LIfe is Good

Well, I feel as though I'm still on track physically. I've been going to the gym 6 days a week... except 2 weeks ago when I was sick sick sick. My clothes fit better. Parts of my body feel more different than they ever had. The only thing that's not changing very much is the scale... but that's fine as long as I can see the results. "Chubby Bunny" and I worked out yesterday. I also did an hour of weights before that. I'm glad that today is my day off. I think I'll celebrate with a rita. Time for my kiddies to arrive ttyl. Keep up the hard work ladies =)

Gym Bunny!

I joined Cowbells gym! I'm very excited though a little worried about what the fitness evaluation will find..... Some rocks are better left unturned! The nice thing is I don't have to keep mooching off of Cowbell to go to her awesome gym. And the location I'm at is exactly the same as hers, but flipped, so I've accidentally gone the wrong way a couple times! Oops... but everyone there seems really nice and hopefully this is fuzzy gym feeling I have lasts!

This weekend=fatslposion

Yea, Flexplus! That sounds awesome! I went to an "open house" at a gym nearby my office on Saturday, and made it in time for the last free class, which was Zumba. Though the instructor didn't really explain what the class was or what we would be doing at the beginning, all of us in the class caught on fairly quickly after she turned on the music and started going. Zumba seems like a mix of middle eastern dancing to extremely fast Italian/Spanish House music. It was confusing, fast, and was a surprisingly effective and fun class. Random parts of my body were sore, like parts of my pelvis from rotating my hips (hoola hoop or bellydancing style) while in a squat position. However, that exercise was most definitely canceled out on Sunday, where I ate crap all day long AND my mother let me know that she weighs 4 lbs less than me! :( So, I did my measurements today (I've lost 1 lb) and have posted pictures I cut out from Victoria's Secret catalogues all over my fridge, pantry and microwave so I think twice before making bad decisions. Watch out, mom- I'm gonna be below your weight before you know it!

FlexPlus Bitches

So i went to the gym yesterday for the second time in about a year. Go me. I ran for about 20 minutes and then decided to try this FlexPlus class. Only once I began did I realize what I was in for. it's 75-100 reps with low weight on every major muscle group. I thought I was going to straight up die. It was great though and I definitely want to work it into my schedule at least twice a week. I did things I haven't done since I took that weight lifting class at UT. And it's really intimidating to go to the weight area at my gym. All guys with huge necks and staring problems. It was nice to have someone push me to do at least ten to fifteen more reps that I ever would have done alone. All around A+ class. Full of women... not a dude in sight. And it was all done quickly so I kept my heart rate up for the whole hour, unlike when I do weights on my own. That involves a whole lot of rest action.

Anyway, I'm at work now but am off to the gym in just a bit. I'm all pumped up after yesterday and really want to stay on track. I've not been good with the sugar situation.... I haven't eaten candy but I know I've had a few salad dressings that had the stuff and catsup once or twice. But I have been really good about the flour. The other night I was craving a hamburger and I took off the bun. I was really proud of myself because I've had a really hard time doing any sort of diet around B. I'm terrified of being that chick. But I just need to get over it. Because I'm pretty sure he'd rather have a hot girlfriend that takes the bun off than a big fat ass that just shoves it right on down.

Step Class

I have my new step class today, and I'm nervous as a kid at their first day at a new school! The room they have it in has two glass walls that the treadmills/ellipticals/bikes face so the people working out on them just watch the class people their whole workout. My plan is to get in the front opposite corner of the wall of watchers so I'm not trying to look cool (or focus on not looking like a injured duck) the whole class.

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This new gym also has standing tanning available, ala carte! I'm very excited about that because if I need it, I can get a tanning fix without having to go to a tanning place. Once I go to a tanning place, I always forget the bad stuff and only remember how much I love being tan, which is not helpful in my quest to avoid cancer...

So, I noticed that we were using our own and each other's names in our posts, so I editted the posts to use our user names. If you guys could do the same, we can continue to share without having to worry about people we don't want to stumbling onto our blog and knowing more stuff than we're comfortable with them knowing about us.

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CowBell, I'll let you know how the class goes because if I hate it, then I'll come with you and K to the class we went to last week. Though I like my new gym, it doesn't even come close to the awesomeness that is your gym. If I had one near my office or house, I would join in a second- even though it's $20 more a month than my new gym will be!

VDay- chubbybunny's version

I agree completely with cowbell! Our step interval was the most movement my body had done in who knows how long and the steam was everything I dreamt of and more! The rest of valentine's day was pretty typical, J and I ate our chocolate bag while watching "The Usual Suspects" ***which was AWESOME*** and then went to bed. This weekend J and I finished our dance class which made me kinda sad, because I really liked some of our classmates. We didn't even schedule a dance night for the class! Oh well...
I'm still sore from that step class though, even though it has been 5 days! What a wimp! I'm headed to 24hr Fitness tonight by my office to get a week pass and take a tour. It has a steam room, way more classes than the campus location and the website said something about tanning. What?! If I can workout, steam and tan all in one place, I'm sold!
Don't worry though, the tanning is just so I don't look like an albino fatty at Char's wedding. I'm not about to become tanorexic like some people in my past have. :)

V Day

Do chubbybunny and I had an excellent VDay. We spent it working our ass of in a step interval class. It was truly great. We followed that up with a romantic steam in the wet sauna. Who needs men?

Wow

Okay, so I'm not the only one who reads this thing. Shocking. Great efforts ladies. Stopping the hand to mouth is def step one. Congrats on the weight losses. If I had a normal job I would love to get up early and work out. Remember when we did that Tubbs... I think that we the happiest we ever were with our bodies. So, chubbybunny I say, bite the bullet... go to bed early and get up at 7 and make it happen. After work there truly isn't enough time. So, without putting more hours in the day, that's the best thing one can do. I'm still going strong at the gym. 20 out of 22 days at the gym. I haven't stepped on the scale since week 2 though bc I had only lost 2 pounds after dieting and working out. I wanted to punch the scale in the face. Although I'm under the milestone weight I hate so much. So... keep on working ladies. Maybe I'll try the scale Sat morning. I'll keep you posted. PS nothing is cooking in my crockpot bc no on loves me =(

CowBell

You know why boys don't get obease? Because they're jerks. Thats why. Brads a little heavy but he seriously eats everything under the sun. We're talking EVERYTHING! If I ate like that, I would not be a little heavy (as I am now), I'd be a fucking hippo! Seriously, like 300 pounds. No fair I say. I've been really good on the no flour no sugar routine. Shockingly so. And I've lost..... drum roll please.... 4 pounds!! Weeee! I'm pretty stoked. Not only does the weight loss make me feel better about life, but the fact that I finally have a little control over something that I do makes me really happy. And Brad thinks I have resolve of steel... which is an amusing bonus. It's a little warmer and slightly less depressing here today.... makes me think of the beautiful months to come where doing outdoorsy stuff might not actually be that painful.

Chocolate cake and Bratwurst Diet

This is what is cooking in my crockpot right now and J will be fantasizing about it all day. Also tonight, I'm making J's V-Day present which is a chocolate bag, german chocolate style. It will be filled with german chocolate cake, coconut sorbet, coconut flakes and pecans with chocolate covered blackberries, kiwi and strawberries around it. All while I'm watching what I eat... Ugh! The good news is that I have lost one of the two pounds I somehow gained over the weekend! My weight loss resolve has been strengthen by a dumbass comment J made about not believing that I gain a little weight right before I start losing it because I'm building muscle. Listen J- I am NOT getting fatter!! That would be impossible. All I've been eating are fruits, veggies and high fiber carbs! As you can guess, I shunned him after that comment. Yesterday I ate quinoa with veggies cooked in veggie broth for dinner and had an orange for dessert. Tonight, I'm going to stuff myself on salad and cooked veggies so I won't be hungry when J eats what's pictured above and when I make the cake. Wish me luck on continuing to fight the inner complusive overeater! Somebody please give me a workout suggestion as I want to workout, but I can't get up early enough in the morning and always have stuff going on in the evening. On Wednesday, I have poker night at my boss' house so I'll have to go straight there from work. :(
PS- J was talking this morning about how today is a great day, he's really excited about dinner AND it's pizza roll day! How is he not obese?!? I just want him to get a little fatter than me because its not fair.

Body Age= 30-something?

Good job CowBell! Just don't start dating any 18 year olds... that would be kinda creepy :) I've been trying really hard to eat healthy, but have yet to start working out. Ooops. Today I've been really good- I had a tangelo (orange/grapefruit mix) for breakfast, tomato slices with mozzerella slices and balsalmic vinegar for lunch, and a little apple and DDP for a snack. My office got a giant chocolate cake for all the Dec, Jan and Feb birthdays... we've had a cake in the office every week for the past 3 weeks people. STOP IT!! I'd love to come workout with you one day, I need to get to it. J is in class today- I'll go running after work and check out all the hotties on the IM fields.

Body Age Revealed

Well, I kinda feel like I'm just chatting with myself... but incase anyone is curious my body age was 18!!! There ya go. I have the body of an 18 year old! If anyone is interested in coming to the gym with me, you're more than welcome. Or, if anyone is interested in walking town lake on the weekend we could do that too. Just let me know =)

Kelly

Body Age

Alright bitches. Come on. Where are our posts? Just wanted to let you know that I will be receiving my "body age" from my gym today. If they tell me I'm any older that a 23.75 year old someone is gonna get punched in the face. Kara and I did that step class again last night. It didn't feel as hard... so we don't know if we're getting more in shape, or if it was just plain easier. Before the class these two tatooed people tried to go into the step studio. We were like, "Are you here for the step class?" And they said they were going to a body pump class. And we were like... uh no you aren't. And they showed me on the schedule where the body pump class was... in the 6pm hour row.... but on the Thursday column. So I took that as a teachable moment and taught some 20-something year olds to read a chart. Oh my. So, let me just say my body age better be 17. I'll keep ya posted. Anyone else out there in cyberspace working out or eating right?

CowBell

PS I just thought I'd post a picture of my progress thus far. =) Look how tiny my boobs have gotten.