New Wheels

Today after church we ended up going to Montana's Cookhouse. I just had this craving for nachos. They were yummy as they always are. Today was supposed to be my 12 mile run, but do to some bad decisions on my part last night...partaking in a few Coors light to celebrate my long bike and run yesterday (which really wasn't that long compared to what it will eventually be) today I didn't feel 100% when I woke up. I don't know what happened but sometimes I get cravings for things I know I should not have. No worries, people! Tomorrow is a brand new day Tomorrow will be starting early at 3am (kind of a punishment for skipping my workout today) and I will be doing my 12 miler then. I heard a good saying not too long ago...the only person standing in they way of my goals is me. Trevor is serious about sticking to good eating habits prior to his departure to Afghanistan on April 24th and I too am serious about sticking to good eating habits.

Now for the title of the blog "New Wheels". Kamden got a certificate for a new bike for her birthday from Trevor and myself. She has been patiently waiting to go bike shopping, so today after Montana's we headed over to Bow Cycle as they had a huge sale going on. We had a look at 4 bikes that seemed to be a good fit, but because she wasn't 100% sure about it we decided to leave and go to The Bike Shop. Surprisingly the prices at The Bike Shop were a lot cheaper despite "the big sale" going on at Bow Cycle...kind of makes you go hmmmmm....needless to say we left The Bike Shop with a new bike for Kamden and a new pair of bike shorts for Kamden. Funny thing is that Trevor's Bike shorts were $14 cheaper than Kamden's bike....

Now it is our usual family night as we are watching Amazing Race together : )

Jelly Beans no longer

I've recently been quite enjoying those little things called Jelly Beans (specifically Jelly Bellies). I must admit that I may enjoy them a little too much. I don't consider myself to be a candy kind of girl, but more of a chocolate lover. However, I found that the kids enjoyed getting one Jelly Belly as a little reward if they did their homework, made their beds..you get the idea. The only problem was that when no one was looking I had a tendency of sticking my hand in the Jelly Belly bag and grabbing a handful and munching on it on a daily basis. What is wrong with me???? Seriously??? Anyways, yesterday was the final day of this foolish Jelly Belliness as I was eating one I noticed I that one was rather hard. I just spit it out and thought it was "defective" and didn't think much of it until a few minutes later when I noticed a hole in on of my back molars. My filling came out...Great!!! I called the dentist and they said "can you make it here by 2pm?" that's in an hour...so I packed up the kids and off we went. That morning I had taken the kids to get their hair cut as they were scheduled for pictures at 5pm at Sears. I figured I could fit everything in except my workout. The filling that came out was a tooth that really needs a crown. My dentist has been trying to talk me into getting one for the longest time, but insurance only covers half. So he just filled it and off I went. I think I will get a crown on that tooth in the summer as I'd hate to be away somewhere when the filling falls out. We got to the mall at 2:30 pm cause Kamden had a Build a Bear certificate that expires at the end of the month and she wanted to buy a new bear (puppy) with her money---by the time we finished up there we still had 2 hours left till our pictures. So I thought we'd go and check and see if they could fit us in early...you never know unless you check...Luckily they had room. The kids did their pictures and everything worked out great. We got home and my tooth was bugging me for the rest of the evening and there was no workout to be had yesterday...luckily Friday I have a scheduled day off, but now with juggling around I will be doing todays workout tomorrow and yesterdays workout today...make sense...fun times!!!

Kamden and Simon

Make a Smilebox postcard

Relaxin'

On Saturday I was thinking about putting that Kamden and Simon into swimming lessons for the week, but when I checked the schedule it wasn't available at the pools in our area. This would have been a great idea, but in the end I am glad it didn't work out as I am enjoying a relaxing Spring Break. Trevor is out of the house by 7:45am and then the kids end up coming into bed with me and we watch cartoons till 9:30am and then we start the day. I love it!!

Yesterday my morning consisted of a nice 3 hour bike...nothing exciting to share about that. I get to watch some fun shows while biking such as Live with Regis and Kelly, The View, and my favorite The Ellen Degeneres Show. I love those shows!! Since I've started working I haven't been able to watch much tv except for in the evenings.

This morning I had a 66 minute bike with single leg drills and other fun filled drills followed by a quick run. Tomorrow I am just running...yeah...honestly, my butt is getting kind of sore from the last two days of biking.

One of my blogger buddies recommended that I start the run challenge again. I think it is a good idea, but I don't have my heart completely in it. I am still considering it and if I do start it I think tomorrow will be day number one. The rules are simple...just run everyday for a minimum of 20 minutes. No days off just see how many days you can run straight...

Tonight Ms Kamden has dance as Simon, Trevor and I are off to Best Buy (Trevor's favorite hangout) to purchase Mario Kart (wii) and James Bond (wii)....Trevor's idea ;) The kids are unaware that Trevor is getting them (or him) the games, so they'll be happy.

Tomorrow the kids are off to get a hair cut at 10;30 am and then at 5pm they are off to SEARS to the portrait studio for some pictures. The only pictures they get are their school pics which end up looking the same every year as they can only wear their uniform, so I thought it would be a good idea to get some pictures with regular clothes on.

Identity Crises

As you can notice I can't seem to decide on a layout. I figure that I am dealing with an identity crisis. I guess part of it is that for the past two days I have been in the office all by myself dealing with "stuff" while the rest of the staff is at a confrence. Am I upset that I didn't go? Honestly, not really as the conference didn't really pertain to me, however, it is always nice to be around other people. Here I have no one to talk to, no one to look at and not much to do. I am just hanging out waiting for the phone to ring, which hasn't been that frequent as I am sure everyone is already on their Spring Break. That's okay...I will make it through today.

Back in January when I first started this job I was so excited because I thought I will finally be able to lose weight as I will be too busy to snack on crap. Two months has passed and I have gained some weight...Ewwwwww....I am so disappointed that I have succumbed to bad snacking behaviour. Saying No has become something of the past and Saying Yes (as I don't want to be "rude" and everything that is offered to me is so darn yummy and I lack will power) has officially taken over. You know it's time to do something when you look in the mirror and the "muffin top" has taken over. I no longer fit into my good clothes and am starting to feel super disgusting in my big clothes. What happened to me? Why? When? How? See it's times like this when crazy thoughts come into my head and I start questioning having gone to treatment. Yes I am better, but now whatever I stuff into my face I must "pay for" with weight gain. Honestly it was so easy before...stuff your face...get rid of it...feel guilty...move on. So Ironman training has started and I am noticing that the extra 5 pounds (Okay...closer to 7lbs) is making a huge difference. For the first time in years I honestly feel out of shape. I feel down in the dumps. I feel like I am in a rut. I think all my feelings are being meshed together with just feeling s of being alone/lonely...you know what...I need to be around people.

I am going to use my week off from work (Spring Break) just to get back on track with things. Work on making better choices and being a do-er not a talker. I know Trevor is getting sick of me always saying I need to lose weight and frankly I am getting tired of hearing it to (as I am sure the rest of the world is----but this is my blog and I can say what I want). I need to come up with a plan of attack...something...I need something...

That's it...I want Spring

I am so undecided with the blog...Maybe I'll change it up every week...I thought this layout says "SPRING" all over it : )

The kid's are officially out of school for their Spring Break. Unfortunately, I still have to go into work. The rest of the staff (the teachers, principal and associate principal) are off Thursday and Friday for Teacher's Convention. I was supposed to go but we are having quite a few problems with are online registration (which is new for us and the parents) so I am staying in the office to deal with any phone calls that may come through tomorrow and on Friday. Oh well...them are the breaks. At least it'll be quiet in the office and I can turn up the music and have fun (wishful thinking).

Yesterday I had a 70 minute bike with some speed drills and today I had a 60 minute run. I have actually been fairly sore from my 10km run on Sunday. Ouch!! Riding the bike yesterday didn't help. This morning the alarm went off at 4:35 am and I didn't get up. I was too sore. I decided that I will feel better in the evening. Luckily such was the case and I just finished up with a zone 2 HR run. Tomorrow I have a Zone 1-2 90 minute bike. Trevor is working at home with the kid's and then tomorrow night they are going off to oma and opa's for a sleep over till Friday night when we have bible study. Saturday I have 3 hour bike and 20 minute run and Sunday a 16 mile run....sounds like fun, right?!

Next week no work...no school (I do have an assignment due on March 30th, so I'll work on that). The kids and I will be working on their Disney Scrapbook with my help and hopefully by the time they return to school they will have a few pages done...I'l keep my fingers crossed.

St. Patrick's Day 10km

Well I achieved my goal of getting under 1:00. I managed to squeak in at 59:15. Because we didn't have chips I had to rely on the Garmin. This morning I felt blah---I think this was due to all the traveling we did yesterday in the car. I suppose that Chinese Food for dinner probably wasn't an ideal choice, but hey---it is what it is. I am just glad that the first race for the season is over and done with and now IM training is officially underway beginning tomorrow with a dip in the pool. Luckily for me this also means that eating crappy will no longer be an option. Now I just have to convince everyone at work that I CAN NOT partake in junk food. Yeah...I am talking like they tie me up and force it down my throat. Okay...back to the race....we left the house at 9am 'cause the race started at 10am. We got to the site at around 9:20 am and went to hang out inside...it was not as warm as I was hoping for today, but it was manageable. When we were waiting I kind of wished that I had dressed warmer. At 10:45am Trevor and the kids walked with me over to the start line and gave me my well wishes and a lot of hugs and kisses. I got my music ready and next thing you know without any real warning the race had begun. The beginning was on a down hill slope and it was icy. I took it easy as the last thing I wanted to do was spill and get injured. I think for the first 2-3 km all I could think about was how cold my hands were. Finally I started warming up. It was a 2 loop course. The 5 km and 10km race started together so the second loop was a less congested as the 5 km headed to the finish line as the 10 km racers kept going. Shortly there after I saw my gang with their clappers and cowbells. Seeing them gave me that extra kick that I needed...thanks, gang!! I was well on my way in the second loop and I could feel me slowing down. A group of girls passed me and I decided that I would tag along with them. This kept me going for the next few km until we got to the University area and things got congested...they managed to get in front of me, but I kept going and then I saw where the finish line was. I ran as best as I could. Just as I saw the finish line I saw my gang once again...cheering..."Go Mommy" "Run Mommy". It was so nice to see them again. This was not a PR for me but it was fun run. I will save the PR for the Police Half coming up at the end of April.

On the road

Today we spent a lot of time on the road. We headed to Lethbridge, AB to celebrate Trevor's grandma's 95th birthday. She is still looking good and moving around by herself. Her only major issue is that she needs to carry around a tank of oxygen, but that's pretty much it. It was a 2.5 hour drive there and we stayed at the party from 2pm -4pm and then went out for dinner with the rest of the family and headed back home. It would have been nice to have been able to stay for the weekend, but tomorrow is my 10km race. The weather is going to be wonderful at 3 degrees Celsius, which may seem low to some, but considering last year when I raced it was -25 degrees Celsius this is like a heat wave. Hopefully everything will be okay. My eating habits have been anything but ideal lately. At work I seem to always run into the junk food and I just need to say NO and back off and head back to my bag of carrots.

Stay tuned for tomorrows race results...I am just hoping to get under an hour...we'll see what happens : )

The Last Cookie

One of the perks of working full time is that I can now bring some goodness that we have in our home (aka treats) for our staff at work. I figure that it is better in their tummy than mine. A few months ago the kids had a fund raiser selling cookie dough for gymnastics. We ordered all the "healthy" doughs, but one of the flavors wasn't our favorite. It was the Cocoa Oatmeal Raisin. I ended up making a batch of cookies last night and bringing it to work with me this morning. I just put it on our secretary's desk as all the teacher's usually pass by her desk before they head to their class. Can you believe all the cookies were gone at 8:25am. I am not sure why, but I thought that they would last all day...hmmm. I guess I'll have to bring the second container tomorrow : ) All the cookies were gone except one...funny how no one ever wants to take the last one. It's as if that last one is the indicator which suggests that you are one that ate them all or you are the one that doesn't share. I have a feeling that the last cookie will still be in there till the end of the day.

This morning I woke up at 1am to the sound of wind. Unfortunately, I wasn't unable to fall asleep again till after 2 am. This made getting up at 4 am unattainable...it wasn't going to happen. Alarm went off and Trevor and I just said...I slept like crap how 'bout you? We agreed to postpone today's workout. He will go at lunch and I will do mine tonight. I am thinking that a nice 6 mile run will do. I actually prefer working out in the evening, but with helping the kid's with their homework, making lunches, and giving them a bath it doesn't leave a lot of time for working out. My cutoff time for functionality seems to end at 9pm...anytime after that I am just too tired to do anything. I can't even stay up past 9:30 pm.

Only 10 more sleeps till my next 10km race...first race of the season...yeah!! If only I can drop 5 lbs by then...stupid weight...always an issue. Oh well...at least I am doing well with eating (meaning that I have been good as far as ED is concerned). I am doing amazingly well. I seem to have changed my thought process when it comes to how I view things and deal with stress. I am amazed at how far I've come. God has been so good to me...

back to working out after a week...yikes.

Okay...slacker...that's me. Can you believe that today was the first time that I worked out since last Wednesday. I am ashamed of myself. Life has been crazy with Kamden's birthday happening on February 25th, which meant birthday parties. It started off on Friday with a couple of her friends just coming over to hang out and watch a movie. They went home Friday night just to be dropped off again the following day at 11am. We ended up taking the girls (4 of them incl. Kamden) to Boston Pizza and then to a huge play place called "Let's Play". By the time the day was over I must say that I was thankful that we only have two kids. As well I am thrilled that we don't have more than one girl. I don't think I really understand how moody girls can be. How can someone be best friends one second and enemies the next? Was I like that?? I am sure if I ask my mom she would definitely say yes. If you ask Trevor I am quite positive that he would say I am still very moody. Unfortunately, with all the Saturday craziness I didn't have time to post a blog and wish Trevor a very Happy 36th Birthday. I think we will have to leave his birthday celebrations till spring break time.

This morning I managed to get out of bed for a 6.0 mile run and a little jaunt on the elliptical. We are still in the process of setting up our gym and we are hoping that it'll be done this weekend, which will be good 'cause it's not that great having to look around at the insanely disorganized basement while I am on the treadmill or elliptical...Soon....

Well off to do some jazzercise ; )