And I'm work-ing out, like I've never work-ed out be-fo-ore
Yes I know my singing sucks but thats how I felt this morning after waking up at 6AM for Zumba class. I am not a morning person at all so in the beginning it was a bit difficult to gather up my engery. But... after the first 4 songs I was doing my thang. There were only three of us in class, two guys and myself. Later on another girl came in that I knew from the previous "Y". The class was over at 6:45 so I jumped in my car (beacuse DC starts towing at 7am due to rush hour) and sped up the street. I still have to shower, get dressed, and rush to work.
Who's that girl...
I know that is what everyone was thinking when I went to the "Y" last night. I had been MIA for like 1-1/2 weeks now. As soon as I stepped in Mrs. Brenda gave me this look and asked "where have I been". Then when I went upstairs to the locker rooms Mrs. Carol asked the same thing. LOL. I assured them both that I was back. (Especially since the holidays and temptations are going to be everywhere).
Last night during Zumba ended up behind a newbie. She clearly did not know which she should turn because she was in my way. Then someone had the nerve to pass gas. It was bad enough the class is way larger than the room. Anyway it was a good workout.
Next up I went to the areobics room to visit my old buddy, stationary bike and as I was walking up the stairs guess who I ran into??? NEAL.. yup the cutie who used to be my trainer. We chatted for a minute and then he was off. Hmmm guess I should come the "Y" more often. Anywhoo I did 20 minutes on the bike then went home.
Tonight it bellydancing class. I will update you guys on that class later.
Ever since the trip to N.C I have been in a reflective mood. I've been thinking about different aspects of my life and what I can do to improve them (which will mean making sacrifices and cutting certain people back). I won't go into full details but here is brief list of things I have been thinking about:
Friends: Am I a good friend? Do I have good friends? How is it that some people become friends for life and others don't?
Relationships: How to wait for Mr. Right and still enjoy myself vs. shutting out all prospects and then dealing with Mr. will do for right now due to lack of bordem or loneliness.
2009: Planning on going back to school in Jan. and I have to figure out my living arrangements. I have to move by the end of Feb. which runs into the start of March (birthday month).
During my reflections I have also purposely skipped out on going to the gym. Don't worry it's only to get as much rest as possible before I start my new routine. I have been in bed by 10pm and waking up around 6AM (Whoo Hoo guess who's been on time for work this week).
The weight plan:
Start going to the gym twice a day Yep twice a day. I like the way my body looks, but I have to do weights to tone my body otherwise I will still have fatty/flabby areas. My target areas are the back fat, middle earth (stomach) and to boost my bottom and shape my arms and legs. Soooo
20-30 minutes of cardio Mon-Fri morning followed by a weight routine (I plan on working lower body & upper body on certain days)
Then in the evenings I will go to the Zumba, Bellydance, and Water Aerobics classes only.
Lose 23 pounds by March? Making me an even 200 pounds. A perfect way to celebrate my b-day.
Eat healthy foods and up the water intake
Well I am done with thinking... time to start doing. Have a great weekend everyone!
Still single with no chance of someone new in my life.
I went to see a friend of mine in NC over the weekend, the trip was 6 hours long and it seemed as if it took forever going and coming home. I went alone and wish I had never went on the trip. We didn't do anything exciting, and she kept ranting and raving about this new guy in her life. I am happy for her but I felt like my driving 320 miles to see her revolved around the time she also had with him. I was so pissed when she changed our dinner plans. Her kids and I wanted to go out to eat, but she picked him up, and then told us that he was tired and that we could just grab some carry-out and go back to her house.
She kept trying to hook me up with some of his friends and I was just not up for it. I thought we would do stuff like get a mani/pedi, chat and catch up on things. OH well. it may be a while before I go back to visit.
Work
Is the same ole' same ole'. Nothing new
FOOD/DIET
So while in NC, there really was nothing to do besides eat. Every 1-1/2 hour her kids were talking about food. I was like you have got to be kidding me. I did pretty good I only ate 1/2 of my food when ever we did eat. Sadly we didn't eat anything healthy, everything was fast food. So I am glad to be back. I am seriously going to start guzzling water and eating veggies.
My weight is back up to 226 but I am going to start going back to the "y" faithfully. I have been slacking for the past 3 weeks and I really want to get rid of this ring of fat around my belly and see 200 by the end of the year. I am sick of looking like a regular person from the waist down and a Fat girl from the waist up.
Ok so I am off to check on everyone. Have a great day
You ever have one of those mornings where you lie in bed enjoying the calm before the storm? Then when you get up and your feet hit the floor, everything starts happening at light speed? That was me this morning.
I woke up, went through my morning routine and was ready to go to work, but I wasn't sure if I would be driving or taking the train. See I'm going out of town to visit a friend this weekend and I had two tires replaced on my car yesterday. I also had my mom take it for an alignment but the guy said it needed rotors.
Well I purchased the rotors and my mechanic (dear old dad) was going to put them on the car for me, but he didn't have his tools so I have to pay the shop to put them on which takes away from my travel $$. Anyway I had to run to the atm and then hop on the train. By this time I have developed a headache. As I am huffing and puffing walking the 2 blocks to the train station I phone my supervisor to notify her that I will be late.
I am becuase I told my dad that I thought I needed brakes when I first purchased the car.. he said no they are fine. Then he tried to say that I didn't need the rotors and I shouldn't spend the money. Plus I have a lot of running around to do this evening and I had planned on running some errands during lunchtime.. I needed my car. Oh well
I am because I couldn't understand why I was huffing and puffing while walking two blocks to the subway station. I mean don't I work out? What is 2 blocks compared to everything I do at the "Y"? Oh and I walked up some steps while on the escaltor can we say ugghh! In my mind my legs were moving faster than they actually were... and I started to get a bit tiredmaybe I should have rode up the escalator the whole trip.
Whaa!! Maybe I am still Fat and out of shape I know it's not true but I am not feeling engerized today at all.
Oh well I am off to drink some coffee so that I can calm my nerves. Have a good weekend everyone!
Ok so my workout buddy didn't make it in time to join me at the "y" but I didn't let that stop me. It was so nice outside, I should have walked to the gym, but it looked as if it could rain at any moment so I ended up driving.
I started off with the elpitical, but this time for some reason I just didn't have the strength to give it my all. I managed to burn 189 calories, but I was huffin and puffin after the first 2 minutes.
Next was the Bellydancing class. It was ok but the moves are a bit more intense. Plus we have to sit on our legs and I have too much thigh for that to happen. Anyway the class went well. I ended up going home afterwards and I had a Lean Cuisine for dinner. More crazy dreams last night but at least I stayed sleep until it was time to get up.
At first I had a hard time falling alseep but now I am having a hard time staying awake. I don't know what is going on . I have just been feeling tired lately. Oh an my throat seems to be better everytime I go home. Go figure! Maybe there are some work germs floating around here. Ewww .
After a slow day at work and waiting forever to vote, I was pretty beat yesterday. I debated back and forth if I should go to the gym, after the skimpy workout and bad foods I ate last week, I really wanted to give it my all, but at work my throat was sore and I was sooo sleepy. I opted to forgo the gym. Once at home. I took a hot bath, ate a sandwich and a piece of fruit. I was in bed by 9pm. (I'm a night owl so bedtime is normally at midnight) I woke up at midnight for a bathroom break and quick drink. I should have grabbed a cup of water but instead I had half a cup on juicy juice.
Big mistake, I had crazy dreams the rest of the night. I woke up again a 2am, rolled over and went back to the nightmares. LOL Note to self. No sugary drinks during bedtime. The extra rest did help because I was extra early arriving to workbut the bad thing is that my throat is still sore. I may have to start gargling with salt water and purchase some Hall's vitamin C drops.
Gain one, lose one....
Well bad news, my co-worker who just started going with me to the "Y" has to start covering for another center. She has to cover on the days that we were going to hit up the gym. Talk about the workout forces that are against you. Oh well now we will have to really make an effort to contact each other. We usually leave from my house, but now I don't know. She has to take a new route and replan her travel time.
Why is it that you gain a workout buddy but then lose one? Are we destined to travel the road to weight loss alone?
At least I still have you guys. I would be highly upset if I couldn't blog.
Yesterday I went to the "Y" and gave it all I had. I even took a co-worker along so she could experience the fun. We walked to the gym just talking and laughing. Although I welcomed the company it felt weird, I guess I am so used to my I-pod vs people.
First up was Zumba, I had been MIA from the Monday class for a while. So I was kinda shocked when we just danced from song to song to song. Everyone in the class really recieved a workout. Everyone was red and flustered. LOL Even me!
Next up was water aerobics. Mmmm been MIA from there too! So my co-worker and I were like little kids in the pool. Neither one of us can swim. I had to help calm her down because it's hard to adjust to being in 10ft of water and not being able to swim. The teacher told us that we couldn't hold on the the side of the pool next time. I'm thinking yeah right.. the side of the pool will be my friend until I feel comfortable.
All in all it was a good workout. I was starving and a bit beat during the walk home. I couldn't believe that this was my normal Monday routine. Tonight is Zumba with M (her class is always intense) and then weights.
Oh and I did good with eatting but exercised it all out. So I have to eat morewhich is hard for me to do. I'm either not hungry or I eat but not enough. So I am to trying to figure that part out. If anyone has suggestions let me know.
Nothing too exciting happened this weekend. It was work as usual. My eatting was waaay off track. I will spare you all the details and just say that there were too many carbs, no veggies, and no water. So that means I will get my tail in gear and do what I should have done over the weekend. At least the scale has been nice to me. This mornings reading was: 223.0
I believe it was ment for me to workout yesterday. I drove down the street to the "y" and I actually found a parking space right next to the building. No traffic, no issues .
For my workout I did 15 min on the eliptical and burned 190 calories. Then it was off to my bellydancing class. I had a ball! We now have about 9 people in our class, and yesterday was kind of a refresher course. I was glad because it seemed as though I had forgotten some of the moves. I've already told myself that I will purchase a dvd so I can work on the moves from home. While in class we had to do this move where you lift your torso up with your elbows and then you turn your torso from side to side. At first I didn't think I could pull it off but I did .
I actually woke up early this morning, well not quite early. Lets just say I didn't hit the snooze button or turn the alarm off so I could jump back in bed. I was still a tad bit late to work (8:22am), but at least it's an improvement from 8:35 am. Part of the reason for me being late is that I really have to find some work attire that fits me. All of my pants are so baggy in the thigh and waist area. I have to roll my pants up at the waist and they are still saggy in the backside area. So once I am up I sit on the edge of the bed and look into the closet or I pull out everything until I can find some thing half way decent.
Jumped on the scale and today it read: 222.4 Whoo Hooo! I'm shrinking.. I'm shrinking
Well yesterday was another workout that I MISSED. Yep I missed it. Last nights Zumba class started at 6:30 and I normally get home at 6pm. I was going in slow motion trying to decied what workout outfit I wanted to put on. Plus tonight would be my first time driving to the "Y" instead of walking. It was too dark and cold outside for me. Plus we were under a wind advisory. Some branches had already fallen off of trees and I was not taking a chance by walking under one.
Anyway, I got dressed and jumped in the car. The gym is a 20 min walk from my house, maybe 5-10 drive and its a straight shot. Well about two blocks down the street was blocked off so I tried going an alternate route. I ended up being stuck in traffic and once I finally made it to the gym I still had to find a parking space. Since the "Y" is pretty close to a major downtown street traffic was intense. It was stop-go, stop-go the whole time. There were plenty of parking lots available but I just can't see myself paying a gym fee and paying for parking.
This would be the breakdown:
$68 ymca monthly member fee + $80 parking(4 days of parking for $5 x's 4 weeks) = $148 which is $1776 a year aka too Darn much for me. LOL
So I ended up going home after 30 more minutes of traffic.
Good Intentions = Nothing
This morning I woke up extra early. More like 4:30am to be exact. So I ate some sliced peaches and a slice of rasin bread. The plan was to workout, I ended up watching cartoons and then snuggling back in the bed So much for working out. I will make it to belly dancing this evening.
. I am not a morning person at all so in the beginning it was a bit difficult to gather up my engery. But... after the first 4 songs I was doing my thang. There were only three of us in class, two guys and myself. Later on another girl came in that I knew from the previous "Y". The class was over at 6:45 so I jumped in my car (beacuse DC starts towing at 7am due to rush hour) and sped up the street. I still have to shower, get dressed, and rush to work. 
and asked "where have I been". Then when I went upstairs to the locker rooms Mrs. Carol asked the same thing. LOL. I assured them both that I was back. (Especially since the holidays and temptations are going to be everywhere). 
. She clearly did not know which she should turn because she was in my way. Then someone had the nerve to pass gas
). I won't go into full details but here is brief list of things I have been thinking about:
and still enjoy myself vs. shutting out all prospects and then dealing with Mr. will do for right now
).
maybe I should have rode up the escalator the whole trip.
I know it's not true but I am not feeling engerized today at all. 
. I would be highly upset if I couldn't blog. 