Archive for September, 2009

MIA and weekly goals…

I know I have been MIA these past few days. I have been sick with sore throat and a cold. Monday was a heavy workday and I was so busy when I got home that I just couldn’t find the time to check in. Yesterday I was just too tired to even start up my [...]

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I found one!

Look what I found!

Thank you Carla for the info on where to find it. I LOVE it. It has spots for your workouts, meals, snacks, water intake and even daily goals. I am going to start using it today to keep track of my eating and what I did each day for exercise. (my memory [...]

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My “Hot 100-Going Out with a Bang” goals.

Here are my goals for Steve’s  “Hot 100-Going Out with a Bang” challenge.

Finish the C25K program                                                                            
Run 5k twice per week (or more) once done the program
lose 10 lbs

My weekly goals this week are:

drink at least 8 glasses of water daily
get through the weekend without a junk food binge
finish week 4 of C25K

My weekly goals [...]

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A surprise! and a new favorite :)

This morning, my son texts me and asks me to thaw out some chicken breasts and pick up some onions. I figured he just wanted some chicken breast something for dinner but, I was curious and asked him why? My dear precious boy is going to cook dinner for his family tonight! He already has [...]

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Procrastination sucks…

Take it from me…don’t procrastinate!
Yesterday morning I put on some mascara and then forgot about it. Did my EA Active workout in the early afternoon and decided that the rest of my workout would be an outdoor run in the evening after supper. While taking a bathroom break in the middle of preparing supper, I [...]

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So many lunges..so many rows.

Had a super workout with EA Sports Active today. The workout had me dripping sweat from only resistance training. 278 cals burned. The game says 162.8 but I always wear my heart rate monitor for a more accurate measurement. Here is how well I did today:

98% is the highest percentage I have earned so far. [...]

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Agoraphobia what?

Maybe some one can explain this to me. I am at a total loss. I get up everyday on my work week and head out to work no problem. Want to go trail biking or hiking? No prob. But, walk the half block to check the  mail,  pop down to the store for some groceries, [...]

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A fright last night and a great workout.

Last night after the season premier of House (don’t ya just love it?!), I decided to go for another outdoor run. It was already dark here at 8pm but, my youngest DD came with. Some of the paths through town we couldn’t see but, DD brought the trusty flash light and we used it to [...]

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Missed trail run and doggies first nature trip

I just, by fluke, found out that one of my favorite places to go for my trail bike rides and hiking, hosted trail runs and a half marathon this past Saturday. This place is only 15 mins away. How do people find out about these things, these races ect.. I would have loved to run [...]

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Another week to kick butt!

One of the best things about my job is that I work one week, then get the next week off. I just finished a work week so starting my week off. That means I have a full week to kick my butt in my workouts. My job is very physical and I am on my [...]

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