.  The sad news was I didn’t get any exercise in, there seriously wasn’t a minute to spare today and I so missed it, I really needed to burn off some of my stress.  Hopefully once we set up camp tomorrow there’ll be some nice areas I can run off on.  I’m going to bring the timer and just time my intervals.  best I can do so long as I can keep going.  Anyways, wanted to make a note that iron seems to have done the trick … again. 

Okay I’m off…Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week/weekend

Calories - 1,552

No exercise

Today I’m better on track…the M&M’s are gone, I gave the rest to the kids.  We went into cost plus today for my tea, Barry’s tea (caffeine is another issue I have yet to tackle…these last 15-20 pounds come off first).  Anyways, Cost Plus also sells a bunch of imported candies, ie. Cadburys, flakes, aeros, smarties, CRUNCHIES, ohhhh and to think I made it out with just the tea (small pat on the back).  What struck me though is how often those candies have been in my house and yet my DD10 seemed to have a fague rememberance of ever having them….Hmmmm…..Mom doesn’t share well I guess.

Okay tomorrow is a big day, TB results, paperwork and fingerprinting at the district office, and packing for Pinecrest.  Plus I have to find someone to take in my paperwork to back to school night and find out the teacher assignements for me.  Funny I thought I had friends until I needed a favor - now no one is calling me back…bitches.  I knew this week was a bad time to get away but DH couldn’t get any other time off so I’m making do.  It’ll be good to get out one last time before the school  year starts.

Got to bed earlier last night but it seems when I do that I only wake up in the middle of the night and have a hard time going back to sleep.  I do need to get back into getting up early but I think it’ll just have to be a huge shocker for next week.  For all of us, its 10 p.m. and the kids are finishing up a movie.  Okay here are my stats for the day - sweet dreams

 Calories - 1,000 - that seriously can’t be right - that’s what happens when I log my food all at the end of the day but I just haven’t had much computer time.  I’m thinking I missed a few small things but generally it should be low.

Exercise - c25k week three.  36 minutes including warm up/down, 321 calories or 209 if your fitday.

Okay, I AM excited about working at the school but really…HR calls me yesterday, first off, I’m not used to so much beauracracy, the school district is just insane! Okay, I just learned that I have to be part of a union, dues are $2.50 a month and 1.5% of my hourly. So my measly 11.25 has dropped to 11.08. And I have to be part of some retirement plan. It was like that in the last school district I was in too but I didn’t have to contribute there (Plus I made 3 times as much so I didn’t really care). Anyways, I got started on my TB test today, which if I didn’t have insurance I would have to pay for…and tomorrow I have to go to the district office for my fingerprinting. Conveniently they’ll deduct the $32.00 fee from my first check. Ouch, I think that’ll be the sum of my first check · - This position is a step in the door since alot of jobs are internal transfers or help with my decision to get my k-12 credential… I hope it pays off.

On to dieting stuff…umm, I’m dieting? tell the new mint M&M’s in my purse (or what’s left of them) that. Seriously mint M&M’s, someone is purposely screwing with me, my two favorites wrapped into one. So calories are more like 1700 that passed two days but onto the running thing….I started the week 3, 90/90 than 3min/3min. I did 3 repetitions to bring me to 30 minutes like usual. Then DH comes home and asks if I want to go to the track. We’re getting ready to take off Thursday and figured last night might be the only time we had for this week. Anyways I got round 3 full times. .75 miles. Woo Hoo, All that walking I’ve managed to keep up over the years has finally paid off even if it didn’t keep my weight down. I still had some breath left in me too. Legs were a skosh bit sore but it was good. My goal is to get to one mile and then we’re going to run the trails around here a bit and get off the treadmill. Funny, I so much more enjoyed the treadmill for walking but I’m really beginning to hate it for running.

Okay I have tons to do today…have a great day

Weekend’s over…finally got some “me” time in on Saturday.  Did a little shopping at JC Penny and found some awesome deals, mom always taught me to shop for bargains.  Also went into the body shop, I love LOVE their satsuma body wash but recently discovered I like the coconut body butter too so I treated myself.  I think cocnut always reminds me of suntan lotion and lazy days at the beach.  Anyways, it was only  3 hours but did a world of good to get out on my own, I think it did everyone else good to miss me for a few hours too.  And I got a pair of running shorts, I’m not a big shorts girl with my plague of varicose veins (thanks mom) but the capri sweats are just too hot to wear. 

Yesterday I took the day off from exercising, although we did a mild 3 mile walk around the reservoir.  I agree with getupnow, I need an alternate crosstraining exercise.  I am thinking of rollerblading once school starts.  I used to rollerblade on my lunch break when I worked full time and it was so much fun.  Plus it was one sport I could do better than my husband which is always a plus ;-)   Other than that I do need to start focusing on some core exercises. 

So today I’ll be starting week 3 of the c25k, not even sure what I’m suppose to be doing, I’ll have to look it up again, but I think it’s actually measuring distance which is kind of hard on my treadmill, the measurments (time, calories, distance) all cycle through the same screen so it takes awhile for everything to come up and I guess I’ll have to keep resetting it to measure the distance accurately.  It’ll all work out.  

DS8 woke me up to breakfast in bed…he is such a sweetie.  It was the usual type of breakfast - cheese it’s and 2 tangerines and water.  Thankfully he asked to play computer so he ran off and I was saved from eating it!  Unlike mother’s day when all 3 of them sat and watched me eat mushy cheerios topped with whipped cream.  Oh the stories I’ll remember as if they just happened “yesterday”.  I can not believe my little girl is starting the Fifth grade next week!  It really does seem like we just registered her for kindergarten…Okay enough sentimental crap….

Note to myself I started an iron supplement Saturday just to see if that might be that all around sluggish feeling I can’t shake.  Usually for me a few days does the trick. 

Will update later with calories and exercise - have a good afternoon

I’m bored, bored and couped up. I need to get out and the kids need to get involved in something too. I really do love them but they are sucking the life from me. Too hot for the park and there doesn’t seem to be anyone around for a playdate. One more full week to go. Actually now that I don’t need to start working until the first day of school we can do one last camping trip for a long weekend next week. So I just need to make it until Wednesday. DH is only off tomorrow, I am hoping to get out for the afternoon, I haven’t had any time off by myself since I can’t remember when. If he were coming home on time tonight I’d make it this evening. I was so desperate I thought of calling my inlaws to watch the kids for a “second” interview. My inlaws are okay but they will only watch the kids if it’s necessary - ie MD appointment or job related.

Just thought I’d write here here cause otherwise I will hop into the car and go to starbucks or the store or something I don’t really need to do, but would in a desperate attempt to break this cabin fever. Okay I’m going to give myself 2 things that need to get done today - thank you notes from the birthday party and calling my x sister in law - she is a bit of a loon - well a total loon, but she has a good heart and she’s going through a hard time right now. She left me two messages yesterday. I don’t know why I have such the blah’s today - think it’s the not having down time thing - you think i’d be happy with getting the job and all that. Okay I’m off, won’t run until later, seems like I do better late morning/early afternoon. Did make it around the track twice yesterday - woo hoo 1/2 mile! Ran it is 5 min 20 sec I think it was.

Wheewww it is a HOT one today, still contemplating whether or not to go to the track after ds7’s soccer practice.  Something tells me come 7:30 it won’t be much cooler.  But I would like to get a clear measurement on how far I can run.   Anyways, got my treadmill workout in - doing the 90 secs run/90 secs walk thing, felt really good, but of course I am really jazzed.  My interview went well and they’ve already called and offered me a position for the new school year :) 

Decided to take back the skirt now (very tacky I know) but I’m going to keep the top.  I already have 2 brown tops similar but this one is kinda form fitting but doesn’t show the rolls on the back - I have a bit of an obsession with my back fat.  Anyways, I’ll post calories and such later.  Did pay a visit to Starbucks, I’m giving up on that goal - a girl needs her vice and I enjoy the social interaction when I go in.  So far it looks like I can still keep my calories in range, so be it if I don’t loose as quickly.  My only goal is not to go in daily, which I’ve been managing to keep it to 2-3 times a week this summer anyways.

Okay enough for now, DH is making my black bean stirfry concoction I like so much, my celebration dinner.   

Or Give Me Death!  12 days to go I think it is.  I don’t know if I’m going to make it.  Three of them all talking at once,  my brain just comes to a halt.  This morning I got a full run down on the similarities and differences of a cow vs. a dog’s eye.  I think I gave birth to Cliff Claven.  The whole time I’m thinking ‘this boy will never give me grandchildren’. ..as much as I love them they REALLY need to go back to school.  Doesn’t help that hubby has been working tons of overtime lately.  Which is good for the pocket book but takes it’s toll on me.   He just called and has to stay 4 over tonight so that means no track, but at least he acknowledged that and we’re planning for tomorrow.  Already did my 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning, I think I need to work out later in the day, I know lots of people and articles say the A.M. is good but I just haven’t built up my energy yet.   Maybe when SCHOOL (what a beautiful word) starts I can do it in late morning/early afternoon.  Tomorrow’s the interview, heard lots are applying for it so trying not to get too worked up over it, can always do a substitute type of thing which might work out better anyways.   Found an outfilt at Jc Penny the other day, I actually took the kids with me (as if I had a choice) and I have to give ‘em credit they did good….anyways, the tags are on the inside, I’m thinking of returning it after the interview I know it’s tacky tacky tacky but really it’s not very cute, more like an ‘it’ll do’ outfit, and too dressy to actually wear to work with kinders, we’ll see, shouldn’t put out bad karma yet.  Okay it’s hot hot hot and I have to figure out how to entertain these kitties for the afternoon.

 Update with stats:  Glad I didn’t have to go to the track as it turned out to be so hot, hopefully it’ll be cool by this time tomorrow so I can go after soccer practice.  Wrapping up with stats for the day.

Calories:  1346

Exercise:  c35k program 90 run/90 walk.  35 minutes 2.25 miles and 192 calories per fit day.

It’s three in the afternoon and I’m pushing myself to keep going here.  Woke up at 4 and couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up.  Had a productive morning but since 2 I have totally lost steam.  Still have piano and soccer tonight oh crap, and dinner to make to.  I have no excuses tonight since we went shopping yesteday.  So I better get started on that. Okay, thought I’d blog cause it’s better than picking one of upteen things I need to be doing….Too early for stats today but I have a feeling I won’t make it back online tonight.  Ran the treadmill today, or the training thingy walk/run.  30 minutes, 2miles, I elongated my intervals to 90 sec run than 90 sec walk.   Calories so far are on track :)  The left knee (my ‘bad’ knee and shins don’t hurt but I can feel them tired).

First off I just have to say that I hate change.  It never really bothered me before, always looked at is as an ‘opportunity’ but when Fitday and 3FC move everything around it just plain sucks.  I can’t maneuver anywhere.  I’m still trying to figure out all the codes for the cute smiley faces and now I get crap about widgets, needless to say things will be bouncing around for awhile on my page :mad: 

Today was a rest day.  Had originally planned some sit ups or push ups (things I should be doing anyways) …it’s still not too late to squeeze them in.   DS, now 7 had his party today, not even a lick of the icing, and I drove right passed Starbucks, small pat on the back for that too.  We have been in desperate need of a Costco run so calories are majorly low - 915.   Simply because there’s been no food in the house.   I’m thinking I missed a piece of toast or fruit in that count but really my cupboards were BARE until an hour ago.  Kids ate at the food court and I a chicken cesar salad with little of the dressing.  

Planning on going back to the track Wednesday.  Hubby is doing his run tomorrow with the guys after work.  Which means I get to run like a crazy woman between soccer and piano practices.  Would be nice for him to watch at least one of them.  He is signed up for this 1/2 marathon in October and now the focus is on him and his ‘training’.  Not to be a toddler, but  can’t it be about ME for a change?  I kinda bitch about how this 1/2 marathon training crap is cutting in on me and I get how it’s just a ‘miracle’ he can run again and how at 48 he doesn’t have alot more opportunities to do these types of runs blah blah blah.  He’d appreciate some support….excuse me….Did I not show up his 10K ?  Have I not been massaging his old joints on a regular basis for the passed upteen years?  I should have a second degree in massage therapy at this point.   And by the way, he sucks at massage…Okay enough bitching.  I’m off to figure out how to fit the rest of the costco sized gigantic containers into the cupboards.  It’s from one extreme to the other….Goodnight :P

Stats:

Calories -Low I know 915 - will be better tomorrow

Exercise - Rest Day

 PS - now even my smiley faces aren’t working :SUPER MAD: