APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 minutes on crosstrainer + 60 minutes pitching & coaching girls' softball + 15 minutes of weight training at home = 140 minutes (And this was good, but I had a piece of key lime pie when I got home... OMG 410 calories for a tiny little slice??? WTF?!?!?)
OK,I'm going to be honest with you all -- and with myself -- I am up to 144.0 lbs this morning. I would like to think that most of that is due to PMS bloating (which means it will stay with me for the next 2 weeks until TOM) (lovely, just lovely). My abdomen is totally distended.
My daughter was still sick today, so I went to the gym while she was sleeping. She obviously will not be playing softball this evening, but I think I will still go to coach (and hopefully pitch). I'm not sure what the protocol is with this.
I have come to the decision that if I'm going to workout at the gym, that I really need to go earlier in the morning, before the kids are up and before Husband leaves for work. Otherwise, it is can be too uncertain if I will get the workout into the day. Also, it takes up a large portion of the morning, and it would be nice to have that time either available for errands or another workout. (I hope that doesn't sound too insane.) I will have to exercise early anyway, once the kids are out of school.
In order to really do this effectively, I know I am going to have to retire to bed earlier. This is something I should do anyway. Ideally, I would be in bed by 9a, possibly stay up for the news. My problem is that all the good TV comes on at 10p. I could easily stay up until Midnight each night watching reruns of I Love Lucy, Honeymooners, etc. It's like my warm fuzzy in life, to watch old time TV.
So this is something I'd have to be disciplined about. I guess, though, if I want it badly enough, I'd do it.
Progress as of today: -5.5 lbs lost so far, only 19 lbs to go!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES:
For Saturday: 150 minutes of coaching/pitching girls' softball (including warm-up).
For Sunday: Probably not much, but I will update more.
My daughter (7) is sick today. No appetite, stomach feels odd, low-grade temperature. My husband has to work 12 hours today, so absolutely no gym time for me. But since it is a very nice day outside today, I hope to take the kids to the ballpark to watch baseball games.
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
thanks for all the reminders not to binge!! after friday, the weekend miraculously did remain free from high calories!
i hope your daughter feels better!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 25 minute jog after taking daughter to bus stop + 65 minutes elliptical crosstrainer + 20 minutes weight training = 110 minutes
I actually felt kind of guilty for not doing some of the stair stepper machine at the gym, but I was getting kind of hungry and I had things to do in the afternoon.
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: (really pressed for time today!)
40 minute walk outside after dropping daughter off at bus stop + 65 minutes on crosstrainer + 23 minutes weight training
= 128 minutes
I know that I should get into the habit of taking that walk after taking daughter to the bus stop. Ideally, I'd like to go for a jog instead. Ironically, I would probably burn more calories going for the jog but it helps me more Challenge-wise to go for the walk because it takes longer (hence, more minutes).
I think after this Challenge is over, I am going to take a break from weight training my upper body. My right shoulder has been hurting just enough to make me want to stop doing weights. It's an old injury, but I don't know if it's the weight training or the pitching (very slow pitch) for girls' softball. Either way, when it hurts, that means I should rest it. Eh, I don't know. It's hard to stop an exercise once it becomes a habit.
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 minutes crosstrainer + 25 minutes weight training + 20 more minutes crosstrainer = 110 minutes.
I doubt I will add more onto that, but if I do, I'll update at the end of the day.
I was doing so well today until after lunch. The Sugar Monster took over and I had 3 Peppermint Patties and 6 egg-shaped Nestle Crunch Easter candies. WHY oh WHY do I sabotage my efforts like this??? Totally self-defeating behavior. The only slight positive is that this happened earlier in the day rather than later at night. What is WRONG with me???
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
By the way, nothing is wrong with you. These types of things happen to the best of us. And like you said, it happened early in the day, so there's still hope to salvage the day. Make it a personal challenge to get through today without anymore mistakes!!
BTW, good job on the exercise! You are rockin'!
Thank-you for your comments. I am planning to send a card and flowers to our friends. Kirt will definetly be attending the service. We are also going to give them some money because Trevor has missed some time at work with everything that has been going on and ofcourse the cost of the funeral doesn't come cheap either. They obviously didn't have insurance on the little one so I think they would appreciate some help from their friends by way of a helping hand with money right now. My husband has been friends with Trevor since they were kids, they go way back and he is such an amazing friend to everybody, he's an absolute sweetheart and I think alot of us are going to try to pull together to help them out with the costs of everything right now as well as just be there for the two of them. I'm not sure if I'll be able to slip out from the shower. Its kind of tough since its going to be in my house and I am also supposed to be hosting it. Just bad timing, maybe I can figure something out.
Great job on your exercise again today!!!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 minutes crosstrainer + 13 minutes on stair stepper + 25 minutes weight training = 103 minutes.
I did not get a chance to run outside today, unfortunately. The day just got away from me, understandably, since Husband is off of work today and tomorrow (Tues/Wed).
Now, if you are reading this and you are not sitting down, then sit down. And if you are sitting down, make sure you are holding on to your chair, because today.....
Husband went to the gym today for the FIRST TIME!!! And of course, he comes home and goes on and on about what a fun time he had. Of course, it's FUN, that's why I've been wanting him to go so badly. I knew that once he went the first time, he would want to go back again. He was very enthusiastic about getting back into shape. So I really hope that this sticks with him. Tomorrow we are planning on going to the gym together, although separately, because I like to do more cardio than he does. What an understanding hubby I have.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
Hoohoo! The hubby is getting on board! That's great! Its great that you guys can go to the gym together now! Its always nice having someone to go with, expecially someone who will support you and you support them. :-)
thanks for wishing me good luck at the interview!
Thanks for the comment you left me. I know, I can usually get rid of a side stitch by regulating my breathing, but it didn't work this time. And I'm used to eating right before I run, too. I'm thinking perhaps I'm not getting enough oxygen because of my asthma/bronchitis?
Believe it or not, my husband has watched Super Size Me. He had been avoiding it for fear that it might put him off fast food forever, but then we watched it on T.V. and surprisingly it left us both craving cheeseburgers in a big way...
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: (I'm ready for this challenge to be over...)
65 minutes crosstrainer + 20 minutes weight training + 18 minutes stair stepper + 20 minute jog outside + 20 minutes pitching girls' softball = 143 minutes
And this would have been really impressive had I not had 5 squares of pizza for dinner. UGH! But I was hungry, and I still had softball to do as well, after dinner.
When I get to softball, we had a practice game tonight. So I've been pitching to the girls all this time. Well, Coach decides HE"S going to pitch to the girls tonight. He's NEVER pitched to them before. I had nothing to do. I was sitting there at 3rd base wishing I had brought a cup of coffee, feeling foolish and useless. Needless to say, he's pitching to the girls way over their heads...
We only played 2 innings, and the second inning, Coach said I could pitch and he would work with the girls running the bases. YAY! But now I know, so next time, I won't refuel at dinner like I did tonight because I won't count on having to pitch. And I will bring a cup of coffee, for sure.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
And it sounds like you have quite a dilemma with the one outdoorsy child and the other stay-at-home child, too. What does the stay-at-home child like to do? Anything that could be done outdoors as well (reading, those hand-held video game things)? If he's anything like my brother (it's your son, isn't it, who likes to stay home?) then wild horses couldn't drag him outside, but I hope it's not that bad!
Anyway, thank you so much for the comment you left me. It is really nice to know I'm not alone (both in the "no control around nuts" sense and in the "social misfit" sense). You did make some reference to the cashew incident(s) once or twice but never went into specifics. Believe it or not, I have also finished a whole pound of peanuts on more than one occasion, starting from the tender age of 10 or 12, when my mother brought home a bag of freshly-roasted peanuts for the family, only to find it empty half an hour later. I felt so guilty I vowed never to repeat that behaviour - ha ha ha! Oh, and 1 kilo is actually 2.2 pounds, not the other way around. I was never too familiar with kilos myself until I moved to Europe, but my scale is in kilos so I've had to get used to the conversion!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 30 minute walk to the park w/kids + 65 minutes on crosstrainer = 95 minutes
A much better day. Getting to the gym totally brightens up my day, even if I go in the afternoon. I'm about to indulge in a healthy salmon dinner and relax.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 75 minutes coaching girls' softball
But honestly, I feel like that wasn't a worthy workout. And of course, I slept in so I didn't make it to the gym early, for the intense 30 minute crosstrainer workout I had hoped/planned for.
I am feeling utterly discouraged and self-defeated. I am essentially re-living my childhood nightmare of being stuck at home so that the other kids in the family can go outside and play with their friends. Husband is of no help whatsoever because he is working 12 hours today. He will be home at 7p, and by then, the gym is closed. (One of the DISadvantages of not having signed up at the Fancy Gym is that it's not open 24 hours a day.)
I have one kid who *loves* to go out and play and another who equally *detests* being outdoors. So it's not like we can even do family outdoor activities. Seriously, it was a beautiful day out here and I spent the whole afternoon watching TV.
Oh well, at least I did not EAT while I was watching TV, which is what I did when I was a child, because I was bored, lonely, resentful, that I was stuck at home. And so the pattern continues on. This is like a bad dream that I can't wake up from!
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 minutes crosstrainer + 25 minutes weight training = 90 minutes.
I really didn't do much else. I was so tired from being wide awake at 2a-4a that I took a nap in the afternoon. My workout today was abbreviated as the kids were home from school.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
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Hmm, that is kind of a dilemma. I must say, two workouts in one day does sound kind of insane. Not so insane that I haven't thought of doing it myself, but way too insane for me to actually ever have done it. But I remember when I first started running I did sacrifice my daily soap opera. It was hard at first, particularly because that was also my "downtime" which I felt I needed to relax and unwind after work. But after a few weeks I didn't even miss it.
weightlossyoyo on 04/30/2007:
Great work on the exercise! Amazing how 1 piece of pie can cost so many calories isn't it.
sweetpea1977 on 05/01/2007:
I definitely like the idea of working out first thing in the morning. It will insure that some exercise will get done for the day. Plus, it will prepare you for your early morning workouts once the kids are out of school for the summer. As for another workout in the same day, would you be doing the same thing as you did in the morning or something else? I'd go with the latter, just to give your body more variety. Oh, and I do something less intense, so that you dont completely wear yourself out.
I love old tv shows. My all-time favorite is I Love Lucy. My husband got me two seasons on DVD for Christmas (and is planning on getting the rest eventually), so now I can watch them any time I want (and in order!)!!