fun fun fun

so got another 2 days of walking in...got about 5 miles done so yay...happy to get some mileage in...not sure how the next two days are going to go with the weather but hopefully it will clear up like it did last week!

tomorrow is the 2nd attempt of book club here and hopefully it will be a go...also been working and working on my essay and its really starting to shape up into something! yay...other than that life has been moving along...january is over tomorrow which means only 6 weeks of winter left! very exciting...here's hoping february won't be as snowy as january has been but who knows right...

until next time...

Slow but productive

so the plan i had today was to relax and have a pink panther marathon...however that was not the case...went snowshoeing this morning for an hour which was lots of fun...did some various other things around the apartment, went grocery shopping, and went sledding while managing to f'ind some time to chill out...watching the first pink panther now though...but all in all it was a good day...

crashed on my couch last night...for those of you who don't know i love my couch...its super comfy and fantastic but for the first time in a long time sleeping on it was not enjoyable...what! i was a little shocked at that revelation...i mean after all the first few months we lived here i spent many a non-working weekend asleep on the couch rather than my bed(strange yes but it just sucks you in)...so i guess i'm stuck with my bed and the couch is really just a place to sit on...who knew...oh the things you learn as you get older

argh

so as it continues to snow i keep hoping that when i wake up tomorrow it will be spring...maybe bears have it right by hibernating all winter...but got out to walk today...a little bit later than normal but got 50 minutes in so thats exciting...things are good with that...yay...looks like its going to be crappy on wed. so we'll see how it goes then...

once again though i'm tired so i'm off to bed...planning a weekend long snooze-fest on my couch...very exciting!

the neverending snow

so once again it snowed...this is becoming a weekly occurrence which i'm not really loving all that much...but made it through the day and i'm psyched about that but ended up walking to get chinese earlier and the streets still looked bad...yay...tomorrow should be fun but at least i'm off this weekend!

overall got about an hour and a half of walking in so i'm happy...and i bought myself a sled...that was the most exciting part of my day(shocker right?) got a few runs in on a hill near my apartment which was awesome...there were a lot of people there but i was probably the oldest one there without a kid at least...but i'm psyched about the sled...

needless to say i'm wiped...but i'm happy i've been keeping up my new and exciting workout routine...missed 2 days in almost 3 weeks which is awesome! usually i burn out on something after a week or two but i'm liking the results...yay

superstar

so today was a bit snowy but made it through...yay...and managed to get a half hour walk in during the breaks in the weather...even better...we're supposed to a "bit more" snow over night but its supposed to stop at some point tonight(fingers crossed!)...was supposed to go out tonight for a bit but ended up not going...besides the weather being gross the sidewalks were a bit slippery to walk on...

off to bed!

enough already

so tomorrow is supposed to be all rainy and gross...awesome! the rest of the week should be nice and some bad weather on saturday(finally a day i don't have to work)...so i'm probably looking forward to a day off from excersizing...oh well...but if it is snowy on saturday i have a plan to veg on the couch and have a pink panther marathon(original with peter sellers not remakes with steve martin)...have only seen the original but its been a while so it should be exciting!

had a bit of a quick walk today but at least i got something in...also hit the scales and was down about 2 pounds(yay...its all about the snow shoeing)...so now i'm about a pound and a half from my lowest weight watchers weight(yahoo) and cannot wait to be over the backslide i had back in september...but back to the whole snow shoeing thing found out tonight that you can rent snow shoes at eastern mountain sport(or at least the one near us)...yay! so thats exciting and hope i get the chance to rent some...

back to old movies though if anyone is interested in some goodies they should check out the following(in no particular order): goodbye mr. chips, sunset boulevard, the killing, bullit, the great escape, penelope, the sting, dr. strangelove, and love with the proper stranger(to name a few)...if you should happen to have the channel for turner classic movies check it out...and if you have a dvr as well then you are set!

book club was re-scheduled due to scheduling technicalities...no biggie...theres always next week!

boardwalk

so made it down to the boardwalk today...yes i'm crazy to hit up in the freezing cold but ironically i was not the only crazy soul out there...who knew...it was interesting to see snow on it...not that there hasn't been any on it when i've been there but thats more than i'm used to...there was also some on the jetty's which was pretty cool...was happy to get the three miles in...i figure its pretty early in my whole plan to start getting psyched out of walking right...

looking forward to book club tomorrow night...its here so that should be cool...been making some headway into the books on my bookshelf...got through two this weekend bringing my grand total to three(not counting the book club book) so i still have 23 left to read! woo hoo

the essay on the other hand has not been progressing as nicely as i would like...just wish i could just sit down and finish it but that doesn't seem to be happening...i need to just get it together and get with the program...here's hoping i get cracking a bit this week...

weekend

so back from a fun filled weekend at the new age health spa...although i was a little bummed that i took off two days of walking last week(rain on tuesday and travel day to the spa) i did manage to get some good quality excersize this weekend...both yesterday and today i went snow shoeing which was awesome...and to top it all off managed to last for the full hour and a half and only fell twice(once on both walk!)...this weekend was my third attempt at snow shoeing and finally was able the 3 + miles on both days...the first time i attempted it i got about half way and turned back because i kept falling down(shocker) and was really out of shape...the second attempt last year made it halfway because it was the last day we were day and had somewhere else to be later on...so i'm happy that i was able to get it done...also did a bit of aqua aerobics which was fun as well...today was especially funny being that it was aqua kick boxing and we did a few roundhouse kicks...not to the face as per chuck norris but it was still amusing...attempted to walk a bit on te treadmill...walked about a mile before i realized just how much i hate walking on the treadmill...its kind of like walking in place...dull dull dull...on the downside i did manage to eat more than i normally do...luckily though the food was low cal and i did excersize a lot but still ate more than i should have...

this week looks like its going to be a toughie walking wise...tomorrow its supposed to be cold and the rest of the week might be crappy weather-wise...not sure why i decided now to start this whole workout regimine but i did and i'm determined to stick to it...here's hoping someone around here will want to walk with me so that i can maintain motivation...fingers crossed!

snow and things

so it snowed overnight...always exciting...good news is that we didn't get that much and the sun is already out so no complaints here...heading up to the spa later and still need diet coke...argh...but i will get it done! i'm a little bummed that i probably won't get a chance to excersize today...i went to the boardwalk yesterday(yay!) but am a little annoyed that i'll have missed 2 days this week...just hope i don't get lazy!

but anywho off to get ready for work...should be a fun day

stuff

so hit up the scales yesterday and stayed the same...ironically i'm not to disappointed because i kind of a porker of a weekend...but happy that i managed to get myself out to walk 10 out of the last 11 days...didn't walk yesterday because of that pesky rain...darn it all...but its cool...got back into it today without much hesitation...yay

this weekend though i'm heading upstate with my mother and sister to the spa which should be lots of fun...the food rocks and the theme is dance weekend...interesting since i randomly break into dance at various times like in my car or while walking around the apartment...you know for funsies and all that...and i have to say having the ipod definately helps with the random dance a thons...the two drawbacks...no smoking(boo) and no caffine(triple boo)...the non-smoking should be fine but the no caffine thing is a little tricky(shocker)...i do manage to bring up some diet coke(another shocker but to have a non-caffinated me is not really someone you want to be around)...but all in all it should be a fun weekend of excersize, good food, and some pampering...

so here's to dropping some weight this week and keeping up the workout routine...

Golden Globes and an essay???

so finally starting to make some progress with the infamous grad school essay last night while watching the golden globes...who knew that you can be semi-productive while watching television...my parents should be so proud! but happily it is starting like a coherent piece of crap rather than just crap...i mean you think it would be easy since they did give me 5 questions to answer...at least its moving along so that's something to be happy about it...

made it down to the boardwalk for the first time today since the snow we got last week...it was a bit cold but it was good to get back down there and actually know how many miles i was doing...its supposed to rain tomorrow so i may be taking my first day off...hopefully it will stop by 3 and i can get some extra walking in but if it doesn't no biggie...i've walked 9 days in a row which rocks!

oh and since i have a bigger "fan base" if anyone has any music suggestions that would be awesome! i could always use some new tunes...preferably quick paced but whatever you want to throw out there would be much appreciated...

until next time...or maybe later tonight...who knows...

la la la

so managed to get about 5 miles in this weekend...not impressive but at least its something...now if only my essay could write itself i would be one happy girl...i just want to get it over with so that i can get my application in and start learning...

but things really haven't been all that exciting lately...just work, walk, and write...ha! but i've been loving the ipod i just bought...its definately a lot lighter then the discman and can hold a lot more music...plus its fun playing with all the fun apps...

off to a semi-productive sunday...maybe more later

frustrated

so i'm still having some trouble writing my grad school essay...its weird because i know what i want to write its just getting it written isn't happening...i have a rough draft done at least but getting it to sound intelligent and coherent while answering the questions provided has been problematic...i've gotten some good tips from people and hopefully if i keep plugging away it will get done...

but keeping the walking regimine going...the ipod is definately a bonus and not as clunky as the discman...yay...since sunday i've gotten 20 + miles in which i'm happy about...wednesday was tough because it was a slow day and motivation was lacking but i still managed to get a like 2 miles in...

all in all things have generally been good...glad the week is over and looking forward to a somewhat relaxing weekend

Fun in the snow

so yesterday was a bit anti-climatic with the whole snow build-up...we didn't get as much as they said we would which was nice and i actually got my butt up and drove it...kudos to that! managed to get out after work and walked around the neighborhood and saw a bunch of people old and young sledding down a hill down the block from our apartment...it looked like so much fun!

walked over to best buy today and got myself an ipod...hit a bit of buyers remorse but i think its going to be good to get me more motivated...i mean now i'll be able to have more songs to choose from while walking rather than at most 20 which can get old after a while...

things are looking good all around...generally speaking this year has been going well...i just need to get my grad school essay under control(i.e. edited and what not) and things should only get better from there

snow

so life should be interesting tomorrow depending on how much snow we end up getting...on the plus side i am now the proud owner of a new shovel (courtesy of my mother) because i broke my last shovel digging my car out two weeks ago...but i'm psyched because its a bigger and better shovel that will hopefully help with all my shoveling needs...all, i think, we need now is a sled(rosebud)...

looks like i won't be hitting the boardwalk tomorrow...oh well...was able to get there today though and pumped out 3 miles before hitting the scales...ended up losing a pound and a half which is in large part to the added excersize so thats a bonus...looking into getting a bike so if any suggestions on a good one let me know...also looking into getting an ipod as well...when i mentioned to a friend that i'm still using a disc man she told me that in no uncertain terms that "we were no longer in the 90's(welcome to the 90's mr. banks)...total burn there...

but we shall see how tomorrow goes with work...those lucky teachers and their school closings and those kids with the day off...totally jealous! who knows how many or even if any people will cancel tomorrow...i mean i do have a nifty shovel to help me out and as of right now the roads look good but it has only been snowing for a few hours...we shall see...either way it should be a nice day tomorrow

day 2

so i had the brilliant idea to hit up the supermarket on the way home from the boardwalk tonight not really realizing that it was going to be a madhouse because of the snow threat for wednesday...it was, needless to say, a mistake...took about 20 minutes just to get through the self service checkout line...although i kind of felt a little bad for the people in front of me...they were only getting a loaf of bread and the person in front of them seemed to be stocking up on frozen banquet meals...it was, however, a lot better experience from deaing with the parking lot madness from king kullen last week...but i also hit up the FYE too and got so i married an axe murderer along with some other gems...woo hoo!

things are moving along nicely with the new years resolutions...i've walked 7 miles this week and finished 1 of the books on my shelf and am now happily engrossed in my book club book...i need to finish it by wednesday since thats when its due back at the library then but since its supposed to massively snow that day i might get lucky and the library will be closed...who knows...if it is closed i might walk it over there anyway just to get the miles in although i realized today that when i decide to commit to running i'm probably going to have to quit smoking...

getting back to the snow i'm kind of hoping that it does snow a lot...weird yes but if it snows and i have some cancellations i'll be able to walk it out...i did that the monday and tuesday after the last blizzard and had a blast...granted i was exhausted afterwards but i got two of the best night sleeps i've ever had...i had the best time walking those two days...it was also easier then the last time i attempted it...yay...so we shall see how things play out...i mean we could get lucky and just get a dusting like we did on friday but who knows...

Day 1

so for those of you who know me know that i'm really not all that goal oriented...but in the last few months i've decided its time to make a few changes...besides going back to school i've decided that i'm going to attempt to complete a triathlon...to be fair i'm giving myself 18 months to get into some sort of shape to kick it out and maybe i'll finally be able to get the last 60 pounds or so i want to lose off...

i know its not going to be easy but i think its something i can do...if anyone on long island is around in the afternoons and wants to go for a walk or something let me know...i'm not up for running just yet but i'm going to try to get a few extra miles in a day...whether its around the neighborhood or up at the boardwalk doesn't matter(well except when the weather is bad i may end up staying around here) as long as it gets done...

hopefully by june of next year i'll be ready to compete in a triathlon and have finally dropped the weight i want to