Posts by ktcort13

hello hello!!! I've missed you guys! Things have been insane. But I'm sorry I haven't been in here!

Updates....wedding was great, honeymoon was even better, especially since I managed to not gain any weight on the cruise! We are in escrow on a house and will close on Nov 13th if all goes smoothly. Yesterday was supposed to be my first half ironman triathlon, but it ended up being a duathlon because the fog was too heavy to do the swim. So I'm incredibly super bummed about that and really sad I trained for soooo long this year and still didn't finish a half ironman. Now I have some friends who want me to train with them so they can start doing triathlons next year so that will be a lot of fun. Now that the race season is over, I can start to focus on strength training again and losing weight.

How have all of you been? Val, I've missed you! I at least get little updates from Sheila and Ash on FB, but I want to know how you're doing!

Well, I promise I am going ot try and be on here more frequently, if for no other reason than to keep up with you guys! :)

hey val! I'm so sorry for deserting you! How was your weekend? did you do another early morning workout? It's tough int eh beginning to get up and run in the morning, but it gets easier. I like it because it gives me time to do somehting in the afternoon since I already got my workout in. I figure, even if I only run for 30 minutes or so, I can spare that little bit of sleep. Try it again and see how it goes!

Well I've been super busy. I had my dress fitting last thursday so I didn't eat much teh few days prior. They are taking it in a lot which makes me feel great! Friday night we left for camping in santa cruz. I did a bike ride on the half ironman course with my dad so I could get a feel for it. I'm pretty sure I"ll do the half ironman in october. I'm scared but i think i can do it! We came home sunday. Monday I did a 43 mile ride and went to a friend's bbq. it was soo good! Now I need to get bck on track as far as my eating goes. No more slacking!

O and i got a cool new phone. it's the tmobile google g1. It's basically like the iphone. Pretty awesome! It should make it easier for me to check in wth you guys during the day!

sorry i've been mia too! i've been so busy with workouts and other things....was hardly home over the weekend too. Saturday I did our run wrkout, then babysat my nieces, then went to a wedding. sunday I went out fora  43 mile ride, had enough time ot eat adn then leave to buy my mom's present and go to their house. I was soooo tired by sun night! IT was a good weekend though. I did a swim last night and a run tonight. My body is tired though so tomorrow i am resting!

On the food front, I'm back on teh diet this week. I have a dress fitting next thursday followed by a weekend at the beach so I need to lose a few before then! I'm stll hanging out at about 170 so i need to get to 160 still. I'm trying to be good but I work out enough that I can still be a little lenient.

Val, that is an awesome time for such a tough race! There are fast courses and slower courses, just depends on teh terrain. You won't have your best tme on a tough course. when is your next race going ot be? Are you still running outside with the neighbor girl?

sheila, that sucks about the 5am wake up! Hopefully that will mean you get to really enjoy teh weekend and you can sleep in. Sounds like a fun hike on mothers day too. I can def understand why you were sore! ouch!

well i will definitely be trying to get on here more frequently again! at least take a few minutes to say hi!

I've lost about 65 pounds at this point (from 235 to just under 170 now). I thought that when I hit 170, that would be a pretty good weight for me. But now that I"m there, I still see that I have so much to lose. Now my goal is to get to 160 by my wedding in 3 months, but I'm thinking that I might even want to go to 150. I guess I never thought I was capable of that, but now that I'm closer, I think I can! I still see myself as big and as the fat girl. But that's all I've ever known my entire life. No matter how small I get, I will always have the fat girl mentality. But I do notice the biggest difference when I have clothes on and I don't see the big fat rolls on my stomach and my legs actually look somewhat thin sometimes!

hey val! omg i have hardly been home this week. yesterday i got home, went to a party fora  tri club I joined, then we decided to go get a beer, then we went to one a friends place. I didn't get home until 12:30! I was sooo tired today. but I told them I would go to the run workout tonight. I was dead. It was a super tough workout, ran maybe like 4-5 miles. then we went for a beer and tacos again! I'm sure I still had a monster deficit today. I've dipped barely under 170 and I'm hoping to stay there! I just need to get down to 160. It's not far off. I've regained my motivation to get there. I'm stepping up my workouts too so that should help. I'm just tired! Hopefully tomorrow night I can get a good nights sleep.

How was practice? Did she have lots of fun? How long are you guys supposed to get rain for?

so I had typed this whole thing out and then the internet broke. Great! So here we go again...

Val, how wer eyour shoulderblades feeling later in the day? Was the weather good enough for you to go run?

Teh it (ilitibial i think) band is fibrous tendons I think that run along the outside of the thigh down to your knee. You usually feel the pain as a tightness or knot onthe outside of your knee. Rolling on a foam roller helps to stretch it out. Teh chiro stretched out teh spot right above my knee today and holy crap did it hurt. I've been icing it but it is definitely tender. I'll see how it feels on my run tomorrow. He wanted me to take some time off but I've already taken enough time off. I need to get bakc to training!

Sheila, how was the wedding?

val, that's good you got a run in! Hopefully you got some good stuff at the store. I need to go shopping too. I haven't been cooking hardly at all lately.

The ride today was nice. Did 2 hours and 21 miles. It was a slow ride because we were riding w/ a girl who was on a mountain bike and hadn't ridden in a long time. It was good to go easy since I'm still sick...and I'm definitely still sick! I'm coughing and got the runny nose still. I'm really really hoping it's better tomorrow. I'm sick of coughing! My fiance says we have the swine flu thing lol.

O and we booked our photographer today! One more thing off my list! I'm working on the centerpieces but I'm not very creative in that respect. I have the vases already and was thinking of doing marbles at the bottom w/ a floating rose but I'm not sold on it yet. I've solicited advice on facebook!

tomorrow I think I'm going to get my car clean, get b-day presents for my sisters, and maybe pick up some shirts that fit. yay for spending money I shouldn't!

o i can't beleive you have a whirlpool tub and you haven't used it! I'mso jealous! Hope that wedding isn't too bad thsi weekend. Try tohave fun!

And you might have added me and i may have ignored it because i didn't recognize you. Can you add me again? Or send me your email or something so I can find you.

Sounds like you guys are having crazy bipolar weather like we are! We had a few days of like 90+ temps, yesterday was mid-90s and today didn't even hit 80! Tomorrow is going to be upper 60s! Crazy! I love the 70s, that's perfect for me.

Even though the weather was soo nice today I didn't workout. I am soooo sick with this cold. I'm all coughy and have a sore throat. i'm not going ot carpool tomorrow sot aht I can leave early. i wanted to just stay home tomorrow, but a program crashed on me today when I was almost done with a report that took me forever to do. so I have to go in and finish it tomorrow. We are having someone bring a super cool lunch in for us tomorrow so I kinda want to be there for that. But I can at least leave early.

Sheila, did you add me as a friend? I'll totally add you! I ttoally feel you on the stressful work crap. It just never seems to end!

The new girl can kinda run on her own now, but I don't feel like she catches on very quickly. I don't know, I guess it's because the girl I originally worked with was smart and quick adn this girl doens't seem too skilled in computers and stuff. I feel like I'm explaining simple things to her. But I guess we'll see with time, but it's been 3 weeks already haha. Most of my stress is coming from this crazy old lady at work who has a problem with me. I want her to retire soooo bad!!! I tried to get scheduled fora massage this weekend but my guy is all booked. I was thinking that I should just get in with anyone so I can feel better, I might need to do that. things just keep building and building. I was craving a cig soooo bad the other night and I haven't smoked out of stress in years. I even bought a pack last night. Havne't smoked, but I know I'm going to because I am sooo stressed. I just want to relax!!!!

bleh...i'm hoping for a happy friday! What are the weekend plans ladies?

I got some new shoes too! I ran in them for the first time today. Defiinitely not the same as my brooks, but not too bad. We'll see once I get them broken in. I ran just under 3 miles or so. I probably shoulnd't have since I'm sick, but i needed to to calm my head. I'm just so stressed and frustrated with work. I can't seem to let the stress go. I'm sure that's a huge reason why I'm sick too. We'll see how i feel tomorrow but I want to get out and do a run or something after work.

I was hopign to do a tri in may but I can't seem to find one! And I might be gone the weekend of the june race. I don't really want to wait until july but it looks like i might have to. Maybe I'll just improvise and do a tri on my own, just a long triple workout! Hopefully you can get a race in during may. Seems like things are definitely starting to get busy though!

I can't believe that I'm much of an inspiration to anyone, but I'm glad that I can help to motivate you! I guess I always just feel like I can and should be doing more than what I do. I still feel lazy! I'm hoping to kick it into high gear once I get over this sickness!

val, that would be great if your hubby started going to the y. maybe if he has that friend to go with, he'd be more inclined to go. Hope you feel good for your race tomorrow and it's not rained out! I can't wait to hear how it goes!

sheila, glad to see you back! sorry things are so crappy right now. Hopefully once your practicum is done adn you can start working out again, things will get under control. Way to go for sticking with it! It will get better. So what's after the practicum?

We booked our honeymoon! Going on the cruise and I'm soooo excited. We opted for the interior cabin to save money. I'd rather spend the money on excursions and other fun stuff. So now we just need to get hte flights booked, which are suprisingly not too expensive...$1100 total round trip to puerto rico!

I think I'm pretty ready for my race tomorrow. I got some things picked up today so I'm all together. Gotta get up super early to get out there and set up and everything. So I should be going to bed in anhour or so since I'm sure it will take a while to fall asleep. My neck is pretty tense and my lower back is buggin me a little. My chiro is going to have a booth at the tri tomorrow so I'm hoping I can catch him before the race. I just don't want to be hurting.

The best part about racing tomorrow is all the yummy food afterwards! I"m going to lunch w/ some of the girls. Then it's dinner and cake and ice cream at my parents' for 2 of my sisters' b-days. And my grandmas are coming over to see my dress. mmmm the food is always a good motivator for teh race!

Good luck tomorrow val!!! sheila, hope you have a great sunday!

How was your run tongiht, val? And where did you guys go to dinner tonight? That's perfect weahter! It was in teh 70s today but it's going to warm up to 90 by sunday! That's too hot for the race! I'm kinda worried.

Taht was definitely the first time I ever made anywhere near that time. I was shocked! I actaully wondered if my hrm was working right. Did i tell you that i got the garmin forerunner 50? It came w/ hrm, watch, adn foot pod taht tells distance and pace adn all taht. Only $100! so awesome. It doesn't tell cals which i thought it did, but o well.

tonight I did a 21 mile ride w/ a friend. It was really nice, lots of bugs though. Tomorrow will be a swim w/ a couple girls. Saturday will depend on how I feel but maybe a short run just to keep loose. I'm excited for Sunday!

Sounds like we will be booking our honeymoon this weekend! I'm excited! That will be a huge load off! I'm going to call the cruise rep tomorrow and see if I can get any deal or anything. I just want it booked so it's checked off our list. Then I can get to teh ring!Still have lots to do!

anything going on besides your race this weekend?

no, i didn't run 25 miles, I rode 25 miles! haha that would have killed me!

I bet you'll be able to shave at least a minute off your time. Nurse that cold so you can be as good as possible on Sunday! That's so exciting about your rings! I need to get mine cleaned. I think I'm waiting until the wedding to get it sized. I'll just have them do that when they soder (sp?) the 2 together.

Well today I did a 3 mile run, then soccer. My run was great. I ran close to a full mile at under a 9 min/mile pace! I was amazed! Soccer was eh. I really only played like 15 min. I got there a few min late, then people just weren't subbing so I was super frustrated. I wouldn't have come out if I knew I wouldn't get to go back in! Tomorrow is bike/run workout. I see the chiro too which is good b/c the muscle on the side o fmy neck is totally killing me. I've beent rying to stretch it but it's not helping.

I'm trying to get my weight back down. I was up to 176 after my Easter binging. I need to get under 170! I'm so close. I just have to get my eating back in line....it's gotten a bit out of control. I juts want to eat everything lately!

well I hope Wednesday is a good day for us!

wow...a buffett and you didn't blow your cals out of the water? that's amazing! what type of food is bohemian? Did you get a workout in today? I'ms o jealous you got to leave early! The day just dragged on for me.

Well i have a jam-packed weekend. I ran a few miles tonight, have the Icebreaker swim tomorrow morning (just a .5 or 1 mile swim in the lake), then a run on the trails at the lake, then going out w/ my cousin so she can try on the bridesmaid dress, then passover dinner at the fiance's mom's. Sunday is going to be a bike ride (have to take it in tot he bike shop for an adjustment at some point saturday) adn then easter at my nanas. It's going to be busy! I won't get to sleep in tomorrow but hopefully I can on Sunday. I'm going to be tired!

Hopefully we can check in at some point thsi weekend.

that sucks about the bullying and stuff! I remember how horrible the groups were. Hopefully she doesn't get sucked into all of that or be at teh receiving end of it. I don't know how to deal with that sort of thing with my kids.

Were you able to get a workout in tonight? I've heard about that nuun stuff. I should try it out.

My workout tonight felt good. When I was at the chiro, he put a heating pad on my hamstring and I think that helped out a lot. My biggest obstacle tonight was my head. I had the absolute worst day today. Not only am I trying to train the new girl, but my work is a disaster because people aren't doing their jobs right adn I'm trying to clean up what they do, plus one of my coworkers (the 60+ year old who flipped out on my a few months back) todl my boss taht she thinks I don't like her blah blah blah. I just don't have time to deal with this. I was honestly near tears at so many points during the afternoon. Today was just so overwhelming. I really hope tomorrow is better or I just might call in sick on friday. And I just don't see any end in sight. i hope i'm wrong.