Map My Run!

Here's a little jaunt that my friend K and I did last week. It didn't feel as far as it is, which is why I like this website so much!!!



I've been (thankfully) working out almost every day for the past week and a half. It feels so good to be back into a routine of working out. It seems so hard to start back up again once I've stopped, which is why I am glad I am finally back on the program. This morning I decided to take a run up the nature trail and then do P90x Ab Ripper! I am going to try and do Ab Ribber 2-3 times a week and see if I can notice any results. Ab workouts have never really shown me visible results in the past, but I think it's because I've never really watched what I ate. Since I eat pretty healthy anyway, I've always let myself eat pretty much whatever I want when I am training hard for something, which is probably why I've never lost weight while training for races. When I was training for my Xterra last spring, I didn't lose a pound, even after the 3 hour a day workouts! I'm a firm believer that getting ripped abs (if it's even humanly possible for me) takes more than just the workouts. It's very diet related as well. Which brings me to my goal: Lose 6 lbs by May 14th. Yes, that's two weeks away, I know. My reward: Other than losing 6lbs? Spending $250 on new clothes! Yay! I realize that $250 doesn't get you too far in the clothing world, but for me this is huge, becuase I haven't been spending any money on clothes since we are buying a house... in 3 days!

Anyway, here's what I am doing:
Limiting:
Sugar
Wheat
Dairy
No red meat
No beer or cockatils (red wine only)

Eating:
Lots of veggies
Lots of water
Good whole grains (spelt, kamut, barley, quinoa)

Trying to do something active every day.
Well.... we'll see how it goes, won't we?
New clothes here I come!!!

October Goals Recap

Since its early November, I should probably check out my October goals and see how well I did. I did update the status of them in the actual post, but here is my synopsis.

• We met with our finance coach and started developing our joint budget. I did get added to T's account, which will be functioning as our main checking account. We have not yet started our cash envelope system, and I still need to close my bank account and switch all my auto pay items to our joint account.
• I did use my yoga punches, and think I figured out how I can avoid feeling like I got hit by a train afterward! LOTS of water and electrolytes! I don't think I will buy another pass anytime soon, I need to figure out what I am going to do for workouts this month. I need to establish an acceptable amount to spend on working out each month, because if I had my druthers, I would buy a yoga pass, rec center pass and dance class card. I did cave and buy a 20 punch card to the rec center ($75, super cheap) which I think will last me for a while. Now I just need to decide which class card to get. I am leaning toward dance, $75 for 10 classes. I will miss yoga though, an hour and a half in silence works wonders for my mind.
• FINALLY finished wedding thank you cards last night!! Still need to print return labels and take it all to the post office, hopefully today. I am also pretty proud that I made little packages for some people who couldn't come to the wedding. I included our wedding favor and a little card that has info for viewing our pictures!
• Have not synced my Blackberry, still need to go through my Outlook and update addresses before I sync.
• Still need to decide about health insurance. I REALLY hate dealing with health insurance because I just get mad about how much I spend and how little I get for it. Anyway I think I am close to a decision.
• I have been writing in my blog more! Though I feel like the content is pretty lame and self serving, but who cares! I AM doing it!!

I would say I am very proud of how much I got done. I feel as though I have had little free time because every night after work I am busy doing "administrative life stuff."

Maybe my November goals will contain something fun... I think that's a good idea :)

Goals are Good

Here are some more goals I am working on:

• Preparing breakfast items, or at least having something I can grab so I eat a healthy breakfast every day.


• Make coffee at home or at work. Get an individual drip filter cone like this:

• Make concious decisions about the next item I need in my wardrobe. This way I am working toward making a complete wardrobe, buying exactly the items I need. I succeeded at my last purchase of Paige Skinny Jeans! Wearing them today with boots and a sweater. I hardly wore these boots before because they only look good with skinny jeans or tights tucked in.

• Start getting to work by 8am, not 8:10. I am really bad about this, because truth be told, I don't really care. It's not like my boss sees me come in late every day... But I need to have a little more respect in what I do and show up on time!

I need to get on it!

I am not sure why I am so hung up about blogging. I have all these ideas of things I want to put on here and then just get lazy about it, or think it's not worth blogging about. I seriously need to get over that!!
I absolutely love this one blog Stacking Pennies who writes a lot about personal finance but adds other things in there about her life. Everything from her wedding plans, goals to run more, and ideas about clothes she wants to buy. She usually does monthly goals, its like reading someone's to-do list. It is inspiring!
I started this blog to have a place to keep track of my life, my goals and ideas and inspirations.
So here is my first attempt at blogging more with a monthly goals list like my friend Stacking Pennies, who I feel like I know even though I have no idea what she looks like, what her name is or where she lives!
End of October Goals:

• Gather up personal finance info for meeting with our finance coach
• Get started developing T and I's joint budget
• Use the rest of my yoga punches that expire on Oct 31st!
• Write our wedding thank yous!!!!
• Mail some goodies to friends/family that I have sitting in piles around the house
• Schedule carpet steam cleaning
• Get my new drivers license with my married name!
• Sync my new blackberry (Thanks T for the b-day gift) with Outlook and update b-days and contact info.
• Make dentist appt
• Deal with my health insurance rate change. Lame!
• Write in my blog. Obvi doing that now, but I mean, more than once this month!

Ok that's enough for now!

Until next time...