With the goal of being able to do the Seattle Half Marathon next November, I've started training and working with a trainer. I am devastated with the amount of weight I have gained, and it's the worst time to try and lose it, but I am just going to keep working out and hopefully get my eating on track after xmas(but trying to at least maintain some control during he holidays).
The odd thing is that I'm not feeling completely out of control right now, but I am still not feeling quite myself. Not sure how to pull it all together, but I think that working out helps. At least for an hour per day I am not worrying about anything. I'm just listening to an eclectic mix of music and pushing myself to try a little harder at something that I find very difficult. Some people get a sort of high from working out. For me, it's like getting the kids to run around so that they're so exhausted they go to bed without complaining. I run and bike, etc., so that I just tire myself out so that I can sleep more easily at night and feel more refreshed in the morning. Wish I got a high from doing it, but I just feel like such a dork, since doing the simplest things - like running 2 miles - is a major feat for me.
Tonight is the last night of Channukah. The last candle will be lit tonight. I'll miss those lights, and the ritual of lighting them with my husband, but I will put the meditations we use from ritualwell.org into the box with the menorah so that I have them with me next year, wherever we end up lighting.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Out of control
Feeling out of control these days - not just the normal holiday feasting, but just completely out of touch with myself and what I need and when too much is too much.
I got sick this week, and I think it had more to do with over-indulging and not sleeping, and just being crazy than with any sort of bug going around. It's a hard time to try and get a hold on the reins, but I have to do it.
Signed with a trainer, and it's going to be hard, but I'm determined to pull myself out of this downward spiral.
Maybe I'll use this blog now to chart the emotional side of my progress in that regard. Hmm. It could be a good thing for me to do something daily that is stress free (even if it reports on feelings of stress...)
I got sick this week, and I think it had more to do with over-indulging and not sleeping, and just being crazy than with any sort of bug going around. It's a hard time to try and get a hold on the reins, but I have to do it.
Signed with a trainer, and it's going to be hard, but I'm determined to pull myself out of this downward spiral.
Maybe I'll use this blog now to chart the emotional side of my progress in that regard. Hmm. It could be a good thing for me to do something daily that is stress free (even if it reports on feelings of stress...)
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thanks for Thanksgiving
My DH is coming into the city tonight. If he's not exhausted when he gets here, we're going to work on the menu for Thanksgiving. We'll have the family here for the week, so there's lots of cleaning and organizing to do in preparation. Luckily, I have tomorrow to do that while he's at Santa class at Nordstrom! Yes, my DH is a Nordstrom Santa. He is so wonderful that Santa is the perfect persona for him.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to get all the homework done I can for school, and doing little things to make the cleaning/organizing easier to do tomorrow. Sunday, we head back to the eastside to go to "Meet the Biscotti's" at Lincoln Square. Should be fun -- an interactive "mafia" musical.
Happy Holidays!!
Meanwhile, I'm trying to get all the homework done I can for school, and doing little things to make the cleaning/organizing easier to do tomorrow. Sunday, we head back to the eastside to go to "Meet the Biscotti's" at Lincoln Square. Should be fun -- an interactive "mafia" musical.
Happy Holidays!!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Coding in a cloud
So, a friend at work (my pt job writing - no word on a solid full-time coding gig, yet) told me about a seminar at Google in Fremont. They're going to be talking about their applications. Since Google is one of the big names in cloud computing, I am expecting to find out more about a dev's life in the cloud, but we'll see. Right now, I'm just expecting information on technologies I love.
It's hard being exiled to MS-only environments. If it weren't for school, where I'm working on PHP and home, where I work in Eclipse/Java, I'd be stuck in the MS-worldview. That would be just too, too sad.
But it's a happy day. I moved from waitlist to definite seat at the seminar Monday night.
Hey, suddenly, life is good. :)
It's hard being exiled to MS-only environments. If it weren't for school, where I'm working on PHP and home, where I work in Eclipse/Java, I'd be stuck in the MS-worldview. That would be just too, too sad.
But it's a happy day. I moved from waitlist to definite seat at the seminar Monday night.
Hey, suddenly, life is good. :)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Halloween approaches
Finally sent out an invite for a halloween party. Since my DH will be working as the zombie host for a haunted house, leaving Halloween night at 9pm, it'll be nice to have company - assuming anyone comes!
My cousin is in town, and I'm hoping that she and her husband can make it to the party, but I'm not sure. I don't have her email address at work, so I will send her the invite when I get home tonight.
Right now, the menu for the event looks like I'll have one non-vegetarian stew (probably a beef stew) and an Indian vegetable stew. I'll make brown and white rice, and my DH's favorite bread. For dessert, I found a chai-spiced mango bread pudding that looks worth a try, and it's not high calorie, which is a very good thing. I've had a couple of pretty good days so far, and I want to stay on track to get some of this extra weight off so I can enjoy Thanksgiving.
Looking forward to wearing jeans that don't bite! :)
My cousin is in town, and I'm hoping that she and her husband can make it to the party, but I'm not sure. I don't have her email address at work, so I will send her the invite when I get home tonight.
Right now, the menu for the event looks like I'll have one non-vegetarian stew (probably a beef stew) and an Indian vegetable stew. I'll make brown and white rice, and my DH's favorite bread. For dessert, I found a chai-spiced mango bread pudding that looks worth a try, and it's not high calorie, which is a very good thing. I've had a couple of pretty good days so far, and I want to stay on track to get some of this extra weight off so I can enjoy Thanksgiving.
Looking forward to wearing jeans that don't bite! :)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Mad Hatter Day
Next year, if all goes well, I want to have a Mad Hatter Day party. Mad Hatter Day was actually yesterday. See http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ari/madHatter.html for a wonderful description of this holiday.
Looks like a Halloween Party is going to happen after all. I was worried that I'd be too busy with work and school to help my DH out, and he has so much on his plate already with prepping for Santa photos and prospective jobs, and working as a zombie host at a haunted house. However, he said he'd still like to go through with it since he has to leave on Halloween night to head to the haunted house at 9pm for their last night of frights. This way, there'll be people there with me to give candy to the kids and keep me company.
Second week of school, and only a few exercises done. I will need to step it up if I am going to do well in my classes.
Yesterday was a good day for diet, though not much exercise. Today, I'll walk to school and then down to a party at the Hyatt afterward to gawk at expensive condos that a friend is selling above the hotel. Not a bad day. :)
Looks like a Halloween Party is going to happen after all. I was worried that I'd be too busy with work and school to help my DH out, and he has so much on his plate already with prepping for Santa photos and prospective jobs, and working as a zombie host at a haunted house. However, he said he'd still like to go through with it since he has to leave on Halloween night to head to the haunted house at 9pm for their last night of frights. This way, there'll be people there with me to give candy to the kids and keep me company.
Second week of school, and only a few exercises done. I will need to step it up if I am going to do well in my classes.
Yesterday was a good day for diet, though not much exercise. Today, I'll walk to school and then down to a party at the Hyatt afterward to gawk at expensive condos that a friend is selling above the hotel. Not a bad day. :)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
work and school
It is so hard getting used to being back in school after just a few weeks off. I have a ton of homework and regular work and am even attempting to work on an independent project with a friend. All this is getting to me, and making me a bit cranky. It doesn't help that I'm stress eating, and need to cut that out immediately! I have to go home for Thanksgiving, and I don't want to roll down to LA, so I'd better get it together fast!
My hubby is working as a zombie host for a haunted house, so our schedule together is pretty difficult, too. He's coming into the city tonight, and I'll get to see him for a couple of days, and then he's off Thurs->Saturday working his magic for the audience at the haunted house. He's such a good actor that it makes it easier not getting to go to the theater (no $$ for such things these days) when he can actually perform! I have to go to the house sometime and see him in action.
Went to a talk at Molbak's about what we should be doing now, and then in March and then in May wrt our tomato plants. I was planning on coming back to the city after a meeting on the eastside on Thursday, but I may go back to the house if only to get the hoses up and prep the ground for some serious digging and prepping for the winter. I'm sure our neighbors would be pleased if we did something with the mess of a garden we have out there now. If we prep while the weather is nice (sunny and cold) as opposed to when the rains come, it'll be easier. Doing some work outside would be good for me in that it would keep me out of the kitchen!
Well, back to real work. I have to be here until 5:30pm today, but then I head home to see my DH.
My hubby is working as a zombie host for a haunted house, so our schedule together is pretty difficult, too. He's coming into the city tonight, and I'll get to see him for a couple of days, and then he's off Thurs->Saturday working his magic for the audience at the haunted house. He's such a good actor that it makes it easier not getting to go to the theater (no $$ for such things these days) when he can actually perform! I have to go to the house sometime and see him in action.
Went to a talk at Molbak's about what we should be doing now, and then in March and then in May wrt our tomato plants. I was planning on coming back to the city after a meeting on the eastside on Thursday, but I may go back to the house if only to get the hoses up and prep the ground for some serious digging and prepping for the winter. I'm sure our neighbors would be pleased if we did something with the mess of a garden we have out there now. If we prep while the weather is nice (sunny and cold) as opposed to when the rains come, it'll be easier. Doing some work outside would be good for me in that it would keep me out of the kitchen!
Well, back to real work. I have to be here until 5:30pm today, but then I head home to see my DH.
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