i'm a pear she's a pear

My sisters and I are all going to be together on Thursday in SC with our mom...this only means one thing,
pear overload!!!!
Genetics plays a huge role in body shape.
And we got the pear shape going on big time.
And we are all working hard against it. Trying to shape it into the best pear possible.
YAY, I ran 3 days in a row and feel amazing. I have done arms weight training and the dreaded.ab-ripperP90X. (otherwise known as my personal whine/cry/bitch/complain time)

pear paring tip #3
If you want to speed up the pear paring process, schedule cardio training two times per day! AM running session, PM biking session...

pearly around anymore

sooooo sorry!
exams in full swing at school, and so i must work...not blog...
but here i am anyway :) lol
i have eaten badly, sorry to disappoint! It just happens, I never plan for it to happen, just a spur of the moment "cheeseburger?" why YES thank you....lol
BUT
I have run. yea running, it fills my soul with hope. hope of a new day, hope that all is well, hope that i can make it through another day.
i heart running.
that is all.

sickly pear

ugh...
just when things are zipping along, i get sick!! It started sore throat, cough, stomach and just general yuck-o feeling! I haven't been able to work out at all, which is making me C-r-A-Z-y!!!!!
oh well... it will pass and i will be doing some make up :)

pear paring tip #2
include interval training in your cardio work out!!

pear-ific :) day :)

some days are long. and horrible. and the eating....well out of control. and the exercise, non-existent.
but today
ahhhhh....so pear-ific!!
I had a great sleep (something that doesn't really happen often, i mean i sleep, but if somehow i wake up in the night, i am awake for hours!! my brain won't stop thinking, planning, organizing...) wow, this post is NOT about sleep...
so anyway, great sleep...very nice good looong run, that was easy. Some runs are easy, some are not.
nice ab work out :)
and eating went well today. very well.
and now what?
keep going baby.
pears ROCK!

Pear Paring tip #1
Do 45 minutes of cardio activity every day :)

i pear-ly understand

how this body of mine works...
today i actually look like I have run the last 6 days. that i have eaten less the last 6 days. that i have been nicer to myself the last 6 days.
so if it can happen for 6 days, why not 12. or 28 or 64???
it is beyond me.
i go in spurts. working hard, hardly working...

pear-ly ready....

i DO NOT want to go back to work!! I have so enjoyed my time off, my days with family, my laziness and my running and freedom to work out schedule :)
I am not ready for the "schedule" to come back. the schedule that rules our worlds... ugh!
anyway
bad news for me:
check THIS out... the worst for me is #5... wear high heeled shoes??!!! LOL i only believe in flip flops, running shoes and UGG boots, so this is NOT good for me.
but running today was very good for me and yoga today was very good for me.
gonna keep focusing on the good things!

no pear for thanksgiving

well made it okay through the day... I really DID NOT eat that much! Had a great healthy breakfast, steel cut oats with banana and pecans and then ate a reasonable thanksgiving meal :) Just got back from a great run again, even though I froze!! I saw some snow on my run :( I feel good though, and I am struggling to decide how to keep everything up when work starts again! Boo!!

another pear-utiful morning!

sooo GOOD this morning!!!
My run was easy and amazing, and now that I am in the habit of doing it, I don't want to stop!!
My abs were s-o-r-e from yesterday, but alas, I must keep going... so again AB Ripper X! I will conquer you soon!!
A fun day cooking and baking with my side kick (14 yr old daughter) I love her helping me and I love that she loves it!

thanksgiving break

besides the MANY MANY things I have to be thankful for, one of them is this...
i get to work out everyday FOR SURE (no excuses) everyday for 7 days :)
Today: AB ripper X (P90X ab dvd) and a 5 mile run. nice. really nice. like makes me feel GREAT nice. like makes me think i can wear skinny jeans nice....
okay i sort of got carried away on that last one. no one needs to see skinny jeans yet.
but maybe after day 7 .... hahahaha

remember when....

my baby sister Molly said this...
well, she is right.
love me the way i am.
take care of me the way i am.
do the best that i can.
my own pep talk.

well pears should not try to be... ummm.... hourglass?

okay, i dream about being hourglass.
i want to be hour glass... something other than pear.
but i have no idea how to change pear shape.
still p 90 x-ing as well as running.... eating risotto right now, so probably safe to say that i am not really eating as healthy as i should.


i do not want this pear. shape.
re-shape.
now.
!.
.

a little p 90 a lttle running

and a little food.
=
a better me!
I feel so much better just getting moving again! I had 2 days of p90X and then a great run this morning with my running partner! I love running in the chilly weather :) makes me feel alive!
A little coffee, cheerios w/banana and i am off to Mac's soccer game. Life is good. yes.

day 1

P90X is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
I started this am and let me tell you, WOW! I didn't know just how out of shape i was! LOL 20 push-ups=hard!
It feels good to get back into it, well good in the sense that my flab was jiggling all over the place, reminding me just how out of shape I have gotten. wow, nothing like a little jiggle to make you want to cry in the morning.
the jiggle will stop, the eating will be good and i will conquer!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps, i am going to try the positive, motivate myself approach this time :)

time to STOP eating the donuts...

hi
im back, pear shaped and flabby!
ha! I have been taking a break, why? who knows...just cant seem to get it all together, and now it certainly ISNT all together, it is all flabby and out there and, well, i am done with that!
so tomorrow (haha i laugh just saying that) begins THE EXTREME ME.
nah, not really, well, really i am starting something, i just thought i would call it something different.
really it will be the "last ditch effort to not be the fattest sister at thanksmas diet and exercise program" i can't even keep up with my running partner anymore, so i have to go it alone! LOL
t-minus 28 days to thanksmas, watch out!

all things considered...

exercise... not making any difference

no food...not making any difference

i have a problem... i can't lose weight! get skinni-er...

ugh. not even get rid of pear, but be a thin pear.

going to the gyno, gonna get this figured out.

anyone done the b12 shots?

feel like my metabolism needs a swift kick in the a$$.

ugh.

pears metabolized

okay, i have been appropriately "tsk tsk'ed" by my baby sister.
We need to love whatever vegetable we might be.
I lost that. I have been through a slump lately...not liking my pear shape. Not wanting the pear shape.
2 things have made this happen...
1. I almost completely stopped working out for 2 months. Just didn't feel like it, didn't want to, didn't think it would matter that much. But OH HOW IT MATTERS TO PEARS!!
2. I am getting old. As in my metabolism has just abruptly stopped working...or so it feels this way.

What does this mean?

I have had to work extra hard in the exercise department in order to get some sort of shape back... and I have really had to follow a stricter diet, one that allows for an, uh uhm, aging woman.

So far...pleased with results.
So far...going well.
So far...

pear demise?

nope. still here, still fighting, still trying to un-pear.
I am doing great! exercising daily, the whole insanity thing. and let me tell you it is insane. seriously insane.
I am doing mostly well in my eating. I have been stricter (more strict?) on my eating.
clean eating.
i have eaten veggie burgers and spicy black bean burgers.
yum
i am roasting chicken right now, smells good :)
i have given up beer except on weekends.
its a start
don't judge.

pears can b-o-x

I boxed again on Tuesday morning...probably not a great decision, since I couldn't even move to get out of bed! lol...but I sure felt better Tuesday night! I was talking to my friend who I box with (she is not a pear, she is an apple) and we both decided it is best to get up early and work out in the am. Even getting up in pitch black. Going out in the c-c-c-c-old. It is so worth it later in the day. It feels GREAT! Again with the running on Wednesday and lifting weights on Thursday.... and here we are Friday :) Friday mornings there is no boxing :( no bueno. So I will have to make myself go for a run or something.
Now eating: I command you to get under control TODAY!

sore, bruised pear...

so..... i really went ALL OUT in boxing today and I am sore. I am sore...it is a fun and beautiful thing! I love to be sore because it makes me feel like i actually did something. I am not sure that is scientific or anything, just my personal feelings.
I did more abs than I have done in 6 months.
I did more cross jab combos than I have ever done...I kicked ass!! And I am super excited and proud of myself.
I also have eaten very little today, based on the fact that I had a crown and it is still SORE. ugh... but feeling positive :)

a pear deduction

I can eat, or not eat. I can exercise or not exercise.
Nothing changes the pear shape.
But I feel better when I eat better. I feel better when I exercise more. I feel more alive when I am working hard. I am stronger and healthier.
I am running.
I am Insanity-ing.
I am kick boxing.
I am strong.

insanity strikes...

Well, this pear is insane, it is insane that I am still a pear, and I get insane at the way my clothes fit at the same time I am insanely in love with eating donuts.
Insanity. check it out.
no not in the dictionary, we know what that means check it out here.
starting Monday Feb 8.