While I Process

I've got some time while my hair processes, so I might as well take advantage.

Last night, Tim and I took the kids to see the Creekview Grizzlies play against Sequoyah.  I figured since my kids are in the Sequoyah district and I have a little baby cousin who QB's for the Creekview, it was a good game to go watch.  So we loaded up the crew and headed out, dressed in green and blue (yes, I know, not black and gold ...).

First, I had no idea how much it would cost to get into the game.  I never had to pay to enter the gates of any high school game.  It cost our family $30 to get in this game.  Seriously.  (Side note -- Completely worth it.)

Second, Friday nights must be the nights all the high school hoochies whip out their shortest shorts.  I'm pretty sure I saw some butt cheeks at that game last night.

Third, the "kids" look very different now than they did back in my day.  I said several times last night that the kids today look much older.  I know.  It makes me sound like an old maid.  But the girls had much bigger boobs and the boys looked like full grown men.  As I watched the team warm up, I was amazed at the amount of facial hair on the field!!

Fourth, divorce sucks.  I know ... seems completely unrelated to football.  But we went to the game with my brother-from-another-mother to watch his son play.  And as we sat amongst the family that included his ex-wife and her new boyfriend, her other ex-husband and his parents, and my aunt, I was reminded of how much I loved this family when they were a complete unit.  Shane and Dan were one of my favorite couples; I loved being at their house and around their kids (who are now on the brink of adulthood).  I hate that their family fell apart.  However, it was nice to see everyone getting along last night (and I hope it wasn't just for show).

Last, Go, Hayden Hall!!!  How awesome to watch the little boy that I used to hold in diapers.  He is an awesome player and an even better young man.  Shane, you've done good!!  I look forward to possibly watching him on TV one day!!

10 minutes

Idea stolen from friend and fellow blogger Tara Atkisson ...

I have all these thoughts flying around in my head; not necessarily ideas, per se, but thoughts.

So instead of waiting for the proper blog to form around the thoughts (which I've been doing for several months now ...), I'm just going to spout them off.  Right here.  Right now.

And I'm going to do it in 10 minutes because that's all the time I have before I need to get ready for work.

• Annie finally finished her second puppy class and is a graduate of the Advanced beginners class at MerryMac Dog Training.  No, she wasn't the highest achiever in her class.  But what do you expect when a) her classmates were all retrievers, labs, and poodles, and b) she missed a class because her people had to go out of town for a week?  I think she did very well ... but I am a little partial to the cute little thing.
• I interviewed for a job last week.  Most people already know that.  It was very grueling ... the process, not the interview.  It was my first interview since I graduated FROM COLLEGE IN 2000, and this interview was very different from my interview with Jim Snell all those years ago. No, I didn't get the job, but I got some valuable experience out of it.
• Tanner lost a tooth.  Finally.  and he has two more that are loose and on their way out.  I'm such an awful mom ... T doesn't even have a tooth fairy "pillow" or "box" to put his teeth in; he had to borrow his sister's pouch because she has a pouch AND and pillow ...
• Tim and I have been looking for a new place to live.  Because it's such a long story to explain (and I don't really understand it myself), I'll just say its time to move on.  I love my house.  But my job prospects are limited in Cherokee County, and we're thinking it may be time to head back out to Cobb or Paulding.  Luckily, Tim can work from wherever we may roam, so roam we shall do.
• I made a meeting with Kendall's teacher for next week.  She brought home 3 bad grades last week, and I'm freaking out.  She looped this year, which means she has the same teacher and the same friends in class.  Love this idea of keeping the teacher, but I'm stating to wonder if the same friends are a bit of a distraction.
• She will kill me if she knows I ever posted this, but Kendall is "budding."  Are you familiar with this?  That's right, folks.  My 8 year old daughter is building some boobies.  Let's just hope that she gets more than her momma and grand momma.  ;)  The scary thing is that the pediatrician says that Aunt Flo usually follows within about 2 years.  Ugh.  So. Not. Ready.
• The reason i stopped blogging so much was because I had developed quite a routine with my exercise.  Unfortunately, for my energy and my backside, the exercise tapered when we went on vacation in September.  The trip was awesome, but the weight gain was not.  I've gotten 2 pounds off and I guess it's time to "push play" again and get the rest off.  
• Or ... I can just add on some layers and cover them up with fluffy sweaters because IT'S FALL, Y'ALL!!!
• I officially suck at being a friend.  I realized last week during my job interview process that I absolutely, whole-heartedly do not deserve some of the friends I have.  For those of you who go out of your way to help and support me, I love you.  And I'm really going to try harder to reciprocate.
• It's been 10 minutes and I have so much more to say but I must tame the beast that has become my hair.  Or the hair that has become my beast.  Whatever.

Come back another day and I'm sure I'll have more to share.  For now I'm off to get pretty for a day of wiping butts.

Blood, Sweat, and Tears ... But Mostly Sweat ...

After completing a completely un-required (not a word, I know) workout that ended with me crying in the family room, I remembered, "Hey, I was supposed to post about my results from Insanity!"

Yes, most people do their thinking on the toilet or in the shower; I do my thinking (as a procrastination mechanism, I'm certain) during my workouts and when I'm supposed to be sleeping.

Anyhoodle, Tim and I finished our 60 days of pure terror on Sunday.  Most of you who have talked to me since then have asked, "So???  How was it?  Did it get any easier at the end?"

To which I reply and emphatic, "NO!"


At some point in one of the workouts Shaun T says (amidst his silly giggles and slip ups referring to body parts and their positions) something about how, as your endurance improves, you just push harder, so the workouts never really get "easier."  I suppose that's why even the "machines" in the videos start to drop like flies at the close of each workout.

So here I am, 3 days post-Insanity, and I'm still doing the workouts.  I don't really know what to do now.  I can't imagine not doing anything ... and we have the Peachtree Road Race coming up next week, so I don't want to quit cold turkey.  Tim and I are going to do another round after the Race, with the hopes of getting some super duper results.

But, for now, as promised, here are the results for round 1.

Finishing weight (after 2 weeks of Weight Watchers combined with Insanity workouts):
128.4 lbs

Waist: 28"
Hips: 35.5"
Left thigh: 22.5"
Right thing: 21.5"

Fit Test:

Switch kicks: 124 (started with 84)
Power jacks: 63 (started with 49)
Power knees: 120 (started with 92)
Power jumps: 51 (started with 20)
Globe jumps: 11 (started with 5)

Suicide jumps: 19 (started with 13)
Push-up jacks: 27 (started with 14)
Low plank obliques: 72 (started with 50)

Can I get a Hell, Yeah?!!

And here are some before and after pictures ... again, not the results I was hoping for, but I didn't really try as hard as I could have.  (But why work so hard if I can't enjoy a glass of wine or a cookie now and then??)

Before 133 lbs.

After 128 lbs.

Before

After

After

OK, so I still don't look like the chicks in the video.  But I can certainly see differences in my body.  My legs are much stronger (though I may need knee replacement surgery before I'm 40).  My stamina has increased.  My muscles can endure a lot more now than they could just 60 days ago.  We all know a tan makes everything look better. ;0) And I have sweated more than I thought I could.  Seriously ... when we finish a 55 minute workout, we look like we've run 5 miles in the 90 degree heat!  And we do it in the comfort of our air conditioning!!


I appreciate those of you who have asked about my "journey."  My close friends know I detest(ed) exercise.  I hate(d) to sweat.  But I cannot thank my hubs enough for talking me into doing this.  And I'm glad I didn't know what I was getting into -- or I probably wouldn't have done it.  I can't imagine someone jumping (literally) right into this one.  But it is by far the best workout I've ever done.

Moving backwards

Oh!  Forgot to post this for those people who read and ask ...

Week 7 Fit Test: Here's a link if you want to see what these exercises look like.  Pam the Blam shows you how it's done.

133.6 pounds (Yes, that's up ...)

Switch kicks: 123 (down from 126 last time)
Power jacks: 61
Power knees: 111
Power jumps: 45
Globe jumps: 10.5 (down from 11 last time)
Suicide jumps: 20
Push-up jacks: 24 (down from 25)
Low plank obliques: 60 (stayed the same)

Honestly, though, I don't see how I could do more of some of these.  I can only go so fast ...

I didn't do any measurements this time because I was too upset with my numbers that are down.

Or the weight that is up.

So I decided to jump back on the Weight Watchers bandwagon.

Upside is I get 9 activity points for a HIIT workout. :)  So I haven't delved into any of my extra points allowance yet since I started 4 days ago.  And I'm forcing myself not to get on the scale.

I know, Shaun T would scream at me for "dieting," but it's the only way I know.  I'm still makings use to eat lots of protein (egg whites with ricotta and chives this morning).  But I find that when I write my food down (and research proves this is true for almost everyone), I pay more attention to what I put in my mouth.

So Weight Watchers it is.  I miss the days of losing weight just working out or just dieting.

As Tim said yesterday, "Getting old sucks."