My Creatively Random Life

I did not do an update last week because I was just chugging along on my step goal and nothing exciting was happening.  Just cranking out the same steps everyday though gets pretty boring as I am sure you know if you have tried it, even if you are training for something bigger.  Mike was looking for something to make our walks a little more interesting and he discovered that there is an app for Walking to Mordor.  Now if you have been around the blog for a while then you know that I attempted the Walk to Mordor before and lost interest in it because tracking it was not the easiest thing.  But guys, there is an app. So Mike and I are now in a race to Mordor and I am losing.  Badly for the moment but we are only 4 days in and things can change in an instant. Our rules for the challenge are as follows: 1) Anything that we count towards our progress must be done intentionally and counted separately from average day to day walking. 2) One must be carrying t...

I have been pushing a goal of hitting my step goal every day for the past two weeks and doing a lot of hiking as Cat, Mike and I signed up to do the  Super Power 5K  in August and I am a little out of shape. We have done a lot of trail walking in our area and bought some books to find new trails to explore in the GTA.  My personal favourite of the new trails being the one around Bond Lake in Richmond Hill which if you live in the area you should check out as it is a fun hike. As the summer progresses I want to add other things into my routine such as starting Body Boss up again but right now I am concentrating on the walking and drinking my water as those are two habits I need to get down before progressing. See you next week.

 I have never before felt the urge to cosplay a super hero, usually I stick to easy to cosplay with out much criticism characters.  But I am on a huge kick to get back in shape and something about She-hulk calls to me so I thought that she would be a great goal for getting into shape.  Going through pictures on the internet I have found quite a few different costumes that I have varying degrees of fondness for.  There will be lots of research till I find something that suits my comfort level for wearing to a convention I am sure. The bigger part of these plans though is to get into a cosplaying She-Hulk kind of shape.  I know that a year is no where near enough time to go from my current shape to body builder shape.  However, I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication I can get into decent enough shape to feel comfortable with it. There will be periodic updates here on the blog but if you want to hear all of the nitty gritty follow @...

I had surgery last week and have not been cleared to head back to the gym yet so no progress pictures this week but I am still getting my exercise in just not as intense.  How you ask?  Walking of course.  I always have my FitBit on and while I may not always hit the goal I have set on it these day I do make sure I am getting a decent about of steps in. Back in February I found a lovely app called StepBet where you bet money on yourself to hit a step goal for a set number of weeks.  Your step goal is determined by the data from your device be it your Fitbit, Garmin or the internal step counter on your phone, for the last few weeks.  Depending on the type of game you can have varying goals, increasing goals by week or all the same goal every day. If you hit your goals for the whole length of the game the idea is that you at least win your money back, maybe a few dollars more.  I have personally become a bit addicted to it.  It is much easier now th...

It was a struggle for me to decide to post this here, I thought about starting a new blog just for this stuff but as I just bought a domain name for this blog I decided that would be stupid. I am back on track and started a new fitness program on Wednesday and this time I want to keep track of my results.  Sharing it with the world is scary but I figure it will help me be accountable.  I don't just want to be skinnier, I also want to be stronger, I can barely keep up with my kids and my energy is nothing compared to what it was when I was working out regularly. I started Body Boss this week and I am doing the first four weeks of "pretraining" before you actually get into the real deal. I am very out of shape and felt this was pretty real deal.  I was also still pretty sore on Thursday which was cardio day but pushed through my cardio. Day One: Funny story as a side note, Cat is always keen to workout with me anytime I workout as she feels it is...

Today's word is recur!     Recur (VERB) / ree-kur /     Definition: 1. to come back in thought or discussion; 2. to come again into the mind; 3. to occur or appear again.     Sentence: Every time Ellie thinks she's fixed the computer the problem recurs.     Workout:     R - 30 Arm Circles   E - 10 Sumo Squats   C - 1 Minute Jump Rope   U -  20 Mountain Climbers R - 30 Arm Circles 

Today's word is bannock!     Bannock (NOUN) /ban-nukh/     Definition: 1. a type of flat bread made of oatmeal; 2. a traditional Cree bread.     Sentence: Mark Baker from Timmins showed us all how to make traditional bannock with blueberries.     Workout:     B - 10 Lateral Raises     A - 20 Alternating Hammer Curls     N - 1 Minute Wall Sit     N - 1 Minute Wall Sit     O - 10 Push Ups     C - 1 Minute Jump Rope     K - 20 Alternating Front Raises   

Today's word is dendroid!     Dendroid (ADJECTIVE) /den-droyd/   Definition: the scientific word for the form or shape of a tree.   Sentence: The banana plant is actually a dendroid herb.     Workout:   D - 20 Crunches   E - 10 Sumo Squats   N - 1 Minute Wall Sit   D - 20 Crunches   R - 30 Arm Circles   O - 10 Push Ups   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   D - 20 Crunches     I like this word, makes trees sound all robotic.   

Today's word is baldric!   Baldric (NOUN) /baldric/   Definition: a shoulder strap for holding a sword.   Sentence: The knight carried a second dagger in the handsome baldric.   Workout:   B - 10 Lateral Raises   A - 20 Alternating Hammer Curls   L - 10 Alternating Side Lunges   D - 20 Crunches   R - 30 Arm Circles   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   C - 1 Minute Jump Rope   Not really a new word today but an easy workout for a Monday. 

Today's word is abiotic!     Abiotic (ADJECTIVE) / ay- bye- aw- tik/   Definition: of, or relating to, an absence of life or living organisms.   Sentence: At first glance Antarctica was believed to be an abiotic environment.   Workout:   A - 20 Alternating Hammer Curls   B - 10 Lateral Raises   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   O - 10 Push Ups   T - 25 Jumping Jacks   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   C - 1 Minute Jump Rope    

The word today is evanescent! evanescent (ADJECTIVE) /ev-uh- nes -unt/ Definition: liable to vanish or pass away like vapour; fleeting. Sentence: Evanescent clouds of vapour billowed from the tops of the skyscrapers on that frigid January morning. Workout:  E – 10 Sumo Squats V - 20 Alternating Biceps Curls A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit E – 10 Sumo Squats S - 20 Alternating Front Lunges C – 1 Minute Jump Rope  E – 10 Sumo Squats N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit T - 25 Jumping Jacks Have you been working out along this week?  Have you had a favourite word?  

Today's word is Munificent! munificent (ADJECTIVE) /myoo- nif -i-suht/ Definition: very liberal in giving or bestowing; very generous; lavish. Sentence: The miserly old woman became munificent in her gift-giving during the holidays each year. Workout: M - 1 Minute Jogging on The Spot U - 20 Mountain Climbers N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats F – 1 Minutes Toy Soldiers  I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats  C – 1 Minute Jump Rope E – 10 Sumo Squats N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit T - 25 Jumping Jacks

Today's word is desuetude! Desuetude (NOUN) / des -wih-tood/ Definition: the cessation of use; discontinuance of practice or custom; disuse. Sentence: The desuetude of the fax machine was something that Todd had completely missed. Workout: D – 20 Crunches E – 10 Sumo Squats S - 20 Alternating Front Lunges U - 20 Mountain Climbers E – 10 Sumo Squats T - 25 Jumping Jacks U - 20 Mountain Climbers D – 20 Crunches E – 10 Sumo Squats It's a hard one today, that're for sure.

Today's word if pecuniary! pecuniary (ADJECTIVE) /pi- kyoo -nee-air-e/ Definition: of, or pertaining to, money; consisting of, paid for, or exacted in a cash payment. Sentence: The environmentalists argued that the value of the Chesterville swamp is much greater than its pecuniary land value. Workout: P - 10 Sit Ups E – 10 Sumo Squats C – 1 Minute Jump Rope U - 20 Mountain Climbers N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats                               A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls  R - 30 Arm Circles Y - 10 Shoulder Presses How are you feeling today?  Don't forget to stretch!

Today's Word is Quiddity!  Quiddity (noun) /kwi- dih-tee / Definition: 1. an eccentricity: an odd feature. 2. the essence, nature or distinctive peculiarity of a thing. Sentence: Like it or not, Will had to put up with my friend Anna's quiddities for the whole week. Q - 20 Hip Circles U - 20 Mountain Climbers I - 20 Shoulder Widths Squats D -20 Crunches D - 20 Crunches I - 20 Shoulder Widths Squats T - 25 Jumping Jacks Y - 10 Shoulder Presses An interesting work out today and a great new word.

Today is the first day of work out words..are you ready?  Today's word is inchoate. Inchoate (ADJECTIVE) \in- koh -it\ Definition: 1. to in in an initial or early stage; just begun; 2. imperfectly formed of formulated. Sentence:  The captain's orders were an inchoate series of words that left everyone confused. Workout:  I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit C – 1 Minute Jump Rope H – 1 Minute High Knees O - 10 Push Ups A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls T - 25 Jumping Jacks E – 10 Sumo Squats

A really big resolution for me this year is to get back into shape, I have a lot of important events coming up and the extra 40lbs I put on over the last few months of super stress have not made me happy.  Not to mention they won't help fitting into all the expensive dresses that are already purchased. I first saw this idea on  International Geek Girls Pen Pals Club  who were doing a word a day for the month of January.  I changed the alphabet up a bit as there are some specific areas that I really want to work and I am offering you a word a day for the next year.  Let's get in some extra exercise together. A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls                                              B – 10 Lateral Raises                                      ...

I have finally been cleared to start easing myself back into working out after injuring my knee.  It's a huge relief to me as since I first injured my knee in February I have not only gained ten pounds but also lost any muscle tone I ever had.  (that bothers me more than the weight) I needed something hard enough to challenge me but easy on my knee or adaptable to be easy on my knee which instantly ruled out everything in my extensive workout DVD collection.  Enter my sad face, I tried to adapt one of the easier Yoga Booty Ballet  workouts to my needs but that did not go well. So as more than 75% of my collection is from BeachBody  I headed over to their website and went on the hunt for something low impact.  During that hunt I found several things that I would love to check out when I am back to 100% but I decided to check out  Slim in 6  as it says it is low impact. I did the first workout yesterday and I was really pleased with how challe...