This morning I took Lil Mama to the Doctor's office. She has been sick and needed a follow up from her ER trip on Sunday evening. The Dr. was checking out Lil Mama and asked me, "Did you do CB&I?" CB&I is a local popular triathlon in our area and our pediatrician is an Ironman, a Mom, and a Dr. I have always held a special spot in my heart for Ironman Mom's like our pediatrician and my Coach(she will always be my Coach even when not training). It can't be easy to balance it but they strive to do so. I told her no pretty much with my tail between my legs. She looked at me and proceeded to tell me that it is OK, I guess the expression on my face showed the conflict. My life is in a different place right now and she understands. She said you can enjoy something take a break form it to focus on what life has in store for you now. Just stay active for your health. I went on to tell her about our pending move and that I am still going to the gym even back to teaching Spin classes. Needless to say Lil Mama's Dr.'s visit ended up being a good therapy session for me.
I have fallen off theWeWawagon with this new impending move. The stress and change it has caused for me leads me to bad choices mostly head first into Mexican food and margaritas! I know that sounds like a cop out but it is what it is. I am still working out since my heart and soul needs the exercise.
I have decided this blog is not what it should be anymore for more reasons than the ones mentioned above. I need a place where I can release everything going on with me from, the move, new experiences, food, diet, exercise, family, SAHM adventures to French adventures.
I would like to thank all the people who have followed and encouraged me through huge milestones in my life. Over 60,000 hits since I first started in July 2007! I will never forgot how I'm Not Fit To Run helped me achieve so many goals for me even becoming a triathlete, at one point anyhow. The most important result of this blog was making friends that I will keep for years to come. You know who you are....
You have family take the day off to take care of the children
Your husband has to halt his extremely busy work schedule
Your husband is in his hospital gown for 3 hours then they say there is a hold on proceeding
Somebody drops the ball in the Dr.'s office and does not have the surgery certified in the 3 weeks it has been scheduled
Insurance suggests the husband tries compression sock first
Hospital tells you, no surgery you can go home
Husband is so mad he does not speak and will not wait for discharge papers and waltzs out of the hospital
Not a word is spoken in a 1 hr car ride
I head dive into my max points of the day in a barbecue beef loaded baked potato cause that is what a this stressed fat girl does
I spend the next 3 hours speaking to the supervisor of God himself to find out who dropped the ball and how they plan on picking up that ball and run with it
I don't have anything to wear for a wedding a few weeks
I choke on old woman perfume in the plus size department
Am I the only one who dearly misses "Sex and the City"? Oh, the episode when she saw the perfect Christian Louboutin shoes in the window for her "big" date with Mr. Big.
Love Love Love it!
Iam slowly beginning to take steps to life after incubation. However, not in Louboutins,
I wish...It was not the easiest of pregnancies for my body. I had to stop teaching Spin classes at 19 weeks and thought well I will just take easy walks to stay active. Every form of activity led to pre term labor and before too long I was on bed rest for the third trimester. As far as my diet, umm it would best be described as a free for all buffet, geez! After all my incubating and gluttony on February 9th it all became well worth it to have my Lil' Mama join our family.
Hello lover, to starting my journey from square one, once again. I can clear the pounds lost tab back to a big fat 0. At one time it stated 88lbs. lost. Am I freaking out about it? Hell no! I will get there slowly but surely. I can see me losing the weight again and I have always been a fan of believing is achieving. I have decided against sprinting back to WeWa till Lil Mama is 3 months old, one month from now. I have to let my stress level come down. I am a high strung parent that is a slave to schedules and well Lil Mama literally shits on my schedule. Experience has taught me that by 3 months they will find their nook and sleep better. If not at 3 months old she will be old enough to fend for herself at kid's club at the gym. HA! Not that the gym is the be all end all of my weight loss. To me it is 85% what I put in my body and I can not commit fully at this juncture. So we will say that I am dabbling in eating better by having a salad, fruits and veggies with my crap choices.
Hello Lover, to taking my first Spin class in f o r e v e r last Saturday! OMG how in the hell did I used to teach some killer classes, sometimes 3 a day to not being able to hang for 30 minutes?!? I did not know what hurt most, my ass, my calves, my quads, my neck, my back! To think I could spend hours in a saddle and love it! My Viv head fans were happy to have me there and encouraged me to teach soon that I was missed. That was super encouraging! So we will say that I am also dabbling when the stars align in the sense of energy and someone to watch the kids that I make my way to the gym. With the weather starting to come around nicely I will also dabble in walks with Lil Mama and eventually start up some run/walk intervals.
Hello Lover, to blogging my journey back to fitness. I will probably remove the comment section soon due to all the spam comments, WTF? I have link to my e-mail if you ever wanna shoot the breeze with me about weight loss, exercise, whatevs. I am also working with the lovely Susan at Masthead Factory for a better look on what is going on with me these days.
The winner was chosen via True Random Number since Lil' Buster refused to do the drawing for me and no way I am not getting in front of a camera these days unless you catch as a moving background target. I just numbered each person who commented they wanted the DVD's in order consecutively for a total of 9. The results are below which make Paula the winner. Paula contact me to get these DVD's to ya and let your fake Hawaii riding adventure begin ;-)
I was sent these Global Ride DVD'sa long time ago, like March long ago. I had tried it out and just had not gotten the time to review, heck I barely blog much as it is. There are three DVD's in the set I received. These are to be used indoors either with your trainer set up or maybe a Spinner bike if you have one. I will focus on "StrenDurance in Hawaii".
I find indoor rides on the trainer to be quite mundane and it pushes me to the point of insanity. I do understand that it is sometimes a necessary evil due to schedules, weather, which will be a big factor as winter approaches, or the specific training goal one is trying to achieve on a particular ride that could be dangerous with traffic and such. Last ride I did indoors I opened up my back door and contemplated throwing bike with trainer attached and all in the ravine behind my house. For me it is really difficult since I already do plenty of indoor rides in Spin classes and it is a completely different energy.
The DVD consists of landscape with music and coaching. The landscape is almost like there is a camera attached to the cyclists bike that is actually riding the course. At times they switch the view to a car back view so the cyclist is in the picture. There is a coach guiding you trough cadence, heart rate and different cues as gearing up, down and other things to focus on to get the most from you ride. You kind of hear the lady huffing on the mic which is my huge pet peeve. She is also doing the ride on her trainer with you, but as an instructor I can tell you move the mic away from your mouth a little. However, she does a good job of describing at what level you should be riding at. Giving cues of adding gear, cadence goals, and heart rate or perceived exertion goals. There is also music on the DVD, which is the killer for me. It is like that bad keyboard music and it is not motivating at all. Not that you need music to motivate you but indoors you might need that extra umph! Still some people might enjoy this and find it helpful.
There are some features on the DVD to help customize it more to your liking. I like that you can turn the music on/off. Even turn on/off the coaching as well. For instance, you could play your own music yet still have the coaching or vice versa or turn off all audible all together if you prefer. The landscape is a nice feature if you find that just watching TV shows becomes more of a distraction and throws off your performance goals you set for yourself on a ride, i.e. a TT ride.
Overall, it is not at the caliber of a CompuTrainer kind of ride. I do not think that at all, then again the price is monumentaly less. The Hawaii box set I received sells for $75 on their website. I also did not turn that green color like when I go to Bree Wee's blogand see her ride pics. It might work for you if you want to change up your indoor routine or maybe add some variance to your ride if you just ride for time each ride. Like running, the discipline of cycling should not be ride as hard as you can for time everytime. It is important to have different training rides to build your endurance, and strength as a cyclist. I would recommend these videos for people who maybe have not read up on cycling training programs, not fortunate enough to have a coach, likes outdoor visuals while riding indoors, or the benefit of a great knowledgeable indoor cycling instructor. If you would like to learn more about the Global Ride cycling DVD's you can go to their website by clicking here.
Here is a 2 minute preview of the Hawaii Box Set
I know I myself will not make future use of the Global Ride DVD'sso I will mail my Global Ride Hawaii box set valued at $75 to someone who would benefit from it. If you are interested post a comment saying, "I WANT IT!" and I will draw a winner next week and ship it out to ya ;-)
That is so me or you if you are rubber and I am glue and everything you say bounces of you and sticks on to me. That was an old one, and boy did I use that line till it blew up. I was in 6th grade and I had the biggest crush on this boy Luis (I still remember his last name, but just in case). So how did I handle my crush? Well, I acted like I hated him of course! I picked on him for his short stature(not that I was a 6ft.Elle Macphersonby any means). I laughed about his what I called "grown man" hair cut. I tried skateboarding since he liked skateboarding(broke my ankle right before Thanksgiving). I would call him LUUUIIIISSSS really drawn out and annoyingisk. There was also punching, pinching, flicking, kicking him in the shins when we played basketball at recess. I laughed at him in a mockingly way always. But wait it gets better...One day at recess I turned the whole class against him. I mean every single person came and hung with me under the pavilion while I led a grass roots meeting on hating him. He was so upset that the teacher noticed something was wrong. I was sent straight to the office without passing GO. Don't worry that was not my first rodeo in our strict Christian school office. I had been to so many office rodeos that I earned myself a day of in school suspension for unchristian and unscrupulous behavior. Where of course I just sat there all day and daydreamed about Luis. But wait I finally did profess my love to Luis towards the end of the year, well the last week of school to be exact on our year end fun field trip. How did I profess my undying love and affection for him?? I kissed his best friend John behind a tree! I never did let Luis or my friends know how much I was crunching on him. The following year ended up being my last year in Miami. He wrote in my yearbook, I will never forget you. How the hell could you not?!?
That exact behavior is how I handle some things in my life still. The latest being that I have officially become a traitor or like Shane calls me a fu%#ing traitor. I switched from being an 7 year Blackberry user to the covetediPhone. If you know me you know that since the iPhone was released in 2008 I talked enough shit about it that you could fertilize Texas. I am having fun learning it. Just don't expect me to text or email you back accordingly. I am still learning how to use my fingers just right. I have had Crackberry thumbs for years. When I finally find texts I receive, I respond with can I call you? With my new technological advanced iPhoneI am moving backwards. I wait to get to my "real" computer to respond to e-mails. Next I might reply to e-mails with a handwritten letter via the US Post Office.
I am professing my love for you iPhone. All you have to do is like me back. Let me figure you out so I can have my way with you already....
Random Thought of The Day: Is really just a tip that my blog will touch on everything these days since no official training is going on. Next post I promise will be the review & giveaway on on theGlobal Ride Virtual Cycling DVDs.
No, not how long I have been away from the blog. That number is actually quite higher, if anyone noticed my mindless rambling absence. Thirteen weeks is how far along I am. Yep, we are adding another one to the family and are thrilled! We started thinking we would start trying after Ironman 70.3 in New Orleans. In fact my friends thought it was too much of a sign that when I was crossing the finish line the song, "She's Having My Baby" by Paul Ankawas playing. Weird I know, but even weirder is why in the world would they play that shitty song at a finish chute?!? Then again by the time I finished the DJ must have ran out of good songs. HA!
It has been a rough first trimester. With Lil' Buster the first trimester really was a piece of cake. Yum, did somebody say cake?? Seriously, I had no symptoms and I was heavier with Lil' Buster in addition to not doing a lick of exercise. I thought this one would be a piece of cake. Who the hell keeps mentioning cake? This time around I have been dealing with, nausea, acne, headaches, diarrhea, constipation, fatigue, vertigo, vomiting, weight gain, weight loss, frequent urination, depression, veins(I feel like a vampire), heavy breasts, tender breasts, cramps. Pretty much I'm dealing with a Viagra commercial disclaimer except for the 4 hour erection, but if I could have a 4 hour erection I'm sure I would have that too.
Things are starting to look up these last few days. The nausea has subsided except for the occasional surprise visits. The fatigue is what I am dealing with the most still. I'm still working my SPIN classes. I do have my rough moments in class when teaching 2 back to back. Getting better though.
As far as running through my pregnancy....I am not going out on a limb by saying it will not be the case. I was not even running before I got pregnant dealing with injury so bringing it in the mix at this juncture would not be the wisest. I will instead stick with low impact cardiovascular exercises, SPIN, elliptical, walking, things of that nature.
I will probably be blogging more regularly. Watching that "Julia & Julie" movie made me miss blogging. I also have a couple reviews/giveaways over the the next week. The companies who sent me the items months and months ago have been wondering what happened to me.
Thanks for stopping by and remembering, Viv.
12 weeks
words/phrases in yellow are phrases I bring into my vocabulary like Justin brought sexy back
Random Thought of The Day: Why when reading Perez Hilton I found the urge to click on a link that states, "CLICK HERE to check out Zac Efron shirtless and showing off his butt dimples!!!!! " Oh my he islike 18!
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