Getting off the bench!

I feel like I have been working nonstop which puts a damper on me hitting the gym just because I am so tired after a 12 hour night shift and need to fall asleep and get good quality sleep during the day to tide me over for another night shift. Last week I worked tue, wed, thur and I walked up all 7 flights of stairs on the way to work! It is a feat, by the time I hit the 5th floor I am breathing heavy and sweating. When I get to my floor I have to stand outside and try to control my breathing in case anyone is on the other side of the door lol.

Today I did something I have been wanting to try for awhile. I did zumba followed by body pump class. I liked the body pump class better than other ones I have taken because it was straight weights no cardio mixed in. It was one muscle group during a song before it went to another one. There is a shoulder workout that I am going to add into my arm routine when I do my own thing. It was killing me with just 2.5 lbs. it was the goal post type arm workout if you have ever done those. OUCHIE!

Friday was my only night off (I went back sat and sun) and I had taken the day off in hopes to run a half marathon with my friend Jody. I still can not run due to my right foot having plantar fasciitis. It just isn’t healing.  I need to really start working on fixing it. My plan is to not run until we get to GA next month and then start up couch to 5k. I also would love to start a Sole Sister running group in Kingsland because I have only found one running group in the area so far. I did my best when I trained with a running group. Anyhow I didn’t run but I did get up early to head to the half to cheer on my friend. It was her 35th bday and her first half. She set a goal of 2:30 and did amazing!!!! She started struggling at mile 9 and I told her it was the mental game that she had this in the bag! I started walking towards her and found her around mile 12 and ran the last mile with her. Come to find out she is the 5th person I have inspired to run a half that I know of!!!! How cool, now if I can inspire my 15 yr old daughter to run one with me I would be in heaven.

 My amazing artistic husband making posters for me to cheer on the runners and Jody!

  Doesn’t she look amazing for just running her first half?!? She is already searching out her next one!

If anyone knows of any super cool races near Kingsland, GA/Jacksonville, FL let me know. I also need tips on how to start a running group!

Sitting on the Sidelines

That is how I feel lately. I have been doing the yo yo thing with the weight, not getting past lunch counting points/calories, and not hitting the gym as planned. I find myself wishing I could be as motivated as my friends or the fellow bloggers I read. I was sitting on the sidelines just wishing I could be like them in single digit jeans and running sub 10 min/miles.

I started fresh on Wednesday with My fitness pal (annakay76). I wanted weight watchers to give me the motivation to lose 60lbs like I did 8 years ago but I just continued to pay the $43 a month and not lose even 5lbs since the beginning of December. I love the scanner option on MFP, the fact friends can see what I eat/exercise, that it is a little like facebook, and the best of all it is FREE!!!! The scale has started moving back down! My goal is to be under 200 lbs by the time we move, yes we are moving!

We finally got our official military orders to move to a new command in Kings Bay, GA. We are so excited to move to a smaller town with hopefully a bit slower lifestyle for us. We will be there middle of March and already have a house penciled in for us. I am also working with the schools to figure out what to do with the high schoolers and the best school to fit Chase’s IEP. I love planning!

I am off the sidelines and you will be hearing from me more often!!!

Love me some Target!!!

I mean who doesn’t? I will go to Target anyday over Walmart but you know from 1998-2005 I did not have access to a Walmart? It wasn’t until I left the beautiful island of Oahu that Target moved into Hawaii. We also didn’t have a Victoria Secrets or Olive Garden while I lived there probably good for my hips and checkbook lol. Anyhow I needed to go to Target for some reason the other day and ended up browsing shopping.  How did I spend my hard earned money you ask?

Todd has been saying since his mother makes our quilts he wants high quality sheets. I love jersey sheets but Todd wanted me to spend the big bucks. I went with 600 count vs the 800 count because of color choice. My sweet husband put away our Christmas quilt and sheets when I was at work and I came home to a ready made turned down bed aka as heaven after a 12 hour night shift. Slipping into this bed felt like slicing butter, so smooth and soft.

So my name is Anna and I am addicted to kitchenware!! I love it LOVE LOVE it! I don’t know why, its not like I am a great cook or baker I just love kitchen stuff AND clearance! woot woot! I bought two of these cute ramekins. I have great ideas for individual pot pies and breakfast meals.

Since the kitchenware is next to the refrigerator aisle I peeked in to see what yogplait 2 point WW greek yogurts were available so I could use my coupon from the back of WW weekly newsletter and saw these for 2 points each as well. MMMM can’t pass up chocolate chunks. I came home and immediately ate the coffee one, well I prefer to drink my coffee vs eating coffee flavored yogurt but the chocolate chunks were amazing. I ate the pineapple caramel one at work and it was just ok, nothing to call home about. I think I’ll stick to Yoplait 2 point greek yogurt which I can not buy at the commissary just yet.

Sneezing hurts!!!

The YMCA here in San Diego (or near my military housing area) is AMAZING, I mean amazeballs amazing! It is only $44 a month and that includes free childcare for 1.5 hours in the am and 2 hours in the pm. they are open 11 hours a day for childcare! Like most gyms/stores they had a new year’s special of no start up fee. I had the Y before and dropped it since I joined 24 and crossfit. Well the Y is more of a fit for our family so back to it we are.  I did step class Tuesday night, why, because my 15 yr old daughter wanted to go!!! YAY! Mom is wearing off on her! Wednesday night Noreen invited me to Cardio Sculpt, and again my daughter came!!! It may have helped that I bribed her with 2 new pair of Old Navy workout capris (only $15 EACH!!) Let’s just say after texting with Noreen and talking to Ari this morning we are all SORE! I swear my abs cry when I sneeze.

Two awesome things for me this week! One I was invited to join two challenges. One is a gallon of water a day for 30 days. I thought hmmm that is going to be hard. But I have been doing it. I bought a gallon of water and refill it each night for a quarter at the water machine. I fill up my tervis cup with ice and keep refilling it with water. The second challenge is a Biggest Loser group in our housing area. I think we have a little over 20 people in the group with a buy in of $20. I did not know before going we get penalized for gaining or missing a weigh in, eekkkkkk. They did weigh in and measurements for us Tuesday night, so that will be every Tuesday for 8 weeks, right up until we think we are moving (so annoying, not having hard copy orders). That should help me keep the weight off due to all the stress I foresee that comes with moving across country!

Now WW news!!! OMG!!! I was so happy this week!!! I am finally back under my starting weight, with a 4 lb loss this week! I added workouts back into my routine and tracked all my points!!! woot woot!

Biggest Loser

Do you watch it? I do, my friend Jen (who know lives in Texas) introduced me to the show and i was instantly addicted. I would watch each season as these women who weighed a lot more than me would shrink down PASSED my goal weight. Each season I would think oh I can weigh the same as them at finale (since I already weighed less than them). Each season I would see that huge scale start showing their weights less than mine and my dream of reaching my goal weight with them go out the window. Once again I am watching the new season, I really do love Jillian Michaels. Anyhow if you are watching this season you can see how Bob Harper set up his gym area as a crossfit box. It brought me to thinking about my crossfit attempt.

I mean seriously who does not have dreams of looking like this and being about to do these moves??!!?!?! I did, I really wanted to love crossfit! I went to three boxes to find the one that fit me and Todd and I really loved Outlier. It is family friendly, military background, great schedule, etc. I went for about two months but learned I had a huge anxiety about not being as strong, as fast, or as fearless. I mean crossfit is truly scary! I know it is a great workout, I hope to be able to join another box and overcome my issues with anxiety.   

By the way, Jen and I were making our video to send in for the Biggest Loser audition. We thought we would rock the show. She was a marine and I was a sailor so we thought we could take getting screamed at by Jiliian. Unfortunately our friendship had a small hiccup and we didn’t reconcile for a long time or send in our video. I am grateful to have her as my friend. I still think J.M. would have kicked my ass and made me cry! 

impressed!

Am I finally getting my head out of my arse and getting back in the game plan? I think so! I have been tracking Weight Watcher points this week and staying in range. I also worked out FOUR days in a row!!! I have started back slowly. Day 1 was an hour on the recument bike, days 2 I hit up Low Impact with Torri (she does ww with me and our husbands work together) and the 3rd day we did water aerboics.  We of course were the youngest in low impact and water aerobics but i hope to be that fit when I am their ages.

Then came the lazy day...what do you do when you just don't want to gather the kids up and drive to the gym? I can tell you what I did! I set my timer on my iphone to 30 mins and hit my stairs in my house, up and down up and down at the top, I did different exercise at the top and the bottom! Whew let me tell you after 10 mins I was over that and wished I had just went to the gym lol!

The rest of this week I plan to work on more water, water, water.

2013!

So yes I have been MIA, no I didn’t do my running streak and sadly I have a running injury!  I have plantar fascitis and it totally sucks!!!! I am going to have to give my foot some really good rest before picking up running again.

The new year has started and I made a couple goals for myself. 1- decrease debt not increase it, the goal is no credit card usage 2- to get to 175 lbs by new years eve 2013.  3- to run Women’s half marathon in Petersburg, FL in less than 2:30. 4- read the bible entirely.

I hope to keep my blog up to date more as well :) As far as family life goes, this weekend we drove up to LA so Todd could get in his CA half towards our goal of running in all 50 states. I signed him up for one we could go both go to and I also thought we were moving this month so we needed to have it early in the month. He got to run in Dodgers Stadium but he said it had about 4 miles of hills. I think he wasn’t very happy with me for picking him a half to run :)

Todd has mentioned he is kinda bummed I stopped eating paleo because he really wants to eat that way when he finally goes to shore duty so maybe I will pick it back up but for now it is Weight Watchers for me! Weigh ins are with a bunch of girls in my housing area on Wednesdays so i will start updating wi results.

Workout today consisted of 1 hr recumbent bike.
Happy New Year everyone, let’s make 2013 a great year!