August 2010 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Weekly Check-in
How did everyone do this week?
I'm posting and running, I'll update when I get home 
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I didn't do so well at working out or eating well this week. We had parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday and Thursday night, so I didn't get to work out those days and the school ordered in food. I had friends down for the weekend so we didn't eat very well.
But I did just get back from working out for nearly 2 hours! I worked out alone for 45 minutes, then tried Zumba for the first time, which was an hour long class. I'm going to be honest: I didn't like Zumba. I took dance classes for 13 years, and I felt like a fool. I could learn these dance easily if I were able to go to the classes each week, but they expect you to know them (which I can't blame the instructor for at all) and be a weekly attendee. However, none of the classes offered are held when I am off of work, so I've never been nor will I ever be able to be a regular attendee. I think I would have a lot of fun if I knew the dances, though, so I can see how so many people enjoy it.
I lost almost 2 pounds over the past two weeks. (Not where I want to be, but I guess it's better than nothing) I strained a tendon in my foot so I've been off the treadmill for a few days. I hope to be back tomorrow. Other than that, nothing to report.
aweiba: Don't worry, I felt the same way at my Zumba class. I'm sure my second class wouldn't have been as bad, but I didn't go back.
I dropped another 2 pounds last week, but I think I drank my weight in beer this weekend. Oops.
I ran 21 miles last week. My long 8mi run on Saturday was almost 20 seconds/mile faster than the previous week. I am getting excited for my race but I don't want to jinx myself.
I managed to drop 1.2 lbs last week - and I have no idea how! I haven't done a real workout in almost 2 weeks, but I have been trying to sneak in activity where I can (like taking the stairs while I was away for work - we were on the 10th floor!)
I tried to be as diligent as possible with my eating too, so maybe that helped.
This week I want to really watch my intake and force myself to get back into the groove of working out. The beginning of the semeter always seems to derail my efforts - I am super stressed and overly tired. So, now that we are starting our 3rd week, I am hoping to be 'in the groove' a bit more and be able to get at least my 4 workouts in this week.
My goal is to reach my 10% this week (25 by the 25th?!) That's 4 pounds, so I am not sure if that is attainable, but I am going to try! I will be happy with any loss though!
I didn't lose anything last week. Which really if you look at my eating habits its not surprising. I've kinda been letting myself slip with eating. I worked out 4 times, also not my goal. But each workout I did do was challenging.
I signed up for two races last week, the Shamrock 5k in March and a 5 mile earth day run on April 21st. I started the training today for the 5 miler. I modified Hal Higdons 8k plan and incorporated our weight training. I've never, in my life, ran 5 miles straight. So I'm nervous but I think it will help me get past my mental block that I have.
So this weeks goal, getting back on track!
You go girl!! You can do it!
I only got to the Y once. A runny nose has stopped me from going back. I figured people didn't want to see my constantly wiping my nose while I was on the treadmill.