il mio viaggio

last night, in the middle of our beer & wingfest, we heard a horrible screaming/hissing sound outside the bedroom door.  the sound was so intense and ear-piercing, we could hear it all the way into the living room, even over the sound of the horrible movie we were watching.  hubby and i ripped open the door, and there was small fry, torturing a poor, defenseless cicada.  damn those things can scream.  bad small fry!  so we saved the bug.  but not before torturing it a little more with flash photography.

… and i’m down 1/2 lb.  woo-hoo!

also, i’m sore as crap from my core performance class yesterday.  he had us doing front planks and side planks and supermans, and everything else that made me sore all over.  it feels goooood.

still truckin’ along.  weight is the same.  i went to a very challenging step class last night; i ate light yesterday; i drank a shitton of water.  so if i keep doing this for a couple more days, i’m bound to see a drop in the scale.

thanks for the comments, everyone.  stay strong.  we can do this.

2p: i pulled my ass outta the grass at 11a this morning.  i headed to the gym for 30 mins on the arc trainer.  then i headed to the rec center for a core training class (squats, abs, arms, etc).  now i’m eating subway.  yum…

6p: so i ate a chicken breast sub (350) and a pack of harvest cheddar sunchips (200).  and about 8 tootsie rolls (200).  and a fiber one bar (140).  and a T of peanut butter (90).  brefkuh was a chex granola bar (140).  doing good so far (1120)…

9p: ended the night with a couple beers, a couple shots of jager, a few bbq wings, and a really horrible movie.  but hubby and i had a blast.  cheers to a really nice evening!

trying to stay strong and drink lots of water today.  no one can do this for me, so i need to take hold of the horns and DO IT!

hello ladies.  and gents?  are there any gents here?

how was your weekend?  mine was fab.  friday night we went out for drinks, but made it home safely.  saturday we worked in the yard for 4-5 hours, cleaning up a fallen tree, raking leaves, mowing, weed-eating.  yesterday we shopped and began working on our halloween costumes.  ate too many wings and lemon pound cake, but what’s a weekend without a little indulgence.

this saturday, the 23rd, is our 11-year anniversary.  wow, i’m getting old.  it is also the end of the 5 Week Challange.  in which i was slated to lose 10 pounds.  well, that’s not gonna happen.  as of this morning, i am down 2 pounds.  any loss is a good loss, but 2 pounds in 4 weeks is hardly anything to celebrate.  especially when my sister, and competitor, lost 7 pounds alone just last week.  sheesh.  i really want to get into the 70’s so i’m hoping for 5 pounds within the next couple of weeks.  i can tell i’m holding some water, so i think it’s doable.

10a: odwalla makes great smoothies.  so when i saw carrot juice yesterday at walmart, i snatched it up.  little did i know, it was actually just that - carrot juice.  icky.   i paid $2 for it, so i’m gonna chug it down (for the nutrients, too), but boy is it a chore forcing that wet, cold, carrot taste down my throat.  breakfast was a banana and a couple sips of odwalla carrot juice (100).

1p: lunch was garlic shrimp (175), 1/2c cottage cheese (120), odwalla mango tange juice (300), and a lindt dark chocolate square (80).  total calories so far = 775.

hola chiquitas.  it’s friday.  what more can we ask for.  uhh… well… i can ask for the scale to stop going up.  that’s one thing.  i am nearing the end of my Five Week Challenge, and i believe i’ve lost just over a pound.  wtf is my problem, you ask?  who knows?  it could’ve been the two bottles of wine i drank at the hotel in ATL.  or the pollo loco for dinner and the taco bell for a post-dinner snack.  it could’ve been the pizza buffet i opted for last night.  or my complete disregard for water over the past week.  i have been working out.  that’s the one thing that’s keeping my weight from completely sky-rocketing.  i just can’t seem to find the motivation to eat healthy.  so i guess i’m officially in a slump.  here’s to pulling out of it!

11a: just finished turbo jam cardio party remix.  and i’m sweaty and pooped.  i’m half-way watching a biography on kevin spacey.  i’ve never seen american beauty, but this bio has peaked my interest.  maybe i will rent it this afternoon.  work is slower than normal.  now that we’ve left ATL, it’s just a waiting game until the client decides to go live.  a couple weeks, maybe.  i had a banana for breakfast, and i’m nursing a bottle of water.  i hear small fry’s collar jingling near my front door, so i better go let him in!  ta-ta for now.

1p: lunch was some pretzel rods with mustard, pink lemonade, a 100-calorie cup of icecream, and 1/2c cottage cheese.

up at 7am this morning.  sat around for 30 minutes dreading the inevitable workout.  finally forced my shoes on and headed downstairs, back to the shitty eliptical for 15 mins and more walk/run intervals on the treadmill for 15 mins.  i was able to catch some of the olympics: kayaking and basketball.  our basketball team looks fierce.  all those muscles inpired me to run faster and sweat harder…

hey guys.  thanks for the concerned posts.  friday was a stressful day.  first the painting fiasco, then the tree removal guys came over to remove a gigantic tree in our front yard.  even the small limbs shook the ground and the house when they fell to the ground.  i was terrified.  luckily hubby arrived home around 4p with a case of miller high life.

the painting issue is not over but we settled it amicably.  we told the painter not to come back, we would give him $100 for the trim he painted, less the cost to sand and refinish the deck.  it is going to need light sanding in spots, a good scrub, and a coat of stain.  argh.  i was able to return all the paint to lowes, and i exchanged it for white.  so we’re doing white on white, but at least i know that can’t be messed up.  and i left a message for another painting crew, this time one i know is good, so i won’t chance it.

saturday we were in asheville all day.  hubby had a gig.  it went well, we spent the night, hung out in asheville yesterday, then came home to a giant tree trunk in our driveway.  it is a huge oak tree.  i think someone could make thousands off the wood.  we’re going to see if someone will pay us to remove the trunk.  any ideas?

i haven’t worked out since thursday.  i’ve been eating ok though.  friday, i was so stressed all day, i don’t know if i ate much of anything.  i did have a couple of beers though.  saturday, i had a few beers, a kfc snacker, and a nachos bell grande from taco bell.  not the best choices, but still probably kept it under 1500 calories all day.  yesterday i had two slices of pizza, a lemonade, a sprite, some pretzels, and some icecream.  the pizza was fabulous.  mellow mushroom’s hawaiian with pineapple, ham, and cheese.  to die for.  i was proud of myself after i was full from only one piece.  i ate another on the drive home, and that was the bulk of my day’s food.  probably another 1500 calorie day.  all-in-all, a pretty good weekend.

the scale teetered between 182.5 and 184 this morning.  i was thrilled to see it even thinking about 182.5 since that’s only .5 lbs more than today’s goal weight.  the final weight i got was 184 so i logged it.  i’m holding some water, so maybe i will see that number in a couple of days.  trying not to worry about it.  the good news is i felt lean this weekend in asheville, and it felt good for a change.  go me!

today i’m leaving at 2p for atlanta.  my colleague and i are training a new client through thursday.  i will be working out every day (including tonight at the hotel), eating well, and will check in every night from my room.

have a great week, everyone!

update: well, i’m here at the hotel in GA.  i did my turbo jam cardio party remix before i left.  it left me feeling lean for the trip here.  when we arrived, without hesitation, i changed into my workout clothes and hit the small workout room for 30 minutes: 10 on the crappy eliptical, where i hardly broke a sweat, and 20 on the treadmill where i alternated walk/run intervals.  we ate at fatz cafe on the way down.  i had the shrimp and veggie harpoons.  yum.  grilled shrimp (approx 12) with a spicy rub, and skewers of sliced veggies, over a bed of long grain rice.  it was quite good.  after my hotel workout, my colleague and i hit the hotel bar, where i had two glasses of wine, a chicken finger, and a handful of fries.  overall, i had a pretty good day.  the 6-hour trip sucked, but i will only be here for a couple more days, then i can go home to hubby and the animals.  :)  now it’s off to bed.  will check in tomorrow night.  have a happy tuesday.

kt

730a: painter is, once again, late.  i’ve now been up for almost an hour.  i would’ve savored that hour in bed.  it’s a nice, cool morning, and the bed just felt sooooo good this morning.  poo on the painter.  on the progress front: same weight, different day.

830a: painter finally arrived.  ate a fiber one bar for breakfast.  hope he doesn’t hear the gassy results of it!

1p: if i knew this morning what today was going to turn out like, i woud’ve stayed in bed.  the paint looks awful.  not just awful, but AWFUL.  horrid.  don’t know how else to describe it.  definitely not they way it looked on the valspar website.  lowes tells me its not refundable.  the painter tells me he can come back monday, but he will charge be labor all over again, basically paying for two houses.  plus he ruined my beautiful new deck.  he misted it with white and green paint, then when he pressure washed it, some of the stain turned a weird color.  i am absolutely devastated.  i already stopped payment on the check i gave him (i wrote it before i saw the deck).  i then had to transfer all the money out of my bank account, b/c the bank doesn’t guarantee same-day service on a stop payment.  i’m so sick over this, i’ve been crying my eyes out.  like someone has died or something, that’s how sick i am.  please tell me how silly i am being.  it’s so stupid to be this upset over paint, but i’m already out $600, plus my deck stain is ruined.  :( :( :(

8a: once again, no movement on the scale.  i don’t understand it and am trying not to fret.  glad you guys like small fry.  he’s a cutie.  i was ready to get rid of him a couple nights ago when he peed and pooed inside during the nightime, but i think we’ve finally figured out a system to regulate his food/water/bowel so that he is getting it all “out” before bedtime.  i’m really craving a biscuit this morning, but i know i need my fruit…

11a: well, i did have my biscuit.  not a biscuit, really, but an english muffin with egg, bacon, and cheese, courtesy jimmy dean.  hubby buys them for breakfast @ work, so i sneaked one.  they are about 350 cals, so it won’t kill me.  also had a small bowl of strawberry chex cereal.  the painter is here.  he’s painting our exterior/trim/trellis wall.  it’s messing up my schedule.  i had to get up super early to meet him outside, then he was almost two hours late.  sheesh.  now i really need a nap but am afraid he’s going to need something.  and i had to take a shower up at my mom’s.  don’t know why, i just was afraid he would come in.  i’m a weirdo.

1230p: lunch was a pita pocket with a grilled chicken breast, cukes, and a T of caesar dressing.  painter is still here.  i need to use the bathroom!  :(

3p: just returned from taking slimer (our little vw) to the shop for new brakes.  couldn’t resist a coke from hardees on the way home.  it was goooood.  but i did resist the fries, shakes, etc.  go me.  btw, small fry rode with.

6p: dinner was a handful of pistachios, a slice of bread, and two small slices of livermush.  yum, love the stuff.  heading to body pump at the gym.  it’s a new trainer so we’ll see how it goes…

9p: returned from gym and store.  body pump left me bored and sore.  i’m used to a lot of “dancing” - you know - fun stuff.  the new trainer (a guy) is as straight as they come.  i was afraid he was going to hurt himself on the step.  it was pretty funny.  he is more of a core trainer.  i’m definitely sore.  he had us doing jumping jacks, jump rope, high-knees, lunges in every form, sit-ups, etc, but it just wasn’t as fun as the step class i am used to.  plus he didn’t know how to use the sound system, so he didn’t crank it up, and it sounded like elevator music.  we were 15 women, huffing and puffing, and talking in between exercises.  not my idea of exercise “escape.”  for those of you that really like your music escape during your routines, you know what i mean.  oh well.  my body needed it, but my mind was so bored!  dinner was 2 slices of pizza and a newcastle.