:-)

I see the link to our little blog all the time as I update my personal blog, and have often wondered where the winds scattered us! Thanks for the "Deep Space Nine" link, and for bringing a smile to my face!

My own personal journey has improved the last couple of months, as I've bought a treadmill, taken to eating better, have lost 20 pounds and am signed up to walk a 5K in March. Good times. :-)

Best of luck, all!

I miss the doughty dozen

I do.  I miss it.  Not that I was ever good at posting here, and of course toward the end, it was mostly little ineb. But I love her and I loved the recipes and the walking and, well, I miss it.

It won't come back, of course.  But I've started something similar with some seminary friends of mine, and thought I should put a link here, for continuity's sake.  It's sort of like when your favorite TV show ends, but a year or two later there's a spin-off.  Doughty Dozen: Deep Space Nine or something.  I should have called it that, actually, now that I think about it.

Anyway, it's at http://wholenesslife.blogspot.com  Feel free to ignore it or whatever.  Or love it, as I hope to do.  Or at least go make some bok choy.  Something.

Ow ow ow ow ow

My likes and dislikes about the gym:

Dislike: The fact that everything hurts. Strange muscles I didn't even know I had. I can't walk across the room without raising a litany of four-letter words. The outside of my feet hurt. How is that even possible?

Like: The pain means its working. And it recedes enough after 24 hours that I'm ready to go again.

Dislike: That it took me four bloody months to go. Four months, and a new anti-anxiety medication.

Like: But I went! Three days in a row! And I love it! And that fact makes me feel courageous and healthy and strong and powerful and awesome and productive and other positive adjectives!

Dislike: I don't know what to do with the fancy machines there.

Like: The wellness minister at school will tell me what to do with them, as soon as she reads my email. Also, I get a free physical training session once my free trial week runs out and I actually start paying them.

Dislike: There are too many people there.

Like: I manage to go anyway, defeating my hangups about being around that many people at one time.

Dislike: I am surrounded by good looking people, and I know I am not one of them. I am fat and sweaty and gross.

Like: Except, for some reason, I don't feel fat and sweaty and gross when I'm at the gym. I feel awesome. And kind of hot. And I have to admit, it's nice to walk on the treadmill for a while and have some nice things to look at. And think, gee, I'm also pretty attractive. And certainly not the fattest person there, not by far. And that makes me feel good too. Which is perhaps not very nice, comparing yourself to others to make yourself feel good, but bleh on you.

Dislike: Changing in the locker room is a more uncomfortable experience than if I were to preach naked.

Like: The way I smell when I'm all sweaty more than makes up for it. Why is something so gross so nice? I smell like a boy, which is a nice change of pace. Heh. Also, I get to go home and take a shower, and the hot water is relaxing at the end of a stressful day. And then I curl up in bed and my cat curls up next to me and it's just a nice way to finish off the day.

God, what happened to me? I'm all happy and stuff. This is March, and I'm supposed to be depressed. But I'm not. Yippee, I think I like the gym. I don't know how that's even possible, but it's true. I've spent a whole hour on the treadmill for three days in a row. Last night, I walked four whole miles, and burned 600 calories. Which makes a total of 11 miles altogether. And I can't wait to go back.

YESI'MAWESOME!

Afternoon strolls

I went for a few walks this weekend. Let's count it as 15 minutes on both Friday and Saturday. I haven't been to the gym yet this weekend... maybe next week ;)

L'il bit o' walkin'

I snuck out of the house on xmas day. My little stroll shouldn't have taken more than 10-15 minutes, but the roads were covered in ice, so it was more like 20. It was good that way.... I needed the break.

Yesterday I walked about 2.5 miles. I think it took 45 minutes. I didn't check the time-- I was with a boy and thus distracted.

Exam Week

Went to the gym again last night. I like exam week cuz there's less people at the gym. So far this week I've jogged 4 miles and walked 1. We'll see if I am able to go on Friday too.

I'll be offline next week but I'll blog again the last week of the month. Happy Holidays!

Go me!

After a two week break due to a cold I went back to the gym and jogged 2 miles on the elliptical machine and then walked a half mile around the track. I like when the students are busy with exams so I can work out on the machines I like best.

Also, happy birthday Bethany!

Icky Sicky

My Sunday badminton match was canceled uz both Heather and I have sinuses full of goo. I think in the past few days I have been personally responsible for the destruction of a tree. My nose would love for me to stop blowing it. Hee. Anyway, here's hoping I have the energy to walk the track at the gym tomorrow-- curse the gym, the most likely place for me to have picked up this cold!

Grr, Argh

I rode the stationary bike for 20 minutes-- 22 including the cool down-- and it took me 3.5 imaginary miles. Then I took a few laps around the track (half a mile) until I finished my book. Go gym membership!

Not sure I'll make it back there before my Sunday badminton match...

Reading While Walking

I wasn't feeling it yesterday, but I went to the gym anyhow. I walked the track while reading The Alchemist. Btw, excellent book. And in between laps I lifted some arm weights and I feel much better today. Tonight I'll either have a knitting date or I'll do my leg routine... we'll see!

Eat Those Pounds Away!

I stepped on the scale today and discovered I've lost 8 pounds in the past few weeks. Woot! I've been trying to eat better--cut way down on the fast food (and trying to make good choices when I do it), bought some new cookbooks (two are vegan, and I have had some startlingly awesome food from them), and focusing on keeping my metabolism running all day, eating less at each meal but eating more frequently. It has been awesome.

Now to add exercise in somewhere...

Food food food

I haven't been to the gym lately, but I did sneak out of the house twice this weekend. I took a 15 minute hike on both Friday and Saturday. Not sure I'll keep up with playing outdoors now that we've got snow here. It's pretty outside!