I've stopped publishing these on Facebook because they really are incredibly boring, but I'm still posting them on my blog page for myself as well as anybody who might ACTUALLY want to read them!
Day 64 (Monday, March 23rd):
We're just going to deem this day as a LOSS. I was on the road for work from 8:00am - 9:30pm, with no time to sit down and enjoy a single healthy or nutritious meal, so I ate a lot of crap on the go.
Day 65 (Tuesday, March 24th):
Total weight loss: 2.4 lbs (140.8)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Chicken Club Salad with ranch dressing from Jason's Deli
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Went to Ichiban (Lucas's choice before leaving town). I had a spicy crawfish roll, a spicy tuna roll, and three pieces of nigiri.
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 66 (Wednesday, March 25th):
Total weight loss: 2.8 lbs (140.4)
Breakfast: None (forgot to eat)
Snack: None
Lunch: Salad and 2 bowls of lemon chicken soup at Souper Salad (and a small cup of ice cream with caramel!)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Baked boneless pork chop, mashed potatoes and green beans
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 67 (Thursday, March 26th):
Total weight loss: 3.6 lbs (139.6)
Breakfast: None (was too busy to eat)
Snack: A handful of strawberries
Lunch: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon (my breakfast for lunch!), slices of sharp cheddar cheese
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Mozzarella and jalapeno string cheese
Dinner: Baked boneless pork chop, mashed potatoes and green beans
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 1.5 mile treadmill run
Workout: No
Day 68 (Friday, March 27th):
Total weight loss: 5.6 lbs (137.6 lbs)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: The Green Apple Salad with a scoop of chicken salad and a bowl of stuffed bell pepper soup from The Green Apple (Stephanie's restaurant!)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: 1/2 a banana and oat muffin
Dinner: Baked boneless pork chop and peas
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 69 (Saturday, March 28th):
Total weight loss: 6.6 lbs (136.6)
I was super busy these last 3 days and didn't log my meals, which means I have now forgotten everything I ate! I log my weight into an app in my phone for graph purposes, so at least I was able to put that in. :)
Day 70 (Sunday, March 29th):
Total weight loss: 5.4 lbs (137.8)
Day 71 (Monday, March 30th):
Total weight loss: 5.2 lbs (138.0)
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Operation Lose The Baby Weight: Days 57 - 63 (Accountability Log)
It was a good week! And then I ate all the carbs, using my half marathon as an excuse. :)
Day 57 (Monday, March 16th):
Total weight loss: 1.6 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: evol. Lemongrass Chicken meal. Not super low-carb (it had rice in it so it had 31 carbs) but was only 240 calories
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: A handful of Hershey's Kisses and a couple of snack chips that I couldn't resist ;)
Dinner: Homemade veggie and sausage soup
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 2.5 mile outdoor run
Workout: No
Day 58 (Tuesday, March 17th):
Total weight loss: 3.8 lbs (139.4)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Grilled Chicken Salad with Honey lime Vinaigrette from Chili's. (430 calories and 23 carbs due to the black beans on it - I opted to keep them, though, since they were part of a black bean and corn "salsa". Next time maybe I'll sub in just plain pico de gallo!)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Cheddar and mozzarella string cheese, slices of kielbasa sausage topped with sharp cheddar cheese
Dinner: Hamburger (no bun) with lettuce, tomato and pimiento cheese. And a side of peas.
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 59 (Wednesday, March 18th):
Total weight loss: 3.4 lbs (139.8)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (4!)
Snack: None
Lunch: Cottage cheese, avocado, tomato and cucumber salad, and a serving (split a can with Mom) of Progresso chicken noodle soup
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Mozzarella and jalapeno string cheese, slices of kielbasa with cheddar cheese, a handful of trail mix and an apple
Dinner: Grilled chicken leg and with side of green beans and mushrooms and a small piece of Lucas's naan
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 60 (Thursday, March 19th):
Total weight loss: 3.6 lbs (139.6)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Leftover BBQ pork chop, peas and corn
Snack 1: A small handful of snack mix, a slice of American cheese
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Grilled chicken leg and with side of green beans and mushrooms and a small piece of Lucas's naan
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 61 (Friday, March 20th):
Total weight loss: 4.2 lbs (139.0)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs topped with Rotel, and a bratwurst from Earth Fare (don't remember what kind)
Snack: None
Lunch: Tuna Salad and two hard-boiled eggs
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Amigo Salad with shrimp at Amigo (taco salad shell, rice, bell pepper, onion, shrimp, queso), chips & salsa (pre-race carb-load)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 62 (Saturday, March 21st):
Total weight loss: Don't know - didn't weigh
Breakfast: Whole Wheat Bagel with cream cheese (pre-race grub)
Snack: None, unless you count energy chews
Lunch: Hamburger, pasta salad, cheese puffs, brownies and a Coke (post-race grub)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Chef Lin (EAT ALL THE CARBS)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 13.1 miles (Raccoon Mountain Half Marathon)
Workout: All that trail running! :)
Day 63 (Sunday, March 22nd):
Total weight loss: Don't know - didn't weigh
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, sausage and cheese grits
Snack: None
Lunch: Grilled cajun catfish, turnip greens and a baked sweet potato at Cracker Barrel
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Pork tenderloin, carrots, mashed potatoes and a piece of chocolate cake at my parents' house
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 64 (Monday, March 23rd):
Total weight loss: Uuuugggghhhhh (not telling)
Day 57 (Monday, March 16th):
Total weight loss: 1.6 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: evol. Lemongrass Chicken meal. Not super low-carb (it had rice in it so it had 31 carbs) but was only 240 calories
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: A handful of Hershey's Kisses and a couple of snack chips that I couldn't resist ;)
Dinner: Homemade veggie and sausage soup
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 2.5 mile outdoor run
Workout: No
Day 58 (Tuesday, March 17th):
Total weight loss: 3.8 lbs (139.4)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Grilled Chicken Salad with Honey lime Vinaigrette from Chili's. (430 calories and 23 carbs due to the black beans on it - I opted to keep them, though, since they were part of a black bean and corn "salsa". Next time maybe I'll sub in just plain pico de gallo!)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Cheddar and mozzarella string cheese, slices of kielbasa sausage topped with sharp cheddar cheese
Dinner: Hamburger (no bun) with lettuce, tomato and pimiento cheese. And a side of peas.
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 59 (Wednesday, March 18th):
Total weight loss: 3.4 lbs (139.8)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (4!)
Snack: None
Lunch: Cottage cheese, avocado, tomato and cucumber salad, and a serving (split a can with Mom) of Progresso chicken noodle soup
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Mozzarella and jalapeno string cheese, slices of kielbasa with cheddar cheese, a handful of trail mix and an apple
Dinner: Grilled chicken leg and with side of green beans and mushrooms and a small piece of Lucas's naan
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 60 (Thursday, March 19th):
Total weight loss: 3.6 lbs (139.6)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Leftover BBQ pork chop, peas and corn
Snack 1: A small handful of snack mix, a slice of American cheese
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Grilled chicken leg and with side of green beans and mushrooms and a small piece of Lucas's naan
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 61 (Friday, March 20th):
Total weight loss: 4.2 lbs (139.0)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs topped with Rotel, and a bratwurst from Earth Fare (don't remember what kind)
Snack: None
Lunch: Tuna Salad and two hard-boiled eggs
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Amigo Salad with shrimp at Amigo (taco salad shell, rice, bell pepper, onion, shrimp, queso), chips & salsa (pre-race carb-load)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No (rest week!)
Workout: No
Day 62 (Saturday, March 21st):
Total weight loss: Don't know - didn't weigh
Breakfast: Whole Wheat Bagel with cream cheese (pre-race grub)
Snack: None, unless you count energy chews
Lunch: Hamburger, pasta salad, cheese puffs, brownies and a Coke (post-race grub)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Chef Lin (EAT ALL THE CARBS)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 13.1 miles (Raccoon Mountain Half Marathon)
Workout: All that trail running! :)
Day 63 (Sunday, March 22nd):
Total weight loss: Don't know - didn't weigh
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, sausage and cheese grits
Snack: None
Lunch: Grilled cajun catfish, turnip greens and a baked sweet potato at Cracker Barrel
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Pork tenderloin, carrots, mashed potatoes and a piece of chocolate cake at my parents' house
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 64 (Monday, March 23rd):
Total weight loss: Uuuugggghhhhh (not telling)
Friday, March 27, 2015
One Of Those Days......
Thursday
So it's been one of those days. A day that started partly at 10:00am Tuesday morning and now is finally over. Let's all cross our fingers that tomorrow is better.
It all started (kind of) with a work project I received about 2 weeks ago. It's been a couple of months since I've received any environmental projects in my area, so I was excited to get the email that said, "We've got a project for you! Do you want it?" It was the biggest project size-wise that I've ever received: a 1,430-acre tract of undeveloped land up in Sevierville, Tennessee. Plans for the property include officially designating it as a conservation area.
The due date for this project, according to my work order, was Monday, March 30th. I did my site visit this past Monday (the 23rd) with the intentions of working on everything over this week and weekend, mostly at night after the kiddos went to bed.
Tuesday morning at about 10:00am, I received a big "OOPS" email from the Project Manager. She realized that she put the 30th on my work order as the due date, but she messed up. The due date was actually the 25th.....aka Wednesday. As in the due date to the client was the 25th. And under normal circumstances, this would mean that my due date is the day before that. So my work order due date should have been the 24th. Tuesday. The day she emailed me. I hadn't even planned on starting the report until Wednesday evening. So this put a kink in my day for sure.
I wasn't pissed at all.....I mean, we're all human and things happen.....but I was definitely stressed.
So for the 48 hours between Tuesday morning and Thursday morning, between entertaining and feeding and taking care of tiny humans, I used every spare minute to work on my report. I was up until almost 3:00am Tuesday night and up until 1:00am last night. And by 10:30 this morning, it was officially was out of my hands and on its way to the review board, aka my Project Manager. Whew!
The report being done was a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders, but then I had the awesome added bonus of two crabby toddlers tossed into the mix. Over the weekend, Lucy was super snotty and sneezy and just an overall miserable human being. We figured she was cutting another tooth. But then at the beginning of this week, she was suddenly over the snot and the sneezing (with no added tooth) and Delano was instantly snotty and sneezy and overall miserable. And this lasted until this morning. They were both just flat-out crabby about life during those 6ish days because they felt like crap. And I get that. But it doesn't make life any easier just because I "get it". Life as a parent still sucks when your kids are sick. You can't reason with a toddler on a regular day, much less a sick day.
Delano isn't sick anymore. He woke up this morning perfectly fine. Wellllllllll........perfectly fine from the no-longer-sick aspect. He still woke up screaming for me to come and get him of bed. Which is apparently his new thing: screaming BLOODY MURDER in the mornings and crying until he chokes as if he woke up and realized he had been abandoned forever and left to die alone. This all happens within about 30 seconds of him waking up. Which usually wakes up his sister unless I can grab him in time to shut him up. It's fun times.
The first half of the day went pretty smoothly. I was able to wrap up my report while the kiddos played and watched Bubble Guppies and ate breakfast. Lucy vetoed her morning nap (I gave up after about an hour of her fussing in her crib), but it worked out okay. Lunchtime came and went, and then it was time for afternoon naps. Lucy slept for 2 hours and Delano slept for 3. Since it was supposed to rain all day - which ended up not happening - and since I had that report to finish - I had decided ahead of time that we weren't leaving the house and that it was going to be a mommy productive day. So when the kids went down for their afternoon naps, I hit the treadmill for a short run, took a shower, brushed the dogs (who are shedding like the world is going bald and they need to produce ALL THE HAIR), picked up toys, swept the upstairs, washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. Then Lucy woke up. She woke up fine......giggly, happy to see me, yada yada......but I quickly realized within about 10 minutes that she was indeed not in the mood that I thought she was in. No snack, toy or activity was going to rate above the fact that she wanted to be on my hip nonstop. And even then, she still wasn't fully content. She had no idea what she wanted, and no way to tell me because her sign language and/or verbal language didn't extend that far. So enter tearful, fussy, crying, indecisive Toddler #1.
Then Delano woke up. Once again, you would have thought he was being either abandoned or slaughtered in his crib (seriously - what happened to the kid who would wake up easily and peacefully???). And then I guess you could say that for the next 4 hours, I had TWO tearful, fussy, crying, indecisive toddlers on my hands.
THEN came bedtime. Lucy actually went to bed a little early without a single hesitation....and then she slept for 12 1/2 hours. Delano, on the other hand, put up a massive fight. It was a screamfest in my house for close to an hour and a half. I went into his room several times to console him and try to figure out what was going on, but it just made it worse each time, so I eventually stopped going in. He FINALLY wore himself out and passed out around 10:00.
Mama made herself a margarita. Or three.
Friday
Today was much better.....kind of.
Delano woke up at 5:30am crying to get up. I was thankful that I was able to convince him that it was indeed NOT time to get up. He woke up again at 7:00 on the dot, and I knew that there was no going back to sleep for him (he could see that the sun was coming up), so I parked him on the couch with a cup of juice and a Curious George movie.....and then this Mama went back to bed (with the door wide open knowing that Delano was safe and sound right down the hall within view - I didn't just LEAVE my kid so I could sleep - I actually figured he would have come and gotten me within minutes, but he didn't). And I got to sleep almost a whole other hour! It was pure bliss. I got up at 8:00, and Lucy woke up at 8:30. We had breakfast and then went to my mom's house to play for a while before heading to my friend's new restaurant in Ringgold, The Green Apple. IT WAS YUM. We then stopped by my house to let the dogs out to pee before heading back across town. That's when my good, decent day took a bit of a turn.
We were sitting at the light at Moore Road and South Terrace, about to make the turn to get onto the interstate, when my van died. Just flat-out DIED in mid-turn. So instead, we coasted into a parking lot and called my dad to come rescue us. Turns out my alternator died. And fyi, when your alternator dies, it doesn't wait until you're in a driveway or a parking lot......as in you go to start your car and it just won't start.....it just falls over and dies whenever it feels the urge. Like in mid-turn with no warning when you're about to hop on the interstate.
Luckily, when your dad is an auto mechanic, you get perks like him knowing exactly what was wrong as soon as he took a look, a connection for an instant tow truck (who owed my dad a favor and didn't charge me for the tow), and a connection for a good, reliable place to take the van (S&S Auto Repair is a great repair shop, y'all. My dad has worked with over half of the guys there in the past and will vouch that they are good guys who do a good job for a fair price, though car repairs are never cheap unless you do them yourself.)
Both my dad and my husband can fix cars. But for this situation, my dad said the best decision for me would be to let the shop do it. I don't know anything about alternators, but I'm guessing they're a pain in the ass. And since the hubs is out of town until at LEAST Sunday, it's not anything he could take on at the moment, even if he wanted to.
So for now, we are without a van. We are not without a vehicle, as Lucas rented a van to take out of town (he needed the extra space to cart tools and supplies), so the kids and I have his car here at the house to use for the next few days (a TWO-DOOR.....ugh). And if he comes back and my van isn't ready, he can drive a work truck for a few days. So we're good to go in that aspect. It just stinks overall!
Change of subject.......I've been on a half marathon registration roll!! Lately I've been feeling like my groove is coming back with my running. I'm still not in the shape I want to be in (if you suffer through my food log blogs you know I can't seem to shed these damn 20 pounds), but my running has been getting better anyway. I've completed two half marathons in the past month, and was proud of my performance in both. I wasn't fast by any means, but I still felt good about them. So I've been super pumped about adding more races to my list (and medals to my wall!) and therefore have been stalking the Half Fanatics Upcoming Races page for upcoming races. Then last night, I put my big girl panties on and signed up for a few. Here's what I'm signed up for so far:
Run at the Mill at Prater's Mill in GA (April 11th) - This one is in two weeks!! This will be my first ever half marathon in GA, so I'll get to add an extra state - my 6th state - to my Half Fanatics profile.
Chickamauga Chase in GA (April 18th) - This one isn't a half marathon but a 15k (9.3 miles), but I've never done a 15k and this is a popular one.
Race 13.1 in Cleveland, TN (May 2nd) - I actually signed up for this one 6 months ago as an incentive to be in bathing suit shape by vacation (which is NOT going to happen).
The Scream in Jonas Ridge, NC (July 18th) - This one is ALL downhill and therefore a challenge to my legs....they call it "The Scream" because your legs will be screaming.....plus I should be able to PR! Oh and sidenote....this will be my 7th state added to my Half Fanatics profile!
I don't have anything lined up for June, though I have a race in mind if I'm able to do it. Problem is, it's the first Saturday of Riverbend, and I might be needed to work that weekend. I need to talk with the bosses first before I make the call. If I DO get to do it, it's the Franklin Half Marathon in Franklin, Tennessee. Beautiful scenery, lots of hills, a perfect yet tough run. And we can use the weekend as a weekend visit to Nashville. If I'm needed to work that weekend, I'll likely do the Riverbend Run here in town instead. It's a 10k (6.2 miles) and one I've done before, but not in several years.
There's a race I'm eyeballing for August as well......the Area 13.1 Half Marathon in Roswell, GA. The main appeal is that it's an evening run (starts at 7pm), so I wouldn't have to head down to Roswell until Saturday afternoon. And theoretically, I could head back home after the race, though getting home at midnight (and sitting still in a car for almost 2 hours after running 13.1 miles) isn't exceptionally appealing. So I'd probably stay the night. I haven't signed up for this one yet (the cap is 2,200 runners and the next price increase isn't until May 1st) so I've got time to decide. I need to talk to the hubs about all these races first. There's a big chance that we'll be taking the family to Nevada (to visit with extended family) sometime in August or September, so I need to find out when that is before I sign up for anything then. And while I'm thinking about that, I should ask my father-in-law if he's heard anything more about that trip, since they're planning on doing it as well.
And while we're talking about races, we must not forget that I plan to run the Tennessee Ragnar Relay from Chattanooga to Nashville this October, and that I am already officially signed up to run the Florida Keys Ragnar Relay in February 2016. ALL THE FUN TIMES!!
I guess I should go to bed. It's now 1:00am and I still need a shower, otherwise I won't get one until tomorrow afternoon, since my son now wakes up 1-2 hours earlier than he used to. And you know what I'm NOT doing? Setting an alarm for 6:30am just to shower. I'd rather skip it and wait.
So it's been one of those days. A day that started partly at 10:00am Tuesday morning and now is finally over. Let's all cross our fingers that tomorrow is better.
It all started (kind of) with a work project I received about 2 weeks ago. It's been a couple of months since I've received any environmental projects in my area, so I was excited to get the email that said, "We've got a project for you! Do you want it?" It was the biggest project size-wise that I've ever received: a 1,430-acre tract of undeveloped land up in Sevierville, Tennessee. Plans for the property include officially designating it as a conservation area.
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| One of my pics from the top of the property. See that road? I started at the bottom of that. |
The due date for this project, according to my work order, was Monday, March 30th. I did my site visit this past Monday (the 23rd) with the intentions of working on everything over this week and weekend, mostly at night after the kiddos went to bed.
Tuesday morning at about 10:00am, I received a big "OOPS" email from the Project Manager. She realized that she put the 30th on my work order as the due date, but she messed up. The due date was actually the 25th.....aka Wednesday. As in the due date to the client was the 25th. And under normal circumstances, this would mean that my due date is the day before that. So my work order due date should have been the 24th. Tuesday. The day she emailed me. I hadn't even planned on starting the report until Wednesday evening. So this put a kink in my day for sure.
I wasn't pissed at all.....I mean, we're all human and things happen.....but I was definitely stressed.
So for the 48 hours between Tuesday morning and Thursday morning, between entertaining and feeding and taking care of tiny humans, I used every spare minute to work on my report. I was up until almost 3:00am Tuesday night and up until 1:00am last night. And by 10:30 this morning, it was officially was out of my hands and on its way to the review board, aka my Project Manager. Whew!
The report being done was a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders, but then I had the awesome added bonus of two crabby toddlers tossed into the mix. Over the weekend, Lucy was super snotty and sneezy and just an overall miserable human being. We figured she was cutting another tooth. But then at the beginning of this week, she was suddenly over the snot and the sneezing (with no added tooth) and Delano was instantly snotty and sneezy and overall miserable. And this lasted until this morning. They were both just flat-out crabby about life during those 6ish days because they felt like crap. And I get that. But it doesn't make life any easier just because I "get it". Life as a parent still sucks when your kids are sick. You can't reason with a toddler on a regular day, much less a sick day.
Delano isn't sick anymore. He woke up this morning perfectly fine. Wellllllllll........perfectly fine from the no-longer-sick aspect. He still woke up screaming for me to come and get him of bed. Which is apparently his new thing: screaming BLOODY MURDER in the mornings and crying until he chokes as if he woke up and realized he had been abandoned forever and left to die alone. This all happens within about 30 seconds of him waking up. Which usually wakes up his sister unless I can grab him in time to shut him up. It's fun times.
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| The point of the photo doesn't relate, but the look on this child's face is familiar. Just add in some elephant tears. |
The first half of the day went pretty smoothly. I was able to wrap up my report while the kiddos played and watched Bubble Guppies and ate breakfast. Lucy vetoed her morning nap (I gave up after about an hour of her fussing in her crib), but it worked out okay. Lunchtime came and went, and then it was time for afternoon naps. Lucy slept for 2 hours and Delano slept for 3. Since it was supposed to rain all day - which ended up not happening - and since I had that report to finish - I had decided ahead of time that we weren't leaving the house and that it was going to be a mommy productive day. So when the kids went down for their afternoon naps, I hit the treadmill for a short run, took a shower, brushed the dogs (who are shedding like the world is going bald and they need to produce ALL THE HAIR), picked up toys, swept the upstairs, washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. Then Lucy woke up. She woke up fine......giggly, happy to see me, yada yada......but I quickly realized within about 10 minutes that she was indeed not in the mood that I thought she was in. No snack, toy or activity was going to rate above the fact that she wanted to be on my hip nonstop. And even then, she still wasn't fully content. She had no idea what she wanted, and no way to tell me because her sign language and/or verbal language didn't extend that far. So enter tearful, fussy, crying, indecisive Toddler #1.
Then Delano woke up. Once again, you would have thought he was being either abandoned or slaughtered in his crib (seriously - what happened to the kid who would wake up easily and peacefully???). And then I guess you could say that for the next 4 hours, I had TWO tearful, fussy, crying, indecisive toddlers on my hands.
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| Exactly like that. PURE JOY, Y'ALL. LIKE ANGELS SENT FROM HEAVEN. |
THEN came bedtime. Lucy actually went to bed a little early without a single hesitation....and then she slept for 12 1/2 hours. Delano, on the other hand, put up a massive fight. It was a screamfest in my house for close to an hour and a half. I went into his room several times to console him and try to figure out what was going on, but it just made it worse each time, so I eventually stopped going in. He FINALLY wore himself out and passed out around 10:00.
Mama made herself a margarita. Or three.
Friday
Today was much better.....kind of.
Delano woke up at 5:30am crying to get up. I was thankful that I was able to convince him that it was indeed NOT time to get up. He woke up again at 7:00 on the dot, and I knew that there was no going back to sleep for him (he could see that the sun was coming up), so I parked him on the couch with a cup of juice and a Curious George movie.....and then this Mama went back to bed (with the door wide open knowing that Delano was safe and sound right down the hall within view - I didn't just LEAVE my kid so I could sleep - I actually figured he would have come and gotten me within minutes, but he didn't). And I got to sleep almost a whole other hour! It was pure bliss. I got up at 8:00, and Lucy woke up at 8:30. We had breakfast and then went to my mom's house to play for a while before heading to my friend's new restaurant in Ringgold, The Green Apple. IT WAS YUM. We then stopped by my house to let the dogs out to pee before heading back across town. That's when my good, decent day took a bit of a turn.
We were sitting at the light at Moore Road and South Terrace, about to make the turn to get onto the interstate, when my van died. Just flat-out DIED in mid-turn. So instead, we coasted into a parking lot and called my dad to come rescue us. Turns out my alternator died. And fyi, when your alternator dies, it doesn't wait until you're in a driveway or a parking lot......as in you go to start your car and it just won't start.....it just falls over and dies whenever it feels the urge. Like in mid-turn with no warning when you're about to hop on the interstate.
Luckily, when your dad is an auto mechanic, you get perks like him knowing exactly what was wrong as soon as he took a look, a connection for an instant tow truck (who owed my dad a favor and didn't charge me for the tow), and a connection for a good, reliable place to take the van (S&S Auto Repair is a great repair shop, y'all. My dad has worked with over half of the guys there in the past and will vouch that they are good guys who do a good job for a fair price, though car repairs are never cheap unless you do them yourself.)
Both my dad and my husband can fix cars. But for this situation, my dad said the best decision for me would be to let the shop do it. I don't know anything about alternators, but I'm guessing they're a pain in the ass. And since the hubs is out of town until at LEAST Sunday, it's not anything he could take on at the moment, even if he wanted to.
So for now, we are without a van. We are not without a vehicle, as Lucas rented a van to take out of town (he needed the extra space to cart tools and supplies), so the kids and I have his car here at the house to use for the next few days (a TWO-DOOR.....ugh). And if he comes back and my van isn't ready, he can drive a work truck for a few days. So we're good to go in that aspect. It just stinks overall!
Change of subject.......I've been on a half marathon registration roll!! Lately I've been feeling like my groove is coming back with my running. I'm still not in the shape I want to be in (if you suffer through my food log blogs you know I can't seem to shed these damn 20 pounds), but my running has been getting better anyway. I've completed two half marathons in the past month, and was proud of my performance in both. I wasn't fast by any means, but I still felt good about them. So I've been super pumped about adding more races to my list (and medals to my wall!) and therefore have been stalking the Half Fanatics Upcoming Races page for upcoming races. Then last night, I put my big girl panties on and signed up for a few. Here's what I'm signed up for so far:
Run at the Mill at Prater's Mill in GA (April 11th) - This one is in two weeks!! This will be my first ever half marathon in GA, so I'll get to add an extra state - my 6th state - to my Half Fanatics profile.
Chickamauga Chase in GA (April 18th) - This one isn't a half marathon but a 15k (9.3 miles), but I've never done a 15k and this is a popular one.
Race 13.1 in Cleveland, TN (May 2nd) - I actually signed up for this one 6 months ago as an incentive to be in bathing suit shape by vacation (which is NOT going to happen).
The Scream in Jonas Ridge, NC (July 18th) - This one is ALL downhill and therefore a challenge to my legs....they call it "The Scream" because your legs will be screaming.....plus I should be able to PR! Oh and sidenote....this will be my 7th state added to my Half Fanatics profile!
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| 13.1 miles of "pure hill"......I like it. |
I don't have anything lined up for June, though I have a race in mind if I'm able to do it. Problem is, it's the first Saturday of Riverbend, and I might be needed to work that weekend. I need to talk with the bosses first before I make the call. If I DO get to do it, it's the Franklin Half Marathon in Franklin, Tennessee. Beautiful scenery, lots of hills, a perfect yet tough run. And we can use the weekend as a weekend visit to Nashville. If I'm needed to work that weekend, I'll likely do the Riverbend Run here in town instead. It's a 10k (6.2 miles) and one I've done before, but not in several years.
There's a race I'm eyeballing for August as well......the Area 13.1 Half Marathon in Roswell, GA. The main appeal is that it's an evening run (starts at 7pm), so I wouldn't have to head down to Roswell until Saturday afternoon. And theoretically, I could head back home after the race, though getting home at midnight (and sitting still in a car for almost 2 hours after running 13.1 miles) isn't exceptionally appealing. So I'd probably stay the night. I haven't signed up for this one yet (the cap is 2,200 runners and the next price increase isn't until May 1st) so I've got time to decide. I need to talk to the hubs about all these races first. There's a big chance that we'll be taking the family to Nevada (to visit with extended family) sometime in August or September, so I need to find out when that is before I sign up for anything then. And while I'm thinking about that, I should ask my father-in-law if he's heard anything more about that trip, since they're planning on doing it as well.
And while we're talking about races, we must not forget that I plan to run the Tennessee Ragnar Relay from Chattanooga to Nashville this October, and that I am already officially signed up to run the Florida Keys Ragnar Relay in February 2016. ALL THE FUN TIMES!!
I guess I should go to bed. It's now 1:00am and I still need a shower, otherwise I won't get one until tomorrow afternoon, since my son now wakes up 1-2 hours earlier than he used to. And you know what I'm NOT doing? Setting an alarm for 6:30am just to shower. I'd rather skip it and wait.
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| Life with kids. It happens. |
Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
I haven't decided exactly what I'm going to write about, but I knew I just felt like writing. So here we are. I'm blogging, and you're reading. It works out. :)
Today was a pretty good day for myself (minus locking myself out of my van......in my driveway......with it running......with the dog in it......) but in hindsight, it wasn't really a big deal. Sure, it was a dumb move and cost me $54 that I didn't expect to spend today (while in my driveway, on something that took about a minute to remedy by a guy with a metal hook and a blood pressure bag), but the AC was on so I knew the dog was fine (plus she was doped up on anesthesia after a full dental exam, so she was snoozing and not panicking), and while I waited on the locksmith I had some really great conversation with my neighbors across the street, whom I absolutely adore and don't stop to talk to often enough. They're both right around 90 years old and two of the sweetest people on the face of the planet. So the frustration of realizing my van was locked after I hopped out to check the mail was evened out or possibly surpassed by a visit with the neighbors. Those visits are free any day, but I'd say today was $54 well spent because it made me leave my house and knock on their door.
Speaking of, I need to email my friend Connie. I haven't paid her a visit in a while and I think I need to plan to see her next week. I'll do that now.
Email sent. :)
But though my day was pretty good, it was pretty effin' terrible for a friend of mine. As in today was a bad, bad, bad, horrible day. And though what happened to her didn't happen to me, my heart is fully broken for her and my pretty good day is not actually so pretty good. It's actually a pretty sad, horrible day because my heart hurts for her. I don't want to go into the details of this person's day because it's not my story to tell, but it's just one of those days that will never be forgotten. And I'm sure that when she's ready, she'll talk about it.
On a lighter note, I ordered Delano's Easter present earlier this week, and it arrived yesterday! I'm going to put a couple of little things in a basket, but since I don't want to give him candy and chocolate (maybe a TINY bunny if I can find one), I got him a 3D storybook. He already has one that his great-grandmother bought him for Christmas, and he LOVES it.
Three of these storybooks exist, and the last one is Hansel & Gretel. I haven't ordered it yet (it wasn't available on Amazon when I was looking), but maybe I'll do that now and have it be Lucy's gift! She loves them, too. Though she did toss the little kettlepot from The Three Little Pigs into the kitchen trash can for no apparent reason (her Grammy found it before it was gone forever).
In fact, I just ordered it. I followed the link from the pic above (which sent me to The Grommet) and they actually had it in stock, when Amazon and even the Storytime Toys website said it was out of stock. So let's all cross our fingers that The Grommet actually has it in stock! These are really cool storybooks to have. Things of personal value that can be saved and passed on.....as long as they don't get destroyed before then!
My mind is going a million directions now, trying to decide what to talk about next!
I should go to bed. It's late, and I went to bed late last night because I was finishing a book I was reading. And then even after I finished the book in the wee hours, I couldn't seem to turn my brain off in order to go to sleep. And I wasn't even thinking about anything major or stressful or exciting or anything.......my brain just wouldn't SHUT UP. And no, I didn't drink much at all last night and no, I didn't have any caffeine. So I have zero idea why my brain was running on overload. I'd say it took me a good hour AFTER the lights were off to fall asleep. So really I should be heading to bed right now. The hubs has been asleep for 90 minutes now. But I'm just not feeling it yet.
I'm excited, though......my book club picked Gone Girl especially for me this time around. My mother-in-law has a copy of it, which she's bringing with her when they come back to visit over Easter weekend. She hated the book, but most of my friends loved it. So I can't wait to read it!
Next week, the hubs will be out of town for 5 whole days. He owns a rental property in Augusta, Georgia that was recently vacated, so he needs to go get the house repaired, prepped and ready for new renters. The kids and I will be staying at home for this little trip. Originally, I was scheduled to bartend two of the nights he would be away. One of the nights (Saturday) I got covered by another bartender, and the other night (Wednesday) was unexpectedly cancelled by the client this afternoon. That makes my life a whole lot easier since I don't have to bat my eyelashes at my mom to come and stay at my house until 11 or 12 on my work night (not that she minds, but that's a lot of thumb twiddling after the kids go to bed, and a late time for her to be driving home and going to bed herself). Now that my shifts are no more, the kids and I could technically tag along to Georgia. But I think I'll pass on a trip to Augusta with two toddlers and two parents in a single hotel room. So far, we've been spoiled with our trips with the kids in that we've always stayed in houses and been able to set them up in their own rooms (or walk-in closets) for naptime and bedtime, with us being able to be in a separate room to hang out and watch TV or whatever. And had we decided that this would be a family trip from the beginning, we would have rented a house or condo (because Augusta is such the family-friendly vacation spot.....just kidding). But since Lucas already has his hotel lined up and since I don't particularly want to spend 5 days in Augusta while he works on his house from sun-up to sun-down, life will continue on for 5 days right here at home.
In the past, when Lucas would go out of town to work on his houses, it was guaranteed that I would stay up way too late and order pizza to eat while he was gone. I would also eat lots of my favorite sugary cereals (for breakfast, lunch and/or a snack) and might have even bought horrible (aka awesome) ideas like Doritos and Funyuns. NOT THIS TIME. Okay, so I'm sure I'll still stay up way too late every night.....I need to work on an environmental report that's due the following Monday anyway.....but I will NOT order pizza or any sort of extremely appealing pizza/breadsticks/wings/dessert combo the world has to offer. REALLY.
Instead (begrudgingly), I plan on cooking something low-carb in the crockpot.....like maybe a beanless chili......that will last me for several dinners without me getting tired of it. I don't often get tired of chili. I like to top it with cheese and sour cream and onions. Normally I'd also pour it over a bowl of Fritos (mmmmm Fritos......mmmmm Frito Pie.....mmmmm Sloppy Nachos at Taco Mamacita) but if I'm behaving and going low-carb, Fritos are obviously not a part of that plan.
The Raccoon Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay is this Saturday! I'm excited. I'm not sure if I'll do better or worse than I did at the Scenic City Half Marathon a couple of weeks ago, but I don't care. The race is going to be really pretty on the top of the mountain, partly on trails, and Run Chattanooga does an incredible job with aid station goodies and post-race grub. It's going to be a fun race, no matter what my finish time is.
It's going to be "grassroots amazeballs". ;)
Today was a pretty good day for myself (minus locking myself out of my van......in my driveway......with it running......with the dog in it......) but in hindsight, it wasn't really a big deal. Sure, it was a dumb move and cost me $54 that I didn't expect to spend today (while in my driveway, on something that took about a minute to remedy by a guy with a metal hook and a blood pressure bag), but the AC was on so I knew the dog was fine (plus she was doped up on anesthesia after a full dental exam, so she was snoozing and not panicking), and while I waited on the locksmith I had some really great conversation with my neighbors across the street, whom I absolutely adore and don't stop to talk to often enough. They're both right around 90 years old and two of the sweetest people on the face of the planet. So the frustration of realizing my van was locked after I hopped out to check the mail was evened out or possibly surpassed by a visit with the neighbors. Those visits are free any day, but I'd say today was $54 well spent because it made me leave my house and knock on their door.
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| Random "money well spent" photo |
Speaking of, I need to email my friend Connie. I haven't paid her a visit in a while and I think I need to plan to see her next week. I'll do that now.
Email sent. :)
But though my day was pretty good, it was pretty effin' terrible for a friend of mine. As in today was a bad, bad, bad, horrible day. And though what happened to her didn't happen to me, my heart is fully broken for her and my pretty good day is not actually so pretty good. It's actually a pretty sad, horrible day because my heart hurts for her. I don't want to go into the details of this person's day because it's not my story to tell, but it's just one of those days that will never be forgotten. And I'm sure that when she's ready, she'll talk about it.
On a lighter note, I ordered Delano's Easter present earlier this week, and it arrived yesterday! I'm going to put a couple of little things in a basket, but since I don't want to give him candy and chocolate (maybe a TINY bunny if I can find one), I got him a 3D storybook. He already has one that his great-grandmother bought him for Christmas, and he LOVES it.
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| This is the one he has....The Three Little Pigs. He plays with this for a LONG time. |
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| Goldilocks and the Three Bears is what he's getting on Easter. |
Three of these storybooks exist, and the last one is Hansel & Gretel. I haven't ordered it yet (it wasn't available on Amazon when I was looking), but maybe I'll do that now and have it be Lucy's gift! She loves them, too. Though she did toss the little kettlepot from The Three Little Pigs into the kitchen trash can for no apparent reason (her Grammy found it before it was gone forever).
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| Hansel & Gretel - the one we currently lack! |
In fact, I just ordered it. I followed the link from the pic above (which sent me to The Grommet) and they actually had it in stock, when Amazon and even the Storytime Toys website said it was out of stock. So let's all cross our fingers that The Grommet actually has it in stock! These are really cool storybooks to have. Things of personal value that can be saved and passed on.....as long as they don't get destroyed before then!
My mind is going a million directions now, trying to decide what to talk about next!
I should go to bed. It's late, and I went to bed late last night because I was finishing a book I was reading. And then even after I finished the book in the wee hours, I couldn't seem to turn my brain off in order to go to sleep. And I wasn't even thinking about anything major or stressful or exciting or anything.......my brain just wouldn't SHUT UP. And no, I didn't drink much at all last night and no, I didn't have any caffeine. So I have zero idea why my brain was running on overload. I'd say it took me a good hour AFTER the lights were off to fall asleep. So really I should be heading to bed right now. The hubs has been asleep for 90 minutes now. But I'm just not feeling it yet.
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| The book I finished. An easy, chick lit book after reading Gray Mountain by John Grisham. |
I'm excited, though......my book club picked Gone Girl especially for me this time around. My mother-in-law has a copy of it, which she's bringing with her when they come back to visit over Easter weekend. She hated the book, but most of my friends loved it. So I can't wait to read it!
Next week, the hubs will be out of town for 5 whole days. He owns a rental property in Augusta, Georgia that was recently vacated, so he needs to go get the house repaired, prepped and ready for new renters. The kids and I will be staying at home for this little trip. Originally, I was scheduled to bartend two of the nights he would be away. One of the nights (Saturday) I got covered by another bartender, and the other night (Wednesday) was unexpectedly cancelled by the client this afternoon. That makes my life a whole lot easier since I don't have to bat my eyelashes at my mom to come and stay at my house until 11 or 12 on my work night (not that she minds, but that's a lot of thumb twiddling after the kids go to bed, and a late time for her to be driving home and going to bed herself). Now that my shifts are no more, the kids and I could technically tag along to Georgia. But I think I'll pass on a trip to Augusta with two toddlers and two parents in a single hotel room. So far, we've been spoiled with our trips with the kids in that we've always stayed in houses and been able to set them up in their own rooms (or walk-in closets) for naptime and bedtime, with us being able to be in a separate room to hang out and watch TV or whatever. And had we decided that this would be a family trip from the beginning, we would have rented a house or condo (because Augusta is such the family-friendly vacation spot.....just kidding). But since Lucas already has his hotel lined up and since I don't particularly want to spend 5 days in Augusta while he works on his house from sun-up to sun-down, life will continue on for 5 days right here at home.
In the past, when Lucas would go out of town to work on his houses, it was guaranteed that I would stay up way too late and order pizza to eat while he was gone. I would also eat lots of my favorite sugary cereals (for breakfast, lunch and/or a snack) and might have even bought horrible (aka awesome) ideas like Doritos and Funyuns. NOT THIS TIME. Okay, so I'm sure I'll still stay up way too late every night.....I need to work on an environmental report that's due the following Monday anyway.....but I will NOT order pizza or any sort of extremely appealing pizza/breadsticks/wings/dessert combo the world has to offer. REALLY.
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| I don't know where this madness was happening, but I would TEAR THIS BOX UP. |
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| I have definitely ordered this one before. It was cheap (like $10) and came with pizza, cheesy breadsticks AND cinnasticks. Yes it did. In fact, I want it NOW. |
Instead (begrudgingly), I plan on cooking something low-carb in the crockpot.....like maybe a beanless chili......that will last me for several dinners without me getting tired of it. I don't often get tired of chili. I like to top it with cheese and sour cream and onions. Normally I'd also pour it over a bowl of Fritos (mmmmm Fritos......mmmmm Frito Pie.....mmmmm Sloppy Nachos at Taco Mamacita) but if I'm behaving and going low-carb, Fritos are obviously not a part of that plan.
The Raccoon Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay is this Saturday! I'm excited. I'm not sure if I'll do better or worse than I did at the Scenic City Half Marathon a couple of weeks ago, but I don't care. The race is going to be really pretty on the top of the mountain, partly on trails, and Run Chattanooga does an incredible job with aid station goodies and post-race grub. It's going to be a fun race, no matter what my finish time is.
It's going to be "grassroots amazeballs". ;)
Monday, March 16, 2015
Operation Lose The Baby Weight: Days 50 - 56 (Accountability Log)
I did really well all week this week.....through Friday afternoon. In fact, Friday morning was my best weigh-in yet! Then on Friday at lunch, I was STARVING and chose the steak nachos at Taco Roc. I didn't eat all of the chips on my plate, but I still had nachos. And it all just continued to go downhill from there. Toss in a 3-year-old's birthday party on Saturday (with pizza and cake after I hadn't eaten lunch yet) and several glasses of red wine over the weekend......and mimosas with Sunday brunch......and burgers and fries on Sunday evening.....and it was a bit of a carby weekend.
I'm not upset about the setback, though. The in-laws were in town and we had a good time. And I was fully prepared to get myself back on track this morning, which I did. I even managed a short outdoor jog as my final run before resting before my half marathon this Saturday.
Let's lose some weight this next week, people! ;)
Day 50 (Monday, March 9th):
Total weight loss: 2.0 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, smoked ham
Snack: None
Lunch: Smoked ham
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple, jalapeno and mozzarella string cheese, 1/3 kielbasa sausage with a mozzarella and cheddar string cheese
Dinner: Taco salad (minus the chips - so it was a power greens mix, ground beef, sour cream, salsa and tomato)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 2.5 mile treadmill run
Workout: No
Day 51 (Tuesday, March 10th):
Total weight loss: 3.6 lbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and bacon
Snack: Mozzarella and cheddar string cheese
Lunch: Progresso chicken and noodle soup, smoked ham, carrots with ranch
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: "The Rembrandt" grilled chicken salad from Rembrandt's with Tarragon Vinaigrette
Beer/Wine: No
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 52 (Wednesday, March 11th):
Total weight loss: 2 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and smoked ham
Snack: A small handful of cheese puffs
Lunch: I don't remember! I waited too long to log (but I know it was low carb)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: A single serving of a dark chocolate bar with almonds and sea salt, and a navel orange
Dinner: Taco salad (minus the chips - so it was a power greens mix, ground beef, sour cream, salsa and tomato)
Beer/Wine: Yes, 1 Guinness (~125 calories and 10 carbs)
Run: 2.5 mile treadmill run
Workout: No
Day 53 (Thursday, March 12th):
Total weight loss: 2.6 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (I burnt the bacon to go with it.....so sad)
Snack: None
Lunch: Tuna salad over power greens (spinach, swiss chard and kale) with tomatoes
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Jalapeno and mozzarella string cheese
Dinner: Small serving of homemade sausage and vegetable soup, and a slice of chocolate ribbon pie (book club night!)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 54 (Friday, March 13th):
Total weight loss: 5.8 lbs
Breakfast: Slices of honey ham, a mozzarella and cheddar string cheese
Snack: None
Lunch: Steak nachos at Taco Roc
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Grilled Bourbon BBQ Chicken Breast and Smoked Wings combo from Smokey Bones, with a side of fire-roasted corn and mashed potatoes with gravy
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 55 (Saturday, March 14th):
I refuse to even talk about this day of diet debauchery. I was like a rebel without a cause. ;)
Day 56 (Sunday, March 15th):
Total weight loss: Don't know - didn't weigh
Breakfast: None - had brunch
Snack: None
Lunch: Philly cheesesteak omelet with a side of fruit
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: 2 pieces of string cheese and 1/2 a sugar cookie
Dinner: Cheesburger and fries, with a pumpkin and white chocolate chip muffin for dessert (@ my parent's).
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 57 (Monday, March 16th):
Total weight loss: 1.6 lbs
I'm not upset about the setback, though. The in-laws were in town and we had a good time. And I was fully prepared to get myself back on track this morning, which I did. I even managed a short outdoor jog as my final run before resting before my half marathon this Saturday.
Let's lose some weight this next week, people! ;)
Day 50 (Monday, March 9th):
Total weight loss: 2.0 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, smoked ham
Snack: None
Lunch: Smoked ham
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple, jalapeno and mozzarella string cheese, 1/3 kielbasa sausage with a mozzarella and cheddar string cheese
Dinner: Taco salad (minus the chips - so it was a power greens mix, ground beef, sour cream, salsa and tomato)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 2.5 mile treadmill run
Workout: No
Day 51 (Tuesday, March 10th):
Total weight loss: 3.6 lbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and bacon
Snack: Mozzarella and cheddar string cheese
Lunch: Progresso chicken and noodle soup, smoked ham, carrots with ranch
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: "The Rembrandt" grilled chicken salad from Rembrandt's with Tarragon Vinaigrette
Beer/Wine: No
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 52 (Wednesday, March 11th):
Total weight loss: 2 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and smoked ham
Snack: A small handful of cheese puffs
Lunch: I don't remember! I waited too long to log (but I know it was low carb)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: A single serving of a dark chocolate bar with almonds and sea salt, and a navel orange
Dinner: Taco salad (minus the chips - so it was a power greens mix, ground beef, sour cream, salsa and tomato)
Beer/Wine: Yes, 1 Guinness (~125 calories and 10 carbs)
Run: 2.5 mile treadmill run
Workout: No
Day 53 (Thursday, March 12th):
Total weight loss: 2.6 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (I burnt the bacon to go with it.....so sad)
Snack: None
Lunch: Tuna salad over power greens (spinach, swiss chard and kale) with tomatoes
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Jalapeno and mozzarella string cheese
Dinner: Small serving of homemade sausage and vegetable soup, and a slice of chocolate ribbon pie (book club night!)
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 54 (Friday, March 13th):
Total weight loss: 5.8 lbs
Breakfast: Slices of honey ham, a mozzarella and cheddar string cheese
Snack: None
Lunch: Steak nachos at Taco Roc
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: None
Dinner: Grilled Bourbon BBQ Chicken Breast and Smoked Wings combo from Smokey Bones, with a side of fire-roasted corn and mashed potatoes with gravy
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 55 (Saturday, March 14th):
I refuse to even talk about this day of diet debauchery. I was like a rebel without a cause. ;)
Day 56 (Sunday, March 15th):
Total weight loss: Don't know - didn't weigh
Breakfast: None - had brunch
Snack: None
Lunch: Philly cheesesteak omelet with a side of fruit
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: 2 pieces of string cheese and 1/2 a sugar cookie
Dinner: Cheesburger and fries, with a pumpkin and white chocolate chip muffin for dessert (@ my parent's).
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 57 (Monday, March 16th):
Total weight loss: 1.6 lbs
Thursday, March 12, 2015
This Post Is For Stephanie. And Also For Lucas, So He Can See What I Doing For So Long.
My friend Stephanie told me that she was sick and tired of my food/exercise log blogs and that I should actually write something worth reading. I get it......skimming over my weight fluctuations, meal choices and lack of core exercise is extremely boring. Tack on a few opening paragraphs of how disappointed I am with the outcomes and you're pretty much rolling your eyes at me and playing my the smallest record player in the world on your fingers.
I'm just kidding. Stephanie didn't say any of that. But she DID say she missed my old blogs, where I talked about what was going on in my life and what not. So she DID request a regular ole' blog. And she DID tell me to be witty.
Witty. I'M ON IT.
So anyway.....back to the ole' blog......
Lucy is almost 14 1/2 months old, and she FINALLY cut her first tooth (a top tooth - not normally the first to pop out) a few days ago. Not that we were hoping that they would have been here sooner.....it apparently works out better in the long run the longer the teeth take to pop.....but we were starting to wonder if she was going to need baby dentures. Delano was a late bloomer on teeth as well, but not THIS late. His started cutting teeth right around 11 months, and they came in one at a time like good little teeth. So although it really didn't matter when Lucy cut teeth, we were glad to see that she didn't need any dental implants anytime soon. Plus, she's totally over pureed food and REALLY wants to eat everything that Delano eats (she pretty much won't eat purees at all anymore, unless it's sweet potatoes or refried beans). She can eat some of the "real" food, though we have to cut it up into tiny pieces. But a lot of the stuff she wants she can't have because of the whole "no teeth" thing. And she's still going to have to wait a while until a lot more come in, but at least she's on the right path!
Delano is 2 1/2 and a total jackass half of the time. The other half of the time, he's the sweetest, kindest, melt-your-heart little boy. But the "jackass" half pretty much makes the ratio feel like 90:10. And it's basically because when he's tired in need of a nap, ALL BETS ARE OFF when it comes to what he knows he should or shouldn't do. He hits when he's frustrated, even though he knows he's not supposed to. He throws toys when he's tired, even though he knows he's not supposed to. He starts to get a mean or pushy with Lucy, even though he knows he's not supposed to. He throws tantrums, which would happen anyway, but are worse and more frequent when he's tired. And you KNOW he knows what he's not supposed to do because at the end of a "time out" you can ask him why he's in time out and he'll tell you exactly what he did. It's beyond frustrating, but he's a toddler and it's just what toddlers DO. Toddlers really make you question your parenting tactics, because you constantly feel like maybe you're approaching things from an angle that's not working. There are all these different angles of parenting nowadays, and your toddler will make you wonder if you should be doing something different. But honestly, I'm pretty certain that if I beat him senseless every time he acted like an asshole (which I would never do, but there are parents that do this because of frustration or upbringing or being assholes themselves or whatever), he would do the SAME THING he's doing right now. Because he's 2. So I just keep rolling with the time outs. He HATES time out and can verbalize why he got the time out to begin with, so that's all I can ask for at this point. Except maybe a child who acts like an angel all of the time. Does anybody have one of those? Or wants to lie and say they do? ;)
What else is going on? Hmm......for those who read my blog about Ollie (that sadly now is minus all of the great pictures because Google+ is DUMB), it's been a little over a month and my other two dogs are A-OK. They received Vitamin K (the ONLY cure for rat poisoning, if it's not too late) for 3 weeks, and their blood now clots as it normally should. Piper (my hound) had her full annual comprehensive exam yesterday.....all vaccinations, heartworm test, bloodwork, dental cleaning, etc......and everything came back clean and healthy. Daisy goes in for her full comprehensive exam next Wednesday. After hearing the story of my dogs, one of my neighbors took her dogs in for a checkup just in case, telling her vet about my situation. Her dogs came back A-OK as well, which is great. I just hope nobody else in the neighborhood has to deal with what I did. Of course the only reason I know what happened (and the only reason my other two dogs are still with me) is because I opted for an autopsy on Ollie. It wasn't that expensive, but what if I hadn't? I might be down ALL of my dogs by now. I was just SO confused by his death that I needed answers. I still don't have a definite "answer" as to exactly who/what/when/where/why happened, but at least I have a good idea and was able to address the situation in the other two dogs before it became a trilogy.
Speaking of perfect timing (ok so we weren't, but that was my segway), my cat Scabie (YES she is named Scabie and YES there is a story behind that) decided to stop eating over the weekend. Scabie is about 8 years old and one of those pets who never has problems. As in EVER. She doesn't have diabetes (like my other cat Allie did), she never has bladder infections (super common in kitties), she never gets sick, she never acts "off", NOTHING. I take her in for a checkup and a rabies shot probably every 2-3 years. I pass on most of the other vaccines because she's an indoor-only cat and therefore not exposed to things like feline HIV, and the vet is perfectly fine with that. So OF COURSE after I've just had to experience the loss of Ollie (which included the cost of an autopsy and a cremation) and pay for a few Piper vet visits (though she's on a wellness plan now) and pay for insanely expensive Vitamin K pills for both dogs......she decides to stop eating. As in period. No food. For no apparent reason. She was totally normal besides the fact that she hadn't eaten a dribble in 3 whole days. So OF COURSE I had to take her in. And OF COURSE the vet ran a few tests on her and couldn't find (at least on paper) a darn thing wrong, at least not for the common ailments that typically cause cats to stop eating. And OF COURSE the visit cost me $360. Because she's not on a wellness plan. Because why would she be? I don't take her in regularly enough to need one. OF COURSE.
Thanks, cat. Your timing is awesome.
Ollie wasn't a loud dog. In fact, he was the quiet one out of the three (or four, if you count in our fourth dog Massai two years ago), but the house is significantly quieter now that he's gone for some odd reason. I think the other two are a little quieter. Granted, they're both still loony in their own ways......Piper is a hound and therefore acts like a crazy hound......and Daisy is strangely neurotic (always has been) and still acts like a weirdo.......but it's slightly tamer than it was in the past, even though Ollie did nothing to instigate either one when he was around. Maybe they mourn him. Or maybe they're afraid we "offed" him and don't want to be next. Or maybe they know what happened and are a little afraid (not of us, but of outside). I'm not sure, but things are definitely a little quieter around the Simington house now that we're a man down.
P.S. It's 12:05 AM. My husband joked (at 10pm when he went to bed) that I would be up until 2am "playing on the computer". I swore that I would not be up until 2am. I also said I was just going to watch "one TV show". So technically, I should have gone to bed at least an hour ago. I haven't watched any TV because I decided to write Stephanie's blog instead, but I also can't stay up until 2, just because Lucas would make fun of me tomorrow. So I have about 50 minutes total to wrap this up. 1am isn't 2am, right? ;)
Total change of subject.......I bought some plastic Easter eggs that the Easter Bunny is going to hide for Delano and Lucy. I want the Easter Bunny to put things inside of the hidden eggs. My friend Stacie puts money in her eggs (change, y'all......not dolla bills), but Delano doesn't care much about money yet and Lucy definitely can't benefit from that. Any ideas? I don't want to give him loads of candy. I thought about a jellybean per egg......but he LOVES mini marshmallows so I thought about doing that....one marshmallow in some, two in others, maybe 3 or 4 in others......Lucy still can't really benefit from marshmallows but she's too young to care.....or is there something I should do for her? Maybe puffs? Maybe I don't need your advice after all. Maybe I've already figured it out. ;)
I had something else I was going to talk about, but the whole "marshmallow" image threw me off and now I can't remember. Let me take a minute to think........
OH YEAH.
So, for those who aren't in the loop, last October I participated in the Ragnar Relay from Chattanooga to Nashville. I was Runner 11 last year, which means I ran 4.8 miles (though my Garmin mapped 5.2), 4.5 miles and 4.2 miles within a period of about 28 hours. If you don't know what I'm talking about or what the Ragnar Relay is, then definitely click on the link and check it out. In a nutshell, a team of 12 people relay run from Chattanooga to Nashville continuously over 2 days, with each person running 3 legs of the race. Some runner positions are really hard, and some are considered easy. I ran a "not that hard/leaning towards easiest" position. The bestest people (the hardcore runners) ran the hardest legs (like UP the mountains), while the middle-of-the-roaders ran the legs that were between 5 and 9 miles each. I wasn't sure what to expect until I did it, but it was one of the MOST FUN THINGS EVER that I have done. And I knew a quarter of the way in that I SO wanted to do it again. As in, even though Lucas and I haven't decided if we want to have Baby #3, I have purposely put off any potential talk of Baby #3 until AFTER October of this year. That's how bad I want to do this race again. It was THAT kick ass.
Obviously, I completely plan on running the Ragnar from Chattanooga to Nashville again this October, even if I end up with no team and have to put myself on a waiting list. The Team Captain from last year doesn't want to be the Team Captain this year, because he's heading up another Ragnar project. I personally don't want to be the Team Captain, because I didn't know a single soul on last year's team until I met them right before (or at) the race. So I'd rather the Team Captain be someone who knows the majority of the people on the team. Yes, I know them NOW, but I mean on a more personal level than just the 30+ hours we spent together. So I'm really hoping someone steps up. And that there's a spot for me (and my friend Angie) on the 2015 team.
I say all that about the TN Ragnar to bring up this.......I have been invited (by last year's Team Captain) to join the Florida Keys Ragnar Team next February 2016. That's the Ragnar project he's heading up this time around. At first, I just kind of laughed it off.......with a husband and 2 toddlers, I couldn't see them dropping me off in Miami to run 2 days from Miami to Key West, with the hubs traveling alone with the kids from Miami to Key West (and then ALL of us getting back from Key West to Chattavegas). Not that the hubs doesn't know what he's doing......he would be totally fine with the kids on his own for a few days.......he's an awesome dad like that, cloth diapers and all........but would he WANT to do that trip alone? I doubt it. Plus, there is NOTHING for families to do in Key West. It's a horrible vacation spot for a couple with toddlers. Sure, the ocean is warm and shallow and therefore like a gigantic kiddie pool for the kiddos, but besides that - NOTHING. Key West is full of bars - the end. So I was pretty certain this whole Ragnar Florida Keys thing was a no-go.
But then Lucas suggested that I go by myself (I hadn't even considered that until he said it). And then I suggested that he take the kids to Nashville that weekend for some Grammy and Gramps time/backup (which he hadn't even considered until I said it). So then it began to look like a possibility. Like a REAL possibility. That race is 11 months away, so Delano would be 3 1/2 and Lucy would be a few months over 2.....WAY old enough to be without me (though still with their dad and grandparents) for a few days. So something that I NEVER thought possible might actually become possible with a little active pre-planning. Of course, IF Lucas and I were to decide to shoot for Baby #3 (which we totally have not decided on yet...we go extremely back and forth), it would be delayed from after October 2015 to after February 2016. Sure, that gives us more time to delay making a decision about it.......but that also puts more time between the kiddos if we went for Baby #3. Not that much longer, but 4 months longer for trying. I don't know what we'll do. We originally said we'd start adopting or fostering kids past 2 of our own, but we haven't discussed it much because we've been busy enough with our own two hoodlums.
There are tons of other "baby gang" images to choose from, but I'll leave it at those two. I could add in the video of the smoking baby, but we've all seen it at least twice. ;)
P.S. It's almost 1:30am. I'm half an hour away from proving the hubs right. But I haven't been just "playing on the computer" as he assumes. I've actually been writing like crazy!! He won't care, though. He'll just give me crap for rolling into bed in the wee hours. I could be curing cancer and he wouldn't care. ;)
On the plus side, Stephanie should be thrilled to death with this post. It has nothing to do with food or fitness. ;)
But maybe I'll broach on it a LITTLE bit........just enough to say that it SUCKS to be older. I'm not an old lady or anything, but I remember the younger days when I could eat anything I wanted and still maintain my weight. I also remember when I thought I was fat. Which was pretty much always, since I was never blessed with a washboard stomach like some of my friends. I always had a "pooch", which was always a sensitive subject for me. Add in the fact that I was constantly pale, and you just added "uncool" to my resume. Nowadays, I would give ANYTHING for that high school "pooch". That pooch was NOTHIN'. I wanna tell that pooch to "have a baby or two, beeyatch". That pooch was an embarrassment to pooches out there. That pooch was under extreme high school pressure. That pooch was compared to girls who weighed less than 100 lbs. I weighed 104 lbs all through high school and STILL had a pooch that I hated. I also had teeny boobies. So even though in hindsight I would LOVE to look like that again, at the time I felt I had a poochy unattractive pale belly and too-tiny boobs (I apologize to Leah's parents if they're reading this......I heart them dearly and sometimes they read my blogs and I never wish to offend them but sometimes feel that I do just by being blunt for funny purposes).....but as a teenage girl, I obsessed about all the normal teenage girl woes. Those just happened to be: boys, weight, boys, my belly, boys, my tan, boys, my hair, boys, boobies, boys.......
I would add in social media, except we didn't have that.......we didn't even have texting. We had pagers. And figuring out how to "code" on pagers. Which meant we were texting, we just didn't know it.
I'm 3 minutes away from 2am. Which means the hubs was right.......I've been up until at least 2am after I said I wouldn't. But those of you who have read my blog can contest that I've been up writing this a long while. The hubs won't read it, so I think you all should message (or FB post him) and say LOOK....YOUR WIFE WAS BLOGGING HILARIOUSLY INTO THE WEE HOURS just to annoy him. You should flood his page with annoying (or hilarious) memes. Otherwise, I'll never hear the end of it. So start getting witty yourselves, America. It's now 2:02am. There's no way I can sneak into bed without him knowing. He's like a ninja. I'll think all is well until the morning when he says, "So......crawling into bed at 3am.....you get much sleep?". Ass. He's right, but ASS.
So at this point I need to make a decision about Key West. I also need to make a decision about the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon (which also offers a half marathon) happening this November. I've never done this race before, but I get a big discount as a CTC member, so I'll likely go ahead and sign up for it. It's only 2 weeks after the Ragnar, but if I'm in great shape by then, I shouldn't even need to worry about a half marathon in November that close to the Ragnar. The Ragnar is its whole own ballgame anyway.
Alright......I'm going to bed. It's 2:10am......past when Lucas predicted......but maybe I can sneak by him and not wake him up. Nothing like an "I told you so" ordeal.
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| I was looking for somebody doing the sarcastic finger version, but came across this, which is ACTUALLY one of the smallest record players in the world. |
I'm just kidding. Stephanie didn't say any of that. But she DID say she missed my old blogs, where I talked about what was going on in my life and what not. So she DID request a regular ole' blog. And she DID tell me to be witty.
Witty. I'M ON IT.
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| SO MANY CHOICES for witty images. I could have posted about 40 of them here and laughed ridiculously at them all. |
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| I think this meme just needs to be a part of my life forever. I should make it a fridge magnet. |
So anyway.....back to the ole' blog......
Lucy is almost 14 1/2 months old, and she FINALLY cut her first tooth (a top tooth - not normally the first to pop out) a few days ago. Not that we were hoping that they would have been here sooner.....it apparently works out better in the long run the longer the teeth take to pop.....but we were starting to wonder if she was going to need baby dentures. Delano was a late bloomer on teeth as well, but not THIS late. His started cutting teeth right around 11 months, and they came in one at a time like good little teeth. So although it really didn't matter when Lucy cut teeth, we were glad to see that she didn't need any dental implants anytime soon. Plus, she's totally over pureed food and REALLY wants to eat everything that Delano eats (she pretty much won't eat purees at all anymore, unless it's sweet potatoes or refried beans). She can eat some of the "real" food, though we have to cut it up into tiny pieces. But a lot of the stuff she wants she can't have because of the whole "no teeth" thing. And she's still going to have to wait a while until a lot more come in, but at least she's on the right path!
Delano is 2 1/2 and a total jackass half of the time. The other half of the time, he's the sweetest, kindest, melt-your-heart little boy. But the "jackass" half pretty much makes the ratio feel like 90:10. And it's basically because when he's tired in need of a nap, ALL BETS ARE OFF when it comes to what he knows he should or shouldn't do. He hits when he's frustrated, even though he knows he's not supposed to. He throws toys when he's tired, even though he knows he's not supposed to. He starts to get a mean or pushy with Lucy, even though he knows he's not supposed to. He throws tantrums, which would happen anyway, but are worse and more frequent when he's tired. And you KNOW he knows what he's not supposed to do because at the end of a "time out" you can ask him why he's in time out and he'll tell you exactly what he did. It's beyond frustrating, but he's a toddler and it's just what toddlers DO. Toddlers really make you question your parenting tactics, because you constantly feel like maybe you're approaching things from an angle that's not working. There are all these different angles of parenting nowadays, and your toddler will make you wonder if you should be doing something different. But honestly, I'm pretty certain that if I beat him senseless every time he acted like an asshole (which I would never do, but there are parents that do this because of frustration or upbringing or being assholes themselves or whatever), he would do the SAME THING he's doing right now. Because he's 2. So I just keep rolling with the time outs. He HATES time out and can verbalize why he got the time out to begin with, so that's all I can ask for at this point. Except maybe a child who acts like an angel all of the time. Does anybody have one of those? Or wants to lie and say they do? ;)
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| This adult temper tantrum was a good one....if I recall correctly, the lady attacked the drive-thru girl because the girl couldn't/wouldn't serve her chicken nuggets for breakfast. |
What else is going on? Hmm......for those who read my blog about Ollie (that sadly now is minus all of the great pictures because Google+ is DUMB), it's been a little over a month and my other two dogs are A-OK. They received Vitamin K (the ONLY cure for rat poisoning, if it's not too late) for 3 weeks, and their blood now clots as it normally should. Piper (my hound) had her full annual comprehensive exam yesterday.....all vaccinations, heartworm test, bloodwork, dental cleaning, etc......and everything came back clean and healthy. Daisy goes in for her full comprehensive exam next Wednesday. After hearing the story of my dogs, one of my neighbors took her dogs in for a checkup just in case, telling her vet about my situation. Her dogs came back A-OK as well, which is great. I just hope nobody else in the neighborhood has to deal with what I did. Of course the only reason I know what happened (and the only reason my other two dogs are still with me) is because I opted for an autopsy on Ollie. It wasn't that expensive, but what if I hadn't? I might be down ALL of my dogs by now. I was just SO confused by his death that I needed answers. I still don't have a definite "answer" as to exactly who/what/when/where/why happened, but at least I have a good idea and was able to address the situation in the other two dogs before it became a trilogy.
Speaking of perfect timing (ok so we weren't, but that was my segway), my cat Scabie (YES she is named Scabie and YES there is a story behind that) decided to stop eating over the weekend. Scabie is about 8 years old and one of those pets who never has problems. As in EVER. She doesn't have diabetes (like my other cat Allie did), she never has bladder infections (super common in kitties), she never gets sick, she never acts "off", NOTHING. I take her in for a checkup and a rabies shot probably every 2-3 years. I pass on most of the other vaccines because she's an indoor-only cat and therefore not exposed to things like feline HIV, and the vet is perfectly fine with that. So OF COURSE after I've just had to experience the loss of Ollie (which included the cost of an autopsy and a cremation) and pay for a few Piper vet visits (though she's on a wellness plan now) and pay for insanely expensive Vitamin K pills for both dogs......she decides to stop eating. As in period. No food. For no apparent reason. She was totally normal besides the fact that she hadn't eaten a dribble in 3 whole days. So OF COURSE I had to take her in. And OF COURSE the vet ran a few tests on her and couldn't find (at least on paper) a darn thing wrong, at least not for the common ailments that typically cause cats to stop eating. And OF COURSE the visit cost me $360. Because she's not on a wellness plan. Because why would she be? I don't take her in regularly enough to need one. OF COURSE.
Thanks, cat. Your timing is awesome.
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| Me. Right there. |
Ollie wasn't a loud dog. In fact, he was the quiet one out of the three (or four, if you count in our fourth dog Massai two years ago), but the house is significantly quieter now that he's gone for some odd reason. I think the other two are a little quieter. Granted, they're both still loony in their own ways......Piper is a hound and therefore acts like a crazy hound......and Daisy is strangely neurotic (always has been) and still acts like a weirdo.......but it's slightly tamer than it was in the past, even though Ollie did nothing to instigate either one when he was around. Maybe they mourn him. Or maybe they're afraid we "offed" him and don't want to be next. Or maybe they know what happened and are a little afraid (not of us, but of outside). I'm not sure, but things are definitely a little quieter around the Simington house now that we're a man down.
P.S. It's 12:05 AM. My husband joked (at 10pm when he went to bed) that I would be up until 2am "playing on the computer". I swore that I would not be up until 2am. I also said I was just going to watch "one TV show". So technically, I should have gone to bed at least an hour ago. I haven't watched any TV because I decided to write Stephanie's blog instead, but I also can't stay up until 2, just because Lucas would make fun of me tomorrow. So I have about 50 minutes total to wrap this up. 1am isn't 2am, right? ;)
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| I've shared this one before......still love it!! |
Total change of subject.......I bought some plastic Easter eggs that the Easter Bunny is going to hide for Delano and Lucy. I want the Easter Bunny to put things inside of the hidden eggs. My friend Stacie puts money in her eggs (change, y'all......not dolla bills), but Delano doesn't care much about money yet and Lucy definitely can't benefit from that. Any ideas? I don't want to give him loads of candy. I thought about a jellybean per egg......but he LOVES mini marshmallows so I thought about doing that....one marshmallow in some, two in others, maybe 3 or 4 in others......Lucy still can't really benefit from marshmallows but she's too young to care.....or is there something I should do for her? Maybe puffs? Maybe I don't need your advice after all. Maybe I've already figured it out. ;)
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| When I typed in "I love marshmallows" this image popped up as an option. Not really sure about the reference.....or if that's even a real person...... |
I had something else I was going to talk about, but the whole "marshmallow" image threw me off and now I can't remember. Let me take a minute to think........
OH YEAH.
So, for those who aren't in the loop, last October I participated in the Ragnar Relay from Chattanooga to Nashville. I was Runner 11 last year, which means I ran 4.8 miles (though my Garmin mapped 5.2), 4.5 miles and 4.2 miles within a period of about 28 hours. If you don't know what I'm talking about or what the Ragnar Relay is, then definitely click on the link and check it out. In a nutshell, a team of 12 people relay run from Chattanooga to Nashville continuously over 2 days, with each person running 3 legs of the race. Some runner positions are really hard, and some are considered easy. I ran a "not that hard/leaning towards easiest" position. The bestest people (the hardcore runners) ran the hardest legs (like UP the mountains), while the middle-of-the-roaders ran the legs that were between 5 and 9 miles each. I wasn't sure what to expect until I did it, but it was one of the MOST FUN THINGS EVER that I have done. And I knew a quarter of the way in that I SO wanted to do it again. As in, even though Lucas and I haven't decided if we want to have Baby #3, I have purposely put off any potential talk of Baby #3 until AFTER October of this year. That's how bad I want to do this race again. It was THAT kick ass.
Obviously, I completely plan on running the Ragnar from Chattanooga to Nashville again this October, even if I end up with no team and have to put myself on a waiting list. The Team Captain from last year doesn't want to be the Team Captain this year, because he's heading up another Ragnar project. I personally don't want to be the Team Captain, because I didn't know a single soul on last year's team until I met them right before (or at) the race. So I'd rather the Team Captain be someone who knows the majority of the people on the team. Yes, I know them NOW, but I mean on a more personal level than just the 30+ hours we spent together. So I'm really hoping someone steps up. And that there's a spot for me (and my friend Angie) on the 2015 team.
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| Yep. Got this. Except it's not for SoCal. |
I say all that about the TN Ragnar to bring up this.......I have been invited (by last year's Team Captain) to join the Florida Keys Ragnar Team next February 2016. That's the Ragnar project he's heading up this time around. At first, I just kind of laughed it off.......with a husband and 2 toddlers, I couldn't see them dropping me off in Miami to run 2 days from Miami to Key West, with the hubs traveling alone with the kids from Miami to Key West (and then ALL of us getting back from Key West to Chattavegas). Not that the hubs doesn't know what he's doing......he would be totally fine with the kids on his own for a few days.......he's an awesome dad like that, cloth diapers and all........but would he WANT to do that trip alone? I doubt it. Plus, there is NOTHING for families to do in Key West. It's a horrible vacation spot for a couple with toddlers. Sure, the ocean is warm and shallow and therefore like a gigantic kiddie pool for the kiddos, but besides that - NOTHING. Key West is full of bars - the end. So I was pretty certain this whole Ragnar Florida Keys thing was a no-go.
But then Lucas suggested that I go by myself (I hadn't even considered that until he said it). And then I suggested that he take the kids to Nashville that weekend for some Grammy and Gramps time/backup (which he hadn't even considered until I said it). So then it began to look like a possibility. Like a REAL possibility. That race is 11 months away, so Delano would be 3 1/2 and Lucy would be a few months over 2.....WAY old enough to be without me (though still with their dad and grandparents) for a few days. So something that I NEVER thought possible might actually become possible with a little active pre-planning. Of course, IF Lucas and I were to decide to shoot for Baby #3 (which we totally have not decided on yet...we go extremely back and forth), it would be delayed from after October 2015 to after February 2016. Sure, that gives us more time to delay making a decision about it.......but that also puts more time between the kiddos if we went for Baby #3. Not that much longer, but 4 months longer for trying. I don't know what we'll do. We originally said we'd start adopting or fostering kids past 2 of our own, but we haven't discussed it much because we've been busy enough with our own two hoodlums.
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| Baby hood. Real life, yo. |
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| This is photo shopped seven shades of Sunday, but seriously, I can't even....... |
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| Also SO super photo shopped, but still with the theme. |
There are tons of other "baby gang" images to choose from, but I'll leave it at those two. I could add in the video of the smoking baby, but we've all seen it at least twice. ;)
P.S. It's almost 1:30am. I'm half an hour away from proving the hubs right. But I haven't been just "playing on the computer" as he assumes. I've actually been writing like crazy!! He won't care, though. He'll just give me crap for rolling into bed in the wee hours. I could be curing cancer and he wouldn't care. ;)
On the plus side, Stephanie should be thrilled to death with this post. It has nothing to do with food or fitness. ;)
But maybe I'll broach on it a LITTLE bit........just enough to say that it SUCKS to be older. I'm not an old lady or anything, but I remember the younger days when I could eat anything I wanted and still maintain my weight. I also remember when I thought I was fat. Which was pretty much always, since I was never blessed with a washboard stomach like some of my friends. I always had a "pooch", which was always a sensitive subject for me. Add in the fact that I was constantly pale, and you just added "uncool" to my resume. Nowadays, I would give ANYTHING for that high school "pooch". That pooch was NOTHIN'. I wanna tell that pooch to "have a baby or two, beeyatch". That pooch was an embarrassment to pooches out there. That pooch was under extreme high school pressure. That pooch was compared to girls who weighed less than 100 lbs. I weighed 104 lbs all through high school and STILL had a pooch that I hated. I also had teeny boobies. So even though in hindsight I would LOVE to look like that again, at the time I felt I had a poochy unattractive pale belly and too-tiny boobs (I apologize to Leah's parents if they're reading this......I heart them dearly and sometimes they read my blogs and I never wish to offend them but sometimes feel that I do just by being blunt for funny purposes).....but as a teenage girl, I obsessed about all the normal teenage girl woes. Those just happened to be: boys, weight, boys, my belly, boys, my tan, boys, my hair, boys, boobies, boys.......
I would add in social media, except we didn't have that.......we didn't even have texting. We had pagers. And figuring out how to "code" on pagers. Which meant we were texting, we just didn't know it.
I'm 3 minutes away from 2am. Which means the hubs was right.......I've been up until at least 2am after I said I wouldn't. But those of you who have read my blog can contest that I've been up writing this a long while. The hubs won't read it, so I think you all should message (or FB post him) and say LOOK....YOUR WIFE WAS BLOGGING HILARIOUSLY INTO THE WEE HOURS just to annoy him. You should flood his page with annoying (or hilarious) memes. Otherwise, I'll never hear the end of it. So start getting witty yourselves, America. It's now 2:02am. There's no way I can sneak into bed without him knowing. He's like a ninja. I'll think all is well until the morning when he says, "So......crawling into bed at 3am.....you get much sleep?". Ass. He's right, but ASS.
So at this point I need to make a decision about Key West. I also need to make a decision about the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon (which also offers a half marathon) happening this November. I've never done this race before, but I get a big discount as a CTC member, so I'll likely go ahead and sign up for it. It's only 2 weeks after the Ragnar, but if I'm in great shape by then, I shouldn't even need to worry about a half marathon in November that close to the Ragnar. The Ragnar is its whole own ballgame anyway.
Alright......I'm going to bed. It's 2:10am......past when Lucas predicted......but maybe I can sneak by him and not wake him up. Nothing like an "I told you so" ordeal.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Operation Lose The Baby Weight: Days 43 - 49 (Accountability Log)
This past week was way better overall than the week before, but I still
flitted up and down in that plateau of a 2-4 lb weight loss. So I didn't
lose any extra weight, which I was hoping to do. I was really
hoping to get out of this 2-4 lb range and move up into a consistent 5-6 lb
range. Especially because it's been 50 days. FIFTY DAYS.
That's 7 weeks already. So frustrating.
This week I'll be (hopefully) running and working out quite a bit. Not just because I need to, but because it's once again the week before a "rest" week before a half marathon. So during my "rest" week I'll really have to watch what I eat, since I won't be burning off any calories on the treadmill.
I have eight weeks left to hit my first goal. At this rate, I'm not going to make it. But if I can somehow flip things around in my favor, maybe I can make it happen.
Day 43 (Monday, March 2nd):
Total weight loss: 4.0 lbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Pork tenderloin, peas and creamed corn
Snack 1: None
Snack 2/Early Pre-Shift Dinner: Soba Noodle Bowl with Chicken and an apple from Panera
Dinner: Catered food from The Chattanoogan (meat and salad only, none of the carbs)
Beer/Wine: Yes, a little
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 44 (Tuesday, March 3rd):
Total weight loss: 2.4 lbs
Breakfast: 1/2 Power Hummus Chicken Salad from Panera, and 1/2 a banana
Snack: None
Lunch: Enlightened Spinach Salad with bacon, grilled shrimp and Esperanza dressing at Mellow Mushroom
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spices (a mixture I cooked for myself)
Dinner: White bean turkey chili (isn't super low-carb due to the beans in it, but is only 370 calories per bowl!)
Beer/Wine: Yes, white wine
Run: 0.5-mile treadmill run
Workout: No, besides stretching
Day 45 (Wednesday, March 4th):
Total weight loss: 2.8 lbs
Breakfast: 1/2 kielbasa sausage (sliced) with pieces of sharp cheddar cheese
Snack: 1/2 an avocado
Lunch: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spice mixture, 1/2 an avocado
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple, serving size portion of a dark chocolate bar with sea salt and almonds
Dinner: Peruvian chicken, charros beans and Mexican street corn from Taco Mamacita
Beer/Wine: Yes (mmmm Sangria!)
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 46 (Thursday, March 5th):
Total weight loss: 2.0 lbs (Frustrating)
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and turkey sausage
Snack: None
Lunch: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spice mixture
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: A navel orange, 1/2 an avocado, mozzarella string cheese
Dinner: White bean turkey chili
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 3 mile treadmill run
Workout: Day 1 of the 10 Week Workout Plan and the P90X Ab Ripper X workout
Day 47 (Friday, March 6th):
Total weight loss: 3.4 lbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs
Snack: None
Lunch: Salad and one bowl of red beans & rice soup from Souper Salad (soup not exactly low-carb, but I only had one small bowl)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Slices of cheese with pieces of Black Forest deli ham. And 2 homemade chocolate truffles.
Dinner: Low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 48 (Saturday, March 7th):
Total weight loss: 3.4 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and 1 sausage patty
Snack: None
Lunch: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spice mixture, broccoli with cheese
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Carrots and hummus, an apple
Dinner: Broiled fish, turnip greens and a baked potato with butter and sour cream
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 2 mile treadmill run
Workout: P90X Ab Ripper X workout
Day 49 (Sunday, March 8th):
Total weight loss: 2.4 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, bacon and a small side of cheese grits
Snack: None
Lunch: Ground turkey chili
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: An apple
Dinner: Smoked ham, potatoes au gratin, 2 deviled eggs, 1 chocolate truffle
Beer/Wine: Yes, 1 8oz Cran-Brrr-Rita
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 50 (Monday, March 9th):
Total weight loss: 2 lbs
This week I'll be (hopefully) running and working out quite a bit. Not just because I need to, but because it's once again the week before a "rest" week before a half marathon. So during my "rest" week I'll really have to watch what I eat, since I won't be burning off any calories on the treadmill.
I have eight weeks left to hit my first goal. At this rate, I'm not going to make it. But if I can somehow flip things around in my favor, maybe I can make it happen.
Day 43 (Monday, March 2nd):
Total weight loss: 4.0 lbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and turkey bacon
Snack: None
Lunch: Pork tenderloin, peas and creamed corn
Snack 1: None
Snack 2/Early Pre-Shift Dinner: Soba Noodle Bowl with Chicken and an apple from Panera
Dinner: Catered food from The Chattanoogan (meat and salad only, none of the carbs)
Beer/Wine: Yes, a little
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 44 (Tuesday, March 3rd):
Total weight loss: 2.4 lbs
Breakfast: 1/2 Power Hummus Chicken Salad from Panera, and 1/2 a banana
Snack: None
Lunch: Enlightened Spinach Salad with bacon, grilled shrimp and Esperanza dressing at Mellow Mushroom
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spices (a mixture I cooked for myself)
Dinner: White bean turkey chili (isn't super low-carb due to the beans in it, but is only 370 calories per bowl!)
Beer/Wine: Yes, white wine
Run: 0.5-mile treadmill run
Workout: No, besides stretching
Day 45 (Wednesday, March 4th):
Total weight loss: 2.8 lbs
Breakfast: 1/2 kielbasa sausage (sliced) with pieces of sharp cheddar cheese
Snack: 1/2 an avocado
Lunch: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spice mixture, 1/2 an avocado
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple, serving size portion of a dark chocolate bar with sea salt and almonds
Dinner: Peruvian chicken, charros beans and Mexican street corn from Taco Mamacita
Beer/Wine: Yes (mmmm Sangria!)
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 46 (Thursday, March 5th):
Total weight loss: 2.0 lbs (Frustrating)
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and turkey sausage
Snack: None
Lunch: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spice mixture
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: A navel orange, 1/2 an avocado, mozzarella string cheese
Dinner: White bean turkey chili
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 3 mile treadmill run
Workout: Day 1 of the 10 Week Workout Plan and the P90X Ab Ripper X workout
Day 47 (Friday, March 6th):
Total weight loss: 3.4 lbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs
Snack: None
Lunch: Salad and one bowl of red beans & rice soup from Souper Salad (soup not exactly low-carb, but I only had one small bowl)
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Slices of cheese with pieces of Black Forest deli ham. And 2 homemade chocolate truffles.
Dinner: Low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 48 (Saturday, March 7th):
Total weight loss: 3.4 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and 1 sausage patty
Snack: None
Lunch: Ground lamb, onion, tomato, bell pepper and spice mixture, broccoli with cheese
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: Carrots and hummus, an apple
Dinner: Broiled fish, turnip greens and a baked potato with butter and sour cream
Beer/Wine: Yes
Run: 2 mile treadmill run
Workout: P90X Ab Ripper X workout
Day 49 (Sunday, March 8th):
Total weight loss: 2.4 lbs
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, bacon and a small side of cheese grits
Snack: None
Lunch: Ground turkey chili
Snack 1: None
Snack 2: An apple
Dinner: Smoked ham, potatoes au gratin, 2 deviled eggs, 1 chocolate truffle
Beer/Wine: Yes, 1 8oz Cran-Brrr-Rita
Run: No
Workout: No
Day 50 (Monday, March 9th):
Total weight loss: 2 lbs
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