I can't say that I am really upset about this...Although am in such a good mood today that I really wouldn't have minded being punished by Mark tonight. He had to reschedule so at least it won't make me feel bad if I ever have to.
The reason I am in such a good mood is two fold. One, Brockalee called this morning at 6:45. It doesn't really matter that I was in the process of getting ready for work and I stopped and talked for about 45 minutes. So I came to work this morning with no make up on and my hair dried naturally so right now it is a complete curly mess. Thank goodness I work about 2 minutes from the house. Two, he was PACKING when he called! WHOO HOO! That was all he needed to say and since he couldn't elaborate it was enough for me. I have gotten very good at reading between the lines.
Although I won't be doing any PT tonight I think I will do cardio that way I will be ahead for the week. Plus since I took the weekend off I kinda feel like a slug right now.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
New Addiction
One more thing...I am addicted to Geo Challenge on Facebook. It is the bomb. Doesn't everyone need to know every nation's flag, location and where their major cities are located?
Physical Training Session #3
So I was really sore tonight. Especially in the ab department. I felt really sloppy. My Type A personality came out because when I couldn't do a exercise like Mark, the expert, I felt inadequate. Thankfully he was there to tell me that I shouldn't expect to do everything exactly like him on session #3 and to give myself a break. Not that he allows me to be a slacker but he (and I) expects me to improve.
Now I must finish watching the season premiere of "Grey's Anatomy".
Now I must finish watching the season premiere of "Grey's Anatomy".
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Physical Training Session #2
Well if your PT (I know that this usually stands for Physical Therapist but for the duration of my sessions it is going to be Physical Trainer) tells you that they want to find out your maximum heart rate and they want you to run on a treadmill until you reach said HR, BEWARE!!! Your butt will be kicked. That is how I feel right now. Honestly, besides making dinner and taking a shower the only thing I feel like doing is play Geo Challenge on Facebook. Mark definitely made his money tonight. We start at 6 PM sharp and go, go, go until 7 PM. In that 60 minutes I think there might be 4-5 minutes of rest. Not 4-5 minutes of rest in a row, mind you. On second thought I think I am done with Geo Challenge tonight, I think I might just go to bed.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Physical Training Session #1
Weight: 192 lbs./87 kilograms/13.7 stone
How come 87 kg or 13 stone sounds sooo much better than pounds?
My measurements were taken but I didn't have a chance to write them down. I only remember the weight because I had to take it myself the women's locker room.
I did find out that one reason I have not been able to lose weight is because when I was doing my cardiovascular exercise I was exercising at my over my maximum heart rate and for some reason if you exercise over your maximum heart rate you won't burn fat. Did not know this. They need to put up HUGE signs at gyms that state this fact. I purchased a heart rate monitor to help me ensure that when I do cardio that I am exercising at the rate that burns FAT.
I think I am going to like the training sessions. Mark did tell me tomorrow that I wasn't going to like the session because he was going to push me in the cardio department. I guess he doesn't believe that I was exercising for 5 months at over my maximum heart rate. I have no fear about tomorrow. Stay tuned for more updates.
How come 87 kg or 13 stone sounds sooo much better than pounds?
My measurements were taken but I didn't have a chance to write them down. I only remember the weight because I had to take it myself the women's locker room.
I did find out that one reason I have not been able to lose weight is because when I was doing my cardiovascular exercise I was exercising at my over my maximum heart rate and for some reason if you exercise over your maximum heart rate you won't burn fat. Did not know this. They need to put up HUGE signs at gyms that state this fact. I purchased a heart rate monitor to help me ensure that when I do cardio that I am exercising at the rate that burns FAT.
I think I am going to like the training sessions. Mark did tell me tomorrow that I wasn't going to like the session because he was going to push me in the cardio department. I guess he doesn't believe that I was exercising for 5 months at over my maximum heart rate. I have no fear about tomorrow. Stay tuned for more updates.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Bad Football Day
Florida State lost tonight. It was a terrible game. It felt like the battle of the field goals and how many interceptions can FSU throw in one game. In addition to losing my family had a disturbing altercation with a fellow season ticket holder.
Our family has been buying season tickets since I graduated from FSU in 1993. We now have 10 tickets in our block and have basically been sitting around the same people for years. Last year these two young men had tickets in front of us and they came to the games and never really interacted with anyone around them. We all know one another and socialize during the game and buy/sell tickets from each other as needed. The fact that they haven't interacted with anyone isn't really a big deal. It isn't a requirement but most of each know each others name, etc. Anyway, tonight when we got to our seats one of the young men had his portable chair half way off the seat. FSU has not upgraded our stadium to stadium seating because we would lose seats and thus would lose revenue but what ends up happening is that a lot of people bring these portable seats and they end up taking up not only their seat but 1/2 of the seat next to them. Mom politely asked him if he would move up his seat so she could sit down. Reluctantly he did but when he sat down he proceeded to lean back like it was a recliner. Well her knees were right in the back of his seat. Had he not had this seat he would not have been able to sit like this. He would have had to sit up straight like the rest of us without portable chairs.
After the first quarter I heard him ask his friend if "that lady is going to keep her knees in his back during the entire game." I dismissed it because evidently he didn't' realize that not only was he taking up a 1/2 seat beside him but this chair allowed him to recline! During halftime he turned around and with the most ugly voice he said to my mother "Are you going to keep putting your knees in my back!" My Mom said right back to him "Sir, you are in my space and I haven't said anything to you so yes I am going to keep my knees right here. They have no where else to go!" He proceeded to prod on and on about how nobody's knees are in the back of the people in front of them but he didn't realize that he was causing his own situation. Not only was he terribly wrong but he was being incredibly rude to my Mother! I was about to say something to him and my brother-in-law spoke up and explained to him that he wasn't going to talk to his family in this manner and the problem could be easily solved if he sat up straight like everyone else. He proceeded to use expletives and this is when I spoke up and told him that my Mother wasn't trying to intentionally put her knees in his back and that he and his seat were too far back. Then I told him that he was being extremely disrespectful to my mother and how would he feel if someone was talking to his mother in this manner. I even called this person "Sir" and was using my calm voice. All this being said he STILL DIDN'T GET THAT HE WAS WRONG! Well, he couldn't admit he was wrong because during the rest of the game he sat up straight.
Honestly, I think that he thought that he could talk to Mom in that manner because he never thought that she would say anything to him but it shocked him that she defended herself. Then he couldn't back down and admit he was in the wrong. Pathetic. I was so angry that he would even dream to speak to anyone the way he was talking to my Mom. I could feel my blood pressure in my throat and my let was going up and down like crazy. Honestly if he had continued I have no idea what I would have done. I just wasn't going to let this moron continue to berate her for something that he was responsible for. I don't enjoy this type of confrontation. I prefer to work things out amicably but when you are having to deal with irrational people it makes an amicable resolution difficult.
Between the outcome of the crappy game and this self absorbed seat hogger it made me rethink our decision to go to the game. We should have just stayed at the mall and shopped!
Our family has been buying season tickets since I graduated from FSU in 1993. We now have 10 tickets in our block and have basically been sitting around the same people for years. Last year these two young men had tickets in front of us and they came to the games and never really interacted with anyone around them. We all know one another and socialize during the game and buy/sell tickets from each other as needed. The fact that they haven't interacted with anyone isn't really a big deal. It isn't a requirement but most of each know each others name, etc. Anyway, tonight when we got to our seats one of the young men had his portable chair half way off the seat. FSU has not upgraded our stadium to stadium seating because we would lose seats and thus would lose revenue but what ends up happening is that a lot of people bring these portable seats and they end up taking up not only their seat but 1/2 of the seat next to them. Mom politely asked him if he would move up his seat so she could sit down. Reluctantly he did but when he sat down he proceeded to lean back like it was a recliner. Well her knees were right in the back of his seat. Had he not had this seat he would not have been able to sit like this. He would have had to sit up straight like the rest of us without portable chairs.
After the first quarter I heard him ask his friend if "that lady is going to keep her knees in his back during the entire game." I dismissed it because evidently he didn't' realize that not only was he taking up a 1/2 seat beside him but this chair allowed him to recline! During halftime he turned around and with the most ugly voice he said to my mother "Are you going to keep putting your knees in my back!" My Mom said right back to him "Sir, you are in my space and I haven't said anything to you so yes I am going to keep my knees right here. They have no where else to go!" He proceeded to prod on and on about how nobody's knees are in the back of the people in front of them but he didn't realize that he was causing his own situation. Not only was he terribly wrong but he was being incredibly rude to my Mother! I was about to say something to him and my brother-in-law spoke up and explained to him that he wasn't going to talk to his family in this manner and the problem could be easily solved if he sat up straight like everyone else. He proceeded to use expletives and this is when I spoke up and told him that my Mother wasn't trying to intentionally put her knees in his back and that he and his seat were too far back. Then I told him that he was being extremely disrespectful to my mother and how would he feel if someone was talking to his mother in this manner. I even called this person "Sir" and was using my calm voice. All this being said he STILL DIDN'T GET THAT HE WAS WRONG! Well, he couldn't admit he was wrong because during the rest of the game he sat up straight.
Honestly, I think that he thought that he could talk to Mom in that manner because he never thought that she would say anything to him but it shocked him that she defended herself. Then he couldn't back down and admit he was in the wrong. Pathetic. I was so angry that he would even dream to speak to anyone the way he was talking to my Mom. I could feel my blood pressure in my throat and my let was going up and down like crazy. Honestly if he had continued I have no idea what I would have done. I just wasn't going to let this moron continue to berate her for something that he was responsible for. I don't enjoy this type of confrontation. I prefer to work things out amicably but when you are having to deal with irrational people it makes an amicable resolution difficult.
Between the outcome of the crappy game and this self absorbed seat hogger it made me rethink our decision to go to the game. We should have just stayed at the mall and shopped!
Friday, September 19, 2008
I've Bitten The Bullet
I am almost too embarrassed to write this...I have hired a personal trainer. Please do not get me wrong, I respect what personal trainers do I just never thought I would pay anyone to train me. I have to go on record to say that I have mocked friends of mine who have paid good money to have someone help them exercise. I never in a million years thought I would do it until I got on the scale Wednesday morning. Let me preface by saying that I have been working out since the beginning of May. I have been going to the gym anywhere from 3-6 days a week doing cardio, pilates and lifting weights. Well in the last 5 months I have gained 15 POUNDS. Granted I do realize that it isn't 15 pounds of fat but the entire point of me sweating this much is to decrease my overall size. Gaining 15 pounds even if it is muscle isn't the way to reach my overall goal. I would like to drop 2 sizes. I don't think that is unreasonable. Trust me I have plenty to lose. Dropping 2 sizes would bring me to a size 8 US. I have gotten a lot of advice from many different people and all of it is different. Originally I said I would train on my own for six months and then if I wasn't happy I would do something else. Well with the way I am headed if I waited another month I still wouldn't be happy. So, come Monday I will be working out 3 days a week with Mark. I am expected to do 2 more days of cardio on my own. I am really motiviated and since I have paid this man a large sum of money I don't think motiviation will be an issue. I had no idea how much money personal trainers make in an hour. Wow, I know what I should do if I ever decide accounting isn't my cup of tea anymore.
I have decided to post the results of my 20 sessions. Just so it can be documented since Mark has pretty much guarnateed me that I will have the results I want in about seven weeks (of course, it isn't a MONEY BACK GURANANTEE). We will see. I will actually post my real weight (yes, I am insane) and measurements. I am putting it all out there because I am really expecting to see results.
It is funny how this all works out. I broke my leg in February and here I am in September hiring a personal trainer and actually enjoying the fact that I go to the gym. I would have called you a liar if someone told me I would be doing this last September. I guess it is true that everything happens for a reason.
I have decided to post the results of my 20 sessions. Just so it can be documented since Mark has pretty much guarnateed me that I will have the results I want in about seven weeks (of course, it isn't a MONEY BACK GURANANTEE). We will see. I will actually post my real weight (yes, I am insane) and measurements. I am putting it all out there because I am really expecting to see results.
It is funny how this all works out. I broke my leg in February and here I am in September hiring a personal trainer and actually enjoying the fact that I go to the gym. I would have called you a liar if someone told me I would be doing this last September. I guess it is true that everything happens for a reason.
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