I made it

So TOM made his debut again  (I just saw him 2 weeks ago) and I've only been plagued by his friend Mr. Crampy.  My moods and cravings for snacks have been in check  so I guess I can't complain. 

Well I did the unthinkable.  I went to the wedding of the infamous guy.  I did it for a number of reasons.  One was closure, two to show myself that what happened between us was no big deal and that it didn't affect me.  I didn't fall out, cry, or have any negative feelings.  The event started at 4pm but   the bride was 45 minutes late. It was a nice ceramony all in all . 

 My mom who makes friends  wherever she goes, ended up helping them prepare food, decorate, and serve food.   The food was ok... all carbs and no veggies. I eneded up eating some real food once I came home.  Sadly  I wasn't able to stay for the whole thing because one of my friends had to pick up her son. So we ended up leaving the wedding early.  I did post a pick of me in the dress I wore.   I hope you guys can see it. 

What a workout

Last night was Jazz/Funk class.  My first class was ok but it was taught by a sub.  Well last night class was taught by the actual instructor, I will change her name to *Summer*... she's a bright and bubbly little thing, plus she has sooo much energy.   You can tell she is a ballet dancer by the stretches we did.  She had us do series of stretches,  yoga and later in the class dancing. 

While doing some lunges she came over to me and helped me get into the right posistion.  It was difficult becuase I have short legs and they can only go but so far  Plus  due to my massive stomach and chest  I couldn't reach as far as some of the other people.  Then she had us do do crunches and pilates. ( At this point I was actually beginning to wonder when we would actually do some dancing. )   I have never tried pilates but I heard it good for you. 

The exercises on the floor  was really intense I was  thinking hmmm.. "this is too hard, maybe  I should just get up and leave the class" but I stuck with it.  Not sure if I'm going to go back.  After class the Summer said that we all did a good job, some of us even talked her into coming to check out Zumba.  LOL  maybe that will take some of her energy down a notch.

Can't say no

Ok so it's lunchtime and the managers have decided to treat.  No one could agree on where we should order from.  I know the General Manager wanted pizza.  Everyone else was undecided.  So we agree on Italian. Now normally I would do a pasta, but I try to stay away from things like that.

My first choice was a salad, but I hate the Italian ones because I have to pick out the onions, olives, and green peppers.  At that point I am only left with the greens. Second choice was a spinach roll,  but  I wasn't  too sure with the ricotta and mozerella.  Dairy products have a way of catching up with me later (lactose intolarance) 

Then my General manager came over to me and was like "Let's get pizza, you wanna split a pizza with me?" Honestly I didn't want that as well, but I  couldn't find anything I wanted so I went ahead and opted to split a pizza with her.  I also tried to change everyone's mind by ordering from a place that sells rotissiery chicken ( but the GM doesn't eat meat). Oh well I might as well prepare myself.  I can see me at the FD now: sleepy,  bloated stomach due to pizza dough, and tomorrow the scale going up a couple of pounds. 

Piggly Wiggly

Nooo...I'm not talking about the grocery store found in some of the  southern states, I'm talking about me.   My eatting was  bad yesterday  I had a burger & fries for lunch and for dinner I had a subway sanwhich with the cookies.  I didn't work out yesterday because my sister was going to do my hair, but becuase I was running late and she now has two kids, I had to postpone until today.  It sucks because today is my bellydancing class, and I would finanlly get a chance to wear my skirt with the coins on it.  (shing-shing-shing )  I showed the skirt to my mom and she loved it.  She was trying to do her own bellydancing moves.  LOL

Well another month and no weight loss.  Actually jumped on the scale today and it read 227.4 which means I am up some pounds.   I'm not worried because I can tell that I have slimmed down.  My work pants which were size 18 now need to be pulled up everytime I stand up.  The pants I had on yesterday  were too loose at the leg, I could kinda feel the air blowing in the pants leg.

I know eatting is still a downfall for me.  Also instead of making monthly goals that I don't seem to keep I will try small weekly goals instead.   So here are the goals for next week since we are already in the middle of this one.

Ok so there it is, I know what I have to do. I will keep you guys posted.

And keep pushing towards your goals.  We can do it.

A fun day

Well EP took too long for me to check on anyone yesterday  and it was funny beacuse I was actually responding to  Julie W blog in which she was explaining how pages took to long to load.  I hope they get this issue resolved, I miss everyone .

We had our open house at work and only 3 people showed up .  I went through all that embarrassment and nervousness of passing out flyers Thursday for only 3 people to show up.  Anyway I wasn't too upset, I just gave the tour and later helped myself to 2 of the leftover chocolate chip cookies from the dessert platter. 

Yesterday evening I went to my Zumba class, and I was surprised to find that we would be having class OUTSIDE !!!  Yep class was outside in front of the YMCA.  At first everyone was nervous, but we followed along with the instructor (I now know why they are always telling us to smile when working out-you never know if they are going to put you on display!).  Anyway it was fun, people just looked at us and smiled, some kids tried to dance along with us, one guy (who seemed to be old & drunk) did dance to his own beat with us (he made us laugh) and some guy actually pulled out his camera and  took our photo I just hope we don't end up on the internet. LOL

Next was water aerobics, I had been missing out because of TOM issues and I hurt my back last week on the stupid weight machine for your back.  So I went back and was doing fine until we had to put our feet up on the edge of the pool (to do crunches).  I swung my leg around and then " I GOT A CHARLIE HORSE".  It hurt like Hell .  I had to massage my leg and do stretches while standing on the steps of the pool.  The instructor asked me if I wanted to get out of the pool, but I declined.  I was having too much fun.  I think I even know how to doggie pedal now.

Work is kinda slow today... so you guys should see some comments from me.

Updates

Doing it because I have to

Ok ok so I know I haven't been posting daily.  It's just that work is starting to work my nerves  My supervisor has assigned me a duty that  was split between two people and I really don't want to do it.  I do basic admin work and part of that job description is to book meetings and bill our clients.  Well now I have a fancy title of Meeting room coordinator (which is not an increase in pay) I still book, and bill clients for meetings but now I have to host an open house and place ads on CraigsList.  #1 I am not good in sales or marketing.

So yesterday my co-worker and I had to go door to door with flyers we made  informing other tenants in our building of the open house.  It was horrific I am very shy until I warm up to someone, then I can be myself and people can be so rude.  A lot of tenants had left for the day but those who stayed behind gave us rude looks, didn't acknowledge us, and told us to just leave the flyers under the door.   I felt upset about the whole thing.  Not to mention once we were done, I had sweat rings under the arms of my shirt.  I guess from being nervous. 

What goes Up

will hopefully go down, I jumped on the scale this morning and it said 229.2 Oh well I just have to push harder.

Help is on the way

Yesterday was bellydancing class, and the teacher asked if she could see me after class.   I thought she wanted to talk to me about a walk-a-thon the ymca is having this sat, but she actually wanted me to start coming to her saturday class!!  She said that I was doing very well and she thinks I have excellent body movement.    Wow that good becuase sometimes I think my belly gets in the way.  I can't quite tell if I am doing a move correctly because I have too much fat in my stomach area.  She also wants to help me lose weight.  Her recommendations: lots of water, veggies, and protein.  No starches and no meals 3hrs prior to bed, she said If I that for a month I should see results.

Gotta Eat

I still have to find a way to not use up all the calories I eat and find a way to eat small meals per day.  Oh well I may have to make a schedule for that.

I'm off tomorrow so enjoy Friday & have a good weekend.

Technical Difficulties

RRRRR Ok is it just me who is having problems posting on EP?   It takes forever for blogs to load and even longer for me to reply.  It's not that I am ignoring you guys, I am just having a hard time seeing your blogs.   I will catch up and reply as soon and I can figure this out.

Getting Better and Better

Oh no she didn't

Oh yes she did,  well I  did rather.  I skipped out on the staff meeting at the pt job yesterday.  I drove right home and prepared myself for the "y" 

I figured my health was more important than a staff meeting, and if I were to get sick to the point I couldn't work then the company would replace me anyway.  Well I later I found out that the really didn't miss anything ( staff argued back and forth as usual) and the head manager didn't even show up.

Moving & Shaking

I am so glad I went to zumba, it was fun.  I was actually able to follow along with out getting lost, but the girl next to me was just insane  she was hopping around frantically, all off beat, and she had no rythmn... I didn't mind because I know everyone has to break the moves down in their own way.. but she almost punched me a couple of times when we did a song that had tae bo moves   . Part of it was her and the other part is  that our Zumba class is getting larger and larger but they have us in a small studio.

No alarm necessay

Weird, now that TOM is here, I have been actually waking up b4 the alarm clock goes off and I don't feel as tired.  Oh well I am happy I was able to wake up, fix breakfast, and arrive on time for work before anyone else.  So it's been a peaceful mornin.

Coming Soon

Ok so I took some picturesand I plan on posting them soon.  I will also try to remember to weigh in, I'm a bit afraid to see the numbers since TOM is here. 

Have a good day everyone!!!!!!

Moody Monday

Well TOM is here and he brought his friends (cramp & bloat) along with him to torment me for the next couple of days.  I guess that explains the tiredness and why I couldn't stop crying after my  the cop fiasco last week. 

My eating was horrible this past weekend McDonald's, Chips, plenty of sodas, and candy, basically all no-no's .  I don't mind a little induldgence every now and then, I knew I had gone overboard!  Plus to top it all off I have to miss Zumba tonight because of a staff meeting at the pt job.  I've already told you how the meetings don't start on time, and how they consist of people aruging back and forth.  Oh well guess afterwards, I'll just go home and curl up with my covers and a heating pad.

Now please don't think that my weekend was complete bust.  I did invite my sister to a play (my BFF cancelled out at the last minute) and then my sister and I went to Red Lobster...she paid for dinner  .  It was a perfect date.  Oh and later yesterday evening I cleaned out my closet and dresser drawers.   The spring/summer gear has offically been moved to storage.  I felt good pulling out my fall clothing.   I just  jeans, boots, tees, and sweaters.  They are just soooo comfortable.   

So here is the question of the day : what is your favorite item of clothing for fall?

Trying to cheer up

Crappy Morning

I don't get it.   Yesterday I took my vitamins, ate veggies, worked out,  ate a light dinner and went to bed an hour earlier than usual.  Plus I set my alarm clock and cell phone to wake me up.  So why was it so hard to get out of bed this morning??  And why am I so tired??  Where is this energy that I am supposed to be feeling??  So in my rush to not be late (but I'm going to be late because there is no way in Hell I can get to work in 25mins). I get pulled over by a cop. Well he tells me that I ran a red light. 

I obviously don't think so.  When my light turned green I made a left.  Then light in front of me was green so I made a right turn.  He says that there was a light  before the light I turned in front of (crap) Honestly I only saw my light.  So .... he asks for my liscense then says "That is if you have a valid liscense"  WHAT?!  OH HELL NOOO!!  So as I proceed to tell him I have a valid liscense I hand him my health insurance card.   He starts complaining and then I give him the liscense.  Long story short he tells me that I shouldn't argue with an officer and that he is going to give me a break.

I was happy about not having a ticket but... I had a moment.  As I pulled off I found myself crying, and I kept crying all the way to work.  I can't even explain why. Oh well.

Another day at the Y

Yesterday I burned 230 cal on the Eliptical and another 80 cal on the TM.  I rushed upstairs for Bellydancing and for some reason I don't feel like I did a good job.  Maybe because I had on all black and really couldn't tell if I was moving correctly.  Darn mirrored walls threw me off so you know who was going in the opposite direction as everyone else, but whatever.  I did like the fact that we did exercises for our inner/outer thighs.  But I made it through the class, tonight is Jazz Funk and weight lifting with the instructor from Zumba. 

Have a good day everyone