5 lbs

So since the marathon I have gained 5lbs!!

This sucks! I have been doing weight training 3x a week with some Cardio as well.

As my BFF Kelli says, "weight is 20% exercise and 80% what you eat." I am pretty sure she made that up but it makes complete sense to me. I want to sign up for another race like a half- marathon but I don't know for sure where we will be living so for now I want to focus on building some core muscles and eating better.

My favorite picture when I googled 5 lbs...

Who ate the cookies in the cookie jar?

Oh yeah. That was me. 

I am pretty much the most unmotivated I have ever been. I need to get it together but I really just can't. This winter is KILLING ME! It is still in the low 40's and cloudy and rainy and I am going to loose my freaking mind. No wait, I am loosing my mind!!! I need sunshine!!! RIGHT FREAKING NOW! I think next winter I am going to coordinate a vacation to somewhere sunny in Jan/Feb, because I will not survive another NY winter.

But in response to Dee Dee's post I too need a goal. Something to force...umm gently push?...me to work towards something. Obviously a weight loss goal is not working, I need something like an active goal. But I have given up running (sorry but I still hate it), I tired to find a walkathon in NYC to sign up for but I can't find one (surely this has to exist right?)

Also, I too must confess that I love cheesy pop music when I am out and about. Something about Beyonce and Alicia Keys really gets me going :)

Suggestions for activities? Suggestions for motivation?

I confess.....

I confess that when I am running or at the gym I love to listen to cheesy pop music. Any other time in my life I hear these songs I gag and immediately turn it off. But when I hear it mid-work out I feel it!! "Yeah Beyonce, I feel ya!", "It was just a dream Nelly, it was!" " I am your Angel Akon

Beyonce never gets by without a re-peat. Before I know I am going to be jazzer-sizing to these tunes!

Off the wagon & stuck on the shoulder...

Like the Dodo bird in the Lion Kings sings "count me out!"  Not only did I fall off the wagon last week, yesterday I managed to walk into the mens restroom at Smiths, roll down a hill into another car, and the real topper-slip on water on the kitchen floor and severely sprain my ankle.  Had I not already broken it 10 years ago, I would have last night.  Luckily because the bone on my ankle was already un-attached, all I did was tear it out of it's scar tissue.  I get to wear a lovely lace up ankle brace for the next 3-6 weeks & totally rest it for 3-5 days.  There goes my long workout day on Saturday. UGH!

Remember the 200lb man?

Remember the 200lb man from last year. I had a goal to lose 30 pounds by the time Ja and Scott's 1st wedding anniversary came around. I lost about 13. I need a new goal to work towards to. Something like a half Marathon or a 10k. Anyone have any ideas?

Off The Wagon

I was doing so well with my training up until Friday, March 18th.  What happened on the 18th you ask? Well, that was the day that Keef was offered a job in SLC.  They asked him to start on the 28th.  Normally not a big deal, he normally does travel for work but in the past he's had a work truck.  This time around, he had a nice pair of boots.  He will get a service truck, but first he has to go through orientation etc.  In the meantime, we had 10 days to figure out transportation, make living arrangements, get everything he needs for work and decide if moving 400 miles is the right thing for our blended family. 

My goal this week is to get in 4 walks/runs & keep my sanity while trying to pack up the fam.  Somewhere in there I have to find an apartment & a job while still working full time at Allconnect.  Wish me luck!

Funny clip

Not really a Kimmel fan, But I thought this was funny!