I saw Kay Lynn's post announcing that she was going to be on "The Lifestyle Accountability Show" podcast and decided to check it out.  Podcasters Adam and Devon do short, 20-30 minute interviews with bloggers who are working to live a healthy lifestyle.

The idea of a daily podcast is staggering -- so much work! But I really enjoy listening to it.

I actually am going to be interviewed for the show -- I set it up as far in the future as possible so I would be finished with classes first. I will let you know when the show is going to air.

By the way, host Adam Bate will be speaking at Fitbloggin' -- I am looking forward to meeting him there. I have my plane ticket and hotel booked.

The photo above was taken on a camping trip to Kelley's Island that was during a heat wave. It was so hot that we sweated all night in our pup tent and woke up to this "nuclear sunrise." I think it was already 90 degrees at 5:30 in the morning that day.

We certainly get to enjoy all the kinds of weather here in Northwest Ohio.  Yesterday, when it warmed all the way up to 15, I saw a guy walking around campus in shorts.  And, to be honest, I wasn't that much different -- it felt pretty warm to me, warm enough to wear a dress, at least.

Today is going to be even warmer, getting into the low thirties. I might wear that striped-dress-leather-jacket combo again. It seems too warm for me to wear my winter coat.

I ended up buying the jacket. I like it too much to send it back, and it will make a great spring jacket, perfect for the rain since it isn't really leather.

Today is going to be a catching-up day. I have Spin class this morning at 9:30, and then I'll go in to the office to get some grading and other work done. I also need to start writing a talk I'm supposed to give in March.

On the way home I'm going to hit the grocery store, since it's looking very Mother-Hubbard around here.  I'm also going to pick up some Superbowl supplies. Neither of us cares much about the teams playing, but I'm going to get some chicken wings and barbecue sauce -- I broil the wings and then slow-cook them, no frying involved. We are also going to have sweet potato oven fries and hummus and veggies.  I have my swim that night so it will be nice to come home to a hearty meal.  If it's a really boring game, we can always switch over to Downton Abbey.

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Too tired to write a real post today, so I'll just post some photos of my latest outfit from Gwynnie  Bee.  The belt and sweater are mine.  I thought the dress was a little too "racing flag" on its own, but I liked it as an outfit.

I have gone too long with no weight progress. I think I needed the break, but it is time to get moving again.

I did what I have done dozens of times before -- set up a new Excel spreadsheet with some weight goals and all kinds of formulas. Maybe you have done it too. This time, though, I set a goal for this week. I kept that number in mind as I went through my week. I made decisions based on that weekly goal.  And it worked. I lost more than I had hoped -- my goal was to lose 1.3 pounds, and I lost double that. It's a good start.

My goal for next week is to lose just 1 pound.  I'm going to keep that goal in mind as I go through the next week.  If I can average just a pound a week loss, I can finally make my weight goal this summer.

A little thing that bugged me during this episode:



The one good thing about the Snowpocolypse is that I had a day off school tonight and got to eat dinner at home and watch "The Biggest Loser" live instead of waiting to watch it online tomorrow. I'm typing this Tuesday night since I don't have to get up early tomorrow morning -- my husband has yet another snow day.

Before the episode started, I made my predictions on how the triathlon would turn out:

1. Rachel
2. David
3. Jennifer
4. Chelsea
5. Bobby

Contestant	Age	Height	Starting BMI	Current BMI	Start	Most Recent	% Lost
Rachel	24	5'4"	44.6	25.7	260	150	42.31%
David	43	6'2"	52.5	31.2	409	243	40.59%
Bobby	28	6'3"	44.7	28.9	358	231	35.47%
Chelsea	28	5'6"	38.9	25.3	241	157	34.85%
Jennifer	42	5'7"	41.7	28.5	266	182	31.58%

Today the sun was out and the temperatures climbed into the positive numbers. For a while. We are going back down into the negatives tonight, but there are warmer temperatures coming. Unfortunately, they seem to be bringing more snow with them.

Like I said, I went shopping with a friend yesterday. She and I are almost completely opposite body shapes. I am sort of between the pear and the hourglass shapes listed above -- I am a pear in the sense that my shoulders are narrow, but I have a bigger bust than the picture above would indicate. My friend is an apple in the extreme. She can wear a size 10 in jeans but might need an extra-large jacket.  Things that looked good on me looked terrible on her and vice-versa.

At Macy's, we were going through the bins of on-sale undies, and she was shopping in the S-M bin and I was looking at the L-XL. She kept sounding doubtful that I would need something so "huge." I do.

I was looking for images for this post and there are a lot of names for the different body shapes -- a pear might be called a spoon or an inverted triangle.  There is some confusion of body shape and body size -- "full" is not a body shape. It's a size. You could be a full-figured pear or a full-figured apple, and what you would need to wear would be different.

I noticed that on "What Not to Wear," the fashion victims often exaggerated their shape. An apple shape might dress to exaggerate her small legs and make her rounder upper half look bigger. Or a pear would wear very fitted tops and full skirts. I think this comes out of trying to wear the smallest possible size in everything.

I like to wear jackets and blazers to try to create a little balance. I also notice that I look better in A-line skirts than super-full ones or pencils.  I like to wear jeans but it's hard for me to wear dress pants without feeling dowdy and bottom-heavy, since I have heavier thighs.  Other than trying to create balance and to define a waist, what do you do to dress for your shape?

Zombie mannequin army at Ann Taylor

Last night I managed to get out of my house for a little while and went shopping with a friend. I was sad to see that Ann Taylor is leaving the Toledo area. We will have a LOFT in Perrysburg, but the nearest Ann Taylor will be in Ann Arbor.

I guess I don't really need them, anyway. I have barely been able to leave the house because of the back-to-back snowstorms, so I'm not getting as much wear out of my Gwynnie Bee (affiliate link) clothes as I usually do.  I did get to wear this teal Kiyonna dress on a date night last weekend, and I have been wearing the black "leather" jacket pictured below a lot.  I have two dresses right now that I haven't been able to wear outside the house yet, the striped one pictured and this one, which I hope will look fine if I wear Spanx. It is a little tight in the midsection and isn't quite as cute on me as it is on the model.


I have been doing my best with my workouts. Yesterday's Pilates Circuit class was cancelled and I think swim tonight may be too. I got in to the gym for Spinning, and I have been doing a simple kettlebell circuit a couple of days a week at home. I miss running outside, but it's just too cold for that. If this storm doesn't go away soon, I'll have to resort to the Dreadmill.

All in all, I have been trying to keep my spirits up, but the cold has me tired and bored and frustrated. I have a weight goal for next Wednesday and I feel like I need to be more regular with my workouts to reach it. I'm tired of feeling like a zombie -- I want to feel like I'm going somewhere.

Vickie asked if I was feeling better after my post about being "in a slump." I am, somewhat.

I blame the cold for the bone-tired feeling I have been living with for the last few days. I have been very tired and it has been hard to get enough sleep.  I wake up a lot, again, I think, because of the cold and the difficulty of keeping the temperature right -- sometimes I wake up soaked in sweat because I put on so many blankets trying to stay warm.  On Wednesday, I tried to work but mostly stared at my computer in a stupor and told myself I should go to the gym while not going to the gym.

I haven't been able to work out outside (wind chills here have been in the negatives), but I have gotten to the gym or worked out at home most days.  I have a workout class scheduled for tomorrow and I will have to watch the weather to see if it will be cancelled.

I have been sticking to my New Year's Resolution of logging my food no matter what. I have set some weight loss goals because I have been pretty loosey-goosey about that. I'm taking a cue from the DietBet10 goals, although there is no way I'm spending that much money to play the game. I am going to be weighing in weekly with the Half Size Me Community group.

Work is still stressful, although today I had a break in one particularly demoralizing problem that has been nagging at me since fall.  I'm not sure the situation will go my way, but it is looking up and it's nice to know that someone cares enough to at least try to help. I'm enjoying my classes so far -- that's always the bright spot for me.

I do think most of my woes can be chalked up to the Polar Vortex.  But we had such a mild winter the last two years that I knew something like this had to be coming.

Winter can't last forever.  Someday my feet will not be cold and covered in rock salt!

It felt really long watching this episode in the morning on nbc.com. I started to cringe at the little "Doo-do-do-do-dooo" jingle for the battery commercial that started every break. In between watching I worked on a new spreadsheet for my own weight goals.  I took tons of notes during the episode.

I liked the way they began this episode, with little peeks at the contestants in the limo after their makeovers, interspersed with their interviews about Makeover Week on Day 1.  It helped to build the anticipation to actually see the contestants and their transformations.

I think if I ever meet Tim Gunn in person, I will probably instantly burst into tears. I was dabbing my eyes during the entire segment with him.  He gave each contestant his full attention and made them all feel special.  They had set up a "boutique" which looked like a set with clothes chosen for each contestant -- given how often they are all weighed and measured, I'm sure that they knew what sizes everyone was in.  He let each of them choose their own clothes to try on -- "I don't want to make anyone my dress-up doll." It sounded like he did choose their final looks, based on how they looked in the clothes they tried on and what they seemed to like.  I liked how he empathized with what Bobby was going through, "Coming out is nothing to take lightly -- I speak it as a fellow gay man." He gushed over everyone in their clothes -- not surprising, since they all looked fantastic. I only noticed one contestant, David, who had obvious loose skin. Maybe they were wearing shape wear under their clothes?  Most of the women ended up in sleeveless dresses, so maybe they were young enough not to have loose skin. The final fashions were all great and flattering. I loved Bobby's leather jacket. David looked much better in a jacket than in the sweater he had on first. Note to self -- to look taller and thinner in a dress, wear nude or metallic shoes, preferably heels with platforms.

I was less enthused about Ken Paves -- I didn't understand the insistence on giving Marie short hair if that was something she didn't want. I wasn't sure if the short hair was because she had sort of fine, limp locks and he wanted to make them look thicker, or just because she said she didn't want it and he wanted to create drama.  I think Marie has a beautiful jawline and the short hair did bring it out, but the super-light color and the swoopy curls seemed more appropriate for a much older woman. I liked her hair better when it was straighter during the gym segments -- it seemed more chic.  I would like to see her in a little darker hair color and a more modern, edgy cut.   I loved the fringe on Chelsea, and the color changes for Jennifer and Tanya.  Of course, David looked much better without his beard, though the scene where he clipped it off was kind of gross to watch. Rachel had the least dramatic transformation, but her color was brightened up a little and several inches came off her hair length.

You can see the final photos for yourself -- let me know what you thought!

Contestants met their family and friends with Allie in the garden area used in Hannah and Olivia's season (that's how I think of that season).  The contestants didn't know who would show up, so it was an exciting surprise for them. It looked like the families had gotten makeovers too, or at least wardrobe help and manicures.  The initial meetings were touching, but I have to admit, as the seemingly scripted conversations went on and on, I got bored and thought, "Let's just get these guys back in the gym, they have work to do!"

That's how Bob felt too -- it seems like every week, he is the designated person to complain that whatever is happening is going to interfere with the contestants' workouts and weight losses.  It seems like whenever the contestants see their families, some of them have a bad weigh-in.

I had been surprised that only Chelsea's brother had showed up to meet her for her makeover reveal, but we learned in a conversation with him that she had gained her weight trying to take care of an alcoholic father. In the gym, Jillian takes time out to talk to Chelsea about how she will need to take care of herself when she gets home.  This was a really sad moment for me, to think that such a young and beautiful girl would be dragged down by her parent's problems.  I hope she moves out on her own -- her efforts with her dad probably weren't helping him, and were obviously hurting her. Her 10-year high school reunion is coming up, so she's only 28. I am hoping she has a lot of fun showing everyone how great she looks.

There was a random segment about a mud run thrown in sort of haphazardly into this episode, and it obviously happened before the makeover. The only reason it seemed to be included is to advertise Biggest Loser races happening around the country. I love races, but the idea of a mud run is not appealing to me. It also seemed like a disconnect with all the glamour of the rest of the episode.

We also got to see Jay at home roping cattle at a trim 185 pounds.  I wish he would have shaved or at least trimmed his beard, but maybe he's saving that for the finale. He is so much more than Cowboy-Hat-Guy now.

There was a double red line this time, so the scale, not the contestants, decided who stayed. Personally, I'd like to see only red lines and no yellow ones.  The weigh-ins weren't terrible, despite Bob's warning. Only Marie seemed to have an off week.  It was a shame, because she was the only one of Jillian's original White Team left (although, by the numbers, Tumi and Jay should have been there instead of Jennifer and Bobby).  Tanya, as expected, finally had her luck run out.  She wasn't one of my favorites originally, but she grew on me as I got to know her story. To be honest, I didn't want to see any of them go home -- this has been an amazingly sweet and drama-free season. The contestants genuinely seem to like each other.

Here are the stats on the final five (courtesy of the Season 15 wiki):

Contestant

Age

Height

Starting BMI

Current BMI

Start

Most Recent

% Lost

Rachel	24	5'4"	44.6	25.9	260	151	41.92%
David	43	6'2"	52.5	33.3	409	259	36.67%

Chelsea	28	5'6"	38.9	26.5	241	164	31.95%
Bobby	28	6'3"	44.7	31	358	248	30.73%

Jennifer

42

5'7"

41.7

29

266

185

30.45%

Blah.

I got a little tired of the Olympic-level gushing over every little thing this episode. I did like that they pointed out that even Olympic athletes have faced setbacks and challenges.  But all of the phony thrill -- "It's so great to weigh in near the ski jump, even though I'm freezing to death" -- wore thin. They did get some really cool coats out of that last one -- I think those jackets were made just for this episode (by Marmot -- the logo was quite prominently displayed).

I was already frustrated because our NBC affiliate has not made a deal with Buckeye Cable, and so I was trying to watch this episode with the digital antenna. Our signal kept going out, no matter what gymnastics we tried with it.  Beginning next week, I teach Tuesday nights. Since I can't record the episodes, I'll just be watching on NBC.com. Unless, hope against hope, this whole cable mess gets straightened out.

Because the contestants were at the Olympic training center, they had to manage their own eating. Rachel reminded me of Vickie -- she had brought a cooler packed with all of her "safe" food from the ranch.  Everyone else seemed to struggle, and as Bob predicted, there were some lackluster weigh-ins, including two people who gained weight (or "plussed" in Biggest Loser terminology).

The challenges this time were fun because they got to incorporate some of the Olympic sports. There was a simplified version of curling.  The contestants had to run up a one-mile bobsled track at altitude. I have spent time at altitude only once, and it was very hard on me. I felt sick the entire time. This made Rachel and Jay's fight to win this challenge even more impressive.

There was much talk of Rachel having a "target on her back" because of her incredible success in everything. Jay, who is very close to his goal weight, pulled back on some of the challenges because he didn't want to make the contestants resent him and want to vote him off. The problem is, that strategy didn't work.  I think Rachel has the right idea -- she already tried giving up on her goals to win love, and it didn't work. Why not go all out?  She doesn't seem to be bragging about how great she is all the time, she just is very strong and focused. This week she passed the 100-pounds-lost mark. Jay could not have won "The Biggest Loser" title -- he has a lower percentage of weight lost than Rachel, and he only had 7-8 pounds more to lose. Rachel looks great now, but as an average-height woman, she could push herself down to the 120s or even the 110s and still be in a healthy BMI  range, and she's at 155 now.  She is definitely the one to beat.

Here are the updated stats, with data from the show's wiki page:

Contestant	Age	Height	Starting BMI	Current BMI	Start	Most Recent	% Lost
Rachel	24	5'4"	44.6	27.6	260	155	38.08%
Jay	38	5'10"	42.6	27.5	297	193	35.35%
David	43	6'2"	52.5	34.7	409	266	33.99%
Tumi	41	5'8"	48.5	33.6	319	221	30.72%
Bobby	28	6'3"	44.7	31.7	358	256	29.05%
Chelsea	28	5'6"	38.9	27.6	241	168	29.05%
Jennifer	42	5'7"	41.7	29.6	266	189	28.95%
Marie	30	5'6"	40.2	29.5	249	178	26.51%
Matt	38	6'3"	45.7	33.8	356	263	26.12%
Tanya	40	5'7"	41	31	262	196	24.43%
Hap	26	6'5"	47.8	37.5	403	316	21.59%
Holley	24	5'8"	53.4	42.1	351	277	21.08%
Craig	30	6'1"	50.8	40.5	385	307	20.26%
Ruben	35	6'3"	57.7	47.1	462	377	18.40%
Fernanda	32	5'7"	39.2	32.6	250	208	16.80%

I have to admit that I liked the other contestants less for resenting Rachel's success. But there were some good moments with Jennifer facing her fears (though I really hope her daughter never watches this show, since a clip of Jillian saying "you're more than just the mom with the fat kid" got in there). Marie, too, hopes to win. She even carries Bobby piggyback when she can't jump up to his back.

It's hard to tell if Bobby is really a slacker, or if Bob is just being hard on him. But he admits to having some trouble with binge eating, and he is one of the ones who gains weight. Like Tanya, he got a break this week with the voting because no one saw him as a threat.  I have to say, I'm glad Bobby gets to do Makeover Week (I'm so excited about next week!).

Speaking of makeovers, we got to see Tumi trying on wedding dresses and she looked gorgeous. It was sad to me that she didn't feel like trying on dresses when she first got engaged because she was too big.  I liked what she said about feeling like a winner whether she wins a prize or not.

We are up to a two-hour format again -- but unlike last season, I don't feel like it's filled with fluff. These episodes feel jam-packed, so it's hard to include everything in these reviews.  Frustratingly, because my reception was going in and out, there were a lot of things I missed that I'm catching up on this morning by listening to the episode on NBC.com while working on this post.

One of those things was Rachel's talk with Dolvett about her dad. She and her dad stopped talking a while when she kept swimming. I don't think parents should push their children so hard or make them feel that their love is dependent on accomplishments, but at the same time, I can't imagine feeling happy if I had a child who was offered several college scholarships for swimming but quit for a high-school boyfriend.  Rachel also revealed that this was around the time that her parents got divorced, so I'm sure the hard feelings there played a part in their estrangement. Rachel said her dad has been very encouraging since she told him she was trying out for this show. I hope, though, that she doesn't feel like her dad will only love her when she's a winner.

Again, next week is Makeover Week! My post might be a little later since I will be teaching on Tuesday night.  So do you think that Rachel will have her Rapunzel-like locks cut (I hope not too much)? I can't wait to see what David looks like without that ugly beard.

I have been feeling emotional about road salt.  My car, the carpet of my car, my shoes, my favorite boots, my floors... Road salt is everywhere right now. I found some on the ELBOW of my running jacket yesterday and almost lost it.  How did it get there?

Even with the snow and the bitter cold, we have been getting plenty of sun, and with all the snowed-in days, I should be very well rested. Winter just has me out of sorts.

I saw some little bunches of daffodils at my grocery store and decided to buy them to remind myself that spring will eventually come.  I put them where the cats can't bother them, on my kitchen counter. I know that some cats can get up on kitchen counters (or even refrigerators) but thankfully, mine cannot.  Ours are both pretty old and they still manage to get into enough trouble.

One of the first things I did when the snow emergency was lifted was to go to my gym.  I wanted to use the Spin bikes but they were all locked up. I used a really dumb video-game-style exercise bike while waiting for a treadmill to open up, and then did an interval workout. I hate running on the treadmill, so the only way I can make myself do it is to play with the speed. I didn't quite do a Jillian-style 10 mph interval, but I did do two minutes at 8 miles per hour (7:30-minute miles).  Considering that my normal running speed is closer to 11-12 minutes per mile, it was tough.  It felt great to sweat!

I got my first outdoor run the next day.  I don't normally run two days in a row, but this was a special occasion.  And on Friday, my husband went to school and I was finally back to my normal routine. I had a very productive afternoon at work and also spent the morning straightening up the house. I'm hoping that we don't get snowed in again this winter.

What I did this week:

Monday: Snowed in, shoveled snow for an hour
Tuesday: Snowed in, Kettlebells
Wednesday: Dumb exercise bike thing, 5 minute walk warm-up, 20-minute treadmill interval run, 5 minute walk cool down, went to campus in the afternoon to get a few things done
Thursday: 5 minute warmup walk, 20 minute easy run, 5 minute cool down.
Friday: Spin class! Boy did I miss it!
Saturday: Pilates Circuit
Sunday: will swim this evening with the masters' swim group.

I am hoping the ennui will lift now that I'm getting back to my normal routine. I got a manicure and pedicure yesterday and I almost feel human again.

This was a two-hour episode, so it was easy to forget important points I wanted to mention in my review.  I wanted to mention contestant Rachel Frederickson, who is my favorite to win this thing. During the weigh-in, Jillian compared Rachel to past seasons' tough women contestants, saying something like "Tara, Ali, Hannah and Olivia...you're blowing them all out of the water."

Since Sunday morning, I have left my house twice: Once to shovel snow for more than an hour, and once to go to the grocery store just because we were (temporarily) downgraded from a Level 3 Snow Emergency to a Level 2, and I just wanted to leave my house. Once I got back, I was happy to be home and wondered why I felt the need to leave.

The problem at this point is not the snow, which has stopped falling, but the dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills way below zero. A woman in a small town nearby died from being out in the cold.  My husband has already been off school for two days and is already cancelled for tomorrow.

My new car is tucked in the garage and the driveway and sidewalk are clear, so there's no reason to venture out tonight.  I suppose I should be complaining about being bored or stir-crazy or upset that I can't work out, like half my Facebook friends. I really feel lucky to be somewhere warm and safe and am content to relax. I got some schoolwork done and there is more I can do.  I'm hoping to finish  tonight (Amazon affiliate link, thanks to Laura for recommending this series). My husband and I did some kettlebell work today, just a short routine for something to do. There is plenty I could do around the house, too. My cats are very content to have us around all day.

I have things I need to do tomorrow, so I hope the travel ban is lifted.  I'm supposed to get a haircut and color touch-up, for example -- very critical, as my stylist is always booked up and it's hard to reschedule.  It would be nutty to try to run outside, but if the gym is open and I can get in, I'll go.

I know a lot of my readers are snowed in too. I don't think it's terrible to get some quiet time once in a while. I would feel a lot differently if I was without heat, power, or water, though. I'm very grateful for all of those things today.

Stay warm!

We are snowed in, and since I don't really want to write about the snow, I thought I'd answer Vickie's question about whether I'm wearing more dresses since I got Gwynnie Bee (affiliate link).

I definitely am wearing a lot more dresses, partly because Gwynnie Bee doesn't have pants (yet), just tops, dresses, jackets, skirts, and cardigans.  The majority of the items on the site are dresses. I have always liked the way I look in skirts and dresses better than the way I look in pants, but I live in northern Ohio, and it gets cold here. Last year around my birthday, I bought a pair of tall black boots, and with those and some black tights, I can make a dress work. Especially since I work on a small campus where I can usually part right outside my building. I used to have a longer walk in from the parking lot when I worked at a bigger school.

I find myself wearing more fun clothes, too. When I was buying all of my own clothes, I would buy basics, because it's hard to wear a distinctive print or a fancy party dress enough times to feel like it was worth the money.

I also try things that interest me even if I'm not sure how they will look. Sometimes I love them, like the , and sometimes they are misses, like the purple print Kiyonna dress that looks great on the model, but because of the unstitched keyhole in the front, looks indecent on me. Some things are just unexpectedly wonderful, like the . Other things, I tried on and sent right back, like the Jessica Howard dress that made me look dowdy. It's not a big deal to send something back -- a replacement usually arrives within a 4-5 days. I'm getting a little better at knowing what will work based on the pictures and the size charts.  Knowing my own measurements has been really useful for this.

I keep some basics on hand to work with the other pieces: The denim jacket that works with a lot of the sleeveless dresses. Cardigans. Slacks in neutral colors. Jeans. Slips in black and white, so that some of the lower-cut dresses aren't too revealing.  Over Christmas and my birthday, I also got a lot of cute tops for my non-GB days. Those were some of the first new clothes I had bought for myself in a while.

The only thing I'd like to see added are more professional offerings. If I ever had a job interview or a big presentation, I probably would have to spring for a suit. I was told by a friend that most of my jackets are too big and don't look great on me.  Maybe at some point I will take what I have to a tailor to see if it's worth altering them.  My body is hard to fit for things like that.

My current job does not require me to wear that kind of corporate attire, and I have been spending a little more time on hair and makeup and trying to look more put-together.  I think that can only benefit me for work. I do wonder if the people at work think I'm spending a fortune on clothes.  I don't advertise that I'm using a clothing rental service -- it sounds a little weird.  I do think, though that the math works, at least for me. If I were buying the kind of stuff I usually bought, I'm sure I would be spending more and getting less.

I am starting to see that as I lose weight, there will be less for me on the site. Though the sizes go down to 10, there is less available at that end of the size range. Gwynnie Bee has said that at some point, they hope to expand their size range, but I am not sure about their timing. I'm just going to enjoy the ride for now and see what happens.