Workouts & Wine...or maybe Whining about Workouts

First week of 2012!!

2012-01-06T22:25:00.001-08:00

Well bw the blog and my journal this is entry #3 so I'm beating last year!! I started working out again this week!! I have done 2 workouts so far was hoping for one today but wasn't feeling so great so instead I was a big ol lazy butt and stayed on the couch with the heating pad most of the day ;( but I did run on wednesday 30 min of run 5 walk 2 and yoga on Thursday!! Pretty sore just from those but it feels good to be sore again!! The plan is for another workout tomorrow and then Sunday we will be heading to h town for fam time and then Monday really start hitting the diet and workouts!! My biggest dilemma is trying to figure out what workout plan I want to follow!! I can't decide between body rock tv, womens health mag, oxygen, Jillian Michael, or trying to just run and do classes at the gym...gotta get it figured out soon!! Well I'm going to try and go meet one of my other resolutions and go to bed at a somewhat decent time on my day off!!

Oh I have some quotes from the week though that I like!!

"high five yourself"
"you can't help but romanticize baseball"
"gumdrops (gummy bears) and cupcakes, and butterflies, and tiaras"...or something to that extent!!

Happy First Week of 2012!!
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New Year's Resolutions!!

2012-01-02T01:14:00.001-08:00

So one of my big NYRs is to start blogging and/or journaling more this year!! So here's to my first entry of 2012!!! Technically it's still jan 1 for me since I haven't gone to sleep so I'm counting this as a good start to the new year!! I guess I'll go ahead and list the rest of my resolutions!!

1. Blog/Journal

2. Be more crafty(but at normal hours of the day!!)...I started working on this one the other day by starting to teach myself to knit

3. Stop gripping/complaining about my job and/or find a new one!!

4. Bring back the bad ass fit and healthy Jenni!!

5. Cut down/out the cursing...granted I did technically curse in #4 but I think some words will be staying ;)

6. GET PREGGERS!!!

7. Get my projects done despite my abnormal schedule and tiredness!! First project to complete is the closet then the middle bedroom and all my hangings/prints!!

I'm sure more will follow in the next few days!!

On a side note I may need to rename my blog bc it hasn't been so fitting over the last few months, well except for the the wine portion!! But then again if I'm successful with #4 the workout portion will resume being good!! Now if I'm (or more appropriately G and I are successful on #6 the wine part will have to go (for awhile!!) but I'm COMPLETELY OK with that!!

Happy New Year's and cheers to a WONDERFUL HAPPY AND BLESSED 2012!!

peace, luv, n butterflies ;)

Trying out Blogger App

2011-10-24T18:58:00.001-07:00

A pic of scooter with his "scary eyes"!!

what a lil ditty!!!

2011-10-24T18:19:00.000-07:00

found this nice little bar at bed, bath & beyond while shopping for closet organization things...it matches our house perfectly and I've been wanting a bar FOREVER!!! G and I had a nice night in on Saturday after getting home from our trip to Houston ~for Nik's Bday!!!~ and put this together!!! I'm super excited to "break it in" tonight when Leann comes over after she gets off work to have a gabfest!!!

My 1st blog via iPhone with blogwriter lite

2011-08-27T20:06:00.001-07:00

Just trying this out to see if it works or not!! If it does maybe I'll actually blog a little more often!!!;)

so...talk about it being awhile!!!

2011-08-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

well, i haven't blogged in um i don't know..FOREVER!!! sorry bout that...then again i don't think anyone is really reading this so it's not like i'm lettin' anyone down!!! :)

i've had some great workouts lately since i was training for my very FIRST triathlon!!! which i'm proud to say I finished...and did pretty decent i think!! i CAN'T wait to do another one..but I definitely need to train MUCH harder, and apparently learn to swim better!!

i'm excited about my workout scheduled for Wednesday!! Lindy, my trainer, and I will be doing weigh in/measurements..which i'm not super pumped about, but then we are going to do max strength testing...just like back in high school!! I'm excited to see how strong I am!!!

A few weeks ago I did rounds of pull ups by myself!!! granted it was only 3 in a row, but still!! I was SUPER PUMPED!!!

when i get back from Vegas (yippee!!!!) and Galveston (with my Joe Joe :) ) I'll be hitting it HARD!!!

Diet, Strength Training, and Cardio Max!!! Afterall, I think I'll be running a half marathon (if not whole) come late fall so I gotta get movin'...after a little partying that is!!!

well i'll let ya know how i do on my max strength testing!!! :)

South American Workouts Are Muy Bueno!!!

2011-03-24T23:21:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos y amigas!! Lo siento por el largo tiempo entre los blogs pero mis ejercicios no han sido consistentes!!! (Translation: Hello friends!! I'm sorry for the long time between blogs, but my workouts have not been consistent!!) Well, I guess that's not completely true since I have been getting my butt kicked two-three times a week by my trainer Lindy...but as far as doing stuff on my own, I'm still slackin' pretty bad!!! I really miss when I was working out 5-6 days a week...where, or where did that motivation and lack of need for sleep go?!?!? Anyways...I did have some amazing workouts while visiting South America, and participating in a medical mission trip to Lima Peru!!! Not only did my glutes and quads get some amazing toning from the millions of stairs I ran up and down daily...not to mention the 280+ steps we had to walk down and then back up to get to the beach!!!:) but i also had a REALLY GREAT run on Tuesday night with my friend Jake!! We ran down the boardwalk, and down to the area close to the beach (and again back up some crazy stairs!!)...it was great weather and a beautiful sunset that we ran into...plus the area we were in, Miraflores, is a VERY active community...and SO many people were out walking/running/roller blading (apparently it's still pretty cool in SA!!), playing with their dogs, and enjoying the wonderful weather at one of the many parks in the area!! It was great...we ran for almost an hour and only had to stop a lil while climbing back up the stairs, and for just a lil bit after we got to the top...I felt great while running, and after running, and I wasn't even that sore the next day!!! The other amazing workout I got was SURFING in the PACIFIC in SOUTH AMERICA!!!! Wow...I forgot what an AMAZING full body and soul workout surfing can be!!! There was a group of 7 of us..all the rest were newbies...and everyone did great and was able to stand up at some point or another!! It was awesome!!! I was COMPLETELY wiped after that!!! The surf instructors were AWESOME!!! I was pretty sore the next day...granted traveling for 12 hours later that evening/next morning didn't help!! :) So now that I'm back in the states and slept for almost 2.5 days straight I'm ready to start hitting it hard...I gotta find that WORKOUT FIEND again and PRONTO!!!! Wednesday was a good day with Lindy...not too hard, but definitely got my HR up and my core is REALLY sore today!! Looking forward to another good workout tomorrow (technically later today!!) and then meeting with the nutritionist so I can hopefully get back on track with my diet!!! So I'm thinking about doing the Danskin Women's Triathalon in Austin on June 5th..starting this Sunday I would have 9 weeks to train...that's definitely plenty!! Maybe if I go ahead and sign up and pay the money it'll motivate me!! I think I'm gonna do it!! I gotta do something!!! Just need to check and make sure I didn't ask off for that weekend for something else!! Ok..so do ya'll think I should do it?!??! I'll keep ya posted!! Ok i really need to try and catch some sleep!! Buenas Noches!!! Chow!!!

so it's been awhile...

2011-01-24T02:40:00.000-08:00

well i guess it's been awhile since i've blogged!! kinda like me...i find something fun and interesting to do and then i don't have time to do it anymore so i slack off!! i guess too, i really wasn't working out too much, although i was probably drinking wine enough, so i guess i could have at least blogged about that!!I am proud to say thought that I have been doing a much better at working out!! I finally got back with a trainer in October and am finally starting to get back into running again, and I'm really looking forward to start training for a tri and some adventure races!!! I had a good run today out at Lick Creek Park, although, I felt pretty out of shape since Bear and Rey kicked my booty, but it still was nice to run again and feel my legs work and my lungs burn!! It was a new experience too to run in the quiet, really listening to my breath...my shuffle is dead, and when I couldn't keep up with the boys anymore it was just me on a narrow, leave covered trail, and I gotta admit...it was nice..peaceful..relaxing!! I am a little frustrated though b/c after my run my stupid hammy started hurting, but i'm going to work on trying to prevent that from getting worse and I'm really looking forward to hot yoga later tonight to get some sweat out and get some good deep stretching in!! So this weeks workout plan looks like this:
Sunday-Lick Creek Park run (check 3.5 miles, 34 minutes)
Monday-Hot Yoga maybe a lil easy 1.5-2 mile run
Tuesday-Train with Lindy plus Cardio
Wednesday-Jillian Michaels
Thursday -rest
Friday- Train with Lindy and Cardio
Saturday-rest and relaxation with BBQ and beer!!

Ok well that's the plan!! should hold up..just gotta get wednesday's workout in!!! I'm trying to revive the Workout Fiend!!! :)

yeah!! great weather made for a great run!!!

2010-09-27T22:04:00.000-07:00

wahoo!!! what a great day today!!!! the weather was AMAZING!!!! i spent most of the afternoon outside and enjoyed the awesome fall weather!!! first i took the dogs for a nice little walk and then i went for a run....wahoo, first REAL run in a LONG LONG while and it felt great!!!! After my run i worked in the yard and did some other things in the garage and the boys hung out with me while i was outside!!! i also got to have a great day meeting my neighbors' 1 week old baby girl, Addison Mae...she is beautiful!! then i played with the Kelley's and their two sets of twin girls!!! all and all a great active day outside!!! 5 High Fives for the workout today!!! Looking forward to tomorrow...plan is to hit the gym for the first time since..oh I think maybe May!!! wish me luck!!!

ugh..no wine or workouts for me lately

2010-09-21T22:23:00.000-07:00

just a quick little post to complain about NOT getting any workouts OR Wine in!! I'm really just taking a study break or procrastinating from further studying for my boards which I take in T minus 31.5 hours!!! UGH!!! Well I should hopefully be able to post something about wine after my test since I plan on having some with my momma and sister!!! and then hopefully a workout on Friday!! ok guess i better go study...ugh!!!

Getting Back on Track...well at least trying too!!

2010-09-13T21:37:00.000-07:00

Ok so today I had a goal of starting to get back on track with eating right and working out!! So my initial plan (that I set at about 1 am this morning as I was crawling into bed from a crazy day at work) was to get up around 9 am, weigh myself (UGH!! DREAD!!) and take measurements and record these, then take the dogs for a walk, do Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred Level One workout and then run on the treadmill for 10-15 min...well after a night of not sleeping well (not an unusual occurrence unfortunately) I of course hit "snooze" a few too many times so I woke up around 10 instead of 9 and therefore didn't have enough time to do all 3 things I had planned, so I did the Jillian Michaels workout...which felt GREAT, and I can already feel I'm going to be a little sore tomorrow...and I burned 150 calories in just 20 minutes, so that's nice, but because I had a goal to do some other activities I can only give my workout a rating of 3.5 High Fives.

As far as the other part...getting back to eating right..I went to Kroger last night after work..since I was brain dead from work I wandered around at midnight trying to get some "clean eating" essentials like fruits and veggies and chicken and my fav..ALMOND BUTTER!!! I did pretty good with the eating even though it was a really crazy day in the ER, even more crazy then yesterday I think!! I didn't even give in to the evil chocolate chip cookies at work :) ...but I did give into a small handful of Peanut Butter M&Ms :( ..I mean seriously, who can resist those...especially after dealing with as much stupid drama as I did today!!! So other than the PB Miees and 2 Diet Cokes I think I did ok!!! My goal is no more diet coke in 2 weeks, I've done it before, just gotta break the habit again!!!

Now I'm wasting time at work blogging while I and should be doing charts but am too brain dead...so I'm going to go home...and maybe have a glass of wine!! :) I know that doesn't help with the diet, but again...too much drama for one day...I really need something to chill me out before bed!! Nighty Nite!!!

It may not have been a "normal" workout...but it was fun!!

2010-09-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

Ok...so today I feel like I had a great workout!!! Granted it wasn't what most people would consider a "normal" workout in the sense that I went to the gym and lifted weights...or put on my running shoes and went for a nice run...but I definitely got a pretty good workout in today trying to keep up with Nik, my 5 year old nephew!!!

I took him to his first Aggie Football game today and Jacob and Shannon (my bro and future sister-in-law) took Nik to the Kid Zone where he got to run, and jump, and race, and play his little heart out!!! Then we took him to Kid's Yell Practice and watched the Band and Aggie Football Players march in!!! Then it was off to Kyle Field for the game!!! So this is where the REAL workout started!!! Nik thought it would be "FUN" to RACE up the ramps of Kyle Field to get to our seats...which by the way are on the 3rd deck of Kyle..so that was a great butt and quad workout!! then we got to walk up to the 25th row to get to our seats...again nice for the quads!!!! So during the game I made a few trips up and down the stairs which helped get the quads burning a little more too!!! After the game it was time to take Nik down to the field to play!!! Unfortunately we didn't have a football to throw around so Nik decided he wanted to play TAG...on the football field...so that meant lots of sprinting for Sissy!!! All in all it was a great night and a really fun way to burn some calories!!! Can't wait to take Nik to another game!!! I'm pretty sure he had a blast too so that makes it all the more better!!!

Oh yeah..so my rating would be 5 High Fives!!!

My First Blog!!!

2010-09-09T15:06:00.000-07:00

Ok...so this is my first blog!! Wahoo!!! I don't know how interesting, or exciting this blog is going to be..and I probably won't update daily..maybe not even weekly but let's just see how this goes!!! I am hoping this will serve as a little inspiration to get moving again and start running...after all I have plans to run the San Antonio Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon in November (it'll be my 3rd half marathon) and then in February the Austin LOVE Full Marathon!! So I better start running!!! This may end up just being another way for me to chill and veg on my days off..or do what I'm REALLY good at...procrastinating!! :)

Anyways..in the spirit of this blog being about working out and wine...although I've been lazy today and NOT worked out..yet again...I can at least talk a little about wine!! I have discovered a new white wine that I really like!!! Last night I had a couple of friends over after work...granted it was not probably "normal" after work hours..but we work crazy hours, so it works!! But AR and HP came over for some wine, chocolate, and gossip!!! We had a total blast!! So the wine we tried and all LOVED is called Seven Daughters...it's a blend of 7 different grapes..it's a white wine and has the most AMAZING aroma and a good taste!! so I definitely give it two thumbs up

...hum I guess I could come up with a fun way to rate wine and my workouts for this blog...let's see for the wine let's do Cheers and for workouts lets do High Fives and I'll do it on a scale of 1-5..1 being "nasty taste" and "UGH crappy workout" and 5 being "oh my gosh this tastes amazing" and "WOW I feel awesome from my workout"

alright so I guess that's enough rambling for my first blog!! That was fun!! Maybe I'll get a workout in later and then I can blog about it..but I have a feeling I'm going to continue being lazy!! :)

Oh and so for my first wine rating: Seven Daughters gets 5 cheers!!!