Not really an update so much as a bunch of blathering
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 2:37PM I'm posting a HASAY update, although it's a little late, and I'm not even sure what week this would be for me since I joined the club late too (sensing a theme here?). Week #2, maybe?
I weighed in Monday. I lost a pound.
At least, I think I lost a pound, it's hard to be sure, since the previous Monday I weighed myself while wearing a bathing suit, and this Monday I was in full gym gear and much less naked, so I had to account for how much my clothes weigh.
Um, how much DO clothes weigh?
Anyway, I'm guessing a pound. I'm not AS concerned with that as I am with getting back on the wagon and working out, which I did - in spades! I hit the gym 3 times, AND added in a swim fit class with my son, AND went for a nice long walk.
Food, however, continues to be a problem. I did the WeightWatchers thing after I had baby, and it worked great, but I'm kind of over it. I was starving ALL THE FUCKING TIME, and let me tell you, a starving Keely is - let's put this politely - unfriendly.
Okay, I'm a raging bitch when I'm hungry. So this time I'm just trying not to fall victim to the allure of cheesecake and creamy sugary coffee, and eating SLOWLY so I can stop when I feel full.
What? I'm sure it'll work just fine.
This week is going to be harder to get to the gym, but I'm doing my best. On Monday I had a killer workout, and did this ab workout which I used to do all the time but lately seem to have forgotten that there is more than one muscle between my boobs and my hoo-ha. Guess what? After revisiting that workout, I am now painfully, agonizingly aware of EVERY SINGLE ONE. And probably some extras, too.
Also? TVs built into your cardio equipment? BEST INVENTION EVER. I never, ever get to watch TV uninterrupted anymore, so having to run on the treadmill while I indulge in John & Kate Plus 8 seems like a small price to pay. The gyms I've belonged to in the past always had TVs in the cardio area, but you were always subject to someone else's whims, and that someone else always seemed to want to watch sports. Seriously? Who wants to watch people work out while you're working out?
I want to be distracted from the burning sensation in my lungs and thighs and the largish area of my ass, thank you very much.
Reader Comments (11)
Wow nice gym! I wish ours had TVs on the equipment and more than two elliptical machines. However it's old and it's reasonable so I stay. :)
Good job and I agree about the WW - I was hungry too and didn't like having to write down what I eat all the time. I can't promise I could do that for the rest of my life. I spent $160 on WW and lost 20 lbs. Haven't lost much since I quit though.
I am pretty sure that my clothes weigh 27 pounds.
I'm not stepping on a scale until after my co-worker stops bringing in those little cream cheese cakes. Then I'll do something about my butt. I can't say no to those little treats.
Nice job!! I think clothes weigh like 15 pounds, so you're good babe!
BTW, love the new look!
I dunno, I've weighed my clothes before and they weighed a metric ton. Seriously.Great job sticking with the exercise. Food is my downfall too. I think it's everyone's downfall. I would so much rather workout 23 hours a day if I could pig out that last hour on whatever I wanted than go on a hard core diet. Like you, I'm trying to avoid the super bad things but don't ask me how it's actually going over here. Not good.
There's more than one muscle between the boobs and the hoo-ha?!
Congrats on the exercise getting and the sore muscles. It means something's working. A pound counts, even more when you're gaining vs. losing.
One of the guys in the firehouse is fond of saying "I have a six pack! Its just in a cooler!"
Which is much funnier when the person saying it lifts up his shirt and sort of joggles said cooler at you.
As I've said, I undress, brush my hair, poop, floss, and remove jewelry before I get on the scale. I'm not paying for excess baggage.
But good for you on the gym-age. I need to get over there, now that I start work half an hour later I really have no excuses.
Who am I kidding. I have an assload of excuses. But none of them are any good.
(Blogger has just thrown the red line of disapproval to inform me that 'assload' is not a word. Whoop, there it goes again.)
can i show this to my husband??
he cannot fathom why i would want a tv near my elliptical machine. hello???? i can't read while i'm on it...i need to be doing something!
Take a pound any way you can! I think my clothes weight 10 pounds. Go with that!
I alwasy say, " a pound for every piece of clothing". You can quote me if you'd like.