Get on your bikes and ride!!

Well, I ordered new tires to replace my bald/squared tires & new cleats.
so, when they come I can get the bike all ready to ride - outside!
here is hoping for spring to finally settle in on us!!!!
(fingers crossed, toes too)

ha ha, Mother Nature.....NOT!!!

Okay... yesterday I had hope & optimism for spring weather soon... today we have a Winter Storm Warning, predicted snow fall of 6-10 inches... it is snowing RIGHT NOW as I type this. Heavy Snow is on it's way... COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE, ...ya know... outside, without the snow/ice/sleet/general wintery-ness... PLEASE????

Happy Spring!

Okay, it is the first day of spring.....right????
So why is it 33 degrees outside? Well, here is a funny Open letter to mother nature. The first paragraph, mirrors how I feel. While I obviously do not live in Canada, this is one of the snowiest winters on record. You know it is bad when someone who grew up on the West side of Michigan in the SNOW BELT is complaining about the snow..!!! Will winter NEVER end?? ACK!
So... with hopeful optimism I plan on getting new tires and inner tubes on my bike in the next 2 weeks. Darn-it - I am biking OUTSIDE! Sick of spinning and riding bike in the basement. I don't feel like I am actually getting anything accomplished this way. Who is with me!?!?!?
:)

(plus I can get the kids in the trailer - take them to a park, let them play for awhile and return home with the trailer). You see - now that my little one is 2 years old (today is his birthday), I think that it will be easier to fit this in this summer. I guess time will tell though.

Another pound

So, the strangest thing happened. I weighed myself earlier and I was down another pound. 9 pounds since Jan 1. this is going slow as heck, but at least it is going in the right direction!!!

But here is the crazy thing... I haven't really exercised in a week! I can't even laugh or talk much without coughing. I should go to Dr. but my point is - I lost a pound in the last week and I didn't even exercise. How crazy is that? I think getting hubby to stop with the snacks around the house is the real reason that this happened. Although I did read that your body burns a lot of calories maintaing a fever.

Woot!:) (unless that was a pound of muscle lost because I wasn't working out.. then in that case SHOOT!)

Now really I need to do a 1st thing in the morning weigh in because then it will be more accurate - may be more than I think!

Anyway, I am hoping to feel up to dreadmill tomorrow evening. Keep fingers crossed for me! This is frustrating as heck - but at least I haven't given up... right??

Flu....again!!??

OKay... this isn't funny anymore... I am not sure that it ever was really! I am taking better care of myself now than I have in years. Exercising, eating better, sleep is way better than it was now that kids are older.

I currently have my 3rd bout of flu since the beginning of the year. I am talking the fever/chills type with the body aches and fatigue and all the lovely coughing and congestion that comes with it. Why do I keep getting so sick? I am starting to wonder if the allergy/asthma meds are making more susceptible, or if the Asthma itself is. This is nuts!

Anyway, that is my rant for today! I didn't spin - obviously. 102.7 temp, (after tylenol) don't think the others in the class would have appreciated that. At least I did the treadmill yesterday. I am trying to bump up my time running without getting sore Hammys again... here is the plan... tell me what you think:

5 minute warm up (at like 3.0 mph)

jog 1 minute 4.5 mph
walk 2mins 3.3 mph
(repeat until have done this about 15 minutes, or 5 times)

5-6 minute cool down, starting at 3.0, last minute at 2.8 mph

I was not sore after I did this, yet it felt really like I was getting a good workout. I know that my jogs are incredibly slow... but it is a start! Never in my life was I a runner, nor did I ever think I would be. I plan to increase jogs to 1.5 mins, decrease walks to 1.5 mins next, then I will increase the amount of time I am in that walk/jog mode..... when I am healthy enough to exercise.

Ugh

Okay, so I tried to do the dreadmill. I made it almost 12 minutes - not even 1/2 what I usually do. And no jogging. :( I just couldn't do it.... at least I tried??

Of course if my daughter wasn't sick and would let me sleep I think that would help!

Nutrition

Hey, just revisiting this topic for a few moments. Does anyone have a recommendation of a website or book that provides good/reliable training nutrition information??

Also, to the person that said "why did you post that picture, you weren't fat... you were having a frickin baby" (or however you worded it).... Well.. I wasn't saying I was fat.. In deed I was more puffy with fluid... just saying... I have come a long way baby! :)

Got plenty to go.. but I have a total of 8 lbs off since Jan 1, If that keeps up I will be happy. :)

why I like classes...

So today was one of those days. When I started spinning, after the 1st 5 minutes I wanted to quit. If I had been on my own & not in a class, I would have quit. But... I was in a class so I kept going. I finished the workout! It wasn't the best I've ever done, but the point is that i finished it! :)

Some random thoughts from me today... Why can't I sweat buckets like normal people?I think I would feel more like I accomplished something if I left class soaked in sweat like everyone else! Never have been like that - don't know why... isn't that weird? Even when I am overheating and well hydrated - barely sweat.... ugh....

Also, I think that DH is trying to sabotage my weight loss here. He comes home from the grocery store with things like cookies, chips, etc. etc... I have been asking him not to for almost a year. When I go I don't buy these and he just goes out in a day or 2 and gets them himself. :( I suggested to him that if he just HAS to have it that he keeps it in a bin somewhere in the basement or something... no dice... any advice?? When I am home with the kids - tired because someone didn't sleep, stressed because someone (or both of them) are whining, crying, fighitng, etc.... and hungry. I am not going to make a salad, cook some veggies, wash and do whatever with fruit.. I go for that stuff.. :/