Mrs. Busy Girl

Posted on: March 12, 2012

Sometimes I don’t want people to walk in on me while I’m taking a bath because I’m blowing bubbles 🙂

Getting ready to head out in about an hour for day one of the weight loss challenge at our gym. I can feel my competitive juices flowing. I’m already telling my teammates what to do before the weigh in – strategizing. I’m sorry. I would be the person everyone hates if I was ever on the show Biggest Loser – but I’m not heavy enough for that.

The thing that is bugging me is that we have to weigh in again next Friday to be part of a National contest. It’s throwing my strategy off! I thought today was the start for both!

I’m also feeling a bit fluish. Have had an upset tummy and achey the past few days. I still did a one mile base run on Thursday. 10:49 -ugh. It sure felt like I was running a 9 min pace! On the up side I should be able to improve that pretty easy and I’m chalking it up to not really feeling well. We will see next week!

Well I guess today was a break even sort of day. Didn’t get anymore exercise in after my walk…but I stayed decent on my intake. Got about 80% of my list done. Better than 50/50 – so I’ll take it. See you all tomorrow.

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So here is my TO DO list for today:

  • Coffee
  • Feed goats and chickens</li>
  • Burn 1,000 exercise calories (So far 150 from a walk this morning)
  • Eat 1,200 calories
  • Prepare FOCUS report 1 of 4 due by next Thursday
  • Verify my CE status for my license renewal
  • Prepare minutes and agenda for PTC meeting tomorrow (ugh, I can’t believe I volunteered for this)
  • At least one load of never-ending laundry( well at least partial done)
  • Pick up kids from school – luckily no activities tonight!
  • Figure out dinner for the fam

A’ight – time to get cracking.

Edit: Add review Trust document to the list. argh

I wore an old sports bra yesterday for my 8 mile run that wasn’t very forgiving – so major chaffing 😦

I was going to post a picture of it but quickly realized I couldn’t do it without getting some boobage in the shot.

Since my blog pop’s up when people google fat assed chicks, think I’ll pass on the gratuitous boob shots.

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Ugh, I need Botox.

Been feeling the need to come back here – Facebook just ain’t  doing it for me.

I’m doing the Tinkerbell Half Marathon  in 12 days…and I feel only half prepared. I wish I could keep on a consistent schedule with my  running. I always seem to half-ass my training.  But today is a new day and I’m committing myself to improve my running and MY health…

Here is what I want to do:

  • Do weekly 1 mile speed runs to gauge my speed and monthly 5k’s.  My goal is to get in the 8 min mile range, which I think I can do if I stay consistent…and lose a few pounds 😦  Currently I’m in the 11 – 12 minute range I think, but I tend to run longer mileage and focus on pacing for that.  I will run a base mile on Thursday.
  • Actually have a body that looks like I run!  Which means I probably need to lose about 30 pounds.  I am starting with a weight loss challenge at my gym on Saturday which is exciting!  I LOVE me some competition.  I did this last year too and lost 25 pounds which put me in first place percentage wise – so I won!  Yay!  But unfortunately I’ve gained back about 15 of that.  Guess I didn’t stop celebrating my win – so here I am 9 months later needing to get back at it again.
  • Get my life more organized!  I am sure so many people have this same issue as me.  I work from home, have three kids, and between trying to manage the home/work/kids I just get crazy!  I think all the lines get mumbled too since I don’t have set work hours that I have to report to work…I need a better schedule/checklist system.

Today’s summary:

Exercise – 4 mile hilly walk followed by an 8 mile run (average pace: pretty damn slow)

Consumed: 1195 calories  Burned: 3,080  Net Burn: -1885

ll be back with more tomorrow

…and depressed because I just hate where my body is at.

Yesterday Delaney was looking at my memory book and found a picture of me from my high school dance team.  She said, “Wow, was that your body!  You were skinny!”  Ugh.  Not that I would want to be as skinny as I was in high school, but just knowing that I am so far away from that.  Then Delaney made a backtrack, I guess worried that she would hurt my feelings, and told me, “You’re still skinny now too.”  …and I just didn’t quite know how to respond.  I don’t want to put my insecurities on her.  I want to be a good role model for her in health and body image.  The reality is though I need to lose 40 pounds to get to a healthy weight.  I wish I could just get this taken care of so I can carry on with being a normal, active, healthy eating adult that my girls can look up to.  Not one that is always beating herself up, struggling with my weight…because I really don’t want them to obsess about this stuff the way I do.

I’ve been sick the past week…blowing my May goals out of the water.  Tomorrow I’m going to try to burn 1,000 calories…I’ll just take this one day at a time for now.

My little sister who is a pastry chef gave me some tips and I made a lovely poached egg!

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