Tonight we are off to my parents place to celebrate my mom's 59th birthday. How wonderful!! My dad is making supper, so it definately will not be a low cal meal, but that's okay cause tomorrow is a brand new start...a year of healthy eating and healthy decisions.
Wishing you all a wonderful 2009!!!
Well it looks like we have a tie and the only fair thing to do would be to attempt to do two challenges at once. Starting Thursday, January 1st, 2009 I will no longer be able to eat chocolate, bakery items (incl. Tim Hortons) and desserts. This for me will be tough because I swear I am addicted to sugar, but hey if it wasn't tough then it wouldn't be much of a challenge. Since we are off to Orlando, Florida on Jan. 8th for 10 days...ahh man...what have I got myself into. Oh well...I can do it...I might go through sugar withdrawal, which might mean grumpiness and moodiness. The second challenge which I will be untertaking is to only weigh myself once a week (Right now I am picking Thursdays cause Jan 1st falls on a Thursday). Hmmm another one of my addictions. I have tried this challenge before and lasted only three days. This one will be difficult as well but I love challenges and will give it my best to make it as far as I can. I guess if I were to choose one it would be the weighing myself as it is something I do and the number on the scale determines my mood for the day and it is so much more for me than just stepping on the scale and seeing a number...really....to get rid of that habit....I couldn't even imagine how my life would change.
I had my last long run before Disney today and it was tough. I was drained...no energy...I think the kids and Trevor made me a little sick, but at least I didn't have what they had on the weekend. They had the 24 hour flu...imagine 3 people in the house with the flu...yeah...it was NASTY. Anyways...I don't have the "flu", but I don't have much energy...I just need some caffeine and life will be better.
Tonight we are off to Market Mall. We try to go to all the malls during boxing week to see if we can get any good deals. We did manage to hit Chinook on Friday and found a few things. I've shared a secret with Trevor that I wanted a Nintendo DS as well and we found one at Sounds Around and it was the Guitar Hero DS Lite Package...incl DS, Guitar Hero Game, Car Adapter, Guitar Hero Case, extra stylus and 2 extra guitar picks. Well...I love it...I played so much...I actually ended up unlocking all the games (by playing the easy level). Both kids got a DS for Christmas and I play with them. I love how we can all hook up and play Mario. Now if we can only convince Trevor to get one.
Well...that's the update. I still have to upload my Christmas Pictures...that will be done soon...stay tuned : )
I am so excited that after 6 months of knowing that we are going to Orlando, Florida we get to tell the kids. It has been so hard hiding this secret and there was a few occasions where we thought the "cat had been let out of the bag". For example last month while I was doing Jazzercise after school and the kids were roaming the halls and they bumped into the gym teacher who takes a special interest in Trevor and my triathlon lives. He was happen to ask the kids if they were excited about Florida and Disneyworld, but luckily they didn't understand what he was saying. Kamden assumed that he was talking about next summer when we are driving to Scottsdale, AZ and now she thinks we are off to Disneyland in California again. Oh well...how surprised will she be when she figures out it is Disneyworld and in a mere 15 sleeps. There have been other little slip ups that I have done for example the day that I asked Trevor how are we going to sign up for the Police Half when we are going to be on the airplane. Thank goodness the kids don't listen to me half of the time. Anyways....I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE KIDS. I got the camera all ready and I am for sure going to take some video.
Right now I am getting ready to head to the gym as I know tonight there will be a lot of snack at my parents place and tomorrow well that will be a feast at Trevor's parents. I can't wait....I've always loved Christmas. I love that we get to go to the Candlelight service tonight and sing our hearts out. I especially love that the kids can now read and sing their hearts out as well. I love when the pastor says the final closing prayer and we get to go to oma and opa's for family time and I love how the kids are super excited. When I was little I always got mad at everyone in my family cause I felt that they were too pokey. I think they did it to annoy me. Hey...that's okay...I've always had a problem with patience...maybe I should have asked for that for Christmas.
I am not sure if I will be back on here tomorrow...If the kid's reaction to their gift is priceless I will post it tomorrow morning...until then...
Well it is right around the corner...January 1st, 2009. What a better time to begin a new challenge. It has been some time since we have done the Running Challenge and as fun as it was I don't really want to do that one again especially with Ironman training beginning on February 1st, 2009. I've listed the challenges on the side bar. The poll closes on December 28th. So please help me decide which one would be good or maybe you think I should do them all.
For the past two days I have been looking through the IM books and trying to decide which training schedule I am going to be taking on. The outcome is "be Ironfit" by Don Fink. I used this training schedule for my first IM and thought it would be a good time to give it another go. I've been reading through my books a lot and am super excited. The training schedule is a 30 week program. The first 10 weeks is the base phase, but with all the training I have been doing for the Goofy Challenge I haven't lost my base. I figure it will be a great time to get my extra strength training workout outs in.
Today I had a 20 mile run. I managed to get in 17 miles before I had to call it quits. I was thinking that maybe I should not have had all those coolers yesterday. Oh Well...I was celebrating another successful semester at school. I got an "A" in "Fitness Program Design" and a "B" in "Leadership Development". I am pleased with those marks especially since I had to juggle around so much this semester with work, the kid`s schedules, and studying. It was a challenge. Next semester I am taking only one course.
Christmas---only 4 more sleeps away. Can you believe it? Last Monday I finished the kid`s "Sleeps left till Disney World" calendar. We have decided that on Christmas Eve when we are over at my parent`s place celebrating that we would blind fold the kids and put the calendars around their necks and then face them towards each other. We will then tell them to take off their masks and hopefully they will look at each others calendars and read them and figure out that we are off to Disney World in a mere 15 sleeps. Here is a picture of the countdown calendars....So everyday the rip off the sticky to reveal a picture of a Disney Character. I`ve actually done a few touch ups to the calendar so that the "15 more sleeps" sticks out a lot, so that they can spot it quite easily.
I am back...I am sure you are all wondering what exciting things Susan has been up to in the past 11 days. Unfortunately, I don't have any exciting stories. Last Tuesday (the 9th) I was able to go out for the evening with a couple of friends to a restaurant called The Green Olive. It was a really nice, quaint little place. The food was alright well that was until I started feeling nauseous about 30 minutes after eating. I didn't want to be rude and just go home so I was a trooper and hung in there to chat with my buddies. Finally at 8:30pm it was time to go. It was a rough car ride home for me. I wasn't sure if I was going to make it or if I should pull over. Well I managed to make it home, but had to head straight to the bathroom. That night was pretty harsh. The next day I was sick, sore and tired. I dropped the kids off at school and came back home and slept. Then I picked up the gang at school and came back home and hopped into bed. I had a fever and wasn't sure if I'd make it to the kids' Christmas Concert. Trevor came home and gave me an advil and I managed to get rid of the fever and get to the concert. As usual the kids all did a wonderful job and everyone had a great time. Needless to say that was not the last of my flu. It stuck around till Monday. Actually I still have a sore throat, but am back to working out once again. Tomorrow is the kid's last day of school before break and everyone is looking forward to it including me. Other than that...nothing new....I will try to write a little more often now that I am feeling better : )
Well it has definitely been a fun few days for me with all of the Christmas Parties. First there was my Christmas party on Thursday night at Jubilation Dinner Theatre. We had a fun time watching CSI with "Gill Gruesome. The only downfall is that we weren't able to visit too much with other people the way the seating was, but that's okay. In the end I think everyone had a great time.
Friday came along and it was my first day all alone at home. I had good intentions of going to the gym. The kids were at Grandma and Grandpa's for a few nights so I had the whole day to myself. I just kind of ended lazing around and nibling on food through the entire day....Nice Job, Susan!! In hindsight I really wish I would have gone to the gym because I have gained too much weight in the last few days and feel...well...disgusting at the moment. I am happy to say that I didn't give into any temptations to binge/purge on Friday, but believe me I felt like it. It really took everything in my power not to, but after looking at the numbers on the scales yesterday and today part of me wishes I would have had a binge/purge...sorry I know that this may be a lot of info---I know that sounds awful, but hey...I didn't and that's all that matters....I realize that there are going to be good days and bad days. Now I just have to get back on track with healthy eating. December is sooooo hard with all the get togethers but I just need to plan everything out and get back on the bus and take it one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time.
On Friday I was watching the news and there was a segment on weight loss and motivational music the website is www.skinnysongs.com. It wasn't the music I was thinking of (fast cardio music) but rather music with lyrics that would motivate one to lose weight...here is a sample of one of the songs...
Today I had to pull double duty at the school. I had to shuffle around my schedule so I can write my finals on Thursday and as well I had to cover two shifts for a co-worker who is in England right now. It felt like a pretty long day. Usually I can manage to make it to the gym for a bit, but today working out just didn't fit into the schedule. On Tuesdays and Thursday there is a group of us that participates in an express Jazzercise class led by one of the Kindergarten teachers. It's great fun, but today I didn't go. The reason I didn't go is because Kamden and Trevor have been home sick. Yesterday Trevor took Kamden and himself to the medi-clinic only to find out that the two of them have strep throat. So, needless to say, the two of them didn't leave the house today. So I didn't stay for Jazzercise because Simon's didn't have his usual buddy, Kamden, to hang out with while mommy was busting jazzercise moves. Oh well...hopefully they will both be better tomorrow.
Last night the kids finished off their fist session of gymnastics. They both added a new badge to their collection. Kamden was the first to receive her badge, Burgundy. She was so happy...she even hugged her coach. Simon received his next and showed us his report card. To our surprise Simon didn't just get one badge, but three of them. You could see the disappointment in Kamden's face, but we just told her that Simon's teacher was a little more easy going and that it didn't necessarily mean that she wasn't good at gymnastics.
Well I am off to take Mr. S to soccer for his practice...back on the road again....
