Somebody has a case of the Mondays!

Guess who didn't feel like working out today? Gasp, it was me! But alas, I found a way to make it there.

So, I wanted to pull off a total body workout, abs, and 40 minutes of cardio but I didn't want to be at the gym for two hours. I haven't been working out like I used to for about a month so I decided just to do the total body and take it easy. Half way through my workout I was jazzed and thinking about going for the cardio anyways. Let's face it, I was high on endorphins, once they wore off and my leg exercises kicked in I was thinking about cutting out early. In hindsight, I don't know how much I would have been able to do had I decided to do the cardio to begin with. I'm glad I went.

God, I love lists, I made this one on Sunday.

Rewards! Mama's one step closer to a Kim Kardashian booty!:

1. 15 pounds lost (34 pounds total) = pedicure or massage
2. 30 pounds lost (49 pounds total) = $100 for video game stuff or electronics
3. 1st or 2nd in the contest = leg waxing (I won't have to do it myself, yay!)
4. At the end of the contest = One decadent meal at Giovanni's (I have a coupon if you want to join me, Persian and Italian food... nummy) and a massage
5. 70 total pounds = laser hair removal
6. 90 total pounds = more laser hair removal and microdermabrasion (or facial)
7. My goal weight: 118 total pounds = a ginormous HDTV flat screen that would give the boys wood and some Diesel jeans

OMG, I just made the best dinner. Well, the chicken was a little bland because the veggies sucked up all the seasoning. Anyhoo, it was chicken, broccoli, squash, and carrots all cooked in one of those cooking bags with a little olive oil, garlic salt, and Nature's Seasoning. Yummy!

Things I've accomplished today:

• Cooked dinner and extra veggies
• Total body workout: 17 reps/3 sets (7.5 pounds) of Back and Chest on the Freemotion machine, Shoulder Press 17 reps/3 sets with 8 pound free weights on ball, 20 reps/3sets of Reverse Lunges (on the step up box) with extra ass flex at the end (for Kim's booty)
• Abs 20 reps/3 sets of the bridge and cobra
• Drank all of my water
• Took all of my vitamins (even the vitamin C that I keep forgetting)
• I didn't eat it when I almost fell of the step up box at the gym but only barely
• Hung my devil clock but his goatee isn't swinging like it should :(
• Made my desk at work look purdy
• Watered my plants and did this
• Managed to not get my coworkers into a strangle hold, tee hee, even though I wanted to
• Most likely I'll also go to bed early since I'm finishing this up at a reasonable hour
• Oh, I almost forgot, I touched roses

I think I'm out of here. Plans for tomorrow... I'm just working and then Elena and are going to the Lane Bryant outlet mall and we might workout. However, I've planted to seed of a day off so I might take my day tomorrow if we aren't feeling like walking or anything.

Rosie the Riveter says, "You can do it!"

Maybe I should change my blog name to Stubborn Fried Succubus...

I was trying to get the totals for the men's challenge today, to see how much work I had cut out for me, but I was denied. D-effing-nied, I tell you. :)~ I think he was just trying to be a twat, but where there is talent, there is always a place to shine and sometimes, tragically, your own spotlight. I did get the figures out of him, eventually, and I promptly informed him that I would be taking the number one competitor, it was just a matter of time. He told me, "There was no way you can beat him." Thanks bro, there's no better way to motivate me than telling me that I can't or shouldn't do something. Yay, I found my motivation, while it may be fraught with spite, it's still the motivation I need. I felt like Lock on Lost, "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

So... diet and exercise news, I can't say there's much to tell. I didn't want to go to the gym today and I didn't. I walked the neighborhood around my dad's place for as long as I'd do cardio, and came back and did my abs. And because I'm SO efficient, I made a grand while I was walking the streets, he he, not, but I did do my laundry while I was practicing for my Biggest Loser victory lap. I carried the torch and waved and the moms and kids like I was Miss America.

This is so dead to me. I'm SO sleepy.

This is what I accomplished today:

• My laundry
• 40 minutes of cardio
• 20 reps/3 sets of the bench ab work
• Took all of my vitamins but my last Hepasil
• Work stuff
• I got Zack and Steve to help me move my couch and washer/dryer this weekend
• The recycling at home (new place and old) is gone but I left the work stuff at work, DOH!
• I've almost drank all of my 100 oz of water (I only made 80 last night)
• Made my bed and I will lie in it, later

I had some iced tea and sweet n low today. I think I was pretty diligent other than that. I just wanted something and that was the best choice for where the cravings were heading.

The Opening Reception: Who was promised punch and pie?

Thirty was supposed to be the year that I got my shit together but it was more like the year the wall fell, and possibly a few other vital areas, and made room for rebuilding. I did manage to successfully quit smoking cigarettes but the weight was still there and still creeping if I didn't watch it and exercise 4 times a week.

Well, by the end of my thirtieth year of life I finally realized something. I realized that my doctors were making me crazy and making my problem worse. It's no biggie, just PCOS, which is a hormone disorder. Every time they would try to fix me, I'd gain at least 20 pounds and turn into Cybil until I fired them like the last time. It was like 14 years in an abusive relationship and I got the trailer, lol! Through all of this I realized they don't have the tools to fix me, I think this is on me to fix. I think it's also possible that I was never broken to begin with, that they made any issue I may have had far worse than it ever was. Anyhoo, so I devised a little plan from the knowledge I gained when I was a doctor on TV. It just so happened to coincide with work's Biggest Loser Contest. Fate smiles on me, don't be jealous.

This was the plan:

• Cut out processed and fast foods
• Cut out alcohol
• Start lifting weights again
• Only eat whole wheat breads, pastas, and grains

Past this my only goal was to eat better and ditch a few bad habits I'd picked up along the years.

I did really well for the first three or four months and the bottom fell out. I had lost 25 pounds just by adhering to my little plan and I got really stressed out and I let it all go to crap. That situation has been resolved to my liking. :)~ But, sadly, all that luscious enthusiasm I had in the beginning is tapped out. I've gained a little of the weight back, plummeted in from 1st to 3rd for the ladies in our competition, and I'm trying to fake the enthusiasm until I get there again. Now, I just need to get serious and most likely more strict than I had been. And, drum roll please, my plan:

Goal: Lose 34 pounds by 7/14/08 and win the Biggest Loser for the ladies figures.

• Cut out all soda
• No more than 4 alcoholic beverages a week (I was generous)
• The drinks may only be hard liquor on the rocks or water back
• Phase out all dairy products
• Drink 100 oz of water per day (Monday - Friday)
• I'm allowed the minimum of 64 oz of water on Saturdays and Sundays
• Give up salad dressing except on rare occasions
• Do abs at least 4 times weekly (goal 6 times weekly)
• Do a total body workout (from trainer) a minimum of 2 times weekly (goal 3 times weekly)
• Cardio is a minimum of 4 times weekly (goal 6 times weekly)
• Get 7 hours of sleep (people who got more sleep are clinically proven to lose more weight than those that are under sleeping)
• Cut out all artificial sweeteners (these hang on to the weight and affect your insulin levels)
• No eating 3 hours before bedtime

Today was the start day, I plan to eliminate a lot of these out of my diet slowly. More on that later, I need to get to bed early.

Today I accomplished:

• Created a blog
• Talked myself into working out
• 40 minutes of cardio
• 20 reps/3 sets of the bridge and cobra (to strengthen my core muscles)
• My grocery shopping
• Got to bed on time
• Took all of my vitamins but my 3rd hepasil
• Talked about my feelings
• Group hugs and unicorns with rays of rainbow lights shooting from their eyes (what were we talking about?)