Wednesday, April 22

Tumbalalaika

Wednesday, April 22
Training for: Freedom Springs Triathlon

maybe - just found out the pool near my house is finally reopening. I think I need more time to train since this is my first tri - looking for one in the early fall.


Cardio: 0 today (yesterday I did a quick 2 miles)
Weights: 3x(upper body 4x20, abs 4x20, lower body 4x20) alternating exercises for each of the 3 sets

Food: Breakfast - Oatmeal - 160
Lunch - San Miguel's (B-day lunch today courtesy of the coworkers)
Dinner - Steak with steamed veggies, soba noodles, and ginger sauce (find it here)

Self Confidence: 9

So - another thing to cross off my Resolutions list - #5 - I'm 30 - and I feel pretty good. Although, the reality that I'm a real adult is starting to sink in. And while society says you become an adult at 18, I don't think I really acted like a real adult until around...oh.....age 25 if I'm lucky.

A little over two weeks until graduation. That means less than two weeks to finish my remote sensing project, which, I am having issues with by the way. Thanks for asking. Due to my self denial of taking the class, more or less actually having to do assignments for it, I have backed myself into a corner, pretty much becoming the epitome of procrastination. I actually entertained the thoughts about what would happen if I just decided to blow off the whole project. That lasted a day or three, and well, here I am. Running some crap analysis that is taking forever hoping that I can get a decent enough result to fudge a report with. Lucky for me, I have somehow 'wowed' my teacher with my profound GIS abilities and have found favor in his eyes. I have unintentionally turned into "teacher's pet" with pretty much zero one-on-one face time. As bad as it sounds, I hope this works to my advantage when I turn in my project (if I turn it in......only kidding!).

Because of this project and other random stuff, I have been in a sporadic workout routine. (I just laughed at myself for using 'sporadic' and 'routine' in the same sentence) I've been averaging 2-3 days a week...max. Which, is ok I guess. I'll be running another 5K on Saturday. I don't anticipate a record performance by any means, but it would be nice to stay under that 30min mark.

On a side note - I've been playing a decent amount of piano lately. Well, keyboard if you want to get specific, since, I don't own a piano. I've self-graduated to "Level 2" and one of my favorite songs is the second in the book. You can watch a gal play it here - and, only those of you learning the song, or who know the song, would know where she screws up. I must say, her mistakes are better than mine, since, she is able to keep tempo and plow through them. I haven't gotten to that phase yet, when I screw up, I pretty much have to stop, and restart a measure or two before. But hey, I'm still learning. Either way, its one of the few songs in these cheesy beginner piano books I actually enjoy. If I were to give one critique for her (which, would satisfy my friend's resistance to middle school musical style) is that she pay attention to her dynamics! There are clearly two parts that require a dramatic crescendo, which we do not hear. I am working hard on incorporating those into my practice, and hope that this makes you proud Jenn!

Friday, April 17

Good News for Me

Friday, April 17
I mentioned that I was quietly excited to go off BCP because of the sheer fact that I might loose weight.  Well, here is some more good news about being off "hormone therapy!"
 

Wednesday, April 15

Uninspired

Wednesday, April 15
Its been weeks since I've posted.  I haven't been motivated.  I'm not even motivated to follow the 'format' I had set up originally.  It would be pointless as I have made zero progress on anything lately anyway.
 
But, I will tell you the following:
 
  • I haven't been to the gym since last Tuesday
  • I've eaten a slice of cheesecake and have had one brownie every day since Sunday
  • I'm exhausted from working 12 hour shifts and from working last Saturday (which I volunteered to do)
  • My brain hurts from thinking about a project that is due in 2 weeks
  • I turn 30 in 4 days
 
Despite all this, I was down to 144lbs on Sunday.  Going to go to the gym today to hopefully prevent me from gaining weight this week.
 
I apologize I have nothing exciting to add to this crappy post.  Hopefully I can get back into a routine soon enough.