second blog today

I practiced the jazz band pieces a bit today... we're doing JAZZ for Easter service, fun, huh? We're recording today so I'll post a link later :D

ONE WHOLE HOUR OF SLOW BURN YOGA


eff yeah, I feel good

and I smell bad :D

I'M BAAAACK

Sorry, readers, I needed to take a break and deal with my attitude about losing weight. It's frustrating when I see other gals losing weight and getting healthy ... and not to mention the tiny little things I see everywhere... and my stumbling block is food!  Not so much bad food, or that I eat too much, it's more that I feel like I'm gaining more weight just by eating anything.

I started eating more sashimi at work, that's fish sans rice, and trying to avoid eating anything else throughout the day. I have my power bars, and I have bananas and pears that I can snack on, too. And I feel like I'm getting behind by having a rest day.

So, April 1st will mark the beginning of P90X fitness and nutrition. (I just have to find the nutrition guide.) I've done good so far this month not buying anything unnecessary, so we can save money... and that's why I'm starting 4/1, I don't have the pull-up bar for workouts yet. My goal is to be a size 10 by August 1, which is more realistic than a size 5. ( I want to be a size 5 by December 1.) Now, I realized AFTER we made the pact to do the P90X system that 90 days means July 1st not August 1st... but I guess that gives us the challenge of maintaining the weightloss and tone :)

yesterday I did about an hour of yoga.
The day before, I did not do anything.
Monday, I went to hang out and do PILATES with Autumn D. We ran outside in the rain...well, we mostly walked, but there was some jogging!
Sunday, I got no sleep, went to first service with my husband and then took a nap.
Saturday, I did not work out before work.
Friday, I had to be at work at 11:00 for training, I think I did a little warm up run.

I haven't touched the wiiFit since Friday, I'm not very happy with it's judgemental, chipper little voice. It's still saying "that's obese" when I weigh in. Not very encouraging. Thanks, Nintendo.

mood swings

5 minute warm up + 10 minute jog + 10 minute hulahoop + attempt at a 5 minute cool down

I @#$@$^# HATE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS

My lady bits are extremely tender and have swollen. I find myself getting super pissed off at the slightest thing. My sports bras are not supportive enough. I'm not losing any weight. I've been at 191 and bouncing up to 194 every other day. I'm always tired. ALWAYS. I have hot flashes at night. My body temperature is a solid degree higher than normal, and has been for a month. I WANT TO DESTROY EVERYTHING!!!

No, I am not pregnant. Don't ask. It's insulting.


I purchased this wiifit belt that is supposed to hold the Wii remote while you're working out. The damn belt slips every where, making the motion sensors inaccurate. The only two places it works are around my waist, which is uncomfortable, and around my boobs.... which makes it so I can't breathe. And the damn velcro isn't sewn in properly, so the edges rub up against my arms. AND the damn pocket that holds the remote IS OPEN so the remote FALLS OUT. How did this product get past testing?

I want to swear and throw stuff.

Hopefully tomorrow I'm less pissed off.

awake

Well, I'm awake, getting ready for work... yay
Breakfast shake and a banana... I'll likely eat something else soon
5 minute warm up + 10 minute jog + 5 minute cool down.... no time for anything else, I have to leave in 15 minutes...

I work all day today! Come see me!

high scores

Good afternoon!!!
Got up around 9:30 for my chiropractor appointment. Breakfast shake and a banana...

5 minute warm up + 10 minute jog + 10 minute hula hoop + 5 minute cool down + 30 minutes of random balance games

Lunch was a little pot pie, a couple of taquito roll dealies, a banana and a cadbury egg :)

What's been driving me crazy lately is the high scores that are on our WiiFit. It's discouraging when I try some things and, while I think I do well, the scores severely surpass my own.

In any case, my stomach is kinda sore from the hula hooping :)

I FEEL FANTASTIC

Got up at 9 without an alarm! When I was younger, it didn't matter what time zone I was in or how late I stayed up, I would get up right at 9 am.

I think I may need to bump up my aerobics... my biceps are getting bigger but they feel suffocated or constricted. I think it may be that there's still a lot of fat left on my arms.

5 minute warm up + 10 minute jog + 5 minute cool down + 20 minute yoga

Lighter work out today, Husband has to do his homework so I couldn't be on the big TV that long. (Our main computer is hooked up to the big screen, and so is the Wii.)

Breakfast was a shake, vitamins went down well today.
Lunch today was half a box of spiral macaroni. I made the whole box, and I usually eat the whole box, but half way through, I wasn't that hungry.

Lunch yesterday was a DiGiorno thin crust pizza, and I had the left overs for dinner. I had some baked chicken later.

Dontcha hate it when...

I really really hate it when someone says "there's no way you're almost 200 pounds!"

ARE YOU BLEEPING KIDDING ME!?!? Get on the scale with me. Seriously. Call my doctor. My chiropractor even has a record of my weight. Don't you know that black is slimming?

This is not the first time in my life I've been this size. When I was in 8th grade, we'd been moving every few months and the food was never healthy. I actually think I'm a little bigger now than I was then. Freshman year of high school, I was a size 14. By the end of that year, I was a size 10. Freshman year of college, I was a size 5. Stress does awful things to your body. 

I wish, then, that I had the mind to run and work out on a regular basis. Now, I was in the AFROTC, and I weighed 119 pounds, two pounds more than their minimum for my BMI. And I could not do pushups correctly, and I couldn't pound out more than ten situps. I couldn't run. I was out of shape, but I was tiny. I do miss that body, but I never felt good. And I was depressed. 

Funny what good food and happiness will do to your waistline, eh? :) 

September 2006, size 5

This size ON MY OWN TERMS

I always feel taller

More tall? Taller? Idk...

I always feel a little taller, more statuesque after a bit of yoga.

Breakfast was a shake and a banana. Yesterday's lunch was a pot pie and a brownie, dinner was two salmon rolls and later two pieces of salmon nigiri and a bowl of fried rice.

5 minute warm up + 10 minute brisk jog + 10 minute hula hoop + 5 minute cool down + 10 minute yoga
with stretching all throughout!!!

I think all this exercise is raising my body temperature, it's always too hot at night to sleep! And I froze all the time.

I have to say, I am more than a little jealous of my counterparts who are losing weight faster than I am. I'm still at 191. Keeping my diet strict is difficult with my job, though. I truly love Spicy California rolls, but maybe I should be cutting out some mayo from my diet, too? I'm trying to eat more salmon to get more protein in my body. What do you think?

My Vibram Five Fingers shoes should come in today!!! And I fully plan on taking it slow with those... and not running in them for a very very long time... I don't want to injure my feetsies :)

NOT FOR MEN

I realize, by posting the title as "NOT FOR MEN," you males will still look at this. Let me be clear, this blog contains information and griping that you DO NOT want to know about. The following message is complete and total honesty and it's pretty disgusting. And only women will be able to handle it. This is not a challenge to you, gentlemen, it is fair warning. So, if you continue reading, it is at your own risk.

Yes, I also realize that if you are a man, the likelihood that you read this blog is small. And I also realize that you may not be reading the whole thing, and will automatically come to the part that will gross you out. It's Murphy's Law, it WILL happen... so just stop.




Yesterday, my left calf was still bugging me, so I spent the day doing some not-so-light shopping. And I feel guilty for that...

This morning's breakfast consisted of a shake and a power bar.

5 minute warm up + 10 minute moderate jog + 6 minutes hula hoop + 5 minute cool down + 3 minute balance game + 20 minutes of an hour-long INTENSE yoga work out. My arms were starting to shake really bad so I decided not to push TOO hard. But I did notice that I'm able to do most of the poses in time with the instructor.

The Wii said I gained four pounds from yesterday's couch riding. I didn't. Aunt Flo is taking a ride, adding a few extra water pounds where she's not really wanted. I don't know how long she's sticking around this time, she was on vacation for a few months and I'm guessing she's feeling like over-staying her welcome. I really did miss her after a while, but she gets on my nerves fairly quickly. At least it's not as painful as it could've been... but it's not over yet.

Today, I'm setting up a grocery list to stick to fervently. Like, "this is what we need, get only this or you will pay," kind of grocery list. No more eating out, no buying alcohol (I kinda stocked up) no toiletry needs, no household desires... now let's see if I can get myself to start making lunches for Husband...



Also, I've noticed my hip bones are making a reappearance. I'm loving it. My pants are fitting better, too!!