So I'm back again. Valentine's I indulged a little with Ben and Jerry's and chocolate. I need to figure out a way to stop myself from eating late at night when I'm tired. It's one of my biggest problems, I think, other than poor food choices. Like tonight's cheddar & summer sausage and crackers. Not hungry. Tired. Should've just gone to bed, but I wanted to stay up a little with BOB.
No exercise at all since I last posted a week ago. I'm on my feet all day at work and do a fair bit of walking. Not nearly enough, mind you, but some. BOB's pedometer is calibrated for him, so I think I'm gonna have to buy one of my own and wear it at work. I really need to get off my keister and as the Nike ads say, "Just do it." Only a few years ago I ran three days a week and walked or did aerobics 5-6 days a week, plus work and family. Where has that person gone?? I want her back.
I often make excuses. My personal responsibility has died off at in an alarming way. How to get on track and stay there? I guess a plus would be the salad I ate at dinner. I still dislike veggies and I always have, but I'm sick of the spare tire so...I'm faking it 'till I make it with the veggies. I also took the stairs instead of the elevator at church tonight. Small steps in the right direction still count, right? Confucius said a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Or something similar.
Muffintop
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Work, Work, Work again........
I thought I would put Friday, Saturday, and Sunday together because I have a pretty regular routine. I haven't figured out a way to squeeze a whole lot of fitness into the am hours; I know in advance I will be on my feet walking on concrete for the better part of the 13 hours.....
I get up at 0430, shower, hop in the car, and battle for 45-60 min the stress-laden journey known as I-95/I-395. Anyway, I always try to take a watered down quart of 1/2 tea/1/2 lemonade, some fruit, or maybe a health bar.
I usually have 1-2 packages of low sugar instant oatmeal before I get cranked up. I usually try and eat some fruit or a half of a turkey/wheat sandwich around 1100. I am not kidding when I say I don't even sit down to eat nowadays. I do try and drink a few cups of water if given the chance.
Lunch is almost always a spinach salad, I'll put carrots, mushrooms, olives, and maybe some pieces of chicken breast if available. I dig the colors.....no dressing except a little EVO. Note, I work in a hospital, a good hospital but..... the only healthy thing to eat there is salad and fruit.
Kinda sad, huh?
Dinner is at home, but I sneak some fruit or turkey around 6 before the last crazy 1-2 hours.
Home has a planned menu, but always some veggies first so I don't pig out on the main dish.
This weekend was almost all veggies, but we had salmon and kashi rice on Sunday. Delicious.
I don't dessert, but if I have a craving, I'll eat a bowl of cereal like kashi crunch, or frosted mini-wheats (maple/brown sugar). I drink a lot of tea, but now I use an old chemistry trick. I make 2 gallons of tea, both with 1 measured cup of sugar. I leave 1 in the back of the frig, and by the next day it is sweeter because it saturated more. A treat without the calories.
Just like groundhog day, this is repeated most of the work days. As for exercise, I have a pedometer to measure my day. Friday was rough, 8.1 miles. Saturday was easier, 5.3 miles. Sunday was a break, only 3.8 miles. I work on a concrete floor, so I have sore knees and legs when I get home. Stretch, shower, and stretch some more.....or I pay for it.
I realize you aren't suppose to count the work mileage, but the people who tell you never worked in a plant making tires or my 48 bed Cardiac Unit. It is always a long weekend.........
I get up at 0430, shower, hop in the car, and battle for 45-60 min the stress-laden journey known as I-95/I-395. Anyway, I always try to take a watered down quart of 1/2 tea/1/2 lemonade, some fruit, or maybe a health bar.
I usually have 1-2 packages of low sugar instant oatmeal before I get cranked up. I usually try and eat some fruit or a half of a turkey/wheat sandwich around 1100. I am not kidding when I say I don't even sit down to eat nowadays. I do try and drink a few cups of water if given the chance.
Lunch is almost always a spinach salad, I'll put carrots, mushrooms, olives, and maybe some pieces of chicken breast if available. I dig the colors.....no dressing except a little EVO. Note, I work in a hospital, a good hospital but..... the only healthy thing to eat there is salad and fruit.
Kinda sad, huh?
Dinner is at home, but I sneak some fruit or turkey around 6 before the last crazy 1-2 hours.
Home has a planned menu, but always some veggies first so I don't pig out on the main dish.
This weekend was almost all veggies, but we had salmon and kashi rice on Sunday. Delicious.
I don't dessert, but if I have a craving, I'll eat a bowl of cereal like kashi crunch, or frosted mini-wheats (maple/brown sugar). I drink a lot of tea, but now I use an old chemistry trick. I make 2 gallons of tea, both with 1 measured cup of sugar. I leave 1 in the back of the frig, and by the next day it is sweeter because it saturated more. A treat without the calories.
Just like groundhog day, this is repeated most of the work days. As for exercise, I have a pedometer to measure my day. Friday was rough, 8.1 miles. Saturday was easier, 5.3 miles. Sunday was a break, only 3.8 miles. I work on a concrete floor, so I have sore knees and legs when I get home. Stretch, shower, and stretch some more.....or I pay for it.
I realize you aren't suppose to count the work mileage, but the people who tell you never worked in a plant making tires or my 48 bed Cardiac Unit. It is always a long weekend.........
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Hi There
Muffintop here. AKA Bookwormom. BOB has asked me to participate in his fitness and lifestyle blog, which is also a class at our local community college. As he mentions in his bio, we have 3 kids. I work 3/4 time, in other words almost full time, but not quite. I'm taking a computer class and I have my own blog- plus caring for the house and the kids. Not much time left over for personal time. Thus the idea that we might be able to carve out dual purpose time- fitness and face time with each other in one fell swoop. If we can swing it.
As for my own fitness history- I started exercising regularly when our daughter was an infant (now 16). Three years ago I gave myself a terrible case of shin splints the treatment for which was no exercise at all for three months. Once the habit was broken I never resumed. Already overweight, I've since gained thirty more pounds. I've lost the same 10-15 pounds repeatedly over the last three years, but have never been able to maintain the loss.
Admittedly I'm lazy. I love to eat, especially if it's fattening and has lots of sugar. I hate veggies. All of which combine to make me "juicy curvy and delicious" as BOB tells me. My doctor tells me my numbers: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc. are healthy (other than my weight). I'm appreciative that BOB isn't bothered by my weight, but I'd prefer to be less juicy curvy and delicious, TBH.
So my first goal is to eat fewer processed foods and more whole, unprocessed fruits and veggies. We just bought a couple of fitness DVDs and we already have DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) for the XBox. In addition BOB and I hope to exercise together on days when our schedule permits- which is more often thatn one would think when looking at our schedules. LOL We used to run together three nights a week years ago. I hope to build up to that level again.
As for my own fitness history- I started exercising regularly when our daughter was an infant (now 16). Three years ago I gave myself a terrible case of shin splints the treatment for which was no exercise at all for three months. Once the habit was broken I never resumed. Already overweight, I've since gained thirty more pounds. I've lost the same 10-15 pounds repeatedly over the last three years, but have never been able to maintain the loss.
Admittedly I'm lazy. I love to eat, especially if it's fattening and has lots of sugar. I hate veggies. All of which combine to make me "juicy curvy and delicious" as BOB tells me. My doctor tells me my numbers: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc. are healthy (other than my weight). I'm appreciative that BOB isn't bothered by my weight, but I'd prefer to be less juicy curvy and delicious, TBH.
So my first goal is to eat fewer processed foods and more whole, unprocessed fruits and veggies. We just bought a couple of fitness DVDs and we already have DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) for the XBox. In addition BOB and I hope to exercise together on days when our schedule permits- which is more often thatn one would think when looking at our schedules. LOL We used to run together three nights a week years ago. I hope to build up to that level again.
All work and No play makes BOB....well BOB
A Happy Valentine's Day to all.......Not exactly the day to go live with the blog but I have been writing everything in the journal old school. Now I am taking a lifetime fitness and health class at the local community college, and I think someone like the Fred Flintstone I am should get with the program.
Like I said just a second ago, I have started a blog to help me get into a better place. I have a rollar-coaster history with fitness. Short story, I was an athlete in high school and college, even a little in the military when I wasn't being deployed. But then, you're young, good metabolism, and time to live in the gym, or track.
Now, no longer military, no metabolism, and trying to deal with longer work shifts, and old man time isn't helping. I just finished a 18 hour on the floor, 23 hours in total kind of day due to the ice storm and blunder of VDOT ( Va Dept of Trans). Like my previous job of catching babies as a OB/GYN nurse, being a cardiac nurse you can't leave the unit if someone doesn't show up for work.
Anyway, to at least put a positive spin on the day, I just recently purchased a pedometer so gauge my workday. On my previous job, a 8000 step day was a 12 hour babyfest. I'll address being the only male OB/GYN nurse in Virginia another time. From Tuesday to Wednesday, I actually put 16243 out there, and this Thursday has become a day of rest, and stretching. Now based on my stride of 30inches, I walked 40607.5 feet, and approx 8.1 miles. I also state this is on concrete which is the worst surface for legs and knees. Tired, yes. Legs and feet sore, absolute. Today will be rest, and stretch. I would love a massage, but I like deep-tissue and it costs more than my budget has at the moment. I will settle for a Epsom Salts bath. Great invention from Mother Earth, used for just several thousand years. Simple. Costs about 2.00us.
Try one before bed. You'll thank me.
Like I said just a second ago, I have started a blog to help me get into a better place. I have a rollar-coaster history with fitness. Short story, I was an athlete in high school and college, even a little in the military when I wasn't being deployed. But then, you're young, good metabolism, and time to live in the gym, or track.
Now, no longer military, no metabolism, and trying to deal with longer work shifts, and old man time isn't helping. I just finished a 18 hour on the floor, 23 hours in total kind of day due to the ice storm and blunder of VDOT ( Va Dept of Trans). Like my previous job of catching babies as a OB/GYN nurse, being a cardiac nurse you can't leave the unit if someone doesn't show up for work.
Anyway, to at least put a positive spin on the day, I just recently purchased a pedometer so gauge my workday. On my previous job, a 8000 step day was a 12 hour babyfest. I'll address being the only male OB/GYN nurse in Virginia another time. From Tuesday to Wednesday, I actually put 16243 out there, and this Thursday has become a day of rest, and stretching. Now based on my stride of 30inches, I walked 40607.5 feet, and approx 8.1 miles. I also state this is on concrete which is the worst surface for legs and knees. Tired, yes. Legs and feet sore, absolute. Today will be rest, and stretch. I would love a massage, but I like deep-tissue and it costs more than my budget has at the moment. I will settle for a Epsom Salts bath. Great invention from Mother Earth, used for just several thousand years. Simple. Costs about 2.00us.
Try one before bed. You'll thank me.
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