So my body has not started to ache too badly from the gym exercises. I'm not sure if that's because I'm not pushing myself enough or because I am more fit then I previously thought I was. I'd love to believe the later, but from my weigh in the other day I'm pretty sure its the former. Either way I'm still working out, right? I mean that has to count for a big part of it.
Today was my day off from working out. Instead of my traditional work all day and go immediately to the gym afterwards, I worked and then took a quick trip home to change, see the boy, and be off again. Where might you ask? Well to catch up with a girlfriend of mine over a very much needed pedicure!!! Oh how I love pedicures! Now keep in mind I wouldn't dare let someone touch my feet before I went on a chance trip to NYC and decided I'd try it (because most likely I'd never see the woman doing it again). I immediately fell in love and have had at least 3 pedicures over the last 4 months. :) It may be a little overkill but its a way to pamper myself that I don't normally do.
So after work and some much needed pampering my friend and I went out to get the final touches to our Halloween costumes. (I'm going to be a naughty nurse, she's going to be a punk rockstar). Needless to say the places were PACKED!!! I mean I already had my costume - my BF was sick one weekend so I got it to cheer him up - so all I wanted was some accessories and a wig. Ladies, the mob was intense!!!! I was going to try and look at other costumes to see if I liked them better, but the dressing room line was too long, and because in all honesty I did not want to have to go through the idea of trying everything on just to see that it didn't fit me (I did this last year and almost broke down crying in the dressing room). So I ended up getting a cute Nurse's bag to go with the outfit, and some white fishnets, and this crazy wig. All in all, my day was amazing, and I stayed pretty healthy, even if I did not make it to the gym today.
I hope all of your days were as Halloween and pamper filled as mine!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Day 2 - The Weigh In!
Ok so I'm onto my day two and I'm still pretty pumped about getting fit and healthy. Now I know you've heard this before, but like I stated in my last post I am a new, more driven Bella. My big example of proving this was at the gym yesterday.
Now for anyone who has ever joined a gym you know you have to go through all the paperwork and the tour of the gym and the machines and such, and then with my new gym in particular you go through your measurements. And when I say measurements, I mean ALL my measurements. I was being poked and prodded everywhere, I mean I think the girl came just short of giving me a colonoscopy (and this was just for signing up at the gym!). Now had this been before the driven Bella showed up I would have shrunk away from the girl, turned beet red, and prayed that the torture was over with soon, but nope, instead I held my head up answered EVERY question truthfully, and did everything asked of me no matter how bad the results were. Oh and trust me, those results were bad. It's one thing to go on the scale at home and weigh yourself and know your fat, it's a whole other thing to have all of your inches, fat, and weight calculated on your body. If the scale didn't open my eyes to the severity of my weight issues, then all the measurements from last night most definitely did. For being 25, my BMI was so high, that it was actually beyond that point where they just stop and say "Anything beyond such and such a number is completely obese and you should feel horrible for yourself."
Ok, so that might have been a little dramatic at the end there, but trust me that's what it felt like when I saw that my number was so high it didn't even get a chart placement anymore. Ouch! So needless to say, after poking and prodding I went straight to the actual workout part of the gym and put my butt into high-gear. Needless to say my bedtime last night was very early. :)
Now for anyone who has ever joined a gym you know you have to go through all the paperwork and the tour of the gym and the machines and such, and then with my new gym in particular you go through your measurements. And when I say measurements, I mean ALL my measurements. I was being poked and prodded everywhere, I mean I think the girl came just short of giving me a colonoscopy (and this was just for signing up at the gym!). Now had this been before the driven Bella showed up I would have shrunk away from the girl, turned beet red, and prayed that the torture was over with soon, but nope, instead I held my head up answered EVERY question truthfully, and did everything asked of me no matter how bad the results were. Oh and trust me, those results were bad. It's one thing to go on the scale at home and weigh yourself and know your fat, it's a whole other thing to have all of your inches, fat, and weight calculated on your body. If the scale didn't open my eyes to the severity of my weight issues, then all the measurements from last night most definitely did. For being 25, my BMI was so high, that it was actually beyond that point where they just stop and say "Anything beyond such and such a number is completely obese and you should feel horrible for yourself."
Ok, so that might have been a little dramatic at the end there, but trust me that's what it felt like when I saw that my number was so high it didn't even get a chart placement anymore. Ouch! So needless to say, after poking and prodding I went straight to the actual workout part of the gym and put my butt into high-gear. Needless to say my bedtime last night was very early. :)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Day 1 - Lets get back on track!
Dear Skinny Jean Followers,
As you may have guessed by the amazing title of today's blogpost, I fell off the wagon. I mean I crashed off of it and did not realize how long it had been until I got an anonymous post yesterday asking of my whereabouts. Which by the way thanks to 'Anonymous,' you made me realize I needed to jump back online and let you all know what is going on and what I'm doing about it. It's really amazing to have a support group to help you online as well as off.
Ok down to the details of my fall from the diet. As I told you in my 'Day 14' post, my uncle had recently passed away and I was gone for a few days for the funeral. My eating habits and exercising habits faltered immensely. Then of course I had work stress and my boyfriend and I went on a much needed trip to Las Vegas, which although its a horrible excuse, I said I was on vacation and deserved a break. Needless to say, Vegas ended two weeks ago and I realized on Sunday of this week that not only had I gained every pound I so proudly loss, I also gained an extra pound. I was not happy with myself at this realization, and after some much pouting, self-criticism, and yes a little crying, I kicked myself in the ass and decided to start everything again, only better!
My new self...
The only better part comes in place after the meltdown and disgust I felt for myself. I realized that I don't want to be that way ever again. That WAS my low point. I finally took a long hard look at myself, my eating habits, and my diet and decided that I needed to not only change my physique but myself, body, mind, and soul to make this work. Thus, I have not only started eating healthier but I finally sucked it up and joined the local gym. Now I hadn't done this before because I am very self-conscious about my body and didn't want to go to the gym to do the little exercise I could do, only to be flanked by Barbie and Ken doing double time on the treadmill. But I joined up and was pleasantly surprised to find not only that I wasn't surrounded by Barbie and Ken wannabe's but that there were normal people - lots of normal people- there. I mean people like me, you, and even like Aunt Edna, there just trying to get healthy like me. So with this new drive and new membership I am onto a new start! This big girl is going to become a skinny girl, mind, body, and soul - watch out world, I'm coming out!
As you may have guessed by the amazing title of today's blogpost, I fell off the wagon. I mean I crashed off of it and did not realize how long it had been until I got an anonymous post yesterday asking of my whereabouts. Which by the way thanks to 'Anonymous,' you made me realize I needed to jump back online and let you all know what is going on and what I'm doing about it. It's really amazing to have a support group to help you online as well as off.
Ok down to the details of my fall from the diet. As I told you in my 'Day 14' post, my uncle had recently passed away and I was gone for a few days for the funeral. My eating habits and exercising habits faltered immensely. Then of course I had work stress and my boyfriend and I went on a much needed trip to Las Vegas, which although its a horrible excuse, I said I was on vacation and deserved a break. Needless to say, Vegas ended two weeks ago and I realized on Sunday of this week that not only had I gained every pound I so proudly loss, I also gained an extra pound. I was not happy with myself at this realization, and after some much pouting, self-criticism, and yes a little crying, I kicked myself in the ass and decided to start everything again, only better!
My new self...
The only better part comes in place after the meltdown and disgust I felt for myself. I realized that I don't want to be that way ever again. That WAS my low point. I finally took a long hard look at myself, my eating habits, and my diet and decided that I needed to not only change my physique but myself, body, mind, and soul to make this work. Thus, I have not only started eating healthier but I finally sucked it up and joined the local gym. Now I hadn't done this before because I am very self-conscious about my body and didn't want to go to the gym to do the little exercise I could do, only to be flanked by Barbie and Ken doing double time on the treadmill. But I joined up and was pleasantly surprised to find not only that I wasn't surrounded by Barbie and Ken wannabe's but that there were normal people - lots of normal people- there. I mean people like me, you, and even like Aunt Edna, there just trying to get healthy like me. So with this new drive and new membership I am onto a new start! This big girl is going to become a skinny girl, mind, body, and soul - watch out world, I'm coming out!
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