April 2011
45 posts
2 tags
Can't sleep.....4AM edition
DD woke me up coughing at 2:30AM and I haven’t been able to go back to sleep. I got up and gave her some medicine, but when I laid back down I had no luck going back to sleep. Sooooo, I decided to get up and catch up on today’s Tumbles and tell you about my new PR. I did 3 miles this afternoon in 31:30. Now, I realize I’m not setting records with that, but for me it’s a...
Tornado Thursday
Ok. So we have had an eventful evening in our little neck of the woods. They had been forecasting possible “severe weather” all week, but they said it would be nothing like the tornadoes that devastated our state 2 weeks ago. Umm, wrong. I work about 40 minutes from home, and as the weather started kicking up around the house and some towns nearby Will thought it would be wise for me...
To the scale Thursday...
SW - 261
Last week - 233.4
CW - 233.4
No loss this week. Boo!
No excuses, just ate too much at Easter to recover and show a loss by this morning.
Amy on the other hand, had a nice loss this week. Yay for her!!
Will
Reblog if you're losing weight the healthy way w/...
Wednesday
Just got through with a leisurely 30 min bike ride with Will and Elli. Ally is at Youth group at Church. Elli didn’t want to go and I didn’t have the energy to force the issue. She’s only 4. If she didn’t want to stay, eh, it’s fine. She got a kick out of being the “line leader” when we were riding bikes tonight. Complete with hand signals for her turns...
Reblog if you're 20+ and a weightloss blog!
Thank goodness for our local gym...
From the looks of it outside right now and the radar we may have to take the workout inside this evening. Kind of a bummer because Amy was going to start “training” with our 8 yr old for the Blueberry Festival 5k run/walk coming up in June. She (DD) has her heart set on doing it and who are we to tell her no to fitness. I’m excited actually that she has paid attention to all...
Monday
This one did not disappoint. It was full of grumpy ass people, phones ringing off the hook, things going wrong at work, at least one person calling in sick, and just all around suck.
After work, Will and I attended a funeral for a church member and friend of ours that passed away from Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was such a funny, kind man who got robbed by a cruel disease. I didn’t have...
2 tags
The Monday Grind....
Back to work today after being off for 3 days. Bleh! Had a great Easter, including a visit from the Bunny for our girls, worship service at church, and FOOD. I admit I probably overate it a little, but I did get in a good workout in between lunch and dinner. Today it’s back to normal eating though. I’m glad my mindset has changed from thinking I had blown it to knowing today is a...
Happy Easter!
let’s not talk about the chocolate and/or awesome church food I have eaten today. Did ride the bike for a bit this afternoon. Makes me feel a tad better. Its been a beautiful day here today. EB was good to the girls and God is good to us all. Back to the grind tomorrow.
Peace,
Amy
Love/Hate
LOVE:
-God
-my husband
-my sweet girls
-my family
-my posse of bff’s that make me lol
-boiled peanuts
-daffodils
-springtime in NC
-baby feet
-sun drop
-the occasional thunderstorm
-Duplin wine (specifically Black River Red )
-the first beach trip of the year
-seeing the looks on my girls faces when they see that Santa or the Easter bunny has visited
-my dog (who is snuggled...
Weigh-in-Thursday....Will's Edition
SW - 261
Last week - 235.4
CW - 233.4
Total for the week - 2 lbs….Sweet!!
Total since starting - 27.6 lbs….Sweeter!!
Will
Marathon Legend Grete Waitz Dies After Battle With... →
New Wheels
So this afternoon, considering I got a bum foot and all, when we went out for our exercise, while Will got his run on, I broke out my 15 year old mountain bike and me and Miley took it around the cemetery for a few miles. This just might be my thing ya’ll. I caught myself actually smiling and singing along. It was a Party in the USA! Up in the cemetery. (Yes, sometimes we will go to the...
mar-kicksass asked: I haven't read back that far - were you for sure diagnosed with plantar fasciitis? For a while I had checked with Dr. Google and I was certain I had it, but it turns out it was something else. If you do have it, did they give you a night splint to wear?
Walking sounds like a good idea if you're not painful and you're right - I lost weight walking when I first...
Walking sounds like a good idea if you're not painful and you're right - I lost weight walking when I first...
mybiggirlshoes asked: Hey Guys!
Are you on DailyMile? If not, you should definitely join. If you do, here is my page: http://www.dailymile.com/people/EmilyB282#ref=tophd
I'd love to be friends with you all. It's a great way to keep track of your work outs, and you can join little challenges to keep you motivated (even after B210K).
Hope you sign up,
Emily
Are you on DailyMile? If not, you should definitely join. If you do, here is my page: http://www.dailymile.com/people/EmilyB282#ref=tophd
I'd love to be friends with you all. It's a great way to keep track of your work outs, and you can join little challenges to keep you motivated (even after B210K).
Hope you sign up,
Emily
1 tag
Foot=Busted
Well. Dammit. I don’t know if it was the amount of drugs I took that put me up there with Elvis/Charlie Sheen to get rid of the migraine that made my foot feel better for a while, or what, but for about 3 good weeks I was totally pain free. It was great! So I thought what the heck, I’ll give running a try, good idea right? Not so much, apparently. Got up Saturday morning and was...
Monday's gotta get my groove back edition...
Okay, so Thursday was the last time I beat the pavement. Not because I haven’t wanted needed to, but we have been super busy all weekend including Friday. The dance recital was phenomenal and all our girls (MGC included) danced their hearts out. Now that dance is over for a while it frees up Tuesday afternoons for some form of cardio.
I hope everyone had a good weekend and I look...
Dance recital is over!
girls did awesome! Pics later. Weather was freaky and scary. Tornadoes all around but thankfully we were spared. Others around us were not so lucky. Praying for them.
Weigh In Thursday Late Edition
Quickie post for me…. down a measley .8 lbs at WW tonight, for a total of 20.4 lbs. Finally got that 20 lb sticker. I don’t know what the problem has been this week. Really have not done anything different to get this small number but hell it’s a loss and at least the scale is going in the right direction! I will take it! :)
No exercise for me today. None tomorrow either...
mar-kicksass asked: Hey guys! Glad to find you - I'm from NC (grew up in Charlotte, went to Carolina and NC State). I miss it - I've been in CA for 8 years now, hard to believe! I'm also a fellow migraine sufferer. No, scratch that... SURVIVOR. I now take propranolol daily and it's helping decrease the number of migraines that I get. But when I get one of those nasty ones that sticks around...
Weigh-in-Thursday.....
SW - 261
Last week - 236.4
CW - 235.4
Down a pound for the week and 25.6 total since January.
Will
~~**Birthday Edition**~~
So, I will not keep ya’ll in suspense….I totally did day two of W1C25K or however the heck you abbreviate that. Observations: I totally seemed to be able to breathe easier today than Monday, ran outside again today but it was not as windy, so that might have had something to do with it. Howevs, my knees were giving me a fit today but they didn’t bother me at all Monday. They were...
"Ultramarathon Man" giveaway :-)
roadto224:
Really enjoyed this book, and would look forward to someone else enjoying it as well.
Simply reblog this post and 48 hours from now I’ll pick a winner at random to send it to :-)
Totally
thinking about punking out on day 2 of c25k tomorrow. It’s my birthday dammit. Who wants to die on their birthday? Or at least suffer tremendously? Y’all talk me into it….
Beware of entitled feelings!
Amy got on me last night about not blogging so I thought of a nugget I could share. LOL
As you know, over the weekend, we did our first 5K. Afterward, I felt about as worn out and hungry as I’ve ever been. We had all decided that after the race we would go the best place on the planet for donuts. Ordinarily I would only have eaten one because of the calorie count. Well, because I had...
2 tags
Something I meant to tell ya'll
last night and forgot…
While we were walk/jogging and I was struggling to get my fat not as fat as it used to be hiney around that track yesterday, we were joined by two ladies up ahead on the track. One of which was puffing on a cigarette, and the other, who had bangs that were teased, no lie, at least 4 inches high. I’m thinking that Smoky McGee didn’t have much consideration...
Have Bandwagon, Will Jump
Ok, so I did Day One of the C25K running program today. Srsly? OMG. I wanted to die/throwup/quit/all of the above, but my trainer wouldn’t let me. Ya’ll know when you’re paying somebody how you feel like you can’t just quit? Except my trainer was Will, and I’m totally not paying him. (Except with my wit, charm, and good looks ;) Which made it even harder to quit,...
pattidoestris asked: The bike I have is a Scott Speedster s50. I love it :D
Before and during...after is still to come
Before: Taken September 2010
During: Taken April 2011
More pics from yesterday...
A shot from before….
and a shot from after…
This is the crew. It is a fun bunch to hang out with!!! Couple of new peeps I had not met before joined us and it was nice having them along. It was freeeezing! The weather man totally got it wrong as far as the forecast. They were calling for it to be 80 and sunny and it was 50 and misty. So, yuck there. But we lived. LOL!! Hope...
Wellll...
we did it! It’s over! We survived! And dammit I was last! Oh well. I finished and am super proud of Will, he ran the whole thing without stopping. My crew rocked it out as well, all of them kicked some serious 5K ass. We had the BEST time on the way there and back. And huge props to the oh so mighty accomodating Will for driving us to Carolina Beach for Britts donuts afterwards.
I...
Friiiiiiiiidaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
Glorious Friday!! It is a beautiful day here in NC! And did I mention it’s Friday? :) I am sure glad to see the weekend.
Of course we have big plans for our first official 5K tomorrow! Holllla! I *will* be posting pictures of our awesome group, so stay tuned for that. Ya’ll pray I don’t break a hip or something. I’m starting to get a little excited nervous ready for this...
WW Update--Totally Hosed Edition
Well, the scale at WW wasn’t as kind to me as mine was this morning. Theirs showed me down 1.8 instead of 2.4 at home, but that’s an “official” loss of 19.4. I’ll take it! I was really hoping to bust out my 20lb loss, but that’s ok, there’s always next week, right?
I’m going to try reallllly hard not to stress as much about the number as long...
Quickie
Quickie sneak in from the desk post….weigh in this morning shows me -2.4 lbs! Hollla!!
I am excited! If that number holds up for this evening’s WW weigh in, that will make an even 20lbs gone. To say I’m excited about that would be an understatement!
I worked it out last night at the gym. Figured I better actually practice for this 5k we have coming up on Saturday to see if I...
Weigh-in-Thursday....Will's Edition
SW - 261
Last week - 239.4
CW - See pic
That’s right….3 pounds!!! Woohoo!
The scale gods and hard work paid off for both me and Amy this week. She’s down too, but I’ll let her give the deets.
Migraine to 5k
This will be a quick one, since I’m on my lunch break. Howevs, this is the FIRST day since March 26th that I have not woken up with a headache. These past 2 weeks have been a nightmare. I am praying that it’s really gone. I’ve taken enough meds to kill a horse and tried everything I know to make it go away. Given up my beloved caffeine. Everything! I even made a trip to the ER...
Monday...Will edition
After doing a solid 3 miles this past Saturday, I started my taper today for next Saturday’s 5k. I did a mile and a half today at a moderate pace. I didn’t keep up with time, so I don’t have a speed, but it felt comfortable and I wasn’t too winded. I’ll probably do that again on Wednesday, then take a couple days off before the 5k on Saturday.
Doing good calorie...
foodhealthlife asked: Have you had a chance to listen to the Taubes book yet? What are your thoughts so far? And a 45 minute commute??? I would die LOL, traffic on my commute is when I get stuck behind a tractor.
Finally
a quick post from me. I have been battling one hell of a migraine all week, as in I have been out of work on the couch in a drug induced haze all week. I finally feel a little better right now and I am praying this lasts because I have been miserable. I got Will to drive me to ww yesterday bc I knew I was down bc I haven’t been able to eat. One positive to this. I was down 2.6 for a total of...
