Another Weekend? Afraid so....

We weekend of better choices began with good intentions. It always does, right? Rach and I went to Evans Street for a lovely dinner. The good choices lasted until then. Dinner was, as always, delicious. The drinks, especially the "Mary Anne" were, as always, delicious. The Mary Ann is a mango infused martini. It was as delightful as it sounds. And then some. And then some more.

Today is Sunday. I have not been to the Fitness Connection since Wednesday, oh no wait, Tuesday? Yeah. I have a million reason why, but do they really matter? The bottom line is that I have not been to work out in days. Tomorrow evening I will be there. I don't have any programs running, and even if you called me and begged me to go out with you, I still feel a little 'mango-ed' out from Friday night.

My food intake was fairly responsible this weekend. Better than the last two, that's for sure. So, the weekend wasn't a total loss training wise. And in all honesty, training schmraing, when it comes to Evans Street my favorite. Ya know?

Tomorrow is also SWIMMING! My goal for the week is to take it slow. I have a million things to do, one of them being baking 30 cupcakes for a pretty girl's 8th birthday! Slow and steady will win this race.

Inside all of us is HOPE. I would rather be full of HOPE than jelly beans.

Weekend Warrior?

I believe the weekend is beginning now. Why? Well, apparently the public schools are not in session tomorrow? Why? Who knows. I really don't know. These kids never go to school anymore. Hello 3 day week; Monday was a snow day, and Friday is a whatever day. I'll take it. 3 day week, bring it on. The problem of course is that the weekends destroy me, and now we are making an extra long weekend. I have to stay strong, "Make a habit of staying strong." Do you know what book that is from? Take a guess.

I think it might have pulled my hip flexor last night reffing basketball, but never fear, a trip to the chiropractor this morning fixed me right up. Swimming was good last night. I found my self out of breath on a few occasions, and that felt wonderful. (notice in the pic above, I have a fancy new swim cap. It is great! Plus I look cute in it) I took the day off from the gym simply because it was chaos here. See photo below.

She is fine, no surgery required, but will remain in a cast for 4-6 weeks. A nice Sparty cast for Abby.

Tomorrow I don't imagine I will make it to gym at all. One kid has a half day of school, the other kid has no school, I think I will be playing taxi driver most of the day. Then I am heading out to the Museum tomorrow night for a lecture. I would love to say I might learn something fantastic and amazing, but they will have beer and wine. And we all know what that means......

So, Saturday. Saturday I will head to the FC in the morning. Hit me up if you want company. After taking 2 days off I will NEED to push myself on Saturday. See? See what the weekends do me?

Even with all this chaos, I am feeling fairly balanced this week. Yes, it has been non stop, but it has been controlled and smooth. Deep breath and take it all in. Happy 3 day weekend.

Swimming tonight!

Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Pet...

I have been listening to this song almost every day at the gym. I feel like a I running down a dream, except for, you know, I don't like to run. At all. Yeah, there, I said it. I don't like to run. I dread it even. I don't mean to complain, I'm just being honest. I look at this group of women, Teresa included, and they like to run. Maybe even love to run. I guess I'm just not that girl. I like to EFX, and I love to row, but run? My eyes roll at the thought of it. Maybe as I become a better runner I will enjoy it more? Maybe I was just bread for contact sports? Regardless, I am making headway. I am improving my times, and let's face it, they could only go down.

I was planning on getting a quick work out in this morning, but no such luck. I am not that worried about it seeing as though I am reffing 2 games tonight plus swimming. Swimming! Yeay! I have been excited all day at thought of swimming.

Tomorrow I need to hit the gym and lift hard. I will. It is in my plan! Jane is visiting tomorrow and bringing stories from her trip to the Olympics. and presents I can't wait. We all know I love the Olympics and I love presents.

I am still processing through the movie FOOD, INC. I have been doing a lot of thinking. Maybe too much thinking? Maybe. I made some carrot spinich muffins, and as awful as they sound, they are yummy. Organic, honey instead of much sugar, with lots of spices. I think I might have discovered my new 'this is what I bake the best'. We all know my best thing is my mac and cheese, but that really goeas against everything I am trying to do here, doesn't it? These muffins fill the void of missing carbs. At least they are whole grain carbs!

It is almost the weekend! My weekend of better choices I will call it. I am going to stick with my workout plan and stick with my eating plan. Except for Friday night when I go to the Museum. Other than that.... I have less than 2 weeks until St. Thomas, and if I am going to stray it will be then, while on vacation. Not now. There is no excuse for straying from the plan now. Other than laziness.

Inside all of us is HOPE. inside of me are two carrot spinich muffins!

I need the consistency of my week!!!

The weekends are the hardest for me, I tend to fall apart each and every weekend. I don't make it to the gym for long enough periods of time, if at all, and I eat crappy food, and way too much crappy food at that. I look forward to Monday because I know what to expect. I know I work a long day on Mondays, I always work out on Mondays, and I swim on Monday nights. Pretty simple, right?

Well, today is a snow day. As much as I am trying to 'work' from home, I can honestly admit that the only thing I HAVE completed is Peyton's 8 year movie for her birthday. In all reality I would not have gotten that done if this snow storm didn't bombard us, so yeay??

We talk about balance consistently. Regardless of the dynamics or gender roles of our relationships, some of us are the ones who stay home and some of us are the ones who work. I placed a phone call today asking my partner in parenting to come home early so I could go into work for a bit. The basic answer was, "I can't. I am swamped. I have this due and that due and and and and....( and yes, there were I'm sorry's thrown in!)" I get it, don't get me wrong, I get it. The problem for those of you like me is this; now what? Will I make it to the gym tonight? Will I make it to work at all? Swimming tonight is cancelled due to weather, so my fingers are crossed I can at least hit the gym for my lower body work out. It's all about balance, and I suppose we are only as strong as our weakest spoke on the wheel of balance is. (Like the wellness wheel!) My goal this week is to identify my weakest spoke and start rebuilding it. It's a start, right?

In other news, shoveling the driveway was a great upper body work out. This snow is crazy heavy and wet. Also, lifting big heavy balls made from wet heavy snow is a great work out! =)

Tomorrow I can only hope routine returns. Swimming Wednesday? I have hope.

Inside all of us is HOPE!

Another Saturday night....

I have been meaning to blog all day, really I have. But things kept coming up and blah blah blah we all know how that goes. Just like I was going to go to the gym today, but things came up and in the end I never made it. I know, blah blah blah. I am going tomorrow, I promise!

Today I had steak. Yup, you read that right, steak. It was cooked perfectly, of course NOT by me remember when I lost eye lashes and eye brows lighting the grill? . I ate no more than 4 oz, but it tasted amazing. I savored every bite! BUT, as I imagined, it did not settle well with me. I made sure I took a digestive enzyme to help my body break it down, but had no luck with that. I am feeling pretty sluggish. I need to get to bed, sleep this off, and hit the gym in the morning.

I tend to slack off of the working out routine during the weekend. I get so lazy, or maybe just so consumed with life. My work week routine works so much better for me. The same goes for my eating habits, it is much easier to stay on track during the week. I feel as though I undo everything on the weekends that I work so hard to restart during the week. I need to get into a better weekend routine! I will. In due time.

As for now I am going to sleep off this steak hangover, and hope to feel less sluggish in the morning!

Inside all of us is HOPE.

Exhausted...

Exhausted? Very much so, thanks. Last night's swimming was amazing, I love to swim and I love the company I keep when I swim, Teresa made me laugh the entire time! Thank you for that!

I worked out this morning at The Christian Family Centre with Rach, and had a wonderful time. It wasn't busy, and we were able to play around, chat a little, and even get some exercise done. Imagine that? I did not get on The WAVE today, and I probably needed it after yesterday's double workout. Perhaps my weekend will provide some time to get back to the Centre for some WAVE time? One can hope. I don't think I have to ref tonight so my body will have a good 24 hours to recover before I hit the gym again. Whew, I need it.

I am still craving meat. Not just meat, STEAK. I big ginormous steak. I don't think I will actually eat one for a few reasons. Even if I could make a quick trip to Whole Foods to get a nice steak, the last time I started up the grill I burned off my eye lashes and most of my eye brows, and I have no desire to do that again. I might head over to the Blvd. Market for some local cheese in hopes that satisfies my craving? If not, Tilapia is our dinner plan, I hope that fulfills some of my neediness.

I am still tired. I blame it on the Olympics. It is SO hard to go to bed at a reason time when you are addicted to them. I am loving, as before, Anton Apolo Ono (who isn't?) and so many others. Women's skiing has become a fav! I have a super relaxed day tomorrow so perhaps I can squeeze in a little nap? (again) One can hope, right?

I think I am done weighing in on a scale. My goal is to track my body fat % instead of pounds. Why not change it up a little bit? I need stay motivated and on the right track.

My balancing act is going well knock on wood these days. I do not feel deficient in any aspect other than laundry. But laundry is laundry and will always be backed up. And since no one can figure out how to find/buy/borrow/invent a laundry fairy I have come to terms with this. I bought everyone another package of underpants, undershirts, and socks. Jeans can be worn more than once or twice , so moving on.....

Basketball tonight, and you know how much I love basketball!

Inside all of us is HOPE.

Petty Brought me Home Today! Thanks

I just got home from the gym with hopes of talking, kissing, and snuggling with my little boy; but he was playing batman with the dog and I am a girl and girls can't play. So there I have it. I guess I will blog.....

I had a decent work out today. I ran 2 miles, but they were a fast 2 miles. Faster than the 3 miles I ran yesterday. How fast? I have no idea. I just ran. I need to keep my focus more and chart my times better, but those of you who know me, know my brain doesn't work like that. I have an app on my phone that charts everything but sadly enough I only use it about 25% of the time. I need to be better about that. I WILL be better about that. So, I ran 2 miles, EFX'd 2 miles and the light lifted. Why light lifting? Because I am swimming tonight and I want to swim hard. My goal tonight is 1500m bilateral breathing the whole time. I go so much faster breathing that way. I also go faster when I remember to use my legs more.....

Tomorrow morning I have a hott date at The Christian Family Centre. Oh wait, I think it's a not date.... Whatevzies. I am calling it a hott date! RBH and BPE are my fav's and I shall date them both tomorrow morning! So, just finished one work out, swimming tonight, workout tomorrow am at the CFC. Yeah, I got this!

Here is my challenge to all of you... I need some new music to work out to. Burn me your best workout mix. Today Petty got me through, and I rely on Petty a lot, but we all know he is not a work out master! PINK has been good to me, along with OUTKAST, BLACK EYES PEAS, GOOD CHARLOTTE, and a few others. I need something new! Help me out, please?

"I rolled on as the sky grew dark...I put the pedal down to make some time...There’s something good waitin’ down this road....I’m pickin’ up whatever is mine" Yes, Petty kept me going, as I was running down MY dream.

Inside all of us is HOPE.