March 2012
0 posts
exciting news!
at the trek up the tower on saturday, i spoke with a writer from our local newspaper.
in the near future i’ll be featured in a “real people - real inspiration” series!
tonight i had my photos taken at my gym for the story. yay!
February 2012
39 posts
lame tumblr (me) with a side of weight loss...
first off: i didn’t make it to a ww meeting last week. i went tonight, but didn’t weigh in. at home i weighed 155 this morning. my lowest weight was at christmas (150). since then it’s fluctuated between 150 and 154 in my official weigh ins (149-157 at home). yesterday and today my eating has been great. i hit the gym tonight and yesterday and it felt great! restarting...
sad night
a.coPutmbination of small things have me in tears. Ugh! Tomorrow will be a better day.
I can't sleep.
seekikirun:
My mind is racing.
Tell me I can do this!!!
Go kiki go! Good luck at the disney princess half tomorrow! You got this, girl!
Trek up the Tower Recap
Leading up to this morning’s Trek up the Tower, I was feeling nervous, scared, and not very confident. I knew I would finish and make it to the top, but I kept thinking, “You should have done more to prepare.”
I was nervous about the event because I had never done anything like it before. It was also my first organized race in a while. I was stupidly nervous about the gear...
Here we go
just parked my car. Got 9 hrs of sleep. Woke up without an alarm. Ate a good breakfast. Have everything I need. Stretched at home. Probably should have drank more water. Whatevs. Trek up the tower….ready or not, here I come!
Trek up the Tower: It's almost here! & Floor...
Saturday morning is the Trek up the Tower event here in Omaha.
First National Bank Building. Tallest building between Denver and Chicago. 40 floors. 870 steps.
I did the stair machine at the gym tonight for the last time before the Trek. 87 steps a minute. 10 minute workout. Had to stop every 2.5 minutes for 10-20 seconds to give my legs a break.
Truth time: Am I in the best shape...
tickets are booked!
tickets for NYC to cheer on all of you running the half marathon in march are booked! i’m so freaking excited!
note to self
dear future lindsay,
please remember how unsexy and unpretty you feel right now. you just completed a whole week of less-than-great eating (could have been worse, could have been a whole helluva lot better) and few workouts. you decided it would be a great idea to go to victoria’s secret to try on some new bras because you’re likely a different size than you were this summer.
...
Shopping!
I’m out of town and we went to an outlet mall. Coach and nike factory stores = heaven!
Fitting into size 6, mediums, and a kids size extra large = freaking awesome feeling!
date night
date number eight with nate was great!
sorry, i couldn’t resist that rhyming opportunity :)
sore
i’m feeling sore this morning and i LOVE it! it means i pushed myself at the gym last night….something that hasn’t happened enough lately.
last night i: did abs, arm weight machine stuff, and more abs. then did 10 minutes at 87steps/min on the stairstepper. i had to pause it a few times, but i finished it. then i hit the treadmill: walked .25 miles warmup, ran 1 mile,...
valentine's day
hung out with nate last night. we were just gonna watch a movie or something at his place. ended up helping him with some stuff around his house (it’s on the market and he had ppl coming over today to see it). it was stuff his roommate was supposed to do but didn’t. honestly, it was still a fun night.
he’s soooo not a texter, but after school today he sent me a text that...
i ate all the things today
all the sweet, sugary, bad-for-you foods that go along with being a teacher at an elementary school :) last year i resisted the urge to eat the sweets. this year, i didn’t put up much of a battle. honestly, i could have eaten more as there are lots of treats still sitting on my desk. the cupcakes and cookies were what did me in.
now, i’m off to the gym to sweat off some sugar :)
...
eeeek!
for the first time in 11 years i have a date on valentine’s day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date number 7 with nate tomorrow night!
Happy birthday in heaven, mom!
Dear Mom,
Happy birthday! You would have been 65 years old today!!!
I miss you and love you now more than ever! So much has happened over the last 10 years and 1.5 months….lots of good, some bad, some ugly.
i know you’ve been with us in spirit. i can feel your presence in my life. i know i have a guardian angel in you.
when you died, i promised you that i’d be okay.
for...
weigh in 58
lost 1.2! i’ve maintained my 110+ pound weight loss for 9 weeks!
chicago marathon
Hi Friends!
Melissa (marathonmelissa) and I are planning on staying together while we’re in Chicago for the marathon in October.
We are poor cheap financially challenged trying to be fiscally responsible (yes, that’s it….fiscally responsible :) ) and were wondering if two other people would be interested in sharing a room with us. so, if you (or you and a friend) want to room...
Trek up the Tower: I will do the stair machine...
Eeek! Trek up the Tower is in 13 days!
Yay! Trek up the Tower is in 13 days!
The past couple of times I’ve been on the stair machine it has kicked my butt. I KNOW once I get past the first 5-10 minutes it somehow gets easier….but it’s getting past those first few minutes that’s been giving me trouble. Yesterday my legs just feel so heavy - like lead. They...
Anonymous asked: Wow, you look great ! :) Keep at it ! How long did it take you? I want to loose about 40 lbs .
weigh in results
weigh in 56 - skipped last week. weigh in 57 tonight: lost 0.6. i’ve maintained my 110+ weightloss for 8 weeks!
10
Ten servings of fresh fruits and veggies were consumed today!
i'm here!
no, i haven’t fallen off the face of the earth :) it’s been a busy few days….you know…spending time with a certain guy (*eeeek*), going to a group bday party for some friends, this thing called work and life :)
things are trucking along just fine. i’ve been sort of lame on the exercise the past few days, but my eating has been spot-on! and……when i...
cake in a mug - microwave single serving cake
i just tried this and it tasted sooo good! I used confetti angel food cake mixed with regular confetti cake mix and instead of water i used sprite zero. mmmm mmmm good! try it! oh, and my calculations put this as 4.57 points, so i’m going with 5 points per serving. http://caketrimmings.com/weight-watchers-mini-microwave-cake.html
i originally saw this on pinterest….but of course...
yikes! i did it!
register for chicago marathon. check.
register for nebraska warrior dash (june). check.
happy birthday to me :)
today i turned 30....
The following are snipets from a post i made one year ago as i turned 29:
i know the rest of my life will have highs and lows. i know i will cry tears of joys and tears of heartache. but i’m DONE sleepwalking through life. I’m DONE “just making it through the day.” i’m DONE just going through the motions. i’m DONE being a “less-than-my-best” version of myself.
I’m ready. ready to make my 29th...
so busy
totally tumblr-disconnected the last dayish.
date #3 in a few minutes!
to be followed with some marathon registration business :) here i come, chicago!
January 2012
75 posts
feeling better
i am feeling so much better right now than i was last night and this morning. i identified some other things that were making me stressed and have taken care of those issues.
my mom used to say: name it, claim it, and tame it. identify the problem, take responsibility for it or figure out what you can/can’t change/control, and do what you can to make it better. it’s amazing how...
no ww tonight
tonight is the first time since i started weight watchers (jan 3, 2011) that i am missing ww and a weigh in.
yeah, there were times i had to just weigh in and couldn’t stay for the meeting, and there were times i had to go a different day/time of the week. but for those times, i had reasons to not go on a monday night.
i was going to go to ww and just not weigh in tonight. after last...
figured it out
it just hit me why i was sad last night.
my birthday is thursday.
i turn 30.
i have no plans to celebrate.
i mean, i’ll probably do something like dinner with friends, but i have no big plans.
why? because i’ve been so busy i sort of forgot to plan anything.
balance….need to find that balance between work and life. ugh.
sad
date went well.
when i got home i just felt sad. not sure why. just….sad :(
dinner date
date from wednesday night is picking me up in 10 minutes for dinner! i feel unpretty and bloated and squishy, despite hitting the gym and eating great the last 2 days.
nervous!
great start!
good morning! my day and weekend is off to a great start! had an apple, pb2, and a big glass of water for breakfast, then headed to the gym. did the ab machine, arm weights, and then the ab machine again.
then hit the treadmill. did .25 miles walking to warm up, then ran a mile in 9.30. that could be my fastest mile. i started at 6 mph and ended at 7.2! i remember when there was a time...
Happy birthday, Kiki!
It’s kiki’s birthday today! she’s an awesome gal who i’ve LOVED getting to know on tumblr!
Go on over to seekikirun.tumblr.com and wish her a happy birthday! and follow her if you’re not already :)
The day that i ate too much....and felt like a...
Here’s how the week’s gone so far eating-wise:
Monday: ate fine
Tuesday: bad food day. but, i tracked every single bit of food i ate.
Wednesday: stellar!
Thursday: bad. didn’t track food.
Today: HORRIBLE.
I was okay with Tuesday. I’m not okay with yesterday and today. I’ve been eating out of stress and eating things because “it tastes good”...
2 things
1. the date last night went great! we met at a neighborhood bar - we actually live relatively close to each other. we sat and talked about all sorts of things for 3 hours! the conversation flowed easily and we seem to have some things in common. we’re going to try to get together again on Sunday, so we’ll see :) I felt pretty and confident and i had fun. and of course it...