I am quite convinced that this whole jogging thing has brought on some good karma in my life. In the short time I have been trying it out, I have lost like 13 pounds, my body is definitely showing signs of improvement, a co-worker approached me about selling our house (after it was off the market and I had given up hope) and after last night it looks like the house was sold!
...Maybe it is the diamond that is bringing on good karma, cause really the proposal and accompanying diamond is what brought on the jogging, which is what, I feel, has maybe resulted in good karma! Hmmm...... this diamond is AWESOME! Anyhow....
So tonight on the jogging front (yes, I will talk about the potential house sale) I got on the treadmill, and after my horrible jog last time I thought, it is better not to know how bad I am feeling in what short amount of time, so this time I threw my sweat towel (I already told you I don't like sweat) over the counters and I just started jogging and when I pulled the towel off, guess what!? I had already ran 5k! And at that point it wasn't really that I was fatigued, I was just so curious to find out how far I had run that I couldn't stand it anymore (kinda like Christmas time! I would unwrap presents and re wrap them just so I would know, yes it ruins the surprise but it never dampened my Christmas Spirit!) Anyhow..... I kept going (watching Y & R again), and I made it to my normal 6k (normal being the last 2 times) and I looked at my chart (the chart I have that converts miles to kilometers, because my treadmill measures in miles and I want to say in kilometers because the number always sounds bigger and more impressive!) and I figured, hey, today I am going to push myself to run another 1/2k ... and I DID. So today I ran 6.5k at a speed of 5.2, incline of 4! I am ON FIRE!
But I started this whole jogging thing to keep my mind of the house stuff and now, just as I was getting into the jogging thing........ my first addiction has come back baby!
So, it looks like we may have sold the house! After the house came off the market I had one of the professors I work with approach me to see if I was interested in selling, he and his wife love the location and the size of the house and wanted to take a look at it, I said sure (I mean really, nothing to lose) and after a few visits, them bringing their kids, we sat down last night and discussed details....... their house has sold so they are definitely ideal and now all that is left is them meeting with their lawyer, banker and inspector and we are DONE and looking for a new place! I cannot wait, and I will update when I hear anything, I promise.
So many exciting things happening, I can hardly stand it! Oh AND biggest loser is on tonight, which is my favorite show - this is such a great day!
xo,
S
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
What is WRONG today?
Hi All;
So today, it was a nice day out, I was stuck in my office, had just finished my work, looked outside and decided, since I was done my work, I would take the last hour and some off and go home. Now originally I planned to come home to take advantage of the nice day and rake the side yard of the house while the weather is nice.... but no, now I JOG, I pretend to be a JOGGER, and since I haven't jogged since Tuesday, which makes me a bad jogger, I came home and changed into my workout gear!
I hop on the treadmill thinking, I have already done 6k twice, I am like an old pro at this. This time I will try it on 5.2 speed (rather than the good old 5) just so I can finish it 2 minutes faster and get outside, that being my original goal! Well, after the first mile I was ready to die, and I do not know why - I mean, the extra .2 can not be having THIS much of an affect can it!? Anyhow, to my own surprise I finished the 6k (yeah stubborn me! Thanks for that trait Dad!) at a speed of 5.2 - a whole 2 minutes faster than I would have on 5.0 and I felt pretty accomplished and surprised, but more so, I just wanted to get off that dam machine..... but no, I walk another mile just to cool down and so I can finish watching the episode of Y & R that is on my workout room TV!
After Y&R is over and I have completed close to 8k, I get off and stretch and hop in the shower, because I dislike sweating (why did I choose jogging?)..... then I look at the clock and figure, I still have time to walk and meet Ty at work - add another 3k walk to my day! So now I am home and feeling like I walked way too much today! AND the side yard has not been touched, maybe I'll do that tomorrow and NOT jog!
BUT the most important part of this blog is that yesterday I was shopping with the girls from work and I bought a new pedometer..... well let me tell you, that baby is going back to the store! When my treadmill tells me I have run 3.7 miles (6k) and this little pea is telling me I have run .5 less - it is time to send it back! I don't care if it is right, I choose to believe the treadmill, why, because I couldn't run another .5 and I want to think that I can make the 6k - so I don't care which machine is lying to me, I am keeping the one that is telling me what I want to hear!
Now I am going to eat my Kraft Dinner, yum!
xo,
S
So today, it was a nice day out, I was stuck in my office, had just finished my work, looked outside and decided, since I was done my work, I would take the last hour and some off and go home. Now originally I planned to come home to take advantage of the nice day and rake the side yard of the house while the weather is nice.... but no, now I JOG, I pretend to be a JOGGER, and since I haven't jogged since Tuesday, which makes me a bad jogger, I came home and changed into my workout gear!
I hop on the treadmill thinking, I have already done 6k twice, I am like an old pro at this. This time I will try it on 5.2 speed (rather than the good old 5) just so I can finish it 2 minutes faster and get outside, that being my original goal! Well, after the first mile I was ready to die, and I do not know why - I mean, the extra .2 can not be having THIS much of an affect can it!? Anyhow, to my own surprise I finished the 6k (yeah stubborn me! Thanks for that trait Dad!) at a speed of 5.2 - a whole 2 minutes faster than I would have on 5.0 and I felt pretty accomplished and surprised, but more so, I just wanted to get off that dam machine..... but no, I walk another mile just to cool down and so I can finish watching the episode of Y & R that is on my workout room TV!
After Y&R is over and I have completed close to 8k, I get off and stretch and hop in the shower, because I dislike sweating (why did I choose jogging?)..... then I look at the clock and figure, I still have time to walk and meet Ty at work - add another 3k walk to my day! So now I am home and feeling like I walked way too much today! AND the side yard has not been touched, maybe I'll do that tomorrow and NOT jog!
BUT the most important part of this blog is that yesterday I was shopping with the girls from work and I bought a new pedometer..... well let me tell you, that baby is going back to the store! When my treadmill tells me I have run 3.7 miles (6k) and this little pea is telling me I have run .5 less - it is time to send it back! I don't care if it is right, I choose to believe the treadmill, why, because I couldn't run another .5 and I want to think that I can make the 6k - so I don't care which machine is lying to me, I am keeping the one that is telling me what I want to hear!
Now I am going to eat my Kraft Dinner, yum!
xo,
S
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I'M BACK BABY!
So as you can see from the date of my last post, I have been out of the blog world for a few months, and let me tell you, they were a GREAT few months! There was Christmas, then we got ENGAGED, then a baby was born, and everyone in my world is happy and healthy, what more could I ask for!
The house hasn't seen much action in that time though (I suppose that is the one "more I could ask for!") but you know what, sometimes things work out for the best. I always wanted this blog to be about my house hunting, flipping & selling adventures, but when those things aren't happening, I need a new addiction, and I have found it - Jogging! Yes, jogging!
Ok, I know, not quite the same, and I promise to continue to write about the house when SOMETHING happens with it, but in the meantime I figure I will share my struggles, laughter and pain in my pursuit of learning to jog.
So where did this all start you ask? Well, let me tell you, when a handsome man puts a REALLY sparkly diamond on MY ring finger, it made me think, I should probably get in shape for this "big day"! So when I step on the treadmill I take my engagement ring off and put it behind the little clear magazine holder - for two reasons - a) I can look at it and remind myself that there will be a group of our nearest and dearest coming down to spend a week on a Mexican beach with us, which means I will be in a bikini (as I will this summer as well) and I want to look good for that and b) because when I jog my fingers swell and I don't want the ring to get so tight my finger turns blue!
Why did I choose jogging? It was kind of the easy option really - I had a treadmill in my workout room (along with that dusty, overpriced elliptical) and I thought I should use it (the same feeling has not happened towards the elliptical) .... and two, my little brother started running and him doing it really inspire me to try it out again (I have had half-hearted spurts of trying to learn to jog in the past, hasn't lasted nearly as long as this "spurt").
So one night I hoped on the treadmill and jogged for 2 miles, thought that wasn't so bad, did that for the first 2 months (some nights I just walked, some nights I jogged, it varied) ... pat on the back for me.... and then I looked up what 5k would be on my treadmill and realized it was 3.1 miles, hmmm, ok, let's try that, so I hoped on my treadmill a few nights later and started jogging at speed 5 - incline 4 (I am told an incline of 2 simulates the outdoors, but I am doubtful because I can't run a city block, but on the treadmill..... different story), and I made it the 5k, so I did that again the next time I stepped on, this time at 5.5 speed, done, yeah for me! Then I thought about, what is better - speed or stamina? - and any man or women knows that answer, so the next time I stepped on the treadmill I went back down to a speed 5, incline 4 but jogged for 6k, that was this past Friday, and I did it again today and I have got to say, it feels great, when I push myself there, it makes me feel like I have achieved something that I didn't really know if I could, I really like that feeling! Not to mention I have had a great group of friends and family cheering me on and inviting me out to jog with them (If any of you are reading this, I promise to take you up on the offer as soon as I know I won't fall over and die trying to keep up with you! I am working really hard on that aspect!)
Anyhow, now that the house is finished (and not selling) I have traded one obsession for the next, I am hoping the house sells soon so I can get back to the obsession that involved kicking down walls and tearing up floors, but in the meantime, I can assure you, I will try and keep this jogging thing as comical and real as possible!
xoxo,
S
The house hasn't seen much action in that time though (I suppose that is the one "more I could ask for!") but you know what, sometimes things work out for the best. I always wanted this blog to be about my house hunting, flipping & selling adventures, but when those things aren't happening, I need a new addiction, and I have found it - Jogging! Yes, jogging!
Ok, I know, not quite the same, and I promise to continue to write about the house when SOMETHING happens with it, but in the meantime I figure I will share my struggles, laughter and pain in my pursuit of learning to jog.
So where did this all start you ask? Well, let me tell you, when a handsome man puts a REALLY sparkly diamond on MY ring finger, it made me think, I should probably get in shape for this "big day"! So when I step on the treadmill I take my engagement ring off and put it behind the little clear magazine holder - for two reasons - a) I can look at it and remind myself that there will be a group of our nearest and dearest coming down to spend a week on a Mexican beach with us, which means I will be in a bikini (as I will this summer as well) and I want to look good for that and b) because when I jog my fingers swell and I don't want the ring to get so tight my finger turns blue!
Why did I choose jogging? It was kind of the easy option really - I had a treadmill in my workout room (along with that dusty, overpriced elliptical) and I thought I should use it (the same feeling has not happened towards the elliptical) .... and two, my little brother started running and him doing it really inspire me to try it out again (I have had half-hearted spurts of trying to learn to jog in the past, hasn't lasted nearly as long as this "spurt").
So one night I hoped on the treadmill and jogged for 2 miles, thought that wasn't so bad, did that for the first 2 months (some nights I just walked, some nights I jogged, it varied) ... pat on the back for me.... and then I looked up what 5k would be on my treadmill and realized it was 3.1 miles, hmmm, ok, let's try that, so I hoped on my treadmill a few nights later and started jogging at speed 5 - incline 4 (I am told an incline of 2 simulates the outdoors, but I am doubtful because I can't run a city block, but on the treadmill..... different story), and I made it the 5k, so I did that again the next time I stepped on, this time at 5.5 speed, done, yeah for me! Then I thought about, what is better - speed or stamina? - and any man or women knows that answer, so the next time I stepped on the treadmill I went back down to a speed 5, incline 4 but jogged for 6k, that was this past Friday, and I did it again today and I have got to say, it feels great, when I push myself there, it makes me feel like I have achieved something that I didn't really know if I could, I really like that feeling! Not to mention I have had a great group of friends and family cheering me on and inviting me out to jog with them (If any of you are reading this, I promise to take you up on the offer as soon as I know I won't fall over and die trying to keep up with you! I am working really hard on that aspect!)
Anyhow, now that the house is finished (and not selling) I have traded one obsession for the next, I am hoping the house sells soon so I can get back to the obsession that involved kicking down walls and tearing up floors, but in the meantime, I can assure you, I will try and keep this jogging thing as comical and real as possible!
xoxo,
S
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