Man – trying to get all prepared for the annual family visit back to Indiana is a lot of work!

Especially since I’m uber-paranoid about exercise and eating right now (bootcamp helps with that – no fast food allowed until July 11th!!! and then there is only a week break! I’m actually kind of hoping that by the time I’m “allowed” to have fast food whenever I want – December – that I won’t WANT it anymore!).

So, I’ve got three bootcamp style workouts planned, two 4 mile runs around the block and one 5k which my older sister will be running with me (and maybe other folks, she’s the only confirmed person right now!). I’m really excited about the 5k – I find having races pushes me way harder than just coasting along on my own (hence my planned half marathon for my 30th birthday next year).

Food will be harder – the garden that my mom has won’t be ready by the time I get there (stupid Indiana in June weather!) so I will have to buy produce (and I eat A LOT of produce – about 3lbs a day, every single day!). I also like to eat things that I know they won’t have in the house (spaghetti squash, egg whites, and basil just to name a few right off the top of my head). I also eat salad (which they WILL have!) and a whole, whole lot of beans (yeah, they’re a staple in my diet – lately I’m obsessed with my knock-off Taco Bell bean burritos – 1 8″ flour tortilla shell warmed up on the stove, 1/2c or so of fat free refried beans flavored with onion powder and garlic powder, 2T of so of 2% mexican cheese, 2T of finely chopped onions and a generous splash of Taco Bell sauce which is hard to find for me but entirely worth the effort! I’ve had the bean burrito about 5 times in the last two weeks – it is actually fairly close but requires more work than going to Taco Bell).

Wow. This is entirely full of rambling and not terribly interesting. That is what happens when it is 1745 and I am just sitting here, watching my stupid machine run precision studies….blah…

Since I’m just watching my machine run, I went back in time a bit on my Xanga.

I have three different time points from three different years (not quite exact time line but good enough) where there are measurements of my person (bust, waist, hips, thigh, arm and weight). It is VEEERY interesting. Mostly because of what it doesn’t tell you — at all! From the numbers, you can’t tell how many miles I can run, how many pushups I can do or how often I go to the gym each week. They don’t give an accurate representation of my muscles, what I look like (which, frankly, is pretty hot!) or what my true health is…

But, check’em out anyway:

March 16, 2007                              January 31, 2008                            May 31, 2009
Bust – 41″                                                43″                                                 37.5″
Waist – 36″                                              39″                                                 34.5″
Hips – 42″                                                47″                                                 40.5″
Thigh – 25″                                              28″                                                 25.25″
Arm – 12.5″                                             13″                                                 12.75″
Weight – 168lbs                                      192.6lbs                                          153.6lbs

I am a little over fascinated by data I think, perhaps.
I track my shoe mileage (on this new pair of awesome running shoes, it’s 16.5miles right now I think), I track my calories (462 burned this morning, last week more than 1700 — and I translate all of that into actual pounds lost)…

I suppose of all the little OCD things to have, it’s not THAT bad but it isn’t really that useful.

Do yourself a favor – Go see UP!

I’m typically a relatively big Pixar fan to begin with but this sucker far, FAR exceeded my expectations (which were already high).

I also bawled through the entire first 15 minutes or so. So bring your tissues because I don’t really cry all that easily.

I am thinking that I will go see it again too.

It’s really that good.

And if nothing else, the talking dogs are good for a helluva laugh.

Shit. Raining at 0500. One mile run and pushups for bootcamp is in 30 minutes. Guess I’m getting wet!

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Edit: Well, it could have been worse. Sprinkles only. 50 pushups (up from 40) and 8:42 for the mile (down from 8:57)

Do you ever wonder about old friends/boyfriends? You know, the people that for some reason or another, you don’t talk to anymore?

I do sometimes.

So, wherever you are…

Leslie – I hope things are going well in your life. I don’t think things turned out how either of us wanted them to with our friendship and for that, I am sorry. I miss you.

I haven’t had fast food since April 16th. No Taco Bell, no Subway, NOTHING for more than a month! My bootcamp required a contract that I wouldn’t eat fast food for the entire month. Bootcamp ends on Friday.

I’m aching for a Bean Burrito, mentally.

I haven’t had a soda – Diet or Regular – since last Friday. Today is day 3.

I’m doing better today than I was yesterday – I’m still caffeinating with teas but I’m aiming to be off of caffeine by the end of July.

We (Joshua and I) go out about once a week for dinner – normally Mediteranean food but once in awhile something different – pizza on occasion and two weeks ago we had some awesome Indian food. This week will be a bit different as Saturday is the typical day we go out and I have a dinner date with some friends on Thursday. We’re going to Pizza Fusion – all organic pizza ingredients and whatnot. I probably will skip going out on Saturday because I am going out on Thursday.

Why am I saying all this?
I’m whining, that’s why.

Because what I really, really, really want is a Taco Bell run with a giant soda and a trip to Dairy Queen for a Blizzard and possibly follow that up with a burger from some cheap ass grease joint….

And, I want to tell myself it’s because I’m having a bad day – which, indeed, I AM! – but I realize that I would be lying. It has nothing to do with my mood or my day. It’s just because I want it and I won’t let myself have it.

Now, after bootcamp ends, I will likely have a Taco Bell treat – and hopefully will keep it at once a month instead of once a week. I don’t want to deny myself EVERYTHING. But I have come to realize that even though I eat well for MOST of my meals, the meals that I don’t eat well for I eat like a bleeding cow with a tape worm….

Progress, I suppose.

Hi.

I wish I had something to blog about.

But I don’t. At least, not really.

Tomorrow is the end of my second belly dancing class – so there will be a belly dancing party. That should be fun.

Boot camp is going well – I don’t know that I will lose weight as much as gain muscles. Which is all right in the long run.

I bought myself a diaper bag. Not because I’m going to have kids. But because my friend with kids has one and I want it. I lust for it as a purse. It’s awesome.  I’m just not sure what I’m going to do with the pacifier case or the wipey holder or the stroller clips.

I am also considering buying these for my boot camp reward. I want them in the really awesome carbon grey color. I have no idea why I like these pants so much but for some reason they appeal to me greatly. Has anyone purchased from Athleta before?

Also, you athletic ladies, has anyone tried the coolmax underpants? Working out in the outdoors in AZ presents some challenges and I’m wondering if they’re worth the money ($12/pr!!) and really do help prevent chafing in the downstairs bits….

As of January 1st, 2009

Bust line – 41″
Waist (natural) – 39″
Hips – 44″
Thigh – 27″
Arm – 13″

Weight -166.4lbs

As of February 1st, 2009

Bust line – 40″
Waist (natural) – 37″
Hips – 42″
Thigh – 25.5″
Arm – 13″

Weight – 156.2lbs

As of March 1st, 2009

Bust line – 40″
Waist (natural) – 36.5″
Hips – 41.5
Thigh – 25.5″
Arm – 13″

Weight – 159.6lbs

As of April 4th, 2009

Bust line – 41″
Waist (natural) – 40″
Hips – 42.5″
Thigh – 26″
Arm – 12″

Weight – 160.0lbs

As of May 3rd, 2009

Bust line – 39.25″
Waist (natural) – 37.75″
Hips – 43.5″
Thigh – 26.75″
Arm – 12.75″

Weight – 160.4lbs

Since January:

Weight lost – 6.0lbs
Inches lost – 4.0inches