Wednesday, July 25, 2012

9:08 PM Posted by brit No comments
Fitness is not hitting the snooze button.


Ughhhhhh but I'm already thinking about it and I havent even gone to sleep yet.

Likelihood of me waking up to goto 5:15a spin class 0.00000001% (Plus or minus 0.00000001)

Yoga....bah. Won't burn the kind of calories I want to burn.

Running...bah.  Did that today, the distance I run won't burn the kind of calories I want to burn.

Bodypump...bah .  See the pattern.


I think tomorrow calls for intervals on the elliptical. Fitness Connection...and 7am wake up time, here I come.


Update: 7/26/12, 10:15pm.  Snooze button won.  But I did manage some elliptical time in between work and 7pm board meeting #winning #ymcarocks

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Weigh Day.....

7:55 AM Posted by brit , No comments
Google image search:Evil Scale


243-241= Suck it general practitioner doctor! -2lbs.

"You should aim to lose 1 lb/week, just think that 52 lbs a year" - doctor, who has never seen biggest loser or looked like she needed to even think about losing weight.

I understand whats healthy.  But cmon...I wouldve given her alot more credit had she said 2/lbs a week.  Needless to say, my big challenge comes in the next two weekends with back to back birthdays....including mine. (read: copious drinking).

I think I'll continue my weighing everyday route. Seems to be working well with keeping me on track.  If I crack 235 in the next 3/4 weeks and 220's by the ride.  I'll be a happy camper.  Havent seen the 20's since December 2009 according to my chart on the weight in tab?  Oh good times.  I was extremely driven post 08 elections, and the good times lasted until I got completely swamped being finance director...

Time to look up drink options for the weekend  And make the delicious smoothie I began imagining in savasana at the end of yoga this morning! (It went better...then Lillie told me afterwards she thought the room was cooler.  Giveth and taketh away)

Monday, July 23, 2012

Conversation with a scale

6:01 AM Posted by brit , No comments

The downsides of daily weigh ins....

(Open scene)
5:15  alarm goes off

Brit:ughhhh so early, screw 6a spin class. I'm tired/sore/don't wanna go/so early/been losing weight so I can skip this one/really tired. Let me just go back to the bathroom and go back to sleep. Oh and weigh in.

Scale: b**** please, you ate all that delicious pasta last night. Don't act like I didn't notice. +3lbs

Brit: wtf? ! ?  Omg. Ok soo spin class...where are my shorts...

I'm here, I'm early and of course I'm not happy.


Sunday, July 22, 2012

9:41 PM Posted by brit No comments

Biking, Betting for a Cure and Bodypump weekend.  Fun stuff.  Ironically I'm most afraid about being sore from bodypump, but I'm glad I finally woke up and tried out the class.  I'll definitely be back....depending on how sore I am tomorrow.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Since I didn't exercise today

8:49 PM Posted by brit No comments

Stupid rain.

I had to go balls to the wall healthy.

Soooo I went roasted broccoli and curry roasted cauliflower with baked chicken at it.

#delish


Wednesday, July 18, 2012

9:18 AM Posted by brit No comments
This is Harlie.  Waiting....on his mom to come back to we can go running....
Sad, sad, Harlie


Unfortunately his mom did not make it back before I needed to goto work...so I did this instead.

No, I can't elliptical and take pics at the same time. Stop judging.
 Fitness connection elliptical in the morning, hopefully interval training (please don't rain Houston!) tonight.  Word.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Hot Yoga Morning

8:20 AM Posted by brit 2 comments
I wish I could say I missed you, but really I missed the thought of you...

Representation of class...there were actually only 5 people, including me gasping on the floor
Things I forgot:
 -It's hot...like really hot. Like why would I pay for this hot.  Like its too early in the morning for this hot.

Things my body forgot:
-Balance. 
-Core strength. My former trainer Chris would be ashamed.  And them make me run up 6 flights of stairs with a medicine ball or something else evil.
-Let's mention balance again.  Apparently it's really important.

Things I didn't forget, but still annoy me:
-6am is super early.  I mean by Saturday morning standards thats pretty late...but weekday waking up at 5a still sucks.

Despite all this...I signed up for the five class package.  Baby steps/it gets better right?

Things you can do to make me feel better:
 You guessed it http://pages.teamintraining.org/txg/vbvegas12/brittani

Monday, July 16, 2012

10:27 AM Posted by brit 2 comments

I dont care what these websites say...the hardest part of working out is waking up.  Or at least that's ONE of the hardest parts. 

Three miles done. Maybe spin class action or just elliptical fun tonight.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

I did not ride 769.63 miles yesterday...

9:19 PM Posted by brit , No comments

Though mapmyride thinks I did.  And in fact I rode straight across the gulf of mexico....awesome.  I'm going to blame the overcast weather for screwing up the gps or something...


Anyhoos.. 52 miles of fun in Dobbin.  I'm continuing my quest to not SAG out a ride this summer, and thus far, I've had no reason to.  Mind you, hills are still evil. But I've been indoctrinated by the coaches enough to switch gears and just keep pedaling. 

 (All pictures stolen from Carl, waking up and pedaling is enough work for me)

 Ugh! I always look awful on a bike...
Team Pic.

The reward for this ride....the Blue Pig, one of the most delicious burgers I've had.  Though I'm not surprised there isnt a website for Dobbin City Hall...I like this write up of the place. 

Ok, back to watching political animals...interesting thus far.



Friday, July 13, 2012

1.3 mile run done.

8:51 AM Posted by brit No comments
Next week the plan is to definitely step up the amount of running....but today it was just a Herculean effort just to wake up.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Rain, rain...

9:05 AM Posted by brit No comments
Go away.


It looked like this this morning...so at least we did a mile.  Houston's flooding in July and there are no tropical storms or hurricanes on the horizon....global warming anyone?


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Annnd google+ instant upload...how do you work?!? I give up. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Cycling for a Cure

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July 6, 2012

Dear Friend,

You’ve been with me this entire journey.  You were there last year when I began cycling as a part of Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Team In Training.  You were there with me as I raised over $5,000 for cancer research, as I biked the equivalent of Houston to Austin four times training while last summer and in Honolulu, and you were with me as became a connoisseur of farmers tans, dodging road kill and sunrises on country roads in Texas. 

I’m asking you to be with me again as I continue  the journey to raise money for cancer and take on 102 miles of desert heat on Sept 22 in Las Vegas.  Will you make a donation to support cancer research, advocacy and patient assistance?
This past weekend I passed the 1,000 mile mark on my bike, another milestone in this journey.   
Thank you for your support.

We all hate cancer.  We have all lost someone because of cancer.  We all hope for the day when cancer is akin to polio, measles or any deadly disease of the early1900’s that everyone feared.  But we are not there yet.  The LLS uses your donation to further research, and help make the lives of patients and their families easier while they fight for their lives.   The money raised by TNT participants has enabled LLS to fund millions of dollars of research to help advance new treatments and cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and provide critical education and support to cancer patients and their families.  Nearly 50% of all cancer drugs approved by the FDA during the past decade were for blood cancers. And five of those drugs have been approved for patients with solid tumors and others are being tested for other indications. 

So please join me again in 2012 and make a donation here and follow my journey at britdoeslife.com.













Hill Training

10:27 PM Posted by brit No comments
...I won't lie and say I'm slightly freaking out about hill training starting on Saturday.  I remember last year...and the absolute suckage that hill training is. I believe the closest thing I ever had to a nightmare about inanimate objects would be, hill training.  Hopefully my secret weapon (speakers!!) and a spin class will do some magic and in all honesty I havent felt at any point this season nearly as bad as last season.  Actually enjoying training, and looking forward to Saturdays...imagine that.  Tomorrow's plans are running in the morning, and some interval training after work.  Can't believe its been a week and a half since I've done any exercise. Ugh.

ok kindle + bed time.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Sunday, July 1, 2012

For the sake of rounding...62 mile ride.

10:57 AM Posted by brit No comments

And more importantly! I surpassed 1,000 miles of riding on my bike.  Wow. That's alot of pedaling that even I cant believe!

Good ride, finished right before the rain started.  But my butt was hurting something fierce....I think a real bike fit and/or new saddle is in my future.  With my plan to make every practice this season, I'm gonna put in a lot more hours on the saddle this time



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