Holy Carp I have commenters!

For some reason I thought that Blogger would email me when I got comments, so while I knew a few people were aware that my blog existed, I didn't realize until this morning that you all had left me nice little notes. I fixed it, and now I really will get an email every time someone comments. Which will encourage me to respond and keep posting!

I'm waiting for my dinner to cook, and I am HONGRY! I am making curry-mustard chicken breasts, which I'm planning to slice up and serve over baby lettuces (arugula, spinach, and mixed greens). I don't know what else to eat with it--I have broccoli, a sweet potato, or I could just make some toast. I'm also contemplating israeli couscous as long as I have some time.

I'm done with my exercise for the day (30 min easy elliptical, 30 min easy stationary bike, stretching) though I might play Wii Fit later tonight. For now, I'm concentrating on not ripping into some kind of junk food while my dinner cooks!

Fruits and veggies mania

I've been craving fresh foods (good!) so yesterday I made this soup that I discovered through Rachel's blog. It was awesome! And just as good for lunch today. I usually don't like soups but for some reason Asian soups make me such happier than American varieties. I think it's the soy and sesame.

To that I added an apple and an orange, a banana for a snack, and then a big plate of grilled asparagus and a Jamba Juice Mango Metabolizer for dinner. I know that sounds totally random, but the asparagus was leftover from the catered lunch at work (I try to snag veggies that are still out just before the caterer comes to throw it away) and there's a JJ right across the street from my running buddy's house, and it's irresistible just after a run. There's a plate of cookies sitting right next to me right now, but I'm so full of asparagus they're not really tempting for the moment. (Ask me again in half an hour!)

I did my 2.5 miles for the 10k training plan and it felt pretty good--much better than the 3 miles this weekend. I think we're getting a little faster, and we're definitely walking less and less. Our goal for Thursday's 2-miler is to finish between 25 and 30 minutes, and maybe cut out one of the (now short) walking intervals.

The Biggest Loser is a huge waste of two hours every Tuesday night, but I continue watching. Someone save me from myself!

Home depressed

I didn't get the stuff I needed to do done, workwise, this weekend. One might say "well of course, you packed it full of other stuff!" but really I had time and I just didn't do it. So this morning I woke up feeling sore (from the bike fall maybe?) and generally yucky, and decided not to face up.

I got about half the stuff I should have done while I was home today, so I'll go to work tomorrow. I also made a yummy potsticker and veggie soup, which helped with the sniffles that have been haunting me for the last several weeks.

I bought pedals and cleats tonight, and I did a stupid thing, and tried them out without attaching the pedal to the bike (by setting the pedal on the floor and stepping on). That worked great, but now I can't unclip it! I'm going to have to try to put the pedal on the bike with a shoe attached so I can get the leverage to clip out. Oops. Live and learn about the bikes, I guess.

Time to do a little more work so I can face the office tomorrow.

Two days in a row!

I don't promise this kind of frequency, but I'll try to do better than 2 posts in a month for February.

January goals update:

• Do my diaries on time, every day. Um, nope. Don't want to talk about it.
  
• Do the Wii Fit progress chart every day. Pretty much, yeah!
  
• Go to boot camp 3 times per week. I went a few times, but more importantly I'm sticking to my training plan.
  
• Go swimming once a week. No, gotta try that again.
  
• Bring lunch from home at least 3 days per week. I think I did that, yeah.
  
• Eat 5+ fruits and veggies every day. Very close to every day!
  
• Make a dentist appointment. Yup!!

February goals:

• Do my diaries at least once a week (more achievable!)
• Do the Wii Fit test every day
• Go swimming once a week
• Keep up with the Hal Higdon 10K training plan
• Bring lunch from home at least 3 days per week.
• Eat 5+ fruits and veggies every day.
• Complete my dentist appointments (3 appointments, don't wanna talk about how many fillings)

Today I rode my bike and crashed, but not badly. Thanks for putting my bike back together, Molly! Then C and M and I wandered around the farmer's market and hiked at Lexington Reservoir for a while. Now I'm chilling and watching the Superbowl, thinking about doing some work or taking a shower or one of the million other things I should do before C and I spend the evening putting together our new bedframe.

Uphill both ways!

I'm training for a 10k right now, and according to the guru of jogging, Mr. Hal Higdon, I should have run 3 miles today. Which I did, if you count walking plus running as "run 3 miles." I ran in my own neighborhood because I wasn't meeting anyone else to run, so it seemed silly to drive somewhere else.

My neighborhood is nothing but hill! I tried to choose the flattest option available, but in the rolling hills of the upper Peninsula, there's no such thing. I walked the steepest bits and jogged as much as I could stand, and ended up finishing 3.2 miles in ~45 minutes. It's not gonna win any awards, but I think Hal would be okay with that.

Today has been full, and tomorrow will be the same. Today C and I drove out to Walnut Creek and bought the most beautiful lingerie chests! I love Craigslist. We set them up and rearranged some of the other bedroom furniture, in anticipation of putting together the new bed frame we bought. That will have to happen tomorrow, I guess.

Tomorrow M and I are going to run C ragged in the Southbay--a short bike ride and the farmer's market in Campbell, then a hike around Lexington. Then more furniture arranging!!

January Goals

A mix of work, personal, and fitness goals.

• Do my diaries on time, every day.
• Do the Wii Fit progress chart every day.
• Go to boot camp 3 times per week.
• Go swimming once a week.
• Bring lunch from home at least 3 days per week.
• Eat 5+ fruits and veggies every day.
• Make a dentist appointment.

Wii Fit Rocks

Seriously, I'm having so much fun with this thing. I wish it didn't make me look fat in my avatar (it adjusts according to one's BMI, but honestly since I don't carry all my weight in my belly like the Mii does, it looks so much worse!) but otherwise it's awesome. The hula hoop is surprisingly tough. I think I've unlocked all the step aerobics, but I'm still unlocking longer and longer "runs" (up to 9 minutes) and just tried boxing, which was pretty entertaining.

Next step, doing all the strength training exercises! So far I've mostly been doing cardio and balance becauce cardio feels like hard work and balance has fun games (at which I'm exceptionally bad).

I'm chilling until Monday--gotta put away my Christmas loot (second Christmas was great!) and make some healthy food for my inevitable return to work, but that's about it. Anybody wanna come Wii? I have all the sports games that we can play together, not just the Fit.