Thanksgiving Check In
29 Nov 2010 1 Comment
in Diet, Exercise, Field of Dreams, Jeanne, Random Thoughts, Scott
I allowed myself Thanksgiving Day to pig out, and pig out I did. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because Thanksgiving dinner is my favorite meal. But, other than last Thursday, I’ve been behaving myself food-wise and have been getting all my workouts in. I even ran 15 of the 60 minutes I spent on the treadmill on Saturday. Felt it a little bit in my right calf, and now my hip flexors are a little sore. But, other than that the running was a success. I’m still going to focus more on walking, but maybe try to get in some running once or twice a week. No surprise though, with the Thanksgiving meal(s) so close to my weigh-in time on Saturday I was up 0.6 lbs from last week, but as of this morning I am down 1.2 lbs from last Saturday.
For my Black Friday Challenge success, I’m getting my hair extensions put in tomorrow. Cathy is only putting in three “sandwiches” as I’m going for volume only and not length. So basically, the only one who will notice a difference is me. The other model she is doing is going for length. She’s getting 11 “sandwiches” put in!
I also think I found my reward purse for when I make my Holiday Challenge – New Coach Purse. I *just* need to lose 4.8 lbs by December 18th.
In preparation for Scott to move in (no, we have not decided when this will happen yet) I got my master closet redesigned last Wednesday. I went with elfa products. You can see info on what I had installed here at The Container Store and enter in space ID 1437651. I still have a few minor tweaks I want to do to it. But 90% of it is up on the walls and looks darn good. Now I have to urge to do the rest of my closets. But that will have to wait until the budget allows for it.
Friday afternoon Scott, Jeanne, and I put up the Christmas tree. Jeanne found her favorite ornament (an old peacock that belonged to my Grandma) and took it into her room to hang on one of her dresser knobs. And then yesterday I got up the outside lights. Six strands wrapped around six small bushes. Jeanne hasn’t seen the outside lights yet and will be so excited to see them on when we come home on Wednesday night!
Keeping the Momentum Going
21 Nov 2010 3 Comments
in Diet, Exercise, Field of Dreams
I made my Black Friday Challenge! I stepped on the scale yesterday and was down 6.6 lbs total over the past four weeks. So, now what to do? Keep the momentum going. I’m gonna go for another 6 lbs over the next four weeks. So, on Saturday, December 18th, when I step on the scale, I need to be in the 170′s (179.8 lbs or lower) to make this challenge. I think I’ll call this one the Holiday Challenge, and I’m sure it will be pretty tough. My reward this time will be a new purse. I’m still waffling on my reward for the Black Friday Challenge. If I don’t hear from Cathy about being an extension model by Tuesday, I’ll probably do a pedicure instead.
I Made It
17 Nov 2010 5 Comments
in Diet, Exercise, Field of Dreams
As of this morning, I am down 6.4 lbs, making it to my Black Friday goal. Now I just have to stay on track the rest of the week to make sure my “official” Saturday weigh-in passes muster. Got in 30 min of walking on both Monday and Tuesday. But now I’ll have Jeanne tonight through Monday morning, so we’ll see how well I do over the next few days with my workouts.
Day 5 and the Weekend
15 Nov 2010 2 Comments
in Diet, Exercise, Field of Dreams
Had a couple moments of weakness towards the end of the day on Friday, including Sun Chips and fries, but was back to the grind on Saturday. I even drank Diet Coke, and only Diet Coke, when out at karaoke Saturday night. 30 minutes of walking on Friday, and one hour each on Saturday and Sunday. On track for eating both Saturday and Sunday. Stepped on the scale this morning just for “fun” and I’m down 2 more lbs since Friday. So, technically only 0.2 lbs left to go to meet the Black Friday challenge by this Saturday. The only thing standing in my way is off-site meetings on Thursday and Friday where breakfast/lunch/snacks are provided. But I’m confident I’ll emerge unscathed.
Reply to Mark
12 Nov 2010 5 Comments
in Jeanne
I started writing a reply to Mark in “The Conundrum” thread, but it was getting pretty lengthy, so I thought a new post would do this more justice.
Mark asked if my concern about waiting to start Jeanne in kindergarten until she’s 5-going-on-6 is just wanting Jeanne to be challenged intellectually. My initial response would have been yes. But when I started thinking more about it, I was reminiscing on my own childhood. It seems that my personal concern stems from always being at least a grade ahead of myself academically (I was two grades ahead in math). It wasn’t such a big deal in grade school, but once I got to 6th grade and had to start going to junior high for classes, I really started to hate it. I would have rather been a grade ahead and be (mostly) *normal*. By the time 8th grade rolled around and I was going to have to start going to high school for classes, I ended up not doing it. It was way to daunting and intimidating. Luckily I was able to pick things back up quickly a year later with accelerated, and then eventually AP classes. So, through my junior year (I went to the U of MN my entire senior year), again I was a year ahead and still hating it. I know I can’t assume that Jeanne will react the same way I did. And I know I can’t protect her from being teased or being self-conscience about being smart. I just want to give her the best environment possible in order to learn and grow. That, and always have an invisible bubble around her in order to shield her from any pain.
