I'll make this fast. Mostly because I don't have much to report, but also because Blogger has a schduled "outage" in a few minutes (side note--I hate blogger).

So, I did good with my workouts last week, and I even ate fairly well. Until Friday. I had my eyes dilated Friday they were seriously dilated to mid-morning on Saturday. I had such a headache from trying to see that the last thing I wanted to do was work out. And, the second to last thing I wanted to do was eat right. So, I went to Outback with my mom. And it was freakin' good! I continued my bad habits through the weekend, and I had out of town company staying with me on Monday night, so no working out on Monday, either. Plus, we had GNO (girls night out) with said guest Mon. night and I ate sushi. Typically, most sushi is not bad for you, but the way I like sushi it is--I also don't think it's good to eat your body weight in sushi either.

Anyway, guest is gone but my hubby is out of town now. These are all massive excuses and I realize that, but after getting the girls ready and off to school, driving, work, driving, picking up cranky girls, feeding them, doing homework, bathing them, and putting them to bed I just don't have the energy to work out.

Also, I'm getting Lasik on Friday (WOOHOO!!) and the doctor's orders are NO EXERCISE for two days post-op. So, I figure what's the point? I'll just start back everything fresh on Monday.

So, that's where I am. I'm actually looking forward to next week, getting back in the gym and getting back in our routine. I felt good last week and I feel icky this week. Ugh!

Day 2

Man, I'm mad!! I just wrote this huge long post and poured out all of my inner-thoughts about fat/exercise/dieting/etc and when I went to post it, I got some sort of completely typical Blogger error and it all disappeared! UGH!!

Anyway, in a nutshell, I worked out on Day 2. And, Tessa, no--I'm not divulging my starting weight. Not yet at least. Maybe when I've reached my *goal* I'll publish my starting weight, but not now. I will say, though, that if I were 6'8" and nine months pregnant, I'd probably be at ideal weight.

This blog is back! Not because I got thin and then fat again, but because I'm still fat (and mad!) and now going to do something about it.

Weigh-In days are Mondays. I read several weight/diet/exercise blogs and a lot of people divulge their starting weight. Not me--not gonna do it. But, I will update how many lbs I'm down from week to week.

So, for the first time in a LONG time I made my way to *the gym* today--the new gym. It's not technically new, but it was the first time I've been (even though I've been a member since August) so it's new to me. I hate being "new", especially to gyms. I like to walk in and know exactly where I'm going and what I'm doing--instead of aimlessly wandering searching for a particular machine (or locker room!). But, I went--and it was fine.

Today I just did 20 min. on the treadmill and about 30 min. of upper-body free weights. I intended to do 30 min. on the treadmill, but I was walking next to where Michael Johnson was running. This dude got on his treadmill about 8 min. into my walking and cranked his treadmill up to speed 10. Now I'm no track coach, but I don't think he really had any business going that fast. He was POUNDING the treadmill with every stride and was breathing like he had just come up from being underwater for 7 days. Anyway, after 12 minutes of this I decided that I had had enough. I know, I know--excuses, excuses. But, I was ready to get on with something else anyway. BTW, he didn't run at a 10 the whole time; after a few minutes he cranked it down to a more reasonable 8.5. :)

The only hitch came when I was going to back to the locker room to change back into my work clothes. Here's a beginner's locker room tip--memorize your locker combination BEFORE you lock all your belongings in a locker.

More tomorrow...