Are
you lacking in motivation like I have been recently? You have 2
choices, motivation or not. You can do your workouts and eat right or
you can sit on the couch and eat junk.
Either way, the time is going to go by. How do you want to spend that
time? Do you want to spend it doing something good for yourself that
will make you feel good or do you want to indulge in things that
eventually make you feel bad and cause you bad health?
I don’t know about you, but I’m all for option A. Now, that’s not to
say I stick to it 100% of the time, but I do try. But, sometimes, there
are flare ups of my disordered eating and I feel powerless to resist
them and end up driving to Jack In The Box or
Taco Cabana or wherever strikes my fancy and buying junk to stuff in my
face. This is an ongoing frustration for me because, like I said, I
feel powerless in those times. I know, it “sounds” like a cop-out, but
it’s not. If you’ve suffered from an eating
disorder or from disordered eating, you know what I’m talking about,
but if you haven’t, then I’m happy for you that you don’t know what I’m
talking about.
Anyway,
my intention is not to write a doom and gloom post today. I’ve been a
little silent the last week and I’m sorry. It’s not for any particular
reason other than nothing came
to mind to really write about. Sunday I went to the renaissance
festival (Sherwood Forest Faire) again and had a great time. I bought a
really cool, I don’t even know what to call it, hair crown (?) made of
chain mail and has Swarovski crystals too. I’m
going back to the festival again this Sunday because the author of the
book that was made into my favorite movie of all time (The Last Unicorn)
will be there doing a signing. I’m going to take my hair crown and see
if they can add some chain mail webbing
to the top of it so that it doesn’t slide down the back of my head like
it does right now. And I saw the bagpiper again and he seemed very
happy to see me, kept hugging me, introduced me to the owner of the
festival as his “future bride.” <giggle> Don’t
I wish!
Monday
I just felt like sleeping in so that’s what I did. So I didn’t do this
week’s long run until Tuesday morning. But, it wasn’t much of a LONG
long run, just 5 miles because
I’m in taper right now for this Sunday’s half marathon. It was a
really good 5 miles too. I had an average pace of 10:47 I think…very
nice indeed. So, since I didn’t do that 5 miler on Monday as originally
planned, that means I have to do 2 runs back to
back this week, but that’s okay, they’re both my shorter, 3 mile,
runs. This morning I ran 3 miles with an average pace of 10:28 so I was
cruising right along (for me, anyway). So, tomorrow morning I’ll run
another 3 miles. I think I have a second 3 mile
course mapped out that I can run so I don’t run the same thing I ran
this morning. If not, then I’ll just do my 3.3 mile route.
So,
on this Sunday’s half marathon (part of the Biggest Loser series), I
had originally been scheduled to work a double, 16-hr shift tomorrow
night, and then I work Saturday afternoon.
I checked the race’s website and I didn’t find anything saying there
was going to be race day packet pick-up and so I deduced that my only
option was the packet pick up Saturday morning. So, I canceled my
overtime for tomorrow night. Well, today, the race
director sends out an email detailing what all will happen during 11
and 4 on Saturday for the packet pick up and then it detailed race
morning’s chain of events. Right at the top of the list, at 6am is
listed that the festival area opens and RACE PACKET
PICK UP opens. FML. Seriously? Then, at work today, they sent out an
email asking for overtime for tomorrow night in the area where I was
supposed to work but canceled. I thought about emailing them and
telling them that my plans changed AGAIN and I can
work tomorrow after all, but then, I remembered that all the experts
say that it’s not the night before the race that your sleep quality
really matters, but the night before that. So, after a little back and
forth with myself, I opted to keep my overtime
for tomorrow as is: canceled…in favor of a good night’s sleep. Plus,
there are other errands I want to run Saturday morning before and after
packet pick up and before going to work.
I
went to the fabric/craft store the other day and picked up some stuff.
I bought the fabric that I will use to make my first set of pixie wings
with…it’s purple shimmer and oh my
was it pricey! $9/yd! Good thing I had a 50% off coupon! Anyway, I
also bought the “Once Upon A Time” stack of scrapbook paper (12x12) so
that I can start working on my renaissance festival scrapbook. Then, I
went on Amazon.com and found the “Once Upon
A Time” 12x12 album for only $9! So, when my paycheck hits the bank,
I’ll be ordering that AND I’ll be ordering the hot pink boots that I
will wear with my pink/lavender/purple pixie outfit that I’m going to
make during my two 4-day weekends in April. I
have plans to wear that outfit when I go to the Scarborough festival in
Waxahachie, TX sometime next month or in May with Amanda and our friend
Vanessa. My favorite photographers don’t have a booth at Scarborough,
so if all 3 of us can go, then I’ll pay to
have a photo taken by the Olde Tyme photographers, you know the ones
that take like the Old West style photos? Same people, but with
renaissance in mind instead of the old west.
I
need to buy some more black ink for my printer this weekend so I can
start printing out the photos from the renaissance festivals so that
when I get the album I can start putting
pages together. Oh yes, I need to buy fairy and unicorn and other
renaissance type stickers to add to the pages. And some doilies and
other things that are pretty and bring to mind renaissance festivals to
me. Flowers…little “jewels”…stuff like that.
I
think I have decided on what I want to change the name of this blog
to. I checked on domain pricing when I got home from work tonight and guess what! It's a LOT cheaper than I thought it would be, so in the morning I'll be buying the new domain name and doing a big reveal. And don’t worry, I’ll link
this blog address to the new domain so you
can still navigate to the new one with the
insecurechubbygirl.blogspot.com address. I’ll make sure it autolinks to
the new domain.
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