Weight Woes

My hubby is my motivation. I’m very thankful for him. Even though it was Father’s Day, we have goals. He was going jogging and then to the gym. I didn’t want to do either. But I went jogging anyway.

So on Sunday I hit 2.4 miles jogging even though I didn’t want to. That was 4 days cardio and 5 days of working out. Not bad. I’m shooting for 6 days of cardio, but hey, I’m pretty sure it didn’t happen all at once before. I can just remember the feeling of my working out the 6 days a week for so long. lol

I’ll build it back up. 5 days this week rocks. I’m happy with it!

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Yes it has been a long time. So far it’s been a long year. Many issues, both family and health. I’m happy to report that this week I have been on the wagon. I started the week off with a 3.2 mile jog and I could have gone farther. Then Tuesday I went my usual 2.4 mile route. On Wed. I just did 20 min on the elliptical to give my knees a break. Then on Sat. hubby and I went to the gym and hit some weights. I did a little bit of weights here and there on the other days. Nothing big though. I’m focusing on my cardio and my food right now.

Food was much better! WOOHOO

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I’m tired of being tested this year. Between injury and sickness, I’m just done. DONE I SAY!

My ribs hurt no matter what. So today I worked out with a client. If it’s going to hurt, then I darn well will just workout and try to lose some weight. I’ve lost a tremendous amount of muscle mass and my cardio is completely gone. It’s embarrassing and I do NOT like to be embarrassed. It’s about the only thing I hate actually.

But food is still OK. It may not be that great tomorrow night, so I guess I’d better work out with a client again. lol I’m off to my Great Uncle’s services and my Aunt and I are going together. I’m up for chinese food even though it’s going to make me sick. It’s so good at this place. But again, I’m making that decision already and I won’t have guilt about it.

Today I had a great workout with my new client. Then I ate pretty well today. Not perfect, but truly I did ok. I’ll continue to do ok with it all. I’m on track, I just get to enjoy some splurges here and there and need to keep them low in number.

It was awesome to get the workout in again. But boy did I feel it. I was so out of breath. I’m not sore and I probably won’t get very sore, but my cardio is crap. I’m still sick and my lungs haven’t been up to par, but I’m just totally out of cardio shape. ugh

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Well my last post was on the 7th and I just thought I was sick at that time.  Boy was I mistaken.  I spent the next 3 days in bed asleep!  Got up for lots of water, sprite, meds and some saltines so the meds wouldn’t hurt my tummy and that was IT.

Still was dizzy as can be on wednesday when I thought I’d try and go back to work.  Was a serious joke and was very dangerous that I was on the road.  I then took thursday off as well just to be sure I was over it.

Today I am feeling somewhat better.  It’s going to be a slow process and the new cough I have is overly annoying, but I’ll survive.  Each day I feel better.  Still get tired, but such is life huh.  Oh and this cough has brought back my rib pain on one side so that’s just super fantastic isn’t it?  lol

I told hubby if I didn’t drop 5 pounds from this I was going to lose it.  I’ve had the stomach flu and not lost a pound so I tried not to get my hopes up.  But my eating is totally in check after being sick, caffeine is out of my diet and so is the alcohol.  My portions are so much better since my stomach shrunk while being sick.

I’m happy to report that with my big sweatshirt on today I was 167.  Yes, I did drop back down and now I am working to keep it that way.

I HAVE to be at 145 by the end of July.  I’m taking my daughter on a surprise bday trip down to Cali to stay with my Aunt and I want to be HOT, HOT, HOT in my swimsuit tanning.  22 pounds is nothin’!  I’ll get on some cardio again this weekend and get two of those gone by next friday.

165 by 2/20.

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Or should I entitled this, excuses, excuses, excuses?

Tuesday I did get some cardio, so I was off to a great 2 for 2 start on the week.  But I took one of the newbie tours around and that puts me on automatic pilot.  I jumped up on the assisted dip/pull up machine to show them how to use it like I always do.  I didn’t even think, she and I were having a great time chatting while I showed her around and how to use everything correctly.  Well needless to say, within 20 minutes I was sore.  DANG IT!

But it was good in the fact that I totally know that I’m not going to go take my ski lessons for at least another 2-3 weeks.  I’m not going to push it for no reason.

The rest of the week was off.  My bday, son’s bday, starting to get sick, then on Friday definitely sick.  Now I sit here on the couch even worse.  So the week is over and a wash.  I feel like I totally jinxed myself by posting the goal.  lol

Side note, my eating is still doing pretty well.  Keeping portions down and trying hard to eat regularly.  Although with this cold/flu it’s not easy.  I want comfort food or nothing at all. 

So next week is a new week.  This one’s a wash and I’m ok with it.

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Day one of goal for the week.  I did my 20 min. of cardio on the elliptical and got a decent sweat on.  Still taking it a little easy on the ribs and not kicking it hard, but I felt a little better about it all.  I didn’t feel any worse so that’s a good sign.  I’d also taught the seniors class in the morning so I was worried it may be too much by the end of the day.  Hopefully I’m on the major road to being over this!

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I’d really like to know just how many calories I’m taking off some of my favorite foods because I can’t have cheese.

I’m wondering this as I sit here at the ski lodge having the most wonderful veggie pizza with, of course, no cheese.  It’s loaded with sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, grilled peppers and more plus a red sauce.  I’ve only had 1/2 the 9″ pizza and I’m full, there’s so much on it!

I know it depends on how much each person/chef tops a pizza with, but I feel really good about my choice of foods right now.  Pizza and no guilt!  Good combo! lol

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This week I’m setting a cardio goal of 5 days.  That’s a minimum of 20 minutes of good cardio, not slacking and talkign to others cardio.  I’m going to be good and not do weights and I can’t even dream of doing abs yet.  But I can do cardio on the elliptical and summit trainer.  Jogging is still questionable, but by mid-week I’m going to try.  I am hoping to get up on the mountain this weekend for ski lessons, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

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Well I got overmyself today and worked out.  I only had one client show up for bootcamp class this morning and that’s cool cause I haven’t been promoting it lately.  I’m revamping it and will relaunch a bigger, better bootcamp after my birthday weekend.

So I worked out with the one client and then I also lubed up all the machines.  It is too much and I knew it, but working out alone was too much so I figured I’d just go for it.  Needless to say, my ribs are killing me.  I’m sure I will be going into the docs office on monday.  I am really hurting.

I did get a lazy 20 minutes in on the elliptical and another 20 minutes of lazy circuit training.  It was much more movement than I’ve been getting.  I’m happy about that.  Oh and I weighed in at 172 since I didn’t have all my heavy clothes on.  I can’t weigh in when I’m wearing so many different outfits. lol

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And no, not ribs you eat.  By Sunday afternoon I was starting to get some good zingers with my nagging rib pain.  So I told myself if it got worse I’d go into the doc’s on Monday.  I mean I know there is nothing they can do about the ribs, but still, what if I’m wrong?  So I put it off today thinking it wouldn’t get worse.  But by 2pm it was getting pretty bad and I took a nap.  Getting up from the nap I was even worse.

After my evening appointments I decided I’d better do what I told myself I would do and head to the clinic before it closes.

Just like I knew, there is nothing they can do except give me some pain pills so I can sleep.  BUT, it will be 4-6 weeks for recovery and no physical exertion or it will not heal.  OMG, are you kidding?  How am I going to do that?  I have weight to take off!  I have clients to train.  I have a senior’s fitness class to teach 3 times  a week.

But I know this is why I am hurting so bad today.  I overdid.  Even though I was very careful, the ribs are so delicate that it doesn’t take much.  I can’t even take deep breaths without pain.

So I’ll figure this out.  I will do the elliptical without using the arms and get cardio in that way, but not make my breathing too heavy of course.  lol  But no weights of any kind for at least 2 weeks then I’ll re-evaluate.

Needless to say my snowboarding is done.  I’m totally paranoid of falling now.  We were planning on my taking ski lessons the beginning of Feb and we’ll have to see about that now as well.  I may go up still and sit in the lodge because I’m sad the family wouldn’t still be able to go.  Again, that’s a few weeks so we’ll see.

But otherwise, my diet has to be spot on.  With how much I hurt last week between the two days of crashing, I put on another couple of pounds.  No real workouts happened cause I hurt and my food was out of control because I was comforting myself I guess.  I’m at 175 right now again.

So no more climbing up the weight ladder, it has to stop right there.  Diet is my only thing I can really control at this time, so diet it will have to be.  I must journal my food so I can keep track.

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