Jogglers March 2013

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Jane- Great job on your workouts. The tricky thing about running is that a person can put on water weight sometimes from a longer run, I wonder if thats where the 4.5 pounds came from.

Tricia- Are you going to pre order the new series?

I went for a hike this morning before breakfast. Its so nice outside. We are expecting some rain next week, which is critical to keep from ending up in a drought. A drought for us is much more serious because we are on a well and once its dry, its dry.

I will do Yoga Relax tonight before bed. I will do a workout tomorrow morning. I'm leaning towards Low Max. I haven't done that one in forever and its super fun.
 
Here is tonight's workout:

2 Rounds
200m run
20 Jump Squats
200m run
20 Swings
200m Run
30 Sit ups
200m Run
30 Mountain Climbers

Alisha ~ It is possible that is where some of the weight came from but I ate a lot of junk. Ice cream, pizza, donuts, etc. I just glad it fell off so quickly.

Did you shower get fixed? Your hike this morning sounded wonderful. I hope you get some rain. We've had enough rain for a while. Tomorrow and Sunday it is suppose to be in the 50's with lows in the 30's. I hope it doesn't get below freezing because I'll have to cover my lemon tree. It has so many blossoms on it. When the petals fall off, the lemon forms from the stem of the blossom. It's cool to watch. The orange tree has buds on it so they should start blooming soon. Blueberry bushes have something growing on it..not sure how the fruit comes about. I guess the same way as the orange and lemon tree. We also have a pomergrante bush. We only got 1 blossom last year and no fruit. It's still really small though. The cool air won't stay around long though.

Hi Tricia!


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Alisha - Sucks to not have a shower still! Wonder what's going on with your digestion? Hope it straightens out for you soon! Have you tried any probiotics? Sending you healing!

Jane - As always, great workouts! That's crazy how fast our bodies respond to changes in diet! Seems like all 3 of us are having difficulties with weight loss! I keep sabotaging myself! I was doing pretty well and had dropped a few pounds, but now I'm stuck again due to my weekend junk food issues. I may have a remedy for that! I joined Rebecca Kane's 30-Day raw food program! She provides the menus and the shopping lists along with a copy of her recipe book and all we have to do is shop, prep and eat! They are all 30 minutes or less, designed for busy, working people! She's such a wonderful person and great raw food chef. She's the one I had a consult with last fall. Seems the best raw food people I know are all in the UK! One is in New Jersey. I would really love to train with one of them, but I can't afford the time off and travel! I find with things like this personal one-on-one attention is key! I'm hoping to see some serious changes with a full 30 days of 100% raw.

I've been doing well with my XTrain workouts this week. Finally got to Supercuts! Yikes! Tough, fast-paced, but fun! It moves so fast, that my HR stayed way up and I had to take longer breaks to get it back down enough to breathe! I loved it! Weather has seriously been hindering my running attempts. It should all be clear again for a while, clear as in not snowing in feet or raining cats and dogs! Going to step it back up next week.

March 11th I start the raw food program and another Deepak Chopra 21-day meditation challenge. I didn't do so well with the other one I tried. Going to do better this time!

Have a fantastic weekend ladies! Looking forward to the time change and warmer temps! Item 2 will be a while still up here, though.
 
Hi ladies!

Hope you both had a lovely weekend! I didn't do a scheduled workout today. I needed to do yesterday's 100 rep challenge and today's, so here's what I did:

100 Tricpes - 50 close-body pushups, 50 lying tripceps extensions with 8 lbs, 5 lbs. and 3 lbs. It sounds lame as to the weight, but it was tough for me!

100 Legs - Squats was my poison of choice - 25 shoulder width, 25 close width, 25 plie, then 25 front-loaded with shoulder width feet. All with a 21 lb. barbell.

To finish off, just because I had covered everything else already, I did core for a total of 105 reps of bicycles, reverse crunches, planks with cross knees and side plank dips.

I'm going to be feeling this tomorrow! It's supposed to be in the 40s all week with no rain or snow. It'll be windy starting Wednesday, but that's okay! Going to run tomorrow again, finally, then come home and do my 100 rep challenge for chest.

Very excited for all the new things I'm doing this month! One more week! Time changes, 100% raw challenge starts and my 21-day meditation challenge! Looking forward to some positive changes!

See you gals tomorrow!
 
I missed the whole weekend.

I took Saturday as a rest day. I was running around all the day and didn't have time.

I ran 8 miles on Sunday and did the 100 reps for biceps and 100 reps for triceps. I am starting to feel it now.

Tonight will be legs - probably the 280 squats I did last week (sumo, thrusters, back and zercher 7 rounds @ 10 reps each).

I just went outside and it is starting to warm up...finally. It didn't make it out of the 40's on Saturday or Sunday and with the wind it was really in the high 30's. That is cold for these parts.

My sister and I signed up for a Virtual Half Marathon on Saturday. It was only $30 and you have to run it between March 17 - 24th. We are going to run it on the 24th. We will get a bib and a medal. We did this race in person last year and the guy that puts in on is wonderful. He is located out of St. Pete/Tampa area and everything goes to charity. So we decided to do it as a virtual run.

Tricia ~ I don't have trouble losing if I eat healthy. Once I eat crap it piles on. I only have a cheat meal once a week and I'm having problems on what to eat as my cheat. Isn't that funny?! It used to be frozen pizza but I'm tired of it so it may just end up as a cheat snack.

Good luck on all the challenges. It's always nice to have a fresh start. Can't wait for the time change and the warm weather. We will be in the upper 70's by the end of the week. YIPPEE!!

Alisha ~ I hope you are feeling better and the shower is working again.
 
I thought I checked in, sheesh, stupid computer!!!

So here is what I've been doing:
Friday: Plumbing is fixed!!! Yeah!!!!

Saturday 3/2/13: Rest day I injured my toe some way. The second one from the big toe. Its always getting into trouble.

Sunday: 3/3/13: More rest due to toe.

Monday: 3/4/13: Rest due to construction at the house. Its just too noisy. Hammering, nailing, screw drivers, and 3 very nice Russian guys speaking in Russian.

Tuesday: 3/5/13: I excused myself and went to a nearby trail for a hike. My toe is better. Yippee!

Wednesday 3/6/13: My siding installer is supposed to be here in about 10 minutes. I elected to eat an early breakfast and take a shower early instead of working out early. I was lazy. But, I will workout later. It must be inside because its been raining a lot.

So the update:

The bathrooms have been fixed except for one. Our tile has arrived, I have to go pick it up and then I have to also stop at the DMV to get my picture taken for my driver's license. I may not do that until tomorrow. We have new linoleum in the 2 of the bathrooms and the laundry room. We have new siding panels and a new kitchen window. The old window had failed and there was minerals on the inside of the window. We now have 3 of 3 toilet rooms that are working. This whole thing has been in anticipation of refinancing the house. I am thrilled because I haven't been able to take a bath for years and they really help me with post workout soreness.

I am working on improving my diet. I am logging my calories on Spark, I am doing meditations, I am weighing in frequently, and working out as often as I can. I am in it to win it.
 
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Jane- I get the lonelies sometimes too.

We did get some rain!!!

Tricia- My digestion is feeling better. I don’t know what that was all about, my Mom thought it might have been mold, I tend to agree. Its getting spring like around here and mold loves spring. I am taking probiotics, Triphala, and marshmallow root (when I need it.) I am feeling better now. However, I am following your example and eating a lot more raw. Thank you for the healing!! I will check into Rebecca’s program, that sounds awesome. The only thing I wouldn’t give up at this point is my morning hot honey lemon pepper drink. It really helps with my digestion. I haven’t tried one of Deepak’s meditation challenges yet.

Jane- A virtual run sounds like a lot of fun. I’m not as enthralled by cheat foods either. I occasionally like to have a haagen daz raspberry bar, but those are only 280 calories and not much of a cheat at all (except for the dairy).
 
Here is tonight's workout:

Three couplets working back and forth to complete each couplet.

Sandbag Shoulder to Shoulder
2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Squat Thrust
10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Weighted Sit ups
2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Push-up-Climber
10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Thrusters
2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Ball Slams
10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Yesterday was a 3.5 mile run.

It is finally warming up here although we will have a low tonight in the 30's it's moving up from there and will be in the 70's starting on Saturday.

Alisha ~ Congratulations on accomplishing so much on the house and getting your shower working again. Great job on the workouts too. Glad your toe is feeling better.

Hi Tricia!
 
Good heavens girls! I swear it was just yesterday when I checked in last! Sheesh!

My mind is going. Sorry! I have not abandoned you!

Alisha - That toe gets in trouble on my feet too a lot, especially when I run. I don't trip or stumble, but it tends to turn black, get a little sore and the nail falls off eventually and a new one grows back just in time to get black again! lol

I wouldn't give up your lemon drink either, especially if it helps! I'll keep you posted on how the raw challenge goes! The smoothie challenge has been awesome! Lots of new recipes to work with in my daily repertoire!

So glad all your repairs are finally speeding along!

Lisa - Sorry you've been lonely. :( Here are some virtual {{{HUGS}}}. A little late, but hopefully that helps a bit!

I've seen those virtual races, but have never signed up for one. Maybe later this year, if I can ever get back all the way! Sigh. We've had storms and crap weather every week for 5 weeks now! I'm so done.

I have been working out, so it's not that I've been slack that I've missed checking in. I've just mentally lapsed, I guess. Not much else around here - workouts, snow storms, workouts, snow storms. That's about it.

Got to wear jeans to work today! Any time the forecast is for 1-2" of snow, we get to dress down. Yay! I may do it tomorrow too anyway. The big boss is on vacation, so no one will care. It'll still be snowing most of the day anyway.

My iPhone is crapping out. It keeps crashing and I can't get it back up for hours. It'll come back and as soon as I touch anything, it'll crash again. It's not consistent, but when it happens, I have no use of my phone for a couple of hours until I can get it back up again. Stephen is supposed to be ordering me a new one. He tried to order one a few weeks ago, but when he went to check on the order, it said no order was placed. The website said it was out of stock, so he thought maybe that's why so we waited. Still nothing. He's going to place another order. Keep your fingers crossed! I don't know how much longer my phone is going to last!

Can't wait for the time to change this weekend! I'm thinking of starting STS with straight running for cardio next week along with my raw challenge. I think starting fresh all the way might be good. I want to weigh at the beginning and take measurements and see what happens after the challenge is over.

What do you two think? Good idea or finish off XTrain, then start something new?

I will try not to have old people brain fart tomorrow and be sure to check in!
 
Today I'm trying one of my netflix DVDs called 'Carribbean Aerobics' filmed in Barbados. Its like taking a vacation without getting on an airplane!

I haven't been getting my yoga in, I know I need to, I need to set an alarm on my phone so that I don't get too comfy on the couch watching tv. :eek:

I will workout tomorrow morning, maybe a Kathy Smith workout.

Tricia- I had that happen to me too, I thought I had checked in for like several days and there is nothing on the forum!! You can start something new anytime you want. I do. I think that running and STS are a perfect match. You should get great results adding that to your raw challenge.

Jane- That looks like a really great workout!

Alisha
 
Here is tonight's workout:

20 Tire Flips
100 Jump Rope or 50 Jumping Jacks
20 Weighted Sit ups
200m Run
50 Swings
20 Jump Squats
200m Run
100 Jump Rope or 50 Jumping Jacks
20 Tire Flips
200m Run
50 Swings
20 Jump Squats
100 Jump Rope or 50 JJ
200m Run

Alisha ~ If I got that workout filmed in Barbados, I'd lay on the couch and sip a night cocktail instead. LOL! Hope it was a fun workout!

Tricia ~ STS and running sounds like a good match.

The guy that puts together the virtual races does 4 a year. One is at Halloween, one at Christmas and one in January. I think my sister and I are going to do all four races. You get a medal for each one and if you do all 4 you have to pay $10 for shipping but you get a medal that says that you've done all 4 races. Everything goes to charity which is really nice.

I'm enjoying the smoothie challenge but I'm not doing them every day - more like 5 days a week. I like the recipes but I can't get it together to get all the stuff together so I just make my own. I finally found a place close to work that has organic kale, parsley and berries. I can't even find regular kale in my local grocery store, let alone organic kale.

TGIF!
 
Alisha - I can't believe you're missing your yoga! You always seem to be able to get that in. Get back on it! I'm with Jane on the Caribbean Aerobics! Cocktail, shorts and tshirt and that'd be it! lol

Jane - Cool on the races! Keep me posted on those. Once I get back to running regularly, I may get on that train! I'm the same way with the smoothies. Weekends I tend to go off and eat what I make for Stephen whether it be omelets, eggs and biscuits, muffins or pancakes. I always intend to make it as a snack later, but it never happens. I am on Day 20 or 21, but I'll be starting the raw challenge next week. We'll have smoothies and juices for that, so I won't be off smoothies, just drinking different ones. I'll keep the recipes for later use!

I don't buy organic kale. It's twice the price at the grocery than regular kale. I do what I can, but refuse to pay double! I'll wait until I can get it at the farmer's market!

Nice workout tonight, too!

I bailed on my workout tonight. Dang snow never stopped! It was supposed to be over by 4 and I was going to run. Had my snowshoes in the car and everything. It just kept getting worse and worse and colder and colder! Supposed to be over by 7. It has snowed for over 2 days straight non-stop! Weird how it has covered the grass, but not really accumulated much more than 3 inches with no accumulation on the roads and our driveway hardly has any! Haven't had to shovel or anything! We'll be back up in the 40s tomorrow and Sunday, so it'll all melt off quickly.

GUESS WHAT??!! It's going to 50 on Monday! 50! Woo-Hoo! Time change and warmer temps! I'm in heaven!

Thinking of starting to make a serious effort to get up early and do my cardio in the mornings again and leave the weights for evenings. I can't lift as much early on. That will leave my evenings free 2 days a week and my weekends completely clear for golf, biking, boating, etc as soon as the weather warms back up to real outdoor fun temps. I'll let you know how that goes!

It's pizza night! I was going to make clam sauce and pasta, but all this snow and cold makes me want pizza and wine! lol

Almost time to feed the pets! You ladies have a great night! See you tomorrow!
 
I'm going for a hike. I'm all dressed. Its sunny. After I will do some yoga. Tomorrow will be LIS from 4DS.

Tricia- I wouldn't be running in the snow either. I'm a wuss:eek: What is your favorite pizza topping?

Jane- How was your weekend?

Alisha
 
Hope you have a lovely hike today! Sadly, i love Italian sausage or salami on pizza. I hang my head in shame! It won't matter for the next 30 days. I'll be fully raw, running and doing STS. I'm going to weigh in tomorrow morning and again at then end of the 30 days. I hope this makes a difference and I start to see some real changes!

Heading out to the grocery as soon as my phone charges! I just hope it doesn't crash on me! That'll be real trouble! My new phone is on it's way - finally! That was an adventure in itself! Stephen tried to order me a 16GB refurbished iPhone 5 a month ago now and the order didn't go through. He tried to call and find out what happened, but you know how that goes! Takes forever to get anyone on the phone and he didn't have time for that. We decided it went out of stock about the same time the order went to process and so they dumped it. Last Thursday, he finally got around to ordering a 32GB (in stock) because my phone died and I couldn't get it back up for several hours. It's on its way! I hope this one will last a couple of years! I can't complain really. The phone I have is Stephen's old 3rd gen one and we've had it for at least 4-5 years. Guess it's time for it to go to that peaceful place old smartphones go to.

See you gals later!

Hi Jane!
 
Happy Monday!

I had a busy weekend and did not get to post. I did an upper body workout on Saturday morning and ran 10 miles on Sunday morning. Temperatures have been very pleasant at around 70 degrees.

Today will be a leg workout. We are increasing the next of rounds to 8 of 10 reps of 4 different squats. It will be a total of 320 squats.

Tricia ~ I will let you know about the other virtual races. I think the next one is going to be in October. I have recruited my mom and my other sister to be our mobile water station so that will be fun. The race director would like virtual runners to post pictures and we will probably take a couple along the way.

No shame on liking salami or Italian sausage unless you are eating it every day!! :p I love salami and Italian sausage too!

The organic kale I bought was 2.97 for a big bunch. Is that expensive? The organic parsley was 1.69 a bunch which I didn't think was that bad. The organic raspberries I bought were the most expensive item. I usually don't buy organic because of the price but I hope if I buy more organic stuff the prices will come down eventually.

I wouldn't go running in the snow either.

Alisha ~ I hope you enjoyed your hike. How was your weekend? What do you have on tap for today?
 
I skipped this morning's workout. I was tired because I had a strange nightmare at about 3 am and was awake for an hour, then I over slept. Silly bear! I will do Yoga Today with Sarah Kline this afternoon. Tomorrow will be 4DS LIS cardio only.

I have to tidy up downstairs, we have a notary coming so that we can sign some papers. Its nice and sunny outside. I still feel tired. My left ear flared up a bit yesterday. Its better now, but when it flares up I get tired.

I had some tings this morning, more than I should have, its just so easy to eat them. I will eat with the intention of losing weight the rest of the day. I plan to have a nice green smoothie after my yoga.

Jane-My weekend was ok. Not too crazy, just a lot of car shopping. My Mom and Dad were talking about buying a car but we won't be absolutely certain about this new job until it starts.

Tricia- I am also a fan of Italian sausage!!
 
I am taking a rest day. We are celebrating my birthday today instead of on Thursday because Mom will be at work on Thursday. We are going to see Jack the Giant Slayer. The cool part is it is 5 dollar day at the cinema! Woo Hoo!!
 
I missed posting yesterday. I took a rest day.

Today will be a 4 mile run then probably a rest day Thursday and Friday as I am doing a 12K race on Saturday morning. I'm excited since I haven't done a race in a month. We have a quite a drive to get there (2 1/2 - 3 hours) but it will give me another Georgia County to cross off. My sister and I are trying to do a race in every county in Georgia. I think there are 156 counties and we've only done races in about 15 of them (mostly in South Georgia). Also it is a "Run and See Georgia" race which means you get points based on where you place in your age group and at the end of the year the top 20 in each age group gets a plaque. I have placed the last two years. In 2011 I placed 18th and last year I placed 13th. It helps that I live in a rural area and can place in the top 20. In races that are over a 10K, you get double points.

Can you believe I am the only one at work today? 1 person is on vacation. 4 people are traveling. 1 person is out sick and another person is working from home. So it's just me, myself and I. At least I know I am good company.

Alisha ~ How was the movie? My co-worker's son has the same birthday as you do. He will be 6. Do you have any other plans for your birthday?

Hi Tricia!
 
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