Week 4 Friday

Oh my god I cannot believe i made it 4 weeks!

4 weeks of dance warm-ups. 4 weeks of watching & noting what I eat, but not changing my dinners. 4 weeks of totally cutting back of Coke.

It hasn't been bad. I'm still irked that there are no discernible changes that I see, but Hubby did say that my butt looks a bit better. It's a start I guess.

I was incredibly hungry yesterday, but I think that's cause I actually ate a breakfast scrambler and instead of the normal breakfast fare, then nommed a handful of BBQ potato chips in lue of my normal lunch. Whatevs, I was all out of crackers, cheese, and fruit.I also spent 2 hours standing on my poor poor feet making Red Velvet cake balls dipped in white chocolate. Wish I took a picture, they were the prettiest ones yet! Hubby's co-workers and lucky people.

I only had half of one of the smallest cake balls last night, shared with Hubby so we could taste it. Not bad.

Funny how I love baking but don't really like eating it. =P

This morning breakfast was 3 Mini-Eggo Cinnamon Toasts. Hey, I had to finish up the box before it went bad!Water to drink.

Not sure what I'm going to eat for lunch, it's only 7:45pm, I'm not hungry yet.

Already worked out. I was going to put it off till tomorrow cause my feet hurt worse than ever, but decided not to. I really don't want to work out tomorrow. Hurt like hell, well my feet do. Might as well get it over with, right?

Dinner tonight is gonna be Taco Bell, yum! 1 Crunch wrap supreme (I think that's what it's called), cinnamon twists, and some sort of drink. =)

Valentine's Day...early.

Frustratingly enough D&D was cancelled yesterday cause one of our players was sick. =(

The day was pretty amazing though!

My books were delivered from Barnes & Noble. Yay! Hubby asked at least 3x if he could open the box while he was opening it. It was great to see him excited. Then we packed up 2 watercolours and headed out to Michael's Craft Store to get them framed. Framing is EXPENSIVE! Disgustingly so. They are his paintings so his decisions. Next stop was a shoe store, he needed new shoes. He's a madman at work and always wears out the heels of his shoes to less than nothing. He's also really picky so I hope these shoes work out. A quick jump over to Gamestop to look for a Neocash Card (for me), stupid store smelled like mold and didn't have any cards, booo!

I was so hungry by the time we got done it was crazy. I'd been up since 3-4 and it was 7 so my tummy was turning on itself. We treated ourselves to a yummy little place called Logan'sRoadhouse.

It could have been such a bad meal. My sweet tea wasn't sweet, they were out of mac & cheese, and they didn't have our dessert (mini strawberry cheesecakes). Our server was such a delight! Poor guy. The rest of the meal was amazing. Beer batter bread, perfectly cooked steaks, amazing potato skins,  steamed broccoli everything! Yummy yum yum. I didn't eat it all there, only about 1/2 the meal, the rest came home to be nomed on throughout the rest of our day. Our server surprised us, by packing a freaking HUGE brownie (we asked for our dessert to go). He must have felt bad about everything earlier, and happy we didn't complain about a single thing. Non-sweet tea? No problem, I'll just gulp it down cause I'm mega thirsty. No mac & cheese? Whatever! Bring on the freshly baked potato chips. None of my fav mini strawberry cheesecakes? Well let me look over the menu again....okay brownie!

I swear that brownie is gonna last me 2 weeks.

The only downfall to an amazing day yesterday was that my feet hurt worse than ever. Still hurt like crazy today. Meh.

Yesterday was our Valentines Day. Hubby works on the 14th. I even got my pressie. (Yay Nc Card!)

So breakfast today was the remainder of leftovers yesterday. That's not bad is it? I didn't want to waste food.

Worked out again, same 15 sets of dance stretches. 20 situps & backwards situps.

Lunch was a snack of goldfish crackers. I didn't want much. Though I'm still craving chocolate like crazy.

No clue with dinner again. =P

4th Monday

It's the 4th Monday since I started this. Going in with mixed feelings, kinda proud of myself, mostly anxious. The fear of failing is welling up, worried about moving on to a new set of movement next week. I know I can do it, I DID do it for 4 months last year before telling anyone, but I'm still anxious.

This weekend was nice. Doing nothing but playing Final Fantasy IX on Saturday was a lovely change, then again on Sunday with Hubby. Indulged in pizza and a Coke on Friday, then Hubby got up extra early (for us) on Saturday to get Chinese food, had 2 cans of Coke, yum yum. I would have had a sweet tea from McD's but I accidentally spilled it. THAT made me sad.

Breakfast was a bowl of cereal; Berry Berry Kix with rice milk. I, being the wonderful kitty mommy that I am, shared the last of the milk with my oldest kitty Ebony. She feels entitled to the last of the milk in a bowl, or ice cream, mashed potatoes, whatever's in a bowl really.

Bowl = Ebony's

Lunch is going to be some crackers, beef jerky, the last of my cheese, and some spinach leaves.

Dinner is Hamburger Helper. I'm not complaining.

Water to drink all the live-long-day.

Did the exercises 15 sets, a couple sets of 10 thrown in (mainly arm stretches), 20 sit ups (not too wimpy looking) & reverse sit-ups.

Tomorrow is D&D day, barring any unforeseen snafoo's. I can't wait. I REALLY can't wait for Hubby to come home, I miss him. He's such a hard worker. <3

Week 3 Ending

Well it's Friday, the third week of this whole journey, a couple of things to note:

• I REALLY wish changes were easier to see, if there are any at all. It would make this so much easier. Look! You're ass is less fatty, sweet! Go girl, go! Yeah...that would be nice.

•  I'm happy to report I'm not hungry as much, water probably plays a big deal in that.

• The only tricky time is 11pm-1am that when the omgIgottaeatnowordie happens. Instead of wholly fighting it, I've snacked just a little. Maybe crackers or a piece of chocolate. 

•  I'm perspiring a bit less than when I started, that's good, it's easier to get through the whole routine without dying. 

• Still gotta work on breathing. 

• My legs feel stronger. Feet still hurt but that has nothing to do with any of this. I'm worried about my knee popping out of place and being laid up for weeks again.

Food yesterday was nice, cereal for breakfast (Berry Berry Kix), in rice milk. Lunch was several slices of Colby-Jack cheese, crackers, and Spinach leaves. Made a pretty tasty meal. Dinner was Mac & Cheese & Bacon. Ohh I have to note, I did have a double helping of Lemon bars for dessert, that Hubby made, but it was too much, so only 1 tonight. =P

Also Hubby surprised me with an entire box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates last night. So sweet. I only ate 1.

I'm a little annoyed he keeps getting me goodies, but in the end he's right. I have a craving sometimes, and chocolate does help with my migraines, so it's good to have around. I'm insisting on sharing the box with him, he deserves goodies too.

I've kept up the 15 sets of exercises today, 20 sit-ups and 20 reverse sit-ups. Added some more arm stretches to the routine.

Breakfast was another bowl of cereal, haven't had lunch yet, probably gonna be more crackers, spinach leaves, and cheese.

No idea what's for dinner, none whatsoever.

After 9 satisfying hours...

Yesterday was a well needed 9 hour D&D game. SO GOOD! Good company, good game, good eats. I can't wait till next Tuesday. Also only had 2 Cokes. Go me!

Breakfast today was the leftover pasta from Sunday and accompanying sausage. Just a tiny bit of pasta, but it worked out well. Water to drink of course.

I'm missing having Gatoraid to drink in the house. Just kinda. Might have Hubby pick up some tonight if he's going to run to the store before he comes home.

I did work out for a half hour today. Think the key is not rushing through everything. Found myself trying to do it all a bit quickly and forced myself to slowdown and BREATH. Still need to work on remembering to breath. It's stupidly not as easy as it sounds. 15 sets of everything with the nominal 20 sit-ups. I did have to take several short 5-10 second breaks again when standing, but am chalking that up to my feet still HURTING.

I did find myself being afraid of the thought of starting belly dancing after next week. Sounds silly, but I can do this much now, what if I fail at trying to do more? I know it's silly and I know I can move on after next week. Just fears I guess. Fear at failing.

I did have Hubby give me the once over look after my shower yesterday to see if he can see any changes, cause gods know I can't. After a few critical minutes there was a verdict.

"Your butt looks better."

"Really? How? Anything else?"

"Nope, not yet, your but looks firmer though. Keep it up, your doing good."

With his hug winning smile and a hug I took the token improvement happily. It's small but it's a start.

Probably not going to go to the Ren Faire this year, but whatever, I'm just not feelin' it, and it dosen't help that I don't fit into any of my outfits. Meh.

Not sure what I'm going to eat later maybe the lone yogurt in the fridge.

Dinner will finally be buttered chicken over spinach leaves with croutons.

Aches & Pain

Urgh.

I do not want to workout today.

Do. Not.

But I will for as long as I can.

I hurt, something fierce. HURT. My feet hurt, left foot right now mainly, right where the arch is on a normal foot, I have a bone, and it H-U-R-T-S. It was doing okay yesterday, a little achy, until last night in the shower. Just showering normally and all of a sudden PAIN. Whatever was healing got re-hurt, and I didn't even do anything. Not turn, not slip, not nuthin'. Sucks.

I'm tired of complaining to Hubby and I'm sure he's tired of hearing it. I'm tired of hearing it.

Food on Saturday was nothing to brag about, but we ordered Olive Garden yesterday, and Oh. My God. SO GOOD! It was crazy good. And only drank 1 Coke, go me!

Leftover salad for breakfast, maybe 8 croutons added on top. LOVE that salad!

Water, of course.

Then 3 Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almond Nuggets. Found those in a bag that fell under my table. Score!

Later I'm going to finish off my spaghetti and sausage, maybe with a bread stick, we'll see. I have some smoked mozzarella fondu left, sounds like it would pair well with a bread stick. Yes, yes, I think so.

Okay...so now a break for me to work out...

...Wew! Done. 23 minutes. Added several sets to the pile. Lightheaded right now, sweating a bit, not much, a little breathless. Gonna shower soon, well, as soon as I'm done with this.

Dinner is probably gonna be bagel bites. Not that I'm complaining. =P

Second Week Wrap-Up

So it's now officially 2 weeks, yay! 2 more weeks of dance warm-ups to go then onto belly dancing for a month then yoga-lates for a month. Probably gonna rotate those so this old body dosen't get too use to one routine.

I feel better as a whole. That's a good thing. Looking forward to working out every other day so far.

Did 10 sets of everything again 20 pushups. The pushups are still weak but I'm getting a higher lift off the floor than last week.

Weighed myself at Publix on Tuesday, we don't have a scale at our house and don't want to get one. 174lbs. That's 40lbs I'd like to loose to get down to 130, but would probably be happy at 150lbs.

Onto food:

I did have a Milano cookie Wednesday night at 11ish. Seriously the chocolate craving was HUGE.

Dinner was Mac & Cheese & Bacon with some leftover frozen yogurt for dessert. Yummy.

Today breakfast was a fresh fried chicken leg from Publix & a banana.

Really odd breakfast, but Hubby had to go to Publix and pick up a new antibiotic prescription cause the old stuff was making him dizzy and sick. He wanted chicken and picked up some. Can't say I blame him that stuff is ah-mazing.

Lunch will probably be the other chicken leg and something else, maybe the last of the grapes before they go bad.

Water, water, water all the live long day. I'm looking forward to my Coke on Sunday, just one though.

Dinner is gonna be some butter chicken cooked on the stovetop by me, over a bed of fresh spinach leaves, with a couple croutons. Can't wait!