Weekend Recap

<p>Hope everyone had a great weekend! Our’s was full, but great! </p> <p>Kyle and I made it home from Omaha late Friday night, but still managed to roll out of bed Saturday morning and hit the pavement for our<strong> long run</strong>! We got in <strong>8 miles</strong>, but they were <strong><u><em>HARD</em></u></strong>! I don’t think the <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2010/04/stones.html">kidney stones</a> helped, I had to take a lot of walk breaks. But we <strong>finished</strong> and got the miles in. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WXRN0HD_v8BhQY3Hng0EMop22l7LPkpSuMK3xCYzLc0KApavEyVICNedVrKrEhbt8Pi-vZo7EhCmc-HtDBa6-mHmAR7-gi6E6GNch8xp3GJI3AwsRGmnHoi12HzMrgcBuAfgmLtKlMgP/s1600-h/DSC0708311.jpg"><img alt="DSC07083" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt4S1ufMl4ar-L1QBd-pdXJB2qkx0D6-Zdmw0JbdjjgXmYtWjfaknh_9V3aUJCIFUneOCt0LTj4zmNq49GDiz-1UBnVkzw_QfsIV8E-uT4M0kUaqWh2HWWfXf2Bq3N97AWMV4FhYnLu7s/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC07083" width="304" /></a></p> <p>I made<strong> protein smoothies</strong> for both of us when we got home. I mixed up <strong>1 c strawberries</strong>, <strong>1 small banana</strong>, <strong>1 scoop protein</strong> <strong>powder</strong>, and <strong>ice</strong> for a total of <strong>4 points</strong>. Don’t ya love the Hawkeye mug!?!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCY_T8DqSdvU0xrnfJqpK76fi2WU1yFsp6KKNcnlDK6zYsK4xua6QUX1A2B8gr0-_9UeLDrWyns2i8xBdXdyI98jzu3UJ9sF6PBk-sNOvxeud2qqbnonVJKgLUoqNSnyQOWbM5i6kGQU-A/s1600-h/DSC070823.jpg"><img alt="DSC07082" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVEV0PvD_49wRQIehZAewqu7beCzU6IuWxIYeGCpRuF4y_TzfVZy8NzB1V3GwvGaWvXFge8MEXM9WP9pemizxLqzq9cfz5ztg8rvpptjdeRJ5XHS_7LM-uRdORjHtcimFU3usMoB86Jjc/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC07082" width="304" /></a></p> <p>Kyle headed to work and I was <strong><em>lazy</em></strong>! I think the late night and long run wore me out! When Kyle got off we headed to his parents house. Kyle’s Mom makes some <strong><u>great homemade pizza</u></strong>!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuIwt0yajJ09ZD5p_ivwnIXuc1BY-3wxVT8HbjV4EUfFtgCQixo8aOhBKXrlCNTmnpaeIGc4X6XHWY0t7j-uIDE8OtX_CD-S5JE6vA7butGVhNmlvs0RUzB-Lf5emOKL0trPwj18W-VNj/s1600-h/DSC07085%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07085" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwwLKl30XvalK2bwMomwpwBh1DY1G5m6S8nksbOHwrhGJYnF1BqOVmAlUBXurbjuCYGK5vbQNA8dU4eaZv-SdPwFHHLsFm30cMQTSwneVb5Wo_UM3i0gfaE1ap-wDmuYe9KQrdlYMFlk4/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07085" width="404" /></a></p> <p>The majority of the night was spent watching sports…Kyle just couldn’t pick: hockey, baseball, basketball, or arena football! His decision was to get multiple TVs! I napped!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4slhdwyuA8plqOODCqHf0iLNyVNCDT4bqaOujFxfqBg-nMpD_LKot8HZUuRqhPW0nbswHP9I3MSmKR0yDLQmHrW07BDmYXgeXwW65l45pZxn7mMvV1n2XLtuhYuk7o10Lfo-nRI793xBe/s1600-h/DSC07088%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07088" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHktpN60wJ3VsXvGH8ZOhs8ZJ2U0nX-oiWeQja-8pywylq9pGkS7RA-4wD-2bnxmW8KmjlUQFK-b-oLUhCzKlzOWKKeYpGYzsJENWxKu8dFVqCjzKhS2t8Wyp08l18X0XunVsmosTOzOh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07088" width="304" /></a></p> <p>Oh and the best part of the night was homemade ice cream!! Can’t beat it!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxywYLpC2ZwiKRIjprX3uMc9AT8kZakQgptauMghdO1kGjrQp-5SHOnZwK28z5IUNlJd1q7M8kyEUASgKRZRdKtMqDHzgs3vQLxwDVyYVJUMbcyB5Rv9TmPl1khCMYkKuA60gOWdWRuXG/s1600-h/DSC07089%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07089" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaGW5xpVxDJfQBDyKQExyTzlQgr9W6xzKhYDk9vPXPhyHIFrfGPpOXXVyafamxWXFyI_3atHByUcgnk52gKvtcvcimnBdv1qpD0RARGJRB7KFPc4WEgOwkzp0bIIvyMnFj1eeb-hYwUxI/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07089" width="304" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFr15XrSrkslFxkPS7hzq9Lwho7KOuIHzfQmsF7p2XuUyLnjDQRaRPGdFvR76lsG6zuYAW_ckos7RbfCQqrwP8-xZO7IKCUQpwGRKuSXNiv__NZH4Cn-DExmW0nbGk68klfLH_ukgvXi9/s1600-h/DSC07090%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07090" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0stEJ1p3ACX0hs-93Y61NYKWbQqgzxbMYsAbFoFU9j9KGC5EK62lgyACp67BxL1F1etvTbQ6TExNlmVHxE-FiMpjTUxFlEEK_p2D-3MaXvO4Ro7LoYq8soP3ePzDIFhrDOmZGiGmcrtc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07090" width="404" /></a></p> <p>We got home late Saturday night and rolled out of bed early Sunday morning for church! After church we did our weekly grocery run and then hit up a local favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch. (NOT point friendly!)</p> <p>Afterwards we napped and then got up and got busy in the kitchen! We baked <strong>cookies</strong> and<strong> banana bread</strong>! It was Kyle’s boss’ birthday, another boss was in the hospital, and a friend got dumped this weekend. So we wanted to cheer everyone up!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_j1ECUEG9vf7oSG7ogDV7e-UXXfSu_UN6SGH71rnySigc76L7u1hsVQFNWrQT4UoddNRRkCMOCgn2Cm74HNu3NY9nXfrVEzIeUbjgue0c9K592-SyhM-bgWGUHb07giUq33i2l18epZVb/s1600-h/DSC07092%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07092" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdVkPKMRDo-XSU_VTcT7CmHSfJMKOuv9NYg8YwTsRz1CGKy2NGxYreRNzNIa4ud5I41siD0RByWXlWypBcp1b5-GZ5xjlByKXirxsen17x61F_QtQK-sEdlGtNDMp6eL_S1RJRk8Q32Ir/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07092" width="304" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wecqsgnOXOKW3JZID7dRnvWEVqHA5tjPmuUjnhiNYAjGogCi4mlwjBoru5Ph_0ZY0JV-ev9sEd0TPSUazDX_3yMiiw0fXgvXEGNGkXvT89pSH1JlAecC_c56sAdxoO7H6rCXnVOgUfvR/s1600-h/DSC07093%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07093" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhlyvhBVjLAz2L2X6GoeNwMlnpYfgc9GnpyJAfUf4jswLUkgUb58ZXG5LGeb0TvZjx5tw8jTH406lCrLX8_FwOHxxX6fHZap_vAQvrkxT2PLpi5md9Xsv_2Gv9rWchThfQJFbaAHtmxHi/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07093" width="404" /></a></p> <p>And we made all our deliveries to everyone and I think made them all smile! :) It’s fun to do simple acts of kindness!</p> <p>I hope everyone had a great weekend! I should be back to my normal daily posts this week now that I’m feeling better!</p> <p>And just for fun here is a picture of my sweet little Abby! She was at our feet the entire time we were baking just hoping we would drop something for her! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUm7P7Jj4SO1BiYelkNdmhsMEoABzVBHqmnQfBNAulrL2sZrmpu_R1VrXB3i79BmOQLXOixNr9LMU4yVeXayQVrqpiW53w-Qw5buah5QlzJgBOvhdsNkGX9o-3p6e5eMb054nLQpqm5yC/s1600-h/DSC07095%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC07095" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OvXTUS6XAzqWpoLSUWhviOrY8ano20Ce6ZVN2eiWtAh6vnIN863gls8ntMvLBtOBfUOu1S73_II5xgaPee_DlXA8qd9BTjdbR2LJ-du66eXpY8GZ-1nGcxZ4TpkJf7lzBKFB4tWIcA4d/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC07095" width="404" /></a></p>

Weekend Recap

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Our’s was full, but great! Kyle and I made it home from Omaha late Friday night, but still managed to r...

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A week off helped get my head back on straight

I took last week off...from everything weight loss related. I didn't post anything, I didn't track or weigh and measure any of my food. I read very few weight loss blogs and commented on even fewer. I worked out three times last week instead of my normal six, and they were light workouts. <br /><br />After a fitful night of sleep last Monday (I'm sleeping the sleep of the damned again), I woke up up exhausted. My first thought that day was "I'm so tired I just can't do it today." Normally I ignore these thoughts. Exercise has become a habit after two years. That morning I decided maybe it was time to take a break.<br /><br />I got up and looked at my exercise calendar and realized I hadn't had a day off from exercise since Easter. Fourteen straight days of exercise. My body was sore and tired. My left elbow and shoulder had been aching for days. An old injury that happened about six months ago when I was trying to lift 25-pound dumbbells when I wasn't ready to move up on weights.<br /><br />My previous week's workouts had been pathetic. Each day was a struggle. Each day I'd written in my exercise journal something negative. "Too hard today!" or "Just not into it." or "Worst workout ever!" I was going through the motions but my heart wasn't in it. <br /><br />I decided last Monday maybe it was time to ease up on myself a little. In the NRWL4W it says you should take a recovery week between stages. It talks about the necessity of letting the body recover, the connective tissues, nervous system and bones need a week off every once and a while. I've ignored this advice for over two years for fear of falling into another one of my long term bouts of not exercising at all and gaining back weight like it was my job (history repeating itself).<br /><br />The previous week I lost four pounds and was down to 164.8. If you want to lose one pound you need a 3500 calorie deificit. Multipy that by four and that means I had a 14,000 calorie deficit the previous week. No wonder each workout had been tortuous and miserable. I was starving. I wasn't tracking my food, just eating a lot less. <br /><br />Last week I was in the mood of "to hell with all of it". The one thing I continued was my ban on sugar. I ate good, healthy food. The cravings are still non-existent, the night-time binges are a thing of the past. I still get hungry, but nothing like when I was hooked on Weight Watcher ice cream bars and other "healthy" junk foods that are full of sugar.<br /><br />My weigh in yesterday showed I was up 1.4 pounds. I'm not upset or worried about it, I'm not freaking out over the small gain. I needed the added calories. I needed to eat and take a break. I'm finally learning to listen to my body. <br /><br />Yesterday my workout was probably one of the best workouts of my life. During my hour and forty-five minutes of cardio and strength, I was energized. I felt much stronger than the last several weeks. Taking a week off was probably the best thing I could have done for myself. <br /><br />Yesterday I was back to tracking my food, making sure I eat enough, but not eating too much. It's a fine line I walk these days between not starving myself and making sure I'm getting in the calories I need, yet still lose weight. It feels good to be back, back in control, back to exercising. Back to being me.

A week off helped get my head back on straight

I took last week off...from everything weight loss related. I didn't post anything, I didn't track or weigh and measure any of my fo...

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Planning de la semaine du 26 au 30 avril 2010

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Permanences<br /></span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 26 avril de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 27 avril de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 28 avril de 13h30 à 17h<br />- le jeudi 29 avril de 13h30 à 17h<br />- le vendredi 30 avril de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> - vendredi 30 avril de 09h à 12h30 (sur rendez-vous)</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Ateliers</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2008/12/atelier-parcours-emploi.html">Parcours Emploi</a></strong> - mardi 27 avril à 9h30<br /><br /><li><strong>CV</strong> - mardi 27 avril de 9h à 12h30 et mercredi 28 avril de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Lettre de Motivation</strong> - mardi 27 avril de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 30 avril de 10h à 11h30<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 30 avril de 14h à 16h</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Information collective</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>Boutique de gestion</strong> - lundi 26 avril à 14h</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Visite d'entreprise</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>Visite de l'entreprise <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/04/souvrir-les-portes-des-metiers-du.html">Eurovia</a></strong> - mercredi 28 avril à 13h30</ul>

Planning de la semaine du 26 au 30 avril 2010

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 26 av...

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