Mardi Gras!

So I thought I ate terrible this week. I sort of did, actually. Ryan thought it was a good idea to buy Oreo brownies and ice cream with chocolate syrup. So I didn't eat great. However, when I got on the scale yesterday, my weight was 292.2! Down 5 lbs! So so excited.

Tonight is the Deer Trail Mardi Gras party! I can't wait to see my Deer Trail family!

<3

Back on it

After 2 days of a sore foot, and 1 day of being a little bitch over the temperature outside, I am GOING BACK TO THE GYM TODAY! That's it and that's all, folks. I was terrible with my eating yesterday, so much so, that I didn't even log it on MyPlate because of how embarrassing it was. So today starts again!

NO FLAB FEBRUARY HAS BEGUN!

Had a fantastic week. Found an awesome site to log all my walks/jogs/runs (yeah, right, lol). Mapmywalk.com. Also has an app to map your walk if you choose. Love it. And I was able to put 2 beads in the 'lost' jar today! I'm down to 297.6! I'm down 16 lbs since 11/8/11. Yay!!! This week, without counting 1/29 or 1/30, I already have 10.22 miles in. With 1/29 or 1/30, it was probably more like 14.22. My goal next week is to log another 15 miles.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Just another day at Planet Fitness

Last night, my foot acted up for the first time in almost 2 months. For those who don't know, I have a Freiberg's infraction on my left foot. I injured my foot in high school at some unknown point in time. Essentially, I broke my middle toe and injured the growth plate, so it stopped growing. Now there's arthritis. I saw a podiatrist who gave me some cortisone shots, and shoe inserts. Last resort is surgery. They'd go in, remove the part of bone and put in a joint replacement. I want the surgery. This problem will never go away. I'm only 26 years old, I'd like to wear heels again in my life one day. But I agreed to play the game his way, and try the inserts. They actually worked great until yesterday. :-\ I iced my foot last night and today at work, and felt a lot better. Went to the gym, felt fine. Got home, took my shoes off, and it's all arthritic and swollen again. :( I'm trying to hold on off surgery until 2013 for financial reasons. We'll see.

Anyway, tonight's workout went like so:

44 minutes on the treadmill at varied speeds and inclines, highest incline being 8

distance: 2.07 calories burned: 454 (today's goal was 325!)

Hip abduction
70 lbs, 5 res
15 x 4

Hip adduction
70 lbs, 5 res
15 x 4

Torso rotation
30 lbs, 5 res
15 x 2, both sides

Back extension
70 lbs, 5 res
15 x 4

Abdominal
70 lbs, 5 res
15 x 4

Seated leg curl
70 lbs
15 x 4

Leg press
190 lbs, 5 res
15 x 4

Leg extension
50 lbs, 5 res
15 x 4

Calf extension
70 lbs, 10 res
15 x 4

Tomorrow is arms/abs, and tomorrow night is the BT concert at Elektricity. And tomorrow during work, Linds, Becky and I are doing our site visit at the Detroit Historical Museum for the MPSA party. Yay! Goodnight!

January down, the rest of 2012 to go...

Made it through January! My eating needs to improve, but I went to the gym almost every time I said I would. I think it was 11 times this month? Yeah, 11. That's right. Feelin' good! I can see a slight definition in my calves, and my lower back underneath my fat roll is getting pretty hard.

I'm not sure where to start because I have several things to write about. Hmmm, I guess we'll start with this:

^Jars I made as a somewhat fun way to see weight loss, without graphs, notes and pie charts and the like. Saw it on Pinterest, of course. Just something cute. I haven't been able to put any beads in the 'lost' jar, but I'm not getting discouraged. Pinterest is just the best ever. I narrowed the display to show only fitness things, and there have been so many great motivational things! My plan for my next craft night is to make a motivational collage, which I'm so excited about.

I took a topless pic. It's from the side, I'm holding my boobs, of course, and I have yoga pants on. I don't have the guts to post it yet. Once you can see a difference, I will. It's shameful as hell.

I started a project that oddly, I did NOT find on Pinterest.

I took a thick poster/foam board thing, glued on the days of the week, and attached an envelope with a binder clip. In each envelope, there is a gym goal. A different one for each day. For example:

I've hit my goal on the treadmill every day. But on Monday, I was exhausted and whatnot, and...did legs instead of arms. So I'm a little off, but IT'S NEW SO GET OFF MY BACK ALREADY. Weights are an extremely important part of my workout, so I try my damnedest to not skip them. That, unfortunately leaves me short on time in the morning, so every day this week, I have skipped the elliptical and tanning. Tanning I can live without, but I'd really like to get back up on my arch nemesis, Senor Elliptical. Also, almost all of those days were fucked up in regards to the food I wrote at the bottom. I suck at preparing food, and then I make a salad from the caf at work. Whatevs.

One of my favorite machines at the gym is the leg press.

Creepy that I take pics at the gym? lol

I can do 190lbs at 5 resistance and it makes me feel like such a badass. lol Most of the leg machines I can do a decent amount of weight on. Prolly because they've been carrying around this ass for so long. It's upper body that I hate so much. But my heybabies are literally out of control. It's ok though, I'm not going to beat myself up. It's been such a great month and it's becoming a habit, so I'm happy.

I feel like all I talk about is the gym anymore. Because I feel like I live there. Today is my 4th day in a row. Yikes bikes. My plan is to go every day this week and take a break on Sunday. We'll see. I might be so excited and pumped up by making it 7 days, that I go on Sunday and make it 8. :) I'm excited for Saturday. Dionna is coming to my PF so I can show her some of the machines. It's gonna be fun and I'm gonna get a hell of a workout in.

I guess that's it for now. I felt like I had a lot more to write. But I need to (of course) pack my gym bag, set some goals for the beginning of next week, and get my lady-balls in bed. Goodnight, internetz!