Life Changing Journey

Wow…Has it been this long already since I’ve logged anything here? Hmmm…Oops.
Things have been going crazy at work, and then with school on top of it, it’s just been craziER. I am having hard time even with logging into 3FC forum. tsk tsk Tara…

Let’s see. I got Hip Hop Abs and started this Monday..I can’t really tell if it’s really working or not yet but we will see. I got not even a week left till leaving for Korea and I still am at 174. Really wanted to see 169 before I leave…or at least say g’bye to 170’s but I don’t know. Looks like it may not happen. Well. It will be one hella week of trying though…

As far as personal life goes, I think my bf finally got a decent regular job. AT MY COMPANY. lol. I talked to my TL and he got him a position but my company is quite big and they have like tons and tons of project… I more than likely will never even see him at work. Especially since I work at night. I think it will be a refreshing change. AFTER seeing him every single day for every waking moment, almost. And I finally got him to get driver’s license for this state, too. Yeah, he’s been here over a year now and we just got him one. I know. SLOW. huh? Grr.. At least I take care of bills and stuff.

I have to get all, and I mean ALL my homework before going to Korea. I talked to my professors and they were actually nice enough to post the homeworks on the website earlier than supposed to so I will have about a week to finish them before I go…and VACATION!!! OMG! I can’t wait!

So.. I better get going. and do some homework.

Oh what a horrible horrible weekend I had…
In the middle of last week, I was at little bit under 175 and then my bf brought whole bunch of bagels, muffins, danish, quiche… Sigh… Yeah. You know where I’m going. Then potluck at work on Sunday.
So this morning, I was at 177-178… So much for “3 weeks left, let’s go, tara”…
I did a good workout today, though, for 55 minutes. A mix of cardio and strength. Good. I didn’t do that bad for food either. Well, kinda bad but I didn’t eat when I wasn’t hungry…I had a muffin and 6 inch subway. And water. Lots of water.
I wasn’t really going to go grocery shopping since I didn’t want to waste food while gone for 2 wks..but then again, I don’t have any veggies or fruits at home. So tomorrow morning, we are going to go get some absolutely necessary ones. Hopefully that will help me with food choices for next 2.5 weeks.
And I’m going to up my cardio. I really want to pass 170’s before I leave for Korea since I will be having lots of Korean food….and I want to weigh as little as possible. I will be doing mostly cardio while there since I won’t have access to weights but my parents have stationary bike and treadmill at home. Yay!
Okay, enough with my ramble… I better get back to work…

Thursday. My “bad” day at work. My Team Leader stays late and have one on one meeting and we all order dinner at the beginning of the shift. (My shift is 8 PM-430 AM) So I prepared for it all day.

I had half serving of oatmeal with little bit of unsalted almonds. Then I had half of 100 cal pack. That’s all I had… then pad thai at work.

My workout…I did C25K Wk7. That would be 2.5 miles…25 minutes. Then I did 15 minutes of pilates. Not that much but I decided to lose the ALL OR NOTHING mentality. Please refer to below Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, 15-Sep-08: 30 minute 30 Day Shred, 30 minute run
Tuesday, 16-Sep-08: 25 minute run
Wednesday, 17-Sep-08: 40 minute Hi-Def Sculpt

I wanted to work out in the afternoon on both Tuesday and Wednesday but sigh… we ended up going somewhere on Tuesday, so I couldn’t. I had a meeting at work for an hour and then more homework on Wednesday, so I couldn’t. At least I’m trying to wake up little early and get something done in the “morning.”

So.. I’m trying. My menu is going okay but with what I have available at home, it’s not really doable to stay on the “healthy plan.” I have no lettuce, no fruits,…really no food other than frozen stuff. We really need to go grocery shopping tomorrow or Friday. I got a feeling that this grocery bill will be quite..high. Sigh.

I’ve been sick… I think I got it from my daughter… My throat was hurting so bad, my cough was killing my chest, my left nose was stuffed… It was just too much for me to workout.
Well, I am still at 179, which is good because I haven’t gained much. I think I can now start working out again, although I’m not recovered fully. Whew.

I’m going to do WATP 4 mile today for an hour today… and we will see if I will be up to do more.

This week has been crazy. I had to work day shift so I was on the road for 3 hours, instead of 1.5 hours…because of the traffic and the constructino on the highways. Been too tired…and to top it off, I think I got hemorroids! My eating hasn’t been good at all this week since the company was giving lunch to those in the training. Well, although I tried to eat salad whenever it came with it, it was still not enough and I got constipation and ended up with the lump. Sigh… Grrr…. I didn’t work out on Thursday because I was so tired and then the “symptom” got worse so I wasn’t able to work out yesterday either. It hurt just to walk around… I can’t wait for all of this to get back to normal. At least my schedule will be back starting tomorrow…now it’s time for my body to get used to the normal routine again. Hopefully soon because I don’t have time to waste like that… October 10… only about 2 more months to go….

My DB, Korean friend and her hubby and I went to The Dark Night. It was a good movie…but I didn’t like it. It just made me sick to my stomach… It portraited how human are very well, not just a fight between batman and joker. And seeing how human can be, and how Joker proves it just made me sick…and that he is right here and there too. It also made me sick that some people actually take their kids to these movies. I think kids can wait until it’s time to find out on their own… Read the rest of this entry »

So…today’s “event”: I was dropping off my DD at her grandma’s house before coming to work, and the first word she said was “You won lottery or something?” I’m like “huh?” “You got lots of new clothes.” I told her it’s all my old clothes that I couldn’t fit into but now I can because of my weight loss and she goes “Sure.” So I told her I lost about 20-25 pounds. Then she asked me how I did it so I told her by working out and trying to eat healthy..Then she rolls her eyes and says “oh.” How interesting. I kinda got this bitter taste in my mouth..She either doesn’t notice it, or doesn’t wanna say it..But she notices clothes I wear. . Funny thing is when we did WW before, (she went to meetings, and I did online one)..every week, she would say “I lost XXlbs how much did you lose? Oh, that’s all?” Or if she didn’t lose that much, she would say “I didn’t lose that much this week (never say the number), what about you?” It’s like she’s jealous and trying to put me down or something. I don’t know… Well, at least I’m looking better and better and she still hasn’t come to realization that exercise has to be a huge part of living healthy.

Is she jealous or what? Ooh well.  

It’s been awhile since I’ve done daily update, it seems. I have been really busy at work and not much time to update. When I update at home, it’s only mid-day so there’s really nothing to write. And right now, I’m writing from home.so not much to write, really.

Now I have a daily ritual in the morning when I wake up. Before putting on any clothes, I look at myself in the mirror and enjoy what I see. I can start to tell that my body is getting more defined…like waist is actually there without all the lovely handles. It’s really nice to enjoy myself from front AND side view… All the workout finally is paying off, it seems. Well, it has been all along but actually seeing with my own eyes is a great feeling.

Today looks like it’s a good day. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, My eating wasn’t that good today…but I did do 30 minutes of Cardio and sweat like a pig. It has been awhile since I’ve done the Cardio Party but I could tell I’m in better shape than before I started doing 30-Day Shred! Some movements in CP used to be difficult for me. Well, not difficult but I couldn’t do them because I was too out of breath. Not today. I did all of them and wasn’t too out of breath either. Thanks to 30-Day!

I had no fruit at home for the past 2 days, and no oatmeal. I finally went shopping ( I had to get b-day presents for my friend and my daughter’s friend ) and went to a grocery store. Grapes, strawberries, banana, and blueberries. Edamame, Tofu (0.99 special, couldn’t pass it!), Oatmeal, Greek yogurt (I tried to find them before but couldn’t and I found it today.. wasn’t as good as I thought but it was okay with some graham crackers and blueberries. I think it will be pretty good with some nuts, too), FF Yogurt, cheese block… As I was putting stuff at the register, I was looking through them again because the guy in front of me were looking at my stuff. I thought to myself, “Wow, my grocery looks like some health freak’s. Except the chips and dips for my bf and cheese for my DD.” I was very happy with myself I came home and got all the fruits clean, put them in ziplock bags and tupperware, freezed some of them and stuff… Which is also awesome. I used to buy groceries and just put them in the fridge, no clean up until it’s time to eat…and ending up throwing a lot away. Not anymore. Having them ready to eat helps me a lot to snack on them rather than snacking on my DD’s graham cracker. lol

Then went to graduation/b-day party of my friend. No alcohol. Just lots of water…but bad food. Oh well. I didn’t stuff myself, though, so that’s good, I guess.

I should hit the bed now…