i'm having a hard time with this whole "get fit thing." for one thing, counting is hard!
first i'm eating WAY too many calories - like 2000.
then i'm not eating enough, and my "body is going to go into starvation mode and lead to weight gain and bad bones and blah blah blah" - like 900.
who knew it could be so hard??
and the whole working out/being healthy thing. a different story entirely...
it took me 5 days of break sleeping in til noon everyday to finally feel rested enough to work out. then i worked out for 3 days, classes started, and my feet haven't seen their horrible, blister-causing shoes since. (two days, but still....)
anyways... i will keep trying. i found a bunch of "fit blogs", which help to make me feel motivated and workout-y all from the comfort of my couchbed!
i did buy super delicious and healthy food though. i'm going to attempt tofu! i'm a little nervous, but i think it will be fun. until i burn it or cook some wax paper and throw the spatula across the room.... look for the one that says "tofu", but not ironically, or anything...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
what's that you say??
i think we can agree that it's not my style. but i can't seem to get enough of it lately...
it's true. i am missing winter a little bit. you never thought you'd hear me say it, did you?
i went on a 74 degree run today at 2 in the afternoon. at the end of november.
it was great, i'll give you that. i got to wear a tank top in the middle of wyoming's winter.
but it just felt weird.
i feel like the wind should be howling.
i feel like i should need to turn my heat on.
i feel like even with the heat on, i should be in a snuggly blanket to keep warm.
i feel like oni should be antagonizing me by snuggling on said blanket instead of cooling down in the bathtub.
i feel like i want to wear my snazzy snow boots (which are still in wyoming).
i feel like i want to see some snowy trees and tracks across campus.
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it's true. i am missing winter a little bit. you never thought you'd hear me say it, did you?
i went on a 74 degree run today at 2 in the afternoon. at the end of november.
it was great, i'll give you that. i got to wear a tank top in the middle of wyoming's winter.
but it just felt weird.
i feel like the wind should be howling.
i feel like i should need to turn my heat on.
i feel like even with the heat on, i should be in a snuggly blanket to keep warm.
i feel like oni should be antagonizing me by snuggling on said blanket instead of cooling down in the bathtub.
i feel like i want to wear my snazzy snow boots (which are still in wyoming).
i feel like i want to see some snowy trees and tracks across campus.
Monday, 26 November 2012
cooking, claire style.
oh, how i love her voice.
you know what that means. that means i'm pretty sure i was just now seconds away from starting a fire...
but seriously. i was following the directions. the pie crust directions say you have to cook it with wax paper crumbled on top.
so i did it. although i don't remember ever doing that before. but it's in mikah's writing, so this fire nonsense is all on her head!
i even made sure all the edges of the wax paper were away from the elements... and i turned away for one second (not to do the dishes, though, let's be honest). when i looked up the oven was smoking profusely. i opened it and it smelled like burnt plastic. and all the edges of the wax paper were black. so i took them out (you should be proud). and now the whole house/apartment/flat is foggy and smelly.
so. gross. smells like burnt plastic.
i took pictures, but you only can tell if you look closely (cameras are good at shooting through fog, even phone cameras) (i do not know how to find Paint or something else to circle the fogs in the photos...)
ok, ok, you can't tell at all, which i'm really disappointed about, because it really was a complete mess.
also, how perfect does my pie crust look?! the advantages of a blurry shot! (i actually messed it up and just had to mash pieces together in the pan because it kept falling apart when i rolled it out a billion times.)
also, mikah said she had no idea what i was talking about when i told her about the crumpled wax in the oven. even though it was her handwriting....sneaky.
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you know what that means. that means i'm pretty sure i was just now seconds away from starting a fire...
but seriously. i was following the directions. the pie crust directions say you have to cook it with wax paper crumbled on top.
so i did it. although i don't remember ever doing that before. but it's in mikah's writing, so this fire nonsense is all on her head!
i even made sure all the edges of the wax paper were away from the elements... and i turned away for one second (not to do the dishes, though, let's be honest). when i looked up the oven was smoking profusely. i opened it and it smelled like burnt plastic. and all the edges of the wax paper were black. so i took them out (you should be proud). and now the whole house/apartment/flat is foggy and smelly.
so. gross. smells like burnt plastic.
i took pictures, but you only can tell if you look closely (cameras are good at shooting through fog, even phone cameras) (i do not know how to find Paint or something else to circle the fogs in the photos...)
also, how perfect does my pie crust look?! the advantages of a blurry shot! (i actually messed it up and just had to mash pieces together in the pan because it kept falling apart when i rolled it out a billion times.)
also, mikah said she had no idea what i was talking about when i told her about the crumpled wax in the oven. even though it was her handwriting....sneaky.
Sunday, 25 November 2012
i TRIED...
well i tried to do my second workout today. but about 50 seconds in (i got 3 sets of high knees and mountain climbers in) my downstairs neighbor knocked on the door and told me how loud i was being. this is the neighbor who throws parties on tuesdays...
why, oh why can i never think of good comebacks when they're needed?
so now i have my music as loud as it will go and i have been stomping around for the last half hour. i hope they're glad they asked me not to workout at 6 pm. i might just have to get up at 6 am and do a workout or two.... it would be worth it.
this is war, neighbors.
on a positive note, i ran almost 2 miles straight tonight!
why, oh why can i never think of good comebacks when they're needed?
so now i have my music as loud as it will go and i have been stomping around for the last half hour. i hope they're glad they asked me not to workout at 6 pm. i might just have to get up at 6 am and do a workout or two.... it would be worth it.
this is war, neighbors.
on a positive note, i ran almost 2 miles straight tonight!
Saturday, 24 November 2012
also.
i hope you noticed i now seem really mature, since i changed my bloggy from crazy to a mature sort of greenish white.
doesn't my life seem so together now?
don't i seem like i have responsibilities? and actually take care of them?
doesn't it seem like i cook my own dinner instead of eating cereal? and i buy groceries when i run out instead of wallowing around for days complaining about how i have no food?
don't i seem like the go getter type, and not a big homework procrastinator?
i know.... i'm not fooling anyone. but i tried. really i did. and doesn't my blog look nice?
doesn't my life seem so together now?
don't i seem like i have responsibilities? and actually take care of them?
doesn't it seem like i cook my own dinner instead of eating cereal? and i buy groceries when i run out instead of wallowing around for days complaining about how i have no food?
don't i seem like the go getter type, and not a big homework procrastinator?
i know.... i'm not fooling anyone. but i tried. really i did. and doesn't my blog look nice?
my bundle of joy
i guess it can be caturday, since oni is the most lively person around this place (and she sleeps more than i do...)
the other day i was reading on my couch (i know!!) and i heard oni scrabbling around by the door. i looked over, and she was shoulder deep in my running shoe, which i had used about an hour or two before... i kept watching and she just kept rolling around with her head in my shoe. and then she realized i was watching and ran under the bed.
yesterday i was talking to arley on skype, and i thought it would be a good idea to catch oni and show her to him. so i was holding her and talking to him for a second, and she started wiggling around, trying to escape. and suddenly her claw was in. my. neck. in it. i could feel its claw-ness under my skin. and when she would try to escape she would literally pull my skin out from my neck (arley saw it). i didn't know what to do. my neck skin was flashing before my eyes. soon it was going to be ripped open when she finally managed to escape. and suddenly her claw was not in my neck any more and oni was back under the bed, pouting, or planning my demise, or whatever she does under there. i had to leave skype to get ahold of myself, and realize that i didn't need to cry for my ripped open neck since it wasn't ripped open afterall...
she's such a bundle of joy.
the other day i was reading on my couch (i know!!) and i heard oni scrabbling around by the door. i looked over, and she was shoulder deep in my running shoe, which i had used about an hour or two before... i kept watching and she just kept rolling around with her head in my shoe. and then she realized i was watching and ran under the bed.
yesterday i was talking to arley on skype, and i thought it would be a good idea to catch oni and show her to him. so i was holding her and talking to him for a second, and she started wiggling around, trying to escape. and suddenly her claw was in. my. neck. in it. i could feel its claw-ness under my skin. and when she would try to escape she would literally pull my skin out from my neck (arley saw it). i didn't know what to do. my neck skin was flashing before my eyes. soon it was going to be ripped open when she finally managed to escape. and suddenly her claw was not in my neck any more and oni was back under the bed, pouting, or planning my demise, or whatever she does under there. i had to leave skype to get ahold of myself, and realize that i didn't need to cry for my ripped open neck since it wasn't ripped open afterall...
she's such a bundle of joy.
and she will kill you. as soon as she gets out of her shopping bag...
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
new real life adventure.
i think i saw this girl on pinterest (i may or may not be addicted). i. was. Dying. literally falling over from laughing so hard. who knows - maybe it's not even funny, but definitely give her a try.
no. it's funny. i just watched it again and almost threw up from laughing (i did abs earlier...).
i'm starting on a new adventure. one i've never had to take so seriously. i'm a little nervous.
here's the story (i will make it short, well, because it is short):
i had a little - and by little, i mean 37 pounds - reaction to the birth control i recently tried out (in april). they told me about the usual 5 pounds. so i kept explaining away to myself the next 5 pounds. the last 25 have happened since i've been in texas, and i explained it away as stress/new place of residence/school.
and then it suddenly hit me: there is no more explaining away. maybe this "reaction" was a reaction and not me being lazy, but now i have to do something about it. and i've never had to do anything about my weight before. if i was having a "fat day" i would eat super healthy, drink a lot of water, and run for 3 days, and i would be back to normal. but not this time. this time i'm going to have to work really hard.
and so i decided to write about it on here so that maybe i would be accountable to someone (the entire internets, all 3 of you!). because how can you do a before without an after? right?
i'm not quite brave enough to do a "before", but maybe when i have a "during" i will be brave enough to compare the 2.
so here is everything:
START: 21.Nov. 1*6 lb (also not brave enough to say)
FIRST GOAL: -6 lb
AND:
TODAY'S FIT TEST (50 seconds with a 10 second break in between)
Squat Jumps - 32
Pushups - 1 real one and 21 girly ones
Burpees - 11
High Knees - 122 (or 61 if you count each knee as a set)
Switch Lunges - 23 (or 11 pairs? does that make more sense?)
Tuck Jumps - 15 (i hate you, tuck jumps)
Situps - 23 (WHAT HAPPENED, ABS? I USED TO BE SO GOOD AT YOU!!!)
i do realize that the day before thanksgiving may be the stupidest day of all time to start a serious workout. but pretty much no day is a good day if you've lost the habit of working out and craving endorphins....
anyways. another fit test in 30 days. hopefully i'll make my FIRST GOAL before then!!!!!
no. it's funny. i just watched it again and almost threw up from laughing (i did abs earlier...).
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i'm starting on a new adventure. one i've never had to take so seriously. i'm a little nervous.
here's the story (i will make it short, well, because it is short):
i had a little - and by little, i mean 37 pounds - reaction to the birth control i recently tried out (in april). they told me about the usual 5 pounds. so i kept explaining away to myself the next 5 pounds. the last 25 have happened since i've been in texas, and i explained it away as stress/new place of residence/school.
and then it suddenly hit me: there is no more explaining away. maybe this "reaction" was a reaction and not me being lazy, but now i have to do something about it. and i've never had to do anything about my weight before. if i was having a "fat day" i would eat super healthy, drink a lot of water, and run for 3 days, and i would be back to normal. but not this time. this time i'm going to have to work really hard.
and so i decided to write about it on here so that maybe i would be accountable to someone (the entire internets, all 3 of you!). because how can you do a before without an after? right?
i'm not quite brave enough to do a "before", but maybe when i have a "during" i will be brave enough to compare the 2.
so here is everything:
START: 21.Nov. 1*6 lb (also not brave enough to say)
FIRST GOAL: -6 lb
AND:
- 30 day thing from this place, which actually has some good workouts (and short so you can't talk yourself out of them). it is actually only 4 weeks of 4 days a week. it is a bit skanky, with the girls all in their pushup/sports bras, but hey, they are Fiiiitttt. so i guess they earned their 'shirts off' rights.
- run the other 3 days a week.
- eat salad every day.
- drink 6 glasses of water a day (i'll work up to 8...)
TODAY'S FIT TEST (50 seconds with a 10 second break in between)
Squat Jumps - 32
Pushups - 1 real one and 21 girly ones
Burpees - 11
High Knees - 122 (or 61 if you count each knee as a set)
Switch Lunges - 23 (or 11 pairs? does that make more sense?)
Tuck Jumps - 15 (i hate you, tuck jumps)
Situps - 23 (WHAT HAPPENED, ABS? I USED TO BE SO GOOD AT YOU!!!)
i do realize that the day before thanksgiving may be the stupidest day of all time to start a serious workout. but pretty much no day is a good day if you've lost the habit of working out and craving endorphins....
anyways. another fit test in 30 days. hopefully i'll make my FIRST GOAL before then!!!!!
from pinterest....
"inspiration/motivation/etc/etc"
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