Monthly Archives: February 2008

Well, today was a day of firsts…..I tried my 1st leg wax, ouch….it stings. I couldn’t shave for about a week before and it was driving me nuts. I just hope it lasts. The waxer had a hard time seeing it because it is so light, but it was long enough.

I also did my training session today at the gym and took a big step and signed up for a personal trainer. They make you sign contacts and everything…..kind of unsettling, but understandable. It will be for 1 hr sessions, twice a week for 3 months. I need someone who knows what they are doing and to help encourage me. I just hope I can do it, the more I think about the more nervous I am on letting the trainer and myself down. I start sessions on Monday.

Honestly, I am at the heaviest I have ever been and I am not happy about it and it was due to my feet issues. Between the cortisone shots (that have weight gain as a side effect) and then the surgery, where I couldn’t do as much, that just made me gain weight…….and now working at home with not as much activity, it is harder to remove it.

In fact, until I discussing my history with the trainer, I didn’t realize that any time that I went up a lot in weight, it was a medical issue. In college, the doctor was worried about my blood pressure due to my migraines, I was able to low my weight by talking a bowling class and then doing games in between classes. Years later it was due to the dropo-vera (sp) shot (birth control). Lost that weight using the treadmill that I hated and am so glad we got rid of. I have never liked running except during a game….ie, soccer, basketball. Now with getting older and not working outside of the house, I need to find a way to motivate myself and get a routine. So now I have a personal trainer.

I’ve always been a big girl, so don’t worry I will not become a stick….my body isn’t built that way and I couldn’t stand it anyway. I just want to get rid of some the extra jiggle and tone up some…..even get some of my flexibility back. The main reason is I just want to help prevent the health issues that my family has. Most of my family is big built to begin with, but struggle with maintain health weights due to our build and in turn, have heart issues and a few have had diabetes. So I just want to do all I can to prevent it.

My goal is about 30 pounds of jiggle….I say that, because if I gain muscle, that weighs more. So weight doesn’t mean much at that point….then it will be about inches and maintaining a healthy balance.

I feel better that I got my small freak out vented……….lol

Boy, since last night it has rough on trying to catch up on work, emails, & messages.  I finally made a dent.  I still have some emails from our business, but all my personal and job emails are caught up.  Thankfully.

I have a bunch of other work that I need to get done for 1st, I’m hoping to be able to get some of it done tomorrow.

I have my appointment with the trainer tomorrow.  It is part of the membership, you have to one to help you get a routine and they supply it.  I’m hoping that I get some good ideas for it.  So far, I’m doing 25min on the stationary bike and then 6 on a row machine (I think that is what it is) and then down to the floor to the different machines.  I figured the 25 min on the bike is good for getting my heart rate up and burn some calories.  Then the machines, of course, help me focus on spots.  Of course, by not being in a gym in forever, I carefully read all the instructions on the machines before getting on them.

Other then work, I have just been stressing over Reggie……..but that is for another post.  =(

Damn, I am burnt.  I did it last night.  =(  It is my chest.  I try so hard to be careful when I start back into tanning and then some how I goof it.  Oh well……no tanning for the next few days.

We did watch the oscars last night.  It was nice we used the drv and didn’t start watching it until about 2 hours after it started.  I just wanted to see how Jon Stewart was doing, didn’t really care about the rest.  So we were able to forward through all the speeches, commercials, musical numbers, and the few categories that we didn’t want to watch.   It made it much more enjoyable.

I had to take yesterday off from the wii, because when I tried to bowl 2-3 frames I was in so much pain….icks.  I haven’t played today.  Had way too much to do once we got back from the gym and the store.

I have my alarm set to try and get my ass out of bed by 8am.  Our goal is to roll out of bed, eat and head to the gym.  So when we get back it doesn’t feel like we have wasted half the day and have a ton of work to do.

I’ve been so busy with my other job that I haven’t been able to keep up with my emails/messages.  =(  I’m hoping that I won’t have much to do tomorrow on my job that I can attack my personal stuff.

It looks like we won’t have to worry about wintery weather at our elevation anymore.

 Looks like another fairly warm week with plenty of dry weather.  The Portland metro area will see scattered areas near freezing overnight and a nice warm day Tuesday with highs near 60 degrees.  Wednesday will see scattered areas of rain both in the morning and afternoon.  The snow level mid-week will be near 4,000 feet.  The wettest day this week for Portland looks to be Saturday.  Still no big storms in sight.  With March beginning Saturday, it is starting to look like the low elevation snow season has possibly come to an end.

This is great sign for heading to the parks and maybe another trip to the zoo.  =)

The weather has just been stunning for a Feb.  I love it, not too hot but sunny with a crisp smell.

Didn’t get to the gym today, but spent time on the wii doing the “training” for the boxing so I can figure out the moves.  That is a work out.  And I finally broke past my game high of 186 from 2 days ago for bowling, got a 203.  That is only because I got 2 turkeys (3 strikes in a row) because I missed a few spares that I normally don’t.  My shoulders are sore.

I am enjoying that fact that when I get restless and don’t want to be in the office for a few minutes and I have something to do.

The problem with it being nice out is that I don’t want to be in the office getting work done and I don’t want to be downstairs, because nether place gets the sun very well and that just drives me nuts.  Our old office received a lot of sun so that was nice and if that wasn’t enough, I worked on the patio.  When it is nice out I’d rather be in the bedroom because it gets the most sunlight.  So that is when I like playing the wii, I can open the window, enjoy the fresh air and be active.

Today I had to do a quick errand and decided not to come home right away.  It was just too nice out and I didn’t want to be in the house.  I finally stopped at a bookstore not too far from here that I’ve been waiting to visit. It was so different to the one that I’ve spent the last 3yrs browsing through, but it was a nice set up.  I also felt lost because so many new books have come out that I wasn’t familiar with.  I miss knowing all that.

I am sore, especially my right shoulder. I spent about 3hrs bowling on our wii last night, did a few games today. I really wanted to do more and actually was thinking that I need to do the boxing one, just so both of my shoulders are sore, but I had to get work done that I’ve been avoiding. =( I also went to the gym today, got some stress out there. Really, debating with myself about getting up tomorrow for a class at the gym. With it being a Saturday, I don’t know how busy it is going to be. I hate crowds.

I was doing so much running around that I forget to eat lunch…..not good. I’m having some wine and cheese and crackers right now. But before this I only had 1200 calories for the day, that is not good. A body should not go below 2000 a day. So I’m treating myself……probably at 1500 calories now.

Started to go tanning again this week. I haven’t done that since we left Indiana, so I was trying to take it slow. I did great the 1st night, but the second night I think the girl put me in a stronger bed (I asked for a weaker one) because I had some red marks on me……ouch. Needless to say I couldn’t tan for 2 days due to the burn. =( I went today, I’m a little red. We’ll see how I am by tomorrow evening. If the red hasn’t faded very well I will have to wait until Sunday to go back. The good thing about tanning is that it makes me use lotion like I should be.

Right now I’m watching Real Time with Bill Maher and I’m trying to figure out why when I try to upgrade my itunes I get an invalid drive?? It is just pissing me off. I never had an issue before…….ggggrrrrr

If you seen Harold’s post earlier, we are stressing about Reggie. =( He hasn’t changed in attitude but, hell, he doesn’t have a clue. He want love when he wants it and grouchy as hell when he doesn’t and looks cute the whole time…..ornery shit.