gymboss interval timer

I recently sat in a Galloway seminar, if you don't know who he is and you like to run I would look him up. He has wrote many books and adopted a run/walk/run method for distance running that no only improves your time and helps keep injuries away! I asked him if i were to buy only one of his books which one should buy and he recommended Running and Fatburning for Women ( i have only got through about one chapter but like it so far).

 Anyhow I was running and doing my intervals and looking at my garmin for the times and well sometimes i forgot when i was supposed to walk or missed the minute marker.  There's this little device called gymboss interval timer, of course I got the pink one! Anyhow I got it for $25 on amazon and it is amazing, it beeps and/or vibrates at your intervals and when you have done all sets it beeps alot! 

Anyhow I drove over to Subase Point Loma today to run while my husband did his PT (physical training). It was a bit warmer than I am used to and I ran faster than I normally did and did a 2:1 ratio of running/walking. I wanted to quit but had 45 mins on my schedule and I did it because I posted on  my blog that I would.  And as the quote running around pinterest says; I never regret a workout but regret skipping one! I had brought us lunch, the lentil soup I made from all my produce that was going bad and we ate it on a bed or romaine lettuce. YUM! Todd was still full from the amazing bowl of oatmeal I made this morning. (1/2 c oats, 1c milk, 1T cinnamon chips, 1T shredded coconut) I finished my lunch off with 2 cutie tangerines. It was great to see my husband and get a great run in! Can't wait to do it more often, the track at Point Loma was made because of Todd's old CO from USS Olympia who was a runner, its that tot turf type of stuff and it goes by the ocean, through a grassy area, and past the subs, and softball fields, and gym (I saw the spin class huffing away). Until later have a great day! 

another sunday!

wow life really goes by fast! So Saturday is my half marathon training group today we met in Ocean Beach and had an amazing 3 mile out and 3 mile back run along the ocean! BEAUTIFUL! I run with my gf Dee and Todd runs as well although he is much much faster than us!!! It is pretty cool to watch for him, he heads out about 30 mins after us so we see him on the homestretch! So as Dee and are running a snail's pace we both realized HOLY MOLEY we did not work out at all this past week! so after i post this I am going to look at my busy schedule and the Y classes, the base schedule, and my assigned running days/times for the week and have a game plan.

Todd and I bought a dehydrator, I am excited to get it in, which should be Tuesday (thank you Amazon prime!) I love beef jerky and we really want to stop being so wasteful so we are hoping this is a way to save fruits/vegs and they kids might eat more fruits this way as well!

New recipe (thank you pinterest) that Todd and I tried today: avocado egg bake. Basically you slice an avocado in half, remove pit, crack an egg in the hole (which um ya steady the avocado first and still expect run out) then bake at 425 till you are happy with your egg. We topped it with some shredded cheese (let it melt) and then salsa! yum-o of course once you get used to warm avocado!

Goal this week besides exercising more is to redesign my blog! Todd is going to help so maybe Wednesday night!

Sunday a new week to you?

I always feel Sunday is my new start of a week. I am very excited with the results I am seeing on the scale, Yes I am a daily weigher. So as I said I started the Isagenix that we removed from the empty containers to return. Todd is with me and this is day 3, suprisingly after going to bed with my stomach loudly growling the first night I am not completely starving. I did cheat last night at work, I mean cheese/crackers/salami YUM! My night was a little rough, after a little oppsie one of my rooms looked like a murder scene. I work with an amazing team of nurses and a most awesome CNA who came to my rescue.

So I am watching Tangled with Berk and it's at the part where Rapunzel gets out of her house for the first time. And she is like a bipolar person happy, crying, happy, crying, happy, crying. I am like wow that is how I feel about my weight loss journey. happy sad happy sad happy sad. But it is my choice to be happy or sad, I make the small choices that add up to the big choice of either a gain or a loss, tight pants or slipping back into smaller pants (LUCKY JEANS!!! here I come)

so I am happy to say that as of now I have found that I am conquering the small choices! I can not wait till Wednesday mornings for weigh in!!!

Hmph a sorta liquid diet

So I went to my Doctor in November and she promotes Isagenix and it only costs $300 a month, so I was ok sign me up!!!! So the box came in right before I headed to Vegas for a half marathon (which by the way my medal finally came in!!!!) well i sat here debating spending the $300 a month on just myself so I decided ok Anna suck it up LEARN how to control your portions and start hitting the gym or road. So I called and cancelled it and wanted to send back the unopened box. I was told I had to empty all the containers and send them back. So mine as well try it, so finally after this box sitting unopened in my house for 2 months Todd opened and today is DAY ONE of basically a liquid diet. We are doing it together so 2 weeks each instead of 1 month i hope the added support helps me! So we drink shakes and have one meal of 400-600 calories for lunch.

Today's workout plan, step tonight with my daughter at 5! Tomorrow is my first run with WCRR that Todd will be joining!

Another Wednesday weigh in

Woot woot down 2.4 lbs might have alot to do with spinning tuesday and actually eating pretty well. Oh I have to talk about spinning. UGH I HATED the instructor!!!! well not the instructor herself but how she taught and what she wanted us to do. KEISER bikes are the BOMB! i love them, if you haven't seen them they are great. They show you your RPM and gear so I actually get a good workout. She wanted us going 120 RPM at gear 15 up to 18 um NO hahaha i am barely getting back into it. Kim I thought of you in spin! I did wear my spin shoes, and when you are new to wearing them clipping in is HELL!

newsflash---I skipped carrot cake at small group last night and dessert at school today!

Running with your kid and typing vomit

Ok you know when you sit in a class and they ask who here has children, and up goes your hand or it doesn't. Well I have a houseful between Todd and I we have 5 kids. Their ages range from 7-15, yes I have teenagers, to be precise I have THREE! Two that live with me which are both 14, FUN TIMES! But this post is about my 7 yr old, after I decide I am going to go out on my run yesterday by myself her little voice says but mom are you taking me? My answer is NO! But mom you said and you need to be honest. So ok grab your bike, disgruntled I say. Man chasing your kid on her bike is frazzling and kinda speedy. Instead of my 2.5 mile run I had planned I did a mile, but knocked a min off my usual slow pace I have been running, so it paid off. So enough about my exercise and scale, on to the things that cause stress!

So those who know me have seen my struggles to get to my life long dream of a becoming a nurse, specifically a L&D nurse to become a midwife later. So I guess an update and just to sorta vent and destress about it. So after killing myself to get prereqs done while being active duty and the disappointment of 2 MECP packages being turned down (the program that would allow me to go to college while getting paid and then later becoming an officer) I GOT OUT! wow really after being in charge of sailors I got to be a stay at home I had wanted to be, shocker alert I DID NOT LIKE IT!! Then the rude awakening, CA nursing schools have waiting lists and oh I had to retake Micro Bio, which also had a waiting list!!!! So while waiting I did 2 surrogacy pregnancies gaining a total of 57 and 82 lbs and made two families!!! Speed up to finally getting in school, that cost $44k, thank you GI Bill for helping out a little. I know this is probably boring, you can stop reading, but I am going to keep typing for my sanity purposes! I finish school take the NCLEX and now I am a RN! woot woot, then I get my BSN another YA I cross the stage with my mom and brother there and my older kids, my husband was deployed, again no shocker there. Now to find a job, well here we go, there are 100 openings and holy moly 1500 applicants, and I was not a successful candidate, nice blow to the self esteem. So after all that hard work, waiting, and cha-ching (money spent) I am an unemployed RN. So after debating I choose to move to a small border town in Texas (Eagle Pass). OMG for fellow new nurses who may not know this, other states do not have certain regulations we have here in Ca, one being pt/nurse ratio. I had 6-7 patients and was a new nurse!!! Well being separated from my husband was not an ideal situation for my family so the pursuit of getting a job in San Diego began and I got hired at Sharp Memorial. YAY me!!! the move back, I was fully moved in Sept 2011. Now the unit that I was hired for is not opening and the stress of finding a position was upon me again. So the little bit of hope that I could move into women's health came alive again. After a disappointing interview but pointers on what I should do, I am again in what seems like a rat race to try to obtain my goal. I am in a 6 week class, and scheduled for NRP (neonatal CPR), I was also told I should volunteer and some other stuff. I guess where I am at is just like in weight loss, sometimes the goal seems so far away and the steps to get there seem so HARD and the goal starts slipping and I tell myself I can settle and be happier somewhere else.

LETS BE REALISTIC!!!!! NO ONE WANTS TO SETTLE BEING OVERWEIGHT! so much like my weight loss I have to take my career in small steps too. When one door shuts another one opens. So small steps towards my goal, school, NRP, becoming a doula either through DONA or hopefully UCSD's volunteer program, and I want to become a lactation consultant! So if you kept reading, sorry I am not a poetic writer and probably boring but these has made me feel better and hopefully inspires someone out there on the internet. SMALL STEPS TO GET TO A GOAL!!!!

Competion vs supportive

We all joke that on a treadmill in the gym we are racing the person next to us. Of course I felt this way when I was in shape and could easily run at 6.0 now that I am struggling between 5-5.5 I don't always feel this way. Today was our first official WCRR half/full marathon training day, we did a 4 mile run. Now I had signed up to run in the Vegas group (all the groups are named after marathons), which is a 12-13 min pace. Previously when I was about 35 lbs lighter and ran alot faster I was in the catalina group (before they added Vegas) which was a 10-13 min group. Well we drive up (Dee and I, Todd had duty) to a very rainy morning. I hadn't planned for that type of weather in my wonderful sunny San Diego and was in capris and a tank top!!!! As I stood there shivering and nippling (embarrasing) I decided to hell with trying to keep up a faster pace for a solid 4 miles without knowing anyone in the group so I told Dee I was going to run with her. On our last 1/2 mile she told me she knew it was all about competition and I said no, not this time. I am truly wanting to run with her to help us both build up speed and stamina. So is it always about competition or can you sacrifice your speed/stamina to help others get to their goals?