Exercise: NONE; Weight training: NONE; Calories: 1760 (unless I forgo my nightly ice cream, then 1460)
Well, I ended up turning the air conditioning on again last night because the humidity was just horrible. Good thing I did because we had storms last night. And we will probably have more tonight.
I really REALLY want to start running outside, on a consistent basis. Doesn't have to be a lot. Doesn't have to be very fast. But I'd like to get out there and do some kind of running 3x a week. I just can't do it in this weather though. The motivation to do so is just zilch.
I am still recovering from the sinus infection, hence no exercise today. Not even yardwork as I don't want to do anything outside that would aggravate my sinuses. Plus, it's too hot and humid out. Bleah.
Just not a lot of positives today for me.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Exercise: None; Weight Training: None; Calories: 1549.
Friday exercise: 65 minutes crosstrainer (double hill); 20 minutes upper body weight training.
The kids and I seem to have a sinus infection, so I am taking it easy this weekend until the thing progresses to a manageable chest cold. Right now it is in what feels like my throat (but it's not, it's actually in the lower sinuses) and this is the worst feeling stage of it.
Husband and I had a pretty big "disagreement" last night about money issues. So the positive thing was that I certainly did not feel like eating a big dinner. And of course, I feel that we resolved our issue and we are on the right path now (hopefully). All of this with a big bag of dark chocolate M&Ms sitting on my kitchen counter. I can't believe I didn't dive in and eat the whole thing! The bag remains unopened.
I hope this sore throat does not lead me to eat all the ice cream in the house. It only feels good temporarily; then the pain comes back. And then the guilt comes after that, ha ha.
AFTERNOON EDIT: I finally turned off the air conditioning. There's a nice breeze coming in, but it is still pretty hot. Maybe I made the wrong decision. My "throat" (really my sinuses) is killing me - even with taking Tylenol. I will try to take some Motrin to see if that helps any.
EVENING EDIT: Hoping to turn in early. Husband had to work 12 hours today. It has been a long day for both of us, I am sure. Definitely made the wrong decision to turn off the AC today.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
yeah, i know the calories aren't good for my "10-day plan." However, the foods are pretty filling, for a normal person, anyway. so, i will consider myself successful if i can stick to it.
i am also trying to ramp up exercise...especially after this plan is over. exercise is something so important to me...and i refuse for anything to get in the way. when i was going to school and working, things got in the way. now, i'm not letting it be like that anymore!!!
Just saw your comment to Kia and a good way to get around deleting a comment and starting over is to immediately (before you've moved on to another diary) hit the "Back" key and you can see your comment to edit. When you "Submit" it next it will show both comments, previous and the one you just edited. Delete the first one. Seems the webmaster had a good reason not to be able to edit comments, but I can't remember what it was:-) You could ask again--maybe he can change it now.
Hope you figure out what's going on to mess up your sinuses. Have you changed your AC filter recently? That's usually what gets me allergy-wise if I wait too long between changes. Of course turning off the AC here anytime between about May and November isn't EVEN an option. And in the winter I have it set to be able to come on if it gets too hot or humid--usually when it's warmed up to the 80s right before we get a cold front. It happens occasionally in wintertime.
Exercise today: 65 minutes crosstrainer (interval); 25 minutes lower body weight training (machines);
Never got in my 2nd upper body dumbbell challenge workout yesterday. Oh well, what's done is done, can't change the past. Today my legs felt like lead. It was hard to get started. That's today's theme, I think. "Hard to Get Started". Woke up late, got started late, came home late, etc.
I think I will start announcing total calories consumed in addition to my exercise routine, if I can remember to do so.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
i miss your foods list...but i think you were saying how you tend to eat the same foods everyday? is that why you don't do it? i look foward to hearing calories consumed.
Exercise today: 65 minutes elliptical crosstrainer (gluteal); 25 minutes upper body weight training (machines);
Husband is home today and tomorrow, so I had no need to get up at the butt crack of dawn to go exercise. Ironically, it was the best sleep I've had all week, AND I was up naturally, on my own at 4:30a. However, I decided I could use more sleep, so I snoozed until around 6a and then started my day.
Of course, I have had no door-to-door solicitors at all this week. Most of the things they try to sell are pretty standard: lawn care services, landscaping services, newspaper/magazine subscriptions, meat, etc.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Exercise today: 65 minutes on the crosstrainer (intervals); 25 minutes lower body weight training (machines)
Utterly exhausted today. Last night, I went to bed way too late, had trouble falling asleep. Finally went to sleep in the middle of thunderstorms. Woke up around 2:30a to more storms, that kept me up a good hour. Then I had to wake up at 4:40a for the gym. I was slow to get going, but I did it.
Now all of that humidity that we had in the air from those storms has heated up in the bright sunshine, so it is ghastly outside now. On the bright side, it looks like I should be able to turn off the air conditioner by Friday, Saturday at the latest. I certainly hope so!
I realized this morning, as I was rushing home from the gym, that I do not have to worry about door-to-door solicitors when it is raining outside :-)
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
i just need to make sure the exercise is up.
honestly, then i think i should take some antidepressants...because that might help me FOCUS...and not just obsess on calories.
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Exercise today: 65 minutes elliptical crosstrainer (single hill program); 30 minutes dumbbell upper body challenge program (home); 15 minutes running (treadmill, 1.5 miles); 25 minutes upper body weight training (machines)
OK, Donkey did it! She got up super-duper early to get to the gym super-duper early and now she's ready for her doorbell to ring off the hook before 9a, courtesy of salespeople harassing my residence last week. (Of course I do not expect ANY solicitors THIS week.)
Actually though, it wasn't too bad, once I was awake. It is so hot and humid here in Chicago-land that exercising before the sun came out was the best thing to do. Even though the gym is air conditioned, once the sun starts beating in through the "wall of windows" they have, it becomes a real struggle to remain cool.
Now I am very tired, most of that due to poor sleeping last night. I could NOT fall asleep and then I had a hard time staying asleep. I hope to take a short nap today, possibly after lunch, because lack of sleep can cause weight gain too. But I think after doing this "early bird" routine a few days, I will adjust and sleep better overall.
I plan to do more exercising today, as I still have all my weight training to do.
EVENING UPDATE: I did not get ONE single knock on the door today >:-[ I was so tired all day long. No nap either.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Congratulations for getting up and getting to the gym so early. Hopefully some of your early bird vibes will rub off on me and I will get up early tomorrow morning!
Have fun with all your other exercising!
I can commiserate with you on the humidity+heat. Usually by this time in TX it's nice and dry and more than likely above 100F--not this year with all the rain we've had, so I have to work with it. Is supposed to be in the 100s next week, but it will be drier than today.
No I didn't get in the jog or anything else, but I did get some decent sleep for a change. When I started jogging a few years ago, I just made myself do it, preferably in the evening, but it was generally hot no matter what time I went. I don't mind doing exercise first thing in the morning outside, EXCEPT for jogging/running--it just doesn't serve me for some reason.
Exercise Today: 140 minutes gardening: weed pulling, plant pruning
I am disappointed that I could not wake up early enough to get to the gym early (7a opening on weekends). Thankfully it was breezy outside, so the heat and humidity was bearable outside.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Exercise today: 45 minutes mowing the lawn (worked up a really good sweat!); 30 minutes upper body dumbbell routine + push-ups and crunches.
So no gym today because I'm worried about solicitors ringing my doorbell at 7am. I spoke to my next door neighbor to ask if she had had any early morning vendors come ringing her doorbell within the past 2 days. And after talking to my Daughter again, I have concluded that these are indeed salespeople coming around EARLY and ringing on my doorbell.
SO --- Donkey concludes that we must take care of this PRONTO. On Monday morning, I will get up early and go to the gym for cardio only. I should be home by the time Husband leaves for work. I will have to go in again in the afternoon if I want to do any weight training. Or I can work with dumbbells at home. Or both. We shall see.
In a way, this has been a blessing, because this is kind of the routine I want to get into once school starts. So this is forcing me to do it. Also, I will have to start getting the kids up earlier anyway, to prepare for the school time schedule of waking/sleeping. So 7a workouts weren't going to last much longer anyway.
I have to really want this, to make it work.
Addendum: While I dislike doing exercise videos at home, I think I would be open to doing a yoga DVD at home. So I will be looking to invest in a yoga DVD as a back-up plan for situations when I feel that I cannot leave the house. Someone also recommended getting a jump rope. I may invest in one of those as well, as that would work as long as the weather isn't too wicked. Perhaps I should start researching stationary bicycles for the home... Thank you all for your helpful and positive suggestions.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Glad you got the vendor situation figured out:-)
Today's Exercise: 65 minutes crosstrainer (gluteal program - high hill); 25 minutes lower body weight training (machines)
Well, it happened again. In spite of my efforts to get to the gym early this morning -- and I did go in early --- whoever is coming around ringing my doorbell yesterday morning did it again. (Read yesterday's entry to see where I'm coming from.)
I got back from the gym at 8:40a, and whoever it was had been here already. My Daughter (7yrs old) said that she looked out the window from upstairs and that it was one of the 2 men that was here yesterday. The vehicle was different this time. She said she waited until they were gone and then went back to bed and fell asleep. My Son (9yrs old) did not hear anything.
So --- I guess that does it for ANY morning workouts until I find out WTF this is all about. I am NOT happy about that. Who the hell rings the doorbell of a house before 9a is what I want to know? And if I catch who this is, I'm bringing the phone with me and I'm telling them that if they don't go away, I'm calling 911. After I write down their plate number.
Just a side note: My gym has daycare, but it is really for babies and toddlers. My Daughter would be fine with it, because she loves to take care of younger ones, but my Son would probably not be able to tolerate it for more than 10 minutes. My workouts are too long for them to stand it, I believe. And I'd have to pay extra for the daycare.
Note to MyJuneWedding: Back in March, when I was trying to decide which gym to sign up for, this was one of the "bones" of contention. I could sign up at the gym for $30/month (includes a membership for dh, which he never uses!) or I could go to the Fancy Gym for $120/month but that includes daycare, which at the Fancy Gym is outstanding, even for bigger kids. The drawback was that Fancy Gym has an initiation fee of either $200 or $300 (I can't remember which). So that was pretty much a no-brainer.
But now I'm having this problem. I don't know what to do!!! I have to talk this over with Husband and see what he says. I can't really workout in the afternoons/evenings. I wouldn't do it; I'm a morning exerciser. I'm new to the area, so I have no one to watch my Son (with the Asperger's, he doesn't have many friends). This is just maddening...
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
As for going early to work out, once you get this squared away, the fact that you want to go early is your best indication that YOU CAN DO IT--I know how good I feel to get my workout in--first thing--it just paints a good feeling onto your whole day! And I think once you get there, say 3 times, you will begin to establish a habit! Don't give up on it if you know it's what you want! I hope it eventually works out for you, even if you have to switch gyms. Obviously this is something you need--working out is a mom's god-given right--RIGHT!?!
It's like this thing with my bicycle. I could kick myself for not having a bike for so long. Even if I only ride it here and there. You don't know you miss something until you realize how good you feel WITH THAT THING as opposed to WITHOUT THAT THING--does that make sense? I hope so!
ps I personally hate videos--and Denise Austin is about goofy--sorry, but I'd rather jog in place around the house (and did so, early on) for a few minutes.
Today's Exercise: 65 minutes on crosstrainer (double hills); 25 minutes upper body weight training (machines); I never did my dumbbell workout! :-(
Well, having the house air conditioned did nothing to curb my appetite for ice cream.:-( Am I even TRYING to lose weight?!?!
I've GOT to start getting up early to exercise before Husband goes to work. This morning I got off to a late start, both kids were already awake. So I told them to watch TV, make their beds and get dressed and I would be home around 10a. I stressed to them: DO NOT ANSWER THE DOOR FOR ANYONE!
I get home only to find out that while I was gone, some sales person did indeed come to the door (this area is notorious for getting solicitors), and some man came and rang the doorbell. Daughter went up to the window but did not answer the door. Son goes ahead, answers the door, and tells the man I am not home.
We are so fortunate that something *really bad* did not happen. I've been exercising on borrowed time, and today stops the late workouts. Either I get up early to do it, or I don't get to do it.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
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at least you are determined...and when you are feeling better and the weather cooperates, i'm sure you'll get out there!
Horn_Of_Plenty on 08/12/2007:
you're right. people get "derailed" due to the littlest things. waking up late, not being able to make lunch, etc. It's amazing how one thing can put havic on people's diets! haha. FEEL BETTER!
Kia on 08/13/2007:
Thanks for your help on seeing my comments. hope you feel better soon, I hate sinus problems. Way to go on not touching those M&M's