Quite a website...

Not sure if this will make you loose your appetite or cause cravings... this honestly makes me sick... who thinks of these things???  And why is bacon with everything???
http://www.thisiswhyyourefat.com/

boo-ya!!!

Just curious...

What makes a 5 km legit on a treadmill???  incline at 1.5?  or is there just no such thing as a legit 5 km on a treadmill???

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

Getting off the back burner

As with every year at harvest, training/maintaining fitness drops down (some times right off), the priority latter.  Now that the crops are in the bins, & I'm no longer a widow (husband is back to normal job, and living at home instead of staying out at my in-laws-closer to the farm), I've been back at 'er.  Which means TRX, and running, and CORE.  My core still blows!  I think I've been in denial about how bad it is.  Trying to fit in Pilate's at least once a week.  Next week spin classes start back up for me teaching- now twice a week and I still am intimidated... but I'm sure as I do it more I will get more comfortable.

Kidlettes are awesome... I count my blessings everyday that God has blessed me with two amazing children... And pretty cute!

What I've been up to

And the cold season begins...

hrs of sleep in the past 36 hrs = 2 in my own bed... 4 or 5 drifting in & out of consciousness in a rocking chair. 

my poor Emme is so sick... runny nose, congestion, coughing, watering eyes... and these are just the things I can identify; I would assume her throat is killing her just like mine.  Matt can at least be distracted and play through not feeling great.  I hate colds!

Taught my first spin last Wednesday.  The bikes don't have cadence meters yet so I really struggled to explain how fast and hard I wanted the spinners to work, and two of my three guinea pigs had never been to a spin class b/f, so I guess it was okay that they couldn't tell if it was good or bad class with nothing to compare it to.  I did a pyramid and half way through it I questioned why I would include it as part of my workout when I hate them myself!  I messed up on some of the music and the beats were too slow for a sprinting segment... but I just chalk it up to growing pains!

On top of the kids and me being sick every time I've tired to get a run in on the treadmill this week Emme wakes up crying w/in 5-15 minutes of me starting... I'm trying not to get discouraged as some days it takes a ridiculous amount of energy to just get dressed and on the treadmill!  Speaking of crying...

This "Craig" guy...

I've wanted to do a post about this for awhile, I'm just concerned I'm not going to do it justice.

A month ago my sister gave me this book called the Christian Atheist

I poured through the book... couldn't get enough of it.  I really would like other people to read it and I'm not sure what to say about it that would cause you to buy it or borrow it from a library.

I felt a sense of mourning after I was finished.  I want to hear more of what this guy had to say.  And who is this "Craig Groeschel"?

This is what Wikipedia says about him...

In 1996, Groeschel and a handful of people started Life Covenant Church in a two-car garage. Groeschel later told Business Week that he started by performing market research of non-churchgoers, and designed his church in response to what he learned.[4] Groeschel’s non-traditional style was successful and attendance of Life Covenant grew rapidly, eventually evolving to become (as of December 2009) the second largest church in the United States with thirteen LifeChurch.tv campuses[5] Groeschel began using video to deliver some of sermons when his fourth child was born in 2001 and he was unavailable for the Sunday service; he discovered that the videos were popular with his churchgoers, and his church has continued to use them.

Check the rest out here...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Groeschel

I found his podcasts on iTunes and WOW!  If you are even wavering just a little bit about if there is or isn't this Jesus guy I really encourage you to check out the series titled ...

...Seriously, that's the title of one of his sermon series.  If that grabs your attention check out his FAQ series that answers lot of questions like "do good people go to heaven?"  and "do pets go to heaven?", etc, etc.  and if your still interested check out the series Supernatural.  Heck, check them all out; the Practical Atheist, the Marriage series...  They're free, and I highly recommend the video podcasts, over the audio.  Seriously, humor me and check it out.  His podcasts are under Lifechurch.tv. 

Qualified...

So my sister wants me to start teaching a spin class at misfit... I've tried to convince her that I'm absolutely not qualified to teach such a class.  But she seems to think I would be good at it.  I'm still not convinced.  I have no education other then life. 

So what makes a good spin class- or rather a spin class teacher?  I've been to a few classes over the years- I know I personally love it when I leave a class feeling destroyed... I guess when you have your own bike at home you don't want to waste your time or money on a "pleasure" ride.  My all time favorite spin teacher would be Alex http://www.definingeve.com/index.asp ; we were roomies in college and on the swim team together even though neither of us could swim!  She used to teach spin classes and sneak me in to the gym b/c I couldn't afford the gym membership! 
So back to what makes a good spin teacher???  motivation?  I'm not sure I can motivate others.  I'm not sure I could sit on a spin bike with one of those microphones hung on my ear, sweating and telling other people what to do... I feel totally out of my comfort zone just thinking about this, which is probably a sign that God is pushing me in a new direction in my life.  gulp.

Sleep

It's funny the things you take for granted... Right now it's sleep for me.  I miss sleep.  Emily is getting up still once a night... sometimes twice.  And last night Matt decided to wake up for an hour at one o'clock in the morning.  I started letting Emme cry if it's only been 5 hr or less since she last ate.. so hard to do.  I am glad that I've decided to post-pone insanity for now, I struggle to find motivation for any kind of workout when sleep is so hard to come by. 

Good new is that my double stroller arrived!  we took it our yesterday and wouldn't you know it, Emily stayed awake and Matt was the one to fall asleep!  It's nice not to have to wait for Brent to come home from work for me to get a workout in.

And this morning I finally finished a big project that has been hanging over my head for months... Got all my pictures printed and put into albums!  I know I'm biased, but I think I've got a pair of cuties!

When one door closes...

I've decided since things are not going well trying to get my workouts in, God is leading me to change things in that area...
I was and am really happy to be doing Insanity,

but I have been struggling to get the workouts in and find the motivation to do them as they are (as the name would indicate), intense.  This week I missed 3 of the 6 workouts for various reasons.  I think in a few months I will attempt this again when Emme is well established in her sleeping, esp at night... plus- I have all winter to sweat inside.
It is summer...

Why am I wasting my time indoors?  Matt loves going for runs w/ me in the stroller (as does our dog).  Emme is now 3 months and safe to run with.  Night are really tough getting the kids to bed and usually I feel so exhausted when everyone is settled in that the last thing I want to do is get all sweaty and work my butt off.
It's time to order a double... stroller that is!

Finding time for mommy time

Sometimes I seriously wonder what Brent and I did with all our spare time before we had kids... Seriously!  If I had that kind of time on my hands right now who knows what I would accomplish!  My day started yesterday when I fed Emme at 2 am, then again 5 am (3 month growing spurt is really wearing me down!), then at 5:30 am just after I crawled into bed I heard a "mommy" and Matt standing on my side of the bed.  He had a tractor in his hand and wanted to "play tractors".  Sorry buddy, not at 5:30 in the morning.  So we went back to his room and I laid down in his bed with him and passed out... waking up to him driving tractors over my head around 6 am.  I gave up on trying to sleep anymore and our day officially started.  We spent the day out at my mom's w/ my sisters and Matt's cousins and when both kids were actually sleeping I wasn't tired and really just wanted to look through the sears Christmas catalog.  So later that night when it was bed time, Emme went down, and just after I finished reading Matt books and saying prayers, she woke back up hungry... after feeding her I really didn't feel like doing my workout.  But I just sucked it up and put my workout clothes on knowing that if I just got dressed, the rest would happen.  So 4 minutes into my warm up Emme starts crying... and so did I.  I just wanted to suffer through that workout and go to bed.  After trying to comfort her, and changing a diaper I finally just let her cry, b/c there really wasn't anything wrong.  She just need to learn to soothe herself (thank you babywise).  I cried along with her.  I have really great kids- the best.  I've totally been blessed and I thank God everyday for them.  I also ask Him to give me strength, wisdom and patience... and to always build them up, never tear them down.  I cried b/c I just wanted to get that workout in.  I cried b/c it's so hard to watch your child cry.  I cried b/c I was exhausted.  after 5 minutes of crying she was out.  And I just gave up and went to bed...
And here I find myself today dressed in my bike clothes and tires pumped... But the hubby is working late...  Somethings I guess just aren't supposed to happen...

Pregnancy... the core killer

So much about pregnancy is humbling... and the return to fitness afterwards is definitely one of them.  This Insanity thing is all about abs, engaging your abs, use your abs- which is great, if you have them.  My first week doing the workouts my abs were shot after the warm up (which is a pretty intense warm up).  Now I can last about half way or more through the workout- which i figure is pretty good since 14 weeks ago my abs looked like this....

Seasons....

My pursuit of fitness has had many seasons... seasons of having no clue of what I was doing, seasons of over training, seasons of trying to train for triathlon with an infant, seasons of pregnancy, seasons of post natal... and the current season- Insanity!  Shaun T kicks my butt 6 nights a week, which works for me with 2 kid under 2... not much getting out of the house for this stay at home mom!  almost done week 2 and I can't believe how much stronger I am!
On another note... just finished reading The Christian Atheist- and will be re-reading it... SO GOOD!  Adding lifechurch to my podcasts!

Going private... or whatever you call it...

I never post any more & it's b/c i have know idea who's reading & b/c of some weird comments...  sooooo if anyone actually reads this anymore, or rather would like to read pls send me your email so i can put it on the list & I might actually post again!

Dear Running,

It's been 3 months now since we were last together. I thought a treadmill might bring you back, but your buddy Inclined-walking showed up instead. I see you out with others all the time, which usually pushes emotions of envy & jealousy to the surface. Sometimes you even have the audacity to come within inches as I push Matt in the stroller... even he misses you...

The second time around...

Nearing the 3rd trimester, (only a couple days away!), and I can't believe how fast time is flying this pregnancy. Things are going very well. January saw my SI joint in my left hip become inflamed (thank you relaxin hormone!!!) and I had to spend a couple weeks doing not much in the activity area. Hard to swallow, but I know God wouldn't give me something I couldn't handle.

I put my energy into getting our basement finished with the help of Brent and both our wonderful dad's.... THANK YOU!!! It is now 90% finished with a million little things left to do, but I have already transformed it into the training den, with the exception of my TRX (no where to anchor it to, so it will stay upstairs). On Brent's last shift off we went to Edmonton and got my birthday/Christmas/Valentines/Mother's Day/birthday/Christmas/Valentines/Mother's Day present... t5-0 treadmill!! Did I mention I have the best husband ever and love him so much!!!

The time off from activity has allowed my SI joint to feel much better but I know that running is pretty much out of the question until July... child bearing hips i have not! I am getting a great workout, (damage control), by doing inclined walks with my very attractive "prenatal cradle", which takes the pressure off my hips during the walk.  I'm also keeping up my trx workouts, (sans lower body exercises), free weights & and pilates.

I think b/c "I've been there before" and because of the grace God is giving me, I am not getting depressed about not running or losing some of my fitness. I would love to be one of those amazing women who run until the morning they go into labour, but I'm not, and that's ok. It makes me appreciate running when I'm not pregnant.... this last summer I found running so blissful!