The wedding is in 13 days and I just can't wait. I am excited to marry Brian and while I have done very little with this wedding...we are too close for me to be excited. I will be excited on Friday 3.2.12 but until then it is just stress.
Stress is not helping me gain weight. Yes, I know I am one of those brides EVERYONE hates because I have lost too much weight. I believe I have gone down another pant size so I think I am a size 6. I am not going to the gym in the evenings anymore but I will continue to go during lunch. I just don't have anything to do during my lunch break after I finish eating so to keep my sanity I will continue to go during lunch. Trying to eat more and less healthy but that isn't working really well. I just do not like the taste of junk food and do not have the appetite. Oh well, it will be fine.
All the vendors are responding to me but the DJ. The DJ has been in contact with my father so I am not too concerned with that. Everything is going smoothly, there are a couple things that have gone over budget so our Honeymoon budget is non existent but we can save for that. Everyone is getting excited and my family and I are still trying to pull everything together.
Work is still going well. I am switching managers so after class on Monday I will be switching desks. I didn't really want to switch managers but my new manager is a nice guy so I am thankful for that. I am switching managers because they are adding a couple new teams and need people to go into the new teams. It should be good. This is a good time for me to switch if I am going to switch. I am not in production yet so a lot of what is changing could/would have changed anyway the only thing that is different is that I am reporting to someone new. Asking for time off for the wedding has been interesting as I have had to tell two managers. My current manager would approve it but I would have to tell my new manager since I would be under my new managers care by the date I needed the time off.
Even though the house is bigger....I am able to clean 85% of the bottom half of the house in 2 hours :) Yay! Now if I can only keep it clean. Organized is a different issue.
I hope to post more once the wedding is done. I am still trying to get in a new work schedule, hang with Brian, organize the wedding and deal with the house. Things are definitely going on, I just don't have the time to post about it :-\
Showing posts with label working out. Show all posts
Showing posts with label working out. Show all posts
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Fitness Update:
Wow, it has been awhile. Still now washer/dryer....well not a working set. Dryer is fine, washer is not working. Frustrating but I am plugging along.
Probably about the biggest piece of news is that I am in training for a 10k at the end of March and a 5k at the end of May and maybe some other tiny races in between/before. My friend Janet wanted to join works walking/running club as I may have told you (cannot remember and too lazy to look back) and as a good friend I allowed myself to be suckered into joining her.
While I will keep up with what classes I am taking and enjoying and what I am doing, unless I lose a significant amount of weight or inches I probably will not do a picture post. I really don't see me getting that much smaller and the camera isn't capturing my real size.
I am officially a medium on top and a size 8 on the bottom. I last weighed 145lbs but that was before I started gaining muscle back. I feel like even in the last week I am looking more toned then I did before I had to take the break to move. I did have to take the wedding dress in at least an inch on each side. If it wasn't clear I had lost weight before, it definitely was when I put the dress on.
Anyway on to my schedule. The running club is not meant, in my eyes, as something that takes away from my current work out plan but something that adds to it. Christina, the manager of our gym) is suggesting "Hal Higdon's 10k Training Program" (don't ask me who he is) and I was able to adjust it to work with my current class schedule at work. His program is for 8 weeks so as I get further I end up doing more)
Monday:
Per Hal: Stretch and Strengthen which will be the lunch class of toning and the evening class of boot camp
Tuesday:
Per Hal: Cross training which will be Step at lunch and Zumba in the evenings
Wednesday:
Per Hal: Running (at first 2.5 miles working my way up to 3 miles) in the evening and Rep Reebok class at lunch (toning/endurance/strength)
Thursday:
Per Hal: Cross training which will be Zumba during lunch and Mind/Body (intense yoga) at night
Friday:
Per Hal: Running 2 miles each Friday and strength which will be Triple Threat during lunch (toning)
Saturday:
Per Hal: rest day
Sunday: (Yes I am going to have to run on Sundays :( )
Per Hal: Running, starting at 3 miles and by the end of the 8 weeks, right before the race, I should be running 5.5 miles.
I didn't really have to do that much with Hal's schedule. He originally had me running Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and resting on Friday's. That didnt work with the class schedule so I just switched it up a bit. Also apparently doing the elliptical is not close enough to running on the treadmill to count :(. I started this on Monday, hopefully I will be able to keep up with it. For the days I am running outside of Sunday, if it takes me less then an hour to run the allotted miles I will walk the rest of the hour.
Lets move on to pictures shall we?
I am much tinier and thinner then these pictures show, especially the hip area. Oh well.
The next posts I have up myself are my bachelorette/birthday party thrown by girls at work, fashion show of the great clothes I found and the Master bedroom and guest bedroom
Probably about the biggest piece of news is that I am in training for a 10k at the end of March and a 5k at the end of May and maybe some other tiny races in between/before. My friend Janet wanted to join works walking/running club as I may have told you (cannot remember and too lazy to look back) and as a good friend I allowed myself to be suckered into joining her.
While I will keep up with what classes I am taking and enjoying and what I am doing, unless I lose a significant amount of weight or inches I probably will not do a picture post. I really don't see me getting that much smaller and the camera isn't capturing my real size.
I am officially a medium on top and a size 8 on the bottom. I last weighed 145lbs but that was before I started gaining muscle back. I feel like even in the last week I am looking more toned then I did before I had to take the break to move. I did have to take the wedding dress in at least an inch on each side. If it wasn't clear I had lost weight before, it definitely was when I put the dress on.
Anyway on to my schedule. The running club is not meant, in my eyes, as something that takes away from my current work out plan but something that adds to it. Christina, the manager of our gym) is suggesting "Hal Higdon's 10k Training Program" (don't ask me who he is) and I was able to adjust it to work with my current class schedule at work. His program is for 8 weeks so as I get further I end up doing more)
Monday:
Per Hal: Stretch and Strengthen which will be the lunch class of toning and the evening class of boot camp
Tuesday:
Per Hal: Cross training which will be Step at lunch and Zumba in the evenings
Wednesday:
Per Hal: Running (at first 2.5 miles working my way up to 3 miles) in the evening and Rep Reebok class at lunch (toning/endurance/strength)
Thursday:
Per Hal: Cross training which will be Zumba during lunch and Mind/Body (intense yoga) at night
Friday:
Per Hal: Running 2 miles each Friday and strength which will be Triple Threat during lunch (toning)
Saturday:
Per Hal: rest day
Sunday: (Yes I am going to have to run on Sundays :( )
Per Hal: Running, starting at 3 miles and by the end of the 8 weeks, right before the race, I should be running 5.5 miles.
I didn't really have to do that much with Hal's schedule. He originally had me running Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and resting on Friday's. That didnt work with the class schedule so I just switched it up a bit. Also apparently doing the elliptical is not close enough to running on the treadmill to count :(. I started this on Monday, hopefully I will be able to keep up with it. For the days I am running outside of Sunday, if it takes me less then an hour to run the allotted miles I will walk the rest of the hour.
Lets move on to pictures shall we?
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| Yes Brian is laughing at me trying to take pictures of myself and not helping |
I am much tinier and thinner then these pictures show, especially the hip area. Oh well.
The next posts I have up myself are my bachelorette/birthday party thrown by girls at work, fashion show of the great clothes I found and the Master bedroom and guest bedroom
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Is it Saturday yet?
And I do not even know if I want it to be Saturday because that isn't any less busy. I will hopefully write a real post this weekend but I wanted to at least put a synopsis up as it has been 8 days since I updated.
1) I turned 27 on the 15th. Brian, my parents and I spent the time in Charleston looking at houses, eating WAY too much and just enjoying each others company. A real post on this later.
2) House is moving along. Bedroom furniture arrived so we are starting to put clothes away. Our bed doesnt require the box spring but Brian had it put in anyway so now the bed is ridiculously high. Brian LOVES it....I hate it. Once I am up I am fine though curious to see how close we would be to the ceiling fan we have yet to buy but I do not like getting up or down. The king size was a good move.
3) My friends from work are throwing me a bachelorette/birthday party on Friday. A real post with pictures from that awesomeness. We are going to eat a sushi place (never had sushi before so we shall see) and then hang out at Anna's house who incidentally lives in the next neighborhood
4) Washer and Dryer are still not here but I gave up waiting on them and am using Caroline's washer/dryer. Because of this I am back at the gym. I started Monday and boy am I sore! Janet, one of my friends at work, somehow convinced me that I should join the running club at work so now we are signed up for a 5k and a 10k. I have two goals: 1) finish and 2) hopefully stay running the whole time...maybe not fast but I do not want to walk at any point if I can help it. Goal number 1 is more important then goal number 2. I will do a separate post on my new regime but let me just say running is not for me.
5) I got some birthday money for work clothes so I went shopping! I never used to understand how people could go nuts with shopping. Whenever I would go I would end up in tears because nothing fit me right so I was lucky to find something to spend my money on let alone somethings to make me spend too much money. Well, with the weight loss and tone I can definitely understand how someone can go overboard. I had a very successful trip and it may have been the first time in 27 years I did not cry shopping for clothes! First time for everything right? I plan to do a photo shoot as well for this.
6) Work is going well. We have another test coming up on the 27th so I am studying very hard. We have had overtime offered to us even though we are still trainees so I have been doing a lot of that. Still having fun but I had my first bawler.....not crying, absolutely bawling. I felt so bad, I could definitely understand her frustration and I tried to make her feel better but I think I ended up just making it worse. Definitely not fun, I was able to resolve the situation by the time the phone call ended but I just felt so bad for the caller. :(
Anyway Saturday is more overtime but after that a bridesmaid and I am going to get our dresses fitted and if there is time Brian and I are buying our wedding bands. Less then 6 weeks.....
1) I turned 27 on the 15th. Brian, my parents and I spent the time in Charleston looking at houses, eating WAY too much and just enjoying each others company. A real post on this later.
2) House is moving along. Bedroom furniture arrived so we are starting to put clothes away. Our bed doesnt require the box spring but Brian had it put in anyway so now the bed is ridiculously high. Brian LOVES it....I hate it. Once I am up I am fine though curious to see how close we would be to the ceiling fan we have yet to buy but I do not like getting up or down. The king size was a good move.
3) My friends from work are throwing me a bachelorette/birthday party on Friday. A real post with pictures from that awesomeness. We are going to eat a sushi place (never had sushi before so we shall see) and then hang out at Anna's house who incidentally lives in the next neighborhood
4) Washer and Dryer are still not here but I gave up waiting on them and am using Caroline's washer/dryer. Because of this I am back at the gym. I started Monday and boy am I sore! Janet, one of my friends at work, somehow convinced me that I should join the running club at work so now we are signed up for a 5k and a 10k. I have two goals: 1) finish and 2) hopefully stay running the whole time...maybe not fast but I do not want to walk at any point if I can help it. Goal number 1 is more important then goal number 2. I will do a separate post on my new regime but let me just say running is not for me.
5) I got some birthday money for work clothes so I went shopping! I never used to understand how people could go nuts with shopping. Whenever I would go I would end up in tears because nothing fit me right so I was lucky to find something to spend my money on let alone somethings to make me spend too much money. Well, with the weight loss and tone I can definitely understand how someone can go overboard. I had a very successful trip and it may have been the first time in 27 years I did not cry shopping for clothes! First time for everything right? I plan to do a photo shoot as well for this.
6) Work is going well. We have another test coming up on the 27th so I am studying very hard. We have had overtime offered to us even though we are still trainees so I have been doing a lot of that. Still having fun but I had my first bawler.....not crying, absolutely bawling. I felt so bad, I could definitely understand her frustration and I tried to make her feel better but I think I ended up just making it worse. Definitely not fun, I was able to resolve the situation by the time the phone call ended but I just felt so bad for the caller. :(
Anyway Saturday is more overtime but after that a bridesmaid and I am going to get our dresses fitted and if there is time Brian and I are buying our wedding bands. Less then 6 weeks.....
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Updates
That is my arm tonight at about 7ish. Swelling has gone down a lot, only really hurts if I bend it too far or bend/straighten it to fast. Stick and emergency break are still tough. Skin around the swelling is very sensitive so I can't really wear long sleeves to hide it. Yup...definitely got asked a lot of questions today. One of the great things about working for an insurance company is that they have RN's on staff and I was lucky to go through some training with two of them so I walked over to see what they thought. I had three RN's (one who used to be an Emergency Room nurse) looking at my arm. They all couldnt believe what the American Red Cross nurse did but thought I was overall fine. My pulse was good and I was getting good circulation in my fingers. It is seeming to get better, albeit slowly, but we are heading in the right direction. I am taking a break from the gym unfortunately as I do not want to cause more damage (this would have all been worth it if I actually gave blood....someones life is worth this) and will try to start back up on Monday. If it takes a turn for the worse I will have it looked at and will go back to the nurses on Monday if there is still color/swelling/abnormality to see if it is okay to go back to the gym during my first break. If it is at that point just a bruise then I won't need to see them...but if it is more then that I will double check.
Had a meeting with bankerman tonight but he wasn't there. He has always been fabulous about meeting with us and communication so I am sure something came up. Brian is going to call tomorrow. I am sure bankerman wants us to sign the papers asap and we sure would like to sign them asap we just need some help.
Got the plot layouts. I like the first option...Brian likes his idea/option. This may be the first time I veto something he actually wants. He wont pick a fight over it but it is the first time I have veto'd something he wanted...usually I back down and give in and sacrifice what I want. But this is a house, we have to think a lot about aesthetics, resale value and less about what we prefer. Brian doesnt want people looking straight into/at his front door so his option is perfect (it basically makes the house parrallel to the road with the front door looking into the neighbors side of the house and the back of the house looking at the other neighbors) but his option doesnt make the house/lot look pretty which is important to me and his would hurt the resale value tremendously (we dont plan on selling ever or at least for a really long time but you never know and in purchases like these you have to think through every scenerio). When he has the money like Bill Gates he is more then welcome to build a house any which way on a lot :) The only way I won't veto him is if he changes his mind and picks my option.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
My new workout schedule
Over the past two years I have started becoming more interested in being healthy. It started slowly at first (once I got as small as I could for Alyssa's wedding I kind of plateaued and it took me a while to get the motivation) but the ball definitely started rolling.
Brian and I completely re-did what we ate and what we had lying around the house. If we don't buy it we can't eat it. I started going to Curves and did Gymnastics at the same time for about a year or so. I can't remember exactly but in that year I lost 20 inches and 18lbs and ended up at 160 lbs. I am a solid girl so I will never be 120 (if I do, someone please call an ambulance) but I was doing pretty well at 160. A lot of it was muscle thanks to gymnastics. But all that work was hard and tiring. Between the hotel picking up and the late night gymnastics classes, I got burnt out and stopped knowing that I would at some point have to start doing something again. This was in December of this year.
Between December and about April I kept looking at local gyms but they were all so expensive! I tried to do another shocking activity (I like to do activities that no one would expect from me hence the gymnastics) but there really wasn't one. Then I got hired at the current company where they have a gym basically free of use to the employees and $20 a month for spouses. The fitness center is great! They have 4 treadmills, 1 stair climber, 3 bikes, 3 treadmills, free weights, a machine that allows you to do several exercises using weights (Brian and I can't think of the technical name) and a glider (supposed to be just as affective as an elliptical and treadmill but even easier on the joints). They also have a room for classes that you can use yourself if there isn't a class in the room. I am very pleased with it and Brian is thinking about joining. I was very excited about this opportunity because I knew that I could partake in it and keep up with it!
I have done very well keeping up the good eating habits since December. I am absolutely not as toned as I once was but my stomach remained flat which I don't think has ever happened. I have also only gained 6 lbs which I think is amazing. I don't have that far to go to get back to where I was 6 months ago.
Here is my schedule for July:
Monday: 12:35-12:45 ABSolutely (a quick class on my lunch break focusing on abs of course :)
5:00-5:30 Elliptical (my cardio for the day)
Tuesday: 12:35-12:45 S.T.R.E.T.C.H (a class for stretching so I can stay limber)
5:15-6:00 Zumba (SO excited for this one)
Wednesday: 12:05-12:35 Strike (no idea what this class is about but I thought I would try it)
5:00-5:30 Elliptical (mmm cardio)
Thursday: 12:05-12:35 Elliptical (cardio is good)
5:15-5:45 Ablab (Another Ab class)
Friday: 5:00-5:45 Elliptical (one thing as it is a Friday and my reward)
Each month the classes change which will help keep things new and fresh. I plan to do as many classes as I can. I am fine doing them in my lunch break as long as I can still eat lunch. I will do the elliptical when I am not doing a class like this but the days could change depending on the new class schedule.
I started today and I feel great! I was able to do the ab class fully which surprised me. I have always had issues with my abs and could never do the class 100% correctly. It helped that it was only 10 minutes but still. I think it was a great place to start. I was also able to do the elliptical for 30 minutes non stop on level 2 in the random mountain (resistance increases, decreases, increases, decreases in random pattern) setting which surprised me as well. The last time I did the elliptical I was dying after 20 minutes. Today I was able to breath without dying through the whole thing! I was tired at the end but I wasn't as out of shape as I thought I would be. I am definitely at a better starting point then I was 2 years ago. I am pleased that I was able to keep my body in shape/size as well as I have since December.
I will try to post monthly photo's to track any progress in size/shape. It really helped me last time to be able to look back and see where I came from. So excited to continue this project!
And wow...look at that...a post not centered on the wedding :)
Brian and I completely re-did what we ate and what we had lying around the house. If we don't buy it we can't eat it. I started going to Curves and did Gymnastics at the same time for about a year or so. I can't remember exactly but in that year I lost 20 inches and 18lbs and ended up at 160 lbs. I am a solid girl so I will never be 120 (if I do, someone please call an ambulance) but I was doing pretty well at 160. A lot of it was muscle thanks to gymnastics. But all that work was hard and tiring. Between the hotel picking up and the late night gymnastics classes, I got burnt out and stopped knowing that I would at some point have to start doing something again. This was in December of this year.
Between December and about April I kept looking at local gyms but they were all so expensive! I tried to do another shocking activity (I like to do activities that no one would expect from me hence the gymnastics) but there really wasn't one. Then I got hired at the current company where they have a gym basically free of use to the employees and $20 a month for spouses. The fitness center is great! They have 4 treadmills, 1 stair climber, 3 bikes, 3 treadmills, free weights, a machine that allows you to do several exercises using weights (Brian and I can't think of the technical name) and a glider (supposed to be just as affective as an elliptical and treadmill but even easier on the joints). They also have a room for classes that you can use yourself if there isn't a class in the room. I am very pleased with it and Brian is thinking about joining. I was very excited about this opportunity because I knew that I could partake in it and keep up with it!
I have done very well keeping up the good eating habits since December. I am absolutely not as toned as I once was but my stomach remained flat which I don't think has ever happened. I have also only gained 6 lbs which I think is amazing. I don't have that far to go to get back to where I was 6 months ago.
Here is my schedule for July:
Monday: 12:35-12:45 ABSolutely (a quick class on my lunch break focusing on abs of course :)
5:00-5:30 Elliptical (my cardio for the day)
Tuesday: 12:35-12:45 S.T.R.E.T.C.H (a class for stretching so I can stay limber)
5:15-6:00 Zumba (SO excited for this one)
Wednesday: 12:05-12:35 Strike (no idea what this class is about but I thought I would try it)
5:00-5:30 Elliptical (mmm cardio)
Thursday: 12:05-12:35 Elliptical (cardio is good)
5:15-5:45 Ablab (Another Ab class)
Friday: 5:00-5:45 Elliptical (one thing as it is a Friday and my reward)
Each month the classes change which will help keep things new and fresh. I plan to do as many classes as I can. I am fine doing them in my lunch break as long as I can still eat lunch. I will do the elliptical when I am not doing a class like this but the days could change depending on the new class schedule.
I started today and I feel great! I was able to do the ab class fully which surprised me. I have always had issues with my abs and could never do the class 100% correctly. It helped that it was only 10 minutes but still. I think it was a great place to start. I was also able to do the elliptical for 30 minutes non stop on level 2 in the random mountain (resistance increases, decreases, increases, decreases in random pattern) setting which surprised me as well. The last time I did the elliptical I was dying after 20 minutes. Today I was able to breath without dying through the whole thing! I was tired at the end but I wasn't as out of shape as I thought I would be. I am definitely at a better starting point then I was 2 years ago. I am pleased that I was able to keep my body in shape/size as well as I have since December.
I will try to post monthly photo's to track any progress in size/shape. It really helped me last time to be able to look back and see where I came from. So excited to continue this project!
And wow...look at that...a post not centered on the wedding :)
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