when i go back and read the first few posts in this blog i realize how much i have changed. i hardly remember that girl any more. sure we still have many of the same struggles, bad habits, hopes, and dreams... but when i stop and think "who is smasher girl" all the answers are in the past tense. the real question is "who WAS smasher girl"...
for me, a lot of things. mostly she was the "crazy diet girl" part of me. i have loved writing this blog and getting great feedback and ideas. but i have out grown it. so, this will be my last post.
i am still out there in Blog Land.... but with a new name and a new face (or lack there of). its a fresh start.....which both smasher girl and i are very big fans of. and all the newness feels a lot more like me.
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. ~Ivy Baker Priest
im sure we will bump shoulders out there in the blogospher. until then.....
this is smasher girl signing off. over and out.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Over and Out
Posted by SG at 9:28 AM 9 comments
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Steel Cut Oats
there was way to much candy laying around where i work. so i decided to get rid of it. by shoving it into my face.
CRANBERRY WALN UT OATS INGREDIENTS:
orange chicken with scallions, garlic, craisens.....brown rice...and steamed broccoli!
Posted by SG at 10:19 AM 9 comments
Monday, January 16, 2012
Jungle Gym: Vertical Knee Raise
i didnt even know this was a Vertical Knee Raise until i typed "weird knee lifting ab machine" into google images and that picture showed up... along with this picture. really?
all i knew was this thing was SCARY. but i didnt let that stop me. i climbed up....put my arms on the pads....grabbed the handles.... looked around to see if anyone was watching the fat girl on the crazy contraption.....and lifted my knees up...FOUR times. this was sooo much better than i had expected. suddenly i realized my heartbeat was WAY louder than usual. and everything got blurry. and then really hot. and then i realized what was about to happen.
here's the thing about smasher girl. she's a fainter. its horrible. the first time it ever happened was when i was about 25. its the worst feeling. i can always tell when its going to happen. but it usually only happens after i have my blood drawn or when i am in extreme pain. it is NOT a common occurrence. it certainly hasnt ever happened for for no reason and never when i am exercising. so why was this thing making me feel faint??
i climbed down and laid on a mat. breathe in..breathe out. i didnt faint. ended up being fine and wrote the whole thing off as me being melodramatic...cuz here's another thing about smasher girl....she is melodramatic.
the next time i was at the gym i figured i would add it to my ab routine. even if i could only do 4 of them. after the first one...it happened again. i almost fainted. i jumped back on google to see if this is a side effect of the vertical knee raise. nope. nothing. maybe im forgetting to breathe??? either way. i think i will try it one more time before crossing it off my list.
it did give me a good "my abs are working" feeling. and besides the whole making-me-want-to-pass-out thing, it wasnt so scary after all!
Posted by SG at 11:01 AM 5 comments
BFL W7 Weigh-In: 236.4 (-0.4 lb)
well, that means i am back to my month 1 weigh-in weight. i just need to lose 11.4 lb to meet my feb 20th mini goal of a 25 lb loss. root for me!
Posted by SG at 9:22 AM 4 comments
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Cool Running Walking
this is why the idea of TRAINING to WALK never occurred to me. all that time i spent looking for a training program to teach me to RUN was silly! i should have been looking for a training program to teach me to WALK. i feel like one of Maleficent's goons who were looking in cradles trying to find a 16 year old Sleeping Beauty. (silly evil henchmen)
i googled "train to walk a 5k" and there was a bunch of information. if you actually care about the details, you can read all about it here. this is it in a very large nutshell.
WALK A 5K TRAINING PROGRAM:
Week 1: Getting Started
15 min walk at easy pace (5 days a week)
Week 2: Work On Your Walking Form
20 min walk at easy pace (5 days a week)
Use your walks this week to concentrate on developing good walking posture and technique. This can greatly improve your ease of walking and improve your speed.
Walking Form Technique for Beginners
Week 3: Walk at a Moderate Pace
25 min walk at moderate, determined pace (5 days a week)
"moderate pace" means:
- may be breathing noticeably
- able to carry on a full conversation while walking
- not out of breath
Concentrate on improving your walking form to add speed. If you have not been using arm motion, this can be the key to increasing speed. Fast Walking Technique
Week 6: Build Mileage
60 min at easy pace (1 day a week)
if youre looking for me any time during the next few months, check your nearest treadmill...
come may 20th (the first of my 3 5Ks in 2 weeks) i will be rockin' that pavement!
Posted by SG at 1:50 PM 6 comments
Monday, January 9, 2012
Yogi Scare
my gym has a lot of scary things in it. im not talking about the beefy guys with seemingly way more veins than normal. i mean terrifying machines and classes. there is a huge list of cardio and weight machines that i wont go near. and a ton of classes i am way too chicken to step foot in. i decided to conquer my fear. to get my feet wet, i thought i would try yoga.
easy enough, right? relaxing. not a lot of moving. my gym turns the lights out during yoga so no one would even be able to see if when i messed up. how bad could it really be?
worse. way worse. it started off easy enough. i stood obediently in the dark, crowded room on my mat and followed each of the instructions given by the woman with a soothing alto voice. "sit pretzel legged"....."put your palms face up"....."lay on your back and breathe"...."acknowledge your fingers and toes"...."breathe in"..."breathe out"
i lay there breathing and thought of renaming my blog to "Yogi Girl"...i had this in the bag.
the changes were subtle. the instructors voice was still calm and soothing. but it was forming words into absurd commands. "lay on your belly"...."bring one foot up under your chin"...."stand up and look behind you"...."bend over at the waist"...."rest on your forearms"...."put your head on the floor"...."pick your feet up off the floor"
say, what??? i looked up to see the instructor in this position...
i wanted to go back to acknowledging my fingers and toes! when had this class turned into a simon says game from hell???
i looked around the room for my mom who had come with me...my gaze finally found her...still sitting pretzel legged on her mat. i figured she was on to something. i unfolded myself and plopped on my mat. i sat like that for the next 15 minutes until the class ended.
im glad i tried it though. now i can cross it off my list. the next time some one asks if i have tried yoga, i can smile and say, "yes."
Posted by SG at 12:56 PM 8 comments
BFL W6 Weigh-In: 236.8 (-4 lb)
im down 4 lb this week. i am very happy about that but kicking myself for last week. since i gained 4.4 lb last week, i am still up 0.4 lb. thats part of the fine print of going crazy for a week. you dont just lose one week you lose at least 2....the one week you spent gaining and the one week you spend trying to lose it again.
im happy. i am. cant you tell?
Posted by SG at 12:53 PM 6 comments