Saturday, February 27, 2010
So today started off not well. I had an appointment to see my gynecologist for my annual exam...so I thought!
I busied myself trying to get in a workout before I was supposed to be there when it dawned on me I'd never gotten a confirmation call.
The appointment was all through communication on the "patient link" online site the doctor's office has set up. You request an appointment and someone responds and lets you know what is available.
When I called to confirm my appointment this morning the office was, you guessed it, CLOSED. I went to the patient link and re-checked the appointment date and time and, sure enough, it said I had an appointment TODAY at 12:30pm.
I called back and left a very frustrated message.
I then wrote a response on the patient link saying the same things. I felt like my time was totally wasted and I scheduled my entire weekend around this appointment.
Suffice it to say I was irritated.
I did get a call back and the office apologized saying it was their mix-up. The person who responded on the patient link looked in my file and noticed I had an appointment on February 27th at 12:30pm.
In 2009.
Oy vey.
So the rescheduling began. Fingers crossed this goes well...
Tonight we headed over to my friend, Ellyn's apartment. We ordered really yummy (and fresh!) thai food and watched Pixar's UP.
I adore this film. ADORE IT! Some of the best writing for a dog I've ever heard. Hilarious. Adorable. Sad. Just all around awesome.
I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it!
Any films you recommend these days?
Calories Consumed: 1134
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm-up
12 minutes cardio (run) -- got interrupted by gynecologist office phone call -- then had to leave
Strength Training:
100 reverse crunches
100 regular crunches
30 push ups
1 set of Pilates 100
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Day 56 - Naps and Crankiness
Sunday, January 17, 2010
So today was another awesome day of filming. I'm so grateful to be doing this work. I'm proud of it and very excited to be a part of such an amazing production.
That said: I did better today. I was able to make a better approximation on my calories.
I was really cranky though. Sorry Jon! I definitely took it out on him at first. I did, however, apologize. I'm getting better at recognizing when I'm being inflexible and even somewhat belligerent. I'm getting better at saying "I'm sorry".
I took a nap and got up later and decided I absolutely HAD to do SOME kind of workout.
I settled on watching a West Wing and doing some cardio. It was something. Given the schedule of insanity I've been on I really commend myself on getting SOME workout in. Hopefully if we wrap a bit earlier tomorrow I can get home and get a better workout in.
Today's Goal: Get more water in = SUCCESS (I doubt I got the entire 80 oz. But I did drink a lot of water).
Tomorrow's Goal: Try and jump into the full routine if possible
Calories Consumed: 1049
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm-up
40 minutes jog/run
8 minutes cool-down/stretch
So today was another awesome day of filming. I'm so grateful to be doing this work. I'm proud of it and very excited to be a part of such an amazing production.
That said: I did better today. I was able to make a better approximation on my calories.
I was really cranky though. Sorry Jon! I definitely took it out on him at first. I did, however, apologize. I'm getting better at recognizing when I'm being inflexible and even somewhat belligerent. I'm getting better at saying "I'm sorry".
I took a nap and got up later and decided I absolutely HAD to do SOME kind of workout.
I settled on watching a West Wing and doing some cardio. It was something. Given the schedule of insanity I've been on I really commend myself on getting SOME workout in. Hopefully if we wrap a bit earlier tomorrow I can get home and get a better workout in.
Today's Goal: Get more water in = SUCCESS (I doubt I got the entire 80 oz. But I did drink a lot of water).
Tomorrow's Goal: Try and jump into the full routine if possible
Calories Consumed: 1049
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm-up
40 minutes jog/run
8 minutes cool-down/stretch
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Day 45 - Overwhelmed and Under-funded
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
So today started out ok. Work was a bit stressful but nothing that felt so awful I couldn't handle it. That was good.
I spent a good portion of the day mapping out my plans for the next few months, mentally. I guess it would make more sense to write these things down. But, I have this weird inability to write something down unless I really know I can/will get to it. Some of these things I've "mapped" are just abstract ideas/hopes. To write them down cements them in a way I'm not necessarily ready for.
One of the things I had time to work on was our honeymoon. My sister-in-law's mom is a travel agent. A really good one. She helped get my cousin and his wife a spectacular 7-day honeymoon for a fantastic price. I'm hoping she can do the same for us! She and I have played email tag for a while and she threw out some great ideas but then asked the question: "So what is your budget"?
Um.
Yeah...
Um.
We don't have one?
We are very slowly putting money into savings. We have sacrificed some things in order to have SOME kind of savings. It's very tough when we are paying off student loans, bills, etc. and STILL can't make ends meet each month. But slowly and surely we are working it out.
But we definitely don't have enough in savings for a honeymoon.
Yet.
I threw out an arbitrary number in hopes it would be enough to get what we want.
I just hope we only have to put 1/2 the money down. That we could cover! The rest, well, we'll have to do some more saving for that!
By the time I got home I was freezing and exhausted. Jon had had a horrible day at work and was really stressed out. I pushed myself to do my workouts (watched a great episode of the West Wing) but my brain/heart etc. wasn't really into it.
It's weird. I seem to have one day on that's a good workout day. Energized, feeling good, etc. And then the next day is just off! I'm exhausted and unable to complete all tasks. The ping-pong effect is frustrating and tiresome. By the time I'd finished my workout and showered, I was worn out! And it didn't help that Jon and I realized we have so much to do before I start filming this weekend. There's a lot of domestic crap on our plates.
One task at a time, I guess. Trying to stay "whelmed" instead of overwhelmed.
Today's Goal: Do a full workout = Success/Fail. (I did all the components of the full work out, but my cardio was lacking in time)
Tomorrow's Goal: Get some domestic things done. Take the day as recovery. Drink my water. 80 oz.
Calories Consumed: 1020
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm up
30 minutes jog/run
(7 intervals of push-ups -- 5 - 10 push-ups/ 2 - 20 push-ups)
8 minutes cool down/stretch
Strength Training:
100 push-ups
100 regular crunches
100 reverse crunches
100 oblique crunches (each side)
100 regular squats (12 lbs each hand)
100 regular pulsed squats (12 lbs each hand)
100 plie squats (12 lbs each hand)
100 plie pulsed squats (12 lbs each hand)
So today started out ok. Work was a bit stressful but nothing that felt so awful I couldn't handle it. That was good.
I spent a good portion of the day mapping out my plans for the next few months, mentally. I guess it would make more sense to write these things down. But, I have this weird inability to write something down unless I really know I can/will get to it. Some of these things I've "mapped" are just abstract ideas/hopes. To write them down cements them in a way I'm not necessarily ready for.
One of the things I had time to work on was our honeymoon. My sister-in-law's mom is a travel agent. A really good one. She helped get my cousin and his wife a spectacular 7-day honeymoon for a fantastic price. I'm hoping she can do the same for us! She and I have played email tag for a while and she threw out some great ideas but then asked the question: "So what is your budget"?
Um.
Yeah...
Um.
We don't have one?
We are very slowly putting money into savings. We have sacrificed some things in order to have SOME kind of savings. It's very tough when we are paying off student loans, bills, etc. and STILL can't make ends meet each month. But slowly and surely we are working it out.
But we definitely don't have enough in savings for a honeymoon.
Yet.
I threw out an arbitrary number in hopes it would be enough to get what we want.
I just hope we only have to put 1/2 the money down. That we could cover! The rest, well, we'll have to do some more saving for that!
By the time I got home I was freezing and exhausted. Jon had had a horrible day at work and was really stressed out. I pushed myself to do my workouts (watched a great episode of the West Wing) but my brain/heart etc. wasn't really into it.
It's weird. I seem to have one day on that's a good workout day. Energized, feeling good, etc. And then the next day is just off! I'm exhausted and unable to complete all tasks. The ping-pong effect is frustrating and tiresome. By the time I'd finished my workout and showered, I was worn out! And it didn't help that Jon and I realized we have so much to do before I start filming this weekend. There's a lot of domestic crap on our plates.
One task at a time, I guess. Trying to stay "whelmed" instead of overwhelmed.
Today's Goal: Do a full workout = Success/Fail. (I did all the components of the full work out, but my cardio was lacking in time)
Tomorrow's Goal: Get some domestic things done. Take the day as recovery. Drink my water. 80 oz.
Calories Consumed: 1020
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm up
30 minutes jog/run
(7 intervals of push-ups -- 5 - 10 push-ups/ 2 - 20 push-ups)
8 minutes cool down/stretch
Strength Training:
100 push-ups
100 regular crunches
100 reverse crunches
100 oblique crunches (each side)
100 regular squats (12 lbs each hand)
100 regular pulsed squats (12 lbs each hand)
100 plie squats (12 lbs each hand)
100 plie pulsed squats (12 lbs each hand)
Friday, January 1, 2010
Day 39 - New Years Eve and Recovery
Thursday, December 31, 2009
So today is New Years Eve! Work sucked. There was a problem with security in the mail room and towards the end of my day I was stressed and dealing with building issues. It was not a pretty day to start my happy jaunt into 2010.
But like everything else, it ended and I left.
This week has been slightly stressful. I've been waiting on some news that I wasn't able to get until 4pm today. The news would either be a relief or potentially bad. Upon arriving home I got the news and, thankfully, it was GOOD news!
But, the week of stressing, I think, caused me to have mild setbacks in my weight-loss. I've been working on staying unstressed as often as possible. Trying different tactics to keep my anxiety down and keep myself on an even keel. It's worked some of the time. But this week it just wasn't my week.
I will be blown away if the scale shows a loss of any kind tomorrow. Blown away.
Mostly because of a few factors:
1. I have been stressed.
2. I have been emotional.
3. I was not as awesome on my salt intake as I could have been
4. I upped my weights to 12 lbs for somethings which means muscle is growing
All of these factors could contribute to the scale.
I've been feeling bloated too. But I know that's to be expected here and there. All I can do is just keep up my weekly routine and trust that my body is changing even if the scale isn't showing it.
I expect setbacks, I am just trying to not feel like a failure when they happen. Although, they haven't happened yet. Tomorrow will tell exactly how/if I need to improve.
As far as doing a workout, I decided that Jon and I haven't had a night where we can just relax and watch a movie. So we did. I chose to make this day a complete recovery day. NO WORKOUT. We did our laundry and just decided to kick back, watch a movie and then wait for midnight!
It was a blast! Perfect evening.
Today's Goal: Do 3 2 minutes sprints = FAIL (well, because today became recovery day)
Tomorrow's Goal: Jump back into the workout again adding the 12 lbs to the upper body
Calories Consumed: 1206
Workout = NONE (recovery)
Here's to a brand new year! Yay for 2010! I get to get married this year!!!!!! :)
So today is New Years Eve! Work sucked. There was a problem with security in the mail room and towards the end of my day I was stressed and dealing with building issues. It was not a pretty day to start my happy jaunt into 2010.
But like everything else, it ended and I left.
This week has been slightly stressful. I've been waiting on some news that I wasn't able to get until 4pm today. The news would either be a relief or potentially bad. Upon arriving home I got the news and, thankfully, it was GOOD news!
But, the week of stressing, I think, caused me to have mild setbacks in my weight-loss. I've been working on staying unstressed as often as possible. Trying different tactics to keep my anxiety down and keep myself on an even keel. It's worked some of the time. But this week it just wasn't my week.
I will be blown away if the scale shows a loss of any kind tomorrow. Blown away.
Mostly because of a few factors:
1. I have been stressed.
2. I have been emotional.
3. I was not as awesome on my salt intake as I could have been
4. I upped my weights to 12 lbs for somethings which means muscle is growing
All of these factors could contribute to the scale.
I've been feeling bloated too. But I know that's to be expected here and there. All I can do is just keep up my weekly routine and trust that my body is changing even if the scale isn't showing it.
I expect setbacks, I am just trying to not feel like a failure when they happen. Although, they haven't happened yet. Tomorrow will tell exactly how/if I need to improve.
As far as doing a workout, I decided that Jon and I haven't had a night where we can just relax and watch a movie. So we did. I chose to make this day a complete recovery day. NO WORKOUT. We did our laundry and just decided to kick back, watch a movie and then wait for midnight!
It was a blast! Perfect evening.
Today's Goal: Do 3 2 minutes sprints = FAIL (well, because today became recovery day)
Tomorrow's Goal: Jump back into the workout again adding the 12 lbs to the upper body
Calories Consumed: 1206
Workout = NONE (recovery)
Here's to a brand new year! Yay for 2010! I get to get married this year!!!!!! :)
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