Day 60

Day 60! I can’t believe we have 30 days left. It feels good. I am looking forward to so much in June that is still seems a million years away. The day the PCP ends happens to be Memorial Day, BBQ central. I look forward to enjoying a few of my fav’s and not be drinking an egg white shakes while everyone devours the pot luck. I am also going to cook up something fantastic, perhaps Ill host the party at my place.

The next thing in June is a work trip to San Francisco. The food there is amazing so I am glad it worked out to be post PCP. I also hope to finally see Alcatraz as we missed it before. Very fun city.

June rounds out with a cruise mid-month to the Bahamas. It’s my first Cruise and I am sure I will love it. I am excited to have a rockin’ bikini body at that point too. 

I plan to bring my trusty jump rope and workout bands to all of these events. I will also be diving quite a bit during the cruise. I am not sure that all the food I will consume will be healthy. I do know that so far the PCP has taught me a lot about what I should be nourishing my body with and why. I don’t think I will be salting my pickles anymore let’s just put it that way. Yes, I really did do that.  

On another note…. Jumps are getting easier, just last week I could barely do 2 minutes, now I have to stop around three. I am sure by next week I will be able to do through 3 or 4. I am a bit behind as I am not hitting the required time but I am darn close and improving. Strength is so much more fun than the jumps. I love getting the last few in and being all shaky. And now I know why, thanks Patrick! I know this contradicts what I said in my last post, I don’t mean it to. Working out sucks, but if I had to pick I would always pick strength over jumping. 

I hope you all have a good Friday…

Day 58

When do I get the “runners high”??? I keep expecting to be one of those people that wakes up excited about working out. Then if I missed a day of exercise I would be upset. My Step father was a body builder growing up in a house with him was interesting. He was addicted to lifting. If he missed a day at the gym he was a grouch.  If I miss a day of exercise I don’t even blink an eye. Maybe a slight hint of guilt….

So am I not going to ever be the “gym rat” the “workout addict” Get the “runners high”? At this point (day 57) you would think I would know!  Am I always going to struggle to motivate and get the exercises complete?

It concerns me and I am worried I won’t continue after this is over. I am taking a lot of courses on integrity lately, mostly integrity to self. It is interesting to see how much I lack this important function. In fact most people have no integrity for self.  Sure you’re on a diet but those brownies look good, I said I would clean the house, but I would rather go out with friends… It is these kinds of mental battles we play with our selves’ day in and out.

Needless to say I have been working on my integrity. PCP has helped immensely in this as it was a true test. I am completely lazy and I would come up with so many reasons not to stick with a diet or work out. Even when I would play sports as a kid I would get doctors notes so I could get out of it. Why now I can complete this program? Is it the peer pressure, the money I invested? Honestly I think it is this integrity course I am taking combined with the help of my amazing group!  Blogging has been awesome and I look forward to reading everyone’s blog every day.

So what is the point of this rant? I have no idea. Mostly my fear of day 91 and my lack of integrity.

Day 56

Good weekend. I finally feel like I got some rest in. Not to mention Yesterday my workouts were done by 9:30 am and I had a cleaning house spree!  Top to bottom and even the dogs bed was washed! Then I cooked two chickens and a pork roast. Perhaps I am nesting?

The chicken came out great. I have this great chicken cooker that is pottery and has two wells you fill with wine or beer and then you stick the chicken on there and it steams from the inside out. I seasoned one with Cajun and the other rosemary, thyme and onion. Both came out fabulous. Super moist.

The pork roast I made for Adam. I make him a sandwich for lunch most days. This week I made his favorite, pulled pork. Just slow cook the pork with some onions pepper and garlic. Then shread and cover in BBQ sauce. It looked amazing but since it is not PCP friendly I resisted a taste. Adam let me know it was very good though.

Sat night was fun going out with my Mom. I snapped this goofy picture of us. I couldn’t quite get both of us in the picture!

My neck is killing me. I wanted to get a massage on Sunday but forgot it was Easter, duh! I have to get in. When I do pull downs and pull ups I am always so stiff after. I must not be doing something right but I was very cautious and I still am hurting. I couldn’t get out of bed yesterday even though I told Helen I was going to master my mornings. Fail. Oh well try again tomorrow. I will be jumping after work tonight before my Landmark Seminar. Makes it tough to find time for dinner. Maybe I can throw it together and drink it on the way. Ill make it work!

Bye Bye Belly!

Not where I want to be yet, but on the right path. Fun to see the difference side by side.

Day 54

Great weekend so far. Indulgence date night was awesome! I'll include pics in my next post. It was nice to get out with my man. He paid and everything!!! :) 

In the evening we sang some karaoke. What a blast! I sang Jewels "you were meant for me", 4 non blondes "what's up", radiohead "creep", and "nearer to you" Norah jones.  Fun fun fun fun

Today I had to break down and buy a pair of shorts that fit me. The others are just ridiculous looking and I certainly can take the Florida heat with out a pair. We went to target and I got two cheap pairs that should hold me over. Here's the kicker, I bought a size LARGER than my old ones!!! I know that it's just that the brand runs small... I was shopping in the juniors section. But what a blow! Ha ha go there all proud as my old ones don't fit and then I couldn't even get them to pull over my gadunkadunk. Anyhow, these "13"s are waaaay smaller than the 9's I was wearing. Lame.

Tonight, exercise, then massage (if the can get me in) and then going out dancing with my Mommy :) I'm going over early to do her make up. So fun!

Hope your all having a fab weekend. I'm jealous of all of you who got a long one.

Day 53

Indulgence day!! I have been thinking of food all day.

I lost another pound when I checked this morning. Pretty cool! Jump ropes are getting easier to do in general; I can do about 200 in a row. I know it is not as much as others but I thought it was pretty niffty. I can’t quite reach 3 minutes nonstop though. I still pretty much hate them.

·         The plan tonight is to wrap up in the office.

·         Go home and workout.

·         Shower

·         and then FOOD!!

We are going to some yummy Italian restaurant with my man. It’s like a real date. I think I am going to bring the Pepto Bismol with me though.  I am sure I will feel sick after :o) We are capping off the evening with Karaoke. OHHHHH what shall I sing??????

Peace!

Day 52

I was invited out for Happy hour with the girls after work. My first thought was no. I have to work out, I have to stick with my diet, I need to get to bed early blah blah blah…. But as I thought about all the neglect my friends have been getting lately I decided I needed to follow through. Let loose and enjoy company. I came prepared to work with my hand blender, apple, yogurt and egg white. My plan is to eat (drink) dinner beforehand to get the fullness. I can order a plain salad with balsamic and just nibble along with them. Not sure if we are doing dinner yet but I am guessing so. Just because I am eating healthy shouldn’t have to ruin my social life. I can do this. I’ll get home around 730 or so and then do my work out and get to bed.

My chest is extremely sore from my workout yesterday. My neck feels tight and I am tired of holding it up. I need to make sure I am using good form and posture. The workouts are incredibly intense. I am struggling through.

After doing a plank I fell to the ground laying on my back. My dog thought this was pretty neat so he came and laid on his back too….

A tiscuit a tascuit Mugsy’s in the basket! 

Day 51

Wow… hard workouts! Not looking forward to them at all. As soon as I finish, I am overwhelmed with the fact that I have to do them again in 24 hours.

Disappointed by Patrick’s email about the ab flexing thing. I'm still working on getting the fat off there. Guess I have a longer way to go.

All in all my spirits are up and I am hopeful that I will at the very least loose some more fat, and hopefully tone a bit more. Maybe I will never be able to do a pull up, but I will keep trying none the less.

Whoever told me about the cinnamon in the dinner time shake, I love you :) why didn’t I think of that!? Brilliant! 

I’ll try and get some more pics up tomorrow!

Day 47, 48 and 49

GAGA!

What a great weekend! We got all dressed up for the Lady Gaga concert and had a BLAST! She put on an amazing show. The universe smiled on us with all our positive vibes this night. For one when we got there we realized our outrageously expensive tickets gave us no room to dance. Standing in bleachers trying to get my groove on is unacceptable. So we were scoping for people who had the bracelet (the magical orange band that got you to the dance floor) and didn’t look like they wanted to be there. Like older guys whose girls dragged them along and then switch seats with them or pay them for their bracelet. There were three of us so this would be a challenge. However before we could even start the search these three ladies sat down behind us and they had orange bands. We asked why they weren’t dancing and they said they were so hung-over form the night before they just wanted to sit. SCORE!!! So we traded our tickets and got magic orange bracelets. We didn’t have to search they actually just came to us.

So the rest of the concert rocked. We already had plans to go to this particular club afterwards. So it was funny when the opening act announced that they were headed there after the show! We got nervous that we wouldn’t be able to get in with all the “little monsters” headed there after so we called quickly and scored a VIP both! Rock stars to the MAX!

The club was a blast I danced my night away with the opening acts and enjoyed the company of the fun people all around. Not only that but at the end of the evening Lady Gaga herself joined us at the club! Sang for the 100 or so people there and rocked out on stage with the other djs. WOW!!!

Here is some pics of our insane night:

In other news, I cannot do the Kung foo sit up. I am too tall for the door frame and can’t get my legs up! : ( I hope I can get over this. in addition to trying to do a pull up each bathroom trip, I have added the sit up. In its place I did leg lifts but double the amount. Planks are tough but I love the feeling when I am done!