OK it was 50 something this morning I couldn't find my clean bike pants so I ended up waiting until the afternoon to go for a ride. I got to the gym early and did 12 minutes on the treadmill and then the kettle ball class - well today it was pretty tough and for the whole 45 minutes. I was glad because some days he doesn't work us for the whole time and I feel like I am not getting my money's worth. Well today we did a circut of 5 different things on each side 20 times the 1st time 15 and then 10 - it was a killer then after lunch I went for a 1 hour 20 minute bike ride - ok my legs are really killing me so I am pretty sure they are going to hurt tomorrow. It has been a good eating day too had a JC burito for lunch and salsbury steak for dinner. I had a great salad at lunch and dinner. Last week I reduced a whole bottle of balsamic and so now I drizzle the balsamic reduction on my tomatoes - Yum.
A request for more info about my trip next week. We are going to Cannes for sure because that part of the trip we are meeting some friends - he is going for work and the wife is tagging along for free. We were in Provence and took a day trip to Nice and Cannes about 5 years ago - this will be 5 days there but we are also planning day trips. Monaco for sure and maybe to Italy one of the days. We know we are gong to Paris we are just not sure if it is at the beginning or the end. We still need to figure out one other destination maybe Burgundy. There is a really nice looking pool at the hotel in Cannes so I may just spend one day by the pool. We usually go do wine stuff but also go to museums/historical sites. There are a couple of Roman ruins in Provence also I think there is a really interesting old monastery. I will let you in on more details once we figure out what we are doing. The scale has been moving down I am hoping for a good pound tomorrow morning after the workout today.
I have been really busy last week the weather was really nice here I went for a bike ride every day. I am really glad I did since it has taken a rainy turn this week. I went to the gym instead of riding today and I have my kettle ball class tomorrow.
Baseball has gotten really interesting here, the Cubs are in the playoffs for sure which is a huge deal since they normally blow it before they make it to the playoffs. The Sox played tonight they have had a million chances to clinch their spot but kept blowing it until last night, the game today was delayed because of rain but in the end they played an amazing won!! My DH is so happy now we have to beat Minnesota - easier said than done, they kill us all the time. I was up 3 pounds for my official wi on Sat - that sucked but I had really had a pretty good week so I am just forging ahead. I go back this Saturday and then I won't be back for a while, I am leaving for another vacation to France Oct 9. I don't have any dinner plans out this week until Sat night - so psyched for that. I have been doing a lot of knitting since it has gotten a little colder - I am almost finished with a cardigan for me and a hat for my nephew. posting some new pics is on my list.
Well it rained the entire weekend here in Chicago - and not just a little it really poured so no bike ride Fri, Sat or Sun. I did go today for 13.3 miles and I also went to the gym in the AM for 45 minutes of cardio. I had my official wi on Sat morning at 6:40 and I was down 2.6 which was great but aparently there is something really wrong with my plumbing, I came home and had to use the facilities and then I was down another 2 pounds. I had issues all day and all day Sunday but I really don't want to take Imodium since it has the opposite effect on me and I probably wouldn't need to use the restroom for a week.
The DH and I went out to the far suburbs on Saturday, really the country about an hour away to a farm that was having a special U Pick for the Slow Food organization and it wasn't raining there and we picked a ton of stuff all for 30 dollars. I have sooo many tomatoes I have made homemade chili sauce and green tomato relish. I have also made a bunch of fresh tomato sauce one with eggplant. Yum!! Going to my kettleball class tomorrow and that is the only one for this week, I am off to NYC on Thursday so I may take 3 the next week to make up for the 1 I miss. I loaded up on Jenny food since I won't be back there for 2 weeks and I haven't eaten any of it yet. Tomorrow is the day - I have been eating fine but just all my own food since I have so many yummy vegetables. It has cooled off here only 60's this afternoon, I had to find my biking pants. It is supposed to get warmer tomorrow. I think I am going for a quick bike ride in the morning before I take the DH to work. I am off to see what is new with the EP site and read some blogs. Hope everyone is off to a good start for the week.
Well I put off my bike ride because it looked like rain and guess what it hasn't rained, it is just really humid and gray but no rain I could have gone and been back by now. I am going to go to the burbs to pick up a prescription and then see what it looks like when I get back. I did really well at dinner out last night once again no drinks YEAH!! I had edamame, about 7 pieces of sushi - mostly veg a couple smoked salmon I had cevice and then when we came home a little Edys ligh ice cream stuff. Today the scale is down 1.9 pounds since my wi on Monday. I am psyched, going back tomorrow for my official wi and today is totally on track, no dinner out the DH and I are going to a movie and that is always a big help for me I get out of the house(away from the food) and I can avoid the popcorn and by the time the movie is over and we get home so tired I go to bed. We are planning on seeing Traitor looks good. I am going for a walk later rain or no rain. I am trying to figure out when to make a trip to the country. I am a member of Slow Food and here in Chicago they have an event where you can go out to this real farm and Upick a bunch of veg - tomatoes, peppers, eggplant etc all for $20 a bushel. I have been meaning to do some canning - salsa, relishes etc. and this would be perfect great veg and not sooo expensive like it is at the Farmers Market. Can you tell I grew up in Iowa - yes I know how to can and actually have the equipment. The humidity today actually reminds me of being a kid and being stuck in the kitchen freezing corn and making pickles. Hope everyone has great weekend plans
Well at my wi on Monday I was down .9 - and once again that was great considering the weekend I had so Very Happy. My cousin, her husband and 3 kids were in to visit and they all stayed at my house. We did have a great time though, the girls all went shopping on Saturday - I bought a whopping one lipgloss and one eyeliner. My cousin and her girls found stuff though. The DH and the boys went to the Red Bull Flutog - not sure on the spelling it is that thing where teams try to make something that will fly. They also went to the Sox game and they won in like 14 innings. The Sox and the Cubs are a big deal here right now because they are both in the lead of their respective divisions but it is close and they keep losing games - everyone is secretly hoping for the ultimate World Series in Chicago - that would be so huge. Anyway on the exercise front still cranking along. Went for bike rides all last week and my 2 kettle ball classes, I took Sat off but back on the bike on Sunday and every day since. I also went to my class on Tues and really wasn't that sore. I am going in about an hour and I am guessing he will work us harder today. I have also already been for a quick 12 mile ride this morning, the wind was really strong so the ride down was really slow and hard and then when we turned around oooh - such a breeze, I was going 20 mph with hardly any effort.
I have been sticking to the Jenny plan since Monday and that is going great, went out for dinner last night and I stuck with our pregnant friend and had iced tea - big victory for me. I also had a salad 1 roll and halibut with asparagus. Tonight going out for sushi and again I have a friend who can't drink for medical reasons so I am not either also it is BYOB and having the DH bring beer since I don't like that anyway. Then no meals out on Fri and my wi is on Sat this week. I am off to NYC next Thursday so I won't be back to JC for probably about 2 weeks. I am getting so close to fitting into those size 12 pants - I would love to buy some new jeans in NYC!!
Well the kettleball class is causing plenty of soreness, my legs were killing me but since it rained all day and night yesterday I was dying to get out on my bike. I went for a 17 mile ride but it pretty much hurt in my thighs the whole time, that was such a buzz kill but luckily I am not going back to class until Tuesday. Yesterday was another killer day with eating, 1300 calories so what do I get for all my effort oh I gained 3 pounds. There is really no reason but just trying to stay on track today until my cousin comes tonight, we are grilling. I have to go finish making salsa, marinating the pork and bake a cake. Hope everyone if glad it is Friday!!
Well I must have talked up the rain because it is finally raining and supposed to all day. So that means no bike ride today and I even managed to take it to the bike shop last night for the 1 month tune up - it has probably been about 2 or 2.5 months. I just crossed the 1000 mile mark on my bike computer too. I am off to the gym for my kettleball class in 10 minutes and I will probably do some eliptical after since no bike cardio today. I have been busy working on salsa and some sauces for a Bobby Flay recipe that I am making for Fri night when the cousin is in town, a grilled pork tenderloin, grilled corn and a tomato, avocado, and onion salad. Also baking scones for Sunday brunch later today.
Yesterday was another great eating day, no wine either unfortunately the scale was up .5 a pound. Maybe it is the muscles being sore anyway I feel better now than I did last night which is good because it would have been a very painful class, now I think I can manage and then I have 5 days to rest before the next class. I have been getting trhough all my JC food which is great, last night I had the lasagna, I add tomato, green pepper, and onion from the garden.
Well Wednesday seems to be my blog day. My wi at JC went OK down .8 on Sunday that was pretty good considering I only ate 2 dinners at home in a week and there was plenty of wine involved. Still hitting the bike, a couple of 30 mile days and mostly 20ish on the rest. I started a new kettleball class yesterday, I am sore today and I go again tomorrow, for 8 weeks, Tues and Thurs. I sort of liked it, they incorporate cardio too - kind of strange after everyone who is taking the class said they do a lot of cardio on their won and were looking to do strenght stuff. Oh well, hopefully that will help whip me into shape. Eating has been great for the last 2 days and tomorrow no plans but my cousin is coming in for the weekend and I will really have to watch it, I am going into JC on Monday morning and hoping to be down a pound. The weather has been great here, every day when they say it may rain it never does. That is all for now, still really hoping to get back here before next week.
Well this has turned into a challenging few days. I had my weigh in at JC on Sunday and I was down 1.4 pounds which was great considering it was the middle of TOM. Sunday turned into festival day which was really fun, first we went to one near our house with our friends, I had 2 small pork tacos - not fried so a decent choice. They had a ton of great art vendors, I really liked all the jewelry and ended up buying a bracelet. Then we came home and went to the Whole Foods fest, tons of free samples both to take with and eat there. Still on plan with the no wine. We ended up walking and walking and this was after we had been for a 15 mile ride in the morning. Then we left there to go back to the festival near the house since my cousin's band was playing and his sisters kids were in town to visit and I wanted to see them, they are 13 and 11 and great kids. So I ended up having a couple of wine things - it was called sangria but I think it was just wine on ice with a little fruit but it was fine, better than beer for me. After the fest at 8 we went out for dinner and I had the skirt steak and shared flatbread with the DH but had another glass of wine. Well the next day the scale was the same so that was good but ended up going to my Aunt's for a BBQ on Monday night and then over to a friends house for dinner Tuesday so more wine. Tonight I am finally home and got a good eating day in, 1600 calories. I have been really hitting the biking hard and I am bummed out that I haven't stuck with the eating because I would have seen a big drop but instead I am up 1.5 pounds so I am happy to have had a great day today and need to keep going, I have dinners out planned for every day until my weigh in. Thurs-Sat and then going to Ravinia for the last time Sunday.
I went for 2 rides yesterday and logged 30 miles total 2 hours 15 minutes. Today only 20 miles and it took 1 hour 35 minutes. I am going early for a ride tomorrow and then with the DH in the afternoon. I also got my hair japanese straightened - I am soooo happy, I cannot believe how easy it is now, I love it. No friz not even on the most humid days. I will post a picture some time. I also got an iphone and have been trying to get used to that and all the things I can do. Well I think that catches me up, sorry for the spotty posting I swear I am trying to get to everyone's blogs
I have been so busy I have really been lacking in the blogging department. I went to JC 2 Thursday's ago right before my cousin gotinto toown for a funeral. So I did not get to stick with it much for the 1st 2 days but was pretty good the week after. I went back in on Saturday so 9 days later and I was down 3.8 pounds. So finally progress. That night I had to go to a party - yes I was tied up and dragged. Of course over ate and drank but back on track 1st thing Sunday and as of this morning I am down another 1.5, this has been a really good 4 days, only 1 meal out and no drinking. I am also on track for the rest of the week and I am going back on Sun morning to weigh in. I have been really hitting the biking. 23 miles Sat 26.25 - an all time high and then gym Mon and 18 miles Tues and 21 today. The DH crashed again on Sun so he is out of commission for a while. Hurt his sholder but will be OK. I have to run but hope to back here tomorrow to update and get better about posting every day. Hope everyone is having a great week!!
