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Why My Husband Is The Best In The World

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:10:33 -0400

Today:

Rushed to a meeting. Sat in the room waiting for the meeting to start for 20 minutes. Thought about how useful that 10 minute rule from grade school was.
Was so busy at work I looked up at it was 11am, and looked up again realized I was starving because it was 3pm.
Wondering if the turkey I packed in my lunch was suspect - B screamed at me for eating it because it was from May 4th. Today is the 15th. Oops. Only time will tell how my tummy takes it.
Worked until 7:40pm. Ugh.
Got to train station just in time to see the train pull away.
When I heard a policeman laughing at my when he saw my expression in the station, I debated for a hot second if going to jail was worth how good it would feel to punch him in the face.
Get off the train and the heel on my favorite brown heels snaps off.

I literally was beaten down, angry, exhausted, and really really grumpy. Until I walked in the door and my husband not only prepared an AMAZING spaghetti squash dinner - but also had this gorgeous appetizer waiting for me.

I realized that being with him, makes every day a good day - even when it’s a bad one. I am the luckiest girl alive.

NoSauce Book Review - I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron I...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:41 -0400

NoSauce Book Review - I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

I know I am a little young for this book, but I found it in my apartment building, and thought the average age of people that live here is like 35 or something, so maybe it will apply to me.

If I had read this at 20 I would probably have given it 1 star.

Reading now in my 30’s I am giving it 3.

I wonder if I was 40ish if I would give it 5?

It’s a humorous look at aging, and so much of it rings true, but Ephron does something amazing which can be illustrated by this general idea:

If people see you slip and fall on a banana peel and laugh, they are laughing at you. However, when you tell them the story, and are laughing yourself about slipping and falling on a banana peel you are controlling the situation - they are laughing with you.

Basically you always have to be able realize that all life is, is a series of stories. You can be the victim, or the hero, either way is in how you spin it.

Enjoyable, and an incredibly fast read. Very easy summer beach friendly. Even if I have a few years before my neck goes (or so I hope)

Bulking Up

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400

I have this fear of bulking up.

See photo exhibit a pictured here below:

Obviously while I do admire her dedication to fitness, this is not what I want to look like. What I am going for is exhibit b pictured below:

curvy, super fit, skinny but strong. Plus, I wouldn’t complain if my hair looked like the brunette version of this above. Just saying.

So when LAEL read my last post on legs, she was like dude, stop doing 8,000 lunges, and do less holding weights. I was like I don’t want to bulk my legs, I want to slim them down. She proceeded to lecture me the same way MFT would about how basically I am an idiot if I think it can bulk me so stop whining and do it.

So today I did. We will see.

12 min warm up 6mph treadmill
lunges - 6 sets (14 in a set) 3 regular, and 3 holding a 7.5lb weight in each hand
incline leg press - 3x 10 90lbs plus the sled
hip adductor - 1x12 90lbs 1x10 95lbs 1x10 100lbs
hip abductor - 3x10 90lbs
booty blaster - 2x10 on each leg 67.5lbs
captains chair - 3x10 straight legs

I know in my head I will never look like photo exhibit a - but I get so freaked out about it for some reason I end up using lighter weights than I should.

Wednesday’s are for being strong - so I will see how sore I am tomorrow. If not, maybe heavier weight, or all 6 sets with weights. I need to play around to get it right.

Push through the mid-week slump! Go get after it!

Changing It Up

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:16:42 -0400

I went to my usual Tuesday bootcamp this morning, but I am thinking it might be the last time for a bit - it’s just not hard enough. I wonder if I should give it one more shot and push myself harder, or if actually the class is just too easy for my skill/strength level. I say this because:

Today was the advanced version, where you do everything in the circuit for 30 seconds, with no rest in between. There are 22 stations so that’s 11 minutes of work. Every 11 minutes you get 1 minute of rest. So in a 45 minute class you get 3 minutes of rest total.
After 45 minutes of class I realized I was barely sweaty. Other people in class had like their fronts and backs soaked. (it was also like -30 degrees in the room, the ac was blasting) But this lead me to think - why am I not sweaty?
I found myself trying to make everything harder. For example, when we are doing dead lifts with a 40lb sand bag, I added a row to it, as it just didn’t seem that hard.

Maybe I didn’t push myself, maybe class isn’t that hard. Either way, it’s always frustrating to haul yourself awake and out the door before 6am, just to get an average workout.

At least it’s better than nothing - get your Tuesday burn in!

NoSauce Book Review - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom This...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:31:02 -0400

NoSauce Book Review - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

This book was amazing.

Virginia hills, late 1800’s, plantation owners and slaves, ladies, and immigrants, it was a perfect historical fiction for this setting.

The book goes back and forth between two characters. The first, Lavinia who is white but enslaved (indenture servitude) at 7 years old, away from her family, away from Ireland, away from everything she has ever known. The second, Belle, a half white half black slave who is gorgeous and in a tough spot being the owners illegitimate daughter. She doesn’t fit in with the ladies, she doesn’t fit in with the other slaves.

It was written like Downton Abby - you love the help just as much as you love the family. You love watching their individual stories along with their twists in interaction.

The picture was painted in a beautiful way. I really felt like I was there living the story with the characters. I had no idea what was coming. I loved every page of this book and was sad when it ended.

Finally HBO, finally.

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:29:18 -0400

Finally HBO, finally.

Secret Society

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:02:13 -0400

There is a secret society that I am a part of: the early morning runner.

I woke up and I could see the sunrise gleaming off the Empire State from my balcony and I felt like it was a beacon. Every time you see another runner on the street, it’s like they know. You all share this secret, this I am a bad-ass that I wake up before 6am, and get outside where the road will always rise to meet your stride, no matter how fast or slowly you take it. Where it’s just you, and the street. And you don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Every time I pass someone I can see it written in their face. They are thinking the same thing.

The last time I had run outside here was probably a year ago. It’s time to get off the hamster wheel and get outside.

I ran 4.08 miles in 36:58. This was averaging a 9:04 pace. When at the gym, I usually run a 6.0ish pace, so I basically ran a full minute faster every mile outside on my own. Which is incredible.

Happy Monday!

Being this little guys mom makes today the best day ever!

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:07:38 -0400

Being this little guys mom makes today the best day ever!

Fight Club (suicideblonde:)

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:57:38 -0400

Fight Club

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Things

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:44:59 -0400

+ Wednesday I had a killer back workout
+ Thursday I went to spin, and my gym had new bikes and they were incredibly awesome
- Spin teacher literally said to the class “c’mon fatties lets move it”
++ went to the zoo yesterday on a super awesome double date with B and our friends T&M where we got to see the trainers teaching and feeding the sea lions tricks - super awesome
- - came home last night after having all the drinks, and ate mac n’ cheese

Overall I guess I am still coming out ahead? Happy Mother’s Day!!

There are no words.

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:54:25 -0400

There are no words.

Getting to wear new Jimmy Choo for Hunter rain boots (courtesy...

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:49:09 -0400

Getting to wear new Jimmy Choo for Hunter rain boots (courtesy of my SIL) make me almost happy it’s raining!

Fitting It In

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:00:28 -0400

I had an early morning meeting up town today so I knew I had to get up early to go to the gym. It’s not an excuse not to go - although to be honest I did debate.

I was able to have a totally kick ass workout in a very short amount of time:

Intervals on the tread-climber for 30 minutes - I climbed just over the height of the Empire State Building.

After that I did arms and shoulders - and some obliques. My version of the Iron Cross (3 sets) using 10lbs in each hand:

15 curls on each side
10 lateral raises on each side
12 high pulls
10 shoulder presses
25 obliques/side bends on each side
12 skull crushers for tri’s

After this 3 sets of 10 on the Captain’s Chair.

All in I banged this out in about 45 minutes. I was totally stoked to get it in and make it to my meeting with enough time to grab a steaming cup of coffee on the way!

Almost mid-week - stay strong and get it in!

Dinner tonight - 4oz Pork Chop prepared in a new way - salt,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:30:26 -0400

Dinner tonight - 4oz Pork Chop prepared in a new way - salt, pepper, and thyme crusted and simmered after browning for 20 minutes in chicken stock. Served with roasted sweet potato, 1 cup of whole wheat pasta, and roasted asparagus. Total calories: 532.

Feeling no guilt and eating dinner with abandon: Priceless.

11 miles! Not bad for a Monday!

7:18am and already 5.6 miles ran this morning

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:19:13 -0400

Today is going to be a good day!

An Open Letter to HBO

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:13:10 -0400

Dear HBO-

As a loyal fan for a long time (True Blood, Oz, Arli$$, Girls, Sopranos, Sex and the City, and now Game of Thrones) I wanted to take the time to say how disappointed I am in you in regards to Game of Thrones specifically.

Khaleesi, Daenerys Targaryen, called “Daenerys Stormborn” and “Mother of Dragons is my favorite story on the show.

So why do you only show her like once every other week - and for like less than a minute when you actually do?

UNACCEPTABLE!

Please show her and her dragons taking over the realm more, because literally every week all I do is get more and more frustrated.

Thanks for the attention to this issue.

xoxo,

NoSauce

Celebrating my most favorite holiday in my most favorite way -...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:00:11 -0400

Celebrating my most favorite holiday in my most favorite way - happy Cinco de Mayo!

One of B’s birthday presents was tickets to a legit magic...

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:20:43 -0400

One of B’s birthday presents was tickets to a legit magic show - Chamber Magic at the Waldorf-Astoria. B is like a little kid, where he still loves magic.

Um, I am still thinking about it and was TOTALLY blown away. Steve Cohen is beyond a magician. He is a mind reader, he is a wizard, he is a conjurer. I can’t get over how amazing this was. I seriously have never seen anything like it, and if you are in New York you need to put this on your MUST do list ASAP!

I don’t even know how to explain it, except that if Houdini was alive today, he would probably be asking Steve Cohen how he did his tricks. If they were even tricks. Maybe he really is just magical.

When You Get What You Need

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:13:00 -0400

I put my body through the ringer at the gym all the time. Pounding it running mile after mile, micro-tearing my muscles and trying to build them up, pushing my limits. What I need - is to stretch. An hour long Vinyassa class where I can just focus on undoing all the tightening and shortening and pounding that I do throughout the week.

Today I hit up my favorite yoga class at my favorite studio in town, with my favorite teacher there. And it didn’t disappoint!

We did a new move, Bird of Paradise. I can’t believe I could do it - I couldn’t straighten my leg all the way, but I got up off the ground in the bind, and felt every muscle in my leg and glute working to get me there. I have never felt so strong in class, than being able to get up today.

It was awesome. And it was exactly what I needed.

NoSauce Book Review - Habits of the House by Fay Weldon I love a good historical fiction book,...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:29:52 -0400

NoSauce Book Review - Habits of the House by Fay Weldon

I love a good historical fiction book, especially about Europe as their history is so much older and richer than Americas. I sort of based on the comments on this book was expecting a Downton Abbey novel. I was sorely disappointed.

All of the characters fell so flat that as a result I was indifferent about all of them. I didn’t especially like or dislike anyone in particular. However, usually I love reading about the help and their thoughts on the wealthy families. In this book, they only really delved into one member of the help, who seemed to be a backstabber sort of, and loyal sometimes sort of. It was annoying as I never knew which was she was going to flip.

The family themselves were uninteresting and lacked depth of character. The only character that they really focused on was the older sister who wasn’t in the book a ton, but when she was she was very detailed out - to be a horrible self involved boring spinster. Not exactly who you want to be spending your time reading about.

The story was relatively boring with no real climax. I just wanted it to end.

It was very easy to read, the language isn’t difficult even though it takes place so long ago. However the story itself is bland and blah. Trust me and go with something else.