Weightloss Osmosis

Working out was a big struggle today. I hit my alarm several times and didn't get out of bed until about 2 minutes past the "last possible moment" before I would be setting the tone of running late all morning. I popped in the good ol' P90X dvd (today was sculpting) and then set on my couch to tie my shoes. And then I realized how comfortable my extremely uncomfortable couch can be when I am extremely tired. I decided to just lay my head down and test the couch pillow just a bit. I literally slept through the whole 5 minute stretching portion of the workout. Bad Kayla bad! Thankfully I woke up in time to actually get a lifting workout in. However, on my last set of pushups, that fluffy carpet of mine was just so inviting. And as I was lowering myself down, I just couldn't resist testing out the nap potential....ahhhh....If only I could figure out to get in shape and lose weight by osmosis.

Wednesday Happiness

Okay, this has nothing to do with fitness, losing weight, or eating healthy, but it's a funny story and I thought I would share. Tonight I was on the phone with Jason, as I am most nights, and I was once again complaining about how much I missed him. He was being wonderful, reassuring, and reminding me that we only have 5 more months (not much considering we've been apart for 2 years next month) to go until he's out of the Army and free to live with me and drive me crazy. He then proceeds to tell me that I need to be "Strong. Army strong." I immediately started the gagging sounds to give him a hard time and then proceeded to tell him that the word Army is a "four letter word" in my book right now. There was a silent pause and then he said, "Oh yeah? Well, wife is a four letter word to me!" BURN! Thankfully I saw the humor in it and started laughing. I mean, when someone sets themselves up that easy, like I did, you just gotta take advantage of it. So, props to the husband for one upping me and putting me in my place. I promise you, that does not happen very often :)

Weigh-in went well today. I was expecting the impending scale of doom to give me bad news, but the sweet little fellow actually told me I had lost a pound. How nice! If for some reason the scale moves in the wrong direction next week, I might have to give it an forceful kick as I step off, but for today, the scale went kick free.

Okay, it's time to sign off. I promised myself I would get to bed at a decent hour tonight and if I don't get off the computer asap, then all hope will be lost.

New Swimsuit!

It's official. I now know that I have muscles that I never thought I had before. I know this because they hurt and are screaming at me. OW! Everytime I move or stand up from my chair, there is a new muscles yelling, "Hello...Here I am!" Darn muscles. I just want them to look toned, not punishing me. I guess when you ignore them for as long as I have, you have every right to be yelled at. Oh well.

I went ahead and took a huge leap of faith yesterday and bought a new swimsuit...that will not be worn for another 191 days (but who's counting?). I showed the picture to a friend and she said that it looks like a swimsuit that a salsa dancer would wear. That's actually pretty cool because when it comes to dancing, I'm about as white as they come, so maybe putting on the salsa dancing swimsuit will give me some type of rythem? I think not, but it was a wishful tought.

By the way, I took an updated photo of myself, like I promised to. You can see me below. Or maybe it's just a picture of the bathingsuit I bought on a model that I wished I looked like. :)

Motivation, Workout, and Sleep

Jason and I were talking last night and naturally (naturally in the sense that I seriously diverted the conversation) started talking about the honeymoon in Jamaica. I mentioned that I sure hoped I was in better shape when the honeymoon comes around then I am now. What he said really struck me. He replied "Well, it's up to you." He is so right. If in 10 months I am right where I started, the failure is on me. If in 10 months I am a leaner and healthier person, then I get to give myself a big pat on the back. Either way, it's up to me how I approach weightloss.

This morning, I was on my 3rd set of pushups, after I had already done an intense upperbody workout. I went down for my 4th and my arms completely gave out from underneath me. I literally thudded to the floor and grunted. I tried so hard to lift myself backup, but there was no more strength left in my arms. I guess that's a good thing. I don't think you get muscle fatigue like that without doing a serious workout.

I know I'll get lectured for this one, beings sleep is such an important and crucial element to a healthy body and mind, but I have been having SERIOUS problems getting to bed before 10:30 or 11:00. Now, that's not so bad, unless you get up at 4:00 a.m. like I do. I usually catch a second wind around 8 or 8:30 and start working on all the projects I need to accomplish and finish. The next thing I know, it's 10:00 and I need to start winding down, which is very hard for me to do. But, that's where the workouts come into hand. Even though I'm not getting the amount of sleep I need (which I am working on) the workouts and healthy eating are boosting my energy levels. Whoohoo...I'm always game for some natural energy!

Day 1 of P90X

If there is one thing I absolutely hate, it's getting up when the alarm rings the first time. I don't know if it's slight rebellion and me wanting to say the alarm can just shove it, but I get seriously irritated if I have to get out of bed right away. Because of this, I always set my alarm twice: Once at the regular time and once about 15 minutes early. Well, my first alarm sounded at 4:30, so by 4:45 I was out of bed and preparing for day 1 of P90X!

Several years ago, when I ordered P90X, I apparently was too cheap to order the fullout version, and I have a basic, watered down version. I didn't realize that until last night when I was going over today's workout. So, I'm slightly bummed that I don't have the super doped up workout, but I'll make due with what I have. I still think it will be challenging, just not as challenging as it could be.

I got through the workout fairly easy today. I'm thinking I'll only stick around on phase 1 for about a week and move onto harder green pastures.

Trash Talk And A Honeymoon

Have you ever had one of those "What have I gotten myself into moments?" What am I saying? Ofcourse you have. If you haven't, then there's something wrong with you! I've had a few (or maybe a lot) of those moments in my lifetime, including one from today. I was chatting with a co-worker and told her that I was thinking about starting P90x on Monday and she mentioned that another co-worker of ours had just bought the DVDs for P90x. Well, I happened to have grown up with this co-worker and always find pure joy in bugging the crap out of him. Aren't I nice? So, I quickly shot him an IM telling him that I am going to do P90x and I'm going to beat the socks off of him (there is very rarely a conversation between us two that doesn't involve some sort of trash talk). Well, one thing led to another (well, actually I orchestrated the whole thing, but he doesn't need to know that) and we ended up making a bet on who can lose the most weight. Well, ofcourse we all know that's going to be ME. I officially have a honeymoon to plan for, so not only do I really want to take my co-workers money from him (the money that we bet) but I have 197 days to get my buns into shape.

So, yes. You did read correctly. I OFFCIALLY put down a deposit and reserved our room for Couples Swept Away in Negril, Jamaica. I am beyond excited considering I was starting to think that our honeymoon was going to turn into the "20 years, 3 kids, and 50 lbs later" we're finally getting around to taking a trip together. Whew. I dodged that bullet.. Funny thing is, as soon as I booked the honeymoon, I felt a twinge of sadness because I can no longer plan for it beings it's done...booked...set in stone (well, not completely). I really think I have a planning problem. Well, that and a serious problem of being terrified of being bored (see previous post about my boredom habits). I guess that means that now I can just start planning for our future house purchase. So, between preparing to buy a house, kicking my buns into shape so I can back that trash talk up, and keeping up with every other crazy detail in my life, I should hopefully be able to avoid the boredom bug.

Boredom & Stress Stink

Boredom is never a good thing for me. When I get bored my imagination has nothing else to do but to stress and worry over things I should not be stressing or worrying about. Another bad boredom side effect? I eat. I have mentioned that I am a stress eater, so boredom turns into stress, stress turns into eating, and eating turns into additional unwanted pounds.

So, where am I going with this? Last night I was talking to Jason and at 4:58 my time, (which would be 5:58 his time) he's falling asleep and can barely stay awake. So, being the nice and undemanding wife that I am (he might suggest otherwise) I kindly suggested that he call it an early night and go to bed. So, at roughly 5:00 p.m. I found myself with nothing to do. I decided to decrompress and watch a little TV and it was oh so fabulous. The distraction lasted long enough to keep me from stressing out and getting bored and doing some bad snacking.

Onto the weigh in last night. I really had no idea what to expect beings I hadn't worked out at all. However, eating right definitely has its perks. Since last Wednesday, I have lost 1.4 lbs. Woohoo!!! So, now I just need to schedule in some workout time into the schedule, work on getting more sleep and drinking more water, and do as much as possible from getting stressed and bored!

Emu Eggs: The Cure For Overeating

I read an interesting article on msnbc.com titled "Why we eat when we're not hungry." There really wasn't anything out of the ordinary and the article was basically full of information that I already knew (yet obviously haven't been following), but it was still a good refresher course.

One point that had quite a bit of time spent on it was the fact that you should not watch TV while you are eating. Well, I beg to differ. In the last week since I came out of the dark ages and decided to get TV, my mindless snacking has come to a screeching halt! I'll be the first to admit that I'm a boredom/stress eater. If I had known TV would cure this bad habit, I would have signed up months ago. hahaha Although, I will admit, I have to stear clear from the Food Network channel after 6:00 p.m. if I want to have any hope of losing weight and getting into shape. Unless I watch another episode of Chopped. That show quickly killed any appetite I might have had for late night snacking. One of the challenges last night was to cook a dessert using an emu egg. DISGUSTING. Seriously? An emu egg? I mean, I consider chicken eggs to be borderline disgusting, so there's no way I could ever stomach an emu egg, much less in a dessert. After a solid minute of gag reflexes, I changed the channel (although I may have found an effective way to not eat lol).

Onto more serious matters. I have my first official weigh in tonight after a week of the weightloss challenge. I really don't know what to expect. I'm not expecting any miraculous disappearing pounds, because I have yet to workout in the last week, but I "feel" lighter, thanks to the shakes, so I guess we'll see tonight.

Before Pics

So, here are the dreaded "before" pics. Obviously I haven't been too good at posting pics. However now that I will be submitted to pure torture every week and have to take pics, you can expect a whole album of them...well, maybe not that many, but they should be posted on a regular basis.

On a brighter note, I lost 2 lbs this week! WOOHOO!!! When I reported the good news to the hubby, he responded with the upbeat encouragement I was seeking, but then said that he also needed to change his diet. This is something I have been thinking for awhile beings the guy can consume 2 whole Red Baron pepperoni & sausage pizzas and a big serving of ice cream in one sitting. Hmm....and I wonder where he got the idea that he needed to change his diet???

I'm Alive

Awhile back, I talked about a weightloss challenge that I had entered. Well, it officially started yesterday! WAHOO!!! I attended the first meeting with several close friends where we were weighed in (sucky), measured (yet again sucky), and introduced to what the next 9 weeks has in store for us (yay!). If there is one thing I love, it's to be challenged and to be in a competitive atmosphere, so this should be fun!

So, now for the bad news. Several weeks ago I was having a blonde technical moment and somehow managed to confuse the heck out of my ipod. I have turned it into a jumbled mess and now I can't download music onto it or create playlists. And my ipod is my lifeline when I'm working out. I'm not exagerating. It's like oxygen. To me, it's more important than oxygen. Sucking in air during a hard workout is hard enough, but my ears always work perfectly. I HAVE to have my ipod when I'm at the gym. Needless to say, I've been at a loss.

To make matters even worse, the remote to my DVD player broke (it's not the batteries, I already checked). Well, that pretty much rules out my workout videos because it's pretty hard to surf through the DVD menu without a working remote.

But there is hope! I finally broke into the new decade and got cable. I'm serious. Not a lie. Yes, me...GOT CABLE! I know, it's pretty pathetic to be so excited, but hey, remember that post where I said I carried on conversations with my cat? Yeah, those have died down a ton in the last 24 hours! And the coolest thing about cable (comcast to be exact) is that I have a bazillion of workout videos and routines right at my finger tips thanks to Comcast OnDemand. How cool is that? It also officially leaves me with no excuse whatsoever to workout in the mornings.