Wednesday, July 14, 2010
No gym today! April and I are about to go out walking. I have another problem. My ankles stay swelled up. All the freaking time. It is really getting to be a problem. They go down after I have been home a while. What is the deal?
Tonight's meal: egg white veggie omelette. yum yum. had a tomato on the side. Lunch was chicken salad and baked chips.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Went to gym at lunch today. BFF Keshia made me. I didn't want to go. She just raved about the treadmill so I thought why not. I set the treadmill with my real weight, selected calorie burner program, and was off to a wonderful start on a level path at 1.5 mph. I thought this isn't so bad. Look I can walk without holding on to anything. Aren't I just something. It was a peaceful, tranquil two minutes before all you know what broke loose!
The level path all of sudden went into the rocket launch mode and began to incline until I thought I would fall backwards. In addition, the mph jumped up to 4.0!!!!! DO YOU REALIZE HOW FREAKING FAST THAT IS FOR THE GYM VIRGIN??? I tried to hold on for dear life but the rails on this thing were too wide. All I could do was grab onto the cup holder, prayed I didn't break a nail, and hope for the best; all the time muttering "I am going to get Keshia for this!"
After that trauma, I went back to my old pal, recumbent bike for another 15 minutes.
Then I took my sweaty, hobbling self back to the locker room to assess the damage and question for the umpteenth time do I really want to do this? What do I care about the fitness hype? AGH!!!!!!!!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Went to an estate sale. They had a vintage 1950's bike. had flat tires. Husband said he could replace tires, would paint it lime green or orange or whatever I wanted. Decided the $ 15 price tag was to much so I put a $ 5 bid on it and WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I didn't get the bike. Why oh Why did I let $ 10 keep me from my dream wheels??????????????????????????
Mowing update...have mowed before and usually had to rest 1/2 way thru. But today, I mowed until it was done...no breaks!!!!
Today's exercise....I am mowing the yard. Yes with a push NOT self propelled mower thank you very much. Now granted my yard is small. But it is the mowing that counts!
Also I ate 2 cookies and drank a coke this morning. Of course I drink a coke every morning. Yesterday I did not drink a coke. Does coke make you retain fluids? I don't know that I can give up coca cola. Surely 1 coke a day cannot do much damage. Surely?
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Got some feedback on FB that said I should hire a trainer. Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, I probably will have to veto that idea because it is so expensive to do that here. Now there is an onsite trainer at the Big Gym I might could check out her rates. Maybe since she works for the company it is a better deal. I will check that out. I hadn't event thought of that idea until now. Thanks FB people!
You should know, I wasn't going to tell you this, But yesterday when the 9:20 lunch crowd had their omelette extravangaza meal....................I INHALED. Now you know. I inhaled every stinking aroma of that food that I could. I inhaled all the way down to my toes. and it was goooooooooooooooooooooooood. I wish I had a an air freshner that was omelette scented. I would spray that all over the place.
Today I am going to do some fitTV stuff. Found some salsa dancing. I don't know that I am salsa material. But hey, it is my living room and I can dance if I want to.
Later!
Friday, July 9, 2010
I have a workout buddy!!!! My BFF Keshia from work is going to the gym too! It would be sweet if I got off work when she does. But oh well to that.
Today's excitement: did the usual recumbent bike a thon, then did leg press 20 reps, then some torture machine that reminds me of a gyn visit. It is a contortion where you set down, there is this weight thing that you put your legs on either side of and then you push the weights apart using your legs. Let me just say it is a good thing these machines come with pictures of what you are supposed to do because, honestly, I have no clue! Did 20 reps with that.
Then did another leg deal. In this you are sitting like you are in a high chair. Your feet go under this weight deal and you lift this weight up. A bar thing comes down in front of you which is where the high chair part comes in. Did 20 reps there as well.
Today, the 9:20 lunch crowd had omelettes, sausage, hash browns, and toast. I told them I hated them all! This as I ate a cheeze stick and drank water. All their food comes from the grill downstairs. Why is it that good food is always served up fresh and piping hot AND salads at the grill are prepackaged, stale, and about as appealing as beef jerky??? Why can't they have all kinds of greens, fresh tomatos, cucumbers, carrot shreds, onions, bell peppers, radishes, real croutons, and a nice vinegarette??? Why can't they have a soup bar? Why are all the healthy things so hard to get???
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Did you hear that? That was the sound of my scales going head first into the dumpster. They lured me back in. Got me to weigh again. You know the rest of that story. Anytime I tell someone I am doing a 1 year workout marathon, they immediately say "How much have you lost?" Boy, do I need a snappy come back to that one. I guess I could say oh it's not about the weight loss, it's about the experience itself, finding out who I really am ya ya ya. What a load that is.
Well, I am walking again. Now up to 1 1/2 miles. This is real,outside, in the elements walking not that namby pamby treadmill simulated walking stuff. This is real walking, with real people skating past me, with real dogs pooping on the walking trail, and with real bikers in spandex/helmets zooming past so fast I literally spin around and go the other direction. This is not for the faint of heart that's for sure!
FYI, today at work, the I-am-going-to-eat-lunch-at-9:30 am-crowd was at it even earlier today - 9:12 am. Today's sampling was meatloaf, potatos, gravy, and macaroni. And just so you know, this group's biggest person is a whooping size 6. Again, I ask you world, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? I am a size XYZ and having a 4 ounce cup of yogurt, a banana, and a 1/2 of a celery stalk.
Speaking of sizes, when I know you better I am going to tell the tale of the tape on myself. I plan to post a 1 month picture on July 15th and then every month thereafter.
Later!
Monday, July 5, 2010
So on Sunday morning, I found myself thinking about the workout for Tuesday! Now, this really scares me. Could I possibly be looking forward to the workout? Have I crossed over to the dark side? And what if what I have always thought of as the dark side AKA exercise, is really the BRIGHT SIDE? What if it turns out I really like working out? This is MIND BOGGLING! What if it is not about how I look but how my body performs?
Here is what occurred to me. I was basing my day on what I was going to have for supper that night. In that, if we were having something crappy for supper, then I was in a bad mood pretty much the whole day. What if, I pondered, I start to look at food as a fuel and NOT as a focal point of the entire day???? What if I based my day on other things?
This led me to thinking what if I spent 30 minutes of my lunch hour at work in the gym? What if I ate a protein thing at morning break, then eat some fruit after the workout at noon, and then eat another protein at the afternoon break? My current behavior is to eat lunch I bring OR go down to the grill and get a hamburger and fries. What if I change my whole way of thinking about FOOD??? I am telling you this really scares me. I mean my whole 53 years has been about food in one form or another. WHAT IF I NO LONGER DEFINE MYSELF BY FOOD????????????????????????
I am able to tell a difference in my energy levels. I want to MOVE. This is so freaking me out. I have never had a MOVE mentality. Well at least not in terms of exercise. I have always been a perfectionist. Somehow this whole exercise thing has in some ways loosed me from that. My son told me yesterday not to compare myself with others. I think that is another thing I have always done whether consciously or unconsciously. I never thought exercise would have this kind of ripple effect.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Exercising at lunch at work is just like 9th grade P.E. class used to be back in the day (The day in this instance is 1971). You get all cute with hair and makeup, then you had to go to P.E. put on stinky clothes, get hot and sweaty AND then go back to afternoon classes. Do I need to tell you how much I hated P.E.? I didn't think so. All my friends were basketball players and I was like why do you like that? What am I missing here???
I have decided I am going to have to come up with a line of workout clothes for me and any other fluffy counterparts that are out there. Don't tell me to go to Just My Size.com. I have and those models are the size I aspire to be!!!!! I want real workout clothes, in vibrant colors, that just scream I am a Gym Virgin! I am on the hunt for a very light weight gym type bag that I can have monogrammed to say Gym Virgin. It has to have pockets on the outside, will sling across my body, and be waterproof.
One other thing, at my work people start bringing in food at 9:35 am. I mean heavy duty food like barbeque, burgers, chicken, etc. It is unbelievable! It is more than I can take when I stare down at my Yoplait yogurt in its tinsy ounce container. Where's the barbeque smelling yogurt?????????AGH!!!!!!
Did not go to gym. I am telling you the muscle I have pulled from that darn ellip hurts like all get out. I just did walking today.
The gym virgin is going to celebrate the 4th. See you on Tuesday, July 6th. Be ready to make up for lost time!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Day started off good. Was thinking about the gym at 8:00 am and planning my lunch out routine. Then I got some negative news and BAM the day went down hill. But anyways, the 2 minutes from the ellip yesterday has given me aches in places I didn't know I had!
Did 2 more minutes on ellip again today. Did you know you have to set the ellip for 5minutes as that is the lowest it will go? Maybe I will be at 5 minutes in a few weeks, but definitely not now. Went from there to leg press. Did 35 reps on varying weights. Started at 3 and went to 5. Pretty heady stuff. Then I went to my old pal, the recumbent bike for 9 minutes. Also walked 1/2 mile after work. Although the scales are not my friend, turns out the pants I wear to work can now come off WITHOUT unzipping them. I am too paranoid to consider that a victory. Did that happen before and I just didn't know it? That's the way my mind works.
Went into locker room only to find a woman in the buff, parading around, going to the shower. Kids, I am not this evolved. This embarrasses me. Let me tell you a little story. In 1999, I started to college. I was 40 something. One class I took involved going to DC for legislative affairs etc. Me and 30 twenty somethings. We shared rooms. One day I walked into the hotel room to find two people who WERE NOT PAYING FOR THAT ROOM in the bed having sex. I told them quite calmly, that since their names were not on the register for that room I would suggest they vacate immediately. They had to slink out of the bed, wrapped in the sheets, and out into the hall. Didn't even faze me. That experience was not as bad to me as today's nude review in the locker room!
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Today's menu was egg whites and 2 thin wheat toasts, turkey with lettuce/mustard, cookie 100 cal pack, 6 oz pepsi, tea, 6 crackers with peanut butter 2 tablespoons.
You know doing all this plus doing a debt diet is just about to take all the joy right out of my life. YES I AM IN A VERY BAD MOOD. Come on endorphins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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