week6 #WWW

this week's questions:

1. What have you done this past week to help you achieve your goals?
2. New month! Fresh starts! How are you feeling in February?
3. Are you competitive? Do you find that seeing how well {or not so well} others do pushes you?
4. What is your favourite outdoor winter activity? {Southerners can answer winter if they visit the snow, or just what you like to do outside}
5. Fun Question of the Week: What would be your ideal way to spend a Saturday night?

question 1: bought a couple cans of pineapple to get my fruit fix. do you know how hard it is to find fruit in its own juice without added sugar??? it's effing ridiculous. apparently, dole is the only company that doesn't automatically put everything in syrup or artificially sweetened juice. i really wanted some pears, but none of the ones i saw came au natural. bastards. i picked up a couple more cans for this week along with some frozen broccoli. yum :) i successfully made polenta and veggie soup this weekend. i am l-o-v-i-n-g slow cooker recipes. and i think i'm getting the hang of multiple recipes in an afternoon. soup took five hours, polenta took two and the salmon (to go with the polenta) took 40 min. i had everything cooked, separated and in the fridge without feeling like an insane person moving in a thousand directions at once. on the workout front, i've decided that the week before my period should be all about the walking. i turbo jammed on wed morning and was sore until sat. stupid muscle fatigue; my uterus is stealing all the good nutrients. for my long workout sat morning, i walked on the treadmill. 90 min and 3.74 miles later, i felt energized and not achy. then i was on my feet for about six hours for the afternoon cooking (totally counted it, too). this week, i think i'll do a short workout with nfl training camp on wed and two turbo jam workouts on sat. i really do prefer the more active workouts when i'm not pms-ing. if i'm gonna workout, i want to be pushed to the limit and sweaty as hell when i'm done

question 2: pretty positive about many things. even with pending annoyances (see end of post), i'm not worried about this short month. i stepped up a couple of my goals last week, which is scary and exciting. the process may be slow, but i'm getting to where i want to be. that's what keeps me happy and focused :)

question 3: LOL i was totally thinking about my competitive nature while reading shannon's post from last week! was kinda hoping you wouldn't ask cause i'm an asshole. whenever someone has a success, i want to mention my success, too. not necessarily to one up that person, but to point out that i'm also awesome. i can usually reel it back, and send my unbegrudged congratulations. because i really do think you are all amazing! i know i don't necessarily have to work out every day like shannon (damn. she worked out more in one week than i did in all of january!), but knowing how well she's doing makes me want to push myself further. some days, it keeps me from giving up on myself

question 4: first would be a huge snowball fight. second... kissing my boy in the moonlight while it flurries. total schmoop city, but i think there is something so romantic about snow falling. other than those two things, i don't wanna be outside for too long. if i am, it usually means shoveling :p

question 5: right now i'm craving calm and quiet. curling up under a big blanket with some tea and a book. if i'm with J, it's a slightly different story...

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{i picked my positive pics this week before opening amy's email. first big assignment of the semester + upcoming meeting with my 2nd least favorite prof is giving my brain an ass kicking at the moment. must remember this isn't over yet, and i haven't lost}

my progress plus all the weekly questions on skinny (goals 1-4) and desultory (goals 5-10)