Melissa

I have a feeling this is not going to be very pretty, folks.

I was doing alright… and then Saturday came. My husband (who hasn’t been home in a month!) got to come home from work for a few days and he does the cooking (woot!) when he is home.

Saturday night:  homemade pizza. Sure, he makes me my own special portion of pizza loaded with onions, portabella mushrooms, and green peppers, but there is still the crust and the cheese!

Sunday:  Playoff day. Not good. Homemade subs. Popcorn (with butter). Candy. You get the picture.

And then, to top it all off, I had a Drumstick last night. Not chicken, the awful(ly yummy) ice cream variety.

On the plus side… he and I played racquetball at the gym yesterday. Wonderful exercise. I came away with a contact-injury again.

I signed up for FitBloggin… now I just need to figure out a way to get to Baltimore!!

How was your week? Do Confess.

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Okay, I did it. You may have seen my tweets where I was afraid to step on the scale this morning. When I got on the scale earlier this week, it was UGLY. Downright hideous. I chug-chug-CHUGGED water last night. So much, in fact, that I woke up THREE times to groggily make my way to take a piss.

I weighed-in at 220.6 lbs this morning. That is a gain of 0.4 from last Wednesday. I’ll take it, because it could have been so much worse.

My head was barely in the game this week. I think I may be getting overwhelmed at HOW FAR I need to go. I have the tools, I have the support, I just need to utilize these and make the changes. Like Thea said last week, I need to break it down into smaller goals and maybe I won’t get so completely overwhelmed by the fact that I want to lose 55 pounds!

It’s a new day. A GOOD DAY. I have my workout clothes on, the car started, a load of laundry washing (I just had to throw that in there) and I am shutting down the computer, lacing up my shoes, and getting my ass to the gym. STAT.

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I am down 1.8 lbs today. I am a little disappointed that it isn’t more, but I will take it!

I did fairly well with the eating all week long, but those damn cookies that my mother-in-law sent home keep rearing their ugly heads. Fucking cookies.

I got my butt to the gym again yesterday and did 3 miles and some ab/leg/arm weights. Today we got a butt-load of snow and I have a feeling that shoveling is going to be my main form of exercise.

My back/leg have begun bothering me this past week and this scares me. I have been doing SO good with *limited* pain and I am sincerely hoping it’s not a sign of things to come. I need to really focus on my posture and movements so that it doesn’t get out of hand again. I have been hoping all this time, that my back healed itself and the herniated disks were no more.

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Hello, Monday.

*Saturday, the 3 younger kids and I attended a Pie Social at their elementary school. This event included a cake/cupcake walk for the children. We left carrying two full-sized cakes and 6 turkey cupcakes, complete with Nutter Butters.

*I wish I could say that I did not shove any of that shit in my mouth, but alas, I cannot. I don’t even LIKE CAKE THAT MUCH. What the hell.

*I am that annoying girl at the gym who keeps sniffing while she is working out. I totally admit it. I have had a “sort-of” cold for ages now and my nose insists on running the entire time I am working out. There are only so many times you can hit pause to go blow your nose. I was cringing every time I had to sniff. Please tell me you have a miracle solution for this!

*I have been pretty good with working out, whether going to the gym or doing EA Sports Active More Workouts! Woo-hoo!

Until next week… (and I am sure it will be a doozy!)

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My husband’s parents came and picked the kids up for the afternoon, so it was the perfect time for me to get my fat ass back to the gym. Can I tell you how much I hate midday gym workouts??

It felt good to be back (sort of), I just need to figure out a way to get there in the mornings again, with the four rugrats tailing behind.

Today, I did 25 minutes on the Precor AMT and 20 on the Precor EFX, along with a half hour of arm/ab weights. Not bad for barely exercising the past month! My leg/ass pain was persistent, but bearable.

I love how exercise makes me feel, so why is it SO HARD to “get there”??

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1.  I have been doing horrible with my eating and exercise.

2. This injury in my ass is really a pain in the ass. My muscle is spasming every time I go from sitting to standing. I have tried a few different things to help, only it hasn’t helped.

3. I don’t know how I am going to get to the gym this summer with my four kids.

4. How do I get to the gym with my four kids????? How do YOU do it?!

5. I drank way, way, way too much Saturday night and stayed up way too late. Then of course, had to get up way too early! I wonder why the twins still feel the need to get up before 7 even though there is no school?

6. I had good intentions of grabbing my husband and the kids and going to the Y this morning, yet here I sit blogging.

7. I am super-excited for our new Team Challenge. I am quite sure my team rocks! Go PURPLE! This is just what I need to get back on track!!

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1. I’m still Shredding. Just finished today’s workout. Check out my progress here.

2. I missed Saturday.

3. I took last week off of the gym.

4. I went to the gym today. It felt good.

5. I came home and popped Jillian Michaels in.

6. Level 2 is so much harder after you have already bench pressed and done other shoulder/arm exercises. O.M.G.

7. I am super boring today, ladies and gents… I am still trying to catch my breath. ;o)

Hopefully your confessions are a little more exciting then mine.

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