Running in the Dark...

I haven't done this in a while!! I went to the Lake this morning for my 4 mile run because I could not fathom the thought of running on the dreadmill.

A bunny ran out in front of me and scared the living shit out of me, but other than that it was a really nice easy run. It was really humid though. My hair looked like Rosannadanna by the end of the run :/

Oh and by the end I had to go the the bathroom...BADLY. They do not have restrooms there. I'm surprised I didn't get a speeding ticket on the drive home.................

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 40:25

Calories Burned: 429

Man Hands

Ugh, gross I know!! This is what has happened to me since starting P90X. Mama really needs to start wearing her lifting gloves. My calluses on my hands are as bad as my runners feet. Attractive, yes?! LOL

No running today, going to do a 4 miler tomorrow morning instead of Yoga X. I really hate Yoga and I need to get the miles in for half marathon training.

Did P90X Back & Biceps this morning. I will be doing Ab Ripper after work, I ran out of time this morning. How can such a hard workout burn so little calories?!

Duration: 52:12

Calories Burned: 202

Steelers Training Camp Begins!

Yeah, I'm excited about this! I love football season, love the Fall. Plus training camp is right near my town! It is an exciting time for our community. The chances of running into a Steeler are pretty good (I'm hoping I run into Troy Polomalu)

Of course it means summer is ending soon, but that's okay. I leave for Myrtle Beach August 15, I cannot wait! I am going with my husband and kids, my Mom & Dad, and my sister, brother-in-law and their kids. It should be a blast! The only downside is that Jeffrey needs to be back to college the day after we come back. It's going to be so hectic! But I'm trying not to think about that..LOL.

I did P90X Chest, shoulders & triceps this morning. It must have been a good workout because my arms were shaking when I was trying to apply makeup this morning.

Duration: 52:03

Calories burned: 181

I didn't have time to do Ab Ripper this morning, so I'll do it after work. Whoever says in the P90X infomercial that you need an hour a day is a liah! It takes about 1:20 on the days that you do Ab Ripper. I am also planning on a 3 mile run at lunch.

My first long run in a while

And it went pretty good considering that I had about 8 beers last night! LOL When will I evah learn? But my in-laws left yesterday, there was much to celebrate. I actually felt pretty strong, I was surprised. I thought it would be really hard.

Distance: 7 (hilly) miles
Duration: 1:14 (eh)
Calories Burned: 832

The source of a lot of my stress this summer.....

Yeap, my 19 year old. It's been an interesting year to say the least! He is a good boy, he is just sowing his wild oats and testing the waters. How can I argue with that? I was in way more trouble than him and at a much younger age. I was pregnant at 17.

I now realize the stress I put my parents through! I made them grandparents at age 42. LOL

When did this kid become a man?! It is so strange when your little boy gets to be a man. For fucks sake, I still feel like I'm 19 stuck in a 37 year old's body! I think there are pros and cons to being a young Mom. I think I am more understanding because I've been there, done that...and can remember what it was like to be that age.

He is very honest with me, like yesterday he informed me that he got a fake ID when he was in Canada. *sigh* Sometimes he is too honest! But I guess that's better than doing things behind my back. He comes to me with his problems, I never did that with my parents.

Enough about my kids...it must be kid week with me! LOL

On the exercise front, I did P90X Legs and Back & Ab Ripper this morning. Tough workout! Since my in-laws have been in town, I've been doing the workouts back to back instead of breaking them up like I usually do. And I've had to get up at 4:30 instead of 4:45 or 5:00. But I need to get used to that because I start training this week for a half marathon in September.

No running today, I have to do a long run tomorrow.

Duration: 1:20
Calories Burned: 420

Oh and how could I forget?! The inlaws are leaving today!! Woo Freaking Hoo!!!!!!!!

Ahh, to be a kid again...

And to get so excited just about blowing bubbles! And to not have to deal with in-laws, drama and frenemies! LOL

Yeah, that's my little Type A control freak 4 1/2 year old. Note the frustrated face because he didn't blow the bubbles right. This kid is a perfectionist! It is all so new to me because my older son is so laid back, he has been that way since he was little.

Lord help me when this one is a teenager! His nickname is Mr. Bossy because that is what he does best. Everything is done by his rules. But we love him anyway! LOL

You Might Be A Redneck.....

If you can't leave home without these. Yes, my friends, these gems are FFIL's....'Nuff said.

2 more days...w00t!! There is light at the end of the tunnel. Thank God my husband and son come home tomorrow...I need by buffers back.

Did P90X Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper this morning. No running today, my legs need a rest.

Duration: 1:08

Calories burned: 289

Blonde again...

It really pisses me off that I have to get my hair colored because I am gray. It used to be just because I wanted to be blonde, but no more. My 62 year old Mom doesn't have a gray hair on her head! And neither does my sister who is almost 4 years older than me. It's not fair!


This is my other dog Buster, who has been very bad this week! Sure he's cute, but he chewed up my $53 Victoria's Secret Convertible bra that I need for summer. Bad doggie! Of course he didn't get in trouble, how can I yell at that face?


The countdown is on! 3 more days! I didn't have to see FFIL & FMIL very much yesterday. I ate dinner at my Mom's house and didn't come home until almost 9:00 and went straight to bed. I didn't have a drop of alcohol.

Got up this morning and did P90X Plyometrics, it was a great workout. Thank the Baby Jesus FFIL didn't get up with me!

Duration: 50:27

Calories Burned: 403

I am also planning a 3 mile run at lunch...must.burn.calories!!

You Can't Polish a Turd...

That's what my wise Daddy always says. He isn't lying! My FFIL is an example of that. He makes me *like* my FMIL. Yeah, that's how bad he is. If I have to pick up after him one more time, I'm going to go Apeshit postal! Yesterday I woke up to him polishing off the rest of the bread, where he proceeded to leave the bag there on the counter along with several bread crumbs for me to pick up. Then this morning, I found a box of Raisin Bran sitting on the counter wide open so that it was stale. He is a freaking slob. Who does that when they visit people's houses?

We took the in-laws to Texas Roadhouse on Saturday because it's our favorite restaurant. Of course FFIL has to complain non-stop to the waitress that his dinner sucks. Well who the fuck orders Catfish at Texas Roadhouse? Then he asked me if he could take my half eaten salad home for leftovers. Fucking gross eating someone else's leftovers! And of course we paid for everything, they didn't even offer to leave part of the tip.

Okay, enough ranting about them! I'm just venting, trying to survive here people!!

I did P90X Chest & Back and Ab Ripper this morning. I don't know how many calories I burned, because fuckface (FFIL) was up sitting on the couch because he couldn't sleep and I didn't want to lift my shirt in front of him to put it on.

I am also planning a 3 mile run at lunch. I boozed it up pretty good over the weekend so I need to burn additional calories.

TGIF!

So glad it's Friday, it's been such a busy week! I'm in a hurry, off to my suck ass Friday morning meeting.

I did P90X legs and back and ab ripper this morning. Great workout!

Duration: 1:13

Calories Burned: 380

I'm planning on a 3 mile run at lunch. It's Friday, my in-laws are in town so I see lots of booze in my future! Must.burn.calories.

Today is a New Day....

Thank God! I had a bad day yesterday. Work has been extremely stressful this week. Then I get home and I get a very nice sympathy card from my Vet's office for Tanner and they enclosed the Rainbow Bridge poem. Of course that gets me sobbing and my husband was looking at me like I need to have men with white coats take me away.

Then my husband drops the bomb on me by saying that FMIL & FFIL are staying until next Friday. My husband will be out of town all next week, so guess who gets stuck with them? Me, of course! Shoot me freaking now!!! So I storm off to bed because I'm so pissed and sleep very restlessly.

Needless to say, I didn't get up to do Yoga X this morning. But I am going to go for a 3 mile run at lunch.

She's back with a vengeance!

No, not me, my FMIL! Ugh. I had to go to a bid opening in bumfuck Egypt last night for work and didn't get home until 9:00. Mind you, I had been up since 4:45 a.m. I hadn't eaten since Noon. But I come home, get the little one to bed because I felt guilty being gone all night.

All I could think and dream about is a hot bubble bath! Finally I get little B to bed, and head for the bathroom to use my new bath bombs and sooth my aching muscles. We only have 1 1/2 bathrooms and the upstairs bath is a tub. And who is in there? None other than FMIL!!!!!!!!!

Hello, you've been home all freaking day and night and you have to wait until I am ready to step into the bath to take a shower?!! I wanted to rip her hair out, for real. Need less to say, I didn't get to bed until 11:00, which for an OP like me, is late.

I got up this morning and did P90X Shoulders and Arms, and Ab Ripper.

Duration: 1:16

Calories Burned: 335

The Dreaded Bathing Suit Shopping

I am leaving for the beach in a month, so I figured it was time to start shopping for a new bathing suit before they are all picked over. I was not looking forward to it! After trying on several that made me shudder, I finally found one that was actually really flattering and age-appropriate.

I would have rather eaten dog shit then get up this morning to work out, but I did. And of course it was the dreaded Plyometrics. Goddamn that workout never gets any easier!!

Duration: 57:45

Calories burned: 357

I am also planning on a 3 mile run at lunch....I'm sure I will be pretty much spent after that.

Phase 3 of hell

Well, I'm on my last phase of P90X! I've had some good results so far. I've only lost 5 pounds but I am definitely smaller and tighter, particularly around my stomach, which is my problem area. I'm sure I would have had even better results if I would lay off the beer, but eh. Life without beer would make me very unhappy! LOL

Today will be a triple workout, I did P90X Chest and Back this morning, am going to run 3 miles at lunch and will be doing Ab Ripper after work.

After my 90 days of P90x, I need to start training for the IKEA half marathon. I need to find a way to incorporate P90X and running together to make it work. I think it's possible to do both!

The Day After.....

The day after date night usually means a killer hangover...I'm not too bad today. Just a tad queasy!

We went to downtown Pittsburgh last night, had a nice dinner and went shopping. It was nice to spend some alone time together!

I'm taking a DOR today from exercise, I need to clean my house, wash the car, etc.

5th Anniversary!

Well today is my 5th anniversary to my awesome husband, so we are going on a date tonight! Woo Hoo! I so need a night out...this week has sucked ass.

We've been together for 10 years, and have been married for 5 and he's still the only one I want to boink so I think we're in it for the long haul...LOL. He is definitely my male counterpart. We are *so* much alike it's scary. But it works.

I was so excited to go for a long run today since I am on a recovery week from P90X and haven't had Tony Horton kicking my ass all week. Note the cheesy grin...LOL. The run was hot as hell though, I went a little too late and the sun was beating down on me.

Distance: 5 miles
Calories burned: 654

Coping

They say there are 5 Stages of Grief for a pet loss:

Denial - This can't be happening to me/my pet!
Anger - Why me? This isn't fair!
Bargaining - If I could just have more time, find the best cure, do something to change the outcome.
Depression - The grief and sadness can be overwhelming.
Acceptance - My pet is now in a better place or at Rainbow Bridge.

I think I am in the depression phase now, but am doing better. I only cried twice yesterday! LOL It's the little things that get me going, like when I look in the back seat of my car and the blanket we put Tanner on to take him to the vets on Monday is still there, along with his leash.

Then at home, there are 2 dog dishes but only one dog. Then my dumb ass husband forgot to take the trash out yesterday so I have to look at Tanner's dog bed for another week! *sigh*

I managed to run 3 miles on Tuesday and Wednesday. I am on a recovery week from P90X, thank God! This morning I did Kempo X and it was weird doing it with falling over Tanner or not having him bug the crap out of me for attention! My workout wasn't great, but at least I am trying to get back into the groove.

Duration: 41:55

Calories Burned: 259

My Beloved Tanner.....

was laid to rest yesterday after making a turn for the worse over the weekend. As I sit here, what feels like the millionth tear is falling on the keyboard. I got a few good pictures of him last Wednesday while he was still happy and feeling good.

It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. But he was suffering and I couldn't let him suffer anymore. Over the weekend his legs and stomach started swelling and I knew the end was near, though others tried to remain optimistic. When I took him to the vets yesterday they said it was definitely a tumor and there was nothing that could be done at this point. He was such a loving and sweet dog and was very much loved by everyone. My Mom and husband were there with me, so he was surrounded by his favorite people and I held him and kissed him until he gave his last breath.

It was quick and peaceful and he did not fight it...he was ready to go. Goodbye my friend, I will miss you terribly.

Party Weekend!

I hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend! I decided to take a run this morning since this next week is a recovery week from P90x and then I start Phase III. Man, it's hard to run with alcohol running through your veins for the last 2 days! LOL

We decided at 11:00 on Friday to have a picnic/party that day. Totally unprepared for it, but we pulled it off! And everyone that we invited came and we all had a great time. Sometimes it's better to do things impulsively...it works out better most of the time.

Distance: 5 miles
Calories burned: 575

I am sooo sick of crying...

I swear I don't even know how I have any tears left. I am not a crier. I have cried more in the last 2 weeks than I have in ten years because of my dog! Tanner's blood test were not what they expected. The platelets look better, but the red blood cells are down. The Dr. said to increase the steroid dosage, but he didn't sound very optimistic. They are thinking it's probably a bleeding tumor that was hidden in the x-ray and well, basically it's a matter of time.

He mentioned just "keeping him comfortable" until he gets too weak. I am trying to keep this in perspective, I know he's a dog, it's just so hard. He's "my" dog. I got him when I was single 11 years ago after a nasty divorce and he has been there for me though everything. Great I'm crying again! LOL

Anyhoo, sorry for the doom and gloom that is just my mood today. I did not work out today, I have a splitting headache from the crying and well, I just wasn't in the mood! Hopefully I can come to terms with this over the weekend and be in better spirits next week.

Today is the day...

I find out about Tanner's blood results....it makes me so nervous! He is doing so much better that I'm afraid it will devastate me more if it is bad. But I am trying to hope for the best! He spent yesterday afternoon in my office since he had a vet appt. in the afternoon and I didn't want to take him the whole way home. Gotta love small companies that let you do these things. He was such a good boy the whole time and everyone loved him.

On the exercise front, I did P90X Back & Biceps this morning (Duration: 48:15, calories burned: 220) and will be taking a 3 mile run @ lunch and doing Ab Ripper after work.

I'm not your friend, I'm your Mother!

*sigh* I got into a big fight with my 19 year old yesterday. As some of you know, it's been quite the tumultuous summer for us. There are days where we can barely speak to each other without butting heads. Trust me when I say that when they are little, they are little problems and when they grow up they are big problems!

He cannot stand that I am his conscience and what I say is the truth no matter how much he doesn't want to hear it. We needed to clear the air. I felt really bad because he was crying, I ended up crying too. But it was a good thing. We broke down a barrier that's been building for months and I think we made some great progress. I hugged him and told him how proud I was of him. We are in a better place now.

On the dog front, Tanner has an appt. today to get bloodwork to see if the current treatment is working. Cross your fingers! He seems like himself, but I am afriad to get too optimistic until I hear the results.

As far as exercise, I did P90X Plyometrics this morning. I actually enjoyed it this morning, since I wasn't dog tired.

Duration: 50:11

Calories Burned: 411