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February 21st, 2012 | Posted by admin in deep thoughts | exercise | fitness | food | Glasgow | health | Scotland | shopping | spinning | stress | UK | walk | workout - (3 Comments)

I am sure all of you had normal mornings. I am sure none of you had to jump out a WINDOW to get out of your living accommodation. I did. See, my key doesn’t work well and I have a hard time unlocking it from the inside. I tried and kicked at it and swore for a good 20 minutes before I gave up, climbed up on to the window sill, and jumped. I then went in the front of the building and unlocked the door easily from the outside. Seriously, this is my life.

When I got to the office, I found it open and some random guy at my computer. He didn’t know it was my desk- granted I haven’t really personalized it….

I then proceeded to leave my umbrella at the coffee shop (I later retrieved it). And then I managed to snap off the wrappy bit of the umbrella and now it is closed by a hair elastic.

My gym workout was less than stellar. I didn’t even want to BE there, but I did 10 on the spin bike (I need a spin cushion seat!) and 10 on the elliptical, and then a bit of weights, and then I walked home via Tesco- all in all the workout was 1.5 hours and burned 560 calories. I counted the walk home as part of it, it being partially uphill and me carrying a ton of crap in my backpack.

Now, today being pancake Tuesday I decided to make pancakes. I should have realized that given the fact I can’t cook at all (other than pasta and simple things) that even a pre-made pancake mix would be a disaster. Which it was. The first one had powder in it, and the second was burned and runny. Steph, come back! I then tried to make tea (with tea leaves) and managed to mess that up as well. So I am very glad I had a backup dinner plan (pasta, faux mince and roasted veggies) which is almost done. (Jen, help! I need a big canister of parmesan, the ones here are so tiny!!!)

The rest of the night’s plan is to watch last night’s House, and perhaps more Sherlock. (Of course I will watch more Sherlock, I can’t help myself! I am such a Cumberbitch!) I also want to get through some more of the Cyber bullying book I am reading that is due in a few days.

Tomorrow I need to run errands, get my ashes, and read more.

I also need to figure out what I am giving up for Lent. I was thinking about shopping but I mean, really. Then I thought about giving up swearing, and I was like yeah, that isn’t frigging happening. Last year I gave up diet Coke. I should give up eating brownies at the library. Hrm.

If so inclined, what are you giving up for Lent?

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Update on all the things

January 25th, 2012 | Posted by cindy in exercise | Glasgow | grad school | health | life | running | Scotland | shopping | UK | update - (1 Comments)

Flat: We have put the deposit down on the flat, and hopefully should be moving 1st February if not sooner, which is what I wish. My back is not a big fan of the crappy mattress at the hostel.

Illness: I guess I am back to about 95%. My throat hurts sometimes when I wake up but I think that has to do with the ridic heat/dryness at said hostel.

Working out: Well, suffice to say I haven’t done anything other than walking about since the 10K. Now that I don’t feel like utter crap, I plan to either start running again (weather permitting) or hitting the gym. While I am still not within walking distance of uni, I have a 5 day pass to a gym close to the hostel I will be using ASAP.

Uni: I met with my professor. I have to rework my proposal and whatnot and we are meeting again next week. Unfortunately I cannot locate my proposal AT ALL. I don’t even have a hard copy; I looked through all the paperwork I had here. Unless it is hidden away somewhere and I have no idea where that would be, I am kind of screwed. I can rewrite it, but I preferred not to reinvent the wheel and just wanted to edit the old one. So I have started over. I have 71 words written. Great start, right?

Still looking into getting a new computer. My old Dell laptop is slow and the cable doesn’t stay plugged in. I will get one with my office, but it won’t be “mine,” nor will it be a laptop. Also I don’t know when space will be allocated for me.

Fandom: Still a Cumberbitch. I can’t help it. I clearly need help, stat.

And I am off to get some errands done.

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Boxing day 10K!

December 27th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in exercise | running - (0 Comments)

Yesterday I ran a 10K as part of the home for the holidays virtual 10K. I wanted to do it on Christmas but it just wasn’t in the cards.

I had to work yesterday and I had a later start than I intended, so I knew I needed to move quickly. I headed to the windy track and got started. I had some technical malfunctions so that I had to reset my timer twice. This annoyed me b/c then I had to do some math to make sure I had the actual 10K mileage.

It was cold in the suburbs of Boston, so I wanted to keep moving as much as I could. So I pretty much alternated run for one song, walk for the next and on and on. Depending on the length of the song I would sometimes run for 2 or more. As I got warmer and comfortable, I felt like I could go on for even longer than the 10K, which is encouraging considering 2 months ago, running for 30 seconds was torture. I also wanted to go as quickly as possible because I needed to get back home and get ready for work. I can’t believe I ran a 10K before working a 5 hour shift on my feet the day after Christmas. Who am I? I am pleased I did it in under 2 hours and felt amazing the entire time. I hope to run an actual 10K when I get back to Scotland. :)

I look like a total dork in this photo, but there wasn’t anyone around to take a picture, and I don’t have a full length mirror.

I feel fine today my feet and legs do not hurt at all. This is the first day in ages that my feet aren’t hurting. Wow. Apparently I needed to run 6 miles and then work all afternoon in my nice boots to make my feet not hurt. Totally random.

I really wanted to run today, but I am watching my nieces and there was no way I was getting up at like 6am to run. I won’t be running until Friday when I have a day off.

I could use a nap right now actually. :)

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Christmas wishlist

December 13th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in David Tennant | deep thoughts | Doctor Who | exercise | fitness | Glasgow | goals | grad school | health | life | motivation | nsv | Scotland | shopping | workout - (1 Comments)

Wow 2 posts in one day? Who am I?

In my new {almost} running shoes I banged out nearly a 6k in under an hour. AND despite not thinking I would have a new PR, I DO! Thanks to my clever oldest niece who had showed me how to take screencaps on my iphone you can see it. Go me!

The sky was very, very blue today. It was such a great day out for a run!

Now, to the actual point of this post. This Christmas isn’t going to be great. In fact, in some ways it’s going to suck, and there isn’t anything I can do about it. I miss my mum, end of. So I decided to try to make myself feel better by coming up with the most crazy Christmas wishlist, a top ten you may say. Please do not think that I actually believe I will get any of these things. Especially #1. I wish!

10. All this retail work has made my nails a mess. I’d love a shellac manicure and a pedicure {I don’t even need toe polish I would just kill for the foot rub!} to start off the New Year right!

9. I could sure use this for my iphone.

8. Since I am being totally frivolous here, I can see myself in Buchanan Square with this bag.

7. While I am waiting for the coffee {see below} I should stretch.

6. I will need plenty of coffee to keep me going, so those Starbucks gift cards are always welcome. :)

5.Since I am going to be working hard on my thesis for my PhD, a new computer would be a huge asset! In my dreams, I know! I can be reasonable, even if it is still a stretch.

4. I guess new super cool running shoes would be great to get as well! The New Balance 993′s would be perfect. Grey/pink is fine. Size 7. :)

3. Now that I am running I really need a Road Id. I’d like the wrist id slim, in black. But I think I need to wait until I move until I get it.

2. While I’d love to have this at my door as well I will probably have to settle for this.

Or this, even.

1. What I would really love most of all would be to open the door on Christmas and have this waiting for me.

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Catch up update

December 13th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in fitness | life | running - (0 Comments)

I always start my blog posts when I am running and can think clearly. Then by the time I get home, I’m tired and sweaty and get involved in doing other things. So I am hoping I can remember some of these random things that have been in my head.

Saturday I worked all day. I must have zipped a million North Face jackets. I was thrilled when the day was over b/c my feet were killing.

Sunday I went for a run and read. Not very exciting I know.

Monday I went for a run{ish} and read and then I met up with my former roommate in our old neighborhood for a few hours. She showed me her new place and it is just how I want my new flat to be in Glasgow. Now if only I can turn that in to a reality!

Today I need to go run again and maybe get some laundry done. I work Wed-Saturday. However right now I just want to go back to sleep. I’m hoping to get motivated soon.

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TGIF

December 9th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in couch to 5k | exercise | life | running | weigh ins | weight | weight loss | workout - (1 Comments)

TGIF! Not that it really has any relevance to me, as I have to work tomorrow. But I know it does matter and is relevant to most other people I know.

Today was a good day. I managed a great run with a new 3 mile PR of 45:45!

Full workout time:

I was really surprised I did it, as my foot has been hurting. I was glad to get outside even though it was cold, and to wear my new running tights! They were so comfy and amazing. I may have to get another pair!

Anyways, my foot. It’s hurting on the top across right where my toes meet my foot. I have no idea what this is, and I am sure I should see a doctor, but I am giving it another day or so as I will have to go to the ER as there is no way I am spending $25 to go into the city to see my primary only to have her send me off for an xray when I can just do that at the ER. If there was a walk in care clinic around, I would go to that, but unfortunately no.

I also am still not seeing any results on the scale. I am running longer and faster, which is great, but for all this calorie burning I would like to see something change! I know it is a number on the scale and it shouldn’t define me, but it’s really hard not to. I suppose I should do measurements again; I have to find a measuring tape.

I have to work tomorrow, as I said. It is going to be another long day, but then I am off until Wednesday unless they ask me to come in on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!

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Mid week catch-up

December 9th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in boring cindy is boring | life | running - (2 Comments)

I’ve been meaning to blog every evening and things keep happening where I just don’t get the chance.

Sunday:
I am pretty sure I went for a run. What else I did, I couldn’t tell you.

Monday:
I worked for the first time. I worked in men’s furnishings{not the department I was hired to work in LOL} and amused myself for part of the day by picking out tie and shirt combos for David Tennant. I was told it was supposed to be a slow day. Yeah. Not so much. It was busy. So busy I made my selling goal before lunch. By the end of the day I wanted to cry b/c my feet were killing.

Tuesday:
I am pretty sure Tuesday was the laundromat debacle. The entire thing was a huge fuckup, and let’s just leave it at that. I know I ran today. It was mild. It was humid. It was a good run.

Wednesday: I went into Boston to do the bio metrics for my student visa. It was raining. Ick.

Today: I took my sister to her LASIK surgery. I had a gingerbread latte. It was nice.

Not a very exciting week, I know. Tomorrow I have a run planned. I also want to pick up my check and go to the grocery store and get groceries, as well as lunch for my Saturday work shift.

*Note I realize now that it is Thursday not Wednesday, which would be mid week.*

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Sunday catchup

December 4th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in exercise | fitness | Glasgow | goals | health | life | motivation | running | Scotland - (0 Comments)

Thank everyone for all the kind words. I am so excited about going back to Scotland!

Since I last posted I had a work shift at work, which I thought was going to be me actually working. But it was an orientation that ended early. I work for real tomorrow- not in the department I am supposed to be in, but in mens. Nine hours. Should be fun. My feet are already dreading it.

This week I work Monday and Saturday. Wednesday I go to Boston to do biometric data for my visa, and Thursday I have a family obligation. The following week I have more shifts, including 2 days working at the Coach counter!

Today I have been for a run and am going out soon to do some errands. I did 3.1 miles in 47 minutes, which is 3 minutes shaved off my previous PR. I am getting faster! I I wish all this running and activity would show up as a result on the scale or at least in my jeans! Of course it doesn’t help that I dry them in the dryer, or at least that is what I tell myself.

Overall I got an hour in, which I am happy with. I technically didn’t work out yesterday. It was freezing out and by the time I got home from work it was getting dark. I cleaned my room and moved things around instead. I *should* have gotten up early yesterday, but I didn’t sleep well the night before and decided that sleep was more important, since I thought I was actually working yesterday. Whether or not I manage to get up early tomorrow and walk or run is another story b/c I know after nine hours on my feet I will not want to come home at 6:45ish and do anything but crash. {I haven’t worked on my feet like that in years, and teaching certainly doesn’t count since I could sit whenever I felt like it, so yeah I am being a wuss about it LOL.}

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December goals

December 1st, 2011 | Posted by cindy in couch to 5k | exercise | fitness | goals | health | life | motivation | running | workout - (8 Comments)

I haven’t really been setting any goals, unless sleeping as much as possible or setting the record for re-watching Mad Dogs counts. No? I didn’t think so.

So my goal for this month {unless I am sick or dying or something} is to work out every day. Even if I am working. Even if I have to get up earlier to run, or come home and do a video. I am proud to say that I achieved this goal today. I even managed a new PR for myself which was 3 miles in 50 minutes. I managed the first 2 in about 30 minutes {today was a C25K day}. I started the HRM a bit early to make sure it was working and left it on as I stretched at the end.

I’m feeling especially good about this because in the past I always shied away from working out outside when it got cooler. It made me wheezy which I didn’t care for. But now that I am an adult and have an inhaler for this, I really have no excuse not to hit the outdoors. It was chilly but not, freezing. I think I was overdressed, but it was hard to tell leaving the house.

I did really feel it in my feet and legs and am SO happy to be getting new trainers tonight!

Other than that, I can say that my super secret secret should be revealed any day now. :) So if you are in the know, shhhhh! And if you aren’t, but have perhaps guessed, all shall be revealed as soon as possible.

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Truthful Tuesday

November 29th, 2011 | Posted by cindy in exercise | fitness | health | life in general | money woes | surgery | true confession tuesday | walk | workout - (3 Comments)

{I really need better titles}

Since I last posted I . . . .
*still have received no comments. And whether or not it’s bad manners or tacky to keep whinging on about it, it is my blog and I can say what I want.
*have walked/run 12.5 miles. I know for some of you that’s a day’s total, but it’s better than nothing. {and my dad doesn’t believe me that I did a 5K today.}
*have continued to purse super secret plans.
*obsessed over the fact that one bit of my surgical revision site hasn’t healed well.
*read 2 novels.
*made 2 trips to the grocery store.
*have gone to the library.
*got a part time job for the month of December.

That’s pretty much it in a nutshell. I can tell you I will be working in a major department store in a what I call funky clothes section. I have basic training tomorrow, and department training Saturday. {I’ve worked retail at Christmas so I know what it’s like.} I will be working days so I am hoping I will be able to get home while it is still light out to walk/run.

I’m pretty tired right now; I had a hard time sleeping last night, so I think I am going to catch up on some tv and read.

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