Power outage

Today has just been LOVELY (enter sarcastic voice here). First....daily work issues, then it is a sauna at zumba and all the ladies are laughing at my awesome sweat stain! It outlined my entire bra it was gross. This taken with only a flashlight. Gross tummy and chest sweat!This is after I figured out how to light my lantern...can you see why they laughed I had a nittnay lion bra outline!!


I had to defiantly change before running into the grocery store. Any other day I would have not cared. So....then I had an awesome dinner. I got home planning on making hamburger on the grill but Bri was already awake and cooking. He made ham and cheese omelets using up the left overs from Easter dinner. So nice of him to cook on one of his work nights. (He works at a sleep center and watches people sleep all night UGH I couldn't do it). So..then I put in Jillian Michael's 6 week abs and had the door open because there was a nice breeze. But all of a sudden the storm hits. Wind, rain, a little bit of hail. So i go to press stop on the DVD but the power flickered about 5 times and then finally went out.

Ok before I move on a major BLONDE moment is coming up so bare with me I am still learning this whole house versus apartment thing.

Ok so JM workout all sweaty decided to shower by candlelight....got in got the shampoo going...water going going gone :( Sadly to say I learned the hard way that no power no pump for the water.....not the same in apartment life. I was all excited to say I showered by candlelight and it was relaxing and blah blah blah.....nope I used Brita water to get some of the shampoo out of my hair.

So an hour later and still no power. I will have a few more hours with my laptop before that runs out of life. But hopefully it is one of those night where I read and fall asleep early because there is nothing on tv. (But it is Tuesday and there is Glee and Biggest Loser that I missed tonight!)


Do you watch Biggest loser? Who do you want to win?

Hot Hot Hot

Workout: 3.55 33:00 77 degrees minimal wind.

Yesterday it was back to work and back to reality. After a great weekend it was time to get the final push to the end of the year on. The kids of course either were coming down from a sugar high and completely tired or had sugar for breakfast and lunch and couldn't sit in their seats. Hopefully today goes much better.

I got a nice run in with Dud after school on the local bike path. It was so hot and I was glad I wore a tank top under my outfit to school because I wore that instead of the tshirt I had packed. We both were not feeling a fast pace at all and took several walking breaks. Our lungs and bodies need time to adjust to the heat in the next few weeks. Thank goodness we have some time before our next race.

Races coming up are May Day 10k May 14th and then Crystal Lake 15mile hike/run May 15th. I am going to channel Skinny Runner that weekend with the races back to back!!

Workout plan today: Zumba and abs with Jillian Michaels

What an Easter weekend. I hit the road for a 9+ mile run at first light with Dud. It started right off with some crazy hills that we took our time to get up. Then it turned into 3 miles of down. We got carried away but gravity and went a little too fast on the down. By mile 7-8 I was hurting. I made a huge mistake and didn't drink or eat a thing before the run and I felt it big time. Then add going out too fast and I died. We finished in 1:32 minutes. Then I got cleaned up to head home. I got stuck behind a construction truck and a camper on the two lane road that is nothing but hills. So it is impossible to pass. But due to that I was able to get my MPG up to 31.2!! I finally made it home around noon then headed right out to hit up the mall with my mom for her bday!

After shopping we picked up my sister and niece to get mani/pedi's for a girls night out.

Isn't she adorable!!

Then I tried out making Gluten free coconut eggs with dark chocolate! They were a big hit!!

Then my cousins came over with their kids to enjoy an Easter egg hunt that my dad and cousin put on every year! Aren't they adorable??

I headed back home around 3pm and was so full of ham and sugar I had to drive with the window down in the rain to make it home!

Now back to reality, teach teach teach!!!

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Busy week

Well since Monday morning I have had a few things going on. Monday night I got JM abs in and this was my view as i was crunching away. Yes Bri just polished that beam so I was really praying she didn't slip, which she has fallen off that beam before. She only went up there because while doing burpees I hit the switch that is hanging off the fan. When she wasn't up there she was under my feet thinking it was so much fun to chase them when I was crunching.
Tuesday: Workout 3.3 miles 27:49 dodging rain drops. Around 2:30 it started pouring so I was really on the fence to use the treadmill. But I maned up and ran in the rain.
Afterward bri had a lovely back and forth conversation with the people at work. They told him don't come in then they called and said oops we were wrong it isn't your turn, come on in. So I threw some tortellini together and got him on his way.

Then I headed to the townhouse for coconut egg making and surprise rice crispy egg making too!!
We had a blast just talking and me watching Adam enjoy drinking his Pepsi Throwback. I even told the Cokes to leave the table at one point. Total for the week so far (ONE!!). I am so proud of myself with the soda challenge. :) We also watched the first hour of Biggest loser together. It was cool seeing all the neat things they did in New Zeland but it wasn't as exciting this week. It was sad to see Ken go home. I believe he will have a tough time losing the weight at home.

Wednesday: Workout 3.9miles 30:55 I would have done 4 miles but my GPS was being stupid and actually only clocked 3.5 so I kept running hoping I hit 4miles. It beeped at 2 miles 15:43 and then didn't beep again for 3miles until 25:56!! What?? So I went onto LOGYOURRUN and measured it all out.

For dinner I tried to make my own stir fry. Ok to be honest I am a processed food junky. So when you see me making things like this it is HUGE!

So I took a bag of snap peas, a can of water chestnuts and mixed it in with chicken and topped it with sweet and sour sauce. It was good the sauce wasn't as strong as I thought it would be. Bri made suggestions to improve it but he ate it all up!
I am always happy when I branch out, don't freak out and it turns out :)

It is IDOL night but Bri and I have a few more windows to work on before that.

QOTD: How often do you try new recipes?

Ah Ha Moment

Yesterday I woke up...or never even fell asleep extremely exhausted. I have this issue where (be ready for TMI) I wake up drench in sweat. I have no clue why but it can be 50 degrees in the room with a fan on me and still get hot. So I decided to do a little research. I found out that it is common and there are physical, emotional, environmental and medical reasons for such thing happening. Well one said side effect to meds, great there are three meds that it could be. So I am not messing with that. The other was genetic, your parents to it you most likely do it. So I called mom, only menopause hot flashes. Ok, next on the list, POLYESTER! So here's the thing I went to Kohls a few weeks ago and got a 149.99 comfortor for 42.00. I was so happy bc it works perfect in our room. Well I checked it...it is 100% polyester. Polyester does not let your body breathe when wearing or sleeping on it or under it. So Last night I used a blanket Bri's aunt made me. I did not wake up until the 5am kitty alarm!!!! I even still had my fleece pants and hoodie on!!! My goodness how happy am I!! :) If you have any issues read this article http://www.helpfornightsweats.com/sweating-while-sleeping/ it gives some good hints as to why you might be having trouble.

New Motivation

So last Monday I made the choice/decision to start cutting back on the soda drinking. Monday was a very rough day. I went from 3 sodas to none. I had a migraine by 9am and it was going to be a very long day. I tried to run off the migraine around 3:30 by doing 6miles. I was very tired by the end of the run I did somewhat forget that my head hurt as well. Tuesday morning I had my first soda. I had it finished in about 10minutes. Then I was fine for the rest of the day. Wednesday I had Tea for breakfast and it seemed to help the craving since it had caffeine in it. Thursday I had my second soda of the week and this one didn't taste so good. It last most of the morning. Friday I had more tea and it was really strong but I did not notice until halfway through the day that it was caffeine free. Ugh! Friday after school we had our family run and I was focused on weighing in after the run. But I completely forgot about it, good thing I told Hey Hey that I wanted to do it!! I was hoping for at least one pound lost, BUT I LOST 4!!! (Reason enough to keep to this plan!!)Saturday was race day, I took two little sips prior to the race (everyone else has their coffee so I told myself I was allowed at least a sip). I finished it off basically right after the race. The weekend was the hardest for me, I had one Saturday afternoon and one Sunday afternoon. But I would have to say that is still less than 50% of the amount I had last week!! So back to the weekday plan. I have a nice mug of raspberry tea (with caffeine) this morning. I am going to try to do one more day without soda this week. Maybe another pound lost this week??? I know the weight I gained was due to bad food/drink choices so I will work hard to fix it! Anyone else trying to change a bad habit this week??