Funny

A friend shared this cartoon with me. This is the way I feel like weighing myself everyday! hahaha.



"HOW TO WEIGH YOURSELF". And to think we've been doing it wrong all these years!!

Leg Workout ... w/cardio

Today was leg workout. What a day to have my toughest workout when I"m feeling fat, bloated, no energy, and just basically depressed about how I feel and look. Elizabeth showed no mercy!! No, I can't have a bad day. I still have to work out. haha.

Before work out, i did about 8 or 9 mins on the recumbent bike to warm up (level 10). I didn't pedal hard as I knew I had to reserve the little energy I had for legs. haha.

We headed to the basketball court and I knew I was doomed. I hate the thought of leg workout, but then i love it afterward when I'm tired and I can say "I did it". My butt really has gone from the size of Jupiter a couple years ago to the size of a small asteroid (ASS-teroid? No pun intended).

Walking Lunges w/10lb. in DB - 2 BB court lengths
Side Lunges w/10lb in DB - 2 lengths
Step ups on bench w/10lb in DB - 1 minute x 3 sets
Squats w/10lb in DB - feet together - 1 minute x 3 sets
Jump squats - 1 minute x 2 sets
1-2-3 jump turn squats - 1 minute x 1 set

The Steps ups, Squats and Jump Squats were done as one set, then repeated 3 times. After the 2nd set, I was so tired I thought I was going to throw up. Elizabeth said no I wasn't, my heart rate is just up more than it's been. She'll learn someday when I hurl all over the floor. I did ask if anyone ever had thrown up at the gym from being so tired, and she said no, I'd be the first. haha. Wouldn't that be a fun claim to fame?

Then it was time for abs. Yuck. I hate abs, but I was just grateful for the chance to lie down on the mat!! hahaha. Elizabeth had other ideas. No rest for the weary. This is my fault that I feel so energy-less. I think I need a Red Bull ! haha.

Abs:
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Crunches -- up, half way down, then flat - 15
Side Crunches -- 15 x 3 sets - both sides
Not sure what these are called, but hands together crunch to the middle, then to the left, to the right, then to the center again. 20 x 2 sets.

Did a little stretching out (for me it was more like passed out on the floor), then I did my cardio.

Precor Elliptical, 31 minutes, 330 calories burned.

Will try to be diligent with food today and tomorrow and see how much more energetic I am on Friday. It really couldn't be worse !!!

Oh, and on MOnday I am having measurements taken again. I am truly afraid!!! I know I haven't lost anything in the past month, but Elizabeth wants to do them monthly. Wouldn't it be exciting if I was smaller in some areas? I have been working much harder than I ever had, but the food has been my saboteur. So we'll see. Even if I don't officially decrease in size, I can still fit in my size 10s so I'm not going to stress it. Plus I'm old now ... 43 ... and I know I am in better shape than most of my longtime friends. If only high school could see me now !!!!!!!!!! Wouldn't they be surprised !!!!

Sugar is the root of all evil

I know I don't do well when I eat sugar, yet I continue to eat it. Why do I torture myself??? The past few weeks I've been horrible with food. But this past weekend I was REALLY bad. With Halloween last Wednesday, I did fairly good by only giving in to 2 Reeses peanut butter cups. That in itself is a major victory for me. Normally on Halloween, I"d eat about 10 in one day !!! When I weighed myself on Friday, I had lost almost 6 pounds from the prior week (when I had a large gain from basically just being a pig!).

Then came Friday, my birthday. I was good all day and through dinner, but THEN, we went to Baskin Robbins. My daughter was not home Friday night so we decided to wait until Saturday to celebrate and since I didn't want a cake (leftovers would have been calling to me) i said ok i'll have ice cream and this will be my birthday dessert.

Saturday started out bad. Ate breakfast, then had chocolate, then picked at junk all through the day, then more chocolate, then went to birthday dinner at Johnny Carinos italian restaurant, where I had bread w/olive oil and garlic, shared in some Italian Nachos, had salad with creamy gorgonzola dressing, and THEN, my favorite Penne Gorgonzola. That's basically fettucini alfredo and chicken ... but with Gorgonzola in the sauce ... and of course penne instead of fettucini. I estimate dinner was about an entire day's allowance (if not more!). Seriously. I did only eat half of my dinner because it arrived lukewarm, so I had the other half on Sunday for lunch ... followed by more candy and more crap. By Monday, I was back up to where I was the week before on the scale. I think I ate about 20 snack size candy bars over the course of the weekend.

I tried to be good yesterday and MOnday, but I get to the evening, and the candy starts calling my name. I just can't have this stuff in the house. Once I eat the candy, I get the munchies and I start digging into leftovers from dinner, chips, anything I can get my hands on.

This morning I am only down 1/2 pound since MOnday.

So .... sugar is my enemy and I'm going to do my best to keep it out of my system. I also need to drink more water. I will drink a 16 oz. bottle in the morning and then not have any more water until the evening. I know part of my weight gain is water retention and if I'd just drink my water and lay off the candy I could drop 6 pounds easy in a week. I am not giving my body any water, so it's holding on to whatever it can get. I'm working on my 2nd 16 oz. right now and am close to finishing so that's 32 oz. before 12:30. Pretty good (for me!!).

Today was leg workout. That will be the next post .....