I make all the faces.

Flashback Friday!

1987- 5th birthday

SOS:

5/22: 133.8 lbs, 26” waist

5/23: 133.8 lbs, 26” waist

5/24: 134.8 lbs, 26” waist

5/25: 135.0 lbs, 26” waist

It’s been a less than stellar eating week.  I did end up not eating again after my “lunch” yesterday because I didn’t get hungry.

I won’t weigh again until Monday because we’ll be at Jeremy’s parents’.  I will bring my tape measure.

Yesterday I got 1 point for LDLC, so I’m up to 6/11. I’ve got to do some kind of exercise every day now and not eat too much and I’ll be on track.  I won’t be alone to do any secret eating.

Oh, just flying over the fire…

Gun show Thursday will have to wait. It can be tomorrow… or next week… It’s time for bed.

Leg workout + 40 min. of scraping = done

Tomorrow is the last day of school for students! 

Today’s outfit- I really wish I could get the wrinkles out of this skirt!

So what d y’all think? Does this work together? (It’s a compilation from 2 different thrift store excursions. I got the shirt in Atlanta (technically Decatur) this weekend.)

Oh, our internet went out at school, and there wasn’t anything to do because my kids watched a movie and then spent nearly 2 hours in art before they went home.

I doubt I’ll be able to get all caught up today. Maybe things will work out tomorrow.

I think I’m going to take 2 days off from running because there are several little things that have been hurting me, and I don’t want them to turn into big things.  I’ll plan to run on Friday before going to Jeremy’s parents’ house for the weekend.

I have a couple questions about running hydration, but I think I’ll save those for tomorrow.

Post run hydration nudge

Not the best run, but it’s my fault for having froyo and a yoyo cookie before running. Beware the yos, yo.

Today was a mental struggle. I couldn’t decide if I was going to push hard or go easy. Also, pretty much every joint in my right leg decided to mess with me at some point.

I also still struggle sometimes with disconnecting runs from the calories they burn.  When my hip was whining, I told myself I had to keep going to at least 40 min. because then I should’ve burned 400 calories (the amount in the yoyo cookie). 

I probably won’t eat again tonight because I doubt I’ll be hungry. All the sweets were consumed before 5 and now it’s almost 9 (and time for bed).

1 point for LDLC for the day, running total is up to 3/11.

Photo because I want to make my SoS post but not in a post by itself. 

Also, to show you my new free shirt. a lady gave my mom a bag of clothes to  use for dress up for the foster kids, but my mom kept out a couple things she thought I’d like. There was also a navy velvet Ann Taylor blazer. sweeeet.

So, Summer of Scales day 1: weight 133.8 lbs, waist 26”.

As I’ve said before, I don’t really have a scale goal now. I want to maintain under 26”. I’m tracking both  to show that the scale doesn’t completely, accurately indicate change in fat.

I’ll wait to get the graph started until I’m a few days into it.

Check out my bitty ponytail. It may be too dark to see, though.

Tonight’s WOD:

Jumping with the slow rope 25 jumps each leading right foot, leading left, and with both feet. 

12 push ups

12 v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

17 push ups & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

14 push ups & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

13 push & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

17 push & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

18:45

Apparently the Warrior Dash made my arms & shoulders more tired than I realize because I accidentally did level 2 instead of level 3 of Week 3, day 2 for 100 push ups and could barely complete the reps. 

Also, jumping with a cloth rope is a lot harder when you’re used to a speed rope, but the speed rope is a bit wild for our living room.

I was supposed to run today, but I was sad and didn’t feel like running in the rain today even though I usually love it. There was another reason, too, but you probably don’t want to know…

On an unrelated note, I’ve decided to participate in S.O.S., but I will couple it with measuring my waist, too. My main reason for this is to track fluctuations and also to possible help others struggling with maintenance (because this is still a struggle).  I’m going to graph both numbers. I’ll start tomorrow because I don’t remember the exact numbers from this morning.

Oh, and 2 points today for LDLC! I was wanting secret fast food so badly today and resisted!

GPOY wearing your Warrior helmet, shirt & medal to school

I was going to take a pic with my camera, but the kids had to stay in because of the rain, and even though they’re playing in the area outside my classroom, they still noticed I put my hat on. They were all peeking in and I didn’t really want them to see me taking a picture of myself.

Re: seeing the others from Tumblr: I suppose maybe I should’ve said hi. I think part of what held me back wasn’t just that they didn’t follow me, but that they did follow me on my old blog but not on this one even though I’ve followed them, so then I’d seem like a weird creeper and like I should’ve realized that if they don’t wan’t to follow me on Tumblr then why one earth would they want to meet me in real life?

Warrior Strategy: Roll under the barbed wire.

So much faster & easier than crawling.

My time:

• 3rd woman to finish my wave
• 20/807  in my age group for the day
• 54th woman over all (I don’t know the  total, but a couple thousand)
• 506/6186 total

Recap when the race pics are up to see if I have some from the middle obstacles.

Look what i just discovered that my mom bought!

She found them on a clearance rack and used one at field day and didn’t like it.

Soooo excited to get to use these for summer runs.

I’m just gonna leave this right here…

Woah! I got a ton of new followers overnight! Where did y’all come from? Is it because this picture is blowing up with the reblogs again? If you want to know more about me, this is the place. (It’s rather long and disorganized.) If you wonder why I don’t automatically follow you back, this is why. If you feel you fit the criteria, please let me know, here or in my ask I love making new friends. If you know you don’t fit, introduce yourself anyway! I can still be your friend!

(Do I need a new waving gif since my hair is gone?)

In other news…

• Today I’m skipping school using one of my 3 remaining sick days that don’t roll over. I’m dropping off my schools Soles4Souls collection then driving to Georgia to my parents’ house with a stop at a thrift store or two on the way.
• I won’t be on much today or this weekend because of this.
• Don’t forget about the CD swap! I’ve gotten a few addresses already. Remember that you have until next Wednesday.
• Tomorrow is the Warrior Dash! I’m going to go with regular socks because some of y’all made a good point about knee socks getting wet and heavy.  Jeremy and my coworkers, knowing how accident prone I am, are all convinced I’m going to get hurt, so my goal is just not to get hurt. 
• Today I weighed in because I wanted to take all my measurements (for the first time since Mar. 26) and I weighed 130.6. I don’t even know how that happened. I was 3 pounds heavier 2 days ago. I thought I was eating enough. I never have bog drops like that except right after a day or two of excessive eating. I haven’t been that low in over a year. It also means I’ve lost 39 1/2 pounds since my high weight.
• On a related note, this morning I felt like my abs look better than they did those brief moments I was at my prior goal weight of 127. I may be slightly bigger now, but I’m definitely fitter.
• Now I need to do my push ups & abs, get dressed, and pack so I can get out of here.

Have an awesome weekend, everyone!

Woah! I actually match!

That was the best pic I could get because the sweat was in my eyes so badly I couldn’t keep them open. See:

Once again, my shirt made me fast:

I felt pretty sluggish and like I wasn’t going that fast. I’m pretty sure I could’ve gone another lap if my knee hadn’t started feeling weird.

It was also my fastest hot run. It was near 90.

Then I scraped when I got home, so my arms are toast, too. I should’ve included scraping in my arm workout post, haha. I think that’s why I’ve gotten pretty good definition in my shoulders.

I had another 2 point day for Lindsaydoeslife challenge, so I got my 7 for the week already! I’m still going to work and not slack off.

And just for fun, here’s what I looked like before I ran:

Gun Show Thursday- the difference between  ”normal” and flexed edition

Also this one:

woah shoulder!

(These are actually from yesterday.)

newweighoflife answered your question: Feeling pretty good hot today despite the secret…

You should talk more about your arm workouts. You have great arms!

I was doing this one for a while.

I started the Hundred Push ups program last week, but I can only do them on a table or desk because of my wrist.

I did Week 2, Day 2 Yesterday: 14/16/14/12/20 (plus maybe an extra 12 because I forgot whether I did 2 sets or 3 at school) for either 76 or 88 total.

I do have to give some of the credit to genetics. I’ve always had proportionally thinner arms, and I’m also a mesomorph, so I gain muscle pretty easily. Before starting the 100 push ups, I never worked out my arms more than twice and week, and it was usually just once. 

Run happy!

I wanted to work on long hill repeats, so this is what I mapped ahead of time:

I know it’s not much of a hill compared to what some of y’all run, but it’s one of the longest I have access to on a safe enough road.

Run it 4 times and you end up with this:

Today I learned that long hill repeats are harder than short ones and that This amount of elevation change is not bad interspersed throughout a run but tough when it’s all at once. I was mostly trying to keep a fairly consistent pace, so didn’t push it with the speed.

Also, there was a man out for a walk down the hill and back up once and saw me nearing the top of my first repeat. He asked me how I managed to run all the way up the hill, and I managed to huff out “practice” and a smile. (I was wearing my new “Run Happy” shirt, after all.)