and today....just lazy

I had all my gear to go to step class, but didn't. I "said" that I would go for a walk instead...but then it got dark and we started dinner and all of a sudden it was too late bla bla bla bla.

I'm going to use the Office gym (for the first time in three weeks since I joined) tomorrow at lunch. My plan is 15min warm up and then 15min crunches & push ups.... we will see how many I can get done. :) Good break in the day regardless!

Tomorrow night there is talk of a gym visit. SO I can do a good long session then...

On the positive side: Food today was excellent. :) Tomorrow will be just as good.

Tired, fully & happy

I did my step class tonight and totally and completely ran out of steam. It was good, I pushed, but near the end my legs just couldn't keep my feet moving fast enough!! All in all, a very good day.

Eating was excellent - had a great lunch packed from Sunday nights dinner, I did have a Reese's Peanut Butter Heart at lunchtime, but I'm under my calories for today and the rest of the day was nutritious foods packed with veggies and fruits.

Dinner was one of my fav's. Twice Baked potatoes (jacket potatoes for you UK folks).

Bake 'em

take out the middles

mash it with 1% cottage cheese (1/4c for each potato)

put in some herbs (rosemary) and black pepper

stuff potato skins with mash

back in the oven

take 'em out and cover with:

1c frozen corn and peas thawed (hot)

mixed with

1 can of tuna (drained)

2T lite mayo

curry powder (or in this case a tiny bit of Curry Bisto - gravy) 1/2T

Done and done. It was heaven. I have to get to bed early - I'm totally spent. My feet and toes were totally cramping tonight - I did not get enough water today. Correcting now... of course as 2am...I'm going to need to get up and pee!

One Change....

Right ...action number one today.... aerobics AND 30min of cardio on a Monday...

What was I thinking?? This is asking to fail at my goals. There is no way that I am going to be able to get in two workouts a day at the moment. Currently I'm struggling to get in my one. This shall amend that now to just step class on Mondays. Done.

Today I did meet my goal of getting to and working hard in step class!! I was a sweaty Betty after... although its raining so hard that I was double drenched by the time I got to the car. Weee! Thankfully, I have a handy dandy waterproof backpack, kept my runners dry for class, but didn't help me any getting into the building.

I also ate really well today! Dinner is cooking - roasted cauliflower and chicken thighs. :D Yum. I'm well under calories today, and I'm hungry! Lots of veggies tonight is going to be the order.

Things that I did to help myself... groceries yesterday and the meal plan on the fridge. There are a number of leftovers for lunches and I bought a bunch of those little veggie steamers from Green Giant. So now I have no excuses for not getting in a good lunch.

This afternoon I felt the need to go and buy a pop... but I resisted. I've got some good habits at the office and I don't want to start breaking them. So no pop for me. Okay...home early....I'm off to perv on your blogs!! weeeeeeeeee

Public Service Annoucement....

Mondays are sucky!!

Its hard to get back into the swing of office life, but I'm getting there.

The alarm rang at 6am this morning and my hind-brain kicked in with a grunt that would be considered a NO WAY. I did not get up and go for my 30min walk this AM. So that is a miss.

However, I did get to my step class and it was a gooder! I was drenched with sweat and exhausted after. Perfection!

Food today was excellent and I can see some progress on the swelling in my ankles going away! Water Water Water....I was peeing all day!! Good stuff.

Keep thinking POSITIVE! Tomorrow... more step class and I have my lunch already packed and ready to go.

Bonus Workout Done!

Step class tonight... I could tell that my aerobics buddy wanted me to say that I didn't want to go - and I was waiting for her to say that she didn't want to go ... but neither of us was willing to be the one to jam on the class since we both need it... so we went.

ha! How is that for forced exercise! And of course - bonus exercise for me! :) I'm going to sleep well tonight since I could hardly keep up. It was brutal!! I was dreanched in sweat after. All in all, a good time was had and my legs and lungs are well worked out!

Then, Hubby suggested dessert post-dinner at said step class friends house and I said, "we really don't need it". He agreed and we returned to the house sans dessert! VICTORY! Then I ate a low-fat pumpkin cookie...which is not that bad/good for you. Its not like a celery stick or anything, but its not a slice of full-fat cheesecake either. So....STILL VICTORY! haha

Running tomorrow....yes I will, yes I will, yes I will!

Good by Default

Today was a pretty good day - I did my step class this evening and for the most part eating was really good. But this was mostly because there is nothing bad in the house at the moment. If there was... I would have been stuffing it in my face as fast as my little hands would allow.

I suppose this is the reason not to have any around! :)

Breakfast:
oat pancakes (1 egg, 3/4c rolled oats, 1/2c heartsmart bisquick, water) with walnuts and honey
coffee with fat free cream

Lunch:
rice with shrimp in tomato sauce with onions and peas (Husband made it for dinner last night)

Dinner:
Lynn's amazing Butternut Squash Mac&Cheese. I add spinach to mine! And the cheese was a mix of sharp cheddar and white Mexican. Very nice and I'm all full of warm goodness! The Butternut squash was HUGE!

Now its time for bed. Today I did not get enough to drink. I need MORE water. Mostly I got caught at my desk online looking for work and effing about in general... before I sat down I needed to bring my water and I didn't. Big minus!

Must get in my Litre before sleepy time!

Mission Exercise... Done.

Tonight was step class. I'm starting to be able to keep up with the footwork, so that means I'm working harder! I was sweaty after that.

Did some more house cleaning in the evening, and have been drinking more water, but still not enough. My ab actually cramped!!!! I didn't know that they could do that. I use "they" in the looses sense of the word, since I'm pretty sure that you would have a hard time finding more then a single ab in what is my current midsection.

I'm too tired to go on further with this post. Bed... here I come.

Sweaty Betty

I had an excellent sleep last night (well - as excellent as I get - I have a lot of nightmares and always have) just about 12 hours! We were in bed at 10pm last night, and I didn't get up until 10am this morning.

Amazing what a good nights rest can do for mood!

Today I did about 3 hours of cleaning: Organizing and cleaning out the laundry room, vacuuming the house, scrubbed all the fronts of the cupboards, and mopped/scrubbed the kitchen floor. Sweet zombie jebuz cleaning is hard work!!

An Open Letter to Mop Makers

Dear consumer product cleaning implement maker,

Why do you make your products so bloody flimsy so that one session of cleaning virtually destroys the product. Your packaging did not say that I was going to be paying $10 for a single use product? I wish that I had not thrown the receipt away or I would return it and get another one, then at least I would have paid $5 for each mop session instead of $10.

Kind Regards,
Unsatisfied (Possibly Overly Strong) Moper

Anyway, the floor is looking good and the cupboards are all clean and bright, and I am a tired lady. AND... tonight is STEP CLASS!!!

So I'm resting up a little, and getting in some more water and a snack (pink lady apple and Almond Nut-thins - cheddar cheese flavor) , both very nummy.

Speaking of...I totally forgot to post my WIN WIN WIN. Eat Oxygen had a giveaway and I was the very lucky winner. of a case of Chobani Greek Yogurt!!! So a thank you to Kristin for the fab yogurts coming my way, and for her great blog with lots of interesting recipes!

Nap time!

oh my aching....

Tuesday step class was a killer, I was DRENCHED in sweat 10min in and I had trouble keeping pace the whole time. Which is good I suppose, since its it a once a week class for the next three weeks, then twice a week after that. Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings. I'm excited, and its nice to have someone to go with. One of my new TX friends - the wife of my husbands buddy is taking me with her.

... except for the fact that the aerobics room... the back wall is all glass, and your butt faces out to the cardio floor....

Its a little awkward, with my extreme swass and bra sweat - but whatever, if they want to look - that's their problem! haha

Wednesday, I was sore sore sore SORE! My arms were aching from Monday's weights, and my calves have been on fire for all Wednesday and even a little this morning. I skipped yoga on Wednesday, since I didn't want to howl in pain for 30min.

This morning I was up early for another immigration appointment (8am!), have now done my job hunting online, and had my breakfast and coffee. The day is shaping up nicely.

Today I will do my yoga, and get in some more water.

This last few days Water has been good, and eating has been fair - still eating out a bit, but in general, I'm getting more fruits & veg in me, and feeling good. yay!

Yoga mats... here I come.

Here I go again

Last night post workout I did my first weigh in for several months. And I'm back up to where I started in November 2008. So a year later, and I'm at 281.8lbs, so really I'm a pound more then when I started a ear ago.

Depressing... yes, but no so depressing that I won't start this over. There is so much new going on right now with my life, that really - its okay. Its the jumping in point that I need.

Last night was gym time with hubby and friend.

10min elliptical
seated military press - 25lbs x2
Incline bench press - 35lbs x2
drag curls - 15lbs x2
lat pulldowns - 100lbs
decline bench press - 35lbs x2

we did 4 reps of each exercise, and it was... HARD! I've not lifted weights for a good 4 months!! My shoulders and back are aching today. But the good ache, so I'm pleased.

Tonight is step class, so I'm looking forward to that. Must get some more water in me!

Tomorrow... more thinking on my goals and what I want to do here. And how I'm going to do it.