The only thing I have accomplished this evening is sending a long winded email to my History prof about what I want my paper topics to be.

Oh, and realizing that my International Development term paper topic is not doable, and I need to rethink it completely, taking the subsequent 2 hours to stare at my computer screen and try desperately to think of something worthwhile to write about. (to no avail)

I’ve been in the library for a total for 3.5 hours. My brain hurts.

This morning I woke up feeling fantastic, despite my sore neck I was peppy, energetic and on time for my training appointment! (gasp!)

The work out was pretty awesome, I did squats and lunges with one leg on a bosu ball where basically you do a squat, keep your one leg on the ball, then move the other leg behind you and do a lunge then repeat. OUCH! Lot’s of other stuff too, deadlifts with 20lbs instead of 10 since I’m getting stronger. It was a blast as usual.

I had subway for lunch because I didn’t feel like cooking and have some reading to do before class at 2:30 today. Also I’m waiting patiently for my new dress to arrive, hopefully it will come in time for me to wear it today! Until then I’m hanging out in my sweaty workout clothes, nice.

New workout pants and a pre exercise apple. Don’t want that blood sugar to get low!

I’m procrastinating school work and I wanted to update you on my gym success this past week!

My tentative schedule was:

Monday - break

Tues - Training: check

Weds - 40 mins cardio + abs (didn’t go, boo)

Thurs - Break (Went this day instead! yay!)

Fri - Training (Worked my ass off, yes!)

Saturday - 1 hr cardio (Danced at the bar for hours instead, although the alcohol prob. canceled that out)

Sunday - 30 mins cardio + abs (I was DETERMINED to work out yesterday so after work at 11pm I did the Yoga Booty Ballet Cardio vid, and yes its as cheesy as it sounds but still pretty awesome. And some pilates for lower body)

Soooo, if you count Saturday’s dancing, that’s 5 days! Not too shabby!

This morning was rough, doing an intense workout right before bed probably wasn’t the best idea even though it felt awesome at the time. My neck and lower back are quite sore but I still think I’ll go to the gym today. Maybe aquacize?

Workout Schedule for March 8 -14

Monday: Core circuit followed by aquaftiness

Tuesday: Training

Weds: 8am yoga?? (hah, unlikely but I will try)

Thursday: break

Friday: Training

Saturday: 45 mins Cardio

Sunday Break.

Also, I lost another 2.5 inches! Screw you unchanging weight, I got muscle now!

So I’m now at:

Waist: 41.5’ (First measurement was 48.5, what!?)

Belly: 50’ (First time I’ve measured this, gah its horrid but oh well)

Hips: 46’ (Still the same and fine with me, I have a flat ass, TBH I wouldn’t mind if it was bigger! haha)

Wish me luck this week. I’m going to have 7 days of being perfect even if it kills me! (Well maybe just near perfect…)

Do you have photos from before you gained or lost weight that serve as inspiration and make you say “Never again!” or “How did let myself loose control?”I sure do. These photos are a progression from about 2004 - now where I gained about 40 lbs, lost 50 and gained 60 back again! Ridiculous right? These pictures are a reminder that I CAN loose the weight and be healthy because I have in the past, and that nothing comes without hard work and dedication.

smoothie at work

Saturday: Danced my ass off at the bar

Sunday: Worked up a moderate sweat mopping up our basement that flooded (ACK!)

Those are acceptable gym alternatives right? right?

If I didn’t have to go sling slurpees and junk food to gamers tonight (the joys of working at an arcade) I’d totally be hitting the gym.

So aside from having a blast last night and not giving in to greasy post bar food, this weekend was kind of a bust.

How was yours?

A thing of beauty

Outside the Box Challenge #1 The Frontier Girl/Boy Test

Ryan and I decided to make homemade pasta and sauce for dinner tonight. Something we eat a lot but have never done from scratch. These photos chronicle the process, pretty self explanatory.

We just used the basic pasta recipe, 1 egg to every cup of flour with a little salt and water. We used whole wheat flour to try and make it a little healthier.

The sauce was simply tomatoes, lots of garlic, dried basil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and feta cheese. It was very tasty!

The pasta turned out alright. We didn’t roll it out thin enough so it was pretty chewy but it tasted fine and we decided it was a good prototype for next time. (We also think we might invest in the pasta roller attachment for our kitchen aid mixer)

I ate an entire bag of these today. Totally my kryptonite.