Aaah, what a week!

I hate time change days, they totally screw up my kids.  

So, first off, I got weighed in on Wednesday before my daughter's surgery.  I was still at 223.  So, based on the fact that I was basically off my diet for a whole week while I was in Canada, that's pretty good. 

I ended up going for a work out on Tuesday night since I wasn't working on Wednesday.  It was great workout, but I was totally jacked up and ended up being up until almost 2:00 am, which doesn't work great when your kiddos get up at 6:00 regardless...

I didn't work out Wednesday-Friday, which I was a little bummed about.  I planned to, but it just didn't work out.  I did go on Saturday and did legs and again today and did chest and arms.  Along with cardio both day, of course, since I really need to get rid of this fat.

I still feel like I'm the fattest person at the gym.  It's funny because people will give me these encouraging smiles, like "oh, look at the fat lady working out, keep it up."  It makes me want to laugh because I'm not used to be so in shape and would spend hours at the gym. 

I'm still debating on the Fitness Builder app.  I really like, but I find that as I get more comfortable with the equipment, I'm putting more variety into the workout than what the app workout has and I can't figure out a way to add to a canned workout.

Still haven't weighed in yet :(

I'm DREADING my weigh in.  I should have gone today, but work was total chaos and I was there from 6:00 am to almost 6:00 pm with no lunch and NO FOOD!  I was a hungry girl!  I was so tired when I got home that after I assisted in kiddo dinner duty, I was sitting on the chair with my son and just snoozed for about 1/2 hour.  After getting the kids to bed, I was sitting and feeling crappy, tired and fat so I decided to go to the gym.  I'm so glad I did.  I had a really good work out.  Did some cardio and also did the Fitness Builder Upper Body Pyramid again.  Still digging the Fitness Builder app, I'm not sure if I will buy it though.  There are tons of exercises on it, but I still feel somewhat limited to "what I know", which isn't much :)

I didn't get to the gym until almost 9:30 and it was packed!  I love that Planet Fitness is open 24 hours.  I hate being the fattest one there, but at least they have the "no gymtimidation" clause.  When I first started going there, I swear I saw some older lady snickering about me to her skinny daughter and I was so pissed and hurt.  I didn't say anything because I had my headphones in and wasn't sure they were talking about me, but I swore to myself that if it ever happened again, not only would I confront the jerk but I would also report them to the manager.  It totally goes against the Planet Fitness Code of Conduct and I would be okay with getting someone kicked out that was making another person feel bad about being at the gym.

Tomorrow morning I plan to go to MWLC and weigh in.  I get the day off work, whoo hoo!  Although it's not for anything fun...I have to bring my daughter has to go to the children's hospital in the afternoon for her laser surgery.  No food after midnight and no clear liquids after 10:30 am.  And she's not even two!  Tomorrow is NOT going to be a fun day.  She's going to be hungy, pissed, and sore. 

Hopefully when my husband gets home from work I will be able to go to the gym for  little while to decompress.  It will be that or drink wine and I'm trying hard to stay away (although I totally sucked at staying away last week and over the weekend).  Oh well, it's a whole new week so time to jump back on the wine wagon.

Today's Workout:

My Workout Log

I just completed Upper Body Pyramid : Workout 2 for a total of 4 FitnessBuilder workouts. Completed on 3/4/14 11:09 PM Workout Time: 1:01:43 Wide Bench Press | Barbell: Set Reps Weight 1 12 5 2 12 7.5 3 10 10 4 8 12.5 5 8 12.5 Upright Row | Barbell: Set Reps Weight 1 12 20 2 10 25 3 8 30 4 8 30 Close Grip Pulldown | Cables: Set Reps Weight 1 12 35 2 10 35 3 8 35 4 8 35 Close Bench Press | Dumbbells: Set Reps Weight 1 12 12.5 2 10 15 3 8 15 4 8 15 Wide Bent Over Row | Dumbbells: Set Reps Weight 1 12 10 2 10 10 3 6 12.5 4 6 12.5 Cable Pushdown | Cables: Set Reps Weight 1 15 15 2 12 20 3 10 20 4 6 22.5 Curl Pause | Barbell: Set Reps Weight 1 12 12 2 15 8 3 15 6 4 15 6 Leaning Lateral Raise | Dumbbells: Set Reps Weight 1 12 5 2 10 8 3 12 6 4 12 6

What a long week!

Wow, what a long week.  I spent Tuesday-Friday in Canada at our Group Office.  I should have flown...it's a 7 hour drive.  Totally sucked. 

Anyway, the meetings were pretty good.  Didn't really learn much, but it's always good to network with colleagues from other divisions. 

Diet was a disaster, so I hope that I didn't gain too much.

Today I got a good workout in.  Tomorrow I'll go for a weigh in and probably cry :(

Great Weigh-In!

Today I had a great weigh in!  I am down another 1.6 pounds since last Thursday!  That brings my total loss to 6.3 pounds so far!  At this rate, I sure hope to meet my first goal of 220  by March 1st. 

I am a little concerned with going out of town for work.  First of all, we are driving to Canada, which is like a 7 hour drive.  I will NEVER do this again!  Second, I'm driving with this heinous bitch.  She is so mean, I don't know why I ever agreed to drive with her.  NEVER AGAIN! 

I am bringing my workout clothes and will do my best to stay the heck away from her.  She makes my skin crawl...




Weight Loss Progress:
2/14/14 - 229.3
2/18/14 - 226.2 (-3.1)
2/20/14 - 224.6 (-4.7)
2/24/14 - 223 (-6.3)

Sunday Burn

Today I had a great workout.  I love that they opened a Planet Fitness so close to my house.  I'm kind of bummed that they don't offer classes, but they have a ton of equipment and it's very convenient. and cheap :)

I've been using this app called Fitness Builder.  It's basically pre-designed workouts for any body part.  There are hundreds to choose from.  I love it!  It's great for someone like me who doesn't want to spend the money on a personal trainer but wants a workout designed for them.  It totally takes the guess work out of it and for instance today I did arms and chest so it gave me a whole routine to follow.  I'm still on the 30 day trial period but I think I'll purchase it when the trial is done.  I'm kind of bummed that it doesn't sync with My Fitness Pal.  I bet I could put my workout on there though!

I have to go out of town for work on Tuesday and I remember that the hotel has a gym so I hope to get a couple of workouts in.

Below is today's workout. I also did some cardio and abs.

 My Workout Log

I just completed Upper Body Pyramid : Workout 2 for a total of 3 FitnessBuilder workouts. Completed on 2/23/14 1:44 PM Workout Time: 1:00:11 Wide Bench Press | Barbell: Set Reps Weight 1 10 10 2 8 12.5 3 6 15 4 6 15 Upright Row | Barbell: Set Reps Weight 1 15 20 2 10 30 3 6 40 4 6 40 Close Grip Pulldown | Cables: Set Reps Weight 1 12 40 2 10 55 3 6 70 4 6 70 Close Bench Press | Dumbbells: Set Reps Weight 1 12 12.5 2 10 15 3 6 17.5 4 6 17.5 Wide Bent Over Row | Dumbbells: Set Reps Weight 1 12 8 2 10 10 3 6 12 4 6 12 Cable Pushdown | Cables: Set Reps Weight 1 12 15 2 10 20 3 6 22.5 4 6 22.5 Curl Pause | Barbell: Set Reps Weight 1 12 30 2 10 30 3 6 30 4 6 30 Leaning Lateral Raise | Dumbbells: Set Reps Weight 1 12 5 2 8 8 3 6 8 4 6 8

Well hello, old friend!

I'm very excited to announce that this girl is back on the wagon!  I officially restarted MWLC last week.  Found out I'm as fat as I was when I started my weight loss in 2011.  Seriously...what the crap?  Well, no time like the present to acknowledge that I'm fat and I don't want to be fat no more :)

So anyway, got my blood taken last week and the blood results came back - low HDL and pre-diabetic!  Geez oh pete's, I'm a fat ass and now this???  So anyway, it time to get.down.to.bid'ness.

I'll go with last Friday's starting weight, which was 229.3.  I got weighed in the other day and I was already at 224.6, so I've made some progress already.  Just got to keep it up.

My ultimate goal would be to get to 150.  I know I can do this if I stick to it.  Losing weight isn't impossible, it just takes commitment.  Getting healthy and not being embarrassed to get pictures taken with my kiddos is a huge motivation to me.  I want people to look at me and say "damn, you look good for being (almost) 43!".  I'm realistic that I'm not going to wake up skinny tomorrow...this is a marathon, not a sprint.

My first goal is 220.

What works for me....

- logging my food
- working out
- NO WINE!!!!!


Weight Loss Progress:

2/14/14 - 229.3
2/18/14 - 226.2 (-3.1)
2/20/14 - 224.6 (-4.7)