STS 6 Month Alumni **April 2012**

We have just gotten our whole house repainted, walls, doors, frames and all! It was one crazy whilwind, which is why I was mia, sorry about that! The house and garage were such a mess that I did not get to even get to the treadmill. (my care is now permanently parked on the drive way because we need the garage space to store all the boxes etc... It's definitely a good time to purge, Rachel! People tell me that I will purge even more after I get to the new place! wow!

But you are right, Jo, packing and cleaning and all has a good effect on me, i'd almost say it is a positive stress because I don't feel terrible in the middle of all this craziness. Besides packing and using up pantry food and doing school, we are also socially much more active trying to get in as much time with our friends as we can before we can't any more...

But tonight I'm hitting the treadmill. Jo, I'm feeling the wind in my sail again as far as getting in shape goes, so I'm right behind you and Kim!

there is so much more to tell, but then I won't make it on the treadmill, so only this: Dh had to use up some reward points from his job and guess what he got ME? He got me a Kindle Fire! I'm finally joining the club! I have yet to find out how to do library stuff with it, but I have already built a big library and having lots of fun with it!
 
Happy Saturday Girls!!! Well I tried to spin yesterday (I was overly optimistic! LOL!) I made it 20 minutes and was wiped out. In an hour or so I have to go pick up a GF who's parents live in Orange (near you Cendrine). Got to take her downtown to Pike Place to pick up a fish and then to the airport. When I get back tonight I'm going to try that spin again! LOL! I feel great after being an especially good girl yesterday!

Cendrine, I'm sure with all you're doing you're burning plenty of calories! It's just not that good structured workout we all like so much! YIPPEEEE on the Kindle Fire! You are going to love it if you don't already! The only down side of the Kindle is you can't share books.

Hope you are all having a good Saturday! BBL!
 
GFs! OMG !!! I don't remember the last time I had DOMS in my quads like this! (From After Burn!) I can barely sit down to pee! LOL! I'm not joking! Then once I am down, I can't get back up! :p Hope this isn't too much information!

I made the best black bean soup tonight! But when I dropped a tomato on the floor I had to have DH come in to pick it up! Seriously, my quads and hams hurt like this is the first time I've ever worked out!!!!

I'm on my way to weight loss and getting back to the fitness level we know I can achieve and beyond....help me go the distance! :p;):D
 
Here's what is in my black bean soup (don't ask me the amount as it was based on what was in the refrigerator! LOL!!!) These are approximations:

1 huge onion
a bunch of garlic (I like lots)
8 stalks celery
8 big carrots
approx 5 cups black beans
3 or 4 big bok choy leaves
3 leaks
5 jalapenos with seeds
1 red pepper
1 orange pepper
1 green pepper
approximatelhy 8 vine tomatoes the size of golf balls
tomato paste
2 cans S&W stewed tomatoes
vegetable broth
tomato broth
black bean broth

Just cook it all together and season to taste!!! FANTASTIC!!!

That narrows it down doesn't it? LOL!! :D:D
 
10 MILE TRAIL RUN DONE!!!

We drove out to a provincial park and ran a cross country trail which was fun. DH and I ran, dd biked. DD found it very hard and so we had to keep it slow for her at times, we were close to the car after 8.5 miles so she was able to stop early. She is just getting over a bad cold so I think it was too much for her. DS stayed home as he is just starting the cold.

Hoping that some of your motivation will rub off on me Jo! I've been very on or off lately. Either I'm exercising like crazy and eating clean or totally eating junk and no exercise. All black or white for me lately.

Yesterday I was volunteering at the local food bank. DS and nephew need to put in some volunteer hours for their high school so I've been going on Saturday mornings as well. Three hours of sorting dry food into correct boxes, then stocking boxes and then in the produce room where we sort through huge crates of potatoes/onions getting rid of bad ones and putting them in small boxes to hand out to families. Then I came home and did the weekly house work, I was exhausted so no work out happened!

Friday night we were at the Johnny Reid concert.

Cendrine Congrats on the Kindle Fire what fun!! My coworker was just asking about the Kindle vs the Kindle Fire. We can't get the Fire in Canada but she was thinking of driving to the States. I told her that the Fire did not have the e-ink so wouldn't be as good for reading as the regular Kindle, was that correct????

Rachael Are you able to keep some yoga in your schedule while so busy with work???

Jo 8 weeks! How exciting!!! What are your last classes??
I would definitely do another road trip! New Jersey is super expensive to fly to, no direct flights from here! And I would feel guilty going during summer holidays rather than on a family trip and a family trip there would cost a fortunate! If she announces a Las Vegas or California vacation I would like to go. Maybe a weekend away for DH and I.
Cathe said all the dvds had a special place in her heart. She did say she enjoyed her early ones when she was just starting out and the STS series was such a big accomplishment. She also said that she was going to do another spinning dvd! She talked a lot about fitness trends, and how step aerobics is going out of style but she loves it so much! But at her gym the young member don't come to step classes so she's moving out to classes like Afterburn/Athletic Training as that is what people want. But step aerobics will always be her passion.
Hope you are doing okay with DOMS today. I did Afterburn so often this winter that I think I have it memorized! DH really like it so we were usually doing it once a week most of the winter.
 
OMG KIM THAT IS AWESOME!!! I wouldn't fret about no workout yesterday when you did 10 miles!!! Oh, that makes me giddy! LOL!

The DOMS is even worse today. Honestly, this is like the first time EVER I did a leg workout. I did try and spin a little to work it out but it's over the top DOMS so had to stop after 10 minutes. I should be able to spin tomorrow. I just got done making some guacamole. We have friends coming over tonight for soup.

My last two class are Business Policy and my Senior Project. The Business Policy is strategic management and business policy. This should be fun class as I have lots of strategy background and have led multi division and corporate strategy sessions. The Senior Project is another team project and we have to develop a business case and plan. Again, stuff I like to do and have done so should be fun. And guess what, though again I have lots of papers and case studies...NO TESTS in either class! Yippeee!!! For the business policy class I have to do a case study on a country with emerging economies (like China) and evaluate their economic growth and growing pains, etc. Lots to do! I have learned so much over these last 22 months!

I hate that step is going out of style. My gym offers two step classes, one beginner and one advanced. But I find I like Cathe step workouts better. But I have to admit, I loved that After Burn! And you know what? When Cathe came out with Step Jam I thought that was the BEST workout ever and I did it like 3 times a week for 6 months until she came out with Power Max and Step Works. Crazy huh? I remember laying in bed going through the routine in my head! LOL! Also, I only had about 4 or 5 videos then! :D

Okay, off to the shower (yes it's 2:00 and I haven't showered!) LOL!
 
Friends came for dinner and my soup and guacamole were a hit! Don't you love it when people like your food! Especially when they don't KNOW they are eating healthy! LOL!

Legs are a little better tonight. I got started on school work today and I know I'll be driving you all crazy as I count down the weeks! Bare with me! :D

I decided rather than spin tomorrow I'll try another Low Impact workout that I have done yet. Since I fell of working out, After Burn and Cycle Max are the only workouts I've done in that series. I'm anxious to try the others.

Okay, getting ready for bed! Hope you guys all have a great week this week!

Good Night!
 
I woke up this morning and all I could think about was working out! It's been a while since I've felt that strong of an urge...so of course I jumped on it and rather than try another new workout, I attempted After Burn again. I did much better but momma mia it will be a while before I can do burpees and dragging staggered pushups, etc.! Lots of challenge in there for me! And, I feel so GOOD!

A quick bite to eat and then on to homework! Last day of the month! 2012 is one third over! Can you believe it?

BBL! Have a great day everyone! :p:D:cool::rolleyes:
 
Congrats on the 10 miles, Kim, and I second Jo, working hard at the food bank counts as exercise!

I am not sure what e-ink is? I am only just discovering all the terms and such, but I like the convenience of it so much!

Jo, thanks for posting what you put in your soup, I was going to ask and then you beat me to it! Sounds awesome, something I will try out!

I can relate to your doms from afterburn! It will hit me again when I get back to it! It is too bad that step workouts are going out of style, I like them a lot better than the hiit format and all that stuff. I am planning on pulling out my step as soon as we get to Oregon and do some, I really miss them....

Still busy like crazy here, so I can't stay, just wanted to say hi!
 
Jo That's good that you are ending school with some courses that you enjoy and no exams!!

Cendrine, I think e-ink is what makes a e-reader different from a tablet or computer. It makes it more natural reading, so the e-readers read like a book not a computer. Therefore less eye strain, you can read in the sunlight etc. I thought the Kindle Fire didn't have e-ink as it was a tablet rather than an e-reader. I told my co-worker that if she wanted it for reading to get a Kindle rather than a Kindle Fire but I'm not sure if that is correct. Now I'm curious so might head over to Amazon to check.

Had to head right from work to pick up boys for hockey practice. Spring hockey started today and the practice was so early lots of parents couldn't make it so I volunteered to drive. On MOndays I work 6:45am to 3 so off pretty early but it was almost 8 pm when I got home, it's been a long day so not so sure about a workout maybe after I relax a bit.
 
Thanks for explaining the e-ink, I think now that you said it, you are right, because I do have trouble seeing it well when I'm outside.

Dd had a daisy fieldtrip to the zoo today and earned the cutest patch for her uniform, a sparkly peakock, after doing a scavenger hunt at the zoo. :)

We just got our floor samples in today and are able to finalize the install dates, which is the exact days we had been hoping for, right the day after we move out, so the house can be listed almost as soon as we are out.
Now I'm trying to find some good window cleaners because our windows need it, and I need to decide if I'm going to have the house cleaned as well... It's gonna be pretty clean just because of how we are leaving it but I wonder if I should have someone vacuum it after the floor guys leave. Hm, maybe they do that? I have to check on that.

I'm going to hit the TM now, to get some exercise, it seems doing it at night is better for the time being, because my brain just does not shut down at night, so I might as well do something beneficial....:rolleyes:
 
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