A-Ha!

In my last post on Friday, I mentioned how the couch called my name along with food all day... and I wasn't sure if it was the working-out or if I was wanting to eat out of boredom.

Well good news ladies.. it turns out with all the excitement this past week I forgot about the one day a month that a woman needs to "prepare" for the following day. (Read hibernate and eat in privacy cuz it ain't pretty) That's right I was PMSing..  Oh happy, happy, joy, joy. 




Funniest thing about this..I am totally craving oranges...

 

Yesterday I did the period purge.  For any men who may stumble across this blog or women who are confused by this term.. The Period purge comes in many forms, for me it tends to come in the form of either cutting bangs, dying my hair or purging my closets and drawers.  Luckily for my poor fried hair, this month I cleaned house.  Well 2 rooms, and if you've seen my closets in those two rooms you would know why it took me all day and only completed 2 rooms (I am not talking about the size of the closets.. the lack of actually,  referring more to the amount of stuff I can stuff into one).

Talk about weight being lifted!  I worked for a good 8 hours and man did I sweat.  6 garbage bags of donation and trash later.. I feel 20lbs lighter.  My house still has A LONG way to go and so does my body, but both are looking better today.

This morning when I put my work-out pants on to hit the gym, I felt a flattish belly for the first time in years. Don't get me wrong it is still all flab, and has the same measurement as my boobs and butt, but the bloat is down.  (I guess the water has paid off)
And get this, last night when I put on my fresh out of the dryer jeans  - I didn't have to lay down to do them up!  Now that was a good feeling.. and one that kept me motivated enough this morning to get up and go to the gym. 



Yup you guessed it.. my typical Saturday night jeans :)



I made it to Day 5!!!

Day 5.. Almost complete. Wow, a whole work week and no major break-down binges!!

Although, if I were to be honest, today was tough.

It started out great, took the kids to school and off to the gym for some serious Mommy time. One of the things I love/hate about my gym, is that each cardio machine has a built in Television. 


NO - NOT ME... YET...

I love the TV's because:
A.The time goes so quickly
B. Guilt free TV
C. I end up doing way more cardio than planned just so I can watch the last segment of The View.

I hate the TV's because:
A. I feel like I never have any quiet in my life, no time to be with me and my thoughts
B. I end up doing way more cardio than planned just so I can watch the last segment of The View.

With my luck today The View had a segment called 4 hours to change your life.. everything from sex to weight to sleep deprivation.. so I had to stay on that treadmill to find out how to change my entire existence in 4 hours.

An hour and 20 minutes later I found out that an icepack on the back of your neck for half hour a day helps speed metabolism(I think..), Brazil nuts & eggs makes husbands hornier, and I should get a night light thingy to go to sleep with... I am still confused on how this will change my life in 4 hours..I guess I have yet another book to add to my list of things I should get around to reading. 

Since I stayed on the treadmill 45 minutes longer than anticipated I deprived myself of my favourite part of working out... the stretching station.. and shower...Yikes...

I am always surprised at the number of parents that still talk to me when I show up at to pick the kids up, and how close they can stand next to me.. I mean I am visibly wet people... not pretty.

At the beginning of this post I said today was tough. That is because I am EXHAUSTED. 
Note to self: You are not in shape, going full force for over an hour on the treadmill and not stretching afterwards makes you tired, sore and HUNGRY.

After coming home and having a lovely lunch of egg salad in a whole wheat wrap, I made the mistake of sitting down on the couch for 10 minutes.. that's when it happened.. the legs started to shake, the back started to ache, so I laid down for what was to be only a few minutes to relax....let's just say my PVR is back down to 12% full. 

I am still trying to figure out if I was so hungry from working out, or from boredom.. or from stress.. Regardless I did not deprive myself food, when I was hungry I had edamame beans, orange, blueberries, carrots. 

At the end of the day despite the aching muscles and bags under my eyes, I feel great.  I feel my tummy getting smaller, I have a wee bit more energy and my mood has definitely lifted.

Yup that's Me