Confessions of a Bulk Eater

So besides jumping back on the point counting bandwagon today, I have also jumped on the “Reduction of soda intake” bandwagon. I drink entirely too much of it and want to stop. I did really well the beginning of the year. It got to the point that if I drank it, I would never finish the glass and it just didn’t taste the same. Then I started upping my intake again and am back to where I was before with it. Injecting it into my veins!! Anyway, no soda yet today but because of that I have a huge headache!! I have taken some tylenol but I know it won’t go away until I get a dose of caffine. Somebody shoot me now and put my out of my misery!!

Ever see that movie What About Bob? Hilarious! That’s what I always think about when I hear the phrase “baby steps.” Bill Murray baby stepping his way though the movie “Baby steps around the office, baby steps near the window, baby steps on the elevator.” That’s how I feel right now. Baby steps to the gym, baby steps watching what I eat.

I made it to the gym yesterday. It felt GREAT! I did 20 minutes on the Precor Eliptical machine and then had my training session. The girl that was my trainer was GREAT! Much better than the first guy I had. We did arms, and I have to say my arms are a tad sore today. Not so much that I can’t move them but sore enough to feel it.

Today I actually did a C25k program. It’s been, geez, a few weeks since I’ve tried one. Since my goal is to get moving everyday (notice the new ticker off to the side) and we didn’t make it to the gym this morning (hubby let me sleep in) I had to do something! I decided to go for a run/walk around the lake tonight after it stopped raining. It was fairly cool, but it was HUMID!! I decided to try the week 4 of C25k since that is where I left off. Let me tell you, I did great!! It was MUCH easier this time around. I guess those weeks of walking/running on the treadmill helped. I was able to run the 3 minutes and the 5 minutes with no problems! I still don’t like the music. I would have finished off with a nice long bike ride like our friend periwinkle but my bike seat is not the most comfortable and I didn’t want to have to lug it down the stairs.. and I think the tires are flat. I need to work on those things. I planned to do some ab work when I got back upstairs but couldn’t find my Slim in 6 DVD. So I just took a shower instead.

So I’m getting there. I am going to the grocery store tomorrow and will start counting points again on Monday. I haven’t weighed myself in awhile. I’m sure I have gained. The manager of the trainers at the gym told me I could come have my body fat measured whenever I wanted and I’m thinking… “oh sure, that is JUST what I want to do!” I will weigh myself at the gym on Monday and see what the damage from the past 2 weeks have been **shudder**

I’ve been purposely avoiding all of you ladies. Really, I’ve been avoiding myself. But the time has come to face facts, shape up and get on with what needs to be done. I’ve been so busy the past two weeks with the funeral and my friend coming into town, I haven’t been to the gym, I haven’t been mindful of what I’ve been eating (well, that’s not exactly true. I think to myself “I shouldn’t eat that” but do it anyway), and I am feeling it. Not to mention that the baby hasn’t been sleeping well since we got back from the funeral so that means momma hasn’t been sleeping well. That contributes to my general feeling of ickiness.

So changes start this weekend!! I actually have a training session at the gym tonight to “kickstart” me back into to routine. I am going to actually make a real grocery list with a real menu of next weeks meal (I usually do that but have been totally slacking lately) and going grocery shopping tomorrow! I will be bringing my lunch with me all week next week at work… I mean, all my friends have been laid off so what’s the point of going out to eat. I have 2 more training sessions scheduled for next week and will get my ass moving EVERYDAY!! Whether it be at the gym or a walk around the lake or just Debbie Siebers’ Slim and Six Pack, I will do SOMETHING!!!! I have a goal date of October 31. Not sure what my goal is though…. weight loss, yes, but I’m not sure how much. I need to figure that out. 20lbs would be a good goal, I’m sure. I am going to try to kick the soda habit (again). I did really well the beginning of the year but have slipped back into bad habits. I can tell too… my skin is showing it. But I’ve needed the caffine lately. I might as well just inject Diet Coke into my veins with the amount I drink. I did buy an Iced Tea Pot this week so I will be making Iced Tea much more often than I did before.

I have missed you guys. I am looking forward to getting caught up on what everyone has been doing.

Thanks for all of your kind words in regards to my family’s loss.

Not that I thought this week would be a good time seeing as I was headed to a funeral, but I didn’t think there would be as much drama. I am looking forward to going back to work tomorrow just for some mundaneness (not a word - I know) Let me say ahead of time that there is ALWAYS drama with my husband’s family. This week was worse. I’m not going to go into morbid details, but lets just say we went for a funeral, almost witnessed a divorce, and so much other craziness.

I am glad to be back. I am ready to get back to exercising and eating correctly. There was obviously none of that this week. Although I did run one day. Well, I walked more than ran.. too many hills!!!

Hubby is coming home of Friday so I have the kids to myself the next 2 days. I’m not sure if I’ll get to the gym or not. They only have kids club until 7 and I will be having to do triple duty at work over the next two days because I have next Monday and Tuesday off as well.

Okay, so I walked and ran, but I finished it 38:15!! YAY!!! That is the fastest I have ever done it. I’ve done it at the gym a few times lately and I’ve finshed just under 45 minutes!!

GO ME!!!

As for the leaving for Dallas part… hubby’s grandmother died last night so we are headed out tonight and back on Thursday.

Whew…. what a week. I always feel like I am playing catch up when I am gone for a weekend. Work was crazy this week too. And we didn’t get out early the day before the 4th… not fair!!

You all aren’t here though to hear about that… you guys want to hear about my crazy weekend!! It was great!! I love getting away. People always ask me why I keep going back to NY every few months. Well, it’s my getaway. Everyone needs them and I’ve come to the realization that I deserve them!! If not, I would go crazy. When I’m there I don’t have to worry about what my kids are doing, I don’t have to wake up early with them, I don’t have to cook dinner or do laundry. It is completely and utterly MY time!! When I go out at home, I worry if the kids are being good for the sitter, what time I need to be home for the sitter to get home, not wanting to be out late because I know I’ll be getting up early with the kids, etc, etc. Going to NY gives me freedom. And by the time I get back, I miss my kids and my husband and the chaos of my life.

So Friday, I left Orlando and got to Rochester around 4:00pm. My friend picked me up and we went and got ready at her house to see the band. We went early because the lead singer of the band does his own acoustic stuff and he was playing in the evening at the same club the band would be playing that night. The show wasn’t as good as normal that night though. I think it was a mixture of things. This wasn’t the same bar they normally play at so the energy wasn’t there, the sound guys kept screwing up the sound, 2 of the members were already exhausted because one had been on his roof all day working and the other had taken his kids to a waterpark all day. Every one of the guys apologized to me afterwards for it sucking so bad. I joked they owed me $300 (cost of my plane ticket) if they didn’t make it up on Saturday.

Saturday my friend and I went shopping, took her kids to a little water park at the community center down the street from her, and then got ready to go back out that night. Saturday night was MUCH better!! They were playing at their normal bar, so the energy was there. The sound guy knew what he was doing because it was their normal sound guy. In a word, they ROCKED!! It was so much fun. I told them they didn’t owe me money anymore.

All in all a good weekend… too much to drink, lots of sleeping and vegging out, and hanging with a good friend.

I surely didn’t want to be back to work on Monday. Thankfully it was a short week. Since I didn’t make it to the grocery store last week, my eating wasn’t THAT great. I didn’t overdo it..somehow I lost 3-4 lbs. I was at the gym every night though. Hubby and I signed up for a personal trainer too. 6 times a month for the next 12 months. Hmmm…

Okay, so picture time…I don’t know if a difference can be seen or not.

This is from Halloween last year:
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Here is St. Patty’s Day:
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And now this summer:
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I’ve lost close to 20lbs if not more since Halloween last year. I don’t know if it’s reflected in the pictures or not.

Oh and last but not least: my souvieneir from the weekend:
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Oh yes, it’s a belly button ring. And yes, it hurt. And no, I wouldn’t do it again. I would have rather gotten another tattoo (if I had known what i wanted and where)

So this week it is back to work(on weight loss that is). Going to the grocery store today. I think I am going to go back to the flex points and see if that works better. Plus the trainers will help.

Why oh why did I come home?!!! No, it’s not that bad. I am back, but I haven’t had any time to do much web surfing since I am SWAMPED at work? I thought we were in a housing market slow down and that was why we laid people off…. huh.. haven’t seen the slow down yet since I can barely keep afloat.

Anyway, hopefully this weekend I can update everyone and read what’s going on with everyone else… maybe post a picture of my weekend. I want to compare it to March when I was up there and Halloween to see what the physical difference is since I have lost weight.

Time to jump back into the exciting world of flooring…..