It's been a week since my last post. I'm not neglecting just finding it hard to find a few minutes to sit down and type.
I'm doing really good. My workouts with Sham are getting harder which has to be a good thing because he wouldn't be giving them to me if I couldn't do them. I finish what he sets out...it is NOT easy! I dread it when he goes over all the exercises but in the end I feel so proud of myself for getting through it.
My allergies have flared up again today and my back hurts (...female problems...ugh and I get weighed and measured on Friday! Great!). I went to the doctor yesterday and they weighed me and according to that scale I've lost weight. I wish it was more but I have to tell myself fast weight loss is a thing of the past. That is not good weight loss. The doctor gave me new allergy meds so hopefully this works and I won't be so bad when I get back from working out today.
I didn't do any cardio yesterday, but I just couldn't fit it in. I worked a little late then had to go the doctor then had to come home and make dinner for me and the kids, clean up and by that time it was time for bed! :p I won't beat myself up. I'm been good on my cardio workouts since I got back into it. I was sick for a whoel week two weeks ago.
I have to get blood work done tomorrow so I have to fast until I get that done. Eeeesh. I'm saving that for tomorrow because it's a non-Sham day.
Gotta say that it was nice going to the doctor yesterday and I could say no to all those questions...are you depressed...NOPE...are you having joint pain....NOPE....are you having trouble sleeping....NOPE...is your appetite irregular....NOPE! These were all problems I was having before Sham. My weight was up since the last time I was there but I told her about Sham. I told her the last time I was in the doctor's office was because my head was all messed up, my daughter was critically ill, it was a bad time. I put on weight! But everything since then has resolved itself and I'm on my way back down again. She was happy for me.
Ugh....my lower back!!!!!! I really would like to have my plumbing taken out!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
D Day +50
I'm feeling sooooooooooooooo much better! Feels good to be among the living again.
The back of my legs are sore from the hip raises I did yesterday but that's ok. I miss feeling like this...does that sound crazy or what?! Well it feels good because I know that I'm moving and I'm working towards my goal and its working! Yippee!
I've been getting compliments from people who haven't seen me in awhile. It sure does make the soreness worthwhile!
Off to get my heart rate up!
The back of my legs are sore from the hip raises I did yesterday but that's ok. I miss feeling like this...does that sound crazy or what?! Well it feels good because I know that I'm moving and I'm working towards my goal and its working! Yippee!
I've been getting compliments from people who haven't seen me in awhile. It sure does make the soreness worthwhile!
Off to get my heart rate up!
Monday, May 4, 2009
D Day +49
I totally hit the wall last week! I measured on April 22nd and I lost about 6 inches! Wow, pretty groovy. Not bad with 3 full weeks of working out with Sham. But then....I got sick.
I got really really sick. I haven't worked out with Sham since LAST Monday! Ugh... I haven't done squat (no pun intended). As for eating right, well that was all out the window. I didn't go to work, I rolled out of bed around noonish then went straight to the couch where I would stay til I went back to bed. I managed to get up a few times to make myself soup. I didn't drink a whole lot of water. Which is bad period. Gotta drink water regardless if you're sick or not. But I just didn't have the energy to eat let alone drink. When I did have water, it tasted so disgusting. You know that sick taste you have in your mouth when you're well....sick? Water does not mix well with that. I didn't take my vitamins either. I tried but my stomache wasn't having it.
I'm still sick but feeling alot better. I am very stuffy but the nose is running which is a good thing! It wasn't running at all last week, tons of congestion so I know things are finally flushing from my body.
I ate breakfast today for the first time in a week - a couple boiled eggs and an apple and water. Water still is not tasting good. I also took my vitamins. Tummy still doesn't like them but it's tolerating them anyway. I had some green tea too. Some fancy kind my girlfriend sent me. Supposed to be all natural. Straight from China. I've had it for awhile but didn't want to open the package because it was so pretty. Ladies, you know where I'm coing from on this.
Anyway, I'm meeting Sham in about an hour and a half. I'm so scared. My muscles are feeling like mush. Not a whole lot of movement at all in the past week. Not even core exercises. But at least it was no movement due to being sick and not because I just didn't care and was being lazy.
It's going to feel like the first time all over again. Ugh. But gotta get started again somehow!
I got really really sick. I haven't worked out with Sham since LAST Monday! Ugh... I haven't done squat (no pun intended). As for eating right, well that was all out the window. I didn't go to work, I rolled out of bed around noonish then went straight to the couch where I would stay til I went back to bed. I managed to get up a few times to make myself soup. I didn't drink a whole lot of water. Which is bad period. Gotta drink water regardless if you're sick or not. But I just didn't have the energy to eat let alone drink. When I did have water, it tasted so disgusting. You know that sick taste you have in your mouth when you're well....sick? Water does not mix well with that. I didn't take my vitamins either. I tried but my stomache wasn't having it.
I'm still sick but feeling alot better. I am very stuffy but the nose is running which is a good thing! It wasn't running at all last week, tons of congestion so I know things are finally flushing from my body.
I ate breakfast today for the first time in a week - a couple boiled eggs and an apple and water. Water still is not tasting good. I also took my vitamins. Tummy still doesn't like them but it's tolerating them anyway. I had some green tea too. Some fancy kind my girlfriend sent me. Supposed to be all natural. Straight from China. I've had it for awhile but didn't want to open the package because it was so pretty. Ladies, you know where I'm coing from on this.
Anyway, I'm meeting Sham in about an hour and a half. I'm so scared. My muscles are feeling like mush. Not a whole lot of movement at all in the past week. Not even core exercises. But at least it was no movement due to being sick and not because I just didn't care and was being lazy.
It's going to feel like the first time all over again. Ugh. But gotta get started again somehow!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
D Day +36
It is HOT this morning. I do not like Sacramento when it is HOT! I hate heat! Yesterday my work out with Sham was I guess you could say...not as hard. He brought what looked like a volleyball. I put it on the ground I went to pick it up thinking it was feather light and....ooomph! It was like a ten pound ball! Should have known the workout wasn't going to be easy!
It was very hot yesterday afternoon and working out on grass makes it that much hotter. I felt like I was moving through molasses. I had to do more exercises that had me in squat positions. I had to get the medicine ball, raise it up and slam it to the ground in a squat position. Then I had to get in a squat position and throw the ball up as high as I could. Then I had to get the ball and walk or run as fast as I could to a point and back and start all over again. Not easy for me to do in the heat. Sham took pictures of me doing those. Nice!
I did it. Sham knows how to get me. I'm competitive. When I hear him say, '...no one has finished this' or '...only one person has been able to finish this set' that puts me in Seabiscuit mode! I will get a burst of energy. I may not finish as fast as I think I should but dammit, no one is going to say I didn't finish something or I couldn't do it. After our timed workouts I'm always asking him...'how fast was I....is that good? Don't lie, tell me if I'm slow!' I want to be the best. Yeah I was that kid in school who always had to sit up front closest to the teacher and was the first to raise her hand to answer anything and everything. You all had one of those in your class. The one you couldn't stand, the one you talked about, the one you called 'teacher's pet. I didn't care. I was never afraid to face down anyone, even if they were bigger than me. Many times girls would want to fight me for some lame reason but they never counted on me accepting their challenge. Funny how just looking someone in the eye will cause someone to think twice.
That's how I look at these workouts. I'm staring them in the eye. You won't break me. You may come close but it will only make me stronger for the next challenge.
Tomorrow is my weigh in and new measurements. I feel good about it. For the most part, I have done everything Sham has told me to do. I do not leave the house without food. I'm eating fruit now. I am getting to bed at a good hour and I'm exercising when not with Sham. In a nutshell, I'm taking care of myself and taking into account how something is going to negatively affect me and my progress. It feels good.
It was very hot yesterday afternoon and working out on grass makes it that much hotter. I felt like I was moving through molasses. I had to do more exercises that had me in squat positions. I had to get the medicine ball, raise it up and slam it to the ground in a squat position. Then I had to get in a squat position and throw the ball up as high as I could. Then I had to get the ball and walk or run as fast as I could to a point and back and start all over again. Not easy for me to do in the heat. Sham took pictures of me doing those. Nice!
I did it. Sham knows how to get me. I'm competitive. When I hear him say, '...no one has finished this' or '...only one person has been able to finish this set' that puts me in Seabiscuit mode! I will get a burst of energy. I may not finish as fast as I think I should but dammit, no one is going to say I didn't finish something or I couldn't do it. After our timed workouts I'm always asking him...'how fast was I....is that good? Don't lie, tell me if I'm slow!' I want to be the best. Yeah I was that kid in school who always had to sit up front closest to the teacher and was the first to raise her hand to answer anything and everything. You all had one of those in your class. The one you couldn't stand, the one you talked about, the one you called 'teacher's pet. I didn't care. I was never afraid to face down anyone, even if they were bigger than me. Many times girls would want to fight me for some lame reason but they never counted on me accepting their challenge. Funny how just looking someone in the eye will cause someone to think twice.
That's how I look at these workouts. I'm staring them in the eye. You won't break me. You may come close but it will only make me stronger for the next challenge.
Tomorrow is my weigh in and new measurements. I feel good about it. For the most part, I have done everything Sham has told me to do. I do not leave the house without food. I'm eating fruit now. I am getting to bed at a good hour and I'm exercising when not with Sham. In a nutshell, I'm taking care of myself and taking into account how something is going to negatively affect me and my progress. It feels good.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
D Day +29
My thighs are feelin' it today!!!
I'm putting together my workout music tonight. All Rocky music! When I was working out with Sham yesterday, I was having a lot of trouble with my upper body exercise. He had me in a squat position and my lifting arm up, bent at the elbow in a right angle. I was to lift a ten pound weight up like I was pushing it up. It was hardest on my right arm, the injured shoulder arm. Anyway, the last set I closed my eyes and told myself to go! I pictured the scene in Rocky IV where he put everyone in a cart and lifted them all up. You can hear the music! Yesterday at the end of that set, I was Rocky! So I'm making a workout compilation of Rocky music.
I do that alot. I picture Rocky in my head. Rocky could do anything and he's always awesome at bringing that extra push right at the end for a knockout!
I saw these cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute capri jeans that I would love to be wearing to Denver in July. I'm going to wear them!
Me and Rocky, baby!
Eye of the Tiger!
I'm putting together my workout music tonight. All Rocky music! When I was working out with Sham yesterday, I was having a lot of trouble with my upper body exercise. He had me in a squat position and my lifting arm up, bent at the elbow in a right angle. I was to lift a ten pound weight up like I was pushing it up. It was hardest on my right arm, the injured shoulder arm. Anyway, the last set I closed my eyes and told myself to go! I pictured the scene in Rocky IV where he put everyone in a cart and lifted them all up. You can hear the music! Yesterday at the end of that set, I was Rocky! So I'm making a workout compilation of Rocky music.
I do that alot. I picture Rocky in my head. Rocky could do anything and he's always awesome at bringing that extra push right at the end for a knockout!
I saw these cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute capri jeans that I would love to be wearing to Denver in July. I'm going to wear them!
Me and Rocky, baby!
Eye of the Tiger!
Monday, April 13, 2009
D Day +28
I've finally got some time to myself. My last day before the real chaos ensues. The kids will be home and we will be in full Spring musical mode. Opening night is Wednesday. This is going to be a very long and arduous next few weeks! Getting home at a decent hour and in bed at an even more decent hour will be out the window. The play won't be over until close to ten every night and then there is getting everything put away and getting the kids out of the dressing room.
So my past week...
Monday started off horribly with that disastrous weekend...that by the way will NEVER happen again! I started going to bed by around 8:30p. Not necessarily to go right to sleep, I knew that was going to happen. I have been listening to an audio book of a book I already read. I like it so much I wanted to read it again but it's over a 1000 pages and the thought of someone reading to me was a lot easier. I would listen to it til about 9p and then start the next phase of sleeping...relaxing and getting used to quiet and darkness and letting myself give in to sleep. It's been going well except I still wake up about every two or three hours. But I am feeling alot better in the morning and I'm making myself get up at 6am, even though I don't really need to. I do have extra time in the morning to EAT and put my makeup on BEFORE I go to work...
I've been very good with my eating. I'm becoming more conscious of what I'm putting in my mouth and doing cardio everyday. My workout today with Sham was VERY hard. I did mostly a curcuit routine of squats with a ten pound weight. WOW...hard...legs shaking...took awhile for my face to chill out after I got back to work.
But I feel good. After today, I know I really need to work on upper body strength. My weak shoulder is getting stronger though...major plus! When I tore my rotator cuff the doctors put me on meds and told me surgery was my only option. I told them I wasn't doing surgery since they couldnt' guarantee that it would work. I stopped taking the pills, I don't like pills anyway and would never have made a good drug addict. I always forgot to take them when I was in pain. Blame my upbringing,we were never allowed to whine when we got hurt.
I get weighed in next week and new measurements taken. Here's to good news!
So my past week...
Monday started off horribly with that disastrous weekend...that by the way will NEVER happen again! I started going to bed by around 8:30p. Not necessarily to go right to sleep, I knew that was going to happen. I have been listening to an audio book of a book I already read. I like it so much I wanted to read it again but it's over a 1000 pages and the thought of someone reading to me was a lot easier. I would listen to it til about 9p and then start the next phase of sleeping...relaxing and getting used to quiet and darkness and letting myself give in to sleep. It's been going well except I still wake up about every two or three hours. But I am feeling alot better in the morning and I'm making myself get up at 6am, even though I don't really need to. I do have extra time in the morning to EAT and put my makeup on BEFORE I go to work...
I've been very good with my eating. I'm becoming more conscious of what I'm putting in my mouth and doing cardio everyday. My workout today with Sham was VERY hard. I did mostly a curcuit routine of squats with a ten pound weight. WOW...hard...legs shaking...took awhile for my face to chill out after I got back to work.
But I feel good. After today, I know I really need to work on upper body strength. My weak shoulder is getting stronger though...major plus! When I tore my rotator cuff the doctors put me on meds and told me surgery was my only option. I told them I wasn't doing surgery since they couldnt' guarantee that it would work. I stopped taking the pills, I don't like pills anyway and would never have made a good drug addict. I always forgot to take them when I was in pain. Blame my upbringing,we were never allowed to whine when we got hurt.
I get weighed in next week and new measurements taken. Here's to good news!
Monday, April 6, 2009
D Day +21
I am so worn out! I had a long long long weekend. It was a bad weekend physically and food wise but I have to put it behind me and move on.
My youngest daughter was sick all last week. I was splitting my time between the office and home. I was ragged. On top of that Sham started working me harder. Which is fine, no complaints on that. It was just one of those weeks.
Friday, I had friends coming over that haven't been over in awhile and we were going to have a Wii Fit night. What I really needed was a Wii Rest night! But the kids were looking forward to it. I barbecued and I was good. Around 11p we called it a night and I was just one limp noodle. We went to bed and were supposed to be going to San Francisco early on Saturday morning. We got up Saturday morning and we were all just dead. My allergies were bad, sore throat and stuffed head. I thought I might have been getting the flu symptoms but thankfully it was just allergies. Since nobody in the house was moving we decided to stay home. Well stay home in the sense we weren't going to San Francisco. I had to go to my mom-in-laws house, then after that, I stopped by my office, then we got lunch. We had mexican. I had two chicken tacos on soft corn tortilla. My daughter's ate my rice and beans (since I don't know how they prepare them I didn't want to eat them), then was a trip to Target...you know how Target goes! By then it was almost 4p! We were all just beat. We got home and collapsed on the couch. My youngest daughter and I stayed there and watched movies until 9p and then went to bed. Oh I forgot to mention before we left in the morning we went to my neighbors rummage sale. LOTS and LOTS of stuff benefitting the Leukemia Society.
I meant to do some kind of work out on Saturday but I just couldn't muster the strength. I figured it would be better to rest then try to force it.
Sunday we got up very early and went to Marine World in Vallejo. I was feeling alot better. I didn't have time to work in my core workout before I left. I'm a little ADD. I got up and started my checklist to get the car packed, the kids up and showered, breakfast, etc... We got in the car pretty much on schedule. The park wasn't too crowded. We went all over the park so I figured the day wasn't a total waste exercise wise because I was walking around. We left the park about 4p, just dragging. It was getting hot and neither of us do well in heat and were hungry! We got back to the car and ate our packed lunch. I made turkey and cheese sandwiches on whole wheat (hard cheese, not processed). I also packed strawberries and grapes but I also packed Lays backed chips (the ones like Pringles). Ok I'm a sucker for chips! I'm a sucker for anythign crunchy, I'm addicted to crunch. Alot of time I don't feel like I've eaten if there is no crunch in my food, no matter how full I am, I just need a little crunch. So I put chips in my sandwich...BAD I know...but I needed crunch! I also had a couple snicker doodle cookies that I made the night before. I love snicker doodles.... We left after that but stopped by my girlfriend's house on the way. She lives down the street from us. We were at her house for a couple hours just sitting in the backyard talking. It was a nice evening. We finally got home about 8p. My body was crashing fast. I was beat. I was starting to get cranky. I'm not a nice sleepy person. We got home, took the dogs for a quick walk and then called it a night.
I went to bed early got lots of sleep and am dreading meeting up with Sham today. But...gotta get over the bad weekend and start fresh. My kids are gone this week (Easter vacation), they are at their dad's. So having to be home early or cooking won't be a problem! Yeah! I work late the days I workout with Sham and the other days I get my cardio in. I will be able to cook any kind of food I like and not have to worry about making something different for the kids. I won't have to get on them at night about homework or worry about play rehearsals. I'm getting relaxed already! I miss them being gone but I do love these breaks!
My youngest daughter was sick all last week. I was splitting my time between the office and home. I was ragged. On top of that Sham started working me harder. Which is fine, no complaints on that. It was just one of those weeks.
Friday, I had friends coming over that haven't been over in awhile and we were going to have a Wii Fit night. What I really needed was a Wii Rest night! But the kids were looking forward to it. I barbecued and I was good. Around 11p we called it a night and I was just one limp noodle. We went to bed and were supposed to be going to San Francisco early on Saturday morning. We got up Saturday morning and we were all just dead. My allergies were bad, sore throat and stuffed head. I thought I might have been getting the flu symptoms but thankfully it was just allergies. Since nobody in the house was moving we decided to stay home. Well stay home in the sense we weren't going to San Francisco. I had to go to my mom-in-laws house, then after that, I stopped by my office, then we got lunch. We had mexican. I had two chicken tacos on soft corn tortilla. My daughter's ate my rice and beans (since I don't know how they prepare them I didn't want to eat them), then was a trip to Target...you know how Target goes! By then it was almost 4p! We were all just beat. We got home and collapsed on the couch. My youngest daughter and I stayed there and watched movies until 9p and then went to bed. Oh I forgot to mention before we left in the morning we went to my neighbors rummage sale. LOTS and LOTS of stuff benefitting the Leukemia Society.
I meant to do some kind of work out on Saturday but I just couldn't muster the strength. I figured it would be better to rest then try to force it.
Sunday we got up very early and went to Marine World in Vallejo. I was feeling alot better. I didn't have time to work in my core workout before I left. I'm a little ADD. I got up and started my checklist to get the car packed, the kids up and showered, breakfast, etc... We got in the car pretty much on schedule. The park wasn't too crowded. We went all over the park so I figured the day wasn't a total waste exercise wise because I was walking around. We left the park about 4p, just dragging. It was getting hot and neither of us do well in heat and were hungry! We got back to the car and ate our packed lunch. I made turkey and cheese sandwiches on whole wheat (hard cheese, not processed). I also packed strawberries and grapes but I also packed Lays backed chips (the ones like Pringles). Ok I'm a sucker for chips! I'm a sucker for anythign crunchy, I'm addicted to crunch. Alot of time I don't feel like I've eaten if there is no crunch in my food, no matter how full I am, I just need a little crunch. So I put chips in my sandwich...BAD I know...but I needed crunch! I also had a couple snicker doodle cookies that I made the night before. I love snicker doodles.... We left after that but stopped by my girlfriend's house on the way. She lives down the street from us. We were at her house for a couple hours just sitting in the backyard talking. It was a nice evening. We finally got home about 8p. My body was crashing fast. I was beat. I was starting to get cranky. I'm not a nice sleepy person. We got home, took the dogs for a quick walk and then called it a night.
I went to bed early got lots of sleep and am dreading meeting up with Sham today. But...gotta get over the bad weekend and start fresh. My kids are gone this week (Easter vacation), they are at their dad's. So having to be home early or cooking won't be a problem! Yeah! I work late the days I workout with Sham and the other days I get my cardio in. I will be able to cook any kind of food I like and not have to worry about making something different for the kids. I won't have to get on them at night about homework or worry about play rehearsals. I'm getting relaxed already! I miss them being gone but I do love these breaks!
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