Ladies' Night

Friday was a pretty good day. I ate light during the day and left work early to get my 500 burned so that I could have calories banked for Ladies Night with the girls. I had fruit and yogurt for breakfast and a huge salad for lunch and a bunch of water. I ended up with 1200 calories for dinner and I’m pretty sure I used all of them and drank a good bit of them a well. My workout was good, I’m feeling good with the working out, and I feel strong.

OH! I got another feel good compliment. My co-worker/friend’s husband came in and just looked at me and said I was just disappearing. YES!!!! I thanked him and it put a spring in my step, really motivated me at the gym. The girl next to me also motivated me to keep moving. I get a little competitive with the person next to me on the machine, I do race them in my head and I ell badass when I beat them.

Here’s what I did:

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The gym by my classes is…yum yeah. They have the same type of machines, but it’s smaller and they use mirrors o make it look bigger, but all it really did was confuse me. Everything was jammed into the space. Some of the equipment was new and better, you could plug you iPod into some of them, but I felt like the person next to me was on the elliptical with me. Also during class I discovered that my phone had died, not a death, just an uncharged death so that meant no music and no picture. I was less than pleased, but I soldiered on and watched TV, not the best get your body moving stimulus, but I couldn’t not go because off that. It did take me a little longer to get through my workout. 535 calories in 49:39, I forget the distant, but it was over 4 miles. I think I will continue to go there after class, but not shower there; I didn’t want to be in the shower stall at all.

OH! There’s an escalator in the gym. The entrance is on the bottom floor, but everything else is on the second floor, as I was riding up I saw the stairs and felt like an ass. And there is so much food around that location. There’s a five guys, a vie le France, Philadelphia mikes, at least 3 other food places I don’t need to be around, some other stuff, a whole foods (read: place to get really good cheese from) and one of my goal stores, Ann Taylor Loft. Craziness I tell yah.

I got home and I was hungry and I was still snacking on my lunch salad, but I knew a slim fast was not going to cut it. So I had breakfast for dinner, egg beaters, a little salsa, light sour cream and 2% cheese and an English muffin. When I was done I felt like I could eat another one so I took some big gulps of water and sat for a moment letting my brain catch up. I’m glad I let it because I was full. I was afraid to put that into MyNetDiary, I was sure it would put me over my calories. Why I think suck silly things I’ll never know. I’m still in my range and that didn’t account for me not finishing my salad as I had intended so I’m even further under my calories. YAY!

I’ve decided to do my weigh in on Monday nights, that way I have a motivator to have a good strong week. I think I’m also going to print out some clothes I would love to wear from some websites I can’t quite fit yet and stick them up on my desk. So when I want to go get some peanuts or one of the other treats that have been bought in I have a visual reminder of what I would be giving up if I broke. Speaking of treats, a few ladies in my office have decided that the first Monday of the month we would get breakfast. And the options they listed were Anita’s, Bob Evans, chick-a-flia. NO THANK YOU!!! I said I would join them, but I would bring in my own breakfast. They’re killing me. It’s amazing I can resists, but I see Valentine’s Day candy and Easter candy on the horizon, dun dun dunnnnnn.

I do wonder if I’m going a little hard core/overboard. This crossed my mind while I was weighing out my salad, but it was oddly comforting, but I didn’t want anyone to see me. Like when I eat colored candy like M&Ms or something and I separate out the colors and eat them by color. I know it’s “a bit off” but it’s how I roll. I’m not afraid of food, I’m not going hungry, I’m just restricting my intake and upping my out take. I’m sure one of you will say something, or one of my friends, so I won’t dwell on it.

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Today has been busy busy busy, but my eating has been good. But I’m concerned a little too good, even though I’m not hungry. Breakfast was yogurt there was to be a banana, but time got away from me. While running some errands at Costco I did have a sample of lobster dip on a cracker and cereal bars, but we all know the Costco buffet doesn’t count, right? I will attempt to finish this post this evening after class and the gym….or in the morning.

I'm getting to 500 faster, I might have to start aiming for 600. Here are last night’s elliptical results:

2 Hour delay

This morning could have gone better ; since my sister decided to stay home, wish she would have told me before I took the 2 unnecessary hours off of work to make sure her daughter got to school okay (she’s 8, that’s now illegal). But it has thrown my eating way off; its 2:18 and all I’ve had is a banana and yogurt causing me to have a headache, but no hungry pains. I think I might sip on a slmifast and call it lunch.

Last night after class I was determined to have my pita pizza, I had the calories available and I wanted it. I only had a banana and water during class so I could have it. I made it when I got home and ate it, but I was greedy and ate the whole thing and got that touch of the too full feeling. In my 20/20 hindsight I should have paired it with a salad, had half and the same for lunch today, but that’s not what happened at all.

Now it’s almost 6 and I’m taking a break from filing, my least favorite thing to do. It is draining me. It has me thinking if I eat light I can go straight home, but I know that’s not true, I need to burn calories as well. It must be evening debate time in the ole noggin. But I know how this will play out; I’ll get on the machine, burn my 500 and do some core work, shower, go home and have a good dinner. I’m thinking soup (lentils) and salad. I will also weigh myself again; I like to see the progress. ACK! I need my measurements! I’m such a slacker.

I am not Gretel

This morning I’m still flying high on my workout last night and my flip flops. Shower shoes in my bag and I stroll into the office ON TIMEish and this is what I’m confronted with:




Yes donuts, fresh donuts and cupcakes! I mean come the fuck on its 1/11/11, we are eleven days into the New Year and we aren’t even in this day that far and we have donuts and cupcakes! Bitches trying to set me up!

This is what this “snack area” looked like during the holidays, no less than two types of M&Ms, random chocolate, peanuts, not pictured is a tin of popcorn, butter, caramel and cheese.





This is what it’s been whittled down to last night when I left. I took the popcorn and a lot of the candy and put it in the kitchen. I set up the passerbyers, I know but this is about me, they don’t have to eat it. I just don’t need it near me, taunting me.




I came very close to breaking, the donuts I’m told are wonderful and taste like heaven and I want to like one of those cupcakes like you wouldn’t believe. But I think I’ll get some perverse glee in the control aspect of not eating one. I want one because it there and that’s all. I don’t need it. So as soon as my boss pulled out of the parking lot I went to the gym myself and enjoyed a 41 minute workout on the elliptical.



I worked up a good sweat and ran into some people I’m friendly with which is nice. One’s a trainer that sometimes buys Mary Kay from me and she said I looked good, I said thanks despite the scale. (Oh! That thing has budged a bit, it’s around 228. I still need to figure out this weigh in day thing. Maybe I’ll do it on Mondays, to set the tone for my week? Any thoughts on this?) I set my mind on wander and boy that sure does help me get through a workout. I was just going along, day dreaming until the wrath of God shook my being in the form of sweat in my eye. After the elliptical I got on that stationary ab thing that works your lower back…to the Google image search!




It takes a lot of trust to get on that thing, trust I did not have for my oblique’s, maybe next time. I did 25 of those, then 20 pushups, 25 crunches, 20 second plank (front only) crunches with legs straight up followed by 20 side crunches on each side and I finished up with 30 seconds of flutter kicks. I took my time stretching out and it always feels good.

Now I’m back at the office feeling focused and good because there’s nothing like a good shower in the middle of the day to make everything alright, just wish I could remember underwear.

UPDATE:

Oh snap, the statistics class I wanted that was full just had a seat open up. I snagged it and now I'm on my way there. It's until 8, I need some snack/dinner options quick...okay, slim fast no pizza, but there might be time, so, a babybel and a banana, tea and some water. GO!

For dinner I’m having a pita pizza and I’m excited, the only bad thing about this is the sodium content, it’s high, but only if I eat the whole thing, it’s possible, but I’ll try not to.

My Monday Evening Concludes

It almost tomorrow and I should have gone to bed a while ago, before the 4 Hershey kisses, why do I have a stash of those things? So I had dinner and I’m not sure if the calories are right. Baked skinless boneless chicken 2.25 o is only 68 calories? That’s what MyNetDairy app says and I’ll take it, sounds right, I just thought I would eat more for dinner. I did have broccoli and mashed potatoes, the corner of my mouth is still not happy about the dentist holding it open and it’s tender to the touch.

I got to the gym later than I wanted, I ddn't have enough time to burn my 500, but I didn't do too bad, short by 119





I ran out of time because I like to take the evening yoga class. Yoga was good, it’s definitely gentle and I’ve never folded that much onto myself before in my adult life, unassisted. It was a moment to realize I’m way more flexible than when I started. But something was bugging me. Before I got dressed to work out I got on the scale and it hadn’t budged from 230. I’ve been keeping my calories low and my calories burned pretty high. If I don’t see any results I’m going to push my calories to 1200 and see if that makes a difference. But in the meantime I had 119 more calories to burn.





And to all a good night

I've got a case of the Mondays

I can feel it already today is going to be hard. I felt tired and drained as soon as I got to work and it’s been going nonstop ever since. I’m just not pleased with today, at all. I feel like I fighting against everything I have to do today and being defiant and to be honest, throwing a temper tantrum about how unfair life is. *sigh* But that will probably only tucker me out more and I have to save me strength.

I haven’t been that hungry, since I’ve been rushing I had a slim fast for breakfast, my sister got French Vanilla, not bad, still 6 grams of no reason fat. It got the job done, I’ve been nursing a yogurt for most of the afternoon, had half then had lunch then it was my something sweet. I should drink more water until I need to refuel for the gym. Dinner shouldn’t be too bad, I marinated some chicken breast last night and convinced my sister to bake that and steam some broccoli. She’s trying to get healthy as well, but she could falter. But if I go to the gym, I’m going to want to take the 8pm yoga class and I might just have a slim fast and something light to chew, I like chewing LOL.

I have also resisted the peanuts that usually call to me and the last of the holiday M&Ms. Every time I hear someone going for it I’m happy and relieved, those are handfuls of crap not going into my mouth.

I read a few blogs to get me pumped for the gym and FGIMH is starting to make trouble. I forgot my shower shoes and refuse to take a shower without them...guess I'm showering at home! Ha!