So my first week of running was successful , minus the fact that I skipped a running day and I didn't make it to Pilates. Oops, I had put off Friday's running until Saturday ( I had a date and wanted to be lazy). But then on Saturday I ended up sleeping in, dinner with friends and then drinking with more friends.
Personally, the running schedule I'm using is the perfect fit. Although I feel a little odd on the treadmill versus running outside. Also, I wish that the neighborhood where I live could be a little more uniform with the sidewalks. Some places, they're there, some not. I would rather for there to be lots of sidewalk or none at all.
This week: Sunday: "Rest" and work 7 hours and then a business meeting
Monday: Work 8 hours and then running on the treadmill at the gym Warm Up 3 minutes Run 1 minute Walk 2 minutes Repeat 4 times Cool down 3 minutes
Tuesday: "Rest" and work 11 hours
Wednesday: Work 8 hours and then running on the treadmill (again) Warm Up 3 minutes Run 1 minute Walk 2 minutes Repeat 4 times Cool down 3 minutes
Thursday: "Rest" No work and I'll try to make the BodyFlow or Yoga class at night
Friday: Run outside and then work Warm Up 3 minutes Run 1 minute Walk 2 minutes Repeat 4 times Cool down 3 minutes
Saturday: "Rest" , oh and apparently I'm going to be working that day now so it depends on what time if I can make the Pilates class in the morning. There's also a local Earth Day celebration I might want to hit up.
Seriously, why is the page down if the celebration is this weekend? Fail Style Weekly.
To help with my #1 resolution of this year , I've have decided to become the unthinkable, a runner. Any of my friends know that this is a crazy task on my part.
This is what my mother thinks I run like:
But only about a quarter of it's speed.
This is what my roommate thinks I run like:
This is a bit more accurate.
I found a blog to help newbies train to become runners <Start Running for Beginners>. I plan to start this evening and strictly follow the schedule. I love schedules and plans. If I could I think I could plan out every minute of every day and be a very happy camper. The downside is that I get very irritated if those set plans are obstructed by someone.
Anyways, here's a look at my work and work-out schedule for Week One. I have incorporated this schedule with my own.
Sunday~ rest aka work 12 hours open to close, same thing right?
Monday~ work 8 hours and then gym for running schedule and then friend's band performance
Tuesday~ rest aka work 11 hours; 10am-5pm & 5:30pm-9:15pm
Wednesday~ run in the morning (I have to make myself) work 11am-4pm & 5:15pm-9:15pm and then drinks
Thursday~ rest and the first day off in 20 days, shopping, Netflix and Ipanema
Friday~ another day off and the running schedule
Saturday ~morning Pilates and the day off
Hopefully this will help me take another chunk off the 20 lbs I have left to lose. I might have to invest in some knee braces too. Now I just need to come up with a good running playlist
For a change of pace for a Friday night, my ladyfriend and her hubby came over last night with miracle berry tablets in tow. While she is a vegan and he is a vegetarian and I'm a 3 week old pescatarian, we decided to share cooking before tasting of the fruits. She made a "baked pasta" using penne and tofu "ricotta" and vegan cheese. I made a "Fruit and Fiber salad"- mainly a red cabbage salad with carrots, dates,cannellini beans, apple, pear and a honey, orange juice vinaigrette. After we devoured the food it was time for tasting. The tablet was odd. You have to "slowly roll the tablet on your tongue and be careful not to swallow it whole". It tasted like cardboard and some other flavor that was familiar that neither me nor my ladyfriend could identify. Once dissolved we pounced on the food.
Here's the sampling:
Lemons- Really, truly taste like lemonade
Lime- Awesome limeade
Granny Smith Apples- I had sprinkled lemon juice over top so they wouldn't brown after I cut them. They tasted like lemon candied apples- probably my favorite
Grapefruit- A great substitution for when I used to eat a half a grapefruit with sugar for breakfast. So sweet and yummy.
Strawberries- The others enjoyed the strawberries. I'm creeped out by the taste and texture of berries, that I took a bite and that was enough for me.
Vanilla Porter- Tasted like Vanilla and Chocolate milkshake- the best of the drinks
Pecan Porter- We all decided that it was way too sweet. "It was like someone who doesn't like beer poured a crap-ton of sugar into the glass"~ ladyfriend's hubby
Gin and lemon juice- So by this point our miracle berry had worn off and my ladyfriend had prepared the largest shot of gin ever. We could only get through half of the drink when it felt like acid was burning off a layer of skin. We each quickly grabbed some tonic and poured a half of bottle into each glass to lessen the burn
Oranges- N/A- I realized after that we finished I had forgotten to cut any oranges. I'll just save them for breakfast for another day.
Vegan "Cheesecake" aka Silken tofu mixed with lemon and lime juice- It curdled and ended up tasting like sweet tofu. It was terrible pre-berry and post-berry.
So the tasting was pretty awesome. I would definitely do it again. We all agreed that for the time it took to dissolve the tablet compared to the time that the berry lasted was very unequal. It would be easier to pop in a tablet in the morning and let it dissolve while trying to get ready. Then you can snack on your candied grapefruit or lemon and enjoy a great dose of vitamin C for the day. Be prepared with some soothing lip balm and some antacid, that much citrus screws up your belly and burns the lips, but the kitchen smells quite nice.
Fruit and Fiber salad
Miracle Berry Tablet Faces
Enjoying a lime
We killed the vegan baked pasta
Chowing down on a lime
All I could eat of the strawberry
Fruit carnage and Vitamin C and gin haze
And of course every good evening ends with a viewing of "The Room"
My old laptop recently died. It was a Lenovo ThinkPad and was running Windows XP and Ubuntu. His name was Bojangles, and I had him for about 5 years before he completely refused to turn on.
Bojangles has been replaced but certainly not forgotten. My mother purchased a new Dell Inspiron 15 for me. He has been named Wolf Blitzer by my roommate and already there is a "situation" with him. I'm sort of an audiophile and I have collected a vast amount of mp3's over the years, all legally rest assured. Unfortunately, I must be an idiot when it comes to transferring music files to iTunes from my external hard drive. I remember that it even took me a few tries, several drinks and moaning sessions to transfer my files to my hard drive in the first place and then to make iTunes actually run from it. So I downloaded iTunes and after a few hours of frustration, I decided to try a new, more Windows friendly software, Songbird. I think I made the situation worse. In the fury of the moment, I uninstalled both software and deleted all of my songs. Fantastic. Note to self, no more software trial and error when hormonal. So I have to make a decision about which music player I want to use and then start my library collection afresh. Oh well, it's an excuse to purchase more CD's.
Oh, and so far, so not liking Windows 7. I miss my Ubuntu. I love the layout. I got super familiar with it, and I don't want to change. I could download it again, but Minecraft works on my new laptop which was the whole reason for downloading Linux in the first place. Sadly Netflix doesn't work on Linux, or iTunes, but since I'm not using that at the moment it shouldn't be a factor. Ugh, decisions, decisions.
Every year I make a resolution list. I know several choose one resolution to try to stick to and inevitably fail- I make a list where the number of items correlates to the year. Given that it's 2012, I have 12 items. Like last year I let my roommate make the last selection, last year's was more cowbell, that didn't happen.
2012
1. Lose weight- yes like everyone else in the world, this year I've actually stuck to it. I've lost 17 lbs thus far and about halfway to my goal
2. Save money- ha, fat chance
3. Stop eating out alone- not to make myself stop looking like a sad loner, this relates to the next couple of entries so that I may save money that I spend on food prepared on me plus tip
4. Shop cheaper/smarter- I've entered the dreaded coupon user "club" although I can't bring myself to Groupon.....yet....
5. Cook more meals in advance- that would work if my roommate and I weren't fatties
6. Fix car- I got the oil changed at least
7. Work on loans- go ahead and take more money from me
8. Clean out wardrobe- aka throw away or repair clothing with holes and are too big.
9. ____- this has been removed
10. Be less messy- Oh, I wrote that down?
11. Finish projects that I start- One of my biggest flaws. I have two watches in my purse that I have been carrying around for a year with hopes to change the batteries. I also need to find a dumping ground for all of the recycling I've collected. One day, I will get it done.
12. *Roommate Choice* Learn Greensleeves on the Lute. He wants me to great him at the door with a serenade. Highly unlikely.
