Tuesday, February 26, 2008
We have no excuse for drinking bottled water...
It's official. Vancouver has some of the tastiest tap water around. No more excuses for drinking bottled water, which is often tap water from other municipalities! See the article here.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Astute Cartoon
Very astute cartoon here about the nature of PE teachers. I think this guy must have had some of the same as I did in junior high!
Friday, February 08, 2008
Have a Coke and a...
... brain meltdown. I haven’t had any Coke in a very long time; it has been so long that I don’t even remember how many years ago it was that I last “enjoyed” a glass of the stuff. Today, I foolishly had a glass of Coke and afterwards it was an interesting experience, to say the very least.
First, my head got all fuzzy as the sugar rushed straight to my veins and into my poor defenseless brain. Once the fuzziness started to quell, it hit the rest of me like a runaway freight train. The explosion of sugar and chemicals, mixed with caffeine (of which I rarely indulge), was like a supersonic magic potion of Asterix proportions. To say I’m currently a little hyper would be so understated as to be ludicrous.
It’s now time for a 5km run just to get me back halfway to “normal.” I wonder if I’ll sleep at all this weekend?
First, my head got all fuzzy as the sugar rushed straight to my veins and into my poor defenseless brain. Once the fuzziness started to quell, it hit the rest of me like a runaway freight train. The explosion of sugar and chemicals, mixed with caffeine (of which I rarely indulge), was like a supersonic magic potion of Asterix proportions. To say I’m currently a little hyper would be so understated as to be ludicrous.
It’s now time for a 5km run just to get me back halfway to “normal.” I wonder if I’ll sleep at all this weekend?
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
2008 Resolution Run
Oh what fun, the 2008 Running Room Resolution Run. It was freaking cold in Stanley Park today, the wind whipping off the water and all that. It felt like I was running with bricks for legs, and I berated myself the entire time for not running much in the past month. When I finished I was shocked! that I run a personal best. Ah, that's why I was really feeling it... and I thought it was the recent cold and onset of laziness of late. I guess I have to constantly learn lessons about self-talk; namely, that emotionally flogging myself is a waste of time and unhelpful.Saturday, December 01, 2007
I can NEVER gain weight again!
Not ever! Not that it was even an option, really. Why, you may ask?
Ted Loo Fitness website has me as a "featured client" this month, and my face is all over the place. It's fun, but also a little sobering.
2.5 years ago I could not have imagined I would be where I am now, but that 2.5 years would have passed irrespective of whether I was making healthy choices or not. I'm glad I went down the road to health this time.
Ted Loo Fitness website has me as a "featured client" this month, and my face is all over the place. It's fun, but also a little sobering.
2.5 years ago I could not have imagined I would be where I am now, but that 2.5 years would have passed irrespective of whether I was making healthy choices or not. I'm glad I went down the road to health this time.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Redeemed
Probably seven or eight years ago, Topher and I decided we’d try to hike to and camp at Garbaldi Lake near Squamish. People said, “it’s an easy hike.” Hah! When you’re as out of shape as we were and as completely overpacked, it's all bad. We turned around about 3.5 km in near the end of the switchbacks, and came home defeated, exhausted and in pain.
Today we redeemed ourselves. We hiked the 9km up to Garbaldi Lake with friends; it was a pleasant hike and we did fine. It’s amazing what being fit will do!
Today we redeemed ourselves. We hiked the 9km up to Garbaldi Lake with friends; it was a pleasant hike and we did fine. It’s amazing what being fit will do!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Second Anniversary
Today is my second anniversary of starting my fitness journey, at least it's the second anniversary of setting foot in the gym to workout with a trainer. It feels great to be able to say I've not only stuck with it this long, but that I don't foresee not doing this for a long time to come. In these two years, I've:
* gone from 205 lbs (no muscle tone to speak of) to 142 lbs (a decent amount of muscle tone)
* gone from a size 16 (well, I had a couple of outfits size 18 and the 16s were getting a bit tight) to a size 6. I had never been a size 6 before!
* integrated exercise - including running and strength training mostly - into my life.
* really looked at my nutrition and made "tweaks" so my food consumption is much healthier now, especially adding breakfast every day.
This journey has been populated with a lot of great supporters - family, friends, trainer, naturopath, co-workers, sparkies - and I'm thankful for every encouragement along the way.
I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do for myself for my second anniversary, but Ted Loo Fitness (the trainers I workout with) is paying for some professional photos for me as a "success story" on the website. Ted & Warren have been instrumental in my fitness successes.
I am very happy today.
* gone from 205 lbs (no muscle tone to speak of) to 142 lbs (a decent amount of muscle tone)
* gone from a size 16 (well, I had a couple of outfits size 18 and the 16s were getting a bit tight) to a size 6. I had never been a size 6 before!
* integrated exercise - including running and strength training mostly - into my life.
* really looked at my nutrition and made "tweaks" so my food consumption is much healthier now, especially adding breakfast every day.
This journey has been populated with a lot of great supporters - family, friends, trainer, naturopath, co-workers, sparkies - and I'm thankful for every encouragement along the way.
I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do for myself for my second anniversary, but Ted Loo Fitness (the trainers I workout with) is paying for some professional photos for me as a "success story" on the website. Ted & Warren have been instrumental in my fitness successes.
I am very happy today.
