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.
Yesterday evening I has thought about checking on some friends but since there were so many people I wanted to see, I decieded against it. Plus driving through traffic left me worn out and sleepy.
So I ended up running errands. My first stop Wally-World. I walked through the store putting basic items in my cart: lotion, deoderant, household cleaning supplies, etc. Before putting the items in the cart, I usually check the prices. Dove 6pk bar soap ($6.19), Glade plug in air freshner 2pk ($4.25). Hmm last time I checked Dove was like $4.50. Looking inside my cart I had guestimated spending $50, but once at the register it totalled up to be like $90 .
DANG-IT!!.....
It wasn't much better at the grocery store. I ended up spending $106 ( it was $122.00) before my grocerystore savings card. As the cashier handed me my 5 bags of nothing I thought to myself. "WOW" food sure has gone up. I really didn't purchase much of anything: oatmeal, lean cuisine's (that were on sale 4/$10), apples, oranges, sanwhich meat, etc. I didn't purchase anything meats so why did I spend $100???
As I left my cart in front of the store and walked over to retrieve my car ( you can only take the cart out of one side of the store) I starting thinking "Hmm if the price of groceries continue... people may resort to cart-stealing." LOL I could see it now... I leave my cart in front of store, I step off the curb to get my car and as I come back my grocery cart is missing.
I'm no scam artisit but think about it. If no one came forward about your missing groceries what could you do besides pray that the store has video cameras. LOL I guess my mind was running wild because those groceries were precious to me.
Oh this morning the scale read : 222.8 Maybe I can get to 220 by the end of November. Oh well off to Zumba! Have a good day everyone.
Friday I went to the halloween party and enjoyed myself. I didn't dance too much and I don't drink. so I mainly ended up watching eveyone have a good time. I will try to post pics for everyone.
Saturday was a washout. It rained all day. My co-worker, the individuals and I just stayed in played games, and watched movies. We also ordered pizza ( I had 3 slices) "No biggie" I thought. I will move forward starting Sunday....
Well Sunday came and this time with different co-woker I found myself eating pizza again and I had no regreats. I had 3 slices around noon and two more slices again at 5 and possibly another one at 10pm . Good thing he ordered two large looking back it seems like I did eat a whole pizza to myself. Not too much damage the scale was at 224.8 this morning. So I know I can get back on track.
Tonight is a "Y" night but I'm not sure if I am going. My co-worker who said she was going to start going with me ... can't make it. Plus today is a friend of mine's birthday. Does she have anything planned ..NO so I kinda want to at least take her a cake, card, and balloon. As a gift I purchased her ticket into the halloween party.
Then I have another friend having martial issues. She really sounds like she needs to be cheered up. I want to see them both but not sure I really want to give up going to the ymca.
Lately I have been tired, and having headaches again. My leg is still bothering me esp when I sit or lay down. I do know that I will be purchasing some Icy Hot today. The heating patches are not working.
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. 
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. 
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. 
Ewww .
but the bad thing is that my throat is still sore
. 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. 
. I would be highly upset if I couldn't blog. 