Church Of Mars...on my treadmill

Sooo I've been MIA lately...my fault I know. Lots has happened since the last time I blogged though :) I've now lost a total of 18.2lbs....this last week at weigh-in I was down 3.2lbs which pretty much blew my mind. We did do a pretty good job of trying to make our Thanksgiving meal "Dub Dub" friendly....but I was just really happy :)
I did have a week where I gained .8lbs and for a second I was kinda bummed about that. But I realized I needed to stick to and up the frequency and intensity of my exercise and not get myself down. The lyric from the song Alibi really stuck with me that next week...."I fell apart but got back up again" .....so true.
So when I run here is my play list...or what my goal of songs to get through is: Hurricane (Kanye version...sorry just straight 30stm version lovers...the Kanye one gets me moving a bit more), Closer to the Edge (this is the song that motivated me to start running in the first place), Vox Populi, Search and Destroy (looove running to this one...esp the last half of the song) and then cool down to Alibi. Some times I can only get through till the end of Vox Populi though. My goal the last week has been to get all the way through to Search and Destroy. Made it a few times...then this week I decided I really wanted to try and though Kings and Queens in after Search and Destroy...this was a lofty goal for me.
I would like to inform yall that for maybe 15 years my mantra was "I'm not a runner"...and up until about a month ago that was true. So for me to say I wanted to add another song into the playlist...it was going to be a challenge to say the least.
So today I hopped on the treadmill and by the time I got to Vox I was feeling good but was thinking I wouldn't make it to K&Q. I was pretty much assuming that Search and Destroy was going to wear me out....but surprisingly enough by the end of S&D I was so pumped that I knew I could make it to K&Q and if I got to it I knew I could make it all the way through :)

And guess what....I DID! I cannot explain to you how freaking happy I was the whole time I was running and listening to K&Q. The only feeling better than that would probably be being able to participate in Church of Mars on stage at a show. It was seriously awesome.
But for now....the treadmill is my Church of Mars.

After I finished K&Q I was ready for cool down with Alibi...yeah that didn't happen as planned. I don't have an mp3 player...well, I do - but it's on my Kindle. Yeah....I run while listening to mp3's on my Kindle....there is a nice little ares thank goodness that I can set the Kindle while I run. But anyway....the mp3 order is kinda messed up and the Kindle recognizes Closer to the Edge as the first track on the list...so it pretty much play 7 through 6. Long story short I had to listen to Hurricane again to be able to start the playlist over to get to Alibi....which worked out anyway....I increased the treadmill to a 7.5% incline and cooled down to Hurricane and Alibi.

#Irule

So the lesson learned the past few weeks is never give up and keep pushing yourself. It is SO worth it. And in honor of Church of Mars on my treadmill....here's Kings and Queens :)

It has been confirmed...

That I have no rhythm :)

I'm taking a Zumbs class with my mom once a week...it's fun and def a good workout but it has def confirmed to me what I've known for years.

• I have no rhythm
• I will never be a dancer
• This is why I don't dance in public

That's ok though. The point to me with the Zumba class is that I'm having fun and putting in my time working out.
At the Dub Dub get together this past week our "person" challenged us to workout 3 times this week. Two weeks ago I fit in 3 workouts. Last week only one - the run of my life where I felt like I was going to puke and pass out afterwards. This week though I've done awesome! I did ab work on Sunday, ran on Monday, and did Zumba yesterday. I'm hoping to be able to hop back on the treadmill at least one more time before going back to Dub Dub on Saturday....we shall see!

Youtube clip of the morning....I received my copy of "This is War: Deluxe Edition" in the mail yesterday. All sorts of amazing. Included as a bonus track is the guys doing a cover of Kanye's "Stronger". It's different and kind of mellow....def "mars-i-fied"...but I love it.

It's getting easier every time

Afternoon all :) Hope everyone had a great weekend. I personally think that daylight savings is a cruel joke played on parents with small children...seriously. Yesterday felt like the longest day of my life.

Anyway....so I'm .6lb away from hitting 15lbs lost. I def want to hit that 15lb mark this week so I'll be hitting the exercise quite a bit this week. I also can't wait to hit my 10% goal...I told myself that when I do I'll reward myself with buying the triad necklace - which I really want.
So yesterday I did some ab work while watching the Mongoose play Wii and then today I hit the treadmill. It's amazing (although not surprising) every time I get on the treadmill it gets easier and I don't feel like I'm going to die as much :)

Here's the YT clip for today. Ignore the chatting between the two hosts in the beginning and listen for the baking question for Tomo...his answer is all sorts of hilarious.

Woo to the freaking Hoo!

Down another 2.4lbs this week....so since I started the Dub Dub on 9/11 I've lost a total of 14.4lbs :)

Asking Why and Whoa Oh Oh Oh Oh Whoa oh oh

Last night plans were all sorts of messed up - which turned out to be ok. We were supposed to go out to eat but that changed due to some circumstances. It was just fine for me though...I was more likely to make "better" food choices if I was at home.
But as I was getting dinner ready for my kiddos something happened and suddenly I was in a pretty crappy mood. All I wanted to do was say f*&^ it and have what kiddos were having to eat (corndogs and french fries and carrots). I fought myself in my head for a good 3-4 minutes going back and forth about corndog vs. my planned spinach salad.
In the end I chose the spinach.
I'm really glad I did though....this go round with Dub Dub I've been much more aware of asking myself questions such as "why am I hungry? or "why do I want this?"....in situations such as the one I described above it was really helpful in making the right choice.

Here's the Youtube clip for now. Another one from TMF..."Search and Destroy" wasn't my favorite song off the bat on "This is War" but oh how it has grown on me. I love how he stops twice to get the people jumping towards the end....now I wanna bounce every time I hear the song :)

Youtube and Breakfast

Breakfast was the usual this morning....oatmeal and a cup of coffee.
I love cereal....I could eat 2 bowls of cereals every morning but that doesn't help with the whole weight loss thing. That's one reason why I think I like eating oatmeal for breakfast....it's pre-portioned and all I have to do is pour in the boiling water and wait.
If I do eat cereal (and I'm trying to stay OP) then I'll usually do 1/2 cup of Fiber One mixed in with a container of yogurt....it's really yummy and a great way to get a serving of dairy.

Youtube clip for now....here yah go. From the TMF festival/awards thing....absolutely love this.

Have I mentioned....

I turn 30 in 116 days? Time to kick my butt into gear. 


Turning 30 = not feeling frumpy