PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION: SEPTEMBER "SCHOOL DAYS"

Yesterday and today are my busy days. I get up early {not a morning person} to go to Bible study with my Mom, today my parents are taking me out to lunch, then I'll get a workout in, and tonight I go meet a friend of min to Knit Night at Panera. She teaches at a local Uni so she's had to cut back to every other night, since school started.

Friday is my do-what-I-want day, which usually involes knitting and watching TV. I try to get some cleaning done, also.

More random facts about me. I bake my own bread for the week. Hubby has Sun-Mon off so our weekends are a bit strange from everyone else. I'm vision impaired. I collect penguins, green glass vases, ornametal haircombs and yarn. Projects right now include a prayer shawl for the church's Knitting Ministry and a bunch of basic hats made out of yarn balls leftover from other projects. I used to quilt, but will still sew curtains or placemats. I have a wonderful machine that threads itself and will sew things like buttons on for me.
 
My last free day for a while!

My Monsters say “Awwww, shucks, thanks!” on all the adorableness comments. They can’t help it ☺

FnV- Way to get a workout in on your busy day! I’ll kiss Miss Pinto’s lil face for you several times today. Right now would LOVE to see some snow. No real idea about where in FL, we’ve been to Orlando, Naples, Miami, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona, New Smyrna, Panama City and Destin. I would love to be able to live somewhere between P.City and Destin, but with my work I will probably have to live near a bigger city. Hubby is headed to see his parents who live in Mt. Dora at the end of September and is going to check out Gainesville as a possibility since there are so many hospitals there. I work in a Children’s Hospital and have for the past 12 years and would like to continue in that environment if possible!

Stacy- YES I was rooting for the G-Men. Dallas can suck it. LOL. Had a nice time with my good friend, I used to work with her but she quit about a year ago. Buffalo Wild Wings has some pretty healthy choices foodwise (not!) I ate some jalapeno cheddar poppers…egads…and some wings – yummy- I’ve actually never had either of those things before so I figure gotta try it at least once. Won’t be doing the poppers again, they were nasty. My Cats play Miami this weekend at Manhattan, hopefully they can put another beat down on the records. I’ll have to record it and watch when I get home from work. BOO. Hate that.

Peng- Great to see you! I like to crochet, put together quilt blocks (can’t say I like to QUILT) and make jewelry. My first degree was in apparel design and construction so I can sew a lil bit ☺ I too am vision impaired…legally blind and have to wear custom made contacts when I work out, they are thick and uncomfortable but I prefer them to glasses when I’m all sweaty. They are crap though, for actually seeing things, like right now I am wearing them still and I can barely see my computer screen! I can’t have lasik due to many small congenital cataracts so I’ll just have to accept my fate.

My busy days are starting, I am working tomorrow, Sat, Sun, and Mon. Sat and Sun are 12’s that start at 4 am…gaaaah why did I sign up for tomorrow and Monday? So lots to do today as Hubby is working all of those days as well so gotta get the groceries and dog food/supplies stocked up and the house cleaned somewhat. Started LaundryMax intervals and will shower and head out on my errands here soon, just wanted to check in!

Three mile dogwalk this morning, a little cooler and less humid so that’s nice, then Basic Step which I barely broke a sweat and barely had to breathe hard, and then Stability Ball Abs. I needed an easy day today. I was remembering when I first attempted Basic Step back in 2005 after doing the Firm for several years, I could barely make it through the warm up and first part of the first step routine! I was always so thankful when we got to those slow v-steps. How LAME was I? ha ha!

OK…off to my day. Y’all have a good one!

Oh yeah...and I'm going to get to those progress pics if I get everything else done today. Gotta track them all down, they are in random folders and not sure which computer they are on.
 
Andrea, are you going to have cateract surgery? I had it a few years ago {in fact I put it off a few months to finish STS, when it first came out} That made a big difference but my biggest problems are scarring and distortion from retina detactments and hemmorages. Reading is very difficult so I try not to do too much at once. At least on the computer I can enlarge the print, which helps some. I got my first glasses at 3, got contacts at 12, wore them until my cateract surgery when I went back to glasses because I needed bifocals with a prism for double vision. I can't drive so this is why my parents take me to Bible study and lunch/shopping afterwards. My favorite part of quilting was finishing!

Stacy, my dad, a NY native, was cheering for the Giants but he missed half of the game because a storm came and knocked out the power.
 
oh my cataracts are microscopic apparently, and don't really interfere with my vision but would interfere with lasik. my main issue is severe astigmatism and while i hate driving at night because I feel like i don't see as well as i need to in the dark, I don't have any restrictions. yet. but i definitely have the worst vision of any of my friends or family.
 
pics

OK ladies...I posted some progress pics in my profile. I took them this spring, I worked out HARD for six solid weeks. Then, summer hit, it was like 110 every day, and I slacked off big time.

I'm in week four of being back into it, and probably look about like I did at the end of the six weeks here.

OK, I put in ones from 2005 when I was in awesome shape from Firming for three years. Those pics almost make me want to CRY!!!!! For sure they make me want to get up at 4 in the morning to work out. *sigh*
 
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Andrea...I cant see/find your progress pics!? And, FYI Naked Tenders with a side of carrot and celery sticks at Buffalo Wild Wings is THE only healthy thing on the menu. You crack me up b/c I seriously think we're the same person. How tall are you? What sort of work do you do at the Children's Hospital?

Peng...I've heard several ppl talk about Classical Stretch. I need to stretch more or add a yoga day.

FnV...how's it going?

Tomorrow is my free day/rest day.

Anyone up for some sort of Clean Eating challenge?? I'm not quite sure how to go about it, as I need some major accountability, or many small goals b/c I'm notorious for a little "progress" but I need to tip the scales (no pun intended) a little more towards the "perfection" side.
 
yes i'm up for a clean eating challenge...just look at my pics :-(

click on my name, click on view public profile, then over on the right the album should be there. just don't look before bed, you may have nightmares.

and i seriously didn't want naked tenders with no sauce. i did want and did eat celery...with blue cheese dressing!

ok, off to do push pull.
 
me again! push pull is done. good early workout...not too tough. oh and Stacy, i'm a med tech, work in the lab (chem, hem, blood bank)
 
Andrea, good job on the workout. Still cant find your pics though (??) I click on your name but dont see the "view public profile" tab/link.

I got on the scale this morning I needed to face the music. I'm 1/2 lb shy of my heighest weight ever. I need to have a little chit chat with myself.

I'm late for work....bbl.
 
who knows. they are in an album, on my profile, are you able to see other peoples albums? maybe i just don't know how this works.

i'm at work and very grumpy! grrrrr!

sorry about the scale thing. i'm avoiding mine.
 
We had a big lightening storm that knocked our power out last night. It came back on about time for Hubby to go to work, since Hubby didn't get much sleep so his boss let him stay home and sleep for a few more hours. At least all is back to normal and we didn't lose all the food in the new fridge due to the generator. I still feel exhausted.

Stacy, Classical Stretch is mis-named in my opinion which is why I only recently tried it. Its more active stretching, with dance/ballet based strength. We do a lot of huge range of motion moves, plies, barre work, PT moves such as tracing letters of the alphabet in the air with our legs {actually kinda fun}. Much more interesting that what I imagined from the name, which was typical stretches done to classical music. The Season I have was filmed outside in Jamaica

Andrea, I'll check on the album to see if it works for me. It does. Great shots. At least you didn't wait til more than 25lbs. I hear a lot about the Freshman 15 but I think we need a title for the weight gained after we get married.
 
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thanks penguin! i'm going to have to check out the stretching workouts.

having a tall skinny husband and eating what he eats is not good for us little girls!
 
My technology is being weird this week. My computer is working fine on some sites than slow or jammed on others. My phone texted badly Tues, fine Wed/Thurs but back to texts not going through. Grr.

Since I didn't get a lot of sleep I skipped the cardio but I did just do Tris/Bis from Cathe's 4DS, so my typing is a little worse than usual.
 
Rest day for me.

Peng, glad you got your power back on! Your description of CS was nothing like I had envisioned.

Andrea....I cannot find your pics, what am I doing wrong?? I hate when I cant figure something out. Maybe it's b/c I'm on a Mac (?) And, yet another similarity btwn you and I...a tall skinny husband!

FnV....any tips/thoughts on a Clean Eating Challenge. You seem to do so well with getting your veggies in! I am always in awe.
 
Great pic, Peng! Man, I need a rest day. Body and mind are fried. Deeeeeep breaths. And stay away from the chocolate.

Stacy, enjoy some football for me tomorrow!

FnV- Have a good weekend, hope you can get some R and R in there!
 
Ha ha Stacy we were posting at the same time. GUESS WHAT SISTA! I'm on a Mac as well. LOL.

Do you work in a lab?

I can't fathom what you are doing wrong. Maybe you need a drink. LOL. You will want one after you see them. I swear I don't even look like the same person from a few years ago. Saaaaad... Oh wait! I'm gonna get back to it!
 
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