2012

Welcome 2012. Let's make it a good year! Finish nursing school, start a new job, get back to normal.

To End the Stagnation

An Update........
Okay, so it's been nuts since school has resumed and my work schedule blows. I have 1 day off every 7, which isn't really a day off at all considering all of the housework and other sundry chores I have to accomplish in that single day. Aubreigh is not handling it well. I barely see her anymore. My relationship is strained at home simply because we really don't see each other.

25% of the semester is over. Technically I have a B- average. We've only had 1 test in each of our courses. I just wrapped up my forever long Med/Surg rotation at WMH. On to SMH next week for a mere 2 weeks. I don't know how I feel about everything just yet.

C25K is all messed up. I think when I run on Tuesday I'm doing W8D1. It's been tough finding time to run. When I ran yesterday it was ugly. I also think Aubreigh was kind enough to give me her cold.

At work I pretty much work every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. I get up at 4 am 5 days out of 7. It downright blows. I try really hard to be in bed by 10pm, but some days I don't get off of work until after 10, so that makes it even worse.

40 DAYS UNTIL MY FIRST 5K!!!!!!!!

I know I'll finish, but it might be in 59:59 at this point. I know I can walk 3 miles in 45 minutes. The only time I've done the 3.1 miles I did it in 40 minutes. So somewhere between 59:59 and 40 minutes will be my finish time.

As for weight loss, the stress is making me hold water and all of that nonsense. I was at -26# the other day. I am solidly a size L in shirts now, which makes me happy. No tight fitting shirts, no depends on which brand. None of that. Just size L and fits like it should. I *think* I'm down 8 pants sizes at this point, but I haven't been brave enough to test that one out. I'm sitting in the size 7 sizes from where I started and my belt is definitely working hard to hold my pants up.

I'm about 2 weeks out from my 27th birthday. I'd like to be at -30# that day. Just to have a nice round number on my birthday. I doubt I get it, but hey, it'd be great.

Send some happiness my way

Stuff & Things

So C25K is going well. Need to step up the strength training though. New pilates mat is awesome! Makes doing ab work at home easy.

School has started well. We shall see.

Work is work. Enough said.

Week 5 Day 2 postponed until tomorrow.

When you are feeling lazy

NO EXCUSES

Finding a place

Today feels like I am stuck in limbo.
Meh

Training Plans

C25K

14 Workouts left

W4D2 today

Should finish Sept. 23, 2011

FIRST 5K ON OCTOBER 29, 2011

10K PLAN

Begin Sept. 25

36 Workouts

9 Weeks

NEED TO PICK A 10K!

A Whirlwind of Updates

VACATION

August 7-14 Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Visited: Waccatee Zoo, Myrtle Beach State Park, Huntington Beach State Park, Broadway at the Beach, Build A Bear Workshop, Grandma's Pool, Seafare Seafood Buffet, Above Par Vacations at Island Green Country Club, Liberty Brewery, Wee R Sweets, Dad's Condo

All in all a good vacation. Not so good in the food journal tracking category, but I LOST 0.2# while on vacation. So PFFFFFT! Kept up with C25K as well. But, I did get my first ever cold sore. It's still here and really sucks.

EXERCISE

C25K

START DATE: AUGUST 1, 2011

WEEK 1: Did Week 2

WEEK 2: Did Week 3 while on vacation. iPod threw a fit day 1 so I "winged" it with the intervals since I hadn't read the routine before heading out that morning. Learned the hard way that jogging at night while at the beach is the best plan of attack. :-)

WEEK 3: In Progress. Doing Week 4.

AB ROUTINES

Getting back on the wagon this week. Doing my Week 2 scheduled Ab routine. Reverse crunches, planks, and leg lift thingies.

WEIGHT ROUTINES

Again, getting back on the wagon. Just following my current template. Maybe some pool work will make an appearance sometime soon?

WEIGHT LOSS

-22.5# to date!

I restarted my journey May 30, 2011. It's been good so far.

 Family Photo. Lunch on the Boardwalk. This is Doodle's "Ta-Da" pose.

 Nathan getting his jelly fish sting treatment.

 Zebra-Donkey love child at the Petting Zoo.

 Daddy and Doodle at Putt-Putt.

 Making a new friend at Build A Bear.

 Nothing like a juice box on the beach ;-)

 Grandad Mike's Harley.

Riding the rides from the old Pavilion now located at Broadway at the Beach.