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eek! only two days left…

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

If you’ve been around Compendium before, you know my goal: To be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with.

Here’s
(1) where I am and
(2) what I need to do within the next two days if I have ANY hope of meeting my goals:

June Totals as of 6/28
Incline Miles Walked: 46 (need 6 more miles)
Strength Training/Yoga Days: 0 (need 8 – obviously not gonna happen)
2 Minute Planks: 26 (need 4 more)
Back Extensions: 265 (need 35 more)
BOSU Pushups: 250 (need 50 more)
Tricep Reps: 280 (need 20 more)
Oblique Crunches: 180 (not on the goal list, just working on the love handles)
Days Supplements Taken: 15 (didn’t make this goal, seriously, how hard is this?)
Fruit Servings: 28 (wanted to be at 60 for the month)

(See the daily JUNE ENTRIES HERE)

I’m already thinking about July’s goals and I’m thinking about joining Ragamuffin Soul (Carlos Whitaker) and An Idol Heart (Grant Jenkins) in their 12 week quest to “get their sexy back.”

(it would seem that guys can relate ANYthing to sex, even exercise and dieting) I have to override my computer’s parental controls every time I read someone’s update because they’re using the hashmark “sexyback11” on everything!

fitness update: 6/24/11

Posted on June 24, 2011June 24, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

If you’ve been around Compendium before, you know my goal: To be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with.

I fell behind on my fitness goals this past week and woke up determined to devote much of my day to catching up a little. It wore me down, but with God’s help, I got through it.

Today (06/24/11)
Walked 7 miles in three separate stints of 2 miles, 3 miles and 2 miles,
3 two minute planks,
30 BOSU push-ups,
45 tricep reps,
45 back extensions,
45 oblique crunches
(See ALL JUNE ENTRIES HERE)

June Totals as of 6/24
Incline Miles Walked: 35 (should be at 42)
Flat Miles Walked: 2
Strength Training/Yoga Days: 0 (should be at 6)
2 Minute Planks: 18 (should be at 24)
Back Extensions: 215 (should be at 240)
BOSU Pushups: 170 (should be at 240)
Tricep Reps: 200 (should be at 240)
Oblique Crunches: 115 each side (not on the goal list, just working on the love handles)
Days Supplements Taken: 13 (should be at 16)
Fruit Servings: 28 (should be at 32)

PinkGirl’s conundrum: curiosity vs. aversion to learning

Posted on June 24, 2011October 25, 2016 by Julie Stiles Mills

Nothing like a new washing machine to make me feel compelled to clean my laundry room…

Last night:
I’m currently observing the “no helping, no complaining” rule of our household.
Round One: Two guys vs. an outgoing dead washing machine.
Round Two: Two guys vs. an incoming craigslist washing machine.
I just have two questions: Where’s my camcorder? and
Is AFV still on the air or is it just in reruns?

Later:
I decided to keep my distance lest I be recruited. I’m no dummy.

A little later:
PinkGirl, inspecting our “new” top load washer: “Mom, I don’t understand this. How does it work?”
Me: “oh, don’t worry, I’ll teach you!”
(I am SO glad to have a top load washer again! Now, when I need to throw in just one more thing, I can get the door open! and if someone accidentally washes an ipod, we can fish it out before it goes through the entire wash cycle while we stand helplessly by and watch it.)

Even later:
PinkGirl just opened the new top load washing machine to watch it spin and it came to a stop: “Mom, I still don’t get it. How does it actually CLEAN the clothes?”
Me: (it was 10:15pm for cryin out loud): “Ask your dad.”
PinkGirl, under her breath: “I really don’t want to hear ‘geek talk’ right now.”

This morning:
This morning PinkGirl asked me AGAIN how our new top load washer cleans the clothes.
Me: “you know, I got two comments on facebook suggesting you look it up yourself.”
PinkGirl: “I don’t wanna LEARN! It’s SUMMER!”
Me: “Then why are you asking questions?”
PinkGirl: “cuz I’m bored.”
Me: “oh, I can help you with THAT.”

fitness update: 6/16/11

Posted on June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

If you’ve been around Compendium before, you know my goal: To be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with.

Picking Up FirstHusband from the airport at 4:30pm. THANK YOU GOD. He’s been gone since Sunday and my children have worn me as thin as a 10 year old flip flop.

I fell 2 more miles behind on the walking today. I have no good excuse. Not even gonna try to make one up or lie to myself. Just poor time management.

BUT. I DID meet my other daily fitness goals today:

06/16/11 – 1 two minute plank, 10 BOSU push-ups, 10 tricep reps, 10 back extensions, 10 oblique crunches (See ALL JUNE ENTRIES HERE)

June Totals as of 6/16
Incline Miles Walked: 24 (should be at 32)
Flat Miles Walked: 2
Strength Training/Yoga Days: 0 (should be at 4)
2 Minute Planks: 13 (should be at 16)
Back Extensions: 150 (should be at 160)
BOSU Pushups: 140 (should be at 160)
Tricep Reps: 155 (should be at 160)
Oblique Crunches: 70 each side (not on the goal list, just working on the love handles)
Days Supplements Taken: 11 (should be at 16)
Fruit Servings: 19 (should be at 32)

fitness update: 6/15/11

Posted on June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

If you’ve been around Compendium before, you know my goal: To be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with.

I fell behind on my June fitness goals on the very first day of the month and I’ve been struggling to catch up every day since then.

I REFUSE TO GIVE UP!!! As long as it’s still June, I still have a chance.

Today, I was able to double my daily walking goal, but at the end of the evening, I found myself short a two minute plank and 5 BOSU pushups.

ugh.

I wanted to go to bed. But I KNEW that if I could just handle a lousy two and a half minutes, I could go to bed without waking up disappointed that I allowed myself to fall even further behind.

So I just got it done.

06/15/11 – Walked 4 miles (6.5 incline), 1 two minute plank, 10 BOSU push-ups, 10 tricep reps, 10 back extensions, 10 oblique crunches (See ALL JUNE ENTRIES HERE)

June Totals as of 6/15
Incline Miles Walked: 24 (should be at 30)
Flat Miles Walked: 2
Strength Training/Yoga Days: 0 (should be at 4)
2 Minute Planks: 12 (should be at 15)
Back Extensions: 140 (should be at 150)
BOSU Pushups: 130 (should be at 150)
Tricep Reps: 145 (should be at 150)
Oblique Crunches: 60 each side (not on the goal list, just working on the love handles)
Days Supplements Taken: 10 (should be at 15)
Fruit Servings: 18 (should be at 30)

#smartaleckkids

Posted on June 15, 2011October 11, 2016 by Julie Stiles Mills

I couldn’t believe it, but PinkGirl voluntarily took a nap this afternoon!

Either “I WIN!” the “whoever wears out first, LOSES” game or she’s getting sick.

Either way, THANK YOU GOD, she really needed the rest – and I needed a tiny little bit of solitude.

I let PinkGirl get in a full 90 minute sleep cycle, making me 30 minutes late picking up FavoriteSon from work.

FavoriteSon, entering his time into the calendar: “hmmm. I stopped working at 2:40, but SOMEONE didn’t pick me up until 3pm.”

Me: “I brought you chicken alfredo and a Sport Illustrated, what, do you want me to bring you slippers too?”

FavSon: “now that you mention it…”

swel·ter·ing (swltr-ng) adj.

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

swel·ter·ing (swltr-ng) adj.
1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry.
2. Suffering from oppressive heat.

I’m bored with driving. I want to learn to drift.

Posted on June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

It seems it takes 20 minutes to get everywhere. And my “free” pockets of time today are logistically non-functional.

8:40am – drive PinkGirl to dance camp
9:20 – home
10:00 – drive FavSon to work
10:20 – home
11:40 – go pick up PinkGirl from dance camp
12:20 – home
2:00 – go pick up FavSon from work
2:40 – home
Hopefully, I can squeeze in a workout/rehearsal on the treadmill before making dinner and heading out to praise team rehearsal tonight at 7pm. I hope I can fit a shower in there somewhere…

I don’t know if I could cut my drive time down, but at least the 20 would be more fun if I could learn to drift in a minivan…

fitness update: 6/14/11

Posted on June 14, 2011June 15, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

If you’ve been around Compendium before, you know my goal: To be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with.

Even with the best of intentions, I’ve (once again) fallen behind this month. After a kick in the badonka donk butt from a few friends, I’m slowly closing the gap between my goals and my progress! I pray my lack of consistency, combined with my freakish self-competitive streak, will be an encouragement to someone!

June Totals as of 6/14 (SEE MY JUNE GOALS HERE)
Incline Miles Walked: 20 (should be at 28)
Flat Miles Walked: 2
Strength Training/Yoga Days: 0 (should be at 4)
2 Minute Planks: 11 (should be at 14)
Back Extensions: 130 (should be at 140)
BOSU Pushups: 120 (should be at 140)
Tricep Reps: 135 (should be at 140)
Oblique Crunches: 50 each side (not on the goal list, just working on the love handles)
Days Supplements Taken: 9 (should be at 14)
Fruit Servings: 16 (should be at 28)

June Daily Totals:
06/14/11 – Walked 5 (6.5) incline miles, 1 two minute plank, 10 BOSU push-ups, 15 tricep reps, 20 back extensions, 10 oblique crunches
06/13/11 – 1 two minute plank, 10 BOSU push-ups, 10 tricep reps, 10 back extensions, 10 oblique crunches
06/12/11 – 2 two minute planks, 10 BOSU push-ups, 25 tricep reps, 10 back extensions, 10 oblique crunches
06/11/11 – Walked 5 (6.5) incline miles, 40 BOSU push-ups, 2 two minute planks, 40 tricep reps, 40 back extensions,
20 oblique crunches (each side)
06/10/11 – nuthin – I’m
06/09/11 – nuthin – gonna
06/08/11 – nuthin – regret
06/07/11 – nuthin – this…
06/06/11 – Walked 2 (6.5) incline miles, 20 back extensions, 30 BOSU push-ups, 3 two minute planks, 45 tricep reps
06/05/11 –
06/04/11 – Walked 4 (6.5) incline miles, 30 back extensions, 20 BOSU push-ups, 2 two minute forearm planks
06/03/11 –
06/02/11 – Walked 4 (6.5) incline interval miles, 2 one minute superman, 2 two minute forearm plank.
06/01/11 –

fitness update: 6/12/11

Posted on June 13, 2011June 13, 2011 by Julie Stiles Mills

If you’ve been around Compendium before, you know my goal: To be a good steward of this body God has blessed me with.

Even with the best of intentions, I still slack – for days at a time. But I’m DETERMINED to catch up! I pray my stupidity and lack of consistency, combined with my stubborn nature, will be an encouragement to someone!

June Totals as of 6/12
Incline Miles Walked: 15
Flat Miles Walked: 1
Strength Training/Yoga Days: 0
2 Minute Planks: 9
Back Extensions: 100
BOSU Pushups: 100
Tricep Reps: 110
Oblique Crunches: 30 each side
Days Supplements Taken: 8
Fruit Servings: 11

June Daily Totals: (SEE JUNE GOALS HERE)

06/12/11 – 2 two minute planks, 10 BOSU push-ups, 25 tricep reps, 10 back extensions, 10 oblique crunches
06/11/11 – Walked 5 (6.5) incline miles, 40 BOSU push-ups, 2 two minute planks, 40 tricep reps, 40 back extensions,
20 oblique crunches (each side)
06/10/11 – nuthin – I’m
06/09/11 – nuthin – gonna
06/08/11 – nuthin – regret
06/07/11 – nuthin – this…
06/06/11 – Walked 2 (6.5) incline miles, 20 back extensions, 30 BOSU push-ups, 3 two minute planks, 45 tricep reps
06/05/11 –
06/04/11 – Walked 4 (6.5) incline miles, 30 back extensions, 20 BOSU push-ups, 2 two minute forearm planks
06/03/11 –
06/02/11 – Walked 4 (6.5) incline interval miles, 2 one minute superman, 2 two minute forearm plank.
06/01/11 –