October was not a month of great strides with working out. There were a couple out-of-town trips and some type of illness that has lingered since mid-October. As a result, my trips to the gym were squeezed in whenever I could manage and although I've tried to stick to getting in a workout here and there, I didn't see a personal trainer all month. So...finally got back in the gym today with a training appointment. I think I can safely say I don't work myself out nearly as hard as I should. Today kicked my butt. Me being sick has definitely made breathing a bit interesting the last couple weeks, so I'm sure that didn't help today...but still, whew! Hopefully the rest of this week will be productive.
So, Jerry Jones has fired Wade Phillips. Not sure how I feel about that. Yes, the Cowboys are bad. Yes, changes need to be made. Getting rid of a head coach isn't going to be some magical fix...especially not with Jason Garrett being promoted to head coach. I mean, that's like the blind leading the blind, right? I just hope that somehow Dave Campo doesn't end up playing a more prominent role on defense. He's a moron, was a moron as a head coach and is in charge of a secondary that is a big joke. Please, please, please don't let him have input on the rest of the defense. Regardless of changes, the season was over a couple weeks ago...but I will hope that some progress can be made.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
New Beginning Take 2
Well, when I created this blog, the intent was to keep those close to us up to date with what's going on in our lives. Fail! I apparently picked a bad time to take on this task. In looking at the date of the first (and only) post, I'm sure I got caught in a whirlwind of work and forgot all about this little blog.
Although I could just edit the post below, I think I'll just give a quick update instead. Basically, Steve was hired by Ericsson as the whole Nortel thing blew apart. He's done a few marathons, a 50 mile run, a 50K run and is currently training for the Ironman. Crazy? Yes. Brittany and Josh are in their second year of college. They're both doing basics right now. Brittany's current plan is to go into nursing, Josh's is to head into law enforcement. Kaitlyn is 11 now and in her first year of middle school. Instead of taking two years' worth of work in choir and bringing that to middle school for her required fine art, she decided to do band. So, I have a 75lb, 4'11" girl playing the tuba. She's getting pretty good though. Hunter's 10 now and in 5th grade, the last year of elementary. :( He's still in cub scouts (this is his last year). He goes through phases of wanting to do different sports...his current desire is to play baseball. We'll see how that goes.
As for me...still doing the same job. Love it most days...other days I wonder why people have to be so rude and angry. The biggest thing going on in my life right now is trying to stay focused on a goal of being healthier and getting to a weight I like (or more importantly, getting to a point with where I'm happy with how I look). A friend and I took a trip in early August and decided that upon our return, we would focus on making some life changes.
So...part of the reason I thought about this blog again is to try and get myself to be more accountable to myself to reach some goals. So, I will likely be boring with food and exercise stuff...so fair warning, this will likely be boring...but feel free to follow along.
It's now been three months since we walked in to the gym, got weighed, had our body fat percentage calculated, measurements taken and getting our a$$es kicked during a fitness assessment. I would die of a horrible death by embarrassment by posting any numbers, but I will say that in these three months, I've dropped 10 pounds, I've lost 15 total inches and reduced my body fat percentage by 4.5%. I'm still nowhere near my goals, but I'm getting there. I've spent the last month working out infrequently and sporadically, so I'm hoping by actually posting about my progress I'll remind myself to set aside excuses to not hit the gym. I tend to get overwhelmed by work at this time of year, so I often become a bad family member and friend and push my own needs aside. I hope this blog will give me the motivation I need to remember to prioritize.
Although I could just edit the post below, I think I'll just give a quick update instead. Basically, Steve was hired by Ericsson as the whole Nortel thing blew apart. He's done a few marathons, a 50 mile run, a 50K run and is currently training for the Ironman. Crazy? Yes. Brittany and Josh are in their second year of college. They're both doing basics right now. Brittany's current plan is to go into nursing, Josh's is to head into law enforcement. Kaitlyn is 11 now and in her first year of middle school. Instead of taking two years' worth of work in choir and bringing that to middle school for her required fine art, she decided to do band. So, I have a 75lb, 4'11" girl playing the tuba. She's getting pretty good though. Hunter's 10 now and in 5th grade, the last year of elementary. :( He's still in cub scouts (this is his last year). He goes through phases of wanting to do different sports...his current desire is to play baseball. We'll see how that goes.
As for me...still doing the same job. Love it most days...other days I wonder why people have to be so rude and angry. The biggest thing going on in my life right now is trying to stay focused on a goal of being healthier and getting to a weight I like (or more importantly, getting to a point with where I'm happy with how I look). A friend and I took a trip in early August and decided that upon our return, we would focus on making some life changes.
So...part of the reason I thought about this blog again is to try and get myself to be more accountable to myself to reach some goals. So, I will likely be boring with food and exercise stuff...so fair warning, this will likely be boring...but feel free to follow along.
It's now been three months since we walked in to the gym, got weighed, had our body fat percentage calculated, measurements taken and getting our a$$es kicked during a fitness assessment. I would die of a horrible death by embarrassment by posting any numbers, but I will say that in these three months, I've dropped 10 pounds, I've lost 15 total inches and reduced my body fat percentage by 4.5%. I'm still nowhere near my goals, but I'm getting there. I've spent the last month working out infrequently and sporadically, so I'm hoping by actually posting about my progress I'll remind myself to set aside excuses to not hit the gym. I tend to get overwhelmed by work at this time of year, so I often become a bad family member and friend and push my own needs aside. I hope this blog will give me the motivation I need to remember to prioritize.
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