Feeling good today...
Feb. 22nd, 2007 10:47 amTummy's a bit on the queasy side, I don't know why. *shrug* Hopefully lunch will help. I have on a casual-but-cute outfit (blue striped thin thermal hoodie, big chunky earrings, Levi's).
My lungs let me really work out yesterday - the usual 20 min elliptical (probably a bit slower than usual - I wasn't actually paying that much attention) and then 15 on the treadmill (at 3.2 mph instead of 3.5). Plus I went to fencing practice last night and worked HARD. I worked with a new girl for a bit, then played with Irene for a while, then Robert (those bouts with heavy rapiers) and then with Berhend (playing light because my arm was pretty tired - I wiped out on some black ice outside the gym and took most of the fall on my right hand/arm - no real damage, but it was a bit tetchy last night). Ber beat the crap out of me, quite literally. I've got a nice 1" long blade-width bruise on the back of my right wrist, a bruise in the crease of my hip joint (I told Ber that if M asked about that one I'd be sure to let him know who was to blame) and a sore spot right above my belly button. It was the hardest I'd fenced in a really long time, and it felt good.
On a very, VERY amusing note: Don Ivan asked me at practice last night (while we were discussing the new girl and who would be a good match for her teacher-wise) if I had an OGR. Spit take, anyone? I said no, and recounted the story of when someone brought my name up in reference to that and![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
childsplay7 laughed in their face. I hadn't thought about that story in a while. ;^) Ivan's comment, "Well, I dunno, they've made about a billion OGRs since I stopped paying attention to it."
Also: Caleb has apparently poked Grendel about doing paperwork for Irene and me to become marshals. He really needs a backup - Ber can't make practice all the time, Ivan is the only youth marshal so when he's there, he's working with the teenagers. Between Irene and me, someone's at pretty much every practice. Plus, then we can really run the 25-and-under tourney to complement the seniors tourney at Pennsic this year. (Note to self: figure out who's in charge of rapier scheduling this year, and also who's running the senior's tourney.ferriludant, do you know the answer to the latter question?)
Someone inflylady pointed out FitDay's free online calorie/activity/etc. tool and I think I'm going to give it a try. WW just doesn't seem to be doing it for me this time around, and this tool has all sorts of charts about where your calories are coming from, where your activity is coming from, etc. I like visuals. A lot. (Bonus: it lists "fencing" as one of the sports activities. Yay!)
Got a haircut & eyebrow wax yesterday - oy, had it been too long. To illustrate:
OK, yeah, maybe I picked the "before" pic to really accentuate the mess. But actually it was the only recent pic I had that actually showed my hair. Anyway. Much happier about the state of things on my head. Plus, I actually managed to make my hair look good this morning despite the fact that it was pretty much vertical when I got up.
My lungs let me really work out yesterday - the usual 20 min elliptical (probably a bit slower than usual - I wasn't actually paying that much attention) and then 15 on the treadmill (at 3.2 mph instead of 3.5). Plus I went to fencing practice last night and worked HARD. I worked with a new girl for a bit, then played with Irene for a while, then Robert (those bouts with heavy rapiers) and then with Berhend (playing light because my arm was pretty tired - I wiped out on some black ice outside the gym and took most of the fall on my right hand/arm - no real damage, but it was a bit tetchy last night). Ber beat the crap out of me, quite literally. I've got a nice 1" long blade-width bruise on the back of my right wrist, a bruise in the crease of my hip joint (I told Ber that if M asked about that one I'd be sure to let him know who was to blame) and a sore spot right above my belly button. It was the hardest I'd fenced in a really long time, and it felt good.
On a very, VERY amusing note: Don Ivan asked me at practice last night (while we were discussing the new girl and who would be a good match for her teacher-wise) if I had an OGR. Spit take, anyone? I said no, and recounted the story of when someone brought my name up in reference to that and
childsplay7 laughed in their face. I hadn't thought about that story in a while. ;^) Ivan's comment, "Well, I dunno, they've made about a billion OGRs since I stopped paying attention to it."Also: Caleb has apparently poked Grendel about doing paperwork for Irene and me to become marshals. He really needs a backup - Ber can't make practice all the time, Ivan is the only youth marshal so when he's there, he's working with the teenagers. Between Irene and me, someone's at pretty much every practice. Plus, then we can really run the 25-and-under tourney to complement the seniors tourney at Pennsic this year. (Note to self: figure out who's in charge of rapier scheduling this year, and also who's running the senior's tourney.
ferriludant, do you know the answer to the latter question?)Someone in
flylady pointed out FitDay's free online calorie/activity/etc. tool and I think I'm going to give it a try. WW just doesn't seem to be doing it for me this time around, and this tool has all sorts of charts about where your calories are coming from, where your activity is coming from, etc. I like visuals. A lot. (Bonus: it lists "fencing" as one of the sports activities. Yay!)Got a haircut & eyebrow wax yesterday - oy, had it been too long. To illustrate:
