My Next Adventure?

Perhaps November will be my next adventure. I am thinking of doing the mud run with best bud (of course). It is so military and it is 10K. If it were 1 mile I would not think twice, but 10K? Really? Have I lost my marbles? If you click on the link (the words "mud run") it will take you to a video from the spring run. Check it out and tell me what you would do. I am sure I can walk instead of run but it is the obstacles that make me nervous. Could I haul my fat ass over a wall? Not to mention doing it while covered in mud. I do not see any fatties in the video attempting this.

Just so you know, this was my crazy-ass idea. Best bud said she would try anything with me once (at least we could get some funny pictures, right?). Did I ever tell you she is the best? Hence the name best bud.

So for real, check it out and tell me what you think.

Dare to compare

Here are more 5K pics. The top pic was from the 2008 walk, the bottom pic is from yesterday. Today was a nice day. I went to a farmers market and bought awesome veggies and fruit. It is inspiring. Perhaps I will cook something new someday but today I made a fabulous taco salad with TONS of veggies. I just love salads. I also tried something new. A nectarine. Pretty good. Tastes alot like a peach but without the fuzz. I shall buy them again.

Day for the Record Books

I awoke early this morning (I did sleep in a little.....got up at 5). I plan out my time in the morning and do not leave time to mess around. Well....this morning was a little messy. As I crept through the house I heard my husband's voice rise up from a chair in the living room "I made a mess in the sink." I turned on the light and HOLY COW was there a mess. Let's just say he has the flu and I was trying my best not to gag as I cleaned, scrubbed and sanitized. We decided it would be best if he did not attend the 5K today (which is still fine because his registration was paid in advance).

I however, did participate and it was a lovely day (as you can see in the pics). I did feel super bad for one of the twins as she was sick but she still did awesome!! Both of the girls did fantastic. The first pic is me and best bud (I am number 816). We wore our numbers on the front because best bud organized an entire team and had t-shirts made for all of us sponsored by her restaurant - Lazy Bones (BEST chicken wrap ever). She is amazing! She spends all her time doing for others (including me - she spends Friday nights working on MY teaching crap).

I gotta say looking at this pic - those are some ugly ass sun glasses (pictures are so telling) - time to shop for new ones. The second pic is me and best bud's brother pulling the twins' stroller. We pulled (and by we, I mean mostly him and best bud) instead of pushed to keep that sunshine out of their faces. We were not going for speed as I believe we finished behind almost every elderly person in the race.

I awoke to something else today. A new number on the scale. Say hello to my little friend 188.6. Awww, yeah! That makes my total loss 101.2 pounds!!! I am soooooo happy I must use many exclamation points!!!! I am in the 180's people!!!! Did you read that?!?!?!? 180s!!!!!!! Sorry, I will stop now.

After the race, we got to go to Lazy Bones (best bud and hubby's restaurant) and eat a delicious breakfast. Everything you can imagine - biscuits and gravy, pancakes (blueberry and plain), eggs, breakfast burritos, bacon, potatoes, fruit, etc. I stuck to things with no nutritional value that could swim in syrup. I totally gorged myself (as it was cheat meal for the week) and it was so worth the sugary, empty calories. Needless to say I will not weigh in tomorrow.

If you are still reading this, wow - you have a great attention span. This afternoon I went to a clothing swap. I kept my really nice, larger sized clothes from the last time I cleaned out the closet. I was going to take them to a resale shop but the truth is, I am lazy. So when best bud sent me an email about a clothing swap, I thought "what the hell?" It was kinda fun. I had never heard of one or done one before. I did come out with 5 decent items. People snatched up my stuff pretty quick. I may post more about this adventure later (it was interesting).

My records for the record books - most puke I have cleaned up (coming from someone other than me), more weight lost than I ever thought possible, first clothing swap and probably most calories consumed in syrup in a single day.

Can you top that?

Words of Wisdom?

It is NOT a brilliant idea to bandage a healing toe wound with a waterproof band aid and then put it in a sock and running shoe.

Furthermore, it is a plain bad idea to run on said toe twice in one day (even if it is not for very long periods of time) while bandaged.

Said toe will leave you feeling disgusted when finally revealed in it's naked glory at the end of the day.

Remedy? Clean, allow air, Advil (that makes everything better, right?) and avert your eyes.

Weigh-In to 100 pounds, take two

Was this the week? Um, no. But close. I weigh-in at 190.4. That puts my total loss at 99.4 pounds. I will weigh again tomorrow and see. Sooooo close. I want to hit that number by Thursday. I am not disappointed in my loss, especially since I missed a workout due to the toe issue and had to eat cake.

Yup, another birthday on my team. There is another one Oct. 9th too. Okay, so I guess "had to" is a strong statement but I kinda did. It was good. It was small. But oh so full of tasty fat and sugar. Is it weird I am eating more cake now than ever before? Damn all these people celebrating the day of their birth.

I think that makes my weight loss this week....1.6 pounds. I'll take it. Also, did you see how close I am to the 180s? That would be totally sweet to hit those numbers before I surprise my mother.

I will actually weigh myself everyday this week til I see those numbers. Then I will stop so it doesn't get ruined for me. I shall turn into Hadley for the week. Hopefully I will see what I want at some point.

Tomorrow is the big 5K for Ovarian Cancer. I will try to get some pics to post over the weekend. Enjoy your day!

My Poor Doctor...

I make an appointment for one thing but I go with a long list of crap for her to look at or fix.

I have been trying to get an ingrown (that spelling looks totally bizarre) toe nail removed for two weeks. I have tried the after hours clinic but they consider it a minor surgery/procedure so it has to be done during regular hours. Being a teacher, I had to wait for a day when I could get the last appointment of the day. That day was today. Turns out she was already super busy seeing a bunch of people with the swine flu. Yup, it is here people.

THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS TMI....YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ:

I had this toenail problem in June (that was the first toenail problem I ever had) and when I had it removed she was quite surprised by how large it was. This time the doc and her new assistant were there and I chose to lay down rather than watch. Even though I was numbed 3 times, I could still feel her cut a little and the pulling. Lots of pulling. And then I heard them both say, "that is huge!" So I had to sit up and inspect it. It was twice the size this time. She gave me the option of seeing if it happened again (uh, no thanks) or killing part of the nail bed. I went right for the kill. Get rid of this problem because it is getting in the way of my workouts (no kick boxing tonight, too numb still and my toe is so wrapped up it looks like a light bulb) and it is painful.

So while she is "fixing" my toe I pulled out my sticky note of problems I needed to address.
Such as: my awesome new disease - ringworm, my new 21 day cycle with extreme pain for which I requested pain meds, this new weird spot on my left arm, this big callus on my right big toe, checking my thyroid (which is slowly dying) because it has been a year and I am supposed to check it every 6 months (oops), etc.

She addressed all my issues, fixed my toe, gave me a prescription, asked about my weight loss and goals and discussed a time table for when I want to have a baby. I was out in an hour and that included the time I had to wait for her to finish up other patients. Not bad.

I feel slightly bad doing that to her as her last patient of the day and I know she is running late for getting home to her family (she has 2 YOUNG kids) but I really want to get my $20 co-pay's worth out of my visit. Does anyone else do this? Just curious.

Hope you are having a healthy day.....I am off to watch Biggest Loser.

Look Out Shakira!

Today was interesting. It was an "open house" at the gym. That means they screwed up my schedule which pisses me off (I am like a 5 year old like that). Normally I workout for an hour on my own (weights and cardio machines) and then do an hour of turbo kickboxing (Saturdays are my only double workout days, they are also cheat meal days, so it all evens out). However, for open houses they do 30 minute classes back-to-back of a whole lot of stuff (read crap I don't like). I was definitely going to do my 30 minutes of turbo, so I decided I would take another 30 minute class that backed up to it. What did I take? Belly dancing. Oh yes, they are going to add it to the class schedule next month. It was actually kind of fun.

I did learn something. Big weight loss does not equal sexy. I have seen larger people who are sexy, I was not one of them. I try to make my hips move like they do but I look like a tard. I must say I am proud of myself because there were probably 25 to 30 people in there and I just gave it my all (I wanted some calories burned). If I had video, I would share, it was that entertaining. One older lady fell and the whole class stopped - except for me. I kept trying to swivel my hips. I think I looked like I was having a muscle spasm. I did step outside of my box, even if it was for only 30 minutes. By the way, that lady was fine, I just didn't want to embarrass her by drawing more attention to her.

Turbo today - we burned over 400 calories in 34 minutes. Man that class is awesome. Zumba is good and dance like but it seems to be more toning. You move your hips there but it is more abs. Belly dancing is in another class. An exotic one. I am not exotic. I am sarcastic.

Oh and the people sitting in there trying to sell us crap. For real dude, I do not want your powdered meal substitute that probably tastes like my dog's ass but enjoy watching me sweat. And there were trays of subs from a sub shop in the same plaza that smelled so good but I know they were not low calorie. That is like selling girl scout cookies outside of a weight watchers meeting except these were free. I did not partake, I just enjoyed the free smells.

So open house days are crowded (someone ran into me in each class, we were that close together), filled with people selling crap and they try to sabotage your calorie count. It was still fun but I am glad it only happens once a quarter.

Oh yeah, I am diseased. I have my first ever case of ringworm. Please don't think I am dirty (like someone from peopleofwalmart.com), I am far from it. I am pretty sure I got it at school somehow. It does not itch or bother me, however it is located on the inside of my elbow which is not a great place to put a bandage, especially when it rips out your arm hair. The medicine says to apply for 4 weeks. I am supposed to keep it covered. I no longer own any long sleeved shirts (except my nice new sweaters and I do not want to chance getting any fungus on them). Tomorrow I will be shopping again.

Hope your weekend is well. Maybe you should shake it Shakira style.