7/11/10 Yay me!!

Weight: 185 lbs
Biceps: 13 in. -1
Chest: 43.5 in. -.5
Waist: 41 in. -2
Hips: 46.25 in. same
Thighs: 25.5 in. -1.25

Holy crap!!! I have been watching the scale go up and down the same 3 pounds (up first of course) and been so down on myself!!! I didn’t even think to check my measurements! Yay me!!!!

7/10/10 - my guilty pleasure :-)

At the beginning of summer I decided I was going to buy myself something special: an iPod touch. My friend has one and she’s constantly using it, so I did a search of all of the apps. First, I found my two favorite video games: Virtual Villagers 2 and 3. They are way cheaper than buying them for the computer. Then I was looking at all the health and fitness ones. I bought iWatch, which is basically a weight watchers points calculator without having to pay for weight watchers. I also bought All-in pedometer. Of course, I got the free translator and free facebook app. Then I also invested in iCan quit smoking and lose weight – both hypnosis.

I found the iPod for like $30 off on walmart.com with free site to store shipping. Then the wait began. I just can’t understand why they can’t just pull it off the shelf in the store or better yet, just honor the website prices, but they don’t and won’t. I thought I would go crazy waiting!!! But it finally came this morning and I was SOO PSYCHED!!! I plugged it into my computer and installed everything and charged it up. I also bought some of those marshmallow ear buds. I have troubles with headphones staying in my ears – probably why I haven’t owned a portable music player since there were cassettes. And I bought a sport arm band.

My workout playlist:
Over and Over 4:14 Suit Nelly/Tim McGraw
Summertime 3:25 Summertime - Single New Kids on the Block
Ice Box 4:17 Ice Box - Single Omarion
Caress Me Down 3:32 Sublime Sublime
By Her 4:09 Screamin' for My Supper Beth Hart
I Drove All Night 4:01 One Heart Celine Dion
Obsesion (Hsp Reggaeton Remix) 3:32 Caribe 2004 Aventura
Girlfriend (Spanish Version) 3:38 Girlfriend (Spanish Version) - Single Avril Lavigne
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) 3:13 I Am... Sasha Fierce (Deluxe Version) Beyoncé
Walk On Water 3:30 Disco Rojo Catch
Superman 5:50 The Eminem Show Dina Rae/Eminem
Gold Digger 2:05 The Mash Up DJ Greg J
Ghetto Cowboy 5:25 Chapter II: Family Reunion Drayzie Bone/Felecia/Layzie Bone/Mo ...
Dirrty 4:04 Lap Dancing Eclipse
Clumsy 4:00 The Dutchess (Bonus Tracks Version) Fergie
I'm Too Sexy 2:35 Make Me A Supermodel The Hit Crew
Hooked On A Feeling 2:39 This Is What Kids Call Music The Hit Crew
Bad Reputation 2:51 Bad Reputation Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Walking On Sunshine 3:59 80's Super Hits Katrina & The Waves
California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 3:56 California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - ... Katy Perry
Lip Gloss 3:42 Lip Gloss - Single Lil Mama
Missing You 3:27 Disco Rojo Lucy Carr
Shake It 3:00 Metro Station Metro Station
Shake That - Lil Fiz (Of B2K), Missy El... 3:11 Before The Rise (3 CDs) Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Missy Elliott
Check On It 3:33 100% Smash Hits 2006 Originally Made Famous By
Beware of the Boys (Mundian to Bach ... 4:05 Beware Panjabi MC
Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) 3:24 All I Feel Ray J
Crank That (Soulja Boy) 3:44 Crank That (Soulja Boy) / Let Me Get '... Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Love In This Club 4:23 Love In This Club (feat. Young Jeezy) -... Usher
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 4:26 R&B Classics Various Artists

I know, weird selection – but it works for me. So after my 4 ½ hours of virtual villagers, I decided to put the new pedometer to work. I got everything set up, put it on and cleaned my house for the full 2.1 hours of my playlist. I was sweating my ass off. I got done and plopped down on my fresh smelling couch and pulled the iPod out. Nothing!!! Apparently there is a lock button on the app that keeps it going when you put it in the arm band that I hadn’t noticed!!! Mental note to self: use the LOCK!!! Oh well, the music kept me moving anyway (and I’m sure the neighbors thought a cat was dying as I sang along, in two languages no less). My left earbud kept falling out, and I later discovered that I had put two different sizes on :-) Story of my life.

Well, my basement flooded this week with 4 inches of rain and though we spent a full day pushing the water out, I didn’t finish cleaning it. I got some borax laundry booster at the store so I can get the mildew out of the blankets that were on the floor, some elbow length rubber gloves – to protect me from whatever I may come across. I also got 10 big black trash bags to throw away all of the unsalvageable stuff, and some bleach to clean the floors. The smell is wafting up the stairs. We own two fans, but one of them broke this week and my dehumidifier started making noises and overheating this winter, but I’m going to try it anyway. Those things cost more than window air conditioners!!! My poor cat has been traumatized by all of this because that is his domain. I was too tired after cleaning the whole upstairs, so that is my task for tomorrow. This time the pedometer should be running!

6/30/10

Yeah, well, that didn’t last. I did only smoke a half a pack each day for 3 days. Then I got paid and smoked a whole pack in half a day. Worse, we went shopping today and I realized I have to get in a swim suit in 2 weeks. I’m feeling really depressed and anxious. I started to get stressed at the mall because they don’t have any suits left in my size, and I didn’t even have to try any on! Then my daughter has to add fuel to the fire by telling me that I do tend to eat fast food and have a hard time committing to anything. I don’t know if I am more irritated with her or with myself.

6/27/10

Ok, I’m running out of time and have already run out of money. Today I am done smoking. Summer is nearly half over and I haven’t lost any weight. I do feel stronger, but that is not enough. I’ve been saying for a long time that I was going to quit smoking and I have to just bite the bullet. This is the perfect time.

Where I want to be again

6/25 Latin Dancing Anyone?

I was looking at old pictures this morning. I used to look GOOD! I don’t care what anyone says about the weight that I was, I was fit! I may even post them here. Of course, Clayt, the everlasting naysayer, says if I looked that good at 150, I’d be a model at 117. Guess what? I don’t want to look like a model! I just want to look good/feel good! Who the hell does he think he is?!? We’ve never even met!

So my sister sent me this link this morning to this salsa dancing baby in Brazil. That was amazing! Then I looked up Beyonce’s Single Ladies. Our school dance team did a mixed dance (with boys) to that song and I missed it. I know they video taped it, but I never got to see it. I ended up watching several videos, including Shane Marcado in his basement and on the Bonnie Hunt show. He’s damn good! He even got to meet her. That was exciting. She should put him in a video. I bet there’s a grassroots FB page about it. I also watched the SNL parody that I loved! I could watch that over and over again.

So all those videos put me in the mood to dance so I got out my Latin Dancing for fitness videos. It’s a series of 5, 10 minute videos. I made it through two of them. I don’t look very pretty doing it though. There’s also no warm up or cool down so my calves were hurting. Feel the burn!! It really made me miss my belly dance class. I wish there was one around here. I did it for two years and made it to the advanced class. My friends and I started it as something to do together, but I moved up after the first session and they didn’t. They eventually caught up with me. It all centers around doing it with my friends. I really miss having them here. But Nikki and Lisa are coming down to go to the drive in tonight. I’m really pumped! I can’t wait to see them!! I didn’t get my child support today. It always comes on Fridays except when I need it. Then it comes on Monday. I hate those people.

6/24 Renewed spirit

It’s not cancer so that’s a huge relief!!! I have a renewed devotion. I took my dogs separately for walks. I meant to walk a half hour, but went 45 minutes. I took the jack rat first. He was the warm up. He’s more of a distance runner. Then I came home and switched out for the overweight beagle. She’s like the cool down, slow and steady. It does feel better to actually put on workout clothes (including powder). Maybe there is something to not just staying in your pj’s. I might tackle the pull up bar again today. My post on facebook caused quite a few responses. I called it the long arm hang :-)

I decided to put the bar up and try some of these reverse pull ups. That didn’t really work out, but I found that if I put my feet at a diagonal on the step stool I can lift my upper body weight without putting weight on my feet. I did like 5 and then I put on the arm straps and lifted both feet at the same time 3 times. Not much, but it’s a start. I might do it again this evening. It was actually kind of fun.