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Joss - I read that book and really enjoyed it :) I also love reading articles on the politics behind food and obesity.
Turbo - Thanks! Yes, I decided to stay in Toronto. I got a lot of funding here and I didn't think it was worth it to go into debt to go to a DC school. I'm studying Health Policy and my advisor is an expert in my field. Krampus - Thank you! I'm glad to be back :) -------- Ate well all day and heading to the gym for a cardio session now :) |
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For gymnastics I haven't been working on anything spectacular. For tumbling I have been working on flysprings, which are running, punching off 2 feet into a handstand and flying over back onto my feet. The jumping into a handstand part is going great, the second half on the other hand... ehhh... not as good! On bars I am just working on refining some old skills I had. Bars with extra weight seems so much harder than tumbling with extra weight! So I'm doing like, pullovers and back hip circles. And tap swings, which is a fancy way of saying swinging back and forth on the high bar. Beam I am working on my cartwheel being more consistent. Vault I haven't started training again yet. If you think you are too old at 25, it's just not true! I'm 30 and still going. Stretching is key, and you are probably in MUCH better shape strength wise than I am which is the other big part. If you have those, all that is left is learning the mechanics of the skills. ~Katy |
ManikiNeko Aw that really sucks :( hope you feel better soon, but I know it's tough. Find yourself a Spanish hottie! :hug:
Chickie I'm really glad your appointment went well and I really hope that works for your Zumba today! Was it tough to give away the puppies? I would have melted.. waa. Joss I've been considering getting one of those general allergy tests done, they test for loads of stuff that I'm too lazy to cut out to see for myself. Although if they tell me I can't have dairy I'm not gonna be happy! I think it's ok though, I kept a food diary for a while to try to figure out what was making me feel crap but I couldn't pin it on anything. Silly stomach syndrome. Maybe your hunger is still hormonal? Sometimes half way through my cycle I'm starving for a few days. It doesn't always happen though but I've noticed when it does it's around that time. Hope your foot feels better! That's still a lot of exercise, **** if I did that much ever I'd be feeling pretty good haha krampus whoa, only 10%? that's crazy! There was a lot less here this year too, too much wind. Apple butter? Butter is a word I like to hear so I'll check that out :D I might try a pie, I'm totally new to baking though. I guess I'll try the crumble first as that doesn't have to look super nice. Your food is healthy! I love it when people say that to me too and I'm happy it's my normal food and that I also enjoy it and even crave it. Such a good feeling when I look back on my previous eating habits. Nice one for getting stronger! Lisa Hey! Welcome back :) I think you left around the time I started chatting in here. Sounds like you have a great, healthy attitude now so that's great to hear. Turbo Aww that sucks about TOM for your race but I guess at least it's not the first day? That makes a big difference for me anyway. You'll still kick *** I'm sure. Thanks again for the recipe! I'm excited to get my hammer out and my apron on. Kakers Welcome! I loved reading about your gymnastics classes, I'd love to do that again. I did it for a while when I was a kid but now I also fear I'm too stiff and afraid of hurting myself doing a flip haha, these things just aren't the same. Also being a behaviour analyst sounds fascinating! I'm in the same boat as krampus though, I can't calorie count because it makes me obsessive. That and I'm too lazy. What I'm doing seems to be working grand though so that's good. -------------------------------------------------------------- I'm really sorry if I missed someone, I think I got everyone but just in case - sorry. My friend was inspired to get some kettle bells after complimenting my arms! I have no idea if they've actually made any difference or if just losing a little more weight made them look better but either way it's a nice compliment. Also back to the pooping - I also just have to go and it's very quick. I'm pretty sure that's how it's meant to be though, I remember a Doctor saying that. If you're in there for ages things aren't flowing properly, right? :D Feeling pretty stressed the past 2 days, sometimes I just find life really difficult. I made a spinach heavy chicken curry yesterday with coconut milk, chopped tomatoes and home grown chillies. I also made chapatis which were delicious and the easiest things ever to make. I think I'll make them all the time as I love them. Gonna finish up some stuff and work out.. trying to make it a habit. Happy Friday everyone! (holy crap it's Friday!!!) Also: 137 this morning.. lowest so far, yay! |
Leila - Thanks for the welcome! Sorry you're feeling stressed, I totally know how you feel, life often feels like too much for me too :) Congrats on your new low! What a great feeling :)
------ So I was at 1300 calories yesterday and I'd done 50 min of cardio .... and then my best friend came over after the gym and I drank half a bottle of wine...not good. Now I have to go to a very boring health care management class slightly hung over. |
krampus : being happy with an healthy diet is such a milestone, in my opinion. At the beginning I'd get bored of salad and healthy wrap, but now I enjoy them so much! I think learning to cook healthy is a big part of that, with the emphasis of flavors instead of the sugar and fat. The description of your salads is always mouth-watering!
Joss : Maybe you're somewhere in your cycle where your hormons are roof top high? Getting my period was such a relief on that. After 3-4 days of ''OMG why do I want to eat that much all the time, how we'll I survive if the feeling does not go away!!???!!'' followed by ''oh. TOM. Explains a lot.'' I was happy to finally find a logical explanation to all of this.. I hope you'll get yours! Chickie : I'm soooo happy for you that your workout was okay! Hope everything will go fine with your zumba class too! I'm so impress with people who can follow in those zumba class. I have ZERO coordination of that kind LOL It's supposed to be happy and sexy and everything but I can't help but feel like Honey Boo Boo white trashing the dance floor Lisa : It seemed like you had the best situation to continue your grad school in Toronto then! :) Hope you still had a good time with your friend and the wine hehe Good luck keeping up with the lecture ;) Kakers : You seem pretty active with your gymnastic training, with a healthy diet, you should drop weight in no time! How many times a week do you train? :) LeilaJey : Yeah, TOM will likely less annoying on Sunday (I hope. Just saying that out loud mind jinx it and it's gonna be the worst TOM in the humanity history :D). Sorry to hear you were stressed out these last 2 days, girl! (You know, hammering stuff is an EXCELLENT way to release the steam :P ahahaha) *** Happy freacking it's about time Fridaaaaay 136.4 lbs this morning, with TOM that came in and with my tummy bloated like it's a hot air balloon. (I freacked out my boyfriend this morning I was like ''LOOOOK there might be 3 babies in there!!'' - Don't say stuff LIKE THAAAAT!) We went for a 6k run last night together and it was super fun. We had a good pace and he kept chatting about what he would like to do as a time for his first race ever at the end of October (I kinda dragged him in it). I'm sooo glad he is starting to enjoy running! Plus we look so mighty and fighty runnign fast and passing people around the lake. Plus my boyfriend looked like the hottest guy hot there, which was cool too :D 1/2 marathon is in 2 days (OMGOMGOMG) so I'm starting carb loading tonight with chicken and veggies rice. I'm going to get to my friend's place in Montreal tomorrow (she's running too) and we'll go enjoy the race expo and pick up our started kit. We are getting Brooks technical tshirt, I'm pretty excited to see them. I'm super excited about the race, but I'm trying not to think about the post race adventure where I'm gonna have to hurry to get myself pretty, brave Montreal traffic, drive all the way home to meet my boyfriend and his family after his and his sister graduation (yes, I'm missing it for the race... he's okay with it though, I just really have to be there for his PhD diploma in 3 years LOL) We're supposed to go out for dinner and celebrate, all of this in a nice glucose-deprived post race state. Yay :D Have a good day, ladies!! |
Oh Friday... how I love thee. :love:
I am so ready for the weekend. Lots to do, but more importantly we just got some new regulations passed down to us at work that I'm not happy about. Are they necessary? Absolutely. Are they a pain in the butt and make me feel like a child? Yes. Totally. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to be sad about not being in the Air Force, and I go back in forth about joining the Reserves to keep working toward my retirement... and then there are times like now that I think, "Man, eff this! I can't wait to make my own choices!" It all just depends on the day I suppose. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turbo - Actually, I think I figured it out, and it should have been so OBVIOUS! I started taking a new pre-workout supplement yesterday. DUH! Today I don't feel super ravenous, but I did have a pretty over-the-top reaction to the Niacin in it; it is pretty common for niacin to cause a "flushing" of the skin, where your skin gets red, hot and itchy for about 15-20 minutes or so. It's usually around the knees, elbows, ears, neck and anywhere else the skin tends to be thinner. It's just caused by the rush of blood to the area and is totally normal, but it was intense this morning! Not fun. I'm sorry about TOM hitting right before your 1/2 marathon, but I think you'll be okay. I don't know how things usually go for you in that department, but it should be pretty manageable by Sunday when you actually do the run. I've always thought I'd never do a half, but I realized that doing the Tough Mudder next month is pretty darn close! Its 12 miles of running, with obstacles thrown in there along the way. To be honest, I'm quite intimidated by it! Anyway, between the race and dinner, it sounds like a fun and eventful weekend coming up for you. Enjoy, and take pictures! Lisa - LOL class (or really, anything) with a hangover is no bueno... I feel for you today! I'm glad I'm not the only nerdy person who enjoys reading books on dietary and fitness subjects and theories. Sometimes I get scared and wonder if I'm making the right choice separating from the Air Force in order to pursue fitness full time (and be with my husband, more importantly) but then I think about how passionate I am about this and realize that if not fitness, then what? Stay in the Air Force which governs my ENTIRE LIFE, just because it's a job?? Leila - My foot isn't actually *hurt* per say, as it isn't causing any pain... but it is a bit swollen on top and just doesn't feel quite right when I flex my toes up, so rather than ignore it because I can, I'm trying to be smart and not run on it for a few days since that's what seems to have triggered it. No point in making a mountain out of a molehill if a bit of R.I.C.E. treatment for a few days can fix it (and it does seem to be helping). Yay for another fast pooper, and yay for kettlebells! hahaha :D I'm sorry you feel stressed and out of sorts right now. I definitely get that way myself, especially with all the stresses that work brings and the seemingly endless list of things to do both daily and in the big sense (before I separate, move, change careers, get to live with my husband, etc. next summer). Sometimes I just have to take a step back and say "What can I do about any of this right now?" If the answer is nothing, I'll let myself push it out of my mind for the time being. I don't know if any of that would help you, but it seems to help me at times. Oh, and a new low? Sweet! LOL don't be like me and freak out and eat the world each time you hit a new low... haha. Kakers - I'm also really impressed that you do gymnastics. Thats so intimidating to me! I will lift weights, run, do CrossFit, etc. all day long, but I am so uncoordinated the idea of really having to use my body in that way is probably not a good plan for me... haha. I know my strengths, and gymnastics is not one of them! Thank you for providing me with yet another example of this board making me feel less weird; I also love the process of counting calories! Chickie - Mmmm, ham and cheese... *drool* I think if I can find some natural ham (is that even possible?) I might have to pick some up and make some omlettes, salads, and such next week! Thanks for the inspiration. :idea: I'm crossing my fingers the new medicine works for you and that Zumba kicks butt today! I just want you to be able to do the exercise that makes you happy. If I couldn't lift weights (and there have been times I haven't been able to) I would seriously (and have) cry. I definitely feel you on the body pressures; I was mad at my body yesterday! Like "Damnit, I'm feeding you! Stop it!" hahaha. It's much better today, thank goodness. |
So I declined an offer to go out with my boyfriend and his friends tonight and instead went to the gym and then came home for a healthy dinner of curried dal and veggies :) I feel good.
Joss - I think you're totally making the right choice, I your transformation features and I think you'd be amazing in the fitness field. You could really help a lot of people are you're a great inspiration. I know its kinda of nerve wracking though, I decided to move out of theatre and into health/food policy and it was a huge leap but its what I'm actually passionate about and I'm loving it. How much longer are you planning on staying with the AirForce. I'm also in a semi-long distance relationship...it kinda blows. Turbo - Good luck with the 1/2 marathon, i'm very impressed!!! Are you doing your PhD too or did you decide to find a job? Kakers - I also love working with data but I'm still not good at tracking calories, I envy you! |
Hi just thought i would chime in in this party :). I am Cheryl, 22. In the 140's. I am looking to get to between 136-133lbs.
I have just finished my masters and am now job hunting. I now live with my parents after a year not living with them, so i will have a lot new challenges there. I have had a chest infection since wed, but despite that i did 15 minutes on the cross trainer today and i hope to do another 15 later :). |
Morning Feathers! Bit busy right now but back for personals later...
Not a bad b-day so far... my WI wasn't too bad (115.8lbs, so I'm up 2.4 pounds BUT still almost at my happy weight of 115 pounds), plus I had a good workout and have been super productive so far today which always makes me feel good. Who needs birthday cake when you have healthy and delicious peanut butter chocolate pancakes with chocolate chips? http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...63440415_n.jpg |
Joss Aww a happy birthday to you! That pancake looks absolutely delicious, holy moly I've got to try that sometime. Any plans birthday girl? I'm so impressed that you worked out on your birthday. My birthday usually consists of eating a lot. I think I'll take a leaf out of your book for next year.
I know the feeling - I'm trying to make some decisions at the minute too and I think one of the most stressful things for me anyway is just feeling unsure about it and feeling different on different days. I always try to remember that whatever I choose and whatever happens that I did what I did because of how I felt at the time and that hindsight is 20/20. You'll be awesome doing fitness full time though, your dedication and passion really are inspiring to a lot of us here. I'm sorry you're feeling stressed too! I also try to take one thing at a time and deal with what I can. I suppose I'm just prone to anxiety and worry about everything, especially things I can't change. It's frustrating for sure but I'm trying to stay positive and be good to myself along the way. haha, awesome, we're the fast poopin', kettlebell swingin' girls. Hardcore! Lisa haha, health care class hungover. Sorry it's just funnier because it's health care. Hope it wasn't too painful anyway, those half bottle of wine incidents happen to me sometimes too. As long as you're enjoying it that's the important thing. Way to go on working out and eating well! Turbo hahaha, I always tease my boyfriend about having imaginary triplets! I guess that's a thing so. I love that you guys do so much running and hiking together, you're a really great healthy couple. I can't get my boyfriend to go running or cycling (well his brakes are broken so that's fair enough haha). Not sure if you'll see this in time but good luck tomorrow and have an awesome time!! - you're gonna kick ***! and mostly good luck for getting ready for the graduation afterwards.. ahh, that's crazy. Everything always happens at once. irishcanary Hey Cheryl! Welcome. Yikes a chest infection? Hope that clears up soon that's no fun. Good luck living with your parents too, I'm sure that's quite the adjustment. What did you study if you don't mind me asking? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ok so I'm baking crumble but I'm not sure how well it's going.. Saturday night misadventures in baking! I'm really glad I'm not going out or anything tonight. I was really groggy all day but I went running and ran more than I've ever run. Which still wasn't very much but hey it's a start! I feel like I have a lot of my food issues under control or at least an understanding so I'm trying to focus much more on fitness. I was super hungry today too so I guess it's catching! Looking forward to this pork roast tomorrow. I think about food a lot but mostly it's just about making nice food. Gotta run and check on the crumble.. have a great weekend everyone! |
TurboMammoth Well, class is only 1.5 hours a week, which is not nearly enough and a big part of why I haven't started training vault yet. I hate to admit, too, that I tend to miss 1-2 classes a month due to sheer exhaustion. It all depends on how my weekend goes, really. This past week was good. The week before I fell asleep after work and didn't wake up until after gymnastics was over. I have to start on like Saturdays being well rested enough to make it to gymnastic on Wednesday.
I could never even dream of running a half marathon, that's pretty amazing. Running is just so hard for me, I just don't have endurance for it. I hope your TOM has wound down some and doesn't interfere with the running. I just noticed you're from Sherbrooke! I have relatives in that area, my moms cousin is in North Hatley. JossFit HAPPY BDAY! Hope it has been great :) Honestly for me gymnastics is so much fun it's one of the few things that motivates me to even work out at all. I'm not good at it by any stretch, but I can't work out for fitness sake, it just doesn't suit me. I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys counting calories! I gotta say those pancakes look pretty amazing! LisaTCan Now THAT is some dedication! I would never miss out on social time to work out. Unless it was gymnastics LOL. It sounds like you're doing super good! Keep it up :) LeilaJey Kettlebells huh? I only used them like once. Glad they are working well for you and making your arms impressive :) irishcanary yipes a chest infection! Sounds pretty miserable :( I hope you feel better soon, and I hope you have checked with your doctor about how much activity it OK while your body kicks the infection. __________________________________________________ _____________ It's been an interesting weekend for me! I don't think I did very well with my calories yesterday... I started the day with a carnation instant breakfast (even if that's not what they call it anymore. Whatevs.) when I went to meet with my supervisor in the morning, and instead of being able to come home before my client like I'd hoped I didn't have time, so I ended up eating stuff I had with me. It really wasn't bad or a lot of calories but after the breakfast. I swear breakfast will kill me, as bad as it sounds I am so kicking the habit of eating it. It just makes me hungrier. My body, once I start eating, likes to continue eating the rest of the day, nearly constantly. I still had plenty of calories left for a typical dinner, but we had company. I ended up having 3 drinks, with strong liquor and diet dr pepper (hey at least it was diet right?) and we did make your own pizzas. I made a dough with mostly bread flour and a little whole wheat flour and had made my own sauce already so we each made individual sized pizzas topped however we wanted. Mine was pepperoni, and it was delicious. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...41996457_n.jpg But I stopped counting once I started making dinner and drinking, and plus have NO CLUE how many calories were in my dough or my sauce so it makes it just a little hard to do. Best guestimate in the end has me around 2000 calories yesterday. No good. I woke up at 9 to use the bathroom and weighed at 156, but then went back to bed for a re-do LOL and woke up at 11 back at 154. Too bad I can't do re-dos on work days! Today went much better. Since I slept in I didn't have any reason for breakfast. I went to this garage sale at a storage facility with my friend and we walked around for like an hour, so I actually got some sort of exercise. I admit I had some chips for lunch and that was it. Took a nap. Made some delicious quesadillas for dinner! I made mine with 2 different mexican cheese blends, chicken, and bacon. And dude, tortillas pack a ton of calories for being such skinny things. The ones I had tonight were a little bigger than I usually get and they're 130 calories each. WHAT? 260 calories just for the tortillas. Crazy talk. So yeah dinner ended up nearly 800 calories alone. So today I ended up a little under 1200 calories. Makes up for yesterday for sure. Tomorrow I may just have to go rollerblading around the neighborhood. I like skating around a checking out what houses are up for sale. In reality I may not make it off of the couch most of the day, since my husband is off this weekend and he's not feeling well, but we will see! ~Katy |
Joss - Wow, that pancake looks amazing!! You are committed, I don't think I could forgo junk food on my birthday.
Leila - Ya...ha and someone in my class asked me how I was an I answered "a little hungover". They looked at me kind of weird :P My whole cohort is going to a pub on Friday though so I think it's fine. Kakers - that pizza looks yummy! Do you make the dough from scratch? If you do it's pretty easy to calculate the calories in the whole recipe and then your serving. My best friend always falls asleep after work and misses are gym dates hehe. Turbo - How did the marathon go? It must be so fun that your boyfriend got into working out with you. My boyfriend and I both like cycling and walking a lot but he's not into anything he considers formal exercise. Irishcanary - Welcome! Hope you feel better soon :) What is your degree in? ------ Had another low key night last night, I worked during the day and then my boyfriend and I went for dinner - I had a BLT and greek salad, which was about 700 calories but I budgeted for it. Then we went for a two hour walk and came home and watched Boardwalk Empire. Lately I've been starving when I go to bed, which is a good sign for me that I'm at a calorie deficit |
Lisa - That pancake WAS amazing, and with my coffee and creamer, plus 2g of fish oil the whole breakfast meal was still only 205 calories. :D
My husband and best friend, along with all my family live in other states. My roommate is deployed and so really, sticking to a clean diet isn't hard. I have a lot of friends/acquaintances around here, but mostly my big indulgences are saved for my visits with the people who matter most to me. Yesterday was just a day like any other. Besides, I turned 28... it wasn't like a 'milestone' birthday or anything. With regard to being starving before bed, do you find that it interferes with your sleep? If I wake up hungry, I usually have to eat a little something to fall asleep again. Turbo - I hope the marathon went well today! Kakers - Thank you! In spite of not celebrating the birthday, it was a good day actually. I had a good WI, a good workout, and was very productive which I love. Today I had an awesome massage and relaxed a bit! Your pizza looked positively cheese-tastic! That does not look homemade at all (in the best way). Leila is right though, it's easy to calculate the calories if you use the recipe tool. There are also some much better tortillas out there, such as the 'La Tortilla Factory' or 'Flat Out' brands. You could also just use one and fold it in half. Leila - Nope, like I was saying above, no birthday plans... just business as usual. I ate WAY too much and indulged more than I should have already for the month, so I'm trying to stay OP until my hubby comes to visit me on 5 October. Honestly my birthdays are never very wild. Last year I had just gotten engaged two days prior, so everyone sort of forgot about the birthday. The year before I was traveling for work, and the two years before that I was overseas. LOL Maybe I'll plan something a bit more out there for my 30th. Thanks for all the encouragement. I do try to look at it in an 'everything happens for a reason' kind of way, and I really think that it does, but it takes time to see it. We could both use a little less stress these days! I'm glad you're making some strides toward getting over the hump of your food issues and focusing on being healthy. We all go back and forth and have our ups and downs (I certainly do!) but as long as we keep coming back and pushing onward we never really fail. I'll be honest; its been hard on me to get back to my normal eating the past week or so. Since I overdid it to the extreme while I was in Colorado two weeks ago, it's been especially difficult. One day? No prob. Two? Eh, a bit harder... but FOUR? FIVE so far this month total? My body is still fighting of the actual physiological cravings. I think the longer we are not taking care of our bodies like we should the longer it takes to get rid of those cravings and habits again. Your crumble and pork loin descriptions have my mouth watering though! Fortuntately, I'm not hungry though. I just had this massive dinner that I tried out for the first time. The basic recipe is nothing new (miracle noodles, tomatos, zuchinni, garlic and mushrooms) but instead of chicken, fish or shrimp I added ground bison to it. Yum! http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...12534078_n.jpg Random edit: You know what I love? Not being one of those people who is afraid of fat in their diet. Fat is good. Fat is tasty. I'm enjoying 2% Fage Greek Yogurt right now and it's soooo much more enjoyable than the 0%. I love bacon, prosciutto, cheese, almond butter... nom nom nom. |
Lisa I find I'm hungry going to bed lately, too. I take it as my cue to go to bed, if I'm not doing something important (like right now, I'm avoiding scanning in session notes, for some reason I hate this part of the week) I also worked in a high calorie meal, tonight we had Wendy's. And nothing healthy likea salad, so kudos to you!
Joss I know Lisa is right, I could figure out the calories if I REALLY wanted. But I know I won't like what I find out! I ended up just estimating using a premade dough that came up in my app. If you think my pizza looked good, you should see my friends pizzas! They put all sorts of veggies on theirs and they definitely looked amazing. I kept calling them "artisan pizzas" that night LOL... As far as the tortillas, I'm sure there's some that have fewer calories but we're on a super tight budget right now, so I am pretty adamant about getting the least expensive of anything. Half of it really was that the tortillas I got last time I went shopping were bigger than I usual get and I didn't realize it. Now we're out of them, and I can get the smaller ones and save myself some calories that way :) Your dinner sure does look massive! I can't say I have ever tried bison before! ---------------------------------------- Had an OK day today, the husband and I took one of our cats to the playground in our neighborhood LOL... she loves going outside, so when we decided to walk to the playground we decided she may as well come with! She is an indoor ONLY kitty, so she has a harness and a leash, because SHE likes to think she should be an outside kitty. But so we walked there and I did some swinging while I read some of my book and we walked back. Not a lot of exercise, but something. I did go over by 100 calories though, but still a small deficit so that's something. And now I'm sucking down some green tea before I go to bed. It's like my 3rd cup of green tea today... it's got to be better for me than the Pepsi Next I have in the fridge, especially since I use splenda and/or stevia to sweeten it. I really need to kick up my exercise though. I know full well it will make the biggest difference in whether or not I take off any of this weight, and how quickly. ~Katy |
Joss : I hope you had an awesome birthday, girl! I wanted to say it on THE day but I was kinda late on saturday morning :( With you're tough mudder, you're almost doing a half, indeed! GOD! 12 miles of mud jumping above or crawling under things... You are my hero! ;) How is the training going with that? Oh, and I want this birthday pancake of yours. NOW. Ahahah! It looks so so good!
Lisa : I finally decided to look for a job. I'd like to do the PhD because I looove science and I looove research, but I know I don't want to be a resercher and all the grants stuff stressing time that comes with it. I've been job hunting for a few months now and can't manage to get me hire somewhere. Depressing a bit LOL And good for you, staying home eating healthy instead of going out. Feeling good about it instead of feeling guilty of not joining people is a major WIN. irishcanary : Welcome aboard! Good luck job hunting! LeilaJey : How did the crumble turned out, in the end? Oh and for the boyfriend and I being healthy couple making healthy activities together, it took me a while to get him into this LOL he was all about muscles gym stuff before, all of this is pretty recent! It took time and dedication to get the boy into it! LOL kakers : Running was hard for me too, beleive me! I only started a bit more than a year ago. I wasn't able to run more than 2 kilometers straight when I started. I love running because you improve so so so fast. North Hatley!? You're kidding me right? I bike all the time to North Hathley in the summer! That is crazy! *** BACK! I wanted to post yesterday, but after the post-race shower + meal, I had to get pretty, drive back in a hurry in sherbrooke (2 hours drive) to attend a dinenr for the diplomas ceremony (that I missed) of my bf and his sister. I ended up crashing in bed at 10PM and sleeping 10 hours straight. LOL Despite having the WORST.NIGHT.of.SLEEP.EVER. (I was coughing and was stress that it would enable my friend to sleep, etc etc) we woke up at 5:30 to be able to eat properly before the run while we watch the morning news broadcasting about the upcoming race. It was a cold day (after we finished it wasn't much over 59F) but it was sunny. Weather forecasts were screaming for rain since last monday, so people were thrilled to run under a bright blue sky. The marathon and the half was starting on a bridge and the people there was IMPRESSIVE. It was such a great feeling, excitment, a bit nervous, and just over the wold happy people to run. Trying to reach our corrals (took us 15 minutes!) http://imageshack.us/a/img195/580/img0065je.jpg We were starting on a island south of Montréal (city in the background) and running about half of the race on it (part of it was on the Formula 1 path, so the road condition was PER-FECT). http://imageshack.us/a/img16/1796/img0993mb.jpg The race was AWESOME. Because the first past was on another island, there was people cheering, but less than on Montreal itself, so the biggest of the rock bads were playing for us there (seriously, is there something better to cheer you up than a band playing Thunderstruck from ACDC live next to you? I don't think so) There was older ladies (in the 50s 60s) that were so cute and who would stop to every single bands and dance a little there :) In Montreal, people were cheering on the side of the streets, which was a major help. I kinda hit a wall at km # 18 (mile 11) when I was able to see the BIG HILL that we had to climb at km 19. I'm kinda shy to have to say that I had to walk 15 sec in the hill, but it was seriously aweful, so close to the end, when you are already tired and everything. I don't know what was up with me that day, but I ran much much faster from the start and maintain it through the race. My plan was to do something like my first half in june (around 2h20) because my summer training was crap. And if I would do something between 2h15 and 2h20 I'd be over the world. I finished in 2h14min15sec. I basically wanted to cry (the glucose deprived state might be for something in that though) I took ibuprofene to day and my legs are sore but okay, but I think I hurt my right foot. It started to hurt maybe 30 minutes after the end of the race, when I was cooling down. It only hurts when I walk, but it's a bit intense. I'm gonna try to put ice on it tonight and see how it goes this week. Finisher 21k medal proof! :) http://imageshack.us/a/img641/5581/img0995finisher.jpg |
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