Day Two Hundred and Forty Three

I did part of The Roller Derby Workout today. It was fun. It has some good stretches and I really like the music it is set to. I can't wait to try this on skates.. not yet though!

I decided that starting tomorrow I am going to see how many days in a row I can go for a morning walk. I seem to do good for a few days and then slack off for a few. It's just walking for 30 minutes! I have tons of 30 minutes to spare to do this and Riley will appreciate it.

I need an application like my stop smoking one, one that shows how you are improving your life by walking each day or something similiar. I need to see if one like that exists. For now I will rely on my cardio trainer to track how many days... let's try for seven days in a row first and then move on from there. Starting tomorrow!

Day One Hundred and Sixty One

Went to the gym today and worked my ass off! At least I hope my ass is shrinking! I did 20 minutes of treadmill, 45 minutes of weights (focusing on upper body), and then 20 minuted of elliptical. I was sweaty and exhaustive. It was awesome! I also weighed myself at the gym and was two pounds down. That's good! Slow and steady will win this weight loss race! 

I have been super good about counting my calories and recording everything I eat. I even recorded the piece of cheese and fudgsicle I had in the middle of the night when I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep!

Day One Hundred and Fifty Five

I had lots of fun at karaoke tonight celebrating one of the roller girls, Zwack, 40th b-day. I actually had a really good time and sang a couple songs with friends on stage without having an alcoholic drink all night! Didn't know I could do that! :)

Oh yeah, and I went to the gym again today and I worked out HARD. I did upper body exercises until my arms were weak and did my mile on the treadmill and got down to 18 min.

I also used this other machine called an AMT that allows you to choose the type of stride you do. So I could go from using it as a stepper, to jogging, to a full out running stride. It was actually really cool kind of stair-climber, elliptical mix of a machine and a hardcore cardio workout!

Day One Hundred and Fifty Three

What an awesome day. I went to the gym this afternoon and did some fast walking and lower body weights. I then had a nice snack of an apple and a piece of cheese that I brought with me to have on the way home so I wouldn't be tempted to go to McDonald's next door... and it worked! I drank TONS of water today as well! 

Then it was movie night with the Charters. We finished watching True Blood Season Two and then had BBQ chicken, biscuits, and green beans to round off our southern watching.

Day One Hundred and Fifty One

I made a yummy crust-less quiche for breakfast and had enough leftover to make additional to freeze. They turned out really good!

I also hit the gym today. I walked a mile on the treadmill and then did upper body exercises. Hopefully this will help with my back and weight-loss.





Spinach Mushroom Quiche Cups To Go

1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach
2 Whole Eggs
1 cup liquid egg whites
1/4 cup Feta (Basil & Tomato)
1/4 cup Shredded Sharp Cheese
1/2 cup Chopped Mushrooms
Hot sauce
1/2 cup Red Bell Pepper

Microwave the spinach for 2 1/2 minutes on high. Drain the excess liquid.
Line a 9-cup muffin pan with foil baking cups. Spray the cups with cooking spray.
Combine the egg/egg whites, cheese, hot sauce, and vegetables in a bowl. Mix well.
Divide evenly among the muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Quiche cups can be frozen and reheated in the microwave.

Serves 9

Nutrition At A Glance
Serving size = 1 large quiche

Cal:  91.8
Carb:  3.5
Protein:  9.7
Fiber:  1.4
Fat: 4.4
Sat Fat: 2.0
Net Carbs: 2.1

Day One Hundred and Eighteen

Busy day today! This morning I went to my first water aerobics class at the gym and had a blast! It was hard work, but it was awesome to WALK in the pool with no limp and actually do some sort of cardio exercise! I really enjoyed the class and plan to keep doing it.

I put together a yummy salad to take over to Christa's house for movie night. It consisted of hearts of Romaine, tomatoes, pineapple, apples, sliced almonds, avocado, dried cranberries, and a little bit of shredded jack cheese with a yummy dressing I made with EVOL, red wine vinegar, garlic, OJ, and a little pear and gorgonzola.

Everyone seemed to like the salad, yum! Maybe I will bring a yummy salad each movie night. Though I was thinking I might want to bring tacos next time, maybe taco salad? Along with the salad we had some cookies Christa made that were created from; oatmeal, chocolate chips, and banana and we watched Avatar. I love that movie. Now I know what all the fuss was about!

Day One Hundred and Sixteen

I went to 24 hour fitness today to try it out and ended up signing up. I liked the people and atmosphere way better then Golds and the price was like half of what Golds charged without all the sign up fees either.

I swam too and it was awesome! I walked part of the way and swam part of it and it felt so good to walk without limping! I felt like a real life normal person walking. I also sat in the hot tub for a while. Very nice!

Day Ninety One

Enough is enough! I think it is about time I stop being lazy and resting my leg and start working on some exercises that I can do either on the floor, or while balancing on one leg! I went to the trusty Fitsync website and built a program where I can start doing NWB (non-weight bearing) core and toning exercises at my 'at-home' gym.

The beginning of the month seems like a good time to start. I need to get all strong and ready for when I can start skating I again!

Also, I finished up another pair of mittens and they are super cute!  Rainbow with fuzzy's.  Thanks mom for the fuzzy yarn :) If you look very closely in the bottom right hand corner of the picture you can see Riley's nose and paw. She is a sneaky bugger and tries to get in every shot!

Day Thirteen

I thought today was going to be a boring "stayed at home and worked" day, but it ended up being more. Not much more. Nothing exciting happened, it's just that when I thought of having another post that didn't say much it worried me. So I stopped working around 2PM and headed to the gym.

After another awesome workout and tons of time to think while on the treadmill, I decided to go to the library and get a cookbook. First thing I noticed when walking into the library was another one of the stones that had an awesome message, "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you though times of no libraries". How true that was! I was going to the library to get a cookbook rather then the bookstore to buy one.

One of the only good things about having to take a job that paid a lot less is that I am learning to be a tiny bit more frugal. The library and I have become really good friends lately. After looking through a ton of cookbooks I found one that I think I will like. It is called "The Essential Best Foods Cookbook". It claims to have recipes that use foods that matter most to our health like salmon, pomegranates, avocados, berries, chili peppers, quinoa, and more. This is what I was looking for; good, healthy, nutritious food. Not boring, tasteless, diet food. I also stopped at Whole Foods and got some pink Himalayan salt and fresh mint. I plan to make some cookies using both, it should be interesting!

Day Twelve

Remember at the very beginning of this blog when I said I may have days where nothing really happens, just the same ol' same ol'.  Well that day has come. It was the same ol' stuff today, work and then the gym. I was really proud of myself about the gym because it was rainy and miserable out and I really didn't feeling like going out and going to the gym, I just wanted to be lazy. But I did it!  I got off my bum and went to the gym. Yay!

Research has shown that it takes an average of 66 days to form a habit. That's not too bad, two months and going to the gym will be routine as going to sleep each night, right?

Speaking of sleep, I came across this nifty little product called a Fitbit. At first it just looks like another step counter, but after reading some more, what really caught my attention is it monitors your sleep. It helps you see how good a nights sleep you are getting.  I love it! I think I am going to save up and get it!

Day Eleven

O.M.G!  I am so worn out! I went to the gym today and walked out of there feeling nauseated and weak! I did Week 2 Day 1 of the C25K program and it kicked my bum, and then I upped all my weights by 10 to 30 lbs and it was hard work! I have a feeling I am going to wake up tomorrow morning really sore, but that's a good thing!

On the way home I stopped at the library to drop off some books and remembered the tiles on the ground that Zach noticed when he was out here. I snapped a couple of pics of them. I don't know how many places could get away with these tiles, especially near a government building. Click on the pic to see them up close, it's pretty cool! The ones I grabbed snapshots of are in regard to God and religion and state things like, "No God! No Jesus! No Problem!", "The bible teaches people to hate", and "Sexism, the original sin".

Day Seven

I went into work today to actually work from work and... nothing worked! I couldn't acces the sites I needed to actually get my job done. Support spent the morning trying to get things to work for me, and when I got tired of waiting around I left and went to the gym.

Good workout today! I walked/jogged the treadmill today (walked at 3.0 for 5 minutes and then 6.0 for 1 minute, alternated that as many times to hit 30 minutes). I used the machines for my lower body and then did the elliptical HARDCORE for 10 minutes. The gym is deserted at 2pm, so that was awesome.  I found a site to design and track a workout that I can upload/download to my iPod touch and it is working awesome. I can track tons of details about my workout and keep track of it. It is at fitsync.com.

That's it for today.. see ya tomorrow!

Day Six

In my backyard there runs a stream. It's really shallow and surrounded by a lot of overgrowth, but there is a little path that leads back there and the growth is short enough that Riley can run up and down it. There are so many cool things I would do to this property if I owned it! But for now I can just enjoy what I rent. :)


I hit the gym again today and worked out for almost two hours with some cardio and with an upper body machine workout! After this awesome workout I made a stop at the British Pantry and picked up some stuff to put back on all the calories I just burned. I grabbed some PG Tips, chocolate digestives, a steak and mushroom pie, a pack of sausages, and some crumpets! Yum!

Day Four

Today was a more mellow day. I worked from home today, snuck in a couple episodes of Supernatural, and then I went to the gym. I did good today at the gym! I decided to go ahead and start the C25K program;, I just kept the jogging part real light so my heartbeat didn't go to high. So that means C25K D1W1 is complete!

After the C25K I used the weight machines and worked on my arms and then I used the elliptical for 15 minutes! See.. good workout! What I plan to do is create a workout plan so I know which muscles to work on which days.

See ya tomorrow!

Day Two

I hit another one of my goals today and joined a gym. I am now a proud member of the RAC! It actually is Redmond Athletic Club, but the RAC just sounds cool. I was going to start the C25K (couch to 5k) program today, but after doing the warm up on the treadmill and checking my pulse, I think I will just do some walking/fast walking until my heartbeat gets a little lower. I also used the weight machines and worked on my upper body. It felt good to go to the gym, as it always does, now I just need to make sure I keep this up!


I also stopped at the library to pick up some books and one book on CD that I had on hold. The book I got isn't a classic, but is a re-telling of a fairytale classic. It is called Beauty, by Robin McKinley, and is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I am looking forward to reading it! I have read another book by Robin McKinley and really like their writing. The book on CD is for when I go on a road-trip coming up. I prefer to listen to books when I go on long drives, and I also listen to books when I workout. I would say I do a lot of reading, be it with my eyes or ears!

Rather then cook something new today, I went a little retro and cooked something I remember from growing up. After seeing someone on TV with this I got an urge that wouldn't go away so I stopped at the store and grabbed some Jiffy Pop. This is the Jiffy Pop that is already in its own little pan that you cook on the stove. It was fun to make and brings back some memories! I also picked up some Pecan Sandie's which also remind me of growing up and fighting with my dad over who got the last one in the cookie jar!