August 2012
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What a great day
The day got off to a regular start: hitting snooze three times, missing the train, arriving at work 2 minutes late all red faced and heavy breathing. No makeup (It’s this thing I’m doing. Called Lazy). And then work hit me in the face, but in a good way, and suddenly it was time to go home, wait, time to run home. So I changed. Switched my goodies (keys, phone, ID, debit card) to my...
You Can't Out-Exercise a Bad Diet.
You can’t out-exercise a bad diet. Trust me, I’ve tried. I’ve run three full marathons for goodness sake, and attended five or six classes of crossfit a week (for months!) all without seeing the scale budge. And the only reason for that? I’m simply consuming too much.
From healthy, good food, to bad, junk food, my intake is simply too high. And I hate how I know this. I see this. Day...
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I will run tonight. I will run tonight. I will run tonight.
I was certain yesterday at work I would run in the evening. Certain. But then when push came to shove, “I was just soooooooo tired and it was soooooo cold and sooooo windy outside.” And so I didn’t.
Excuses. Excuses. Excuses.
Tonight I’ll run. I have to run. I’ll run 6km (3.8 miles) no matter what. Whether it’s rain, or...
Oh hai there Little Blog…
Remember me? Well didn’t I just fall off the Internet radar for a few days? I did, indeed I did. And I kept thinking of all these super-awesome (obviously) posts I wanted and/or needed to write, but then y’know, life got in the way of the Internet.
So, what is there to say? I feel bullet points coming on…
Matt and I hit 6 months on Saturday. WHEN AND HOW...
on blogging.
I really like blogging, I don’t know why, but I do. It’s this neat, little world where I can share the ups and downs of my life, all chronological and neatly stored online. There is even a search button (and depending on the day it actually sometimes works).
I like how I get to share my life photos, on my blog, on my little corner of the Internet, and then people hit...
This week on my Facebook newsfeed: two weddings, a baby boy named Charlie, an “I’m preggers” announcement, a second house bought, an engagement, a new job (mind you, at Tumblr too), and well, I shall not lie y’all (hush, it’s a convenient word, mmk?), I am FEELING RATHER INADEQUATE AT THE MOMENT.
How am I 27 again? How is this not what I thought my life would be? How...
Sunday.
I shudder at the cliche-ness of that quote, but really, it’s SO TRUE. I woke up this morning feeling sorry for myself. I literally lay in bed for a good hour wishing I was home in Toronto, wishing I could go horse riding, wishing I had plans, wishing I had friends to call.
And so in my pondering I figured the day had two potential ways to go:
Stay in bed all day and make love to...
Little {and Awesome} Things
So it’s official, walking lunges are the devil. I can still hardly walk today. The muscle pain in my thighs and/or posterior, rump, booty, ghetto booty, cushion for the pushin’, derrier, rump is so bad I have to use my arms to lower/raise myself off seats.
I’ve never had a job where I’ve been this busy. My oh my how time flies when you’re in the zone.
I was...
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This post could go two ways:
Tonight at crossfit the WOD (workout of the day) was “400 meters of walking lunges.” That’s it. That’s all. It was a 36 meter loop we had to lunge around 11 times. Plus another 4 meters. No stopping. No breaks. No hands on knees. No pausing. Penalty for a pause was 20 kettle bell swings.
I double dog dare you to try 10 lunges in a row right...
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Crossfit vs Running
In a bizarre side effect of being overweight, I have found myself deep in the world of crossfit and deep in the world of running. Mind you, never together.
I’ve run three full marathons (Chicago, Las Vegas and Berlin), two 30 km races (19 miles), run five half marathons, done numerous smaller races, and completed a 20km (16 miler) Tough Mudder challenge. That was all in the past.
I now find...
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What a weekend!
One of my biggest concerns moving to a new city was finding friends. Obviously. Legit concern, right? Right. Finding a good group of girlfriends is no easy feat. Most friend groups are formed slowly, over many years, from primary, elementary, high school or university when you’re surrounded by people your own age. And then you get old. And everybody’s groups are formed. And it’s...
in an unusual turn of events, i won.
on my way home from crossfit:
dinner dinner dinner. i am so hungry. what should i have for dinner? okay. no food at home, have to spend money. sweet, i’ll pick up a subway on my way home. a 12” veggie. no. wait. 6”. 12” is way too much bread. oh but then i’ll want their cookies too. can’t go to subway. don’t trust myself. fish n’ chips! but...
I can do better.
I can do better than this. I’ve done better than this. And I will do better than this.
On Friday when I got that rejection email I went numb, it was like the world stopped for a moment, and then suddenly my life was The Worst Life In The World.
Suddenly my bad day, became a bad life.
And then I felt it. This weird emotion sweep over my body. I was sad, upset and so annoyed at myself, and...
Watching the Olympics has really made me want to...
THIS.
I didn’t get the job.
I’ve written this post 1,001 times in my head, but still, it’s hard to write. The job was something I truly wanted, a job I believed in, and most importantly a job where I really thought I could be a great asset to growing the company.
I saw their email as I was waiting for my train this morning, and the words stung through my body. I went numb. However, the third interview...
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