So keep Pete in your thoughts, because he's crazy.
No really.
He's leaving tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn or before dawn cracks. Either way he is headed to Fort Worth, TX. In one day. As in about 13-14 hours of riding on the motorcycle. Then he'll rest up in the comfy hotel that I found for him for the night (probably more like 6 hours). Whereby he'll get up and ride back to MN on Sunday.
Yes, you read it right. He's completing an IronButt Run. 2000 miles in 48 hours. Crazy. And doing it alone. Even more crazier. Luckily we've thought of ways for me to keep my sanity while he is gone. Like the new Facebook Places function so he can let me know just where he is at when he stops for gas , without actually having to take time to call me. Like my Dad's birthday surprose dinner on Saturday night to occupy my time. Like the various other things that I scheduled for myself: gym, shopping, groceries, baking, cooking, cleaning...
So if I look a little less hair filled on Monday or a little tired or mental, it's because my husband is crazy.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Here..there..everywhere
There I am. Sitting in the passenger seat of my husband's Harley in Yellowstone National Park in early August.It's been both a long summer and a short summer. I feel like we squeezed so much in and yet could have done so much more. We just got back from the annual trip last week. Next weekend is the last real campout with the motorcycle club. And we're tentatively planning a trip to Georgia/North Carolina in September.
I say tentatively because Pete is once again laid off. They actually called him the last day of our vacation to tell him. He had a really good attitude, but is losing that quickly. And really, who can blame him? he's had some calls about jobs and enquired about other jobs. We're both hopeful that he will find something quick.
As for the gym, well...honestly it's been in the back of my mind. I think I've gained 2-3 pounds in the last couple of months. It's not bad considering the lack of work outs. I have gained muscle working with the trainer at the gym. But clearly I have not bee in healthy eating/workout mde the last couple of months. I need to get back to it now that we will be mostly home again.
Monday, August 16, 2010
I'm still here
Horrible about posting in the summer, but still here. I have list to share and need to get back on track with healthy eating/working out. I'll be back soon, promise.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Sigh
No gym this morning.
When we got home yesterday I was wiped out. I helped unpack the tent-camper and set it up to dry in the garage. I went up and started all the laundry. Then I crashed. Sometimes when I decide to take a nap I think it's more about relaxing than sleep. Yesterday it was all about sleep. I slept and slept and slept for about 2.5 hours.
When I got up I was on the go again. More wash, store for dinner, grilling dinner, more wash. I had hoped to wear myself out. Only it didn't happen. I was awake until 1 or 1:30. But I got a high score in Bejeweled. (insert wry grin)
So I try again tomorrow. I figure that by tonight I'll be wiped out again and sleep will come easily. Then I can get up early tomorrow and get some gym time in.
*******this is my 8:10pm edit:
Pete and I just walked 2 miles after dinner. He actually had to slow me down. In the past it's been me slowing him down. I'm worried about him.
When we got home yesterday I was wiped out. I helped unpack the tent-camper and set it up to dry in the garage. I went up and started all the laundry. Then I crashed. Sometimes when I decide to take a nap I think it's more about relaxing than sleep. Yesterday it was all about sleep. I slept and slept and slept for about 2.5 hours.
When I got up I was on the go again. More wash, store for dinner, grilling dinner, more wash. I had hoped to wear myself out. Only it didn't happen. I was awake until 1 or 1:30. But I got a high score in Bejeweled. (insert wry grin)
So I try again tomorrow. I figure that by tonight I'll be wiped out again and sleep will come easily. Then I can get up early tomorrow and get some gym time in.
*******this is my 8:10pm edit:
Pete and I just walked 2 miles after dinner. He actually had to slow me down. In the past it's been me slowing him down. I'm worried about him.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
I'm struggling
in more ways than one.
Firstly I promise to do better in blogging. I feel better when I blog, when I let all the stuff in my head out. When I read it back and come to different, but not necessarily better conclusions. Admittedly it's gonig to be more of a struggle. Work has blooked blogs through the server. So I can have 20 minutes of blogs a day. Part of me wants to use the 20 minutes to enter my blog. Part of me thinks that the 20 minutes I spend on there will end up logged somewhere in a log book to people using the internet for their own purpose. So my blogging will end up being the small chances I jump on at home and from the application on my iPhone.
Secondly I'm struggling with the weight thing. I have pretty well maintained for the last 45 days despite the not working out and not eating as well as I was before. I knew it would be hard. I knew that it would be a struggle. But I'm wondering if I didn't underestimate how much.
I'm not nearly as motivated to exercise. Not nearly. I think 6-7 days a week is likely not something that I can maintain. I think that I can do 4-5 days a week though. Exercising in the morning before work is about the only time that I can fit it in. So it's my new goal for June. I figure that setting up a tent and taking it down and walking around at campouts on the weekend will count for something. This coming weekend I'll try bringing workout clothes and walk in the moring while the guys are at breakfast in the moring and then get a shower in.
I also need to figure out what exactly is causing me to have sciatic issues on my left side. My back is sore today, but It could be partly from the hard matress in the camper. I'm hoping that asteady walking this week will work that out and I'll be able to get it figured out.
Food. What I loaded thing. I need it, but I want it too much. I do ok during the week. I'm not perfect and I indulge like I wasn't indulging previously. This weekend's campout made one thing absolutely clear. I cannot resist the food that is there. For breakfast today I had two bars that were bownies on the bottom and the chocolate covered rice crispies on the top with mashmellow in the middle. Clearly not a breakfast that is either good for me or one that is sustaining. I think though, that if I plan it out a bit better with food that I bring I can manage better. I may eat a bit more than I should, but at least it's food that I should be eating, not crap.
In all, I've maintained at least 22 pounds lost in the last couple of months. It's not the 25 I had at my lowest, but it's something. I just need to get back to figuring out what works for me and stick to it again.
I guess, now that I think about it, it's always going to be a struggle. Eating healthy and working out. But it's a struggle that I'm willing to go through and one that will get easier the longer I'm in it.
Firstly I promise to do better in blogging. I feel better when I blog, when I let all the stuff in my head out. When I read it back and come to different, but not necessarily better conclusions. Admittedly it's gonig to be more of a struggle. Work has blooked blogs through the server. So I can have 20 minutes of blogs a day. Part of me wants to use the 20 minutes to enter my blog. Part of me thinks that the 20 minutes I spend on there will end up logged somewhere in a log book to people using the internet for their own purpose. So my blogging will end up being the small chances I jump on at home and from the application on my iPhone.
Secondly I'm struggling with the weight thing. I have pretty well maintained for the last 45 days despite the not working out and not eating as well as I was before. I knew it would be hard. I knew that it would be a struggle. But I'm wondering if I didn't underestimate how much.
I'm not nearly as motivated to exercise. Not nearly. I think 6-7 days a week is likely not something that I can maintain. I think that I can do 4-5 days a week though. Exercising in the morning before work is about the only time that I can fit it in. So it's my new goal for June. I figure that setting up a tent and taking it down and walking around at campouts on the weekend will count for something. This coming weekend I'll try bringing workout clothes and walk in the moring while the guys are at breakfast in the moring and then get a shower in.
I also need to figure out what exactly is causing me to have sciatic issues on my left side. My back is sore today, but It could be partly from the hard matress in the camper. I'm hoping that asteady walking this week will work that out and I'll be able to get it figured out.
Food. What I loaded thing. I need it, but I want it too much. I do ok during the week. I'm not perfect and I indulge like I wasn't indulging previously. This weekend's campout made one thing absolutely clear. I cannot resist the food that is there. For breakfast today I had two bars that were bownies on the bottom and the chocolate covered rice crispies on the top with mashmellow in the middle. Clearly not a breakfast that is either good for me or one that is sustaining. I think though, that if I plan it out a bit better with food that I bring I can manage better. I may eat a bit more than I should, but at least it's food that I should be eating, not crap.
In all, I've maintained at least 22 pounds lost in the last couple of months. It's not the 25 I had at my lowest, but it's something. I just need to get back to figuring out what works for me and stick to it again.
I guess, now that I think about it, it's always going to be a struggle. Eating healthy and working out. But it's a struggle that I'm willing to go through and one that will get easier the longer I'm in it.
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