Moxie for Life

Boo! (But I’m 115 today and drank 6 liters - yeeee hawwww.)

This morning was hard. I had planned to get up early even though I don’t have to work. I got to the gym at 7:30 - not so early. Then I got there and realized I had forgotten my papers telling me what to do. I had looked over it the night before so I remembered pretty closely except for one exercise. Not bad for this brain. My calves were in agony from two days ago. For some reason when I get sore, it is mostly the calves. Other places get sore but never as excruciating as there. So I rubbed on some Tiger Balm and tried to stetch ‘em out real good. During my run at the end they were hurting but by the end they were better. As I was walking out I dropped my keys (which are actually my husbands-mine have been lost for three days). Thankfully a girl saw me drop them and ran after me. I had a moment of panic as I felt for them in my pocket. In the middle of my run I looked at my ring finger and realized my engagement ring was gone. I was not 100% sure I had it on when I got there because I don’t wear it all the time, but I forgot to check the floor before I left. So, my husband is over there looking for it now. When I got home he had found my keys - in the trash! Yikes. What is up with me?

And last but not least, I’m still the same weight. So, here’s the plan…more water(gotta catch up with Beka “miss 8 liters”), up the ACV, and cut the non fat milk. I mean how fricking deprived do I have to get here? Let me just get this off my back. I feel as though I’m doing exactly what I should but the numbers don’t show it. I need to get my mind of the numbers but heck, I teach math - that’s what I think about. Ok…off to ACV torture time.YUM!

117 this morning - on my way back down! Woo Hoo!

First of all, the weigh in was as I expected. I was 118, so tom wiped out a bit of my progress, but only for a minute. I know there has been NO cheating going on so I am sure there isn’t any fat gain. So I expect next week’s to rock as Michelle noted.

Second, Today’s workout was awesome and I’m finally getting the hang of these crazy workouts so I don’t look like a crazy woman running around the gym anymore.

Finally, I’m thinking that Hershey’s may be the antichrist. Last night at scrapbooking there were dark choclate peanut MM’s. I put them way at the other end of the table, but yet they taunted me all night. Thankfully I had to leave early. I was getting hungry and it was looking bleak for that bowl of MM’s. Then today at the grocery store when I was buying a stock of lemon juice and ACV, it caught my eye, (Note: I love sugar cookies, and chocolate ain’t bad either) a Hershey’s bar with little sugar cookies in it. I walked faster, grabbed the last thing I needed and hot footed it out of there. Do we need more evidence?

But, yet again, I WON!

is tomorrow. I’m scared that tom will blow it for me. Hope I can shed some bloat tonight real quick. I’ll give ya the stats tomorrow.

If it isn‘t for the stupid bloating (how did my lost lbs find their way back?), stupid cramps, stupid exhaustion, and stupid carb cravings…it is the ridiculousness that I’m not having anymore kids, so who needs it? Yeah, I know the whole hormone thing. My mom gets a horrified look when I say I can’t wait until menopause. Anyway…can you guess where I am in my month? Isn’t there a bodyfat when that goes away? I’ve just been so hungry yesterday and today and I don’t WANT a protein…unless a bowl of peanut butter and choclate counts? No. Ok fine.

Did I ever mention I love lifting weights? I love the feeling of strength, even at my lowest weights. I like the looks I get when I can curl a 50lb barbell. That rocks. I love knowing I have not had one unauthorized thing pass my lips for 8 whole days. I stared at a Jolly Rancher sucker for a long time today. Then I gulped my water and put it back. Victory. I’ve been looking at a lot of pictures of comps and man am I ready to take this on. A few people where I work know about it and actually didn’t laugh me off the planet, so that was nice.

Now, I must go cook some chicken. I’m actually ok with the chicken. I’m a little burnt on broccoli, but I didn’t really love it to begin with. As someone once said, you can bet all my competitiors are happily eating their chicken and broccoli. So, off I go. Until tomorrow…

Yesterday I felt like crap pretty much all day. I went ahead with my workout in the morning and probably shouldn’t have. I was pretty beat the rest of the day and my head felt like it was going to implode. But I stayed strong. My family came over and had pizza. I had chicken and asparagus. And thankfully, no one said anything. We went out the other night and thankfully I had already eaten. I sat and had tea while everyone gorged. This morning some friends want to go to breakfast. I’m gonna have coffee. I am so focused! I have lost 3.5 lbs already. Call it water or whatever…it’s gone!I have not been up to getting in the extra cardio yet with the cold but I will soon. Now, off to drink coffee. Have a great day!

I have been doing really well about eating and haven’t had a second thought about anything I’m not having. Haven’t even missed the Diet Coke! (miracle) Then today happened. I walked into my classroom and had this overwhelming urge for pretzels. There weren’t any around, but I wanted them. Then later I was sitting at my desk and suddenly wanted nachos. Not the kind you get at a decent mexican place…the fake, cheesy, skating rink kind. I actually thought I almost tasted them. I think the low sodium thing is kicking in. Maybe for a cheat meal I should just get a salt lick.

The minute I say how awesomely healthy I’ve been…BAM! I have a stupid cold. I’d almost be happier if I was so sick I couln’t get up. No, I’ve got a nagging runny nose, a little cough that sounds kind of like I’m faking and at about 1 am this morning I had stabbing pains in my throat. Fun when you’re getting up in 3 hours to punish your body. Well, who cares. I still worked out hard (500+ crunches) and ate right on. I had to laugh at the gym today. This guy stopped me as I was leaving and asked me what I was doing running all over the gym. I used to make fun of people who did that…now it’s me.

One thing good to note, I heard this last night and I think it will be my motto “I’m not training to compete, I’m training to win.” Yeah. Love that!

So, I got up surprisingly easily this morning (4:10 :P). The gym lady was about 5 minutes late, which bummed me out because that is exactly why i left my other gym. Anyway, my workout went smoothly aside from the stairmills being in use when I needed them. I subbed the stair climber - but I hate those darn things. I could tell everyone with New Year resolutions to exercise were there. There are never that many people there that early and it was packed, I tell you. Geez. I’m happy people want to to workout, but I’m also selfish. I’ll try to do better. I loved the change of pace from what I’ve been doing. It was fun and I was using things that I really haven’t been using. I need to lift heavier, though. At least I didn’t have a day at the gym like Beka.

Eating was great, but I learned something today. Green beans are hard to eat with braces unless they are WELL cooked. I could not eat 8 oz of green beans during my lunch period. I ran out of time. Silly. My students were cracking up at all the eggs I brought and the girls wanted my yolks. Another lesson learned…peel and de-yolk them ahead of time, so I can inhale them quickly. So day one I can say was a success.