03/23/2011 07:43
TOM
When will I ever learn to NOT step on the scale the morning after a cheat day (or 2!)...especially when TOM is in town? UGH! NOT pretty! I really don't understand how a person can have their weight fluctuate FOUR WHOLE FREAKING POUNDS without having heart failure! 
Oh well...what goes up, must come down...right? 
SO, my elbow finally feels pretty darn good and I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. Friday, I took a cardio MMA class with hubby and my brother. Saturday and Sunday were spent going through mom and dad's house trying to finally get the house cleaned up and fixed up. That's gonna take months and it's emotionally draining, but it has to be done...so not much in the way of an organized "workout," but it was an active weekend. Monday, I worked out with my trainer. Monday night, I gave into my hormone-driven carb and chocolate cravings. I think it was a combination of emotions from going through my parents house, kissing goodbye to hubby for another week, and stupid TOM. Today, I worked out with my trainer in the morning, PLUS, did an hour long Krav Maga class in the evening...yay for me!!!!! I also got a mani/pedi, got my hair did, and got a body wrap. The body wrap was SUPPOSED to be relaxing, but the stupid staff there had ZERO volume control, so I had to spend my hour of relaxation listening to a bunch of loud, cackling hens that wouldn't shut up even after I complained. Gave me a headache. UGH. I did NOT pay all of that money to listen to that. I could have listened to noise and been PO'd about my rest being interrupted at home. 
AT ANY RATE!!!! Tomorrow is my last day off before I go back to work for a stretch of 3 twelves in a row in the ER...so I have an appointment with my trainer in the morning and I plan to spend the rest of my day cleaning my own house before someone calls "Hoarders: Buried Alive" on me. I am seriously thinking about taking most of the crap from my house and my parents house and throwing on the lawn and having a huge yard sale. I know what I'm getting rid of at my house...anything that I haven't seen, used or touched in more than a year for certain, plus a bunch of other things that have been making me curse every time I trip on them. Mom and dad's stuff is harder...how do you decide what to throw away that your parents held dear (or just held on to for whatever reason)? I hate this task more than anything.
I have had a hiatus from swim lessons...the Swim Team that I took lessons with was unorganized and kept canceling on me, then I throw out my back and call off for a class without 24 hours, I get read the riot act for not "following policy." Excuse me? Like I was supposed to know 24 hours in advance that I would help a Nurse lift a 300# patient and not be able to move? Whatever. Plus, it was getting harder and harder for me to take off every Tuesday for a personal fitness class. I found out that the fitness center that is associated with the hospital system that I worked at offers adult swimming lessons with instructors that have flexible schedules. PERFECT! I start this coming Monday and I'm pumped! I have so many stupid back and joint issues that I think learning to swim will help cut out some of my excuses to not work out when my knees, elbows and ankles are bothering me. Plus, hubby's family has a cabin in the Poconos right on a lake, so if I want to participate in the family activities, I'm gonna have to learn to do something besides float and sink. LOL
Now to just get my diet back on track. I'm back to loading up the crock pot when I work and making healthy choices (except for TOM cravings!)...so I'm hoping to start seeing a downward trend on the scale ASAP! :-)
Have a happy Hump Day!
-Bethany