Well, the salad lunches, taking vitamins again, upping the water/lowering the tea intake and getting back on the exercise wagon seems to be working. I'm down nearly a pound in less than a week. I'd like to keep losing anywhere between a pound and a pound and a half per week, but even if the scale doesn't budge while the tape measure begins to ( Read more... )

Hookay. Wow, long time, no post. I'm still off and on sick, and that coupled with a bum knee and still wonky ankle has led to about zero workouts for the entire month of December. Take into effect holiday treats from Thanksgiving on and it's safe to say that I've gained about 12 pounds, which is totally no bueno. Considering that I was at my ( Read more... )

So, I think I'm in a place where I can attempt to do another 6-week challenge. Starting tomorrow, we're getting down to business. I'm going to recycle the Mass Effect theme, so apologies for the repeat. I am going to tweak a few of the challenges though to fit in with my current goals.

( 6-week challenge #2 )

Pumpkin Chili (makes 4 two cup servings ( Read more... )

I just cut off all of my hair. It went to a little past my bra strap to a SHORT stacked bob. Feels different, and I've decided that different is a good thing. I'd post pictures, but I sort of went on a youtube spree and found a 50's style using hot curlers...yeah. Let's not. I forgot that my hair doesn't do the soft, wavy curls like it's ( Read more... )

Ugh, you take one day off with sick leave and you come back to TONS of work. Seriously, how did it pile up so fast? Anyway, day off was partly a mental health day, partly a "I feel like crud and I desperately need to catch up on sleep to beat whatever bug I'm fighting" day. In between naps, I cleaned the apartment, which was causing waaaaay too ( Read more... )

...said the girl who dropped down five pounds in her presses and whose legs were so shaky after leg raises and hamstring curls that she couldn't do squats. I swear, I miss two workout sessions in a row and things go to pieces. Oh well, at least this is a starting point to get back to where I was. Hopefully Wednesday's bicep/tricep/legs will be ( Read more... )

( workout stuff )

For my first 6-weeks challenge, I really didn’t do much of a theme. That was fine for my “tutorial” level challenge, but I think for here on out, I’m going to pick a video game to focus on. Here we go, starting with Mass Effect for the official Level One.

( 6-week challenge #2 )

I have a shiny new computer! All of my documents/pictures were able to be moved over, but of course I've lost about ten years of my favorite websites. Oh well, time to go look again!

I've decided to call today the end of my first 6-week challenge instead of tomorrow, just to give myself a day of rest before I get at it again.

( First 6-week challenge (newbie tutorial level) results )