Saturday Triathlon

I did a rec center triathlon today. Not that I would have done one outside, but it was snowing like crazy anyway. So I started off with a 1500 yard swim (26:29), and I did that 1 minute faster than last time I timed a 1500! Then I rode the stationary bike for 20 miles, which took a little less than 50 minutes. After that I hopped on a treadmill and did 3 miles in 27:00 even. It was a pretty good triathlon by my standards. There was a guy who was swimming next to me in the pool, he commented that I looked like a great swimmer! He said my stroke was very fluid and smooth, and that I made it look effortless!! He made my day!

Then I came home and shoveled 8 to 10 inches of snow! And it's still coming down!!

You have to see Waitress

Waitress is a new release (Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2008), and I say it is a must see. I don't want to give away the plot, but I thought is was very original, funny, and one of those stories that really draws you in. Jena is a waitress and makes these amazing pies, she names them after different events that are going on in her daily life. Here are some of the best:

—I DON'T WANT EARL'S BABY PIE: Quiche of egg and brie cheese with a smoked ham center.

—I HATE MY HUSBAND PIE: "You take bittersweet chocolate and don't sweeten it. You make it into a pudding and drown it in caramel..."

—I CAN'T HAVE NO AFFAIR BECAUSE IT'S WRONG AND I DON'T WANT EARL TO KILL ME PIE: "Vanilla custard with banana. Hold the banana..."

—PREGNANT MISERABLE SELF-PITYING LOSER PIE: "Lumpy oatmeal with fruitcake mashed in. Flambé of course..."

Anyway, go get it, rent it, watch it enjoy it. When you are done go looking for those recipes, if you find one let me know cause I can't find them! And the really do look good! I think they subliminally planted the idea of pie in my brain, cause tonight I made Bisquick Impossible Pie!!!

Doing something good, squared

So I don't know how I stumble across these sites, but I found another one. This is called Free Rice, it is a vocabulary challenge where each correct response you give donates 20 grains of rice to needy people. So I thought is was sort of a gimmick or something, and I have not researched where the rice really goes or if there is rice going ANYWHERE! All I know is that it was pretty challenging! I just donated 1000 grains of rice and finished with a vocab level of 29. Think it is easy, think you know a lot of big words? Give it a try, regardless of where the rice goes or who pays for it....it is a challenge. I want to hear your scores! Try it here Free Rice

Project 1/1/100 update

Ok, so I was scared to step on the scale this week. So I skipped it. My goal this week is to have a perfect week in terms of eating, hit all of my workouts, and fit in a few yoga workouts in the evenings. So far so good, although it is only Wednesday. Yesterday I swam, I am becoming pretty confident in the pool! Yesterday I swam 100 yards 10 times in a row at 1 minute 40 per 100. The first 3 I swam in 1:30 the rest were all around 1:35. Well #7 was at 1:40 exactly, but I picked it up after that one. I also did some drills and of course warm up and cool down. I turned in a 2000 yard workout in the end! All flip turns as well!!! Today I hit the elliptical machine and busted out 50 minutes. I tried very hard to increase the levels, and all in all I feel like I did really good. Tonight I'll do some yoga, I have a new DVD from the library that focuses on the core (abs and back) as well as some general stretches. I did it the other night and while it wasn't my favorite it did the job. I ordered the killer yoga DVD for my birthday, but I am still waiting for it to show up. It seems like I have found all of the levels of yoga, I tried one from the library that was really relaxing and focused on the stretching, the killer DVD makes me sweat like I just ran a marathon, and the one I currently have is right in the middle. Anyway, project 1/1/100 is back on track and I am hoping for a big week of weight loss! I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway!

Still more turkey

Gettin sick of Turkey yet? I am, I've had some form of turkey for the last 4 days...and more to come today, 5 straight days of turkey. Next time I am going to cook a ham, so I can complain about having too much ham! My sister makes turkey enchiladas with her leftovers and I found a decent looking recipe for it, but it didn't look very healthy with all of the cheese, sour cream, and olives. So I found another recipe for turkey chili, and AMAZINGLY I had all of the ingredients in the house. Well most of them, was missing a can of tomatoes and green chilies. We'll see how it turns out, it is in the crock pot right now. And most importantly...I used all of the turkey! No more turkey leftovers, unless there is leftover chili. Hmmmmm, didn't think of that. Maybe I should look up a recipe for what to do with leftover turkey chili!