Day 12: A Better Day

Sorry for all the typos and improper grammar folks! Trust me, it bugs the heck out of me but normally when I'm writing these posts I'm half awake and just struggling to keep my eyes open, much less my brain functioning.

So I couldn't wait any longer today. It's been killing me all week and I decided not to wait until Sunday to weigh in. After I woke up, I put on the same clothes (minus the sneakers) that I had worn when I originally weighed in and shockingly found out that according to the FR scale that I was 193.

So I went into the office and took off my jacket and flip flops and weighed in. I weighed in at 185. :) !! Still a long way from my goal but I was very happy. I hadn't seen any difference in any of my clothes or anything and I was worried that I hadn't lost squat but I lost 8 pounds!! (If I was on my scale at home, it would've read 179, even more exciting, lol) It really boosted my spirits. I had hoped for more in 2 weeks but I'm still very happy with what I got. I also reminded myself that I was able to keep up better in my classes and that my overall fitness has improved since I've been here which is very important in being able to keep this going once I get home.

I went to breakfast and shared the news with a few ladies and got a hi-five from Wayne who said, "I told you your cheeks looked thinner!." lol. If I can manage to lose another 8 pounds while I'm here and not get injured and improve my cardio health even more, I will be pleased as punch. Had a nice chat with a nice lady at brekkie as well. Very thought provoking stuff.  

So breakfast today was another one of those fruit parfaits. It was berries, Greek yogurt (Hi Stefy!) and granola and came in at 485 calories. I opted out once again (I'm not a huge fan of the breakfasts here to be honest) and had their cereal with some banana slices. I probably even saved a few calories there.

My leg and feet also felt better this morning so I was thinking that I might be able to do the hike if it wasn't too intense. So I headed up to my room, called 'N' and my parents to tell them the good news and then headed downstairs at 7:59. Well... apparently they were all super early in heading out to the hike today! All the vans had left but thankfully Wayne was still around and was about to set out on his walk around the neighborhood.

It was a nice walk. I think we covered about a mile and a half or so but during the walk, I felt my calf start to feel funny again. Shiz!!! (I'm icing it right now) The walk was nice, we decided to walk to the playground in hopes of finding some swings. Wayne said he hadn't been on any swings in like 30 or more years or something but lo and behold, they had everything, even a kiddie rocking climbing wall and sprinklers but no swings! It was still fun though. On our way back we saw a pretty horse that was super friendly and came up to us and even passed by a chicken farm that had some loose roosters running around.

I headed into the gym with Wayne afterwards so I could get some cardio on and burn some calories. There were just a few people in there and Wayne requested to hear the theme song for The Biggest Loser which I had on my ipod. So I put it on the sound system and he and 'O' danced around to it. Right after the song ended, my arch nemesis Big Evil 'D' who had been walking on a treadmill literally screamed out, "_______, turn down your music, I can't hear my ipod." Holy hell. Granted she had her music on but there were 5 people in there who didn't have any music to listen to and it wasn't that loud. I turned it down and then said to her that she could ask me to turn down the music more politely and she retorted, "I WAS polite."

Afterwards, Wayne taught me some spanish curse words that were very apt about the situation and the person involved. It made me laugh. If she's rude like that to me again, she'll hear it from me. That's a promise. I'm not going to have one woman ruin my experience here. Several other people have told me that they don't like her either because she's rude and mean and walks around like her sh*t don't stink. Just because you have money, doesn't inherently make you a better person.

Anyhow! I did a lot of cardio and weights (did 15 minutes again on that durn elliptical! will try for 20 later) and was in the gym for a bit more than an hour.

Cardio Intervals was next and once I was warmed up, my leg felt a bit better and I really gave that class my all and then some. The class was very positive and I felt really good afterwards. It amazes me that just 2-3 weeks ago, I wouldn't have been able to believe that I'd be able to keep up in classes like this.

Lunch was next, sat with a fun group, which made it even more pleasant and we had parsnip soup and the chicken breast caesar salad. Both were great and I'm very full right now. Throat is still a bit itchy, scratchy but the sniffles are gone at least. I really hope this sore throat goes away!

I found out at lunch that I'm not the only person who's had problems with Evil 'D.' Apparently, she's been giving a lot of people grief and nasty attitudes. Hmph. Doesn't surprise me!

After lunch we had a meeting for the guests that were staying over for the following week and I left a bit early when they started doing the go around where people talk about things that they've learned etc; I was tired and I need a tiny bit of rest before my next class but the main reason I left was because Evil 'D' was there and I don't have any interest in sharing what I have to say with her there, nor do I have any interest in listening to her speak. Don't worry folks, I'm not letting 'D' ruin my experience. It's what I chose to do and how I felt about the situation. I didn't want to be there so after I received my schedule for next week, I left.

The air conditioning wasn't working in our room so the maintenance guy came up to fix stuff. By the time he was done, I was already late for my circuit class so I decided to take a nap until my NEXT circuit class.

So a few random things. We get to sign up for our Saturday hikes here and this Saturday I signed up for Stop Sign. I don't know if I'm nutty or what but I want to give it a try again. With my leg and feet being all sorts of crazy, I don't know how far I'll get but at least I'll give it a try. It's either hike or a 2.5 hour "last chance workout" in the gym.

Another random thing but I've stopped getting acid reflux since I've been here. That's a good thing. It's pretty sad but I know the reason why I was getting it in the first place. I was eating too much, way too late at night and then going to bed. If you've ever had acid reflux, you know how horrible it is. Not being worried about it or experiencing it anymore since I've been here really makes me aware that I DON'T want to experience it anymore once I get home. No more bingeing or eating late at night. Those days are OVER. I want to stick with a get up earlier and workout schedule that I'm on here. Not to the extreme that it is here but a similar modified concept.

Anyhow, it's late and I'm really tired and sicky feeling (nose is stuffed AND running) and we've got no AC so I'm going to try to head to bed. Night!


calories burned today: 3291