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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Skydancer » Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:16 pm

Yay for journal visitors and inspiration!

I freakin thought I was underpaid.. That's disappointing. I really want to think these are really good people. And the thing is- I do love the children and if it was a matter of not HAVING the money, I wouldn't mind at all, but I don't think that's the case.. Ah well.. I won't worry about it too much- it's their karma, I suppose.. :roll:

No, I didn't get to Zumba again like a big loser. I dunno what my deal is with getting in the cross training. I run 4-5 days and yoga about 4, but definitely want a cardio xtrain on 1 or 2 of my days off running. I can't go tonight because it's advanced yoga night at the studio and I want to work on my handstand, but there is 'ZumbaTone' tomorrow at noon and I can't run tomorrow morning, so I'll plan on going to that. That way it's a Plan. And I wrote it here, so maybe it'll happen.. ha! :wink:

So I can't run tomorrow morning BECAUSE I'm getting a 'Metabolism Test' done at the Wellness Center and cannot eat, workout, or have caffeine beforehand. I want to know, now that I'm in Phase 3, how many calories I need a day to MAINTAIN my weight. So far, P3 is probably even harder than P2 for me.. It seems like the last 4 or so years, I've just continually fluctuated 4-5 pounds all the time. Sometimes more even. Like gain 3lbs on the weekend and lose it during the week. (it's so unfair that it takes like double the time to undo progress than to make it! at least for me, I eat horribly 1 to 2 days and it takes a WEEK to offset the damage!) When I go to a daily caloric calculator on the net, I put in 27 years, 130lbs, 5'4'' and it tells me I can eat like 2000 calories/day to maintain my weight (with intense exercise 5x/week and 1900 with "exercise" 5x/week). There's NO WAY I feel like I could eat that much and maintain. So, I am Very curious to know what they tell me tomorrow..

It's our one year anniversary tomorrow too! My partner is taking those two grad classes though which end Friday, so he'll be all stressed and studying while I go to a poetry reading with a friend anyway, but I thought I'd mention it. We're totally low key about that kind of thing, so we'll just maybe get sushi this weekend or something to celebrate that AND his classes being done! (He's thinking two As and I'm oh-so-proud! :D )

Have a great hump day, yall! :mrgreen:

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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Beaching It » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:22 am

Happy Anniversary tomorrow Sky! That`s great! What is a metabolism test... I`ve never heard of that before. Very curious. I can relate with the gaining a couple of pounds on the weekend and then taking all week to get back down. Worse thing is if I don`t get back down that week, then have another bad weekend, then it just accumulates... yuck! :roll:
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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Skydancer » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:24 pm

Yesss the internet's workng so I can update! Metabolism Test- they weighed, got my height and age and then I had to wear this awful mask connected to a long tube for 15 minutes and lie on a table while the machine calculated my Basal Metabolic Rate http://www.internetfitness.com/calculators/bmr.htm This website does the same thing, but doesn't take into account your specific body mechanisms- like how many calories you expand while breathing and pumping blood (maintaining life essentially).

So... drum roll... all my b***ng and moaning about 'poor me and my slow metabolism' was completely unfounded. In fact, the machine's printout put my 'X' sllligghtly to the right of Normal, suggesting a slligghhtly higher than Normal metabolism. I burn calories a little tiny bit faster than the average woman my age and weight. I still have to do some more research on this because that probably is just because my resting heart rate is so low because I do so much cardio training- I mean as opposed to being 'naturally' higher. So, to maintain 128lbs, I need to consume between 1450 and 1890 calories/day- toward the high end on workout days and low end on non-workout days. To lose, I have to eat between 1165 and 1450 calories/day. I know SB isn't about calories, but, and I've been thinking about this lately, it kinddd of is.. like you're eating 2+ cups of veggies per meal, which are low in cals and watching high GI foods, which tend to be the higher cal foods too.. I'm an SB Believer! I'm just needing to incorporate lots of information to understand how to maintain. Anyway, I'm excited about the results and I feel better knowing the battle isn't quite as arduous as I have been telling myself.

I *think* I have a new fitness goal.. it is Ha-uge, so I'm waiting till this weekend to officially, officially commit.. Oh, I'm so excited!

Ah yes, and anniversary today, ZumbaTone at noon (followed by CORE), and poetry tonight.. Good. Day! :mrgreen:

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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Skydancer » Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:13 pm

Ran almost 6 miles this morning and it felt pretty good. I'm going to do 3-4 tomorrow morning with the girls before my 11 miler on Sunday- which I'm concurrently scared of and really freakin excited about! I know I need to taper for a day before I do it though, so that's the reason for the short day tomorrow.

I was SORE from ZumbaTone this morning on my run. Thank you very much, Zumba Ladies! I think, if I can help it, I will stick with the traditional Zumba as opposed to the tone, since I lift after my short run days anyway and running like 25 miles/week, I'm pretty sure, is enough ham and quad exercise that I don't need to do a billion plies in rapid succession like that! :shock: But the cardio portion was great fun. I'll do yoga tomorrow morning after my run, which should be good, like always. Weight's pretty steady and although I've been super hungry from all the running, I've been eating well too.

My husband finished his classes today!! YAY! SO happy and proud of him! AND we've successfully completely a GRAND year of matrimony, so tomorrow is CELEBRATION SUSHI! We always do sushi to celebrate things. In fact, after we eloped that Wednesday night after work last August, we had sushi and then went home. :lol: There's just a dinky sushi place in our town, so we may drive an hour for a bit better fair. Hope y'all have a great weekend :mrgreen:

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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby MsAnthrope » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:15 pm

Howdy, Skydancer! Thanks for posting in my journal!

Hubster and I just got back from Turks and Caicos. It was beautiful but definitely took some getting used to. I am so accustomed to rushing around frantically or working on something, but for 10 days we basically just laid around. It was FANTASTIC!

Your trip sounds like a lot of fun. The breaks are honestly one of the best things about being in academia to me. Fortunately or unfortunately, we tend to really need them, though! I have never been to Colorado but it's next on my list. You'll have to report back and tell me how it is!

As far as exercise...I dunno. Like my crazy views with food, I have historically viewed exercise as a way to get smaller-- never mind all of the health benefits. As a result, I guess it never "sticks." I am going to work on my mindset this time around, and consider exercise just as big a part of being healthy as eating well. One thing at a time, I guess. My plan for tomorrow if I'm feeling better is to work upper body and abs with some cardio and work up from there. I'm scared!
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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Beaching It » Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:54 am

Hey Sky, sounds like you had a great weekend. Hope you and DH got that yummy sushi in to celebrate your anniversary! I've not heard of Zumbatone, but know how much fun regular Zumba is. I'm wondering what your HUGE fitness goal is... Marathon maybe? That must have been a shocker about your metabolism test! I too believe (and always have) that I have a SLOW metabolism but maybe I don't....??? Anyway, something to think about.
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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Beaching It » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:49 am

Hey SKy, just dropping in to say HI and hope all is well with you these days. 8)
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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Skydancer » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:10 am

Dear journal and visitors,
I've been journaling elsewhere! so ashamed.. :wink:
As Lisa guessed at one point, I am marathon training as my new fitness goal. I've been on running boards some- asking questions mostly- but I also set up a blogish site to journal about my training. (If you would like the link to my online journal, PM me and I'll send it to ya! :) ) Originally, it was going to be for charity and I thought the blog would let people kind of feel more included and help my fund raising efforts, but it didn't end up working out- the fund raising part, that is. It's just for 'fun'. Anyway, it's going very well and I'm quite happy and good- just b-u-s-y!! Grad school is awesome and I'm having a grand time!
I'm still doing yoga- not quite as often as over the summer, but twice a week for sure! It's a great supplement to the running. I trying to try cycling/spin classes as cross-training, but can't seem to get into it..
I don't know what else! Everything's pretty great! Hope all is well with you all and I will head to y'all's journals now! :mrgreen:

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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby MsAnthrope » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:50 am

Hey, skydancer- congrats on the marathon training! Good to see you back and that things are going well for ya! :mrgreen:
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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Beaching It » Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:27 am

Hi Sky!!! The board is back up!! Hope to see you around and hear how you've been these past 6 weeks. Things with me are going well. 5 more sleeps until my girls cruise! Can't wait!!
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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Skydancer » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:48 pm

Hey guys! Thanks for stopping in and I can't believe the boards are finally alive again!
I finished my marathon last weekend- Marine Corps in DC. It was absolutely awesome to accomplish it, but I will not be doing another any time soon! I think halfs are more my thing. After 15 miles or so, my knees hurt and, not being a particularly competitive person, I just don't have the motivation to keep putting them through training.. But i DID it! in a mulit-colored neon tu-tu, wacky running tights, cornrowed hair with neon ribbons, neon green nail polish on Halloween no less.. so bucket list- check!

Now I need a new goal.. :wink:

Hope all's well with you beachy folks and I'll head to y'all's journals now. :mrgreen:

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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby Skydancer » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:19 am

I would be ready for a weekend if it promised to be any kind of let up on the schedule! Whoa. I've been super busy - gone last weekend till late Monday for the race, took a friend out to the theater Tuesday, Thursday another friend needed a shoulder and a drink, tonight is babysitting, tomorrow morning- a 10 mile race and then out of town for a friend's baby shower Sunday.. Whew! I really just need to clean my house!

Hope everyone's doing well.. getting a head on those Thanksgiving goals..? I gotta get to a few pounds under goal, because I know I plan to EAT! :lol: Have great Fridays, yall! :mrgreen:

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Re: the sky's the limit!

Postby MsAnthrope » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:02 am

Whoa...those races sound serious! You go, girl. :D
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