216.8 (down a little bit more...)
FRIDAY
TGIF! I'm totally psyched about today. It started wonderfully at 5:00 am (believe it or not). Today was our last day of boot camp - for this session. We had our "post-test" and I totally improved a lot. Here's the stats:
Pre Test (May 9)
Push ups in 1 min: 0 regular, 18 facilitated (on knees)
Sit ups in 1 min: 25
Dips in 1 min: 19 regular (legs straight), 20 facilitated (legs bent)
1 mile run: 9:09 minutes
Post Test (Today)
Push ups in 1 min: 7 regular, 28 facilitated
Sit ups in 1 min: 32
Dips in 1 min: 20 regular, 30 facilitated
1 mile run: 8:34 minutes!
So, I shaved 35 seconds off my mile run, and added a whole bunch of strength. I'm lovin it! Especially since I haven't seen massive movement in the scale, which I know is due to my lack of commitment to the food plan. I'm hoping next month will be better on that front.
So now, we have our graduate party tonight. Our instructors are buying us each a drink (because supposedly we haven't drank all month. I doubt many stuck to it that religiously, though it would have been nice, I'm sure.)
But - before that I have a crazy day planned. I had made plans a month ago to see the Sex and the City premier with Holly and a couple other friends. She bought the tickets and we're going at the 10:45 showing tonight. Before that is the graduation party at 7:00 where I'll allow myself 2 drinks, since I'm driving to the movie.
Then earlier this week, I got an email from a young partner at my firm that she is organizing a "girls day out" with our female summer associates to go to the Sex and the City premier at 3:30 today. She wanted as many women attorneys as could to go and bond with our summers. So I asked Holly if she'd be totally pissed if I saw it early and then again with them. She completely understood. So I'm leaving work today at 3:00 to go see the movie. Then home to get ready for the party, then off to see it again. Crazy. but so fun.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. I think it'll be good for Erik & I. We've had a crazy month or so, and really haven't connected just the two of us much. Last weekend was Michigan trip, the weekend before that he had daniel, the weekend before that my mom was in town and the weekend before that I was in Panama City for bike-week. So this is our first weekend, just the two of us, in a long time. We need it. All is good, and I totally love this man, but I feel like we've not connected emotionally or physically very well in a while. I need me some Erik time.
So, our plans for the weekend - he's going with me to the graduation party, but not the movie (he doesn't get the SATC fascination). Tomorrow we're getting up early for a bonus workout for my boot camp (a recruiting measure b/w sessions). Then we're going to pick out tuxes and wedding bands. In the afternoon we're going to a high school graduation party for the son of a good friend of his. Then we might find somewhere to play poker together tomorrow night.
Sunday is church and working on the house. And probably work for me, since I have not accomplished much this week and have a project due Monday.
We have some plans, but I think it'll still be relaxing. Nice to be with just him and me.
Then Monday starts Boot Camp - Month 2. Another "pre-test" I'm sure, then off and running trying to improve even more. I'm excited!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tanning makes you Thin!
217.2 (down a bit at least)
WEDNESDAY
So yesterday wasn't bad. I had a pretty good day food wise and got in two exercise sessions - one at boot camp and one at home on the Wii Fit - my new obsession. It was the first time I've gotten on it since the Michigan trip, and of course it was last night after dinner, so I wasn't surprised with the bouncy little scale was sad that I had gained 4 lbs since my last visit. I expect it to go down as the week progresses. I had fun though and did a good number of yoga, strength and cardio workouts along with the fun balance games it has. I've unlocked a new balance game that I cannot manage to beat yet. Which is good I guess, I'd get bored if I could beat them all immediately, but this one is just frustrating me! Oh well - makes it that more of a challenge I guess.
This morning's boot camp was killer. It's the last week of the month session, so they're really trying to kick our butts, knowing we're stronger than we were when we started. And boy did they. They had a guest trainer from the Atlanta boot camp, and he was crazy strong. Very motivating though, and a killer work out that I felt great about afterwards. After my shower and 90 minute power nap before work, I was actually sore already. Now that might be a combination of yesterday's long run for boot camp, last nights WiiFit strength training AND this morning's butt kicking, but either way, I'm glad. I like being this kind of sore - makes me know it's working.
So hopefully this scale will continue to creep back down this week. I knew I'd done a good bit of damage over the weekend with the Michigan trip. Good news is the only other travel plans this summer before wedding stuff starts is a short trip over 4th of July weekend to see my family. That gives me all of June with no travel, no big weekend party plans, and a good time to really see some progress on the scale/strength meters. I'm looking forward to it!
So my tanning contract expired last week and I decided to wait until after the MI trip to renew it. I did so this morning and after some difficulties with the new staff member who put me in the wrong bed, I got 15 minutes in and felt great. Had a co-worker comment on how "tan" I look. The one thing I've noticed, and I may have posted about this before, is that tanning is a great way to look thinner, even if you've not lost weight. I find that people often notice when I look tan and rather than saying "you look tan" they usually say "you look great - have you lost weight?". So - in lieu of a good weight loss month, I'll take a good tan.
That said - I'm not a fan of long term tanning. I'm doing this for the wedding, and I did it last year for a couple months for Holly's wedding. I probably won't tan again for a long while. I hate the way older women, who've obviously tanned their whole lives, look. Very leathery. I don't want that type of skin. So after the wedding photos, I'll be going back to my natural pasty whiteness I think. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy the benefits of a tan(ner) body!
WEDNESDAY
So yesterday wasn't bad. I had a pretty good day food wise and got in two exercise sessions - one at boot camp and one at home on the Wii Fit - my new obsession. It was the first time I've gotten on it since the Michigan trip, and of course it was last night after dinner, so I wasn't surprised with the bouncy little scale was sad that I had gained 4 lbs since my last visit. I expect it to go down as the week progresses. I had fun though and did a good number of yoga, strength and cardio workouts along with the fun balance games it has. I've unlocked a new balance game that I cannot manage to beat yet. Which is good I guess, I'd get bored if I could beat them all immediately, but this one is just frustrating me! Oh well - makes it that more of a challenge I guess.
This morning's boot camp was killer. It's the last week of the month session, so they're really trying to kick our butts, knowing we're stronger than we were when we started. And boy did they. They had a guest trainer from the Atlanta boot camp, and he was crazy strong. Very motivating though, and a killer work out that I felt great about afterwards. After my shower and 90 minute power nap before work, I was actually sore already. Now that might be a combination of yesterday's long run for boot camp, last nights WiiFit strength training AND this morning's butt kicking, but either way, I'm glad. I like being this kind of sore - makes me know it's working.
So hopefully this scale will continue to creep back down this week. I knew I'd done a good bit of damage over the weekend with the Michigan trip. Good news is the only other travel plans this summer before wedding stuff starts is a short trip over 4th of July weekend to see my family. That gives me all of June with no travel, no big weekend party plans, and a good time to really see some progress on the scale/strength meters. I'm looking forward to it!
So my tanning contract expired last week and I decided to wait until after the MI trip to renew it. I did so this morning and after some difficulties with the new staff member who put me in the wrong bed, I got 15 minutes in and felt great. Had a co-worker comment on how "tan" I look. The one thing I've noticed, and I may have posted about this before, is that tanning is a great way to look thinner, even if you've not lost weight. I find that people often notice when I look tan and rather than saying "you look tan" they usually say "you look great - have you lost weight?". So - in lieu of a good weight loss month, I'll take a good tan.
That said - I'm not a fan of long term tanning. I'm doing this for the wedding, and I did it last year for a couple months for Holly's wedding. I probably won't tan again for a long while. I hate the way older women, who've obviously tanned their whole lives, look. Very leathery. I don't want that type of skin. So after the wedding photos, I'll be going back to my natural pasty whiteness I think. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy the benefits of a tan(ner) body!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Long Glutenous Weekend & I HATE UNITED
217.6 (good considering...)
TUESDAY
I had a great weekend. For the most part. Once we got there. Ok, so traveling sucked. I HATE United now, and will never, by choice, fly them again. We flew out on Friday afternoon. Even though we live in Atlanta, the hub of Delta, where we can always get direct flights, we choose to fly United and do a layover in Chicago. Mostly because we waited too long and the United flight was significantly cheaper than the Delta direct. When you're flying 3 people, you need to find the cheapest flights you can.
So, we're already spoiled in that we never usually have to deal with a layover. But this time we did. Ok, no big deal, right? Our flight to Chicago left almost on time. Then we had a 2 1/2 hour layover, which wouldn't be so bad if you weren't traveling with a 5 year old. So we had dinner, and tried to entertain him as best we could. Then we took our short flight to Lansing, MI - about 30 mins away from Erik's parents house. This was a small flight in a small plane. Probably only about 50 people on the entire plane and it wasn't full. Of course, when we landed in Lansing, about 8:00, we only got one of the bags. And not the one with our clothes, just the little one that we put our toilettries in. The worst part about it - besides the fact that we had a 2 1/2 HOUR LAYOVER so there was no excuse - was that about 15% of the passengers on the plane didn't get their luggage. So it wasn't a mere oversight - it was a pervasive problem. According to the United rep in lansing, this is typical out of Chicago. Typical? To lose 15% of the bags?
So, we went home to promises that it would be on the next flight (11:30 pm) and be delivered to our house within 4 hours. Which sucks because we'd be waiting by the phone for the courier to call up to 4:00 am, but at least we'd have our bags. Oh no - we don't get a call, or a delivery. By 8:00 am, Erik's pissed and calls the airline's 800 number. Which of course is directed to INDIA. And that person says our bags are still in Lansing, but will be delivered by 12:30. Unhappy, but at least having obtained a promise as to a delivery time, Erik hangs up. 12:30 comes and goes - no bags, no call. Lie #1. Erik calls back and this time is told, "we've already delivered" them. Excuse me? We have been here the whole time, never got the promised call, never got the promised bags. Lie #2. Finally, after about 4 more phone calls to India and a very rude courier, our luggage arrives about 1:30. For our trouble? We are offered a $25 gift certificate to ride United. Um...don't bother.
So time in MI is wonderful - see family, sleep, read, and eat eat eat. We're set to fly out yesterday. Our flight out of Lansing goes fine - to Chicago, where we're supposed to have a 1 hour layover. We get off the flight and see that we're delayed but 1 1/2 hours. Grrrr. And they can't even tell us what gate we'll be at. So we can't take our stuff, and 5 year old and plop down somewhere because we don't know where we need to be. So we go to their "customer service counter," which consists of a large counter with 6-10 phones and computer screens - completely UNMANNED. Not a single united agent in site at the "custemer service desk". So we get on the phone and are told that our plane is coming from Singapore and was late taking off. When Erik gets irritated, the lady on the phone (probably in India) tells him he can go to any united agent and get issued a meal voucher for our trouble. He asks for a confirmation number or something to ensure we get such a voucher, and she says we don't need one, just ask any agent. So we do. And 2 different agents tell us, hell no - they can't issue vouchers for a 1 1/2 hour delay on a flight that doesn't even serve food. Ok. That's lie number 3.
We're done at this point. There's no convincing us that United gives a SHIT about customer service. Their M.O. appears to be "get you off the phone as soon as possible" and "pawn you off on someone else" and "hope you get tired of asking for what you're promised." Done. Ridiculous.
So we didn't end up getting home till almost midnight last night. Very frustrating. Thank goodness the visit with family was good, but we will never fly United, and hopefully will never deal with a layover again.
This morning was back to boot camp. I was really looking forward to it, in fact, since I had such a horrible weekend food-wise. And this morning ROCKED. We ran about 4-5 miles. About 50 mintues straight. I only walked for maybe 3 minutes total, near the end. I felt so good, and I definitely needed it after this weekend. This is the last week of the original boot camp month and we have our graduation party on Friday night. Then I start fresh with a new month on Monday. I'm glad I committed. It's actually getting easier to get up at 5:00 am now that I've done it for a month - of couse it helps when I can go back to bed for a 90 minute power nap before heading into work, like this morning.
TUESDAY
I had a great weekend. For the most part. Once we got there. Ok, so traveling sucked. I HATE United now, and will never, by choice, fly them again. We flew out on Friday afternoon. Even though we live in Atlanta, the hub of Delta, where we can always get direct flights, we choose to fly United and do a layover in Chicago. Mostly because we waited too long and the United flight was significantly cheaper than the Delta direct. When you're flying 3 people, you need to find the cheapest flights you can.
So, we're already spoiled in that we never usually have to deal with a layover. But this time we did. Ok, no big deal, right? Our flight to Chicago left almost on time. Then we had a 2 1/2 hour layover, which wouldn't be so bad if you weren't traveling with a 5 year old. So we had dinner, and tried to entertain him as best we could. Then we took our short flight to Lansing, MI - about 30 mins away from Erik's parents house. This was a small flight in a small plane. Probably only about 50 people on the entire plane and it wasn't full. Of course, when we landed in Lansing, about 8:00, we only got one of the bags. And not the one with our clothes, just the little one that we put our toilettries in. The worst part about it - besides the fact that we had a 2 1/2 HOUR LAYOVER so there was no excuse - was that about 15% of the passengers on the plane didn't get their luggage. So it wasn't a mere oversight - it was a pervasive problem. According to the United rep in lansing, this is typical out of Chicago. Typical? To lose 15% of the bags?
So, we went home to promises that it would be on the next flight (11:30 pm) and be delivered to our house within 4 hours. Which sucks because we'd be waiting by the phone for the courier to call up to 4:00 am, but at least we'd have our bags. Oh no - we don't get a call, or a delivery. By 8:00 am, Erik's pissed and calls the airline's 800 number. Which of course is directed to INDIA. And that person says our bags are still in Lansing, but will be delivered by 12:30. Unhappy, but at least having obtained a promise as to a delivery time, Erik hangs up. 12:30 comes and goes - no bags, no call. Lie #1. Erik calls back and this time is told, "we've already delivered" them. Excuse me? We have been here the whole time, never got the promised call, never got the promised bags. Lie #2. Finally, after about 4 more phone calls to India and a very rude courier, our luggage arrives about 1:30. For our trouble? We are offered a $25 gift certificate to ride United. Um...don't bother.
So time in MI is wonderful - see family, sleep, read, and eat eat eat. We're set to fly out yesterday. Our flight out of Lansing goes fine - to Chicago, where we're supposed to have a 1 hour layover. We get off the flight and see that we're delayed but 1 1/2 hours. Grrrr. And they can't even tell us what gate we'll be at. So we can't take our stuff, and 5 year old and plop down somewhere because we don't know where we need to be. So we go to their "customer service counter," which consists of a large counter with 6-10 phones and computer screens - completely UNMANNED. Not a single united agent in site at the "custemer service desk". So we get on the phone and are told that our plane is coming from Singapore and was late taking off. When Erik gets irritated, the lady on the phone (probably in India) tells him he can go to any united agent and get issued a meal voucher for our trouble. He asks for a confirmation number or something to ensure we get such a voucher, and she says we don't need one, just ask any agent. So we do. And 2 different agents tell us, hell no - they can't issue vouchers for a 1 1/2 hour delay on a flight that doesn't even serve food. Ok. That's lie number 3.
We're done at this point. There's no convincing us that United gives a SHIT about customer service. Their M.O. appears to be "get you off the phone as soon as possible" and "pawn you off on someone else" and "hope you get tired of asking for what you're promised." Done. Ridiculous.
So we didn't end up getting home till almost midnight last night. Very frustrating. Thank goodness the visit with family was good, but we will never fly United, and hopefully will never deal with a layover again.
This morning was back to boot camp. I was really looking forward to it, in fact, since I had such a horrible weekend food-wise. And this morning ROCKED. We ran about 4-5 miles. About 50 mintues straight. I only walked for maybe 3 minutes total, near the end. I felt so good, and I definitely needed it after this weekend. This is the last week of the original boot camp month and we have our graduation party on Friday night. Then I start fresh with a new month on Monday. I'm glad I committed. It's actually getting easier to get up at 5:00 am now that I've done it for a month - of couse it helps when I can go back to bed for a 90 minute power nap before heading into work, like this morning.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Michigan here I come & Wii Fit
217.8 (whatever)
FRIDAY
Well it's been a good week other than the food thing. I've really lost my focus there. But I do have some good news, regardless. I've had at least 5 people, over the last 48 hours, tell me that I really look great, that they can see the difference. Which is wonderful. I think there's two things that have caused this. 1) I've been doing really good with this boot camp - and it's showing, particularly in my muscle tone. Although I haven't dropped massive amounts of weight, I know I've gotten a lot stronger, so that may be what people are noticing. 2) I've been tanning. I've noticed that even if you're not losing weight/toning up, a tan makes you look thinner. I don't know why, maybe it's that "healthy glow" it gives you, like you've been out in the sun recently, but it works. I've been doing the fake tanning, but the result is the same.
Either way, I like it. I'm going out of town this weekend, but once I get back, I'm going to be right at 3 months until the wedding. I hope to be able to do even better over the next few months and really tone up. That said - the work I've done so far, already has made a difference, and if for some reason I don't make any more progress, I know I'll fit into my wedding dress and look good - if not as good as I could, I'll still look good.
I'm not giving up - I'm still motivated to make a big difference, but I'm also staying positive so I don't beat myself up too much if I don't reach my goals.
Anyway, Erik & I leave today with Daniel to go to Michigan for a short vacation. We fly out at about 2:00 and get back on Monday afternoon. We usually go up there once a year for a week or so, but this time, with the wedding coming up and all, we could only work out a long weekend. So, off we go.
I'm going to try to keep things in check this weekend. I always eat really crazy in Michigan because his dad is a really good cook and they make massive meals once or twice a day. I'm going to try to reduce my portions, and get in a good run both Sat. & Sun. That's the plan - hopefully I can execute. The good news is I always get a lot of sleep in Michigan. Which is wonderful and something I've been a little short on recently.
In other news, Erik & I got our Wii Fit on Wednesday. It is SOOOOO cool. I absolutely love it. Even if it does make my character look really tubby after my weigh in (motivation I guess). The exercises and games are really fun and some of them are really challenging. I definitely think that Wii Fit will be a nice compliment to the work I'm already doing. I fun way to burn a few more calories in the day. We got it Wednesday night and Erik & I stayed up until 11:30 playing it, knowing we were both getting up at 5:00 am the next morning for boot camp (it was bring a friend day). But we're competitive, and we found that each of us have particular strengths. I'm good at the dancing/balance games, he's good at the technique/sport games. I'll probably post more about this after we get back from Michigan and as I figure it out more, but so far all signs point to LOVING the Wii Fit!
I think that's about it. I leave for the airport in about an hour, so need to get some work wrapped up.
FRIDAY
Well it's been a good week other than the food thing. I've really lost my focus there. But I do have some good news, regardless. I've had at least 5 people, over the last 48 hours, tell me that I really look great, that they can see the difference. Which is wonderful. I think there's two things that have caused this. 1) I've been doing really good with this boot camp - and it's showing, particularly in my muscle tone. Although I haven't dropped massive amounts of weight, I know I've gotten a lot stronger, so that may be what people are noticing. 2) I've been tanning. I've noticed that even if you're not losing weight/toning up, a tan makes you look thinner. I don't know why, maybe it's that "healthy glow" it gives you, like you've been out in the sun recently, but it works. I've been doing the fake tanning, but the result is the same.
Either way, I like it. I'm going out of town this weekend, but once I get back, I'm going to be right at 3 months until the wedding. I hope to be able to do even better over the next few months and really tone up. That said - the work I've done so far, already has made a difference, and if for some reason I don't make any more progress, I know I'll fit into my wedding dress and look good - if not as good as I could, I'll still look good.
I'm not giving up - I'm still motivated to make a big difference, but I'm also staying positive so I don't beat myself up too much if I don't reach my goals.
Anyway, Erik & I leave today with Daniel to go to Michigan for a short vacation. We fly out at about 2:00 and get back on Monday afternoon. We usually go up there once a year for a week or so, but this time, with the wedding coming up and all, we could only work out a long weekend. So, off we go.
I'm going to try to keep things in check this weekend. I always eat really crazy in Michigan because his dad is a really good cook and they make massive meals once or twice a day. I'm going to try to reduce my portions, and get in a good run both Sat. & Sun. That's the plan - hopefully I can execute. The good news is I always get a lot of sleep in Michigan. Which is wonderful and something I've been a little short on recently.
In other news, Erik & I got our Wii Fit on Wednesday. It is SOOOOO cool. I absolutely love it. Even if it does make my character look really tubby after my weigh in (motivation I guess). The exercises and games are really fun and some of them are really challenging. I definitely think that Wii Fit will be a nice compliment to the work I'm already doing. I fun way to burn a few more calories in the day. We got it Wednesday night and Erik & I stayed up until 11:30 playing it, knowing we were both getting up at 5:00 am the next morning for boot camp (it was bring a friend day). But we're competitive, and we found that each of us have particular strengths. I'm good at the dancing/balance games, he's good at the technique/sport games. I'll probably post more about this after we get back from Michigan and as I figure it out more, but so far all signs point to LOVING the Wii Fit!
I think that's about it. I leave for the airport in about an hour, so need to get some work wrapped up.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Grand Jury is fun!
216.2 (grrr).
WEDNESDAY
This week has been crazy busy, but really refreshing, too. Late last week I picked up a new matter that is in the area I want to work - White Collar. I can't say too much for confidentiality reasons, but basically we have a client who's being accused of anti-trust violations that have both civil and criminal ramifications. Yesterday the president/ceo of our client and two other employees, along with 2 former employees were subpoenaed before the federal grand jury here in Atlanta. I got to help prep the witnesses on Monday and attend the grand jury yesterday (well actually we couldn't go "in" to the grand jury, but it appears very similar to the state court grand juries I did as a prosecutor). Huge deal for our client, very interesting for me. I'm so happy to be on this case, and HOPE I can get into some more of those type of matters.
It's all the more important because I was really getting bored with my job. I'm only on one "real" case and the rest of my time is filled with helping out with various small matters. The firm is working on integrating me more, but meanwhile, it hasn't been all that rewarding. So this week was a nice change of pace.
Fitness -wise this week's been tough - as evidenced by the number on the scale this morning, which is actually lower than yesterday's 216.6. I had to miss boot camp yesterday to meet our client before the grand jury, and have generally just eaten poorly for the last 2 days. I really need to focus and get things back on track. I've got 1.5 weeks left of this boot camp and I'd really like to see another couple pounds gone. I still think it's been really helpful, but without keeping my food in check I won't see the results I want.
I have already decided to "re-up" for another 3 months of boot camp. Getting up at 5:00 am sucks, but I feel SOO good afterwards, and I'm really starting to bond with my trainers. And frankly, it's working. Even if I'm not seeing dramatic drops in the scale, I'm definitely stronger than when I started. I can do more sit ups, more push ups, more dips, and so many other things than when I started. I needed this to get me the strength training I've so avoided for so long. So, I'm in for the remainder of the time before the wedding. I need to do this.
Today I'm going to try to have a really good food day because I have Weigh In tomorrow for Weight Watchers. I'm pretty sure I'll see a loss regardless, but want it to be as good as possible. I already turned down a lunch invitation so I could make good choices here in the office instead (go me!).
Here's to a good day!
WEDNESDAY
This week has been crazy busy, but really refreshing, too. Late last week I picked up a new matter that is in the area I want to work - White Collar. I can't say too much for confidentiality reasons, but basically we have a client who's being accused of anti-trust violations that have both civil and criminal ramifications. Yesterday the president/ceo of our client and two other employees, along with 2 former employees were subpoenaed before the federal grand jury here in Atlanta. I got to help prep the witnesses on Monday and attend the grand jury yesterday (well actually we couldn't go "in" to the grand jury, but it appears very similar to the state court grand juries I did as a prosecutor). Huge deal for our client, very interesting for me. I'm so happy to be on this case, and HOPE I can get into some more of those type of matters.
It's all the more important because I was really getting bored with my job. I'm only on one "real" case and the rest of my time is filled with helping out with various small matters. The firm is working on integrating me more, but meanwhile, it hasn't been all that rewarding. So this week was a nice change of pace.
Fitness -wise this week's been tough - as evidenced by the number on the scale this morning, which is actually lower than yesterday's 216.6. I had to miss boot camp yesterday to meet our client before the grand jury, and have generally just eaten poorly for the last 2 days. I really need to focus and get things back on track. I've got 1.5 weeks left of this boot camp and I'd really like to see another couple pounds gone. I still think it's been really helpful, but without keeping my food in check I won't see the results I want.
I have already decided to "re-up" for another 3 months of boot camp. Getting up at 5:00 am sucks, but I feel SOO good afterwards, and I'm really starting to bond with my trainers. And frankly, it's working. Even if I'm not seeing dramatic drops in the scale, I'm definitely stronger than when I started. I can do more sit ups, more push ups, more dips, and so many other things than when I started. I needed this to get me the strength training I've so avoided for so long. So, I'm in for the remainder of the time before the wedding. I need to do this.
Today I'm going to try to have a really good food day because I have Weigh In tomorrow for Weight Watchers. I'm pretty sure I'll see a loss regardless, but want it to be as good as possible. I already turned down a lunch invitation so I could make good choices here in the office instead (go me!).
Here's to a good day!
Monday, May 19, 2008
And the Beat Goes On...
215.6
MONDAY
Another week! And going to be a busy one at that. Today I'm prepping witnesses for federal gran jury testimony tomorrow and Wednesday. Thursday looks chill right now, but Friday Erik, Daniel and I are flying to Michigan for a short vacation over memorial day. Busy busy.
Good weekend overall with just a few stumbles. Yes, Friday night I was "ok". I ended up going out and had 2 beers and an "ok" dinner. But Saturday ROCKED. I ate just as I was supposed to and got a lot done including, watching Daniel's final baseball game, grocery shopping, laundry (including sheets!) AND I run 4.25 miles. Not bad. I was thus rewarded with a 213.8 on the scale Sunday morning. Very nice. My first "213" yet, even if it was a "barely".
Yesterday wasn't bad, but ended not so good. We went to church, then I had to bill some hours for work getting a memo done that I wasn't going to have time to finish this week. I got it done, though, and that's what matters. I was absolutely starving all day, though. I think in part because I had such a low cal day on Saturday. I did good with my choices until about 7:00 pm. Erik had been out running errands, and I was craving food not in my house, so we ended up going to mexican. I didn't go crazy (i.e. margarita's and queso dip) but did, of course eat mexican - which is never good. Thus the scale this morning. Which isn't too bad considering. I'm happy that my "high days" still have me down a good solid 10lbs.
This morning's boot camp was nice, even with the "encouragement" I had to endure. We did sprints along with some strength exercises. I can definitely tell that I'm getting stronger. I can do way more push-ups (yes, on my knees) than I could before. Maybe soon I'll graduate to the "real" ones.
This Thursday is "friends and family" day for boot camp and Erik is ridiculously excited, even if he won't admit it. He even got up this morning at about 5:30 and ran on our treadmill. Something he hasn't done for at least a couple weeks. It's too cute. I think he's really worried he'll look like such a wimp. In reality, there is such a broad range of fitness abilities, that he will be fine, but I'm kinda liking his stressing about it. It's cute.
So I've completed 8 days of the boot camp. It's supposed to be 18 total, but I missed the first two, so for me it's 16. Meaning I'm half way through. I'm pleased with my progress, though I need to keep up better with the food choices to ensure the best results. I'd love to lose 30 lbs in the next 3 1/2 months, but realistically, if I see under 200 before the wedding, I'll feel like a great success.
I can DO it!
MONDAY
Another week! And going to be a busy one at that. Today I'm prepping witnesses for federal gran jury testimony tomorrow and Wednesday. Thursday looks chill right now, but Friday Erik, Daniel and I are flying to Michigan for a short vacation over memorial day. Busy busy.
Good weekend overall with just a few stumbles. Yes, Friday night I was "ok". I ended up going out and had 2 beers and an "ok" dinner. But Saturday ROCKED. I ate just as I was supposed to and got a lot done including, watching Daniel's final baseball game, grocery shopping, laundry (including sheets!) AND I run 4.25 miles. Not bad. I was thus rewarded with a 213.8 on the scale Sunday morning. Very nice. My first "213" yet, even if it was a "barely".
Yesterday wasn't bad, but ended not so good. We went to church, then I had to bill some hours for work getting a memo done that I wasn't going to have time to finish this week. I got it done, though, and that's what matters. I was absolutely starving all day, though. I think in part because I had such a low cal day on Saturday. I did good with my choices until about 7:00 pm. Erik had been out running errands, and I was craving food not in my house, so we ended up going to mexican. I didn't go crazy (i.e. margarita's and queso dip) but did, of course eat mexican - which is never good. Thus the scale this morning. Which isn't too bad considering. I'm happy that my "high days" still have me down a good solid 10lbs.
This morning's boot camp was nice, even with the "encouragement" I had to endure. We did sprints along with some strength exercises. I can definitely tell that I'm getting stronger. I can do way more push-ups (yes, on my knees) than I could before. Maybe soon I'll graduate to the "real" ones.
This Thursday is "friends and family" day for boot camp and Erik is ridiculously excited, even if he won't admit it. He even got up this morning at about 5:30 and ran on our treadmill. Something he hasn't done for at least a couple weeks. It's too cute. I think he's really worried he'll look like such a wimp. In reality, there is such a broad range of fitness abilities, that he will be fine, but I'm kinda liking his stressing about it. It's cute.
So I've completed 8 days of the boot camp. It's supposed to be 18 total, but I missed the first two, so for me it's 16. Meaning I'm half way through. I'm pleased with my progress, though I need to keep up better with the food choices to ensure the best results. I'd love to lose 30 lbs in the next 3 1/2 months, but realistically, if I see under 200 before the wedding, I'll feel like a great success.
I can DO it!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Bam! Off the Wagon...
217.4 (see title)
FRIDAY
Ok, so I fell. Hard. Yesterday was a crazy hectic day after 12:00 pm. I was running around with a partner on a new case that is really cool and exciting, but really stressful too. I didn't get a good snack in for the afternoon, and then Erik & I decided to go out to Y-knots for poker. We haven't been out for a while with family obligations and all. So, I fell. Hard. I got to Y-knots tired, stressed and hungry. I.e. recipe for a major beer craving. Now, excluding my trip to Panama City to see my family, I haven't drank in a month. This from a girl that probably put away about 15 or so beers a week. At least. So, I was craving hard, and I totally gave in. Course giving into the bucket of beer (to share with Erik!) quickly led to giving into bad food choices for dinner - i.e. buffalo chicken fingers, tater tots & ranch. Grrr. Why? So not necessary.
So all in all I had 3 1/2 beers (including one once we got home). And yes, I was definitely tipsy from them. But I did get to sleep by 10:30. So I did make it to boot camp this morning after all, even if I was feeling a bit tired. Good work out - didn't feel like it at first, but got into it after the warm up.
Today I've still not crawled up on the wagon. I'm such a creature of habit that when my routine gets messed up, I lose it. This morning I had a dentist appointment at 9:00 am. I got an email from the partner I'm working with at 7:00 am this morning asking my to drop by when I get in to discuss some projects. I emailed him and subsequently talked to him on the phone about my dentist appointment but bottom line, I ended up rushing into work after getting my tooth drilled. I had a small snack after my work out at 6:30 am, but didn't want to eat before my dentist appointment. Then I was all numb afterwards, and didn't want to try to eat with half my face not working, so I didn't end up getting lunch till about 1:00 pm. When I was ravenously hungry and ended up getting a chick-fil-a sandwich AND a Moe's naked burrito AND tortilla chips from our cafeteria downstairs. Who eats like this? I figured maybe I could be strong and not eat the chips, which came with the Moe's order (thus I didn't intentionally purchase that much food...). But no - I have no will power. I used to be smart enough to just say - "no chips please". Why didn't I do that today? Because I secretly knew I'd eat every one of those chips and enjoy it.
So now it's 3:00 pm and I'm full, bloated, blah feeling. Not at all the "program" I'm supposed to be on with 5-6 small meals. I don't feel like eating again at all today, though I'm sure that'll change in a few hours, knowing me. Uck.
On top of that Erik & I got into an emotional discussion last night (after my 3 1/2 beers) about my weight issues, self esteem issues, body issues, etc., and how I didn't feel like he was really noticing all the hard work I was doing. It's all worked out, though. Bottom line is he's just not a strong communicator, and though I know he loves me and finds me attractive, he doesn't say it much because that's just him. He promised to work on it and I promised to try to not get emotional again too soon.. Lol.
So yeah, the last 24 hours have kinda sucked.
And now I'm looking at a weekend where I'm definitely going to have to work. I've had a project I've been futzing around with that is due Monday and I haven't been able to work on it the last two days with this new case. So I need to buckle down and work on that this afternoon. Get as much done as possible so I'm not stuck with too much this weekend.
Good news is we have no social plans this weekend except a poker game Sunday night. At a friends house, not at a bar, so no temptations should exist. I should definitely be able to get in some exercise, and most importantly considering my emotional state - some sleep. I WILL be sleeping in tomorrow, and loving every minute of it.
That's about it - ah the life of a lawyer-bride. :-)
FRIDAY
Ok, so I fell. Hard. Yesterday was a crazy hectic day after 12:00 pm. I was running around with a partner on a new case that is really cool and exciting, but really stressful too. I didn't get a good snack in for the afternoon, and then Erik & I decided to go out to Y-knots for poker. We haven't been out for a while with family obligations and all. So, I fell. Hard. I got to Y-knots tired, stressed and hungry. I.e. recipe for a major beer craving. Now, excluding my trip to Panama City to see my family, I haven't drank in a month. This from a girl that probably put away about 15 or so beers a week. At least. So, I was craving hard, and I totally gave in. Course giving into the bucket of beer (to share with Erik!) quickly led to giving into bad food choices for dinner - i.e. buffalo chicken fingers, tater tots & ranch. Grrr. Why? So not necessary.
So all in all I had 3 1/2 beers (including one once we got home). And yes, I was definitely tipsy from them. But I did get to sleep by 10:30. So I did make it to boot camp this morning after all, even if I was feeling a bit tired. Good work out - didn't feel like it at first, but got into it after the warm up.
Today I've still not crawled up on the wagon. I'm such a creature of habit that when my routine gets messed up, I lose it. This morning I had a dentist appointment at 9:00 am. I got an email from the partner I'm working with at 7:00 am this morning asking my to drop by when I get in to discuss some projects. I emailed him and subsequently talked to him on the phone about my dentist appointment but bottom line, I ended up rushing into work after getting my tooth drilled. I had a small snack after my work out at 6:30 am, but didn't want to eat before my dentist appointment. Then I was all numb afterwards, and didn't want to try to eat with half my face not working, so I didn't end up getting lunch till about 1:00 pm. When I was ravenously hungry and ended up getting a chick-fil-a sandwich AND a Moe's naked burrito AND tortilla chips from our cafeteria downstairs. Who eats like this? I figured maybe I could be strong and not eat the chips, which came with the Moe's order (thus I didn't intentionally purchase that much food...). But no - I have no will power. I used to be smart enough to just say - "no chips please". Why didn't I do that today? Because I secretly knew I'd eat every one of those chips and enjoy it.
So now it's 3:00 pm and I'm full, bloated, blah feeling. Not at all the "program" I'm supposed to be on with 5-6 small meals. I don't feel like eating again at all today, though I'm sure that'll change in a few hours, knowing me. Uck.
On top of that Erik & I got into an emotional discussion last night (after my 3 1/2 beers) about my weight issues, self esteem issues, body issues, etc., and how I didn't feel like he was really noticing all the hard work I was doing. It's all worked out, though. Bottom line is he's just not a strong communicator, and though I know he loves me and finds me attractive, he doesn't say it much because that's just him. He promised to work on it and I promised to try to not get emotional again too soon.. Lol.
So yeah, the last 24 hours have kinda sucked.
And now I'm looking at a weekend where I'm definitely going to have to work. I've had a project I've been futzing around with that is due Monday and I haven't been able to work on it the last two days with this new case. So I need to buckle down and work on that this afternoon. Get as much done as possible so I'm not stuck with too much this weekend.
Good news is we have no social plans this weekend except a poker game Sunday night. At a friends house, not at a bar, so no temptations should exist. I should definitely be able to get in some exercise, and most importantly considering my emotional state - some sleep. I WILL be sleeping in tomorrow, and loving every minute of it.
That's about it - ah the life of a lawyer-bride. :-)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
I'm rocking the exercise, and boy my body hurts!
214.8 (better - now, can we see a 213?!?)
THURSDAY
I am VERY proud to say that I DID hit the treadmill last night. That's right. I got home about 7:45. I hit the treadmill at about 8:00 for 30 minutes, 2 1/2 miles, and about 400 calories burned. Not bad! I also ate a lot at work and lunch yesterday so didn't have anything to eat after I got home mostly because I just wasn't hungry, and I didn't want to kill the hard work I'd just done.
I think I'm starting to get more used to the morning routine because last night, probably for the first night, I just about slept through the whole night. I'm a really light sleeper and generally wake up several times a night naturally. Last night I went to bed at 10:00 - just after American Idol finished - and only woke up once at about 11:30 to pee (normal for me with all the water I'm chuggin these days). The next time I remember waking up was when the alarm went off at 5:00. Not bad. I'm still not quite getting enough sleep, but I'm slowly working my bed time back. It used to be midnight, so 10 is an accomplishment.
Granted Erik's not used to it yet. He tried to get frisky after Idol, and I straight up told him that while I'm doing this boot camp, any "extra-curricular" activities, need to be initiated before 10 pm. Or he's just out of luck. ;-)
This morning we did "field maneuvers", which basically means lots of strength work. We did about 110 reps of dips, sit ups, push ups, and leg lifts, mixed in with some running and lunges. Fun fun!
So I am really sore today. I knew this was coming when I signed up, but boy it hurts. Odd places too. Each day I seem to have a different sore spot. Which is good in the sense that it shows we're working lots of different muscles. But I'd hoped that after a week or so the soreness would be minimal. Today my "obliques" are sore. That's like the sides of your body between your armpit and hips. We did a little work on those yesterday but I really didn't think the exercises were that hard. I guess my body thought they were. Oww. And my backs a little sore today too, though not in the bad way (sharp pain) in the dull ache-muscle soreness type of way.
So I don't think I'll be hitting the treadmill tonight. I just got word that I'm picking up a new project today - in the white collar area - which I'm really excited about. I'm waiting now for the partner to call me. His email suggested some deadlines next week, so I might actually be busy this week, and possibly work this weekend. Which could really help my hours. I need to bill some time baby! All that by way of saying, no extra work-out today. And I'm going to make a serious effort to be in bed by 9:00 tonight to get LOTS of sleep.
In other news - I'm "re-starting" weight watchers today. I probably shouldn't. I'm not planning on actually using their plan. But as I think I said before, we have it at my work, and they weigh in's are on Thursdays at lunch. I have a friend who sits next to me to goes with me. I'd like to use it as an "official weigh in" system rather than a food system. Right now I'm really enjoying the body-for-life system of eating. I got the book in yesterday (titled "eating for lifestyle") and really feel like this is something I can do. Of course the book's system gives you one "cheat" day a week where you can eat anything. Apparently operation boot camp doesn't seem to think that's necessary. Oh well - I can do anything for 3 1/2 more months, right? All for the dress! :-)
THURSDAY
I am VERY proud to say that I DID hit the treadmill last night. That's right. I got home about 7:45. I hit the treadmill at about 8:00 for 30 minutes, 2 1/2 miles, and about 400 calories burned. Not bad! I also ate a lot at work and lunch yesterday so didn't have anything to eat after I got home mostly because I just wasn't hungry, and I didn't want to kill the hard work I'd just done.
I think I'm starting to get more used to the morning routine because last night, probably for the first night, I just about slept through the whole night. I'm a really light sleeper and generally wake up several times a night naturally. Last night I went to bed at 10:00 - just after American Idol finished - and only woke up once at about 11:30 to pee (normal for me with all the water I'm chuggin these days). The next time I remember waking up was when the alarm went off at 5:00. Not bad. I'm still not quite getting enough sleep, but I'm slowly working my bed time back. It used to be midnight, so 10 is an accomplishment.
Granted Erik's not used to it yet. He tried to get frisky after Idol, and I straight up told him that while I'm doing this boot camp, any "extra-curricular" activities, need to be initiated before 10 pm. Or he's just out of luck. ;-)
This morning we did "field maneuvers", which basically means lots of strength work. We did about 110 reps of dips, sit ups, push ups, and leg lifts, mixed in with some running and lunges. Fun fun!
So I am really sore today. I knew this was coming when I signed up, but boy it hurts. Odd places too. Each day I seem to have a different sore spot. Which is good in the sense that it shows we're working lots of different muscles. But I'd hoped that after a week or so the soreness would be minimal. Today my "obliques" are sore. That's like the sides of your body between your armpit and hips. We did a little work on those yesterday but I really didn't think the exercises were that hard. I guess my body thought they were. Oww. And my backs a little sore today too, though not in the bad way (sharp pain) in the dull ache-muscle soreness type of way.
So I don't think I'll be hitting the treadmill tonight. I just got word that I'm picking up a new project today - in the white collar area - which I'm really excited about. I'm waiting now for the partner to call me. His email suggested some deadlines next week, so I might actually be busy this week, and possibly work this weekend. Which could really help my hours. I need to bill some time baby! All that by way of saying, no extra work-out today. And I'm going to make a serious effort to be in bed by 9:00 tonight to get LOTS of sleep.
In other news - I'm "re-starting" weight watchers today. I probably shouldn't. I'm not planning on actually using their plan. But as I think I said before, we have it at my work, and they weigh in's are on Thursdays at lunch. I have a friend who sits next to me to goes with me. I'd like to use it as an "official weigh in" system rather than a food system. Right now I'm really enjoying the body-for-life system of eating. I got the book in yesterday (titled "eating for lifestyle") and really feel like this is something I can do. Of course the book's system gives you one "cheat" day a week where you can eat anything. Apparently operation boot camp doesn't seem to think that's necessary. Oh well - I can do anything for 3 1/2 more months, right? All for the dress! :-)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Bad Trainer
215.4.
WEDNESDAY
HUMP day. Boy, I never was one of those people who really counted down the days to the weekend until now. I want to sleep in! :-) Oh well - two more days.
My mom left to go back home to Tennessee today. I'm very sad to see her go, but understand she misses her home, cats and the rest of the family who live out there. She did promise to come back, though, despite the fact that she worked so hard while here - 90% was her own motivation, not demands from me. I'm sad to see her go, but glad she got to spend about a week here.
So last night I took her to Outback for dinner. I wanted to treat her before she left, and knew I could be "ok" there diet wise. I was good and ordered the 9 oz lean sirloin and a salad. I was bad and also ordered mashed potatoes, and ate them all, along with the steak, and salad, and a few small slices of bread.
So - I logged it all in my boot camp journal, expecting to be "encouraged" again this morning. But nope. I got the "bad" trainer. See the way this boot camp works is that our class is divided into "companies". I'm in Charlie company (I bet you can guess the other two...yes, Alpha & Bravo). Anyway, we also have 3 trainers, Allen David & Kevin. Each week a different trainer is assigned to a different company. Last week I had David. This week I have Kevin. Now, Kevin is clearly new, I even asked him the first day how long he'd been doing this and he candidly said "a couple months". I suspect this is his first month as an actual trainer. Anyway, he sucks. And not just because he's new. He's just not cut out to be a trainer. One of the cool things about the other two is they keep you motivated. They keep you working. If they're around, they're calling out your name, saying "Come on Cindy - one more sprint" or "Come on Cindy, get a little lower in your lunges". etc. Kevin? The best he can come up with is "Great job everyone" or "keep moving, you're doing great". And most of the time he doesn't say anything. He's just not the right personality type to be a trainer in this environment. So it's a little disappointing when I'm in his group.
That said, I guess it worked out to my advantage today because he apparently didn't see anything wrong with my food entry of "sirloin steak, salad, mashed potatoes". Now, first of all, I did legitimately forget to write down the bread. I honestly thought I'd get "encouragement" anyway for the mashed potatoes, so I certainly didn't intentionally leave it out. But the thing is - any of the other trainers would have questioned that entry. It's not that we don't get to eat potatoes, we're just supposed to limit them, and minimize the toppings/additives/etc. If asked, I would have told him it was from Outback which would definitely have been a no-no. I should have ordered broccoli or green beans or something. But nah - he felt I was all good.
Oh well. I probably should have gone to encouragement anyway - they do let you voluntarily go if you like - but it was easier, of course, to just get on the car and go home. I needed it though - I had over 2200 calories yesterday, when the rest of this last week I've hovered around 1500 which is much better. So I should have burned the extra calories, and I'm sure that's why the scale crept up a bit today.
So, I have tentative plans to hit the treadmill tonight. In part to atone for missing encouragement, and in part because we didn't get much cardio in today. We did an ab circuit training thing which I will definitely feel tomorrow, but I'm certain I burned less calories than normal. So I'd like to kick it up a notch and try to run. Additionally, with the boot camp I haven't been on the treadmill in over a week. I want to keep running and eventually do a half marathon, so I need to keep at it. Wish me luck - finding motivation at 8:00 pm is hard.
WEDNESDAY
HUMP day. Boy, I never was one of those people who really counted down the days to the weekend until now. I want to sleep in! :-) Oh well - two more days.
My mom left to go back home to Tennessee today. I'm very sad to see her go, but understand she misses her home, cats and the rest of the family who live out there. She did promise to come back, though, despite the fact that she worked so hard while here - 90% was her own motivation, not demands from me. I'm sad to see her go, but glad she got to spend about a week here.
So last night I took her to Outback for dinner. I wanted to treat her before she left, and knew I could be "ok" there diet wise. I was good and ordered the 9 oz lean sirloin and a salad. I was bad and also ordered mashed potatoes, and ate them all, along with the steak, and salad, and a few small slices of bread.
So - I logged it all in my boot camp journal, expecting to be "encouraged" again this morning. But nope. I got the "bad" trainer. See the way this boot camp works is that our class is divided into "companies". I'm in Charlie company (I bet you can guess the other two...yes, Alpha & Bravo). Anyway, we also have 3 trainers, Allen David & Kevin. Each week a different trainer is assigned to a different company. Last week I had David. This week I have Kevin. Now, Kevin is clearly new, I even asked him the first day how long he'd been doing this and he candidly said "a couple months". I suspect this is his first month as an actual trainer. Anyway, he sucks. And not just because he's new. He's just not cut out to be a trainer. One of the cool things about the other two is they keep you motivated. They keep you working. If they're around, they're calling out your name, saying "Come on Cindy - one more sprint" or "Come on Cindy, get a little lower in your lunges". etc. Kevin? The best he can come up with is "Great job everyone" or "keep moving, you're doing great". And most of the time he doesn't say anything. He's just not the right personality type to be a trainer in this environment. So it's a little disappointing when I'm in his group.
That said, I guess it worked out to my advantage today because he apparently didn't see anything wrong with my food entry of "sirloin steak, salad, mashed potatoes". Now, first of all, I did legitimately forget to write down the bread. I honestly thought I'd get "encouragement" anyway for the mashed potatoes, so I certainly didn't intentionally leave it out. But the thing is - any of the other trainers would have questioned that entry. It's not that we don't get to eat potatoes, we're just supposed to limit them, and minimize the toppings/additives/etc. If asked, I would have told him it was from Outback which would definitely have been a no-no. I should have ordered broccoli or green beans or something. But nah - he felt I was all good.
Oh well. I probably should have gone to encouragement anyway - they do let you voluntarily go if you like - but it was easier, of course, to just get on the car and go home. I needed it though - I had over 2200 calories yesterday, when the rest of this last week I've hovered around 1500 which is much better. So I should have burned the extra calories, and I'm sure that's why the scale crept up a bit today.
So, I have tentative plans to hit the treadmill tonight. In part to atone for missing encouragement, and in part because we didn't get much cardio in today. We did an ab circuit training thing which I will definitely feel tomorrow, but I'm certain I burned less calories than normal. So I'd like to kick it up a notch and try to run. Additionally, with the boot camp I haven't been on the treadmill in over a week. I want to keep running and eventually do a half marathon, so I need to keep at it. Wish me luck - finding motivation at 8:00 pm is hard.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I love my Mom!
215.0 (not bad)
TUESDAY
Well today will be short because I actually have work to do. I was in court this morning and have to be back at 1:30. Anyway, all is going well. Today's boot camp was good. We did running sprints up hills. Total killer but felt great. More ab work and lunges have made my butt sore - which is funny to me. No encouragement today - I was good yesterday!
Well, my mom's been in town since last Thursday and has been a big help getting things done at the house. Yesterday she planted a whole lot of flowers in my back yard, and also hung most of our big pictures as well as added some fake flowers and other misc. decorating things. This is stuff I would never have done. Not because I don't like it, but because I'm just not good at figuring out this stuff. So I'm so pleased. My house looks so much "homier".
Only bad thing is that it's gotten a bit cool this week in good ol' Georgia. Not too bad during the day (mid-70's) but damn getting up at 5:00 am and going outside when it's below 50 sucks. Yes. I'm a wimp to all you northerners. But I live in the south. And it's supposed to be warm in May! Hopefully it'll heat up soon.
Anyway - gotta run to court. Hope to see the scale in the 214's again tomorrow...
TUESDAY
Well today will be short because I actually have work to do. I was in court this morning and have to be back at 1:30. Anyway, all is going well. Today's boot camp was good. We did running sprints up hills. Total killer but felt great. More ab work and lunges have made my butt sore - which is funny to me. No encouragement today - I was good yesterday!
Well, my mom's been in town since last Thursday and has been a big help getting things done at the house. Yesterday she planted a whole lot of flowers in my back yard, and also hung most of our big pictures as well as added some fake flowers and other misc. decorating things. This is stuff I would never have done. Not because I don't like it, but because I'm just not good at figuring out this stuff. So I'm so pleased. My house looks so much "homier".
Only bad thing is that it's gotten a bit cool this week in good ol' Georgia. Not too bad during the day (mid-70's) but damn getting up at 5:00 am and going outside when it's below 50 sucks. Yes. I'm a wimp to all you northerners. But I live in the south. And it's supposed to be warm in May! Hopefully it'll heat up soon.
Anyway - gotta run to court. Hope to see the scale in the 214's again tomorrow...
Monday, May 12, 2008
Encouragement (i.e. punishment)
214.6 (oh yeah.)
MONDAY
I had a GREAT weekend. But it went by WAY too fast. My mom came into town on Thursday last week to help get my house in order, and just make her first visit to my new home. It's so great having her there. My mom and I are totally best friends and I miss her so much when we don't get to see each other. Besides, she's super helpful around the house. I am a HORRIBLE decorator. I mean, really bad. I have no idea how to position things to look good. So she came in and has already put up a bunch of our pictures, and repositioned things so they look really good.
So, Saturday I was going to get up and run a 5K that that guy Josh in my boot camp told me about. I had Erik all convinced to go, and mom ready to come watch. But right before bed, I nixed the idea because I realized I only get 2 days a week to really catch up on sleep. I shouldn't squander them. Even if it is for exercise.
So, Saturday morning I slept wonderfully till 10:00 am. Almost 11 hours of sleep. You can tell I needed it I think. Once we got up, mom and I went up to IKEA, just about the coolest furniture store ever, and bought me some bookcases. Well, turns out I didn't need to go running that morning because we got our workout buying those bookcases. I measured the wall in my soon-to-be library and determined we needed about 7 of these really big bookcases, plus 7 more "height extenders" to make it almost as tall as the ceiling. Boy were they heavy! Ikea gives you these rolling carts like at home depot to carry everything (they are in boxes to be put together by you), and we totally overloaded the first one. to the point it wouldn't roll! We had to separate the stock to two of these big rolley carts, and still got a work out pushing them out to the car. Then loading them was a hoot. We had my mom's Jeep Liberty. We measured the depth and came up with 70 inches. I thought the bookshelves I wanted were about 72, so I knew it'd be tight. Turns out they're 79 1/2 inches. So mom was scrunched all the way up with her knees on the dash, and still we had several of the boxes sticking through the seats between us. Oh and then we had a 35 mile drive. Lol. Good thing my mom's a good sport.
We got them home, and I put on of them together, thinking I'd get Erik to do the rest. Well, when he got home, we ended up putting them all together, together. Kinda a funny project, as I kept having to tell him what he was doing wrong (boy REFUSES to read directions). But we got it done.
Then I started opening the book boxes. I LOVE books by the way. And I had boxes and boxes full of them just sitting in the library. I didn't think I'd have the energy to put them all away Saturday night, but I was just so excited, I totally did. Of course I had to organize them, popular paperback fiction by author, literary paperback fiction by author, hardbound by author, then all the non-fiction by subject matter, plus a whole section for my law books, and then all my text books from colleges (the ones I didn't sell back.) I LOVE it. I have 180 inches wide by 92 inches tall worth of bookshelves with all my books put up. I actually managed to fill about 60-70% of it, though in looking at it I decided I just didn't have enough books yet. Much to Erik's dismay...
So we were up till about 1:00 am doing that on Saturday. Sunday I took mom to the resort I'm having my wedding at to have their Sunday "brunch" and taste some of the options for our rehearsal lunch. She also got to see where everyone will stay and where the ceremony will be. Then we went home and just hung out the rest of the night. Oh and Erik bought a new microwave and installed that - which was actually rather difficult because it's one of those over the stove, under the cabinet kinds... Oh - and we bought a bunch of plants at home depot that mom has graciously put in my back courtyard (love her!) Ah - fun housework...
So this morning was the return to boot camp. Where I got "encouraged" Which is their polite way of saying "punished". Basically they review your food journal and if you weren't perfect, you get encouragement. I wasn't perfect in two ways. 1) besides pushing around bookshelves and putting them together, I didn't exercise like I was supposed to this weekend, and 2) Sunday's food wasn't on track b/c of the tasting. Couldn't get away from that, just have to suck it up.
It wasn't so bad, though. Encouragement consists of an extra 5 minutes after cool down where they push push push you. Today it was ab work and we literally did 5 STRAIGHT minutes of ab crunches, flutter kicks, plank, and many other torturous moves. I will definitely feel that tomorrow.
So I'm loving this boot camp. I will not lie, I am not loving getting up so early. But this morning I determined that if I lay my clothes out the night before I can get up at 5:00 and still be there in plenty of time to get my book checked by the instructor before the 5:30 am start time. Which is still obscenely early, but sounds much more reasonable than any time with a 4 in front of it.
I'm only 3 days in, but I really think I'm going to try to do this all the way to the wedding. After this week, I've got 15 weeks. It works out that if I do the next three sessions of the boot camp I'll go right up till the Friday 9 days before the wedding (which is on a Sunday). So I'll have the week of the wedding "off" which is perfect. I'll have lots of guests in town that week anyway, so don't want to be running off and leaving them too much. It's going to cost another $650 to add 3 more months, but I really think it'd be worth it.
I'm holding off on committing for at least another week or so, but boy my class is full, and I'd hate to be shut out. It's the only one convenient for me to go to. I'm sure I'll cave and commit soon, but I do want to be sure I can hack it. And I'm still really new to it, so I should give it a little more time.
That's about it. Need to get some work done!
MONDAY
I had a GREAT weekend. But it went by WAY too fast. My mom came into town on Thursday last week to help get my house in order, and just make her first visit to my new home. It's so great having her there. My mom and I are totally best friends and I miss her so much when we don't get to see each other. Besides, she's super helpful around the house. I am a HORRIBLE decorator. I mean, really bad. I have no idea how to position things to look good. So she came in and has already put up a bunch of our pictures, and repositioned things so they look really good.
So, Saturday I was going to get up and run a 5K that that guy Josh in my boot camp told me about. I had Erik all convinced to go, and mom ready to come watch. But right before bed, I nixed the idea because I realized I only get 2 days a week to really catch up on sleep. I shouldn't squander them. Even if it is for exercise.
So, Saturday morning I slept wonderfully till 10:00 am. Almost 11 hours of sleep. You can tell I needed it I think. Once we got up, mom and I went up to IKEA, just about the coolest furniture store ever, and bought me some bookcases. Well, turns out I didn't need to go running that morning because we got our workout buying those bookcases. I measured the wall in my soon-to-be library and determined we needed about 7 of these really big bookcases, plus 7 more "height extenders" to make it almost as tall as the ceiling. Boy were they heavy! Ikea gives you these rolling carts like at home depot to carry everything (they are in boxes to be put together by you), and we totally overloaded the first one. to the point it wouldn't roll! We had to separate the stock to two of these big rolley carts, and still got a work out pushing them out to the car. Then loading them was a hoot. We had my mom's Jeep Liberty. We measured the depth and came up with 70 inches. I thought the bookshelves I wanted were about 72, so I knew it'd be tight. Turns out they're 79 1/2 inches. So mom was scrunched all the way up with her knees on the dash, and still we had several of the boxes sticking through the seats between us. Oh and then we had a 35 mile drive. Lol. Good thing my mom's a good sport.
We got them home, and I put on of them together, thinking I'd get Erik to do the rest. Well, when he got home, we ended up putting them all together, together. Kinda a funny project, as I kept having to tell him what he was doing wrong (boy REFUSES to read directions). But we got it done.
Then I started opening the book boxes. I LOVE books by the way. And I had boxes and boxes full of them just sitting in the library. I didn't think I'd have the energy to put them all away Saturday night, but I was just so excited, I totally did. Of course I had to organize them, popular paperback fiction by author, literary paperback fiction by author, hardbound by author, then all the non-fiction by subject matter, plus a whole section for my law books, and then all my text books from colleges (the ones I didn't sell back.) I LOVE it. I have 180 inches wide by 92 inches tall worth of bookshelves with all my books put up. I actually managed to fill about 60-70% of it, though in looking at it I decided I just didn't have enough books yet. Much to Erik's dismay...
So we were up till about 1:00 am doing that on Saturday. Sunday I took mom to the resort I'm having my wedding at to have their Sunday "brunch" and taste some of the options for our rehearsal lunch. She also got to see where everyone will stay and where the ceremony will be. Then we went home and just hung out the rest of the night. Oh and Erik bought a new microwave and installed that - which was actually rather difficult because it's one of those over the stove, under the cabinet kinds... Oh - and we bought a bunch of plants at home depot that mom has graciously put in my back courtyard (love her!) Ah - fun housework...
So this morning was the return to boot camp. Where I got "encouraged" Which is their polite way of saying "punished". Basically they review your food journal and if you weren't perfect, you get encouragement. I wasn't perfect in two ways. 1) besides pushing around bookshelves and putting them together, I didn't exercise like I was supposed to this weekend, and 2) Sunday's food wasn't on track b/c of the tasting. Couldn't get away from that, just have to suck it up.
It wasn't so bad, though. Encouragement consists of an extra 5 minutes after cool down where they push push push you. Today it was ab work and we literally did 5 STRAIGHT minutes of ab crunches, flutter kicks, plank, and many other torturous moves. I will definitely feel that tomorrow.
So I'm loving this boot camp. I will not lie, I am not loving getting up so early. But this morning I determined that if I lay my clothes out the night before I can get up at 5:00 and still be there in plenty of time to get my book checked by the instructor before the 5:30 am start time. Which is still obscenely early, but sounds much more reasonable than any time with a 4 in front of it.
I'm only 3 days in, but I really think I'm going to try to do this all the way to the wedding. After this week, I've got 15 weeks. It works out that if I do the next three sessions of the boot camp I'll go right up till the Friday 9 days before the wedding (which is on a Sunday). So I'll have the week of the wedding "off" which is perfect. I'll have lots of guests in town that week anyway, so don't want to be running off and leaving them too much. It's going to cost another $650 to add 3 more months, but I really think it'd be worth it.
I'm holding off on committing for at least another week or so, but boy my class is full, and I'd hate to be shut out. It's the only one convenient for me to go to. I'm sure I'll cave and commit soon, but I do want to be sure I can hack it. And I'm still really new to it, so I should give it a little more time.
That's about it. Need to get some work done!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Boot Camp Day 2...
219.0 (oww. sore - i.e. water retention anyone?)
FRIDAY
Yes, so I have nothing else to talk about right now. Or maybe I do, but I can't seem to focus on anything but oww. My body hurts. I totally love it though and love that I've committed to it and that commitment doesn't require me deciding when to exercise in the day. I've had tons of "recommitments" to exercising and dieting, but this is the first one where I really have someone else looking over my shoulder. And I paid them a whole bunch to do the looking... So, I think I'll be able to stick with it. At least for the month, and hopefully more.
On that note I spoke to several people who are "vetrans" meaning this is not their first month. That they have such a good return rate bodes well for me.
Funny story happened this week. Yesterday at my first work out, something odd happened. Now remember it's 5-freakin-30 in the morning so it's still dark. Nevertheless as people arrived yesterday I glanced to see if I knew anyone in the class. It is in my home county and I worked there as a DA for 3 years and have lived there almost 4 now, so who knows. I didn't really think I'd see anyone, because most of the people I know are poker playing drinking buddies who would rather die than get up at 5:00 am to work out. Anyway, I didn't see anyone I knew.
So about 20 minutes into the workout they had us doing these stair-runs. There are two sets of stairs at the library near where we work out so we run up one, down the other, back up, down, etc. for at least 3 laps. The trainers are encouraging us the whole way and suggest that you pass on the left if you can. So I generally keep to the right unless there's someone super slow in front of me. So I was jogging along down the stairs, remember in the dark, and a very tall guy passes me on the left and says "Hey Cindy - how's it going?" I thought he might be one of the trainers, or just someone who read my name tag b/c everyone's real friendly in the class. So I said something like "ah - I'm alive". Then as he passed me I realized he was not one of the trainers, but just someone in the class. It seemed odd that he singled me out like that, and my name tag was not exactly easily visible in the dawn lighting. So I got to thinking this must be someone who knows me.
Well, thoughts of who this guy was quickly left my mind as there are some 30 people in the class and I was trying to focus on not busting my ass going down the stairs or on the multitude of other stressful activities during the work out. I didn't think about it again till later yesterday when I was telling Holly about the work out. She of course was massively curious about who this mystery boy was. So I agreed to try to figure it out today.
So it was about 20 minutes in this morning when I remembered to look for him.
*side note - you can tell I'm happily engaged because it kept slipping my mind to figure out who a good looking, tall young guy was. 3 years ago, I would have been all over that immediately. It's comforting to know that although I do still admire men, I'm really not at all "looking" for anyone but my fabulous fiance... :-)
So I found the guy during one of our calisthenics portions of the work out and kept glancing over to get a look at his face. Eventually it dawned on me that he was an officer at the sheriff's office in my county - where I used to be a DA. Not most recently, but when I first got the job I spent about 18 months in my county before being transferred to the county just south. So I probably haven't seen this guy in over 2 years. So of course I totally forgot his name. I kept trying to remember it as we did our running exercises and he was easily passing everyone and leading the pack. Finally, I decided that Holly would know once I described him and today at least I'd get over there and say hi, hopefully not needing to say his name in the conversation - oh and try to get a peek at his name tag.
During the cool down stretching I set myself up next to him and said hi- didn't recognize you yesterday. Then during our various stretches tried to peek at his name tag. In the dark. I determined I thought it said Jonathan, which didn't sound right, but I assumed Holly'd be able to help me out. I actually had some doubts about him being who I thought he was, and maybe I was making a fool of myself saying "I didn't recognize you yesterday." Then at the end of the work out I had a question to ask the trainer and he was standing there and the trainer said his name - Josh -. RIGHT! Josh. His name tag actually said Joshua, which in the dark I read as Jonathan. Oh well. now I know. It was cool, too because after we asked our questions of the trainer, he told me that he and a girl I know how's a prosecutor in the state court of my county were running a 5K tomorrow morning in our county. I told him I'd look into it and hope to see him there. I told Erik about it and am going to try to bully him into going. He needs the exercise too, right?
So - mystery solved. I remember Josh as a really nice guy and very good detective. I'll have to try to find time to chat with him about what's going on locally lately. Fun times, though. And now I have a friend in the class, which is also cool, despite the fact that it doesn't seem nearly as challenging to him as it is to me. Ah well - that's how we get better, right?
So today I did my PT test. I was actually pretty proud of my 1 mile run. I did it in 9:09. Not bad. Certainly not what I could do years ago, but good. The trainer timing me said - "you can definitely run" which was nice to hear, even if I know he can probably run a 5:30 mile. I told him that's about all I can do, and I need to work on the strength stuff. There were 2 other people who were doing the PT test with me and both of them finished in about 11:35 so I felt good about my 9:00 mile. Hopefully it'll be even better at the end of the month.
Now the rest of the PT test was a different story. Sit ups, push ups, and dips. Kicked my butt. Definitely a LOT of room for improvement there.
So, I get 2 days off of the morning routine, which is nice. I hope to get up and do the 5K tomorrow, but at least it won't be 5:00 am. Sunday - I'm sleepin in!
A few other things going on, but I'll save them for another post. Need to get SOME work done today.... :-)
FRIDAY
Yes, so I have nothing else to talk about right now. Or maybe I do, but I can't seem to focus on anything but oww. My body hurts. I totally love it though and love that I've committed to it and that commitment doesn't require me deciding when to exercise in the day. I've had tons of "recommitments" to exercising and dieting, but this is the first one where I really have someone else looking over my shoulder. And I paid them a whole bunch to do the looking... So, I think I'll be able to stick with it. At least for the month, and hopefully more.
On that note I spoke to several people who are "vetrans" meaning this is not their first month. That they have such a good return rate bodes well for me.
Funny story happened this week. Yesterday at my first work out, something odd happened. Now remember it's 5-freakin-30 in the morning so it's still dark. Nevertheless as people arrived yesterday I glanced to see if I knew anyone in the class. It is in my home county and I worked there as a DA for 3 years and have lived there almost 4 now, so who knows. I didn't really think I'd see anyone, because most of the people I know are poker playing drinking buddies who would rather die than get up at 5:00 am to work out. Anyway, I didn't see anyone I knew.
So about 20 minutes into the workout they had us doing these stair-runs. There are two sets of stairs at the library near where we work out so we run up one, down the other, back up, down, etc. for at least 3 laps. The trainers are encouraging us the whole way and suggest that you pass on the left if you can. So I generally keep to the right unless there's someone super slow in front of me. So I was jogging along down the stairs, remember in the dark, and a very tall guy passes me on the left and says "Hey Cindy - how's it going?" I thought he might be one of the trainers, or just someone who read my name tag b/c everyone's real friendly in the class. So I said something like "ah - I'm alive". Then as he passed me I realized he was not one of the trainers, but just someone in the class. It seemed odd that he singled me out like that, and my name tag was not exactly easily visible in the dawn lighting. So I got to thinking this must be someone who knows me.
Well, thoughts of who this guy was quickly left my mind as there are some 30 people in the class and I was trying to focus on not busting my ass going down the stairs or on the multitude of other stressful activities during the work out. I didn't think about it again till later yesterday when I was telling Holly about the work out. She of course was massively curious about who this mystery boy was. So I agreed to try to figure it out today.
So it was about 20 minutes in this morning when I remembered to look for him.
*side note - you can tell I'm happily engaged because it kept slipping my mind to figure out who a good looking, tall young guy was. 3 years ago, I would have been all over that immediately. It's comforting to know that although I do still admire men, I'm really not at all "looking" for anyone but my fabulous fiance... :-)
So I found the guy during one of our calisthenics portions of the work out and kept glancing over to get a look at his face. Eventually it dawned on me that he was an officer at the sheriff's office in my county - where I used to be a DA. Not most recently, but when I first got the job I spent about 18 months in my county before being transferred to the county just south. So I probably haven't seen this guy in over 2 years. So of course I totally forgot his name. I kept trying to remember it as we did our running exercises and he was easily passing everyone and leading the pack. Finally, I decided that Holly would know once I described him and today at least I'd get over there and say hi, hopefully not needing to say his name in the conversation - oh and try to get a peek at his name tag.
During the cool down stretching I set myself up next to him and said hi- didn't recognize you yesterday. Then during our various stretches tried to peek at his name tag. In the dark. I determined I thought it said Jonathan, which didn't sound right, but I assumed Holly'd be able to help me out. I actually had some doubts about him being who I thought he was, and maybe I was making a fool of myself saying "I didn't recognize you yesterday." Then at the end of the work out I had a question to ask the trainer and he was standing there and the trainer said his name - Josh -. RIGHT! Josh. His name tag actually said Joshua, which in the dark I read as Jonathan. Oh well. now I know. It was cool, too because after we asked our questions of the trainer, he told me that he and a girl I know how's a prosecutor in the state court of my county were running a 5K tomorrow morning in our county. I told him I'd look into it and hope to see him there. I told Erik about it and am going to try to bully him into going. He needs the exercise too, right?
So - mystery solved. I remember Josh as a really nice guy and very good detective. I'll have to try to find time to chat with him about what's going on locally lately. Fun times, though. And now I have a friend in the class, which is also cool, despite the fact that it doesn't seem nearly as challenging to him as it is to me. Ah well - that's how we get better, right?
So today I did my PT test. I was actually pretty proud of my 1 mile run. I did it in 9:09. Not bad. Certainly not what I could do years ago, but good. The trainer timing me said - "you can definitely run" which was nice to hear, even if I know he can probably run a 5:30 mile. I told him that's about all I can do, and I need to work on the strength stuff. There were 2 other people who were doing the PT test with me and both of them finished in about 11:35 so I felt good about my 9:00 mile. Hopefully it'll be even better at the end of the month.
Now the rest of the PT test was a different story. Sit ups, push ups, and dips. Kicked my butt. Definitely a LOT of room for improvement there.
So, I get 2 days off of the morning routine, which is nice. I hope to get up and do the 5K tomorrow, but at least it won't be 5:00 am. Sunday - I'm sleepin in!
A few other things going on, but I'll save them for another post. Need to get SOME work done today.... :-)
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Day one - wow.
219.4 (Told you)
THURSDAY
Wow. They kicked my butt today. I'm really excited though and am looking forward tomorrow. I'm actually doing my PT test tomorrow so I'm getting something of a double work out. Not bad for Friday the day before 2 days off. Not really off though, they expect us to work out ever day. We have "homework".
We also have an eating plan. It's based on the "body for life" diet/meal plan/whatever. I'm still doing some research on it and of course have ordered the book, but basically I have to eat 5-6 small meals and have protien and carbs at every meal. I can't have carbs without protein ever. So of course I did some major shopping today at the grocery store. I think I've got a good stock of snacks, easy food, to make it easier. We'll see though.
I'm trying to get to bed soon. it's almost 10:00 pm and I have to be there at 4:50 am. Good thing tomorrow I get to sleep in...
THURSDAY
Wow. They kicked my butt today. I'm really excited though and am looking forward tomorrow. I'm actually doing my PT test tomorrow so I'm getting something of a double work out. Not bad for Friday the day before 2 days off. Not really off though, they expect us to work out ever day. We have "homework".
We also have an eating plan. It's based on the "body for life" diet/meal plan/whatever. I'm still doing some research on it and of course have ordered the book, but basically I have to eat 5-6 small meals and have protien and carbs at every meal. I can't have carbs without protein ever. So of course I did some major shopping today at the grocery store. I think I've got a good stock of snacks, easy food, to make it easier. We'll see though.
I'm trying to get to bed soon. it's almost 10:00 pm and I have to be there at 4:50 am. Good thing tomorrow I get to sleep in...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Boot Camp! Yes!
217.0 (better, but it will be up tomorrow - I promise! see below).
WEDNESDAY
Well, I did it. I committed. I gave $325. And now I'm stuck. Getting up at 5:30 am every morning for a month - maybe 4. I'm actually really excited. I talked to one of the leaders of the boot camp, Lynn, yesterday for a while, and decided this is what I need to do. Basically they kick my ass every day, Monday through Friday, with 2 exceptions (today being one) for 4 weeks. They also give you a "food journal" that they expect you to write in every day, and they check back every morning. She gave me the impression that if you slack on the food, they "punish" you with more exercises. So that's good incentive. Also, apparently on Friday morning I will be doing a "pre-test" PT test that everyone else did on Monday. I have to run 1 mile, do 1 minute of push ups and 1 minute of dips. Ok - running - no sweat. I won't be as fast as I'd like to I'm sure, but I can run one mile no worries. Sit ups? I'll live. I can do them, though I'm sure not as many as I should. But dips? You mean, unassisted dips? Good luck. I've done "assisted dips" at the gym with that cool machine that adds weight resistance to help you do it. I usually have to use almost all the weight to get it done. There's no way I'll be able to "dip" my whole body weight, even once. I mean really. No chance. So I guess after 3 1/2 weeks if I can do one, that's a huge improvement.
I'm actually really excited. Of course Holly and Erik think I'm crazy. Holly's one of those that never has to diet and hasn't exercised since forced to in high school. Erik just thinks I'm crazy for spending so much to have someone yell at me. Course he did real boot camp in the Navy and thinks it's "no big deal". Baby, I said, that was 15 YEARS AGO. He said, oh - wow - you're right.
Something else funny about Erik. Last night he had a Kiwanis meeting after work so he didn't get home till about 9:00 pm. I was watching a movie (27 dresses - very cute!) and he came in and started putting on tennis shoes. Now Erik is about 6'0" and weighs about 160. Or so I thought. Either way he's very thin and has never regularly worked out since I met him. He supports me, but has never really had to. Apparently, recently, his pants have been getting a bit snug though. So last night he decided to hit the treadmill. He did 3 miles, in about 35 minutes, which is REALLY slow for him, and then wandered around the house grunting and groaning like he'd done a marathon, for about 20 minutes. It was too funny. Of course I had no sympathy as I've been doing that for months/years now. But he hates it. He's actually really vain about his appearance, though it seems effortless. So the fact that he's gained 10 lbs is really hitting him hard. I think it's cute. I mean this boy could put on 20 more lbs and look totally healthy. But I guess I'll never having to worry about him getting too chunky...
So - we're off tomorrow for this exciting adventure of boot camp. I'm ridiculously excited about it, though I'm sure tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off I'll be a little less chipper. I'm actually going 30 minutes early tomorrow and friday. Tomorrow so that I can get oriented, my food journal, meet everyone, etc. Friday to do my Pre-test. Then I should be caught up with the group.
I'm really curious about what type of other people will be there. The lady I spoke with said there's about 20 in the class. I'm curious if they are younger, older? fitness buffs or needing to lose weight like me? Who knows. I'll report tomorrow!
Oh - and I'm being TOTALLY bad today knowing that I'm going to be "on the wagon" from here on out. yes - that means McDonald's for breakfast and Mexican for lunch with Holly. Yum!
WEDNESDAY
Well, I did it. I committed. I gave $325. And now I'm stuck. Getting up at 5:30 am every morning for a month - maybe 4. I'm actually really excited. I talked to one of the leaders of the boot camp, Lynn, yesterday for a while, and decided this is what I need to do. Basically they kick my ass every day, Monday through Friday, with 2 exceptions (today being one) for 4 weeks. They also give you a "food journal" that they expect you to write in every day, and they check back every morning. She gave me the impression that if you slack on the food, they "punish" you with more exercises. So that's good incentive. Also, apparently on Friday morning I will be doing a "pre-test" PT test that everyone else did on Monday. I have to run 1 mile, do 1 minute of push ups and 1 minute of dips. Ok - running - no sweat. I won't be as fast as I'd like to I'm sure, but I can run one mile no worries. Sit ups? I'll live. I can do them, though I'm sure not as many as I should. But dips? You mean, unassisted dips? Good luck. I've done "assisted dips" at the gym with that cool machine that adds weight resistance to help you do it. I usually have to use almost all the weight to get it done. There's no way I'll be able to "dip" my whole body weight, even once. I mean really. No chance. So I guess after 3 1/2 weeks if I can do one, that's a huge improvement.
I'm actually really excited. Of course Holly and Erik think I'm crazy. Holly's one of those that never has to diet and hasn't exercised since forced to in high school. Erik just thinks I'm crazy for spending so much to have someone yell at me. Course he did real boot camp in the Navy and thinks it's "no big deal". Baby, I said, that was 15 YEARS AGO. He said, oh - wow - you're right.
Something else funny about Erik. Last night he had a Kiwanis meeting after work so he didn't get home till about 9:00 pm. I was watching a movie (27 dresses - very cute!) and he came in and started putting on tennis shoes. Now Erik is about 6'0" and weighs about 160. Or so I thought. Either way he's very thin and has never regularly worked out since I met him. He supports me, but has never really had to. Apparently, recently, his pants have been getting a bit snug though. So last night he decided to hit the treadmill. He did 3 miles, in about 35 minutes, which is REALLY slow for him, and then wandered around the house grunting and groaning like he'd done a marathon, for about 20 minutes. It was too funny. Of course I had no sympathy as I've been doing that for months/years now. But he hates it. He's actually really vain about his appearance, though it seems effortless. So the fact that he's gained 10 lbs is really hitting him hard. I think it's cute. I mean this boy could put on 20 more lbs and look totally healthy. But I guess I'll never having to worry about him getting too chunky...
So - we're off tomorrow for this exciting adventure of boot camp. I'm ridiculously excited about it, though I'm sure tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off I'll be a little less chipper. I'm actually going 30 minutes early tomorrow and friday. Tomorrow so that I can get oriented, my food journal, meet everyone, etc. Friday to do my Pre-test. Then I should be caught up with the group.
I'm really curious about what type of other people will be there. The lady I spoke with said there's about 20 in the class. I'm curious if they are younger, older? fitness buffs or needing to lose weight like me? Who knows. I'll report tomorrow!
Oh - and I'm being TOTALLY bad today knowing that I'm going to be "on the wagon" from here on out. yes - that means McDonald's for breakfast and Mexican for lunch with Holly. Yum!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Boot Camp?
218.6 - better, but still need to go DOWN.
TUESDAY
I've had a hard time recently at work. I'm not super busy, so I find myself screwing off a lot. Now, I've got a few projects that I should be working on, but I have a hard time finding the motivaiton to accomplish them. I've gotten used to screwing off I guess. Not a good thing. Particularly when you're evaluated by your billable hours... So - needless to say, here I am, blogging and screwing off at work...
Well, the scale was nicer today, but still up 4 lbs from last Thursday. I've got some work to do to get things back where they should be. We're just under 4 months from the wedding now and it's getting to be crunch time. That said, I might have found a good solution. And expensive solution, but one that I think might actually work. I think I'm going to do this boot camp. It sound like a KILLER, but that's what I need. It's like $325 bucks for the first month and $275/month after that. Really expensive, but it is 4 days a week for 2 weeks and then 5 days a week for the last 2 weeks. So that's less than $20 a session, which is cheaper than the personal trainers around here.
Unfortunately, I missed the start of this month, which is probably good. I think I'll plan to do June, then possibly July & August as well. Just to get me through the final stretch before the wedding. The only real negative, is that the one closest to me starts the earliest in the morning - at 5:30 AM! Crazy. But, with my current schedule I could actually go, take a shower, and go back to bed for a couple hours before going to work. Might not be all that bad... I called yesterday to see if I could get into this months session as it started on Monday and I would have just missed the first one, but they never called me back. I keep going back and forth over whether I want to still try to sneak in this month. I really shouldn't pay that much for so many months, but I want to get started.
Too bad I can't motivate my own ass to get up at 5:30 am and work out, huh? I guess that's why these places exist.
TUESDAY
I've had a hard time recently at work. I'm not super busy, so I find myself screwing off a lot. Now, I've got a few projects that I should be working on, but I have a hard time finding the motivaiton to accomplish them. I've gotten used to screwing off I guess. Not a good thing. Particularly when you're evaluated by your billable hours... So - needless to say, here I am, blogging and screwing off at work...
Well, the scale was nicer today, but still up 4 lbs from last Thursday. I've got some work to do to get things back where they should be. We're just under 4 months from the wedding now and it's getting to be crunch time. That said, I might have found a good solution. And expensive solution, but one that I think might actually work. I think I'm going to do this boot camp. It sound like a KILLER, but that's what I need. It's like $325 bucks for the first month and $275/month after that. Really expensive, but it is 4 days a week for 2 weeks and then 5 days a week for the last 2 weeks. So that's less than $20 a session, which is cheaper than the personal trainers around here.
Unfortunately, I missed the start of this month, which is probably good. I think I'll plan to do June, then possibly July & August as well. Just to get me through the final stretch before the wedding. The only real negative, is that the one closest to me starts the earliest in the morning - at 5:30 AM! Crazy. But, with my current schedule I could actually go, take a shower, and go back to bed for a couple hours before going to work. Might not be all that bad... I called yesterday to see if I could get into this months session as it started on Monday and I would have just missed the first one, but they never called me back. I keep going back and forth over whether I want to still try to sneak in this month. I really shouldn't pay that much for so many months, but I want to get started.
Too bad I can't motivate my own ass to get up at 5:30 am and work out, huh? I guess that's why these places exist.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Who knew family would be such a bad influence...
220.2 - yes, that's right. I'm VERY high today...
MONDAY
Wow, what a weekend. I've been out of town for 4 days and the scale is showing it. Bad scale. Ok, bad Cindy. Thursday I left for sunny Panama City Beach to meet up with my dad, his girlfriend, his girlfriend's 20 y/o son, my brother and my brother's wife for Thunder Beach - Panama City's version of bike week. It's basically where thousands of motorcycles convene to ride together, drink together, celebrate the coolness of bikes. My dad and brother have several bikes and brought down 4 of them in a trailer for us to ride. My dad didn't ride much, but my brother & I did a lot of riding on Friday and Saturday. It was really fun. I got my license about 10 years ago, and don't get to ride much. I've always wanted to buy a harley, but have never been able to justify the cost.
So Thursday night I left out of here about 2:00 and got to PCB around 7:00. I met up with my the family for a bit then went out for my first ride with Joey. I generally have a rule that I will not drink anything if I'm riding a motorcycle. It's just too dangerous. So, I easily passed on the alcohol at the first bar. Then we went to a german bar that had it's own beer and I gave in and tasted all 4 of their home brews. I probably swallowed a total of 1/2 a beer, so I wasn't worried about riding. I did kill the great 18 day no-drinking streak, though. Oh well - I never said I'd stay sober forever.
Friday and Saturday we did a bunch of riding and of course eating. The problem I have with my family is that food is always a focus. My father and brother are both significantly overweight. I was raised in a family where eating was a hobby. So, we did a lot of eating. And of course I didn't bring my laptop, so I wasn't entering anything in spark people. I have no idea the damage, but as you can see on the scale, it was large.
Also, contributing to the scale is the alcohol. After I killed my streak on Thursday night Friday and Saturday night we went out and played some pool and drank some beer. By some, I mean more than 5 beers each night. Ahh. Off the wagon...
Sunday morning I left out early because I had dinner plans back home. I have a friend who was just diagnosed with cancer and starts his chemo therapy today. He wanted to go out last night and have some fun before the stress and physical issues associated with chemo start.
So unfortunatly I had the horrible mentality that causes so many dieters to fail. I knew I'd killed my drinking streak. I knew I'd eaten badly for 4 days straight, so I figured - hell - why not finish it off with a bang and start being good "tomorrow". So, we ate and drank. and drank. and drank. It was really fun, though. Jimbo, my friend with cancer, wanted to play poker, so after dinner we went to a new bar that just started hosting poker games. It was great because Jimbo won the tournament of about 35 players. I also got 4th, so we got to play for a long time. It was really nice so see him have a good time and not think about all the bad stuff going on in his life right now.
So, here we are Monday morning. I've drank alcohol the last 4 nights. I have not exercised. I ate horribly. And I wrote nothing down. Thus, the scale is in the very scary 220's again. Granted. I know I can't gain 6 lbs in 4 days, so I know it will go back down to some extent tomorrow if I'm good today and hydrate. But it's sad how quickly all the hard work disappears.
These things happen though. There are going to be stumbling blocks. I'm also going to recover. I didn't get a work out in this morning, as I was obviously tired from being out way too late. And I don't know if I'll get one in tonight. But I do know that I will be journaling everything that I put in my mouth. I will be chugging water, starting when I hit post here. And I will not be consuming any alcohol tonight at y-knots, where we plan to meet up with Jimbo again and see how the first day went. It's a step up, back on the wagon. I can continue to make this work. I know I won't see a loss this week, but hopefully I'll get the scale back down around 214 by next Thursday. I have not more travel plans for a bit, so I shouldn't be too tempted.
Here's to starting again, and taking it one day at a time...again.
MONDAY
Wow, what a weekend. I've been out of town for 4 days and the scale is showing it. Bad scale. Ok, bad Cindy. Thursday I left for sunny Panama City Beach to meet up with my dad, his girlfriend, his girlfriend's 20 y/o son, my brother and my brother's wife for Thunder Beach - Panama City's version of bike week. It's basically where thousands of motorcycles convene to ride together, drink together, celebrate the coolness of bikes. My dad and brother have several bikes and brought down 4 of them in a trailer for us to ride. My dad didn't ride much, but my brother & I did a lot of riding on Friday and Saturday. It was really fun. I got my license about 10 years ago, and don't get to ride much. I've always wanted to buy a harley, but have never been able to justify the cost.
So Thursday night I left out of here about 2:00 and got to PCB around 7:00. I met up with my the family for a bit then went out for my first ride with Joey. I generally have a rule that I will not drink anything if I'm riding a motorcycle. It's just too dangerous. So, I easily passed on the alcohol at the first bar. Then we went to a german bar that had it's own beer and I gave in and tasted all 4 of their home brews. I probably swallowed a total of 1/2 a beer, so I wasn't worried about riding. I did kill the great 18 day no-drinking streak, though. Oh well - I never said I'd stay sober forever.
Friday and Saturday we did a bunch of riding and of course eating. The problem I have with my family is that food is always a focus. My father and brother are both significantly overweight. I was raised in a family where eating was a hobby. So, we did a lot of eating. And of course I didn't bring my laptop, so I wasn't entering anything in spark people. I have no idea the damage, but as you can see on the scale, it was large.
Also, contributing to the scale is the alcohol. After I killed my streak on Thursday night Friday and Saturday night we went out and played some pool and drank some beer. By some, I mean more than 5 beers each night. Ahh. Off the wagon...
Sunday morning I left out early because I had dinner plans back home. I have a friend who was just diagnosed with cancer and starts his chemo therapy today. He wanted to go out last night and have some fun before the stress and physical issues associated with chemo start.
So unfortunatly I had the horrible mentality that causes so many dieters to fail. I knew I'd killed my drinking streak. I knew I'd eaten badly for 4 days straight, so I figured - hell - why not finish it off with a bang and start being good "tomorrow". So, we ate and drank. and drank. and drank. It was really fun, though. Jimbo, my friend with cancer, wanted to play poker, so after dinner we went to a new bar that just started hosting poker games. It was great because Jimbo won the tournament of about 35 players. I also got 4th, so we got to play for a long time. It was really nice so see him have a good time and not think about all the bad stuff going on in his life right now.
So, here we are Monday morning. I've drank alcohol the last 4 nights. I have not exercised. I ate horribly. And I wrote nothing down. Thus, the scale is in the very scary 220's again. Granted. I know I can't gain 6 lbs in 4 days, so I know it will go back down to some extent tomorrow if I'm good today and hydrate. But it's sad how quickly all the hard work disappears.
These things happen though. There are going to be stumbling blocks. I'm also going to recover. I didn't get a work out in this morning, as I was obviously tired from being out way too late. And I don't know if I'll get one in tonight. But I do know that I will be journaling everything that I put in my mouth. I will be chugging water, starting when I hit post here. And I will not be consuming any alcohol tonight at y-knots, where we plan to meet up with Jimbo again and see how the first day went. It's a step up, back on the wagon. I can continue to make this work. I know I won't see a loss this week, but hopefully I'll get the scale back down around 214 by next Thursday. I have not more travel plans for a bit, so I shouldn't be too tempted.
Here's to starting again, and taking it one day at a time...again.
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