first impressions

have you ever wished you could have a first impression do-over???
well,ive been wishing that today.....

my children got invited over to a friends house who lives just a few doors down.they are all bus stop buddies.
well. after a stellar workout that left me a hot sweaty mess, i had to rush home,grab some juice for m and then head to meet the little girls mom at the bus stop. we met up,and headed over to her house. it all started off fine,other than me apologizing for my sweaty post work out self. end then elijah started screaming and wouldnt stop. i had to get onto m a few times,my son said his belly hurt. and elijah screamed and screamed. it took me 10 minutes to gather my kids,get them to help clean up,shoes on,and out their door. i apologized profusely for the baby's behavior. and then as we are walking back home. e stops crying and bailey said he he needed to go to the bathroom. bad.

he then proceeds to have tummy troubles for a little bit.
me being how i am,gave the friends mom,who is 6 months pregnant,a call saying that b was having tummy troubles and she may want to sanitize the toys he was playing with.i would hate it if she were to get sick! i again apologized profusely and invited her and her husband over to dinner here in the next few weeks,when soccer season is over...

and then my son starts throwing up.
not only am i a paranoid wreck,i feel so awful for feeling like i made a bad first impression!
she probably thinks im some unkempt sweaty mess whose has a bratty screaming baby and then brings a sick kid over....
i want a do over please!!!

am i crazy for thinking like that?

anyways,tomorrow will bea rest day from the gym.
which is fine by me. todays HIIT and workout wiped me out.
got in 3.4miles in 24:33----a 7:13 pace!
slowly im getting my speed back!
and an awesome chest/tris/abs workout....

oh and yesterday.....i was able to wear my skinny jeans in public. they are still snug. but they fit!!

now its off to sanitize the house and pray the others dont catch any bug!!!
or maybe he just ate something bad-he did have a lot of sweets at lunch and later asked me if eating too many fruit rollups could make him feel bad. i think he had 8!!????
oh lawdy lawdy!
the paranoia has set in....im still going to sanitize like crazy and hope it was something he ate!

to the moms out there,have any of you called a friends mom to give them a heads up about your kids sickness? is that not a cool thing to do anymore?

farmer elijah

pull up queen!!

fist bump,mamma!

???

nom nom nom!

its monday.....

made the most out of my time in the gym today-
legs/abs with plyos for active rest

4x12 single leg dead leg lift with 
4x30 weighted jump lunge 
4x15 leg curl with 
4x20 ski lunge 
4x24 single leg jump press with 
4x10 jump tucks 
4x15 hip add with 
4x15 hip add with 
30 sec Russian jumps 
quad set of 
4x12 roll out on onex ball 
pikes on ex ball 
weighted up and over with side oblique twist 
4x1 minute planks

then 6 miles on elliptical to cool down

havent done that type of workout in a while and it felt good!
a great way to kick off Monday!

its the climb

well, i did have a post about all my rambling thoughts on marathon training,operation lose the baby weight,workouts and all that good stuff but for some reason it didnt save and got deleted!!!
so a much shorter version....

the good stuff first:
**operation LTBW:
i wasnt supposed to measure until tomorrow,but i went ahead and measured this morning and i am down 2.5 inches!!!!!  very happy about that,since last week i didnt lose anything...
so 6.5 more inches until i reach my goal!!!!!!
now about having a 6 pack by Halloween? ummmm....possible,but i would have to tighten up nutrition. i do good on most days,but here lately,ive been a little bit more relaxed.
one thing is for sure-all my old clothes will fit by then. right now half of my clothes fit--AND i was able to squeeeeeeeze into my skinny jeans and get them buttoned.. however,they are WAY  too tight to wear in public-at least i can get them over my thighs and button them,right??
:D

**workouts:
yesterdays awesome workout was just what i needed to get my mind and attitude out of the craphole.
chest/tris/abs and a HIIT---3.3 miles in 25 minutes-average 7:34 pace.'while still way slower than my normal,it made me feel good mentally,and was a breath of fresh air to the slower miles ive been getting in.
to be brutally honest--
last week and the start of this week haven't gone so well in terms of having my mind in the right place.

**marathon training
sunday's scheduled 17 miler was cut short to a 14 mile day. i felt i bonked at mile 13 and had to stop at 14. (not enough fuel beforehand and i seem to forget that i am still nursing a baby and my body needs those extra calories to make it through longer runs)i was totally mad at myself.
to make things seem longer,my ipod charger has been broken for the past month (and the charger i ordered has STILL not arrived)
 so i was left with no distractions except for my own thoughts--and they were all over the place!
during the run,i was really wishing i had a running partner,really wishing i had a coach,really missing crazy sue,and was really second guessing running a full marathon.i was even thinking that contest prep is so much easier than marathoning, and was contemplating going into full blown prep for a pro show in 8 weeks!(yup,there is a local pro show in my neck of the woods!)

i know i can do the distance,but not sure at all anymore if i can run a marathon at BQ pace. should i just skip the marathon until next year and jump in on the half instead of trying to BQ so soon after a baby? should i wait until my body is stronger and faster??
should i just focus on speed work for shorter distances?
should i just suck it up,and run the marathon anyways,to say i did it,even though i may be really slow?
....................................................
yeah,all sorts of crazy thoughts running around.
i have a lot of options to think about. as for now,training will continue,but i will try harder on the speed days and will not cut my long runs short anymore!
will also try to fuel while running this weekend-ive never refueled during a run before,so we will see how it goes...

that's as long as everyone stays healthy...
my husband has been out of town all week.and every time he leaves town,someone ALWAYS  gets sick. it never fails. this always happens.ALWAYS.
it started with Elijah-double ear infection,then Alex with respiratory issues,and 4 hours before he got home last night,Mckinnley  started throwing up!!!!!!!!
 as most know-i have a phobia of vomit.
i was a wreck until he got home to take over puke patrol.
well,lets face it,im still a nervous wreck.

now im hoping and praying no one else gets that bug!!!!

****other news:
baby E is rolling over now and is cutting 2 teeth-they are almost through!
growing up so fast...

anyways,rambles are over,hope all have a happy Friday!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs&feature=related

Spider in my hair

yesterday while i was loading the dishwasher i felt like i had wispy hair in my eyes-i went to move my hair out of my face,and instead of moving my hair,i felt a spider crawl down the side of my face onto my hand. i jumped out of surprise and flung it on the floor and proceeded to dance and shake my head saying "eeeeewwww!! oh,gross! oh,eeeeeeww!"
little mckinnley then decided to play copycat and dance around the entire living room shaking her whole body while saying "bug!youoooooooo!!!" totally cracked me up!
 we didnt kill the spider,he ran away too fast,but im sure it went back down into the basement where the rest of his family lurks

thats how my day started yesterday-i was able to go to the gym and get a decent chest/tri/abs workout in and then did an easy 4.25miles on the TM. i WAS going to do an 8 mile pace run,but thought i would save that for today.
however,as soon as my daughter got off the bus yesterday,i knew she wasnt feeling well. she didnt run to the house like her brother. when i went up to her she was wheezy and said she was really tired.
we got in,started doing homework and then she was crying saying her chest was hurting her really bad.
i get her to calm down and started the breathing treatments....and then she put herself down for a long nap.

now she is home today from school with a fever and treatments every 2-3 hours.
she is doing much better than last night,which is good,but she is still not 100%
**sigh**
looks like its that time of year again........sickies and germs and all that fun stuff in between!

on a more positive note--my husband is going to look at a treadmill tonight-if its a good one,i will finally have a home TM again!! maybe i can sneak some miles in tonight??
keeping my fingers crossedwe will find a good deal on a treadmill!!

happy thursday!

dairy free? running and workout

ok,gonna make this short and to the point. baby is stirring...
*so yesterday i did 11 miles on the treadmill...and it felt good!
*i measured and i have lost another inch!
*had a great back/bis/abs workout today and 7 miles on elliptical
got in 4x12 each of
lat oull down
lateral curl
straight arm lat pull
standard curl
close grip row
hi cable curl
reverse flys
woodchops
weighted cable crunch downs
roll outs on ex ball
3x 1 minute planks
3x30 weighted russian twists

17 miler scheduled for later this week---im excited!!!!

*now about going dairy free....
Elijah has been on reflux meds for about 6 weeks now and it helps big time!he still spits up on occasion,but nothing like his projectile vomit episodes he had the first 8 weeks of life. however,even with the meds, if i have anything dairy(yogurt,cheese,milk,chocolate,nutella,eggs,etc)his symptoms worsen.

for the past little while,i have tried cutting out dairy for a few weeks then adding it back in,and when i add it back in,he reacts--when i take dairy away,his symptoms go away (projectile "frowups")

i have a strong feeling that baby Elijah is sensitive to dairy products that i eat?

i dont mind skipping the dairy(this will force me to stay away from nutella!and m&m's!),
i do miss the Greek yogurt and cheese-but i would like to start adding in protein shakes again for pre/post workouts
so my question to any out there who has ever gone dairy free-what type of protein powder is good to use?
rice???

updates and confessions,honey booboo

wow,ive been slacking at blogging here lately!!!
still a lot going on here in my world.
im still running and lifting 6-7x per week,
now that fall sports are in full swing
im still being *that* soccer mom who runs and screams up and down the field-(-except this time im not big bellied pregnant-i just have a baby in my arms now,lol!!) (and btw bailey scored his first GOAL last night at his game!!!! and alex scored 2 goals at her scrimmage 2 nights ago)

im still doing the same daily things in the crazy life of.....

and btw,life sure does speed up once you have children...multiply that x 4.....yeah you get the idea...
sometimes i feel like im being pulled in a 100 different directions,having my time and attention needed to be in  so many places at once!

thats when the red cape gets pulled on a little tighter,i call in my sidekick (my husband)-and we divide and conquer!!!
super powers unite!

but all in all,i think we are finally getting the hang of being parents of 4 now! little Elijah is fitting in this family like he's been here all along.
: )

anyways,a few updates and confessions.
updates:
running has been going well this week. i actually did a 25 minute HIIT yesterday that made me feel just a little bit of hope that my speed is returning.
i did 1 minute off and 1 minute on on the TM
my on speeds ranged from 8.0 mph to 10.0mph and my off ranged from 6.2-6.8mph(pre- pregnancy speeds were 7.0-7.5mph off and 9.0-12.0mph for on)
basically got 3.2miles in 24 minutes---which is about a 7:30 mile pace,and is also the fastest training run ive had since the baby has been born.
lifting is going well. im hitting the weights hard at least 5-6x per week. my strength is returning a lot faster than i thought it would----

confessions:
-i didnt drop any inches last week.
 family was in town and the nutrition plan went WAY out the window. and ive only been about 90% back on this week.not sure if the running will compensate for when i take measurements again this weekend. if the numbers dont drop,i can only be mad at myself. no one forced those M&M's down my throat,it was my own free will.

-due to the said lack of inch loss,i have been feeling frustrated. i have been comparing this weight loss journey to my previous baby weight loss journey. and according to the numbers-i only have 3.5 weeks to lose 8-10 inches to be on the same path as last baby.and 7 weeks to see my abs again.
i try to tell myself the reason for the slower progression is because my treadmill died and im not doing fasted morning cardio at home like i did with the last baby.
and then i get mad and tell myself that there should be NO excuses....

-on sunday i had a scheduled long run of 14 miles.
i stopped at mile 11.5.
i was struggling both mentally and physically. this was the first day i have really,sincerely questioned my ability to complete a full marathon at a BQ pace. i questioned if i could handle the distance AND pace because let me tell ya,on Sunday i felt done by mile 4 and really had to dig deep and push through-and i still stopped 2.5 miles short!!! totally pissed me off and my body felt like CRAP afterwards. you really are what you eat i guess-i fueled myself with junk,and i had a junk run!

-and now the biggest confession of all:
i am addicted to watching "here comes honey booboo"
its like a bad train wreck-i want to turn away but i cant stop watching it.
this show is hilariously disturbing and amusing in a redneck sort of way.
and for the record---the people on that show, in no way represents ALL the people from the south.
im from TN,and we dont act that crazy. in some parts,yes,but not in my neck of the woods-(we only act half crazy)

SO that about sums things up in my world---

i knew going into this journey of getting back in shape that there would be the good days,and i also knew it wasn't going to always be sunshine and rainbows.

its time to step up or shut up now.
its time to handle any curve balls that get thrown my way.
no excuses.


ok,ramble/vent over!
its time to recognize,honey booboo!
deuces.

how do YOU handle a minor setback from reaching your goals?




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Mckinnleys version of ABC'S

gotta love it!!!!

she is my goofy goober!!!