One of Kaias school work questions last night said “Was Larry right?” Kaia answered “No” Then it said to explain so Kaia answered “Cause he was wrong”
And then… He was arguing with my Mom and told her “You eat too much Twinkies” Bwahahahaha
And these kids eat too much chocolate:
Abby wouldnt smile. Instead, she kept saying “Happy Valentines Day” – Losh on the other hand, cheesed like a fool – and then they both went back to eating candy.
Happy Extra Calories in the form of Chocolate day!
At first I thought the bike trainer was similar to the treadmill in that you feel like you have been riding for a long time and realize you have only gone a fraction of what it feels like.. But then I realized there is a reason for that! I earn every single mile ridden on the trainer. I cant “coast” along on the trainer like I can outside. If that wheel is spinning then its because Im making it spin. I guess thats a good thing.
My plan for today was 4 miles on the treadmill followed by something on the trainer.
The trainer wasnt a priority – running was, but I thought it would be nice to do some extra calorie extinguishing if I had the chance.. and I had the chance. My 4 miles on the treadmill were just my regular “as slow as I can go without walking” miles. 57 minutes later I hopped on the trainer for 40 minutes (enough time to watch an episode of Lost on Netflix). I barely made 4.33 miles on the trainer! Incredible how I did 4 running in 57 and only 4.33 riding in 40, but I did “stop” a few times to give my poor legs a rest. I forget how different riding verse running is. Hello new muscles!!
I was a sweaty mess afterwards.
Thank God for showers and actual clothes! – The shower part should count as a swim, thus completing my TRI-athlon today right?!?! Right?!?!
Then I was bored this evening so instead of finding a normal person activity I hopped on the trainer again for 15 minutes (2.21 miles) and then half a mile on the treadmill (6 minutes). That left my total miles for this week at 38. - 17.5 of those were running. I was 1/2 mile over my plan for running.. This week was a cut back week so my miles were lower. Next week my running miles will be higher again.. and I should come close to 50 miles total for the week (including biking!!) Im so happy to be increasing my miles again (PAIN FREE!!!) Im not having to ice my poor shins after every single run.
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I told my friend that if I lost 5 pounds in the next month Id marry him… Guess what? Im more likely to gain 20 pounds than lose 5. Ugh. ‘Tis the life. – But with the trainer now on top of the running.. who knows. I may be engaged by the end of the month ;)
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Super-duper-awesome-news here.. My mother got her car back this evening! Still some slight issues with it, but hopefully nothing that will keep it from messing up. That means we now have a way to therapy and church again. Kaia will be especially happy about the Church part. He has been praying and asking me to pray that we can go to church again.
And thats all I have. Setting this to post and Im going to bed!
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P.S. Katt Williams wants to give a shout out to my Sibling of the Female Persuasion.
Im working on eating healthy.. Massive amounts of it.
My workout calendar – All filled out for January. I mentioned it a few times, but this is what it actually looks like. Hopefully at the end of the year my long runs will be even longer. Click to enlarge.
And days at a glance.. I dont record too much info.. Just splits on the “important” runs, and distance and time. Sometimes I will write what my HR was, but all that info is kept on the Garmin software.
This is my P90X Pose..
Or whatever…
Wear all black. It makes you look skinny!!
I took some “before” shots so when I get to my “after” I can compare.. But Im not sharing those pictures here. Thats the most I will share here :) – FTR Im not doing P90X.
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Im too dumb for adult books so I read mine from the Juvenile section.. I havent even graduated to the Young Adult yet. Its pathetic, I know, but I hate spending days reading a book.
A new restaurant opened in town.. Mum picked some up for dinner the other night. The rice and tamales were dry and the beans tasted like chorizo. I gave it a “Meh” out of 5 stars. We shall try it again once they have been open longer and worked out their kinks.
The appliance store got a shipment of washer and fridge boxes so my children now own their own houses. Too bad they were poorly built and are already falling down.
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See these boots?? And be proud of me for actually putting some clothes on today!
Well, they are my riding boots.. My bike riding boots. –
Today I rode my bike for LESS than a mile to go pick up a truck so I could go to the bike shop. LESS THAN A MILE FOLKS and my fingers were nearly frozen. I had to hold them over the stove and then run them under water just to get the feeling back. Holy cold batman! – I picked up the truck that I was borrowing, threw my bike in the back and went back home to get my purse and stuff… Then I went and picked up this using my mothers life savings:
And a bike computer.. Kudos to you if you can actually spot it in this picture.
I use my Garmin outside and only needed the computer for the trainer inside.. so it didnt matter if I couldnt see it while on the trainer.. I just want to know at the end how long and how far.
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Backing up..I dropped the trainer and my purse off at home so I could go drop the truck back off to its owner.. When I was at my house I made sure to grab some gloves and a beanie hat to cover my ears from the torture of the 1 mile ride back home.. I dropped the truck off, hauled cold booty on my bike back home and then this happened…
60 butt hurting minutes of Lost.
YES!!!! THANK YOU MOMMY!!!
