Weigh In and other updates

I'm happy to report the number on the scale went down this week!

Down 2.2 lbs

BMI went down .3

Lost an inch on my waist ----this one I'm taking with a grain of salt cuz who knows if I'm measuring in the same place every time. =)

I purchased Turbo Jam Maximum Results from beachbody.com yesterday.....so in 5-7 business day I can start it! I'm SO excited!!! Turbo Jam day at fit club is my favorite! Now I can do it all the time!!! Yay! I'm totally gonna set up the tv upstairs in my tv room. That way, Hubbs doesn't have to give up the tv when I'm working out. However, if he's not around, I'll do it downstairs since it's not carpeted.

The food thing has been going ok. I can't remember the last time I had any fast food......I've completely avoided Taco Bell cuz if I eat Taco Bell for lunch then work out after work I tend to almost throw up everywhere and my performance is awful. So I've been having lots of leftovers from the house and if I need to buy something I get a Safeway Signature Sandwich - roast beef on white with fontana cheese with a single serving of macaroni salad is my favorite. Yeah, it's not whole grain and the mac has a lot of fat it......but then I'm not hungry the rest of the day and I just need a snack before workout! ....and it's not Wendy's or Burger King. That's the best part!

Ooo.....Ma brought me some fresh tomatoes and pickling cucumbers from Okagawa's yesterday. They look SO good.....I can't wait 'till lunch to dive in! I'm SO having a salad! Isn't that weird? I've been craving a salad. I swear.......this past week, I had a strong urge to work out instead of work and now I'm craving salad. What the hell has fit club done to me???

Last week's workouts:

Sun - nada Does laundry count?

Mon - Turbo Jam Cardio Party 2

Tues - Hip Hop Hustle at Crossroads

Wed - nada

Thurs - nada

Fri - hike with KT and Beasley....went up Pet-e-kes out on the Tabeguache (Lunch Loops) trails 'till we got to the first intersection of the road and went up the road a bit and came back down our little route we like to take. So....this was really cool cuz we stopped twice and I was doing SO much better than the first time I did this hike with everyone. So, looks like we're making some progress! Next time we're gonna go to the top of Pet-e-kes and come down Eagle's Wing. Fun Times!

I can't wait 'till the weather starts to cool down a bit so we can take longer hikes on the weekends and not die of heat stroke, sunburn, and dehydration. .....but.....that's like 2 more months away. Bleh. Oh well. Turbo Jam will work for now.

Side note - ya wanna hear something funny? When I'm writing a post and Steve's not here, I say out loud what I'm typing. It helps to get my thoughts out. Tee hee! .....and it's more like I'm talking to you then composing an essay.

Oh yeah! So, I applied for a promotion at work! It's the Claims Quality Analyst position. I would be auditing claims processed by examiners (verses the claims that are processed automatically by the system) to ensure that they're done properly. Anyway....so, I was writing my cover letter. OMFG! It took like 45 min to write a very short letter! It was ridiculous! I suck at writing professional documents. I also hate my monthly memo that I have to write....but I am getting better. I just hadn't written a cover letter since May of last year. You don't write those things very often! =) So, wish me luck! This is a position that is NON customer service oriented. No phones calls! Woo hoo!

Sorry again for the book. That's what I get when I only post once a week! I should try to post more often, eh????

Happy Sunday! =)

So, I just did my weight, waist, and BMI.

Yikes.

I won't get frustrated.

I will stay motivated.

They're just numbers.

The scary numbers are just temporary.

You have to start somewhere.

You have to hit the bottom before you climb back up.

It will be cool to see the progress from such horrible numbers.

I'm freaking out.

Fit Club girls.....I'm gonna need some serious motivation here! =(

It's That Time Again

Time for laundry and cleaning. Gee, my favorite. Hubbs wants to have his friend/coworker and his wife over for dinner sometime this week, but I don't know what day yet. So, I have to get the house in order to be prepared. So exciting.

On a happier note!........I was at Vitamin Cottage yesterday to buy some Luna bars....and VC's peanut butter is back! I've already had some with apples. YUM. Also, I bought some Silk brand soy creamer for my coffee. It is SO good. I've become so accustomed to soy milk in my coffee cuz of good 'ole Starbux soy lattes, so I thought this was an obvious choice. It is SO good. I might have to start getting up earlier during the week to enjoy some coffee and internet time. . . . . . . . . BA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! I kept a straight face as long as I could! "Get up earlier during the week"....yeah right! I'll settle for just being on time! =)

Now, what shall I have for breakfast? I could have a potato and egg b'fast burrito. But that would involve cooking. I could have oatmeal. Cooking again. Whole grain cheerios with wheat chex? Nah, I don't want to have dairy right now. *sigh* Ooo! Banana and VC peanut butter! Yeah! Hold please.......oh yes. SO good! I feel very granola (our favorite new word it seems) right now: Starbucks Italian Roast coffee with soy creamer and an organic banana with organic fresh-ground peanut butter! I would totally be in granola mode if I would have sweetened my coffee with agave syrup instead of splenda. Tee hee! But, after comparing the calories of agave syrup to honey, they were the same. So, it's artificial chemical sweetener for me!

Oh....so.....I decided I would just buy dinner makings there at VC, instead of making a separate trip to Wally World. I decided on grilled chicken breasts, and whole wheat pasta with roma tomatoes and fresh pesto. VC was OUT OF FRESH BASIL! WTF?!?!?! Hippies eat a lot of basil, don't they? They had cilantro and parsley comin' out the ying yang, but no basil. So, now I have to go to Wally World anyway. (I didn't want to put back all the stuff I already had put in my cart.) Well, shit......I forgot roma tomatoes too. Oh well, I have plenty of regular so I'll use those before they go bad.

Well, since I'm on a venting spree here............I HATE how fast vegetables go bad in the fridge! I bought some steam-in-the-bag green beans, broccoli, and snow peas last week. The broccoli and peas were still good...the green beans were moldy! ...and they were what I was really in the mood for! SO annoying. You try to stock up the fridge so you'll have plenty of stuff to make healthy meals and it goes bad. Grrr.

Ok, I'll spare you all and end this post now. =) I'm almost done with b'fast so I better get to the housework. Yay.

Bye!

P.S. Didn't go hiking last night. We cleaned the kitchen and dinning room instead. ...and Hubbs did one of his fabulous sweeping jobs. =)

Fit Club Week!

I went to fit club every day this week (except Fri) and it was GREAT!!!

Monday - Turbo Jam....SO fun. I'm loving me some Turbo Jam!

Tues - hike up Liberty Cap. Didn't make it very far....it was like climbing stairs for 35 min...but fun!

Wed - easy bike ride while the girls ran. Someday I'll be running with them!

Thurs - Janae workout: Hip Hop Hustle with sculpting. I hate squats.

Fri - nothing

Sat - I wanna go on a hike this evening....but we'll see. I have a LOT of house work ahead of me today.

So, I dragged myself to fit club every day this week even when I didn't want to go. ....and you know what? I loved it! Thurs was interesting: I had a band concert, but after a horrific shopping experience at JC Penney's trying to buy some khakis, I decided I did not need to be at band. I needed to be at fit club. When being one of the fattest people at the event, whatever that may be, is at the forefront of your little brain, it's time to do something about it. Yes, I let my director down and I'm sorry for that. But I need to take care of myself right now. I will never enjoy anything I do including band or anything else until I'm happy with the way I look and feel. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be vain here. I feel like shit all the time. When bending over to tie your shoes is difficult, you know you have a problem. I'm also finding that my posture is suffering cuz of my weight. And we won't even get into my back, neck, and joint problems. Well, I can kiss those goodbye! Because with the beyond AWESOME support I have from my friends, I AM going to continue with fit club and reach my goal. Ultimate goal: size 10 at the largest. I say "at the largest" cuz I wouldn't mind getting back down to a six, but Hubbs says he likes me at a 10 cuz there's more fun stuff there, a.k.a boobs and a butt. =) Notice there's not a weight goal there. Time to not worry about the scale. If I'm healthy, I might weight a little more due to muscle! Yay! Mini goal: de-puff before our Girls' Night Out on Aug 14th. I've got a month to become non-whale like. =) So, the next thing on the agenda is food. Gots to get to Wally World today and stock back up. We've been eating out more the last few days cuz we're out frickin' food! I hate that! I'm going to view my diet as fuel for all my workouts. I perform so much better when I eat a balanced meal of veggies, lean protein, and whole grains (imagine that!). So, that's what I'm going for. That's not to say I won't indulge in a Jimmy John's now and again though! =)

Ok, sorry for the lengthly paragraph. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Goooooooooooooo fit club!

P.S. I can hardly wait 'till I get the engery boost that comes with regular exercise. At this point, it's a tremendous struggle getting out of bed for work and I didn't get to work by 8am ANY day this week. Good thing I have a flexible schedule! Anyway....yeah. Tired of being tired. But baby steps right? This is a slow process and I just have to keep reminding myself of that. I won't get where I want to be overnight. It's just not going to happen.

I've decided.....

....it's time for a new camera. I know this is a weird announcement, but too bad. I'm going to really save money or just sacrifice some Starbux. Time for a waterproof (just cuz it's cool), slim/easy to carry, point and shoot with at least 10 meagapixels!

I don't take enough pictures of my life and it's because I have a clunky camera that's old, only like 4 megapixels and drives me nuts. I see all the pics my friends post and I want some too! Yay!

I vow to eat all the food in my house until it's gone before I go shopping again. ....and no eating out!

SO blah!

What is my deal this morning??? I'm feeling so blah and a little on the down side. I have no idea. I just had a great b-day BBQ with my parents and my in-laws, got some great presents for the house, and I'm off today and tomorrow. What is my deal?

Ugh, all I want to do is sit on the couch, watch HGTV and eat cheese.

Oh, How I Loathe to Clean

I swear cleaning was invented as a form of torture.

I have tons of storage and a place to put everything, yet I still loathe cleaning my house. WTF! My parents and in-laws are coming over for my b-day BBQ and here I sit, seriously lacking the motivation to pick up the clutter and sanitize the bathrooms and kitchen counters and faucets. Bleh. I don't get it. I must be lacking the gene to clean. Ha! That rhymed. I was a poet and didn't know it! =) I have two hours to get it together.

In other news, I saw three girls looking at the duplex adjoining ours. I'm afraid! They looked nice enough, but it was only a glance. Who knows if they're party animal college sluts or not. You bet your sweet ass I'll be reporting EVERY noise violation to our HOA. Yep, I'm that kind of neighbor. Hey, I'm paying my HOA $35 an f'n month, I'm gonna use it! ....and one of the things I like most about this house is the quiet. It better stay that way, dammit.

***Update on the neighbor: Hubbs got a better look than I did.....he said he saw only 1 girl and she was an older hippie dyke-looking chick. I think I could handle listening to Jack Johnson and smelling pot waft over our fence. =)

There's nothin' like a new layout! *sigh* Love it!

Do you like it? Are the different colors of font too hard to read?

Ahhhh......

.....sweet mini vacation!

Hubbs has deemed it "fun day!" We slept in a bit and played tennis for the first time today! Man, we suck! LOL

Then we had a super healthy breakfast of Cocoa Pebbles.

I think video games are next although I'm gonna need some better food soon! LOL

I want.....

.....a lot of things right now that seem SO far out of reach. =(