.. the day after wednesday, ugh ..

it is finally Thursday, that means only one more day and it is the weekend. phew. this week i feel is taking forever, last week flew by. I need help or a good balance sometime soon. 

this morning i woke up earlier than i had all week. points for me! i woke up freezing cold, like normal and with a sore throat and blood in my mouth. this i fear is not a good combination. but i will live. i deal with extreme allergies, and i ate some no no food last night (hot dog bun) and it made me break out a bit, and i fear it made it's way into my throat and made it really irritated and eventually started to bleed a tad. great scare first thing in the morning while brushing you teeth! i got ready for work and took care of the pups, he was anxious to get up this morning. after i got him up i left for work. i got in and checked my billion emails and then just started reading blogs and what nots. i caught up on reading on the Anthony case, have you heard about all this? it is kind of nuts! i worked until lunch and went home, my normal to share it with the pup. we hung out on the patio while i was home, since i was freezing from the office. it is ALWAYS a ice box here. kills me. after lunch i regrettably left to go back to work. i survived the last few hours, but only barely. after that i went home and got ready for gym time. tonight is a trainer night. 

here is the workout..

after the workout i went home and had dinner with the fam. the hub and i just vegged for a bit and then called it a night. I read as usual and then passed out, my new norm.

food..

breakfast

2 slices of toast

water

lunch

dinner

until tomorrow, in which we can start our mini party for the weekend!

.. the hump ..

we made it to hump day. congrats, the week is half over. 

well, my back feels better today i guess the muscle relaxant did its job. yahoo. that and i laid on my other side facing the pup so he couldn't have the kentucky derby in my back. thank heavens for that one. today was any other day, i got up around 6:45 and showered and got ready for the day. i got to work and checked my email. can you believe i had 18 messages from 7-8? what?! i know huh, so after i caught up on that stuff i had approval samples to do, just look at samples that come in from vendors check them for color and what not and then make my notes on them and send that off. after that we had critique. i don't mind them some days but today it seemed to take forever, and my back started to ache and i just didn't want to do it. blah. after that i went back to solving world hunger, namely fighting with a printer that must be seriously retarded. after this junk and catching up on more emails it was time for lunch. i hurried home and spent my 30 minutes with the pup and before i knew it i was back at work. blah. i spent the last two hours doing random things, story of my life. and then it was 5, yahoo! 

tonight is ripped class, yep kick my trash class. so i am going with my sister in law it should be good, but i will make it. it is always killer and i feel pooped afterward, like i could for sure go to bed but i still have stuff to do. tonight is also the activity for church, we are making yard signs for fathers day in two sundays, that should be interesting and fun i guess. after that i went home and ate dinner and then showered and called it a night. today was just plain exhausting, i feel like most wednesdays are. 

food

breakfast

toast

gatorade

lunch

stroganoff (leftovers!)

water

dinner

hot dog
lemonade

until tomorrow friends..

.. and it is off to the races ..

tuesday. we made it through monday, barely. yesterday was exhausting, i was pooped and had allergies to boot. what a day. alright so here is what went down today.

today i woke up on time, yay for me. i was so sore, but i didn't work out. turns out my cute little puppy had decided to run a dream race all along my back, lovely. i am so sore. i got ready for work and dressed and made it to work. i decided i would tackle the product room one last time before the new shipment makes it in. i had to organize the cardstock. we have 120 colors, yeah fun. so it took from 9 until 1 to clean it all up and out and get things in the right places. hallelujah. after this i got back to my desk to find 11 emails waiting for me. so i caught up and made some appointments and what not, and then it was time for lunch. yum.

i left for home, and had lunch with my pup. he is pretty dang cute. we played a little outside and then ate, then he napped. i love him. then it was time to go, it comes way to fast i tell you. i hate work sometimes. i got back to work and didn't have much to do to pass the last hour and a half. so i watched charmed and just caught up on my people celebrity gossip. after i got done with work it was home, and get laundry ready and then change for the gym. it is trainer day, and legs. yeah. i rather do legs than arms but nevertheless my back is sore and this is going to prove to be difficult. 

here is what happened..

abs
{TRX Band planks 30 second front, 20 second each side, repeat 2 times}

legs
{squats with TRX band (20), lunges with 10 lb weight (10 each leg) repeat 3 times}

legs
{seated calf raise (15), seated calf extension (15) repeat 4 times}

legs
{laying leg press (15), seated leg press (15), single leg squat on rolling pad (10 ea), repeat 4 times}

sprint
{5 minute sprint, 20 second hard 40 second cool down}

legs
{TRX band squats (20), pushups (10) repeat 3 times}

legs
{quickstep (12 ea), single leg sitting squat (10 ea) repeated 3 times}

abs
{30 crunches, 30 russian twist, 30 second dead cockroach repeat 3 times}

after the gym i went home and finished laundry and hung out with the hubs and the pups. i love spending time with them. it is great. we just vegged and then called it a night. and of course i read. :) 

here is what i ate

breakfast

2 pieces of toast

water

lunch

potstickers

lemonade

dinner
stroganoff
salad wedge
water

see you tomorrow friends, for hump day!

.. arm hell, yes i did just go there ..

alright, so i will say this. my mood improved drastically with a little bit of sleep and don't you worry i went to bed early just to make sure this little issue resolved itself. thank heavens for that. today was kind of weird, this whole week feels off because it is only 4 days. it always does stuff with my head. 

so i got up and made it to work on time. yay me. i got here and decided i would finish tackling the product room that had been haunting me for the past few days. so i went to work. i got everything put away and in it's place, hallelujah. after i got all that cleaned up, i started to tackle the little projects in my way still like gathering samples for a sales trip and making a few mockups and sending off ribbon. junk basically. i worked on it for a while and then went and had lunch. it was good to just be with the pup. i like our quality alone time. it is grand. after we did this i left for work and stopped to pick up supplies that were requested i got. so i did that and then made it back to work. fun. after all this goodness, i powered through the last hour and was off. today was another trainer day like tuesday, yippee. so i got my spandex on and settled and started a load of laundry and was off. here is what my butt endured..

abs

{50 crunches, 50 bicycles}

arms

{jumping pull ups (50), one handed squat press (50), overhead squat press (50), pushups (50)}

arms take 2

{seated rows (50), seated lat pull down (50), tricep pulls (50), seated crunches (50), triceps (50)}

seeing a trend yet ? ..

arms / abs

{turkish getups (15 each side), crunches (50), bicycle (50)}

back

{back extensions (12) repeated 4 times}

arms / abs

{laying chest press (50), overhead triceps (50), v-ups (50), obliques (40 each side), leg lifts (50)}

done. i was done, like stick a fork in me. killer. 

after the gym i went home and checked out the garden we are planting. we have a few tomato plants going and a few pumpkin and squash plants growing. nothing has come of them yet but it is early yet. after this we opted to take the pup on a walk on his favorite trail, and help him overcome his fear of a caged german shepherd. so we did, it took us about 45 minutes. and i am proud to say that he did indeed overcome his fear! after the walk we had dinner, finished laundry, cleaned the bathroom and then called it a night. talk about a long day. phew. here is what i ate

breakfast

2 slices of toast

water

lunch

1/2 steak

1 cup potatoes

1 c broccoli

lemonade

dinner

mac and cheese 

roll

lemonade

i think i might be really sore tomorrow, guess we will see. yikes. 

.. i'm a grouch. pardon me ..

alright, so i survived monuesday. it was terrible though i tell you what. I hate coming back to work after a vacation. especially one in which i did nothing for 3 days. yum. and remember that little fun fact that i stayed up until 1 in the morning, yeah that is going to play a part in today..

so i woke up, i could sense the grouchyness already. it was going to be a rough day. trust me on that one. so i got up and stomped to the shower. i took a quick one and was back out by 7:12. not to bad. i got my hair ready and my face on, which did need extra help in the eye department today those pesky dark circles. after getting ready i went upstairs to grab my breakfast for the road, because i took my time getting ready. so i was grumpy i was running late. i was looking forward to biscuits for breakfast, you know the homemade ones i made.. yeah i was excited, maybe that will cheer me up. but you know what i found, yep a nice empty ziploc bag with crumbs of what was the biscuits. great. add a brick of grump. so i was off to work with my two slices of toast that i was pissed about. and then i got stuck behind a diesel train of trucks i think they were out to get me and it made me a good 5 minutes late to work. yeah. add another. i got into work and discovered that i had a huge project in front of me. at work we have like a mini store, so vendors can come and see what it would all look like set up and what not, my job was to pull down all the discontinued products and box them up and then place the new items up and make sure it is clean and organized. that is a big job for one person in fact i am pretty sure it will take me a day or two to get it finished. so i add another brick and suck it up and off to endure the hell. i spent until lunch in there and then went home for lunch. upon getting home, i found my sister who i am in a mini fight with. i keep inviting her to the gym, she tells me she will come and then flakes and tells my mom she won't make it, not even me!! i am not speaking to her, so add another brick. i finished lunch and left to go pick up birthday treats for a coworker, one of my many jobs. he wanted cupcakes. so i drove to the sweet tooth fairy, which if you are in the provo area i recommend, and pick out 13 cupcakes. you get a bakers dozen. i go to pay with my bosses corporate card, and it is denied. he forgot to turn in his receipts yet again. add another brick, so i go get my card and pay for it, yet another brick. i drive the long way back so i can cool off. i get to work we sing happy birthday eat a cupcake, yes i had one it was that kind of a day, and go back to my hell hole. i finish up around 5. now during the day my sister in law texted me about going to a class. it is called ripped and it kicks your trash.  i wasn't sure i would make it on time but she really wanted me to go, so i changed, stomped out to the car and went and endured the hour long class of intensity. i felt better afterward, but not 100% me. after the class it was off to my church activity, yes i went in gym clothes. turns out i didn't have to be there i guess cause the other leaders were missing but it was too late i was stuck. so i stayed and held an infant while they taught the girls about CPR for girls camp this summer. great. 

i got home and decided to shower and bathe the dog. he kind of stunk. after this then i got to eat dinner. yes 9:30. after eating i was already starting to get sore, not a good sign and grumped my way off to bed. i read a chapter and called it a night. 

here is what i ate

breakfast

2 slices of toast

water

lunch

1/2 steak

1/2 c mashed potato

1/2 c squash

lemonade

dinner

chicken pot pie

water

let us all pray that tomorrow is better. 

love the grouch.

.. monuesday - yes it is a day in my world ..

well tuesday wasn't as bad as i thought, it was worse. i hate coming back to work after a vacation. all you want to do is sleep and not be at your desk staring at a computer and solving everyone's issues and of course the even more pressing one like when you get off work and how many more hours you have to wait. painful. 

today started with a early wake up call. that dang alarm clock just doesn't understand that i want my sleep. argh. so we were up. i got ready and grabbed a bit of breakfast and was out the door on my way to work. it started with the weekly meeting where we regale everyone with our stories of the weekend, go over assignments and then end with some sort of fun times. we did bananagrams today. great game. try it. after the meeting i jumped in to another ribbon project, hunting down missing older than snot ribbons. fun times. i listened to a podcast, very enlightening, on stress while i chopped the ribbons and placed them in perfectly straight lines to be photographed for the catalogs. i then followed it up with just reading on news websites and catching up on the news i had missed the past 3 days. by then it was lunch. hallelujah. i had a baked potato, gotta love leftovers. i topped it with a bit of butter, cheese, ham, mushrooms salt and pepper and a side of steamed squash. after lunch it was back to the grind. i dealt with a few printers solved world hunger, i'm not telling, and what nots. i finished up around 5 phew. i survived. but it was also a trainer day today. oh yes this monuesday (monday and tuesday smashed) could get worse. so it was off.. here is what went down.

abs
{up down planks (12), planks (60 sec hold), crunches (30), russian twists (30), plank hip twists (20), plank (30 sec hold) repeated 2 times}

legs
{machine squats (50), free standing squats (50), quick steps (25 each leg), sled presses (50), sitting presses (50)}

sprint
{5:00 - 20 seconds on high 40 second low}

legs / arms
{single hand row (8 ea side), row squats (12), leg lifts on bench (20), single hand lunges (10 ea leg) repeat 2 times}

legs / calves
{calf raises (50), seated calf raises (50), leg curls (50), leg extension (50), seated calf extension (50)}

abs
{suspended abs (15), back extensions with 10 lb weight (15), 2 min sprint on high}

i followed this up by a shower, eating dinner - steak, a baked potato, squash and broccoli - and then just being with the hubs. bed as usual and i my sad attempt to finish the same chapter i have been reading over for the past 3 nights, which i did finish. and instead of going to bed, my hubs started into the blue at 10:30, and with my addiction issue to movies i stayed up and watched the whole thing, yep until 1am. shoot me. i am just too tired i tell you. 

until tomorrow my loves. 

.. thursday = pain, is it friday? ..

alright so i woke up this morning and laid in bed and attempted to move. my body was so sore i was convinced that it had to be friday since i was so sore. i had to have just worked out with my trainer and that is why everything is rusted in place right? wrong. i soon realized that it was thursday and much to my dismay knew that i had to power through another day before the weekend arrived and it was going to be a painful one. argh. so i managed to lever myself to the sitting position, no easy feat, and into the standing position. my legs were on fire and I'm sure that my calves were tighter than a slingshot in full pull mode. killer. 

work today was actually pretty crazy. i had a big ribbon project that consumed the better half of the morning and part of the afternoon to complete. but i did find comfort in listening to a podcast on itunes to help pass the time. if you haven't done these i highly recommend them. i listen to one called radiolab, they are great. i have learned a bunch of fun things and actually took time to think about stuff in depth that they were talking about. riveting i know. once i wrapped up the ribbon ordeal i was off to lunch, i know amazing it took that long huh? i had lunch with my booted pup and then it was back to work for another hour and a half. i powered through the last bit which involved testing punches, cutting strips for a different ribbon project and then catching up on the ever piling emails that were crowding my mailbox. after all this it was 5 and time to go! i was off, and knew that the training hell was awaiting me. argh. so i got home changed, had a granola bar for energy boost, and was off to get my butt handed to me. literally. here is what went down to cause my butt to come off..

abs

{crunches (30), push ups (10) repeat 3 times}

abs

{boxers (15), diamond push ups (12) repeat 3 times}

abs

{obliques (20 each side), leg lifts (15) repeat 3 times}

abs

{planks for one minute}

arms

{lateral pull downs (12), bicep rows (12), triceps (12) repeat 3 times}

arms

{lateral pull downs, underhand close grip (12), one handed bicep rows (8 ea side), triceps pull downs (12), repeat 3 times}

sprints

{5 minutes on elliptical 20 seconds full sprint, 40 second walking}

arms

{seated flys (15), push ups 10 half way hold for 5 seconds followed by 10 more, repeat 3 times}

arms

are you kidding?!?!

{seated machine rows (15), seated machine shoulder pull downs (15) repeat 3 times}

sprints

what the f?!?

{ lunges to half court (basketball court), 10 push ups, lunges back}

{wall squat 30 seconds, 12 jump squats, side shuffles to half court and back}

{sprint to other side of court, walk back repeat 3 times}

um can you say dead? i was done. stick a fork in me, finished. after this brutal workout i went home and met my cute hub and pup. the family decided to do dinner out tonight, so we met them for dinner and yes i did wear my spandex and a sweatshirt, don't judge me. 

we followed up with a shower, bathing the pup, folding more laundry - swear it never stops- and watching a episode of cheaters, all time classic.

food

breakfast
toast
gatorade

lunch
beef taquitos
lemonade

dinner
chicken alfredo
water

long day, and i fear tomorrow will hurt. badly. 

.. lazy wednesday ..

it is wednesday, once again happy hump day! i kind of like wednesdays, they aren't my favorite day of the week but they are pretty great. i like it cause i know i only have two more days of work followed by a great weekend. especially this weekend. 

i feel a little bit more rested than normal today, that is great cause i have been in zombie land for quite a few days now. hallelujah! i think it is cause i have actually been going to bed on time. which is fantastic. today i got up and i knew it was going to be a sun shiny day which is great compared to the last week of gloom we have been living in. i got stopped this morning on my way into work at a police check point. i don't think it was intended for me, although it was pretty funny to have to be stopped and at 7:50 in the morning. so i got to work a bit late, just cause i had to go through that. i got here and had a few projects already waiting for me so i jumped in with two feet. i got caught up by about 10 and then caught up on emails and blog reading. i had little projects here and there until lunch which i got to have with my cute little puppy. who for the past 2 days has been living with a cute infant sock on his hind right leg to keep him from scratching his nipple off his belly. it is kind of comical to look at not going to lie. it keeps life exciting. after lunch it was back to work for a bit, just little things. i finished up around 5 and home it was. i decided, since it was one of my new goals, that i would go to the gym tonight. i was going to hit up the RIPPED class at golds. I  invited my sister and sister in law to come along, who knows it could be fun. i have been once before and it was hard core but great. so after a hour of sweat and struggle i was done, phew. 

I finished off the night with doing laundry and watching a tv show with my hubs. i like having low lying nights where we can just be. They are great. 

i was pretty sore and tired at this point so, of course the logical thing it to go to bed. but i am not logical apparently.  but you see i have an addiction problem. i am addicted to reading. i can't sleep at night until i read at least a chapter if not more. so i stayed up and read for about a half hour and now i am calling it a night. until tomorrow, hopefully i can survive.

here is what i ate

breakfast

pancakes

water

lunch
1/2 chicken breast
1 c broccoli
1/3 c funeral potatoes
lemonade

dinner
1/2 filet mignon
1/2 baked potato
1/4 c mushrooms
1 c broccoli
1 dinner roll
water

.. a sword with two edges ..

well i survived monday. yesterday was exhausting. between work and keeping up there, or staying awake i should say, then rushing home to take the pup to the vet. turns out he couldn't get his shots, since he has a rash over taking his body - apparently it is allergies and a round of staph, yay - so we just got seen, given drugs and sent on our way. then we spent the evening with the in laws which was nice and calm. 

today, is a tad different. i came into work with a few projects already in the waiting. i got started right away and was able to catch up by about 10. then i got sent on a gathering mission. we needed ribbon for a project, and i had to go find it in the other warehouse. let me fill you in on our warehouse. it is about the size of 2 home depots put together. the ceilings are so tall and all the rows are labeled by letter. so i had to start in row f and find some there and then make my way to row r to find the rest. after getting about 300 spools of ribbon i was done. i got back around 11. finally. up until lunch i just had little projects nothing to exciting. then lunch. and hanging out with the puppy. yay! after lunch it was back to work for a few hours, catch up on emails and finish off the little projects from before. i finished off at 5 and was at the gym by 6 for training. my sister has started coming with. it's good on one hand and bad on another. I struggle with her coming. I like having her there cause it does help with my motivation but on the same hand she is more fit than me so I struggle to feel like I fit in or i should be there. i have a bad judgement problem. Double edged sword there for sure. i requested legs, just cause my arm was killing so here is the butt kicking.

circut 1
{squats (15), forward lunges w/ 15 lb weights (8 ea leg), single leg dead lifts (8 each leg) repeat 4 times}

circut 2
{squats (15), squats w/ 20 lb weight (8 ea side), leg lifts (15), quick steps on bench (12 ea leg) repeat 4x}

circut 3
{leg press laying (15), leg press sitting (12), crunches (30), bicycles (30), pushups (12) repeat 3 times }

cardio
5 minutes on a elliptical , 20 second sprint then 40 second walk

calves
{seated calf raises (15), standing calf raises (15), seated calf extension (15) repeat 3 times}


i was sweating like a pig by the time i was done. i was so tired and my legs killed. and i drive a stick shift car. lovely. we made it home, just barely though. we finished the night off with family dinner and then a shower. then the hub and i went to barnes and noble to pick up a book i have had my eyes on for a while.

here is what got in my belly

breakfast
pancakes
water

lunch
carne asada taco
lemonade

dinner
1/2 chicken breast
funeral potatoes
green beans
water

well, i am pooped so i am off to beddy bye. 

.. happy hump day ..

i have never been more excited for a week to be half way over until today. at least i think. work seems to be dragging the past few days and i have been tired beyond numbness. like can't function normally. seriously impaired. too many late nights = zombie. 

today work was slow again. i did have a few more projects than the day before, which is nice. i like having some little things to do even if they are little and don't take very long. it was so rainy and yucky today and it makes me feel all draggy and slow. i had lunch with my hubs today. it was great, we had pot stickers. nothing exciting. after lunch and work i got home to find that the hubs was taking pups to see my in laws so he could play golf on the ps3 with his brother. it worked out fine cause i had my training appointment. here is what went down..

arms

{dead lifts (12), squats (12), over head single arm press (8 each) repeat 4 times}

legs

{squats on swiss ball (12), standing squats (20) repeat 3 times}

abs

{ crunches (30), bicycle (30), 1 minute planks repeat 3 times }

5 minute sprints

{20 second hard sprint, 40 second slow walk repeat until 5 minutes}

abs / sprints = hell

{2 minute sprint, crunches, russian twists, boxers, leg lifts, flutter kicks, obliques, dead cockroach - repeat 3  times }

by the end i was exhausted and sweating from head to toe. literally. gross. immediately following my torture, which i pay for.. i had an activity with the girls i teach. we were making fun goodies for the seniors who graduate next week from the local high school. {can't tell you what in case any of them read this..} i was there until about 8:30. afterwards i came home and ate dinner, showered and climbed into bed. i was ready to be done and the hubs wanted to watch the bounty hunter. so we watched it. i have an addiction issue. i will watch whatever movie, even if i am dead tired until the end and even if i have seen it before or if it is on tv. i can't stop. so i was up, until 12. yep midnight. zombie here i come. 

food for today

breakfast

granola bar

water

lunch

7 pot stickers

lemonade

dinner

spaghetti

small salad

water

ps. i know i throw a bunch of random workout terms on here. if you ever want to know what they are or how to do them, weights etc. let me know and i can dedicate a post to just about everything i do. this way if you want to follow along and do a work out you totally could!

so after a long and painful monday i was kind of looking forward to tuesday. it had to be better right? it was in some respects, not in others. how does that always happen? so i did wake up on time and made it to work on time, gold star for me! and then it started. i started off by pulling an order from the warehouse, i thought for sure it would take a while. nope a hour. dang. i got to work expecting to have something going on and again today, nothing. the noddinghams came on and i was bobbing like a bobble head within minutes. i some how made it to lunch and left in hopes that the hour i had would be great and not wasted. but alas my lunch break always zooms by me. so i was back at work and again nothing to do. i was devastated. i decided that i wanted to watch a dvd on my computer while i was wasting away. at least keep me awake right? but my computer decided to have other plans. apparently the drive in my computer is done with the whole letting discs in. LAME. so i resorted to reading blogs, the news and doing little dinky things until 5. and then i was off, home and to the gym. trainer day. 

here is what broke out..

squat presses, pop rows, curls

2 minute sprint 

30 crunches, v-ups, bicycles

2 minute sprint

leg press (sitting), leg press (laying)

pull ups, chin ups

curls, chest presses, flys, triceps 

2 minute sprint

leg press sitting and laying

pull ups and chin ups

30 crunches, 15 boxers, 20 obliques on each side

back extensions

leg lifts

30 crunches, bicycle, leg lifts and obliques

it was a butt kicker for sure. i am sure i will feel some of this, at least in my arms tomorrow. 

i went home pooped. we ate dinner, food in a few, and then proceeded to shower and give the pup a bath. he was long overdue. stinky goo is what i was calling him. after a shower we went upstairs to watch a bit of the okc mavericks game and then ended up watching easy a together. hilarious movie if you haven't seen it, i would recommend it! 

for food

breakfast

1 cup cheerios 

water

lunch

top ramen 

lemonade

dinner

cream tuna on toast 

(it is a white gravy base seasoned with salt and pepper and then add tuna, pour over toast)

water

delicious. it was a pretty good day for being pooped. i will make it. and i have another training session tomorrow, he had to reschedule again cause he has training. i guess i can't be too mad right. until tomorrow.

.. soreness is in your future ..

well good news for me. i am not too sore today. i could be much worse, which would make tonight worse. so at least that is going for me. 

today was a trainer day.. here is what went down

arms

{body dips, assisted pull ups repeat 2 times}

legs

{seated squats, lunges with 10 lbs, jump squats 10 each leg, repeat all 3 times}

legs take two

{calf raises, frog jumps across raquetball court, up & downs on a bench 12 total- repeat 3 times}

legs take three

{leg extensions, leg rows - repeat 3 times}

leg & arm combo

{squats with bar, 30 crunches, 12 pushups - repeat 3 times}

leg take two million

{squats with bar, forward lunges with bar 6 each side - repeat 3 times}

full body hell

{TRX} 

the end. i was DEAD at the end of this all. i was sweaty from my head to my toes and i felt whooped. i think tomorrow might be a sore day. i am pretty sure if i had a fortune teller decked out in her head wrap and all she would concur that soreness awaits in my future. my legs were quivering, yes quivering as i walked out. pretty sure i looked like the most retarded person ever. but whatever, i worked out and i did good!

as for food.. 

breakfast

1 cup dry cereal

water

lunch

chicken nuggets

water

dinner

chicken quesadilla

lemonade

alright folks.. i am down 2 pounds in a week. i stopped drinking soda and they came off. i am hoping more continue to fall, i am sure they will. i hope you are all trying hard as well to get in shape, not just for summer but for you. you deserve it!

.. monday, monday ..

alright, so it the beginning of the week. blast. i seriously hate mondays. i have to be back at work, lame. i have to work for 8 hours, lame. i usually am exhausted, double check. and today on top of all the lameness and double checks, i woke up feeling like a coal burning train had just run full force into my face. hello sinuses. 

like any other monday, i was off to work. i enjoyed breakfast, honey nut scooters and a camelback of water. ps - little note for you, i got a camelback at target. it was $14 and it has been the best thing ever. it holds 24 oz and can't leak. i fill it up like 3-4 times a day and it is great. okay back to mundane monday. i was at work, literally falling asleep in my chair. not a good sign. i finally got something to do that required moving around and was up. it took until about 11 for this to kick in. i worked until lunch, which i always take at 1:30 due to the fact that i go home and feed the little munchkin pup lunch. i opted for top ramen, since it was pouring rain and about 50 degrees. blasted utah weather. it is more bipolar than anything i know. so i ate a pack of beef top ramen prepared in the microwave, best thing ever. and a huge glass of water. after lunch i loved on the puppy for a few and then i had to leave to make it back in time. 

back at work i was pretty busy, no time really to just sit around. which i LOVE. it makes the day feel shorter than it really is. since i didn't sit around much there wasn't much time for snacking so i just plowed through with a few cough drops. it is the only thing saving my throat the moment. after work, i debated going to the gym. i know that i have trainer day tomorrow so i didn't know if expelling all energy and getting sicker the day before would bring great joy, so i decided that i would take it easy today and just be. so i did laundry instead.

tonight we celebrated my sisters hubs birthday which is actually on tuesday. we had grilled pannini's and homemade tomato soup. i opted for just a grilled cheese instead of all the meat and fats, like cream cheese and what not. it was good. i have to say. i enjoyed it, and it kept me warm vital for a freezing spring day like today. after this my mom had made chocolate lava cake to celebrate. i took a small scoop to celebrate. around 1/3 a cup. it was enough to participate and not enough to kill the calories. 

not bad for not exercising today, hopefully my little fighter dudes and gird their loins for tomorrow and be tough. we are going to need all that we can get. that and i am headed to bed early to try and get some extra shut eye. 

makeup day.. its gonna hurt

day three. the headaches are still here from the blasted diet coke. some one help me. i did cut back on my breakfast which was good. i had about a cup of cheerios. it was good. today i had a half day at work and i went and got the pups and met my hubs for lunch. he wanted wendy's. i know fast food. argh. so i decided to weigh the options and use my spark people app to see the items that had the least amount of fat and semi good for me. i decided the chicken sandwich and a fruit punch. it wasn't all that bad. after lunch i took the pups home and we relaxed for a while and played for a while. before i knew it, it was gym time. 

trainer day.

my trainer had warned us at the last session that it was going to be hard and tough because one of the girls missed and we needed to make up for it. i was scared. got there and this is how it went down..

abs

{boxers, russian twists, leg lifts, planks, dead cockroach and repeat 3 times}

.. stomach muscles are screaming and steam is coming off of them due to the burn..

circuit #1

{squats with bar, pop overhead lifts, leg lifts, and push ups repeat 2 times }

.. my arms are just laughing at me, ha! you think we are going to work today, ha ha! ..

circuit #2

{squats with bar, rows with bar, chest presses, jump squats repeat 2 times}

.. yep arms continue to rebel..

circuit #3

{ jump pull ups, rows on squat machine, in and outs on bench, push ups repeat 3 times}

.. arms are seriously pissed at this point, there might be no hope..

circuit #4

{ calf raises, leg curls, leg extensions and single leg jump squats repeat 3 times }

.. legs something i can handle..

i was beat afterwards. like kill me now. and don't you worry i did it with loads of sassafras and gave my trainer the hardest time i could cause, well i can and it makes the session pass quicker plus it is just plain fun. all i wanted to do was sleep or lay down, but i knew i had dinner to make and dogs to bathe and just life to take care of. so i was off. we opted for steak burritos. i cooked a top sirloin steak in olive oil with a tad of salt and pepper. we had this on flour tortillas, with pico, olives, cotija cheese, cilantro and tomatillo dressing. delicious! my body started to rebel at this point. due to the fact that i have an injury in my shoulder, called TOS.. i talked about it here, my arm quite often hurts more than normal. like kills. today was no acception. in fact today, on top of the arm ripping pain, my arm decided it would take its dose of earthquake pills. so my arm shook uncontrollably the rest of the night. try eating a burrito with an earthquake in your hand. yep messy and not cool. thanks arm. 

we finished up the day with bathing the dog and cleaning up. bed is looking great right now. 

 i have a feeling tomorrow is going to hurt. 

my achey achey.. body

well i survived the night and made it into day two. i do have to say though i haven't been this sore in a really long time which i guess could be good, but i am thinking it might be bad. i woke up feeling like i could barely get up to walk around and get into the shower. it hurt to lift my arms to brush my teeth. this is going to be a long day coming. 

day two without diet coke. day one was pretty smooth i thought, hey maybe it is so smooth cause it is a diet drink. guess again. today i had the head splitting headaches and the nasty stomach ache and the cranky attitude to go along with it. blah. pretty sure the hubs was irritated with me by the end of the day. why do soft drink companies make that stuff so addicting, that when you do quit that you feel like you are coming down off of like cocaine or something. the withdrawls are horrid. 

i can't get a workout in today. dang it. not that my muscles are upset with that news, pretty sure they just did a party when they found out i wasn't going to push them beyond insanity. yep a little muscle mixer where they all hang out around the punch bowl discussing how they may hurt me if i push them today. i think it might be in the cards to just not push my luck. i have work until 5 and i have a meeting at 6 for the youth group i am in charge of in my church. i am in charge of the 16-18 year old girls. they are a blast, but it takes a lot of planning to get things done. so tonight is one of those long hall meetings to figure out the next two months of activities. 

as for food today, i have been doing good on the less sugar thing. i am actually impressed. i had dry cereal for breakfast, honey nut scooters - woot woot! and then drank my body weight in water, i had to pee so bad all day to day. then lunch was chicken and a few chips. i could have done without the chips, but they sounded good at the time. dinner was at the meeting, she did a potato bar. it was good. i got protein in with chicken and then loaded up the veggies and steered clear of the sour cream. all in all good. 

i felt like today was stressful and busy. i need to start trying to find some balance in my life so i can make time for workouts even on the busy days. well, i am off to bed, hopefully to get some good rest since that helps my muscles just chill their crazy little brains. tomorrow will be a fun one, full day of work and then trainer night. he warned us that tomorrows session will be hard that we are going to go after it, not a good sign. those muscles better rest up and eat their wheaties. 

. gird your loins .

well today wasn't as bad as i half expected it to be. i decided after talking with my trainer and thinking about my weight loss that i really wanted to start being healthier. choosing better foods and making good choices. so i decided, to quit diet coke. 

um what??!

*side note, i have quit soda once before. i did a challenge with my hubs and his mom. she was going to quit smoking, i was going to give up soda (i had a addiction to dr. pepper at the time) and my hubs was going to do p90x. i lasted 7 months. i was impressed with myself, i felt like i was going to die after about 2 weeks. puke. 

so.. with this little thought in mind, i started to kind of panic. how was i going to deal with the caffeine withdrawals the killer head splitting migraines and the constant feel of i am going to fall asleep at that exact point. blast this stupid goal setting. so, i just did it. today was day one. i did pretty well. i wasn't too tired, well more than normal. i didn't get a headache all day, i don't know what angel was hovering over that one. i actually felt good. i didn't feel like i weighed 400 pounds after a can. maybe, just maybe this won't be so bad. 

today was also trainer day. 

he took on a new 'client'. she is lame. we all work out in a group. you heard me a group. there are 5 of us girls who go together at once. the new 'client' won't come with group, i call her antisocial. my trainer just laughs. so since antisocial won't come with the group, she gets her own sparkly session and she wanted it right when we used to come.. 5:30. brat is what i should call her. so since i have to adjust for ms. brat, we come a half hour later. this half hour, is not a good thing, let me tell you. i get home from work around 5:15 and all i want to do is plop my bum on the couch and take a nap or something, which now i can do since i don't have to be there until 6. it makes me tired, unmotivated and just plain 'sassafras'. so, me post nap and unmotivated picked my spandexed self up off the couch and drove the 2 miles to the  gym and walked in late, by like 2 minutes. my trainer gave me 'tude. it was on. every time he mentioned an exercise i would either have a comment or a look for him. it actually was kind of fun. try it. but really don't try it, with a trainer. every 'sassafras' comment i made equaled more pain, either in reps or exercises. shoot me. so it just made me want to do it more. eat it. so after a painful hour we wrapped up. i was pooped and already sore, not a good sign for days to come. blast.

dinner tonight was fun. the hubs and i opted for breakfast for dinner. we had eggs and pancakes. homemade pancakes, all about the clean cooking. 

if i make it to tomorrow you will know. maybe.