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Monday, July 30, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Week 73
Thursday - Did Curves this morning. I was thinking about going after work, but last night I decided I wanted to go a full week of going in the early morning. So I got up at 4:30. :) Today is my dress up day, so no walks on my breaks. Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was a protein drink. Dinner was left over roast with potatoes and carrots. YUM!
Friday - Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was a protein drink and a banana. I also bought some Special K chips, but only ate 5, I'm not sure if I like them. Dinner was at Don Pedro's with Josh. I had the fajitas.
I'm bummed I didn't make it to Curves. I forgot they close early on Friday's. I got there about 20 mins after they closed. And now I'm not sure if I'll make it in the morning.
Saturday - I didn't go to bed until about midnight. But I decided to suck it up and still go to Zumba and Curves, so I got up at 6. The original plan had been to do Zumba for 30 mins. and then Curves for another 30. That left me with just enough time to change and get to the park to help my uncle with his catering business. While driving to town, I had a thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I ever forgot my pants?" That set me into a panic, so as soon as I got to town I checked. Jokes on me, I did indeed forget my pants that I needed to wear for the day. (I always wear my workout clothes when I go to Curves in the morning.) So instead I had to do the Zumba & Curves together. Then I went to Alco and bought the only pair of shorts I could find in my size.
Breakfast was a protein drink and a small cup of coffee. Then the rest of the day got hectic. I had 3 or 4 bottles of water and 2 soda pops. I also had a hamburger and later I shared a few nachos with someone. Dinner that night was left over roast.
Sunday - Breakfast/Lunch was 4 slices of cinnamon raisin toast with coffee. Dinner was hobo dinners and they were DELISH!!!! Tonight night I did 50 sit ups.
Monday - Curves in the morning. Remember that funny story on Saturday? You'd think it would never happen again. But this morning when I was packing my bag, I pulled my pants out of the dryer and they were still damp. So I threw them back in and thought I'd grab them when I got my lunch out of the fridge. I finished my workout, and went to change. No pants! So today ended up being my dress up day. (I always have a dress or skirt in my bag in case I don't like how my pants fit that day.) PS, that didn't end up working out well. About 2 hours into my day, I found a huge hole in the back of my skirt right over my butt. So the skirt is now safety pinned and rolled and its going in the trash as soon as I get home tonight. I'm throwing a pair of pants in my bag and still packing it each night. I swear I need to pack 3 days of clothes when I do Curves in the morning cause I'm never sure what I want to wear.
Breakfast was some kind of spice cake someone brought for treats and a coffee. Lunch was a protein drink. Dinner was Hawaiian Haystacks.
Tuesday - I had the day off, so I decided to go to Zumba again! During the summer, its on Tuesday & Thursday at 7 am, but I have to be to work at that time. I forgot how much I like Zumba. I did the full Zumba for 30 mins, then did a full Curves Circut for another 30 mins. Then Josh and I had time to kill, so we went to the Grill for breakfast. I tried to order healthy, but 10 mins later, they came out to say they were out of oatmeal. :( So instead, I ordered half an omelet, but even then I only ate half of that. It was drowning in American cheese which is the one cheese I can't stand. So I ate about half and then my hash browns. I also had coffee and hot chocolate.
After that our day was just chaotic. We went and looked at a house. Josh wasn't sure about it, so we drove to Neola to drive by a house his grandpa saw. Then we drove to Lapoint to walk around the yard of a different house we've looked at in the past. Then we just drove around Lapoint and Tridell looking for "for sale" signs. We didn't get home until almost 2:00! I was cranky cause we missed lunch, but at that point, I decided to just wait a few hours until dinner. At 4:30 I was starving, so I had Hawaiian Haystacks.
Wednesday - Curves in the morning. :) Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. I really like the yogurt with granola, but only in like 2 flavors and the store NEVER has those. So I bought my own bag of granola to mix in with other yogurts. Lunch was a protein drink. Had a snack in the afternoon of mixed nuts. Dinner was Quizno's Chicken Carbonara sandwich. I went half way in the middle, I didn't get a large but I didn't get a small either. I decided it was ok to splurge on a regular size cause I go there rarely. I only walked on one of my breaks today.
I got home late and thought about sleeping in a little and doing Curves after work. But I love the morning workouts too much, so I kept my alarm set for 4:30.
I keep hoping Curves will help kick me off the plateau I've been stuck on for several months now. I was looking at my attendance today. I joined Curves in March, so about 5 months ago. In that time, I have worked out 46 times. Fifteen of those times have been just this month! No wonder its never worked before. Got to make the effort to see the results. I think I'll stick to this early moring stuff if it helps my attendance that much.
Friday - Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was a protein drink and a banana. I also bought some Special K chips, but only ate 5, I'm not sure if I like them. Dinner was at Don Pedro's with Josh. I had the fajitas.
I'm bummed I didn't make it to Curves. I forgot they close early on Friday's. I got there about 20 mins after they closed. And now I'm not sure if I'll make it in the morning.
Saturday - I didn't go to bed until about midnight. But I decided to suck it up and still go to Zumba and Curves, so I got up at 6. The original plan had been to do Zumba for 30 mins. and then Curves for another 30. That left me with just enough time to change and get to the park to help my uncle with his catering business. While driving to town, I had a thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I ever forgot my pants?" That set me into a panic, so as soon as I got to town I checked. Jokes on me, I did indeed forget my pants that I needed to wear for the day. (I always wear my workout clothes when I go to Curves in the morning.) So instead I had to do the Zumba & Curves together. Then I went to Alco and bought the only pair of shorts I could find in my size.
Breakfast was a protein drink and a small cup of coffee. Then the rest of the day got hectic. I had 3 or 4 bottles of water and 2 soda pops. I also had a hamburger and later I shared a few nachos with someone. Dinner that night was left over roast.
Sunday - Breakfast/Lunch was 4 slices of cinnamon raisin toast with coffee. Dinner was hobo dinners and they were DELISH!!!! Tonight night I did 50 sit ups.
Monday - Curves in the morning. Remember that funny story on Saturday? You'd think it would never happen again. But this morning when I was packing my bag, I pulled my pants out of the dryer and they were still damp. So I threw them back in and thought I'd grab them when I got my lunch out of the fridge. I finished my workout, and went to change. No pants! So today ended up being my dress up day. (I always have a dress or skirt in my bag in case I don't like how my pants fit that day.) PS, that didn't end up working out well. About 2 hours into my day, I found a huge hole in the back of my skirt right over my butt. So the skirt is now safety pinned and rolled and its going in the trash as soon as I get home tonight. I'm throwing a pair of pants in my bag and still packing it each night. I swear I need to pack 3 days of clothes when I do Curves in the morning cause I'm never sure what I want to wear.
Breakfast was some kind of spice cake someone brought for treats and a coffee. Lunch was a protein drink. Dinner was Hawaiian Haystacks.
Tuesday - I had the day off, so I decided to go to Zumba again! During the summer, its on Tuesday & Thursday at 7 am, but I have to be to work at that time. I forgot how much I like Zumba. I did the full Zumba for 30 mins, then did a full Curves Circut for another 30 mins. Then Josh and I had time to kill, so we went to the Grill for breakfast. I tried to order healthy, but 10 mins later, they came out to say they were out of oatmeal. :( So instead, I ordered half an omelet, but even then I only ate half of that. It was drowning in American cheese which is the one cheese I can't stand. So I ate about half and then my hash browns. I also had coffee and hot chocolate.
After that our day was just chaotic. We went and looked at a house. Josh wasn't sure about it, so we drove to Neola to drive by a house his grandpa saw. Then we drove to Lapoint to walk around the yard of a different house we've looked at in the past. Then we just drove around Lapoint and Tridell looking for "for sale" signs. We didn't get home until almost 2:00! I was cranky cause we missed lunch, but at that point, I decided to just wait a few hours until dinner. At 4:30 I was starving, so I had Hawaiian Haystacks.
Wednesday - Curves in the morning. :) Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. I really like the yogurt with granola, but only in like 2 flavors and the store NEVER has those. So I bought my own bag of granola to mix in with other yogurts. Lunch was a protein drink. Had a snack in the afternoon of mixed nuts. Dinner was Quizno's Chicken Carbonara sandwich. I went half way in the middle, I didn't get a large but I didn't get a small either. I decided it was ok to splurge on a regular size cause I go there rarely. I only walked on one of my breaks today.
I got home late and thought about sleeping in a little and doing Curves after work. But I love the morning workouts too much, so I kept my alarm set for 4:30.
I keep hoping Curves will help kick me off the plateau I've been stuck on for several months now. I was looking at my attendance today. I joined Curves in March, so about 5 months ago. In that time, I have worked out 46 times. Fifteen of those times have been just this month! No wonder its never worked before. Got to make the effort to see the results. I think I'll stick to this early moring stuff if it helps my attendance that much.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Week 72
Thursday - Breakfast was coffee and a small dish of cherry cobbler with ice cream. (It would seem there is a few treats that show up in the break room I can't resist.) Lunch was a salad. Due to the stress (see below), I really wanted onion rings and a shake. But I knew I would regret it. Now I can avoid the regret and be proud of myself all at the same time. Dinner was a work dinner. I shared my food with Valex. We had steak, beans, a roll and salad. I skipped the cake but had some ice cream. Today I had one diet coke, but also 64 oz. of water.
We almost won the house we bid on. Turns out we didn't know a few critical details about the appraisal. Short story, we had to withdraw our offer. I'm sad and mad and just want to drown my sorrows in onion rings and a shake. But I am going to resist. I already know I will regret it so I'm just going to stop myself before it even happens. Two thoughts (of the many) I had during the excitement. That training was right; winning the lottery gives you all the energy in the world! Winning the bid (albeit for just a minute) woke me right up and actually made antsy to get out and move. The other thought was, sometimes I need more then a 15 walk to get rid of the stress. But my break is only 15 mins so the longer walk will have to be later.
Exercise, I missed Curves because of the work dinner. I was going to go, but then had someone come into RIGHT at closing. That put my schedule off by 10 mins. I had figured I could be to the dinner 10 mins later, but with that 10 mins., it would have put me at least 20 mins late. So all I did today was 2 breaks with 15 min walks.
Friday - I've decided to try and not sleep so much this weekend. All week, I get up around 5:00, but then when I'm off, I sleep until 8, or later. I'm going to try and just stick to a more normal sleeping schedule. Today, I got up at 6:30, so I still got to sleep in a bit, but not so drastically. My intentions were good. I was going to clean the house before it got hot. But I was out of cleaning supplies! So I ended up having to go to town. I used to HATE going to town on days off, but now I just use it to my full advantage. My first stop was Curves. Things are a little messed up there measurement wise. With the contest they are running, they want to have everyone do measurements next week. I took my last birth control pill today so aunt flow will be here next week. I told her I refuse to do it next week, so we did it today. Which means its only been 2 weeks since my last one. I also was measured by C and I think she does it differently. I'm not going to read too much into these measurements since the time since my last is so short. But, hopefully, if I keep working this hard, when I do measurements again in a month, I'll see big results. :) And now I can't find my measurements to share. :p But there really was no changes since I had just done them 2 weeks earlier.
Breakfast was coffee. Lunch was a protein drink. I did make sure to plan some meals out for the weekend while Josh is home so that we hopefully eat better. Dinner was a pork chop and some rice.
Saturday - This morning I got up around 7, so still enough to sleep in, but not like I normally do. I've heard countless times that you should go to bed and wake up around the same time every day. I think its working. I decided to just get my exercising out of the way, so I jumped on my exercise bike. I was going to do 90 minutes, but at 60, Josh's parents called and needed help with cows. I was slightly bummed cause I missed out on my coffee. We got back just in time for me to shower and get ready to head somewhere. So breakfast/lunch was a protein drink. Then at the party I had one brownie. I really wanted a second one, but decided to pass. I was starving when I got home, so I had a bowl of frosted mini wheats. Dinner was stir fry over brown rice.
Sunday - Got up again at 7. I also like how much longer my day feels when I get up early. Breakfast was oatmeal and some wheat toast. Lunch was stir fry. That's also about when the cramps started. Grr, I HATE this time of the month. Dinner was the veggie tray and chocolate pudding. No exercise today.
Monday - At 4:30, I can now wake up and say "Good Morning!" I'm surprised at how quickly I have adjusted to this. Its only 30 mins earlier, so maybe I shouldn't be so surprised. I feel great when I walk into work and know that I've already been to Curves for the day. Except my hair is driving me nuts. I tried to get an appt. last week, but she was booked. This Friday, the hair is coming back off. I can't grow it out right now, not with this new routine. Its driving me nuts!
Exercise was Curves and both of my 15 min walks. I almost wussed out of one, but a coworker agreed to go with me so we could encourage each other.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was a protein drink, a cheese stick, and half a slice of chocolate cake. Its hard to say no to chocolate with aunt flow is here. Dinner was stir fry. I drank 70 oz of water today.
Tuesday - Up at 4 AM :). Yes that's right, I said :), not :(. I am amazed at how much I love these early mornings. I got up a little earlier today because I wanted to start a roast in the crockpot before heading to work. I thought about getting it ready last night and putting it in the fridge, but I didn't want my potatoes to brown. Josh will be home this afternoon and he is going to add an onion to it about an hour before its done. I don't know what it is, but onions are my new favorite things. Which is really weird because I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole when I was a kid. But now, I add them to everything.
My hair is driving me nuts! Its too long for this early workout stuff. I'm impatiently counting the days down until Friday for my appt. Curves is busy in the morning, that is the one thing I don't like. But I am usually half way down before the crowd starts showing up. Overall, I don't want to go back to going after work, I love having it done first thing in the AM way to much. Especially since the hubs will be home tonight. If I had waited to go after work, I'm pretty sure I would have just skipped it to hurry home to him.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was half a protein drink. I will remember I don't like that kind and not buy it again. :p I snacked once in the morning and again in the afternoon on some mixed nuts with dried cranberries. Dinner was DELISH! We had a pork roast w/ red potatoes, carrots and some gravy. Exercise was Curves and two 15 minute walks.
Wednesday - I realized today that even though my period has been here, my pants have stayed comfortable. Looks like I'm seeing results from all this hard work. Went to Curves this morning. I think I'll be able to make it every day this week, except Friday. So now I'm thinking of swinging down to Curves before my hair appt. And I have to be to town on Saturday. I've decided to come early so I can go to Zumba! Then I'll be able to add a Z to my flower on the wall. :)
Today is the first time I've had a good hair day in a long time. I almost started to think about letting it grow more. But on the squat machine, it kept getting caught between the bar and my shoulders. I can't pull it back because I don't have enough time to get the pony tail crease out of my hair between my work out and work. Exercise today was Curves and two 15 min walks.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. I also drank a little bit of that protein drink from lunch yesterday. Its high in protein so I thought it might be a nice jump kick to my day. Lunch was a much better protein drink. Dinner was at LaCabana with the hubs because he suddenly had to go back to work. I ate only half of my meal. I ate the tostatdo and the hard taco, along with some chips. Then I got my beans, rice and enchilada in a to go box. Josh and I decided that we would share a desert, but our waitress put our ticket on the table and walked off. So we didn't get dessert. I drank 88 oz. of water today.
I love how good I feel when I take the time to get in a work out every day and eat right. I feel healthier, perkier, more cheerful, etc. I wish I hadn't wasted so many years of letting my body get out of shape. But the good thing is that you can start taking care of yourself at any given moment. There is no going back to change things, just moving forward and started the changes now.
We almost won the house we bid on. Turns out we didn't know a few critical details about the appraisal. Short story, we had to withdraw our offer. I'm sad and mad and just want to drown my sorrows in onion rings and a shake. But I am going to resist. I already know I will regret it so I'm just going to stop myself before it even happens. Two thoughts (of the many) I had during the excitement. That training was right; winning the lottery gives you all the energy in the world! Winning the bid (albeit for just a minute) woke me right up and actually made antsy to get out and move. The other thought was, sometimes I need more then a 15 walk to get rid of the stress. But my break is only 15 mins so the longer walk will have to be later.
Exercise, I missed Curves because of the work dinner. I was going to go, but then had someone come into RIGHT at closing. That put my schedule off by 10 mins. I had figured I could be to the dinner 10 mins later, but with that 10 mins., it would have put me at least 20 mins late. So all I did today was 2 breaks with 15 min walks.
Friday - I've decided to try and not sleep so much this weekend. All week, I get up around 5:00, but then when I'm off, I sleep until 8, or later. I'm going to try and just stick to a more normal sleeping schedule. Today, I got up at 6:30, so I still got to sleep in a bit, but not so drastically. My intentions were good. I was going to clean the house before it got hot. But I was out of cleaning supplies! So I ended up having to go to town. I used to HATE going to town on days off, but now I just use it to my full advantage. My first stop was Curves. Things are a little messed up there measurement wise. With the contest they are running, they want to have everyone do measurements next week. I took my last birth control pill today so aunt flow will be here next week. I told her I refuse to do it next week, so we did it today. Which means its only been 2 weeks since my last one. I also was measured by C and I think she does it differently. I'm not going to read too much into these measurements since the time since my last is so short. But, hopefully, if I keep working this hard, when I do measurements again in a month, I'll see big results. :) And now I can't find my measurements to share. :p But there really was no changes since I had just done them 2 weeks earlier.
Breakfast was coffee. Lunch was a protein drink. I did make sure to plan some meals out for the weekend while Josh is home so that we hopefully eat better. Dinner was a pork chop and some rice.
Saturday - This morning I got up around 7, so still enough to sleep in, but not like I normally do. I've heard countless times that you should go to bed and wake up around the same time every day. I think its working. I decided to just get my exercising out of the way, so I jumped on my exercise bike. I was going to do 90 minutes, but at 60, Josh's parents called and needed help with cows. I was slightly bummed cause I missed out on my coffee. We got back just in time for me to shower and get ready to head somewhere. So breakfast/lunch was a protein drink. Then at the party I had one brownie. I really wanted a second one, but decided to pass. I was starving when I got home, so I had a bowl of frosted mini wheats. Dinner was stir fry over brown rice.
Sunday - Got up again at 7. I also like how much longer my day feels when I get up early. Breakfast was oatmeal and some wheat toast. Lunch was stir fry. That's also about when the cramps started. Grr, I HATE this time of the month. Dinner was the veggie tray and chocolate pudding. No exercise today.
Monday - At 4:30, I can now wake up and say "Good Morning!" I'm surprised at how quickly I have adjusted to this. Its only 30 mins earlier, so maybe I shouldn't be so surprised. I feel great when I walk into work and know that I've already been to Curves for the day. Except my hair is driving me nuts. I tried to get an appt. last week, but she was booked. This Friday, the hair is coming back off. I can't grow it out right now, not with this new routine. Its driving me nuts!
Exercise was Curves and both of my 15 min walks. I almost wussed out of one, but a coworker agreed to go with me so we could encourage each other.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was a protein drink, a cheese stick, and half a slice of chocolate cake. Its hard to say no to chocolate with aunt flow is here. Dinner was stir fry. I drank 70 oz of water today.
Tuesday - Up at 4 AM :). Yes that's right, I said :), not :(. I am amazed at how much I love these early mornings. I got up a little earlier today because I wanted to start a roast in the crockpot before heading to work. I thought about getting it ready last night and putting it in the fridge, but I didn't want my potatoes to brown. Josh will be home this afternoon and he is going to add an onion to it about an hour before its done. I don't know what it is, but onions are my new favorite things. Which is really weird because I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole when I was a kid. But now, I add them to everything.
My hair is driving me nuts! Its too long for this early workout stuff. I'm impatiently counting the days down until Friday for my appt. Curves is busy in the morning, that is the one thing I don't like. But I am usually half way down before the crowd starts showing up. Overall, I don't want to go back to going after work, I love having it done first thing in the AM way to much. Especially since the hubs will be home tonight. If I had waited to go after work, I'm pretty sure I would have just skipped it to hurry home to him.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was half a protein drink. I will remember I don't like that kind and not buy it again. :p I snacked once in the morning and again in the afternoon on some mixed nuts with dried cranberries. Dinner was DELISH! We had a pork roast w/ red potatoes, carrots and some gravy. Exercise was Curves and two 15 minute walks.
Wednesday - I realized today that even though my period has been here, my pants have stayed comfortable. Looks like I'm seeing results from all this hard work. Went to Curves this morning. I think I'll be able to make it every day this week, except Friday. So now I'm thinking of swinging down to Curves before my hair appt. And I have to be to town on Saturday. I've decided to come early so I can go to Zumba! Then I'll be able to add a Z to my flower on the wall. :)
Today is the first time I've had a good hair day in a long time. I almost started to think about letting it grow more. But on the squat machine, it kept getting caught between the bar and my shoulders. I can't pull it back because I don't have enough time to get the pony tail crease out of my hair between my work out and work. Exercise today was Curves and two 15 min walks.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. I also drank a little bit of that protein drink from lunch yesterday. Its high in protein so I thought it might be a nice jump kick to my day. Lunch was a much better protein drink. Dinner was at LaCabana with the hubs because he suddenly had to go back to work. I ate only half of my meal. I ate the tostatdo and the hard taco, along with some chips. Then I got my beans, rice and enchilada in a to go box. Josh and I decided that we would share a desert, but our waitress put our ticket on the table and walked off. So we didn't get dessert. I drank 88 oz. of water today.
I love how good I feel when I take the time to get in a work out every day and eat right. I feel healthier, perkier, more cheerful, etc. I wish I hadn't wasted so many years of letting my body get out of shape. But the good thing is that you can start taking care of yourself at any given moment. There is no going back to change things, just moving forward and started the changes now.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Week 71
Thursday - Today I had the day off which also means my eating schedule was off. I had a bowl of Special K for breakfast with a glass of milk. Then lunch was a coffee, a corn dog and some cheese sticks. Dinner was meatballs with sauce and rice. Exercise today was a lot of hiking. Josh is determined to actually CATCH fish this week, but we've had no luck. First we hiked to one area of Starvation. It was windy there and we didn't catch anything. So then we decided to drive to the bridge and hike down under it and try there. I've decided we don't actually fish, we just watch water. Speaking of water, I haven't been drinking near enough.
Friday - Josh wanted to run to town this morning, so I put on my workout clothes and made him drop me off at Curves. As we pulled into the parking lot, I realized, I forgot my workout tag. But I didn't let that slow me down! About every 8 minutes, it has you check your heartrate. Mine was the best its ever been. It would seem that most people go slower without their tag, but I went harder. Now I wish I had taken my tag with me, today might have been the day I broke my goal to hit 400 calories. But regardless, I went to Curves and worked HARD and that is what matters. I've also had 2 bottles of water now.
Breakfast was frosted mini wheats with 2 small glasses of water and a cup of coffee. Lunch was half a mini pizza and one breadstick; Josh ate the rest. Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs. I think I drank 5 bottles of water total today. Also, while fishing, I realized my phone was in the truck. Josh offered to hike up the hill to get it, but I told him that skinny me would like to do that. I love all the changes I have seen in myself as I've gotten into shape. Not only do I love the skinnier me, I also don't miss the lazy me.
Saturday - Breakfast was a 6 inch Sunrise Subway Melt and a yogurt parfait. Then we went fishing with grandpa, on his boat, ALL DAY. Lots of water. Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs. I also had some watermelon after the fishing and lots of water.
Sunday - Breakfast was biscuits and gravy and 2 glasses of milk. I rode my exercise bike for an hour and drank 3 glasses of water. Lunch/Dinner was 2 hamburgers and a handful of cherries.
Monday - I think I am going to like early morning Curves. ;) Got up at 4:30 so I could do Curves this morning. Then afterwards, I bought a personalized coffee pot so I can start making my coffee at work when I do Curves in the morning. Walked 15 mins on one of my breaks. I spent all day thinking about walking Sage tonight. But when it came down to it, I almost wussed out. Finally at 7:50, I drug my butt off the couch. At first, I was only going to go to the end of the lane, but then I got after myself. As punishment, I decided I could walk to the store. But when I got to the store, I felt so good, I went past it and went up the hill. My quick 15 min walk turned into 80 mins! I'm a little tired, but that is far outweighed by how good I feel about myself right now. No regrets for this girl. :) Then just before going to bed, I decided to do some situps. I didn't think I could do them without Josh holding my feet, but I used the recliner and did fine. I did 20 situps.
Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas. Then around 10:30, I started to snack on some grapes. Within minutes I was sick. I think they were fine, but maybe not? Ugh. It made me realize that like ONCE a week, I get sick. Its really bothering me cause 1) who wants to be sick so much and 2) what is causing it? I did a quick look at my food journal and I don't see anything that connects. I might try taking my vitamins and lunch vs. at night with my Metformin, but even then, I take those every night, but am only sick once a weekish. I know I need to figure it out because I don't like feeling like this. Dinner was the other half of my dinner from Lacabana last week, so half rice, half beans and half enchilada.
Tuesday - I won't lie, I was tired this morning. I woke around 3 and never feel back into a good sleep. I thought about changing the alarm from 4:30 to 5 and just skipping Curves. But I would only buy myself another 30 mins of sleep and decided it wasn't worth it. I'm also sore from the walk last night. But I'm going to push through this temporary pain and keep pushing on! I went to Curves this morning. This evening, I went to dinner with my mom and sister. I thought about walking when I got home, but the wind was blowing 50 mph. So instead, I decided to push for a personal best with situps. I had to take a few resting breaks, but I did 50 situps tonight!
Breakfast was coffee (I can already tell my personal coffee machine at work will pay for itself) and yogurt w/ granola. I had a banana for a morning snack. Lunch was a salad with snap peas. Dinner was at the Grill for Vanessa's b-day. I had a smaller salad from the bar, minestrone soup, a scone, carrots and then only a few bites of my chicken fried steak. I realized I was full after only 3 bites of it, so I packed it to take home.
Today has been a day of proving to myself I can be strong. I mentioned it was HARD to get up this morning, but I did. Once the coffee kicked in, I was fine, but I plan to go to bed early tonight. But I had another moment of "I can do this" today. During my afternoon break (no walks today cause I wanted to wear a dress), I was in the break room and the mini bags of Lays looked so GOOD. But I tried to resist. I left the break room and headed back to my desk. Ten steps down the hall, I turned and went back for a bag of chips. I stared at it for a good 30 seconds, realized that over half the calories are just fat, but stared for another 10 seconds. I could taste them and it tasted good. But then I remembered getting up at 4:30 this morning. I MADE that choice so I could do something towards a healthier me. I didn't want to blow that on a bag of chips that would only satisfy a short craving. So I put the bag down and walked away. That to me, is a little moment that will hopefully lead to BIG results. Sure the chips would have been good, and the calories were only half of the ones I worked off this morning. But it wasn't worth it. I've learned that exercising doesn't mean you can eat more. To get results you have to exercise AND eat better. One or the other can work on their own over a LONG period of time. But if you want results, you have to do both things. Today I did and I'm so proud of myself.
Wednesday - Got up early for Curves again. I'm really liking that. But I do get to sleep in tomorrow because a coworker needs a ride to work. While on the subject of Curves, I need to vent for just a second. There is a lady that comes and she drives me NUTS! Every.single.time she comes, she asked for J to change the music. 90% of the time, I LOVE the music that is currently in. 70% of the time, I HATE the music that gets put in. She will do this if we are the only 2 people there or if there is 8 other people there. I seriously cringe when I see her car pull in. I want to yell at her, the music is fine, learn to workout to other tempos. Cause I think that is why she does it, she told J she can only exercise if the songs are so many beats a minute. I will admit to asking for music ONCE. I was the first one in there and there wasn't any going. So I said, put in something good and upbeat. Of course, 10 mins later this lady walks in! She did wait a few mins to voice her opinion of the music. J told her I requested this, but I told J to go ahead, I only had 2 machines left at that point. Just this morning I thought, Hm, I haven't seen her since I started coming early, another bonus to coming early. She pulled in 10 mins later and as I was leaving, she was asking for different music. Ugh.
K, got that off my chest for now. I walked on both my 15 minute breaks today.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Had a banana for a snack around 10. Lunch was at Canton City (thanks Barb for treating me to lunch). I let myself have a few of all my favorites, but I did not go back to the buffet for seconds. Had another banana around 4. Dinner was meatballs with rice and sauce. I was distracted while eating and only ate half my plate then realized I was full. There really is a lot of truth to eating slowly.
Overall, this has not been my best week. By Sunday, I was ready to go back to work and ready for Josh to go back to work. Having 5 days off was not healthy, espcially with our lack of planning things out. We'd head out to fish "for just an hour or two", but 6 hours later, we'd still be fishing. That lead to some unhealthy choices of fast food at a gas station and then over eating because I was so hungry. Sunday night, I told Josh no more of that. We can fish, but we just assume he's going to drag it out and stop at the groceries store for fruits and a light lunch.
On the other hand, I think my Curves attendance the last two weeks has been the best ever. I will say, I was thinking about quitting. I hadn't seen any results. Well, duh, its because I hadn't been going. You have to actually go and do the work out if you want it to work.
Also, that walk on Monday night... I was sore for 2 days! But I'm finally feeling more normal today. So maybe the next walk will be slightly shorter and then I can build back up.
Friday - Josh wanted to run to town this morning, so I put on my workout clothes and made him drop me off at Curves. As we pulled into the parking lot, I realized, I forgot my workout tag. But I didn't let that slow me down! About every 8 minutes, it has you check your heartrate. Mine was the best its ever been. It would seem that most people go slower without their tag, but I went harder. Now I wish I had taken my tag with me, today might have been the day I broke my goal to hit 400 calories. But regardless, I went to Curves and worked HARD and that is what matters. I've also had 2 bottles of water now.
Breakfast was frosted mini wheats with 2 small glasses of water and a cup of coffee. Lunch was half a mini pizza and one breadstick; Josh ate the rest. Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs. I think I drank 5 bottles of water total today. Also, while fishing, I realized my phone was in the truck. Josh offered to hike up the hill to get it, but I told him that skinny me would like to do that. I love all the changes I have seen in myself as I've gotten into shape. Not only do I love the skinnier me, I also don't miss the lazy me.
Saturday - Breakfast was a 6 inch Sunrise Subway Melt and a yogurt parfait. Then we went fishing with grandpa, on his boat, ALL DAY. Lots of water. Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs. I also had some watermelon after the fishing and lots of water.
Sunday - Breakfast was biscuits and gravy and 2 glasses of milk. I rode my exercise bike for an hour and drank 3 glasses of water. Lunch/Dinner was 2 hamburgers and a handful of cherries.
Monday - I think I am going to like early morning Curves. ;) Got up at 4:30 so I could do Curves this morning. Then afterwards, I bought a personalized coffee pot so I can start making my coffee at work when I do Curves in the morning. Walked 15 mins on one of my breaks. I spent all day thinking about walking Sage tonight. But when it came down to it, I almost wussed out. Finally at 7:50, I drug my butt off the couch. At first, I was only going to go to the end of the lane, but then I got after myself. As punishment, I decided I could walk to the store. But when I got to the store, I felt so good, I went past it and went up the hill. My quick 15 min walk turned into 80 mins! I'm a little tired, but that is far outweighed by how good I feel about myself right now. No regrets for this girl. :) Then just before going to bed, I decided to do some situps. I didn't think I could do them without Josh holding my feet, but I used the recliner and did fine. I did 20 situps.
Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas. Then around 10:30, I started to snack on some grapes. Within minutes I was sick. I think they were fine, but maybe not? Ugh. It made me realize that like ONCE a week, I get sick. Its really bothering me cause 1) who wants to be sick so much and 2) what is causing it? I did a quick look at my food journal and I don't see anything that connects. I might try taking my vitamins and lunch vs. at night with my Metformin, but even then, I take those every night, but am only sick once a weekish. I know I need to figure it out because I don't like feeling like this. Dinner was the other half of my dinner from Lacabana last week, so half rice, half beans and half enchilada.
Tuesday - I won't lie, I was tired this morning. I woke around 3 and never feel back into a good sleep. I thought about changing the alarm from 4:30 to 5 and just skipping Curves. But I would only buy myself another 30 mins of sleep and decided it wasn't worth it. I'm also sore from the walk last night. But I'm going to push through this temporary pain and keep pushing on! I went to Curves this morning. This evening, I went to dinner with my mom and sister. I thought about walking when I got home, but the wind was blowing 50 mph. So instead, I decided to push for a personal best with situps. I had to take a few resting breaks, but I did 50 situps tonight!
Breakfast was coffee (I can already tell my personal coffee machine at work will pay for itself) and yogurt w/ granola. I had a banana for a morning snack. Lunch was a salad with snap peas. Dinner was at the Grill for Vanessa's b-day. I had a smaller salad from the bar, minestrone soup, a scone, carrots and then only a few bites of my chicken fried steak. I realized I was full after only 3 bites of it, so I packed it to take home.
Today has been a day of proving to myself I can be strong. I mentioned it was HARD to get up this morning, but I did. Once the coffee kicked in, I was fine, but I plan to go to bed early tonight. But I had another moment of "I can do this" today. During my afternoon break (no walks today cause I wanted to wear a dress), I was in the break room and the mini bags of Lays looked so GOOD. But I tried to resist. I left the break room and headed back to my desk. Ten steps down the hall, I turned and went back for a bag of chips. I stared at it for a good 30 seconds, realized that over half the calories are just fat, but stared for another 10 seconds. I could taste them and it tasted good. But then I remembered getting up at 4:30 this morning. I MADE that choice so I could do something towards a healthier me. I didn't want to blow that on a bag of chips that would only satisfy a short craving. So I put the bag down and walked away. That to me, is a little moment that will hopefully lead to BIG results. Sure the chips would have been good, and the calories were only half of the ones I worked off this morning. But it wasn't worth it. I've learned that exercising doesn't mean you can eat more. To get results you have to exercise AND eat better. One or the other can work on their own over a LONG period of time. But if you want results, you have to do both things. Today I did and I'm so proud of myself.
Wednesday - Got up early for Curves again. I'm really liking that. But I do get to sleep in tomorrow because a coworker needs a ride to work. While on the subject of Curves, I need to vent for just a second. There is a lady that comes and she drives me NUTS! Every.single.time she comes, she asked for J to change the music. 90% of the time, I LOVE the music that is currently in. 70% of the time, I HATE the music that gets put in. She will do this if we are the only 2 people there or if there is 8 other people there. I seriously cringe when I see her car pull in. I want to yell at her, the music is fine, learn to workout to other tempos. Cause I think that is why she does it, she told J she can only exercise if the songs are so many beats a minute. I will admit to asking for music ONCE. I was the first one in there and there wasn't any going. So I said, put in something good and upbeat. Of course, 10 mins later this lady walks in! She did wait a few mins to voice her opinion of the music. J told her I requested this, but I told J to go ahead, I only had 2 machines left at that point. Just this morning I thought, Hm, I haven't seen her since I started coming early, another bonus to coming early. She pulled in 10 mins later and as I was leaving, she was asking for different music. Ugh.
K, got that off my chest for now. I walked on both my 15 minute breaks today.
Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Had a banana for a snack around 10. Lunch was at Canton City (thanks Barb for treating me to lunch). I let myself have a few of all my favorites, but I did not go back to the buffet for seconds. Had another banana around 4. Dinner was meatballs with rice and sauce. I was distracted while eating and only ate half my plate then realized I was full. There really is a lot of truth to eating slowly.
Overall, this has not been my best week. By Sunday, I was ready to go back to work and ready for Josh to go back to work. Having 5 days off was not healthy, espcially with our lack of planning things out. We'd head out to fish "for just an hour or two", but 6 hours later, we'd still be fishing. That lead to some unhealthy choices of fast food at a gas station and then over eating because I was so hungry. Sunday night, I told Josh no more of that. We can fish, but we just assume he's going to drag it out and stop at the groceries store for fruits and a light lunch.
On the other hand, I think my Curves attendance the last two weeks has been the best ever. I will say, I was thinking about quitting. I hadn't seen any results. Well, duh, its because I hadn't been going. You have to actually go and do the work out if you want it to work.
Also, that walk on Monday night... I was sore for 2 days! But I'm finally feeling more normal today. So maybe the next walk will be slightly shorter and then I can build back up.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Work has these online trainings we do once a month. We've covered things like ergonomicts and blood born pathegeons, etc. This month it is about heart disease. Its been pretty intersting and I wanted to jot down a few notes. This post might seem random cause I was trying to type things out as I listened. I really wish I could post a link to the video, but I think its a work "in house" type thing.
The video is talking about how we need to make ourselves our number one priority, not work, not spouses, not children. If our health fails, then we fail all of those people. But by making yourself a priority, in a way that makes them a priority too.
The video mentiones people and their lame excuses. I'm too tired or I don't feel like it. The guy then talks about you laying on the couch watching the lottery and suddenly you win 5 millions dollars. What are you going to do? Jump up and dance around, even though 2 seconds ago you had "no energy." He mentioned that once he was too tired to help his wife with something. Five minutes later his buddy called and said "let's go fishing." He jumped up, got his gear and took off. Every one has the energy, its more an issue of being too lazy and not taking care of your self.
Being tired doesn't mean you stop. Being tired means you need to exercise. Because you have a lack of oxygen to the brain because you aren't pumping enough blood to the brain.
Don't eat when stressed out! You're just causing more stress by making your health worse. Get out and exercise! I know this works! When I have really stressful days at work, I LONG for my break. Not so I can escape for a few minutes, but because I can go out and walk off the stress.
Just 30 mins. a day of exercise can reduce heart disease by 50%!
Most people claim they don't have enough time, but the average person actually has about 40 free hours a week, they spend 15-20 hours of that watching tv. Then they spend more time on computers. Turn the tv off and go outside and walk.
Schedule time in your life for exercise. Become displined. Change your couch potato way of life. As soon as you get home, exercise cause the second you set down, you've already started to loose the battle. Or in my case, get up just 30 mins earlier.
Unless you are sick, fatigue is mostly just in your head, don't listen to it. It usually takes just 3 minutes for you to get woken up and get going. Find what motivates you, good music, whatever it is that makes you go.
You don't need to count caleries, but count common sense. A plate over flowing with food isn't as healthy as a plate with room to spare. Processed foods isn't as healthy as organic and fruits and veggies. Eating out is less healthy then preparing your own meals. Its all common sense, use it. Just because we live in a world of fast food doens't mean we need to eat in that world. Get out of the habit of eating junk food; replace your snacking habits with healthy choices.
Stop just talking about bad health and do something about it!
The video is talking about how we need to make ourselves our number one priority, not work, not spouses, not children. If our health fails, then we fail all of those people. But by making yourself a priority, in a way that makes them a priority too.
The video mentiones people and their lame excuses. I'm too tired or I don't feel like it. The guy then talks about you laying on the couch watching the lottery and suddenly you win 5 millions dollars. What are you going to do? Jump up and dance around, even though 2 seconds ago you had "no energy." He mentioned that once he was too tired to help his wife with something. Five minutes later his buddy called and said "let's go fishing." He jumped up, got his gear and took off. Every one has the energy, its more an issue of being too lazy and not taking care of your self.
Being tired doesn't mean you stop. Being tired means you need to exercise. Because you have a lack of oxygen to the brain because you aren't pumping enough blood to the brain.
Don't eat when stressed out! You're just causing more stress by making your health worse. Get out and exercise! I know this works! When I have really stressful days at work, I LONG for my break. Not so I can escape for a few minutes, but because I can go out and walk off the stress.
Just 30 mins. a day of exercise can reduce heart disease by 50%!
Most people claim they don't have enough time, but the average person actually has about 40 free hours a week, they spend 15-20 hours of that watching tv. Then they spend more time on computers. Turn the tv off and go outside and walk.
Schedule time in your life for exercise. Become displined. Change your couch potato way of life. As soon as you get home, exercise cause the second you set down, you've already started to loose the battle. Or in my case, get up just 30 mins earlier.
Unless you are sick, fatigue is mostly just in your head, don't listen to it. It usually takes just 3 minutes for you to get woken up and get going. Find what motivates you, good music, whatever it is that makes you go.
You don't need to count caleries, but count common sense. A plate over flowing with food isn't as healthy as a plate with room to spare. Processed foods isn't as healthy as organic and fruits and veggies. Eating out is less healthy then preparing your own meals. Its all common sense, use it. Just because we live in a world of fast food doens't mean we need to eat in that world. Get out of the habit of eating junk food; replace your snacking habits with healthy choices.
Stop just talking about bad health and do something about it!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Week 70
Thursday - woke up with a squimish stomach. :( I had my coffee, but then decided to skip breakfast because I remembered it was billing meeting today and they always do treats. The last few months it been yogurt, fruit and then biscuits or cinnamon rolls. I decided I'd wait to see what they prepared, if nothing else, I could eat the cherries I had in my lunch bag. Of course the day I plan on them doing something healthy, was they don't. The treat today was chips & salsa, which I don't like. I had a few taffies, but my stomach still not feeling good. After about an hour, I decided I was hungry, so I had a small bowl of chips and salsa. And 2 glasses of water. I think the salsa made my stomach worse. So I bought a can of 7-up to sip on. I finished that on my lunch break, but didn't eat anything else. Instead, I started a 2nd can of 7-up. Bleh, I don't like feeling like this. Not sick enough to go home, but not healthy enough to feel good. I debated about Curves off and on all day, but in the end I decided to skip it. I went home and still didn't feel good. I skipped dinner and went to bed just before 8:00. I slept 10 hours!
Friday - feeling much better today. When I woke up at 6:00, I thought "but its my weekend!" then I realized just how long I had slept. So glad to be feeling better. Of course I was starving since I hadn't eaten anything since 11:00 yesterday. So I had a slightly overfilled bowl of frosted mini wheats and a glass of milk. Also had a glass of water, which I do every morning when I take my pills. I ended up having to go to Roosevelt for something, so I stopped in at Curves. ;) Lunch was a 6 inch Subway Club with a diet coke. I think I drank 5 glasses of water today. Dinner was white lasagna and 2 bread sticks.
Saturday - Breakfast was Life cereal. After that, my day got hectic. I'm counting my exercise as chasing two little boys all day long. How can such little legs run so far and so fast? Lunch was a few bites of jello and half of Valex's hotdog. I did drink several glasses of water that day. Dinner? Missed it cause I was in a bad mood.
Sunday - Breakfast was mini cinnamon rolls. Breakfast was kinda late, so I skipped lunch and made dinner early. Dinner was my FAV Sweet & Sour Meatballs. I ate more then I should have, but I let that guilt push me to my exercise bike where I did 17.76 miles 75 mins. Then I got Josh to help me do some sit ups. I did 15. He is off for the next week and has promised to help me do them every night. I think I drank a total of 7 glasses of water. Oh, and I mentioned I counted my exercise yesterday as chasing nephews. My arms hurt today, I think its from packing Daxsen around so much.
Monday - Breakfast was coffee and apricots and one glass water. Lunch... I ended up skipping it to go see Dianna at the hospital. :( I had an afternoon snack of cherries and water. Dinner was a date at Lacabana. I ordered the meal with 1 taco, 2 enchiladas, rice & beans. I ate the taco, but only about 2/3 of one enchilada and about half my beans and rice. I got the rest to go home. Then we decided to order some deep fried ice cream too. I think I enjoy ice cream more now that I only have it occasionally.
The highlight of my day was at dinner. I recognized our waitress (I worked with her like 7 years ago), but she didn't recognize me. So even at one point, I made sure to say "Thank you Ronna". When she brought our dessert, she finally recognized me. She said she had just told her coworker "I think I used to work with that person, but she was much bigger then."
I walked on both my breaks, but didn't make it to Curves because we went to look at houses. My morning break, I walked with a coworker, so I didn't take my ipod. But my afternoon break, I was alone. That is when I realized, my new pants have NO pockets. I almost wussed out by saying I didn't want to carry my ipod, but I realized how LAME that was, put it in my bra and went on the walk. No excuse is big enough to miss out on a 15 minute walk. I also did 30 situps.
Tuesday - Tonight we hope to go take a deeper look at one of the homes we saw last night. My original plan had been to go to Curves before going to swap group, but with the home looking, I realized I wouldn't have time. So originally, I was going to get up at 4 AM and ride my exercise bike for an hour. But then I started feeling bad I would miss Curves this week (cause I have the rest of the week off!), so I decided instead to get up at 4:30. I got up, did my hair and makeup, then packed some work clothes and dressed in my workout clothes and hurried to Roosevelt. It worked perfectly, in fact, if I do it again, I could probably take 5-10 more minutes at home. I only had to reapply deodorant and touch up my hair. And I feel great for already having it done for the day. To top off this amazing day, today is my dress up day. ;) There won't be any walks, but I've already been to Curves. Also, since I probably won't make it tomorrow, we did my weekly weighin. With this contest they are running, they check your weight weekly. I was down 3 pounds today. Go me!
Turns out, we can't go tonight, but it still feels good to know I got my workout in. I will defiantly do that more in the future in the early mornings, makes my whole day feel more productive.
Breakfast was coffee and apricots and one glass water. Lunch was 2 glasses of water, 2 meatballs (no rice or sauce), a few pieces of cheese. I also had some peas, but they have gotten old and didn't taste well so I only ate a few. That afternoon, my belly was upset, so I sipped on a Coke and drank about half a can. Dinner was a double BBQ at Marion's, along with a few chips and a fresh cherry limeade. I almost ordered a shake, but remembered I had ice cream the night before and decided I didn't need it again. Then when I saw the cake at Swap group, I was glad I skipped ice cream so I could have cake with no guilt. No sit ups tonight because my belly was still upset and a little tender.
Wednesday - Today we did get to go look at the house again. Its been a very unplanned, yet still kinda structured, day. This morning, I decided we should go to town early so I could go to Curves since they were open on the 4th of July. But because I slept in too long, I missed breakfast. Josh dropped me off at Curves and then went to get a few things. When he picked me up, he had a coffee for me and 2 bananas. After the house looking, we headed to go fishing, so then I basically missed lunch. :p The fishing wasn't very good, so we left about 4. Oh, by fishing, I mean on our float tubes, so my legs got a good work out. Josh had to go to Vernal for a work thing and I tried eating a few grapes, but they were hot. Dinner tonight was the only real meal we had today. Josh took me to Cafe Rio and I ordered the nachos with pork, cheese, rice and beans. I ate about 3/4 and Josh finished them off for me. I know I have the rest of the week off, but I hope to maybe go to Curves once more this week.My other exercise included hiking to the shore of Sandwash to fish.
Friday - feeling much better today. When I woke up at 6:00, I thought "but its my weekend!" then I realized just how long I had slept. So glad to be feeling better. Of course I was starving since I hadn't eaten anything since 11:00 yesterday. So I had a slightly overfilled bowl of frosted mini wheats and a glass of milk. Also had a glass of water, which I do every morning when I take my pills. I ended up having to go to Roosevelt for something, so I stopped in at Curves. ;) Lunch was a 6 inch Subway Club with a diet coke. I think I drank 5 glasses of water today. Dinner was white lasagna and 2 bread sticks.
Saturday - Breakfast was Life cereal. After that, my day got hectic. I'm counting my exercise as chasing two little boys all day long. How can such little legs run so far and so fast? Lunch was a few bites of jello and half of Valex's hotdog. I did drink several glasses of water that day. Dinner? Missed it cause I was in a bad mood.
Sunday - Breakfast was mini cinnamon rolls. Breakfast was kinda late, so I skipped lunch and made dinner early. Dinner was my FAV Sweet & Sour Meatballs. I ate more then I should have, but I let that guilt push me to my exercise bike where I did 17.76 miles 75 mins. Then I got Josh to help me do some sit ups. I did 15. He is off for the next week and has promised to help me do them every night. I think I drank a total of 7 glasses of water. Oh, and I mentioned I counted my exercise yesterday as chasing nephews. My arms hurt today, I think its from packing Daxsen around so much.
Monday - Breakfast was coffee and apricots and one glass water. Lunch... I ended up skipping it to go see Dianna at the hospital. :( I had an afternoon snack of cherries and water. Dinner was a date at Lacabana. I ordered the meal with 1 taco, 2 enchiladas, rice & beans. I ate the taco, but only about 2/3 of one enchilada and about half my beans and rice. I got the rest to go home. Then we decided to order some deep fried ice cream too. I think I enjoy ice cream more now that I only have it occasionally.
The highlight of my day was at dinner. I recognized our waitress (I worked with her like 7 years ago), but she didn't recognize me. So even at one point, I made sure to say "Thank you Ronna". When she brought our dessert, she finally recognized me. She said she had just told her coworker "I think I used to work with that person, but she was much bigger then."
I walked on both my breaks, but didn't make it to Curves because we went to look at houses. My morning break, I walked with a coworker, so I didn't take my ipod. But my afternoon break, I was alone. That is when I realized, my new pants have NO pockets. I almost wussed out by saying I didn't want to carry my ipod, but I realized how LAME that was, put it in my bra and went on the walk. No excuse is big enough to miss out on a 15 minute walk. I also did 30 situps.
Tuesday - Tonight we hope to go take a deeper look at one of the homes we saw last night. My original plan had been to go to Curves before going to swap group, but with the home looking, I realized I wouldn't have time. So originally, I was going to get up at 4 AM and ride my exercise bike for an hour. But then I started feeling bad I would miss Curves this week (cause I have the rest of the week off!), so I decided instead to get up at 4:30. I got up, did my hair and makeup, then packed some work clothes and dressed in my workout clothes and hurried to Roosevelt. It worked perfectly, in fact, if I do it again, I could probably take 5-10 more minutes at home. I only had to reapply deodorant and touch up my hair. And I feel great for already having it done for the day. To top off this amazing day, today is my dress up day. ;) There won't be any walks, but I've already been to Curves. Also, since I probably won't make it tomorrow, we did my weekly weighin. With this contest they are running, they check your weight weekly. I was down 3 pounds today. Go me!
Turns out, we can't go tonight, but it still feels good to know I got my workout in. I will defiantly do that more in the future in the early mornings, makes my whole day feel more productive.
Breakfast was coffee and apricots and one glass water. Lunch was 2 glasses of water, 2 meatballs (no rice or sauce), a few pieces of cheese. I also had some peas, but they have gotten old and didn't taste well so I only ate a few. That afternoon, my belly was upset, so I sipped on a Coke and drank about half a can. Dinner was a double BBQ at Marion's, along with a few chips and a fresh cherry limeade. I almost ordered a shake, but remembered I had ice cream the night before and decided I didn't need it again. Then when I saw the cake at Swap group, I was glad I skipped ice cream so I could have cake with no guilt. No sit ups tonight because my belly was still upset and a little tender.
Wednesday - Today we did get to go look at the house again. Its been a very unplanned, yet still kinda structured, day. This morning, I decided we should go to town early so I could go to Curves since they were open on the 4th of July. But because I slept in too long, I missed breakfast. Josh dropped me off at Curves and then went to get a few things. When he picked me up, he had a coffee for me and 2 bananas. After the house looking, we headed to go fishing, so then I basically missed lunch. :p The fishing wasn't very good, so we left about 4. Oh, by fishing, I mean on our float tubes, so my legs got a good work out. Josh had to go to Vernal for a work thing and I tried eating a few grapes, but they were hot. Dinner tonight was the only real meal we had today. Josh took me to Cafe Rio and I ordered the nachos with pork, cheese, rice and beans. I ate about 3/4 and Josh finished them off for me. I know I have the rest of the week off, but I hope to maybe go to Curves once more this week.My other exercise included hiking to the shore of Sandwash to fish.
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