Week 5 Challenge: Comfort Zone, Shmumfort Zone

Week 5 Challenge: Comfort Zone, Shmumfort Zone

This week, the challenge is to do something outside of your comfort zone.  Push past your boundaries and do something that makes you feel a little uncomfortable.

I know exactly what I will be doing, but I'm not talking about it now.  If I get the chance to do what I'm hoping to do, I will report back.  If not, I'll report back, as well.  Maybe I can do two things since I bombed last weeks challenge.

And...I'll make up for last week this week by actually doing something different at some point this week, as well.

What makes you uncomfortable?

XOXO

Week 4 Challenge: Update

Week 4 Challenge: Something Old? Something New!

Challenge Reminder: This week, the challenge is to try a new form of exercise/movement at least one time this week.  Normally, swim?  Try dancing!  Like to walk?  Try biking!  Like to dance?  Try running!

I had planned to do something other than running.  I had full intentions of doing a few other things...just to spice things up.  Reality?  I just had a hard time finding time to add another workout to my regimen since I'm running four times a week.  I failed my own challenge this week...big time...  I do, however, have a plan coming up for the month of February, so we will see how it goes!

What new thing did you plan to try?  Did you actually do it?

XOXO

Victory: Little? Big?

Size 9 jeans.

I didn't even need help zipping them.

And I can breathe/sit comfortably.

Boom!

XOXO

Weigh-In Wednesday 1.25.12

*woot*woot*

I am up from yesterday, despite eating pretty well (aside from that cookie Lee brought me...)

Can I lose the last two in the next week to hit 50 lbs lost?

We shall see...

XOXO

Tomorrow

I am (dare I say it) excited (?) for tomorrow's weigh in...

The scale was really kind to me this morning after a REALLY rough day yesterday.

• 2 hour commute (and an hour late to work) thanks to crummy weather, the lack of snowplowing (seriously, MNDOT?!?) and people not knowing how to drive in MN winter weather
• Getting to work to find out I probably could have worked-at-home
• My work computer getting a virus (I know...I know...note to self: don't look at porn at work anymore)
• Computer having to completely wiped and reimaged (losing everything I've stored on my computer for the 3.5 years I've worked for CA)
• Having to cancel my lunch with Lee because I was dealing with said virus on my computer
• Realizing that it really was my fault that I didn't save said "everything" to the stupid place I was supposed to (it just takes forever to store and retrieve it!!!)
• Cranky calls from parents
• Cranky calls from other schools
• Finding out students have extensions that shouldn't have extensions!
• Having to stop during my run at the 2 mile mark to use el baño

It was just one of those days where it just kept piling, so every tiny issue seemed like another H-Bomb.

Regardless, I am optimistic about the scale tomorrow.  Here is hoping I can keep on track today to keep that number low.



XOXO

Week 4 Challenge: Something Old? Something New!

Week 4 Challenge: Something Old? Something New!

This week, the challenge is to try a new form of exercise/movement at least one time this week.  Normally, swim?  Try dancing!  Like to walk?  Try biking!  Like to dance?  Try running!

Since I'm training for all my races, I'm running a lot.  I don't do much else.  I used to do 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels, but I don't do anything aside from running right now.  Therefore, this should be easy for me, as just about anything is something other than running.  Softball doesn't start until ??? sometime this Spring, so that is out.  I could do Ripped in 30 with Jillian Michaels.  I tried it once, but never did it again.  It will do me good to switch things up a bit, eh?  Here we go!

Any ideas of what your new type of movement will be?

XOXO

Week 3 Challenge: Update

Week 3 Challenge: Bad Habit Be Gone!

Challenge Reminder: This week, the challenge is to get rid of a bad habit for a week (or, at least, try).

My challenge goal was to use a "swear jar" to tame my potty mouth.

How did it go?  Not great, but not terrible.  The frog ended up with $8.65 (I think I missed a dime somewhere...), so not too terrible.

The thing is, after a while, I just started putting in money when I'd remember.  Like, I would call someone an A-hole while driving and tell myself "remember to put in your quarter" and by the time I got around to it, I had multiple words to pay for, so I would just estimate and round up, so I don't think I swore that much, but I could be wrong.

I don't think the swear jar was as effective as I had hoped.  I did cut back on yelling the F-word at crummy drivers and I pretty much stopped saying "what the S?", so I guess that did help.  I guess when I said Ass or Hell, all I thought was, "At least I'm not using the big naughty words."

Fail.

So, did you rid yourself of your bad habit?

XOXO