More freebies

So today at work, they opened up the sample room and gave anyone that wanted it free stuff. I was able to get foam rollers for everyone in the bootcamp that did not already have one. :) perfect for our sore muscles. I already had one. But the other girls did not. I also got a couple of balls, soccer and volleyball. Some toys for the dogs and a straw cleaner. I have a water bottle that has black stuff in the straw so that is perfect to clean it out. All in all a perfect week for free stuff. I love working for a sporting goods company sometimes. one of these days, I may buy a smith machine....just to have one. I do move a lot so it would be cumbersome. But having a home gym like that would be awesome. :)

Today we resurrected a workout from the personal trainer that I had a couple of years ago. Only one of the women in this boot camp was able to work out. The entire time she complained. "I like it better when we do it this way".. Waaa what a baby. Just because you have worked with just one personal trainer EVER, does not mean that she knows everything. There are tons of different ways to work out. Whiner. So at the end when we did HIIT...I made her work hard. hehe. I burned about 450 calories. :) and I got to torture a whiner. all the better. I HAVE to do extra cardio this weekend. Have to have to have to. Unfortunately, I feel a sore throat coming on. So I have to go get some sugar free lozenges just in case. I also have company coming this weekend to hang out and watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I have never seen all of them. Well you all have a great weekend.

microwave

Carried the microwave in from the parking lot today. My legs are exhausted. It should not be so difficult to do stuff like this. I am getting stronger every day, though.

Got a free heart rate monitor from work. It's a sample. I love it. i am so excited. It is a $100 HRM. Now I can spend my money on this.

loss

Well, I only lost 1.6 poounds this week. It is a 5.6 pound loss for 2 weeks. I was a little dissappointed. But with little cardio, what can you expect. I am going to try and increase my cardio this week using a pool and doing incline walking on my treadmill. I may even set up the bike in the living room. I am going to try and be good about logging my food and push myself harder in the workouts. I hate that my knee is hampering my progress. I am looking forward to my first cheat day, December 18th Hashmas party followed by the December 19th pub crawl and Hashmas party. Then....back to clean eating and working out for the holidays. It is easy to keep on track when you are single and so far away from family. :)

That girl

Have I turned into that girl. You know the one. She gets all stressed out and can't eat. Whenever I get stressed, I turn to food. I feed my inner child and then feel bad because I ate a pint of ice cream and egg rolls. Well, this time around, I just did not eat. It is not that I wasn't hungry because I always am. But, I did not feel like eating. I just ignored the hunger pains. I did eat some but only ate 1000 calories one day, 1100 another, with one good day of 1300 in between. Not too bad. But I did not drink enough water. So I think that I am retaining water. I will not have a weight loss this week.

My knee hurts. I cannot do squats, lunges or step ups. But my trainer is having me do cardio intervals instead. I bought a knee brace. But I cannot get the top strap together. I don't understand this. Does the athletic industry not understand that a lot of overweight people have knee problems. Do they not understand that obese women still like cute workout outfits? Why do they not make this stuff for the women that need it most. Oh, I can buy exercise clothes on line for my size. $70 for a pair of shorts. $65 for a shirt. Yeah right. Not gonna happen. I can probably get a knee brace on line too. But I need it now. Today. Not next week.

Dear landlord

I do realize that you do not want to buy a new water heater. I know that they are expensive. But I do not want to come home to a flooded house everyday. I do not want to suck up water for an hour or more every night. I am tired of the house smelling like wet carpet. I am tired of living in filth. You need to fix it.

Thank you.

stupid knee

10 days into the boot camp and my knee is already giving me problems. I had to modify exercises today. The trainer said to get a knee brace. She also said not to worry about it. I am very frustrated and may have even shed a tear or two. :( She is determined not to let this hurt my progress. So I am cautiously optimistic.

Went to the warehouse and picked up the kettle bells that I am giving Trojan for her birthday. she is using kettle bells that are 20 pounds higher than I am using. That chick kicks ass. I can't wait to be as strong as her. :)

Hmpf

So, I have been wearing size 22 jeans. I have a pair of 24 jeans in my closet. I thought I would just put them on this morning. I can't zip them up. I am so pissed. I felt like I was doing so well. So now I am pissy.

I did an entire analysis of my potential weight loss yesterday at work. yes I should have been working. If I keep up the same weight loss every week, (yes I know that it is not possible, but one can dream!) I will hit my goal at the end of June. I know that it is not going to happen. For now I am concentrating on getting under 200 pounds. That is all that I care about. :) for now.