December 2011
28 posts
Feliz Navidad a todos. :)
Finally home sweet home!
So after yesterday’s travel day from hell…
Up at 5am only to be in Mexico by 11am and wait for my next flight at 7pm only to get it delayed to 8pm. (Longest layover of my life? I think yes.)
I’m finally home!!
(insert celebratory marching bands and firework display here)
I ended up drinking my weight in calorific drinks. Including one presidente margarita from the...
I Reheheheheally want to have a Fitblr California...
Is this possible?
Anyone interested?
p.s. Southern California…. Or if it’s New Year’s Eve weekend then Northern (aka SF)
p.p.s. By Southern California I mean Orange County…ish…
:)
133.4 this morning
Finally seeing the numbers drop a bit!
Since I board the bus bright and early tomorrow morning this will probably be my last weigh in until after Christmas. Or maybe I’ll sneak in a quick weigh in before the crack of dawn bus tomorrow.
So all in all, I didn’t make my goal of being pre-half marathon (132.0 lbs) weight before going home for Christmas. But I wasn’t too far off!...
I'm SO excited to eat ALL THINGS SALAD when I get...
As a golden rule you should stay away from all things lettuce in Guate. Unless you disinfect it first, but really that’s a pain in the ass and I always taste the lingering bleach.
BUT, when I’m home for Christmas I’m going to EAT ALL THE SALAD.
With fancy cheeses.
Dressings that have nothing to do with Mayonnaise of any kind.
Ooh like champagne pear vinaigrette.
Greek...
I'm obsessed with toilet paper roll crafts.
So Guatemala is officially in vacation mode (meaning absolutely no work to be done) and I’m just counting down the days until I get to come home to visit (t-minus 6 days!!). So I’ve been of course making the most awesome toilet paper roll crafts EVER.
Case in point:
This lovely wall hanging that I found here.
So over the course of the last couple days, I constructed this pretty...
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Diet Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa
25 calories.
HOLLA!
Ran one measly mile for the first time in a couple...
My time was awesome at 9:35 ish, but I felt as if my lungs were going to explode.
I hate high altitude.
Now cleaning my room, blasting Christmas music and drinking hot berry green tea. Yum.
Can’t wait to run when I get home though. Sea level here I come!
WIW - The Frick Edition
Last Week = 133.5
This Week = 135.0
Frick frick frick.
WTF.
How have I gained 1.5 lbs in a week?
I cut out diet soda completely - that should count for something RIGHT? Wrong. Diet soda helps me feel full with my meals and now without it maybe I’m eating too much? Maybe I’m just not being active enough?
I just can’t even….
sigh.
UGH PB YOU RUIN THINGS WITH YOUR DELICIOUSNESS
Breakfast:
2 egg whites and 1 egg
Tomatoes
Onions
1 small tortilla
1/2 avocado
ketchup
~360 Calories
Snack:
2 mandarins
80 Calories
Lunch:
1/2 avocado
1 cucumber
1 small tortilla
BBQ sauce and mustard
~250 Calories
Snack:
1 banana and PB
more PB
MORE PB
EVEN MORE PB
? Calories (maybe about 350 to 400 ish?)
Ugh. Why can’t I stop eating PB! It’s so yummy.
But it...
surfnrunnr asked: What do you plan on doing once you are done with Peace Corps? Its apparent that you are making a tremendous impact in Guatemala & for your self! (PS +100 lbs is legendary!)
Toilet paper roll Christmas crafts because I'm...
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I love these little buggers, but boy do they wear you out!
Here are a few photos from our camp this week.
Such personal injuries sustained include:
Bruised/FELT LIKE IT WAS SHATTERED hand while playing capture the flag
Plantar fasciitis pain from Blob Tag
Skinned knee trying to show off my badass mediocre backhand tricks and cartwheels
We’ll see what tomorrow brings!
me...
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Try new fruit!
Here we have a fruit called Sapote, and besides looking creepily like a va-jay-jay, it is also a soft edible fruit native to Mexico, Central and South America.
So I tried it for the first time and it wasn’t too shabby! It’s not too sweet, but also sweet enough and kind of reminds me of squash. I would definitely try it again.
So what are you waiting for? Try something new that...
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Confession
I feel that nothing can beat 2010 on the amazingness-o-meter. 2010 was the best year of my life. Full of spectacular triumphs and failures, but all for a better and happier me.
Don’t get me wrong, 2011 has had a few very remarkable and many fantastic moments.
But, nothing beats 2010. I’m afraid nothing will.
Doesn’t that just sound crazy?
WIW
Last weigh-in (November 12, 2011) = 132.2
This week = 133.5
So it’s been a ridiculously long time since my last WIW. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still weighing myself and still seeing the number climb every damn day, but I haven’t been so keen on posting exact numbers. So since I only have FOURTEEN DAYS until I’m home I need to be more honest with myself and you...
I have an addiction to diet soda.
I think know this is hindering my weight loss.
Must. Kick. Habit.
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Just finished an almost 3 mile hike UP A MOUNTAIN...
BAM.
There’s something.
Tomorrow?
Kid’s camp… That’s bound to burn many of calories.
COME KICK MY ASS
So I’m home in 17, COUNT ‘EM 17 DAYS! But, I have a problem. I have fallen off the wagon and have no motivation to work out or eat well.
Somebody please get on a flight to Guatemala, take a five hour chicken bus ride to my site, walk ten minutes through corn fields and brave a brigade of evil street dogs to come kick my ass!
I know I’m going to eat my little heart out and...