This Week in Blurry Doodles

Days 3-6 - Get Fit Challenge

I'm posting this a bit late.... but it's been a crazy few days! I started writing this on Tuesday, and since I just did this workout again this morning, I thought that I might actually post it.

I survived day three! YAY
Today was another rockin' day of glove juicing... which always makes it easy to not eat between meals (not that snacking at work is a big issue for me). My big accomplishment was not giving in to my desire for a latte before the afternoon group.
Below is the interval workout that my trainer gave me. I really like it, and you might too.

*Note: I start with a 30 minute warm up doing light intervals on the elliptical. And, I am a very slow runner, adjust your speeds accordingly!

Minute	Speed	Incline	Notes
0	3.3	0	Comfortable Walk
1	3.3	0
2	5	0	Fast  Run
3	3.3	0
4	5.2	0	Faster Run
5	3.3	0
6	5.4	0	Fastest Run
7	3.3	0
8	3.3	8
9	3.3	0
10	3.3	9
11	3.3	0
12	3.3	10
13	3.3	0
14	5	6	Run+Incline
15	3.3	6
16	5	6
17	3.3	0
18	3.3	0
19	2	0	Side Hops R
20	2	0	Side Hops L
21	2	0	Walk Backwards
22	2	0	Walk Backwards
23	2	0	Cooldown
24	2	0
25	2	0

Following this, I then go do some crazy plans with arm and leg extensions.

Don't forget to stretch!

Day 2 - Get Fit Challenge

Well, I went to our first get fit meeting last night. I got my team (go team Blewpers) and did our first group training session. I personally thought that our workout was pretty easy, though I do admit that doing 2 minutes of jumping jacks just plain sucks.
Starting fitness level:
Sit-ups in one minute: 57
Push-ups in one minute: 38
Wall sit: ~1 minute
Plank: >2 minutes

I did a great job of not eating the donuts that were left on my counter, though I was having a difficult time figuring what to eat for dinner...

Enter today. I did an okay job with breakfast and lunch, and was set to go to a yoga class after work. Then came the stress....

9 AM

11 AM

2 PM

5 PM

So... I ate some Pizza Hut, and I ate half a donut that was taunting me. Now I want a glass of wine (or 6). I'm assuming that a diet will work better if I ease into it, but I'm still pretty irritated with myself.. grrrrrrr!
Hopefully tomorrow will be better! I am glove juicing in the lab again (see my earlier post about that piece of heaven) and then have a one on one with the trainer for my group.....

** Side note, the fiance's interview went fairly well. Unfortunately they told him they will let him know in the next two weeks. That's a really long time...

How was your Monday? I'm going to run and do some quick guilt crunches....

Also, here's a shout out to Meg!

(I'm sorry but I still have yet to decorate my house, so I have no suggestions....)

Day One of my Get Fit Challange

Hi Guys!!
Today is day one of the Get Fit Challenge at my work! YAY!
I started out my day with a berry/spinach/banana smoothie and 2 scrambled eggs.
(I might be trying to make up for eating 3 donuts, going to a cake tasting, and drinking a ton of wine last night.)
Tonight will be our first get together/training. I'm a bit worried as I'm pretty sure that they are going to weigh and measure me, something that is bound to make me feel insecure and bothered. You gotta do what you gotta do though, and I do intend on looking better for the wedding!

5 months to go!

Yesterday I went to a bridal expo here in town. It was pretty fun. One of my favorite parts was that I got a free 10 minute chair massage almost immediately after walking in the door. The little girl that massaged me had hands of steel and did an amazing job of getting her elbows into the knots by my shoulder blades. I swear that heaven on earth is a massage...

It was fun to wade through the crowds to get stamps on my show map (there is no way I would miss entering for a free honeymoon even if I had to feign interest in ugly flowers and photos...) and sign up for random drawings of all kinds. I did have several several goals in mind, looking for photographers, caterers, and random decorations. I was successful with the photographers, and have two that I really like. They have great style, and they are actually nice and personable people. It's really interesting how many people you run into in the wedding business that are just not friendly, or are rude. I keep trying to find a day of wedding coordinator, but can't seem find anyone who is actually nice to me. 

The catering selection was very disappointing, and all the cake selections that they had were very yucky. The one very exciting point of the day was that I found some flowers that I really liked. 

Orchids in gel beads

Beautiful Orchid Bouquet

What and Kale Bouquet

Aisle decorations/ centerpieces

 

Fun, succulent centerpiece

Another interesting bouquet

Sticks!

Rosemary and lavender boutineer

Mother's corsage on a bracelet

Bacon, Kevin Bacon... and some glove juice!

Well, it's Friday, YAY!
I spent a very good portion of this week down in the labs at work "glove juicing." If, for some reason, you wonder what that is, here is a lovely movie.


Can you handle the excitement??

During one of today's groups, I threw out the question, "Can you think of a Kevin Bacon movie that isn't epic-ly terrible?"
(Side note, apparently spell checker does not like the word "epically." It may not be a real word, but I use it anyway.)

This spawned a really interesting discussion, it turns out that the room was split about the terribleness of "Footloose" but everyone agreed that "Flatliners" was good and "Hollow Man" was awful. Now that I actually looked at Mr. Bacon's IMDB page, I realized that he has been in a ton of movies!
(I guess that kind of make sense with the whole "6 degrees to Kevin Bacon" thingy)

So what do you think? What's your favorite Kevin Bacon movie? What's his worse??

Tomorrow I'm off to the biggest bridal show that Bozeman has to offer. It should be a fun day, and what could be bad about a day that starts out with doughnuts??? Hopefully I'll have some fun stuff to tell you about after that. :)

I don't understand!

Due to the fact that I believe meterology is actually an art and not a science, I refuse to actually read the words in the weather reports and base my life around the pictures. This has generally worked well for me. If the happy sunshine is out, I know that it will probably be a pretty nice day. If there are happy snowflakes, then it's a good day for a latte and celebrating. Unfortunately, I just don't know what to do with the weather that is going to happen this Thursday...

What does this mean?? Is that a sad tree? Are we all going to freeze to death somehow at 34 degrees? What kind of coat does one wear when there is ice hanging off trees? Is it a down coat kind of day? Or a light jacket? There's no sky in the picture, will the sun come up on Thursday?? I'm really concerned!

My other question is this. It is crazy ass windy outside, why is there no wind picture??? Those fluffy clouds look way too peaceful considering that snow is blowing across the road so badly that it looks like you are driving in a whiteout....

I learned me something new today

Hi Guys!
(Long time no post... I know.... but I've been busy doing important things, like writing my wedding ceremony... You guys are important to me, but the fiance kinda beats you out...)

So..... I learned how to actually sync this blog with Facebook today, something I've wanted to be able to do since I started this whole thing! YAY!

(If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll notice a giant "Follow me" box that has a lonely following of one right now. If you want to you could promote me.... I may pay you back by actually posting!! ... Or maybe you don't want me to post so I don't flood your page with updates??? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLEASE YOU PEOPLE!!!)

I'm sorry, this picture is truly awful! The fiance stole my mouse so I'm stuck with a touchpad. :(

Is anyone else watching the Bachelor tonight? I don't know if I'm just not paying enough attention, but I seem to be confused and having a hard time following the plot?!? tonight.. Bizzaro.

Also, have you noticed that Ben seems to be fairly orange?

The radiance of his skin is not quite coming through in this pic, but I feel like his (unexplainable to me) sex appeal to the ladies on the show is apparent. 

For those of you who don't watch the show, maybe you should. Then you could explain this:

Are they trying to tell us that snow pants and parkas aren't sexy??