it's so cold that...

No school today! My thermometer read -28 and then there's the 15-25 MPH
wind. Still had to take the dog for her walk though. There's no cloud
cover so the aurora borealis are visible. I stopped to watch for a while
(dog ran around and did her thing) because it is quite hypnotic until the
pain from the cold got me back into this world.

So what does one do with an unexpected gift of a day off and no DH for the
rest of the week? Before the weight loss I would have gone back to bed
after walking the dog, woke up eventually and cooked a massive breakfast.
Then I would have gone into work for a bit to catch up on grades, ordered
pizza or gone for some other huge lunch, then maybe go out with whoever
showed up at work for drinks and greasy stuff, come home and watch tv all
night.

Today's plan? Shake and fruit for breakfast as usual. Heading to the gym
to lift this morning instead of this afternoon and doing an hour of
elliptical instead of 20 min. Shower, heading to work to catch up on grades
for a few hours - fridge is full of raw veggies to snack on. Lunch time
will be a short walk on the treadmill, then home for some veggie/boca chili
already made and planned for the day. The temp is supposed to be -20 all
day long so outdoor stuff is out of the question. I'll spend the afternoon
roasting a few squashes while doing housework. Have another shake this
afternoon and head out for kickboxing aerobics this evening as planned, then
eat a light dinner of spaghetti squash w/fresh tomatoes, garlic, & boca.

I'm sticking with my original plan of a meatless low calorie day and adding
an hour of light-med activity, not including the housework. Another
difference is that instead of getting calls from people wanting to go for
coffee and pastry, I just got a call from another teacher who needs a ride
to the gym because her car won't start. She said she *knew* I'd be getting
ready to go early...

Have a good day people!
Jenn
When life gives you lemonade...drink up!

That is a lot of exercise! Do you work out like that every day or just when
you have the day *off*? What is the coldest it gets there? I am looking at
my weatherbug and it says that it is 41 out now. I am shivering just
thinking about it.

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"JMA" wrote in message
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No school today! My thermometer read -28 and then there's the 15-25 MPH
wind. Still had to take the dog for her walk though. There's no cloud
cover so the aurora borealis are visible. I stopped to watch for a while
(dog ran around and did her thing) because it is quite hypnotic until the
pain from the cold got me back into this world.

So what does one do with an unexpected gift of a day off and no DH for the
rest of the week? Before the weight loss I would have gone back to bed
after walking the dog, woke up eventually and cooked a massive breakfast.
Then I would have gone into work for a bit to catch up on grades, ordered
pizza or gone for some other huge lunch, then maybe go out with whoever
showed up at work for drinks and greasy stuff, come home and watch tv all
night.

Today's plan? Shake and fruit for breakfast as usual. Heading to the gym
to lift this morning instead of this afternoon and doing an hour of
elliptical instead of 20 min. Shower, heading to work to catch up on
grades
for a few hours - fridge is full of raw veggies to snack on. Lunch time
will be a short walk on the treadmill, then home for some veggie/boca
chili
already made and planned for the day. The temp is supposed to be -20 all
day long so outdoor stuff is out of the question. I'll spend the afternoon
roasting a few squashes while doing housework. Have another shake this
afternoon and head out for kickboxing aerobics this evening as planned,
then
eat a light dinner of spaghetti squash w/fresh tomatoes, garlic, & boca.

I'm sticking with my original plan of a meatless low calorie day and
adding
an hour of light-med activity, not including the housework. Another
difference is that instead of getting calls from people wanting to go for
coffee and pastry, I just got a call from another teacher who needs a ride
to the gym because her car won't start. She said she *knew* I'd be
getting
ready to go early...

Have a good day people!
Jenn
When life gives you lemonade...drink up!

Sounds like a great day! Not the temps - just your activities. We seldom
get below zero around here but we'll be close tonight as they're predicting
a blast of artic air with a low of 4. Could we talk about you northerners
keeping your artic air at home and not letting it loose on usg

Beverly - who is not looking forward to the near zero temps tonight


"JMA" wrote in message
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No school today! My thermometer read -28 and then there's the 15-25 MPH
wind. Still had to take the dog for her walk though. There's no cloud
cover so the aurora borealis are visible. I stopped to watch for a while
(dog ran around and did her thing) because it is quite hypnotic until the
pain from the cold got me back into this world.

So what does one do with an unexpected gift of a day off and no DH for
the
rest of the week? Before the weight loss I would have gone back to bed
after walking the dog, woke up eventually and cooked a massive breakfast.
Then I would have gone into work for a bit to catch up on grades, ordered
pizza or gone for some other huge lunch, then maybe go out with whoever
showed up at work for drinks and greasy stuff, come home and watch tv all
night.

Today's plan? Shake and fruit for breakfast as usual. Heading to the
gym
to lift this morning instead of this afternoon and doing an hour of
elliptical instead of 20 min. Shower, heading to work to catch up on
grades
for a few hours - fridge is full of raw veggies to snack on. Lunch time
will be a short walk on the treadmill, then home for some veggie/boca
chili
already made and planned for the day. The temp is supposed to be -20 all
day long so outdoor stuff is out of the question. I'll spend the
afternoon
roasting a few squashes while doing housework. Have another shake this
afternoon and head out for kickboxing aerobics this evening as planned,
then
eat a light dinner of spaghetti squash w/fresh tomatoes, garlic, & boca.

I'm sticking with my original plan of a meatless low calorie day and
adding
an hour of light-med activity, not including the housework. Another
difference is that instead of getting calls from people wanting to go for
coffee and pastry, I just got a call from another teacher who needs a
ride
to the gym because her car won't start. She said she *knew* I'd be
getting
ready to go early...

Have a good day people!
Jenn
When life gives you lemonade...drink up!

..Wow. Sounds like a good day. Try not to freeeeeeeeze.


365/222/200


"JMA" wrote in
:

No school today! My thermometer read -28 and then there's the 15-25
MPH wind. Still had to take the dog for her walk though. There's no
cloud cover so the aurora borealis are visible. I stopped to watch
for a while (dog ran around and did her thing) because it is quite
hypnotic until the pain from the cold got me back into this world.

So what does one do with an unexpected gift of a day off and no DH for
the rest of the week? Before the weight loss I would have gone back
to bed after walking the dog, woke up eventually and cooked a massive
breakfast. Then I would have gone into work for a bit to catch up on
grades, ordered pizza or gone for some other huge lunch, then maybe go
out with whoever showed up at work for drinks and greasy stuff, come
home and watch tv all night.

Today's plan? Shake and fruit for breakfast as usual. Heading to the
gym to lift this morning instead of this afternoon and doing an hour
of elliptical instead of 20 min. Shower, heading to work to catch up
on grades for a few hours - fridge is full of raw veggies to snack on.
Lunch time will be a short walk on the treadmill, then home for some
veggie/boca chili already made and planned for the day. The temp is
supposed to be -20 all day long so outdoor stuff is out of the
question. I'll spend the afternoon roasting a few squashes while doing
housework. Have another shake this afternoon and head out for
kickboxing aerobics this evening as planned, then eat a light dinner
of spaghetti squash w/fresh tomatoes, garlic, & boca.

I'm sticking with my original plan of a meatless low calorie day and
adding an hour of light-med activity, not including the housework.
Another difference is that instead of getting calls from people
wanting to go for coffee and pastry, I just got a call from another
teacher who needs a ride to the gym because her car won't start. She
said she *knew* I'd be getting ready to go early...

Have a good day people!
Jenn
When life gives you lemonade...drink up!

"Perple Gyrl" wrote in message
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That is a lot of exercise! Do you work out like that every day or just
when
you have the day *off*? What is the coldest it gets there? I am looking
at
my weatherbug and it says that it is 41 out now. I am shivering just
thinking about it.

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perpleglow(AT)comcast.net
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I don't work out that much on a normal day because of work. I was planning
to do the class tonight as a lark. Normally I have yoga on Thursday nights
but the teacher is taking off until mid-Feb.

My normal workout schedule is to run 3-4 times a week alternating long,
semi-long, and recovery runs (9-10 mi, 4-5 mi, 2-3 mi). On days I don't run
I try to do an hour of cardio (elliptical or "hill" walking). I also do my
weight training 3 times a week so I may kill 20 minutes of the cardio as a
warmup to the weight training. I also do 20 min of yoga every morning and
have a 90 min class once a week (most weeks). Finally, I play volleyball
once a week on a 6-person team. It's movement and I run around shagging
balls, but it's not all that.

I take one day (Tuesday) as an easy day where I don't have the elliptical
set to a high level or the treadmill incline set too high. I keep my heart
rate down to 60%. I watch TV while doing it and don't do intervals or crank
it at all. I've just found that I need to move every single day. I fuel my
body appropriately and I haven't had any fatigue or injury problems.

BTW, DH called and informed me that our thermometer reads 5 degrees warmer
than the actual temp because it is on the house and gets some warmth from
the building so it is more than -30 this AM. This is about as cold as it
gets here.

Jenn
gotta go!

minus 20???? There ought to be a law! And you're voluntarily leaving your
house? Couldn't you appreciate the aurora borealis through a window?

We are complaining because our highs are in the 60's and the lows in the
30's. A couple of times lately, we got as low as the 20's. It was a mad
rush to bring in plants and turn off water so we wouldn't suffer. I thought
of moving south but that would require taking up residence on an island that
isn't part of the US and I'm not licensed to work outside the country.

j
"JMA" wrote in message
...
No school today! My thermometer read -28 and then there's the 15-25 MPH
wind. Still had to take the dog for her walk though. There's no cloud
cover so the aurora borealis are visible. I stopped to watch for a while
(dog ran around and did her thing) because it is quite hypnotic until the
pain from the cold got me back into this world.

So what does one do with an unexpected gift of a day off and no DH for the
rest of the week? Before the weight loss I would have gone back to bed
after walking the dog, woke up eventually and cooked a massive breakfast.
Then I would have gone into work for a bit to catch up on grades, ordered
pizza or gone for some other huge lunch, then maybe go out with whoever
showed up at work for drinks and greasy stuff, come home and watch tv all
night.

Today's plan? Shake and fruit for breakfast as usual. Heading to the gym
to lift this morning instead of this afternoon and doing an hour of
elliptical instead of 20 min. Shower, heading to work to catch up on
grades
for a few hours - fridge is full of raw veggies to snack on. Lunch time
will be a short walk on the treadmill, then home for some veggie/boca
chili
already made and planned for the day. The temp is supposed to be -20 all
day long so outdoor stuff is out of the question. I'll spend the afternoon
roasting a few squashes while doing housework. Have another shake this
afternoon and head out for kickboxing aerobics this evening as planned,
then
eat a light dinner of spaghetti squash w/fresh tomatoes, garlic, & boca.

I'm sticking with my original plan of a meatless low calorie day and
adding
an hour of light-med activity, not including the housework. Another
difference is that instead of getting calls from people wanting to go for
coffee and pastry, I just got a call from another teacher who needs a ride
to the gym because her car won't start. She said she *knew* I'd be
getting
ready to go early...

Have a good day people!
Jenn
When life gives you lemonade...drink up!

"Beverly" wrote in message
...
Sounds like a great day! Not the temps - just your activities. We seldom
get below zero around here but we'll be close tonight as they're
predicting
a blast of artic air with a low of 4. Could we talk about you northerners
keeping your artic air at home and not letting it loose on usg

Beverly - who is not looking forward to the near zero temps tonight


Hey now! We got the air from the Canadians north of the lake, it wasn't
ours to start with. They're predicting one more day of this then we'll see
0 again.

Jenn
who *is* looking forward to near 0 temps this weekend

"Julianne" wrote in message
news:ArQPb.7804$Se.4425@lakeread05...
minus 20???? There ought to be a law! And you're voluntarily leaving
your
house? Couldn't you appreciate the aurora borealis through a window?

Unfortunately they're quite dim this far south so you have to be outdoors to
see them. One of the new neighbors put in some dumbass flood light that he
leaves burning all night and the light pollution from that thing is
beginning to impede the show.

Not only do we voluntarily leave the house, but the fitness center had 5 of
us on 5 machines in shorts with sports bras or tank tops, and we opened the
window.

I had to bring my car home to sit in the garage for a while and warm up
before I can go in to work this afternoon.

Jenn

"JMA" wrote

No school today!

fabulous plan snipped

It all sounds wunnerful, Jenn! I know you've enjoyed every minute.

We got up to 30 degrees and I decided that 4 inches of snow was enough to
get out on the snowshoes! I took my Newfie for a mile and a half loop.
She was less than thrilled but it was just great - I'm still requesting
more snow, though. sigh Last year we were hip deep.


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