I'm pretty much only posting today out of habit. That & I have to tell *somebody* that I've found my perfect exercise routine. Is it possible? Randa, that hates runnin, aerobics, treadmills, elypticals, and going to the gym?? Why yes, yes it is.
Daddy has around 20 acres - that's where all my horses live at the moment. On that 20 acres, he built an arena for Sister & I to practice running barrels, back when we lived at home & barrel raced every weekend. We still use it for riding, but now I use it as a walking track too. Now that may not sound like much of a routine, but I've been going (off & on, very off & on) to the track in town to walk. It has hills & bridges & all that kind of thing. But it also has the dreaded exercise nuts; the ones that don't really look like they need to be there, & kind of smirk when you walk by in your baggy sweatpants & t shirt because you have a spare tire?? Okay, maybe it's just me that feels their beady little critical eyes! Maybe they're really nice people.... But they make me uncomfortable. Maybe it's because I haven't always been 60lbs overweight & I'm very self conscious about it. I wasn't exactly a fountain of self confidence before I had my daughter & expanded 4 pants sizes... But I hate going out in public in that kind of situation.
Anyway. If I walk ten laps as fast as I can while pushing a stroller with a 26lb Untatter inside, it's all the workout I can take right now. It's just over a mile in torn up dirt that's kind of sandy. So it's a little like walking on the beach, only not so deep. But you can't tell that to my stroller..... phew! I just got back & my legs are like jello.
It's perfect for me because I can be outside, I feel comfortable because I"m at home & there's not a single soul around. That's another perk of being a stay at home mom - there's nobody home around during the day :) & I get to watch all the horses running from the stroller like it's a fire breathing siren screaming dinosaur... It's kind of funny. But by the end of the walk they're used to it so they just mill around waiting for food. I love my horses... Maybe tomorrow I'll take the camera & show you a picture. Guess my "nothing to tell" post turned into something didn't it?? ;)
Enjoy your day!
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
It's Saturday Night People!!
And guess where I am?? On my couch watching a western DVD & checking up on the things online I haven't been paging attention to.... SSSSoooo exciting! *not* :)
Weighed yesterday - I've lost TWELVE (that would be 12, yes 12) pounds!!!! I'm so super excited! That just leaves 48lbs & a bazillion clothes to go!! Feel free to be shocked that I need to lose 48lbs still. I gained 60 when I was pregnant with my daughter & it's hard to get motivated when you hit that "no more losing" stage. To be at at healthy weight, I need to weigh around 110 - 130 lbs.... You can do the math there. I'll be happy if I can get back down to 137. That's where I was when I got married. I'm 4ft10inches tall so you can imagine how I look weighing almost 200. *sigh* Like the Pillsbury Doughboy with hair!!! hehe Might as well learn to enjoy the fluff before it's gone, right?? =)
No tatting still... Boo. I swear I'm going to tat either tonight or in the morning. I hate it when I go this long. I've decided (I think) that I'm going to leave the hankie I'm doing with the one row of edging I already have on there. It's very simple - just chains - & the more I look at it the more I like it. Plus to be honest I'm kind of bored with it. Unless I come up with something I like better before I need to use it, it'll be just chains with one flower sewn to one side. A tatted one of course. Probably in the same thread.
Still working on MPD (mom's pink doily).... I'm halfway through the 3rd round & can't seem to get time to finish it. I kind of dread the next round, as it's around a million of the same motif. Okay maybe not a million, but it's one motif over & over again around the whole thing. I have a hard time with doing that, kind of like my problem with a bazillion clover leaves in the last mat I did.
I also bought some cabone rings at WalMart the other night. Am dying to try them, but I have 2 projects in my at home bag & an edging in my purse. I need to leave off on the UFO's... I know I do! So it's next. Or something... What was I going to do when I finished this?? I'll have to go back & look at what I typed up....
Fox is sending me some new colors of Cebelia & I'm super excited to get it here... If only had some kind of transport machine so I didn't have to wait for the mail to get here from Canada! I was supposed to send her some too, & I had three of the plastic bobbins wound full of the Flora she wanted, but somehow I managed to get all the way to the post office & get them in without realizing I'd only loaded ONE bobbin into the envelope! :-< So it's another trip to town for me on Monday. Mail won't run Sunday anyway...
Once again I'm touched by the kindness of Tatters. It seems like every time I mention something, someone runs to the rescue to offer it up if they have it. Sometimes if they don't they go to the store & get it for me. Wouldn't the world be wonderful if everyone behaved the way the tight - knit but so far spread out community of tatters does??
Enjoy your day
Weighed yesterday - I've lost TWELVE (that would be 12, yes 12) pounds!!!! I'm so super excited! That just leaves 48lbs & a bazillion clothes to go!! Feel free to be shocked that I need to lose 48lbs still. I gained 60 when I was pregnant with my daughter & it's hard to get motivated when you hit that "no more losing" stage. To be at at healthy weight, I need to weigh around 110 - 130 lbs.... You can do the math there. I'll be happy if I can get back down to 137. That's where I was when I got married. I'm 4ft10inches tall so you can imagine how I look weighing almost 200. *sigh* Like the Pillsbury Doughboy with hair!!! hehe Might as well learn to enjoy the fluff before it's gone, right?? =)
No tatting still... Boo. I swear I'm going to tat either tonight or in the morning. I hate it when I go this long. I've decided (I think) that I'm going to leave the hankie I'm doing with the one row of edging I already have on there. It's very simple - just chains - & the more I look at it the more I like it. Plus to be honest I'm kind of bored with it. Unless I come up with something I like better before I need to use it, it'll be just chains with one flower sewn to one side. A tatted one of course. Probably in the same thread.
Still working on MPD (mom's pink doily).... I'm halfway through the 3rd round & can't seem to get time to finish it. I kind of dread the next round, as it's around a million of the same motif. Okay maybe not a million, but it's one motif over & over again around the whole thing. I have a hard time with doing that, kind of like my problem with a bazillion clover leaves in the last mat I did.
I also bought some cabone rings at WalMart the other night. Am dying to try them, but I have 2 projects in my at home bag & an edging in my purse. I need to leave off on the UFO's... I know I do! So it's next. Or something... What was I going to do when I finished this?? I'll have to go back & look at what I typed up....
Fox is sending me some new colors of Cebelia & I'm super excited to get it here... If only had some kind of transport machine so I didn't have to wait for the mail to get here from Canada! I was supposed to send her some too, & I had three of the plastic bobbins wound full of the Flora she wanted, but somehow I managed to get all the way to the post office & get them in without realizing I'd only loaded ONE bobbin into the envelope! :-< So it's another trip to town for me on Monday. Mail won't run Sunday anyway...
Once again I'm touched by the kindness of Tatters. It seems like every time I mention something, someone runs to the rescue to offer it up if they have it. Sometimes if they don't they go to the store & get it for me. Wouldn't the world be wonderful if everyone behaved the way the tight - knit but so far spread out community of tatters does??
Enjoy your day
Monday, May 2, 2011
2nd May, a Monday
Nothing much to report today... Still no tatting to show - sorry for that. I'll try to take a few pictures today while Untatters is sleeping, so I can show you tomorrow. All I have is the re-started second row of the doily I'm working, the half-done first round of the hankie I'm working on, & the blocked result of the Amusement Doily I finished last.
I promise I'm going to try celtic knots again - I just got burnt out for a while. I'll probably wait until I have my two current projects finished. By then I'll have a flower to make for that little press L gave me to fill, so that'll be 2 small projects. I've also been staring at the pearl tatting section of one of my books, & am thinking I might try an edging or something... Maybe a bracelet, or something with beads. I'm not sure....my brain tends to be work kind of slow when I have something in the works - I guess it's a subconcious way of relaxing while I'm busy!
I've lost 6 lbs!! I forgot to post that Saturday. I'm excited about it.... Leaves alot to go, but it's a start. Think positive, right? 6 down, 54 to go.
I need to go now, as I've got almost a week of housework left to do. I started in the bedroom this morning, changing sheets & all. But the bathroom, oh the bathroom. I've had a few friends without power this week coming to borrow my warm shower & electricity. I don't mind I swear. It's just the mess I'm left with that I mind. I'm glad to be able to help at all, but I wish I had a maid! My bathroom is trashed. Hair, razors, washcloths, towels, toothpaste everywhere.... I found a q-tip in my drain when I pulled out the plug! I've always wondered why people are so willing to leave a mess when they're somewhere other than home.... But at this point I have it done, & I'm glad I have a bathtub to scrub today.
Enjoy your day =)
I promise I'm going to try celtic knots again - I just got burnt out for a while. I'll probably wait until I have my two current projects finished. By then I'll have a flower to make for that little press L gave me to fill, so that'll be 2 small projects. I've also been staring at the pearl tatting section of one of my books, & am thinking I might try an edging or something... Maybe a bracelet, or something with beads. I'm not sure....my brain tends to be work kind of slow when I have something in the works - I guess it's a subconcious way of relaxing while I'm busy!
I've lost 6 lbs!! I forgot to post that Saturday. I'm excited about it.... Leaves alot to go, but it's a start. Think positive, right? 6 down, 54 to go.
I need to go now, as I've got almost a week of housework left to do. I started in the bedroom this morning, changing sheets & all. But the bathroom, oh the bathroom. I've had a few friends without power this week coming to borrow my warm shower & electricity. I don't mind I swear. It's just the mess I'm left with that I mind. I'm glad to be able to help at all, but I wish I had a maid! My bathroom is trashed. Hair, razors, washcloths, towels, toothpaste everywhere.... I found a q-tip in my drain when I pulled out the plug! I've always wondered why people are so willing to leave a mess when they're somewhere other than home.... But at this point I have it done, & I'm glad I have a bathtub to scrub today.
Enjoy your day =)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)