Living alone #405: Walking around without a shirt on and blaring Fun. @ 6am while getting ready.

Woke up and did the eliptical. My alarm went off and I literally said out loud, "Are you fucking kidding me?" Ugh, hate sleepless, restless nights.

Happpy Monday.

how dare you!

You my dear do not suck! Your blog did make me tired though. I like your, 'if I can do this now, I can do it anytime.' So freaking true. I def have a love/hate relationship w/this challenge. Love that I am such a competitive control freak that I make myself do it, hate that it is taking over my life a little!

You are def one busy little girl right now! So excited for your life to settle down. The fact that working out gives us more energy is the truest thing ever. It's like free speed. Love that! Hate that I have awesome work days and then am exhausted by 8 - but whatev, it's a marathon not a sprint.

Loved your blog, love you! Good luck packing - your life exhausts me right now, not gonna lie.

xoxo

i suck

Ok ok ok I admit it, I hate our blog. I don't really, but I kind of do. I've been pretty sucky at this whole thing... I havent even put into my calorie counter the last 3 days because I've been forgetting to eat, much less thinking of writting it down. bah.

But I will say that since I started on January 11th, I have yet to miss a day.... and let me tell you that there have been TWO very hungover days (which is actually rare for me) and one day hating every minute of working out at 11pm at night after a 12 hour shift. Hate. But I did it because of this stupid challenge. Yes, I hate the challenge as much as the blog. haha. I feel like I need a challenge re-do once I get settled. One job + overtime + a second job + packing and moving = the worst possible time to start this. EVER. So, my two cents... If I can do it now, I can do it whenever.

I'm doing it, but Im not doing my best at it, which is pretty much a failure to the perfectionist in me. I don't know my weight because I packed my scale and it is somewhere in that massive mess of boxes I don't even know what to do with. I do know that my pants fit again and I also know that even though I have been working out every day, on top of that I have not sat down. Literally, I have not stopped and rested for 10 minutes in the past month. Im not even joking... I cant remember the last time my TV was even on. I wake up, I run, I work (sometimes even overtime), I come home, I pack, I clean, pack some more, then I shower and pass out and start all over. On Friday I had time to take a nap and I slept for 9 minutes... 9 minutes. I had an hour and my body woke me up after 9 minutes.... Immmmm kind of starting to feel like a meth addict that cant stop. My co worker called me the energizer bunny the other day.... so maybe, just maybe this whole eating healthier and working out isnt only good for the scale and love handles, just maybe its giving me extra energy in the process. Which i need. So, just because I need to organize my own thoughts, Im writting my schedule for the week.

Monday:

Work out in the am

Go to work

Stop at EMS on the way to the train and buy a hat... outdoor party this weekend + skiing and I have no cute winter hat. And its on the way to the train... and I have no other night to do it.

Get home, drive to UPS store, buy more packing tape and bubble wrap and mail tshirts to mom.

Wrap dishes and glasses.

Bed.

Tuesday:

Work out in the morning

Work 12 hours

Sleep

Wednesday:

Go to work

Come home

Laundry - run while laundry is in

finish packing all I got, including clothes (nightmare)

Thursday:

Run in the morning

Go to work

Leave early

Load up my car and get my keys and unpack my things I dont want the movers to move

Friday:

MOVING DAY with the movers - no idea when the run is going to happen... maybe before they come??

Saturday:

Organize apt

Outdoor concert from 2-5

More organizing :)

Sunday:

Church

Work at the gym

Have fun putting my new apartment together

Monday:

Off work

Head back to old apartment to get last of my things

clean old apt

give my keys back

Whew. Im tired.

2/3 done!!!

I don't know why you hate our blog. Seriously. It's ridonkulous! Can't really tell you how freaking stoked I am to be 5lbs down - kinda don't even believe it actually! Hate that the scale says -5 but I don't FEEL down 5, ya know?

So here are my stats:
Week 1 - 19.89 miles and 44 mins of circuit training
Week 2 - 21.56 miles and 56 mins of circuit training
Week 3 - 22.17 miles and 65 mins of circuit training
Progress, not perfection!

I am pretty sure 3 on incline is as much as I can handle - I felt like I was gonna die! I am glad I am doing this challenge though b/c I think it will get me into a routine. Definitely going to add in rest days though, no doubt!

I can't wait til you're moved into your new place and things have calmed down a bit so we can skype and have long distance wine nights! I know we text daily, but I totally miss you!!!! xoxo

1/2 way point

I can't believe it's only been 15 days of every days... but that means it's the 1/2 way point! It is kinda nice to know that I have ran 41 1/2 miles since the new year :D

So I am doing this thing where I'm only weighing myself every 5 days. Idk why, I'm not a huge weigh every day person anyway - and weird as it sounds, I look forward to weighing myself b/c I want to see if there's a chance! So far I'm down 3 lbs this year. Not bad!

But at this exact moment, I believe my legs may fall off. That is all.

side bar

Did you notice the fitness tip I added to the bottom? I forgot about it b/c I never scroll down :D

week 1 in the bag

I LOVED YOUR BLOG! Great first blog of the year, Em! Funny that you said how easy running was today - because I was definitely going to tell you how today was bar none my hardest day. I don't know if it was a) I didn't really eat today b) I was thinking of all the stuff I had to be doing c) I did my 12 min cross-fit immediately before the run d) I didn't have as much tension to burn off since I talked to Johnny today ;) e) I may still be a bit hungover - but regardless, it was a toughy!!

However, tonight is the first time in a LONG time that I am really proud of myself in terms of working out. I ran EVERY day this week - for a total of 210 min, 19.9 miles, and 46 mins of cross training (yes, I wrote it down - and yes, on the mirror b/c I'm a teacher). As of Friday am I was 2lbs down for the week. Yay for me! I really hope I can keep it up, because like you said - it definitely feels GOOD!

I am currently sitting on my couch a sweaty mess b/c I wanted to read your blog so badly (you've totes been hating our blog so far in 2012)... completely worth it! Definitely already downloaded that app and can't wait to use it! That should be part of our daily blogs - what our score was :D

Here we go, girl! Let's get back to the grind - be the most super dooper accountability partners ever - and get thighs that don't touch! Love you!

New Year, Day 1

So today it my first day because last week I was depressed and busy and all those other things the surround coming back into town after an amazing 10 days off.

So today I went to the gym and ran 30 minutes... Can I just say how easy it was? Mind you, I had it on a bit slower than I usually do but after not running for over a month I thought I was gonna die, but nope. Felt amazing. Then made up a little resistance band/free weight/plank circuit and did each 3 times... which lasted about 30 minutes. It felt really really good to work out again. Hopefully by this time next week my pants will fit again.

I think tomorrow I am going to TRY to wake up early and get a good work out in before work :) Every article I keep reading talks about how much better it is for you to work out in the morning and I think I am going to while my apt still has a gym in my building. Enjoy it while I can.

Fun fact: I have a new favorite app!!! It's called Calorie Count and it was FREEEEE. Seriously, though I absolutely love it. So, its basically a scale (think lawyer scale not weight scale.. though it has that too) and a pie chart. The scale balances out what you do activity wise and your calories consumed (it always starts with 1000 and something calories so Im assuming thats the average burned in a day with someone with my age, height and weight but not completely sure). And then everytime you eat something you enter it, and every time you do activity you enter it and your scale keeps moving based on how your doing for the day. It literally has EVERYTHING. Once you start typing what you ate it brings up all the brand names of it, etc. and then you just adjust the portion size you ate. On the activity part it also has everything... even grocery shopping (yes I checked after yesterday!).

Then the pie chart shows how much carbs, proteins, etc you consumed for the day... I really like this because I like knowing, "hey im hungry (....insert me looking at pie chart) I haven't had any protein today, maybe Ill make a hard boiled egg white" Or "hey Ive had all carbs today... let me eat a vegetable". THEN at the end of the day it gives you a grade (A, B+, C-, etc).

Anyway, so far I really really like it and highly recommend it..

I just started yesterday and yesterday I got an A and today a B+ (which i think is because I had a bagel and cream cheese and coffee at church.... the scale and pie chart did not approve of that). Oh and it also monitors how much water you are drinking :)

Overall, great FREE App. Get it.

Back to working out, back to blogging.... its going to be a good week :)

TGIalmostF

Funny, I started typing that title and it auto-filled... yeah, I've never had that thought before! Clearly. So I have accomplished my 30-4-30 so far (only day 4). I'm a day behind on the web workout though because I'm not great at getting up in the am which isn't giving me enough time to do both.

I did the 2nd work out last night instead of yesterday morning and planned to do the 3rd one tonight - aaaannnndddd totally vetoed. I am so exhausted when I get off work that I immediately take a nap! I need to get in the freaking groove, man!

So yes, I'm still on track for my running goal - but I need to work on my wake up time :) I hope you had a nice Thursday, I'm going to kill the girl I work with. She. Will. Be. The. Death. Of. Me.

But tomorrow is FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY -gonna get down on FRIDAY!!! xoxo

Day 2

Hey girlie! Sooo, definitely didn't get up and moving the way I intended @ 8. Not that mad, bc I HAVE to tomorrow... so sleeping in wasn't a terrible thing :D

I got up, made and ate my smoothie while watching the end of Rain Man and creating my list of things I want to accomplish in 2012 - there weren't that many, I really had to push myself a little to come up with a list! I'm an underachiever apparently!

Here's my list:
maintain workout routine
organize house / simplify
patio
get floors refinished
visit Chris (my cousin in Hawaii
plant a garden of some sort
read 10 books
manage diet more closely and drink more water
do 10 do it yourself pins that I want to try

Did my 30 mins around 12 - and I'm adding this on line 30day challenge to mine... and totally think you should too! It's @ www.bodyrock.tv - it's a totally free website and she puts up daily workouts (only like 5-10m). Yesterday was the fitness test (which I did this morning) and tomorrow morning I'll do today's b/c she doesn't post the video until the evening and I've already worked out at that point. Even though it's only 7 mins, it's freaking intense. I like it because it still keeps my workout time manageable to do in the morning... and 7 extra minutes doesn't seem daunting for a hard core workout. Check it out! We should do it together :)

Also learned today that distilled water is the purest water you can drink. Did you know that? Huh, learn something new every day I guess! Went up to school to work in my classroom aaaaannnnnddd there were about 5 construction workers still working in it... and it looked like a tornado hit it. There's NO way I can start teaching tomorrow in there (or would have been able to work in it while they were all there). They said they'd be out by 4:30, so I'm going to head up there now to work on it. UGH!

Happy Tuesday.

2012 (this IS NYResolution-y)

Just saw that in 2010 we had 69 posts, 2011 we had 32 (I think that's what it said), let's stick with it this year... we both know it helps keep us on track :D

ummmm, plan B?!

So I got on the scale for the first time since I got sick over Thanksgiving - it wasn't good! I am 7 pounds OVER my original weight when we set our goals. YIKES!

So new plan *(yes, I saw it on Pinterest):
I'm going to start simple with a 30 for 30 plan. Just like it sounds, I am going to run 30 minutes EVERYDAY for 30 days - no excuses. During the next month I'm totally going to focus on trying to eat more healthily and create a habit of am work outs.

I am going to only weigh myself on Mondays and keep track of pounds starting today (hopefully I get to start subtracting!!!). I put these quotes on my mirror next to 1/2-1/31 that I will check off after I run each day:

A year from now you will wish you had started today.
It always seems impossible until it is done.
Because it's time for a change in my life.
Suck it up and someday you won't have to suck it in.
You will regret eating that cookie. You will not regret running that mile.
It took more than a day to put it on, it's going to take more than a day to take it off.
and my favorite:
Someone who is busier than you is running right now
...b/c that's always my biggest excuse: I have too much stuff to do.

So anyway - hopefully fresh start. I think it's a reasonable and doable plan!!