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This is How I Work It!

I have mentioned in last week’s post that I have decided I need a plan of attack for my workouts.  When I was doing The New Rules of Lifting for Women I was kicking butt and taking names.  Six days a week at the gym suited me well and I felt strong and in control.  I am DYING to get that back!  It has been a LONG time since I have had a challenging workout.

It just so happens that I stumbled upon a Running for Weight Loss running schedule.  I took my crazy pills and decided to use this program to build up my endurance and get my feet wet with running.  It got me thinking after I got this comment:

Why am I waiting?  I know I don’t want to injure myself  and running on 250+ pounds can be murder on the joints, but if I listen to my body, stretch, and start slowly there is no reason why I can’t start running.  It may even spark something in my weight loss.  I know my body has built up an endurance to the Elliptical and it may just give me a little motivation if I know I’m not going to be doing the same boring exercise everyday.  So I settled it in my mind: I am going to start running.

I’m not going to lie, that last sentence scares me a little, but I started this journey to try new things and keep it interesting, and that is just what I am planning on doing!

This will be my first week starting a new plan, and since I can’t go to the gym until around 4:00 everyday I need to make sure I have an impenetrable schedule to stick too.  It is the only way I will stick with it.  Here is what I have come up with for my schedule:

Monday: 20 minute treadmill session.  Walk 10 minutes, 6 minutes alternating between running and walking, 4 minute cool down walking. Stretch (btw, I have been a stretching fool these last few weeks, and I am getting quite flexible!).  To make up for cardio I am lacking (I am use to doing at least an hour), I’ll hop on the elliptical to burn some extra calories.

Tuesday: NROLFW weight lifting session (I’ll be using this combined with some other moves until I can find a new program for lifting I like)

Wednesday:  20 minute treadmill session, 10 minute walking, 8 minutes alternating between running/walking.  Elliptical for remaining time, and stretching.

Thursday: NROLFW weight lifting session

Friday: 20 minute treadmill session.  8 minute walking, 10 minute alternating walking/running.  Walk 2 minutes, remaining time on the elliptical, and then stretching.

Saturday: 20 minute treadmill session.  Walk 6 minutes then alternate for 12 minutes between running/walking.  Remaining time on the elliptical, and then stretch.

Sunday: Rest.

I have decided 2 days a week weight lifting will help to improve my skills with running, and I get a lot of satisfaction from it.  You may wonder why I am doing all of my miles on the treadmill.  I love on a mountain, and I don’t think I can quite take running up and down hills……yet.

Although yesterday I went for a much-needed walk and used my Garmin for the first time!

Don’t laugh at my time, there is only room for improvement!

Oh!  One more thing!  I did full on planks (not on my knees, but on my toes) last week!  I held each one (3) for 40 seconds and then went to my knees for another 30 seconds!  This has been a long time in the making considering the entire time I was doing NROLFW I was doing them on my knees!

Good things are happening people, and I can’t wait to report back after my first workout tonight!

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by Shrinking Carrie on May 14, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on May 14, 2012

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Kickin’ It Old School

Embarrassing confession:  I love infomercials.  When I first bought my Vitamix I watched the instructional DVD twice, and it is basically an infomercial.  I love watching the P90X, and Insanity infomercials, and if it is a cooking product that is trying to be sold….forget about it!  The only thing that keeps me from watching TV with my credit card at the ready is a thing called a spouse.

You know what one of my favorite infomercials are?  The FIRM.  Ten years ago I couldn’t sleep and I was introduced to The FIRM DVD’s.  And what do you know, they sold the entire system at my local Target.  That year I pooled all of my birthday money together and bought the whole set with 3 DVD’s and the patented “Fanny Lifter” (good old southern girls!).

Then a couple of years later, I bought the newest DVD (which had 3 workouts on one disc), and added “The Sculpting Stick”.

Those little purple things are called “twigs”, and they weigh about a pound each (ya, I know, I’m gonna get ripped).

This morning I didn’t feel like bundling up the baby to go out for a walk so I dug into my stash of OLD workout DVD’s.  I put on the Sculpting video with ab’s and got moving.

The last time I had done this video was when I was two months out from having Hanna, so it has been almost a year and a half.  I was so out of shape that I had to stop at about 20 minutes in because my legs couldn’t handle “fanny lifting action”.  Just the warm-up had me huffing and puffing.

I was anxious to see how I stacked up this round.  The verdict:  I kicked that “Fanny Lifter’s” a$$!  Not that I didn’t feel a little burn in my legs (I’m working out, that IS the point!), but this time I didn’t get winded, I kept up with all of the reps, and my knees didn’t hurt!  Success!  Apparently, The New Rules of Lifting for Women really amped up my muscles.  I love it when you see results!

Activity Center Update

Dustin and I went to check out the Rec center that is available for us by living in the area (and by available I mean that we have no choice in paying an annual fee so we may as well try to get out money’s worth).  They didn’t have our information on file yet, so we have to wait or get charged a daily fee to use the facility.  Womp, womp.  I am not paying $8 a day to use some crappy overused cardio machines.  There had to be other options out there.

A Whole New World

With all of the technology out there, it is hard to come up with an excuse of why we are not working out.  We are fortunate enough (or stupid enough, depending on how you look at it) to have a Wii, Playstation 3, & XBOX 360 (if you know where I live, please don’t rob us).  All of these devices connect to Netflix and HULU Plus, both of which have an endless supply of workout snippets to try at whatever time of day you desire.   I have decided to take this route for a while and see how much I can get accomplished doing at home workouts.

I have also warned my hub’s that I am going to purchase an exercise ball and a yoga mat.  I have found, from this mornings workout, that exercising at home has its advantages.

  • You can get your protein recovery in right after your workout to help rebuild those broken down muscles.  This morning I made a Pea Protein shake immediately after I was done working out, and I did feel a bit of a difference.
  • No driving to and from the gym.  I’m saving on gas, and time.
  • Playtime for Hanna.  She thinks me working out is a game.  When I was doing push-ups she was climbing on my back (a little more resistance couldn’t hurt), and when I was on the floor doing ab work she was climbing all over me.  It added an element that I just don’t get at the gym, that’s for sure!
Working out from home has been a welcomed change and frees up my time for an afternoon walk with Hanna.
Do you work out at home as opposed to the gym?  If so, what do you do?
Ever bought something off of an infomercial? 
Now I’m off to curb a craving and have a hummus wrap, have a great day!

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by Shrinking Carrie on March 30, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, Motivation, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on March 30, 2012

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Not Too Shabby

Sweat it Out:
Weightlifting 45 Minutes
Elliptical 45 Minutes

First off, I have gotten a lot of great comments lately!  Normally I have tried to respond to each and every one, but I have been so busy lately that the blog has taken a backseat for a little while.  But I wanted to say thank you anyway for the responses I have gotten on some of my posts as of late.  I really appreciate you guys!

Today I started The New Rules of Lifting for Women for round 2.  I literally JUMPED out of bed this morning, I was so ready to get myself back on track after this past horrible week (which is now in the past and forgotten).  Here is what my workout looked like:

  • Barbell Squats: 3 sets of 12 (70#).  When I started the program back in August 2011 I could only squat around 30 pounds.  I had a major lack of muscles, especially for someone who has been naturally strong her whole life.  Pregnancy did a number on my muscle atrophy.  I also figured out an easier way to use the squat machine where I wasn’t having to smash my neck into the bar.  I’m already feeling my muscles, and I will most definitely be sore tomorrow.
  • Seated Row: 3 sets of 12 (60#).  All I could think about while doing these was how it was helping the fat that sits on my bra line.  I have already seen a big difference since I started losing weight and I can’t wait until it is a little smoother.  I do realize that I am going to have extra skin and I have already seen it start to form on the insides of my arms.  I’m ok with it.  I’m embracing it.
  • Push-up’s: 3 sets of 15. I have lost some muscle on this exercise and I am not where I was 3 weeks ago.  This is what I get for not doing any weights lately.
  • Step-ups: 3 sets of 12 (40#).  I felt strong on this workout.  They were challenging, but I wasn’t hating them like I was a few weeks ago.  I think my muscles were just happy to be being used.
  • Prone Jack Knife: 3 Sets of 15.  I haven’t worked my stomach muscles out in WEEKS!!!  The last stage of NROLFW doesn’t have any ab moves in the workouts so it has been a while since I have done any abs.  I am happy to report that I can still complete this move, and I’m feeling it already!
  • Planks: 3 60 second holds.  Loving it.  Me and my abs have a love/hate relationship right now.
  • Tricep pull down: 3 sets of 12 (50#).  This move is not in the program, but I added it in any way because I felt like my tri’s need some love.  I may add in a few of my own moves to each workout since the first phase is pretty short and sweet.

All-in-all, I had an awesome day at the gym and I think my muscles were ok with the 3 week rest that I gave it, but now they are ready to WORK again!

I forgot to mention that I did get on the scale today, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought.  It just shows that things can sometimes seem worse than they really are. I am glad I didn’t derail myself to far off the mark!

Now I am off to go look at appliances (for the second time) for our new house!  I LOVE shopping for home stuff! Happy Monday/Presidents day!

 

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by Shrinking Carrie on February 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on February 20, 2012

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Things I’ve Learned From Blogging, The Gym, & Eating Healthier (so far)…

Through this little journey of mine I’ve learned a LOT of things so far about different facets that I have added into my life and I thought I would share a few:

Eating Healthier:

  • Planning is key.  Failure to plan is a plan for failure
  • Tracking is the absolute most important part of me losing weight.
  • Plan cheat days, or meals or whatever.  When I have a cheat day it helps me to plan what I am going to eat ahead of time.  It helps me to not go too crazy, but eat the things that I know I crave regularly.
  • Cravings start to go away after not eating processed, or sugary foods in about 2 days, for me.  The more fruits and veggies I consume the quicker the cravings cease.
  • Always put the “good for you food” in your eye-line.  Put the “bad for you” food in a deep dark hole where you forget it exists.  I had a bag of Starbursts for over a month because of this strategy, and for anyone who knows me, they know that this a BIG DEAL.
  • Don’t be too extreme.  If you want to cut out certain foods try one food at a time.  Don’t become a vegan when your diet consisted of mostly dairy and meat.  You are just setting yourself up for failure.
  • Treat yourself.  Even Weight Watchers says that you should give yourself things like you like every now and then.
  • Stay away from “trigger” foods.  I love oatmeal, but if I start my day out with it, I want to eat all day long.  Same with bread.  I just have to stay away.
  • Know which foods affect you which ways.  Don’t eat vegetable soup full of cabbage when you know you have to be in public in a couple of hours.  Also goat cheese is possibly the only food that affects my stomach in a MAJOR BAD WAY.
The Gym
  • Make a schedule and keep to it. The only time the gym works for me is before 9 AM.  If I wait any longer, it won’t happen.  Sometimes I have to ditch plans if I know it will interrupt my gym time.  The gym is a priority to me and some things have to come second.
  • Keep the schedule up for at least 3 weeks.  I am a big believer in 21 days makes a habit, and when I have gone to the gym consistently for 3 weeks it gets easier.
  • Follow an exercise routine.  You can find all sorts of great workouts on the internet, or in exercise magazines.  Keeping your workout interesting, keeps you wanting to do it.  When you have a plan you are following you will be less likely into cutting your workout short.
  • No matter who I do cardio by, whether they are old, young, fat, or skinny, they all want to race.  Seriously.  I keep tempo with the music that I am listening to, and I can tell a difference when I am working out to the fast songs.  The people next to me suddenly start looking over at my machine to see what level I am and start going faster.  I liken it to having your car on cruise control.  If your car isn’t on cruise control, but mine is, there is going to be some playing of leap-frog.
  • Most meatheads don’t care if you are in the free weights section.  I was extremely self-conscious when I started doing NROLFW because it mostly uses free weights, or what I formerly referred to as the “Men’s Area”, but now I realize that my insecurities were all in my own head (as most usually are).
  • Be friendly.  We’re all in this together people!  If I see an over weight person that I’ve never seen, I try to give them a smile and a friendly look.  You never know how hard it was for them to take the step to come to the gym.  I am no better than anybody in that gym.
Blogging
  • No matter how many times I type it I will never be able to properly spell the words definitly, or myslef.  I am leaving the misspellings so that you know how I spell them EVERY TIME I type them.
  • People love to hear about periods and poop.  If they didn’t, those posts wouldn’t be some of my top read posts.
  • Keep your heart in your posts.  If you are trying to type a canned blog post, your readers will know.  Inspiration does not strike everyday, and if you need a day off then take it.
  • Connect with other bloggers.  I had no idea the blogging world was even out there until a few months ago, and since then I have made some solid friendships with people who are supportive and relate to what you’re going through.
  • Comment on other bloggers post.  One of the biggest compliments you can give a blogger is a comment.  You don’t have to go crazy and comment on every post, just something that says I enjoyed your post today!  I think we put a lot of thought into the content of our blogs and it is nice to have people recognize that.
Is there anything you have learned from Blogging, The Gym, or Eating Healthier?

 

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by Shrinking Carrie on October 18, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in About Me, Blogging, Goals, Health, Indulgence, Inspiration, Motivation, Poop, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Vegetables, Weight Watchers, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on October 18, 2011

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Cheat Day Surprise!

Sweat it Out:
Elliptical 5 minute warm up
Weights 60 minutes

I’m not gonna lie, I took a much-needed day off from the gym yesterday which would have been a cardio workout. But don’t worry, I made up for it today by kicking my butt at the gym this morning.  Today was the last workout of Phase 2 of “The New Rules of Lifting for Women”.  I took my time and did 3 sets of every exercise to make sure that I am SORE tomorrow.  I also did my own version of a killer ab workout which included the following:

  • Prone Jack Knife 3 sets of 15
  • Reverse Crunch 3 sets of 10
  • Plank 3 60 second hold’s

I went from one ab exercise straight into the next, and by the end I was a pool of sweat and my abs were on fire!  I felt like this was one of the best weight sessions thus far. Here is what the rest of the workout looked like:

  • Deadlifts 3 sets of 10, 60 pounds
  • Bulgarian Split Squats 3 sets of 10, 25 pound plate
  • Reverse lat pulldown 3 sets of 10, 80 pounds
  • Reverse lunge of box with a front reach, 3 sets of 10, 16 pounds
  • Prone cuban snatch 3 sets of 10, 16 pounds
  • Ab circuit from above
Why did I have so much energy this morning, you ask?  Because a certain someone surprised me with getting off early from work so we could go out to dinner for our anniversary that was on Wednesday.  So it was a SURPRISE CHEAT DAY!
I think I will make my cheat day more like yesterday’s.  It was more of a Cheat Meal.  I ate and tracked all of my food and I was only at 600 calories and 17 points for the day.  It was a good thing too because we went to the FABULOUS Texas Roadhouse for steaks!  We started out our meal with a baby bloomin onion, and then I ordered a New york Strip, which was awesome!  I had the loaded baked potato, a side salad, and then Dustin and I shared a piece of cake and ice cream.
It was AMAZING.  Of course I ate myself into a food coma, and felt like crap the rest of the night.  But it was great fuel for this mornings workout!
After going through this last week eats, I think I found the culprit in my food.  CHEESE.  Which really sucks because I am pretty  much a big mouse.  So the next 6 day challenge will be to cut the cheese out, and see if it makes a difference.  I will also continue to track and post my eats at night. the challenge starts after my lunch because I ate a Subway with two triangles of cheese (woops).
What is a food that would be hard to give up?
What was your workout today?
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by Shrinking Carrie on September 30, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, Cheat Day, Dustin, Events, Good Food, Indulgence, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on September 30, 2011

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FMM & How Jalapeno’s Killed My Taste Buds

Sweat it Out:
5 Minute Elliptical Warm-up
45 Minute Weights
1 Hour Elliptical

Today was Day 10, Phase 1, Workout B of “The New Rules of Lifting for Women”.  This week there was an increase in sets and a decrease in reps.  Here is what my workout looked like:

  • Dead lifts: Warm-up 1 set 10 reps 30 pounds. S1, S2, S3/ 60 pounds 10 reps.
  • Shoulder Press: Warm-up 1 set 10 reps 7.5 pounds each.  S1, S2, S3/ 15 pounds each 10 reps
  • Wide grip lat pull down: Warm-up 1 set 40 pounds. S1/80 pounds 10 reps, S2, S3 70 pounds 10 reps
  • Lunges: 3 Sets 10 Reps, 22 pound bar
  • Prone Jack knife: 3 Sets, 12 reps
Then I jumped on the Elliptical for an hour of cardio, which left me a sweaty mess. That is all I ask for.  You know you got a good workout when there are sweat marks on your butt crack, and your forearms are wet.
Last night I had some tomatoes that were staring at me in the face.  What to do, what to do?  After reading Chelsea’s post I decided that it was time for some homemade salsa.  Unfortunately, I just throw things together when I cook so I almost never have a decent recipe.  I never know what’s going to happen.  My friend, Megan, gave me some tomatoes and jalapenos from her garden.  When I asked her how hot the peppers were she said if I used the whole bag of tomatoes I should probably use one pepper.  Holy cow, I totally fried my taste bud’s!  This is probably some of the best salsa I’ve made, but I can only enjoy about 3 bites a sitting because my eyes well up and my nose fills with snot and starts to run.  Seriously, hotter than any salsa I’ve ever had.

I really need to quit using my iphone for pictures and get out my nice camera.  Meh.  Anyway, the salsa is amazing (in small doses).

And now its time for Friend Making Monday Courtesy of Kenlie from All the Weigh.

The Last Thing:

1. What is the last book you read: “The House at Riverton”  And it was LAME.  I didn’t get into it until after the first 350 pages and then it kind of led up to nothing.

2. What was the last movie you saw in a theater: “The Help”  and it was awesome!  I read the book a few months back and was surprised that the movie followed the book pretty closely.  I forced my hub’s to go see it and he was a trooper.

3. Briefly describe the last person you saw today:  My friend Erika, who just moved back to Grand Junction!!!  Erika was an employee of mine when I was the Store Manager at Pier 1 Imports and we got to be really good friends.  She just came back to start the nursing program at Mesa State College, and I’m so happy that she lives here again!

4. Which store did you most recently shop in:  Vitamin cottage,  I got me some L-carnatine (sp?) to help reduce belly fat in tropical punch flavor, Passionberry Bliss Kombucha, Organic baby cookies for the Hanster, and roasted red pepper hummus.

5. Who is the last person that you spoke to on the phone: Not including my hub’s because I talk to him like 6 times a day.  My workout buddy Kelly on Saturday (I hate talking on the phone)to coordinate our workout schedule for this week.

6. Where is the last place you vacationed.  Besides Utah to see family?  San Diego 3 years ago.  That reminds me.  I need to get out more often.  Next year is me and hub’s 10 year anniversary and we are hoping to take a trip somewhere.

7.  When was the last time you kissed someone of the opposite sex.  Last night, the hub’s got smooched on.

8.  The last thing that made you laugh.  My brother made up a word, but unfortunately it is not blog appropriate.  And pretty much anything that comes out of my hub’s mouth.  I really need to write this stuff down.

9. What’s the latest app that you downloaded onto your phone.  Words with friends, but I haven’t used it yet.

10. What is the last kind thing you did for someone.  This is horrible, but I can’t think of one besides the everyday normal stuff like making dinner and cleaning up.  I try to leave positive messages to other bloggers?  I guess that’s one.  Apparently I need to work on this area.

Now it’s your turn!  Choose a question and answer it in the comments section of this post!  Have a great Monday guys!

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by Shrinking Carrie on August 22, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in About Me, Friend Making Monday, Good Food, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on August 22, 2011

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Attitude Adjustment

Sweat it Out
45 Minutes Elliptical
45 Minutes Weights

Ok, so I’ve dropped the attitude, and I’ve moved on from the past couple of days.  I hate having negative thoughts, I am a positive person.  This last week is now history and we’re moving onto bigger and better things!

Oh wait, we still need to do “What I ate Weigh In day”.  This really is the last thing that will be left from these last couple of days, and then we’re really moving on.

I didn’t eat too bad.  Totally didn’t track anything on WW.com, but I’ve tracked everything I’ve eaten today and will continue till the beginning of the new week.

Breakfast: Cottage Cheese 2%, Strawberries, and cantaloupe.

Lunch: We had free movie tickets, so we went and saw Harry Potter again (I know I’m a nerd for Harry Potter). And got a free small popcorn. Not pictured I ate half a small bag of popcorn, Pepsi Max, and a few gummy Jolly Rancher Candies. I know, it was not good (but remember, we’re moving on).
Snack: Some leftover Pasta Salad from the potluck.

Dinner: Grilled chicken breast with BBQ sauce, and broccoli salad. We tried adding corn on the cob, but it was yuck, so I skipped it all together

Since I didn’t do a very good recap of Stage 1 Workout A when I did it on Monday, I thought I would put some visuals up today for anyone who is following the workouts. Today was a pretty killer leg day, and I am very weak.

Barbel Squats 3 Sets 15 reps Set1: 10 pounds, Set 2: 15 pounds, Set 3: 15 Pounds. It’s weird that on a leg press machine I can do about 120 pounds, yet on a squat machine I can only do 15. I guess my body weight serves as a lot of the weight I’m lifting, hmmm.

Push-up’s. Girlie style, no weight. I suck at push-up, but at least I’ll hopefully see improvement.

Seated Row. 2 Sets, 15 Reps, 60 Pounds. I’ll feel this move tomorrow.

Step-ups. 2 Sets each leg, 15 Reps. Set 1 3 lifts, 16 pounds. Set 2 4 lifts, 16 pounds. My legs will be DYING tomorrow.

Prone Jack Knife’s. I didn’t do these because I’m not quite there strength wise. But my workout buddy Kelly dominated them and did 4 sets of 8!

I had a great workout this morning that started my day off in positive way. I am loving the way weight lifting makes me feel, and I even enjoyed my cardio, woohoo!

What is your favorite exercise?

Do you take naps?

Not really, but Hanna is asleep and I am getting drowsy, maybe I’ll rest my eyes, just for a minute. zzzzzzzzzz.

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by Shrinking Carrie on August 5, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Motivation, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Uncategorized, What I Ate Weigh In, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on August 5, 2011

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Slobber=Money.

Sweat it Out Friday
45 Minutes Elliptical
15 Minutes Abs

Sweat it Out Saturday
5 Hours House Cleaning (yup, that counts as activity!)

The last couple of days feel like they have been crazy.  It all started on Thursday night when I caught Hanna sucking on my cell phone.  From then on whenever someone called me I could hear them, but they couldn’t hear me.  So frustrating.  I spent all day on Friday searching for a new phone plan while my husband got called out to work.  I had to call him from the phone stores since he couldn’t hear me talking on the other end.

Switched from AT&T to Verizon.  AT&T is great if you love in a big city, but out here in the sticks the service is not so good.  Hopefully, the reception is much better so that Dustin can use his phone at work. It costs A LOT to switch carriers.  We haven’t switched for 7 years, I had no idea the hoops you have to jump through.

The lesson learned is that no electronics should be within reach of a certain slobber monster.  So far she has ruined my phone and my power cord to my MacBook.  I live in fear for the day she starts walking.

Friday started out very laid back.  I’m still trying to get Hanna on her old nap schedule since before vacation.  Good luck.  She wouldn’t take her morning nap until 11:00 and then I thought since it was so late I was getting out of going to the gym.  I was shocked when my husband forced me to go with him!  Have I created a monster?  Usually if I say I’m not going he just goes with it, but not this time.

When I got to the gym I thought that we would just do 30 minutes of cardio and then I surprised myself and did 45.  It felt good and afterwards I was a sweaty mess.  It felt awesome!

Today I have cleaned the entire house, did all the laundry, and picked up my beautiful Bountiful Basket of fruits and vegetables.  Aren’t they beautiful?!

Loving the Instagram App for iphone.  It has some interesting filters for pictures.

Have you ever had an electronic ruined by slobber or water?
Did you workout this weekend?

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 24, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Bountiful Baskets, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 24, 2011

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Going Out of Town Workout!

Today my workout will consist of laundry, cleaning, packing, errands, etc.  Going out of town for 2 whole weeks consist of taking a car load of crap.  It gets even worse when you have children because you feel like you’re packing your whole house.

I am always afraid that I am going to forget something. I know there are stores where I am going (even better stores at that), but why spend the money when you already have what you need? I like to make lists. The only problem with me making lists is that I always leave stuff off and isn’t that the point from the beginning is to not forget?

That is the first page of about 3.  I don’t know about you, but packing and getting ready to go out of town makes me sweat.  I read all of these blogs and the workouts that some of these girls are doing can sometimes be up to 3 hours long!  It makes me feel so lazy with my 45 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes of weights.  But, its all I can do right now.  And on days where I find my self running around like a chicken with my head cut off, I have to count that as some activity, so I do!  The only difference is that I don’t give myself any extra points for days like those.

I know I will get myself back to where I use to be when I was in shape.  I just have to keep chipping away at losing the weight.

Happy weekend everyone!

Q’s

Do you make lists?  Do you ever forget stuff?

What fun things are you doing this weekend?
Packing, driving, all sorts of fun.

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by Shrinking Carrie on June 25, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on June 25, 2011

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