3-13-13

Ok so it looks like this is going to be an every other day thing.  My days have been anything but boring.  I do have to say that the last few days of having the house to myself has been strange.  My daughter has been at D-Now with the youth group.  My son,... well he's doing his usual things and we catch up here and there.  The past few nights I have found myself home alone.  I am still trying to decide if I like it :D

The past couple of days have been busy.  I didn't ever make it to the gym yesterday but I tried and I did get my workout in.  My morning I slept in, since I had no time I HAD to be any place at any certain time.  I got ready to go swim for a few hours only to get there and find the pool was closed.  The first time I don't take my other workout clothes and I needed them.  I never got motivated to get back there. 

After I left the gym I went to scout of some new places to do a photo-shoot.  I don't know if you have ever really paid attention to someone doing photos on location but they don't stand still.  I get in more squats when I am doing photos than I do in the gym.  Ahhh who'm I kiddin I don't do squat at the gym.  I do however get plenty in when doing photos, esp when I am working with kids.   At one point I was actually laying in the street taking photos of them walking.  One of the younger boys pointed out that he didn't think it was safe.  It was at a dead end block where cars RARELY go at this time of the day.  For that matter even less for this time of the year.  I had five boys from the age two to ten to work with on this shoot, and they kept me working.  But they are so cute, it was the second time I got to shoot them :D

Today, again, I slept in cuz ... well cuz I could.  It's my vacation and I am doing what I want for the most part.  I have things I want to accomplish but I will do them at the times I chose to.  After paying a few bills and dropping my daughter off at her baby sitting job, I was off to the gym.

I went to a different gym today, actually just a different location of the Y.  I usually go the the downtown location since, till now, my cardio is in the pool.  The downtown has an indoor heated pool.  I find this to be a plus in the winter time.  I like going to the family Y because I like it's weight room better.  

I had not been in this gym in a LONG time, least not actually doing anything in it.  I walked thru the weight room to try an figure out what machines I was going to use while trying to not look too stupid about it.  I found my two stand by machines that I do every time I go.  One for my adominals and then leg curls.  I usually do 2-3 sets at 200 reps/50lbs on each.  This was a given today.  As I am sitting down to do my second set of leg curls an older gentleman started to talk.  I had been watching him and  it seemed he knew his way around pretty well, I took advantage of that.  When I was younger, much younger, I had a go to machine that worked my thighs.  I had not seen anything that resembled this at the downtown gym that I usually go to.  So this guy pointed it out to me.  He told me to come an get him when I was ready to do them and he would help me.  I ended up doing a set of 100 @40lbs for each of those then I was off to the cardio room. 


Since the pool was not an option I decided I would ride stationary bike for at least an hour.  I love these new ones they have, it's much nicer than the boring one I have at home.  I took my earplugs, popped into the panel, tuned in a station I wanted to watch and off I went.  Joyce Myer was on to start off the ride and it got me going.  I found my inner strength real quick.  About 25 minutes into the ride she was going off.  For the next 5 mins or so I was flipping thru channels, while ridding the whole time.  I ended up on the local noon news and that took me thru the next half hour.  Before I knew it it had been an hour and the panel was telling me to hit my 5 min cool down.   In that hour I kept a pretty steady pace most of the time, while increasing the intensity of it, and tossed in a sprint here and there to keep the heart rate up.  I ended up going 11 miles.  When I was done on the bike my legs felt like jelly for a few steps, I can only imagine how funny I probably looked trying to walk to soon after stopping. 


I left the cardio room and decided I wanted to do one more set in the weight room.  By the time I did those four stations one more time I was feeling tired, but it was that good tired.  I went to pick up my daughter and drop her back off at the church, stopped by the house to get my swimsuit and headed to the downtown Y.  After a few short stops later, I was in the pool.  Yes I know that was my second workout for the day.  If they had a heated pool at the first one, or the machines I want at this one, I could have done it all at one time.  did you get all that? good now tell me what I just said :D  

I only swam for 50 minutes.  There were some kids came in (they are off for Spring Break this week)  and swimming laps was not on their agenda.  I had a nice enough swim and was starting to feel tired.  I had a really good workout today and going to try it again tomorrow.  For that matter I want to do it every day at least till I go back to work on Monday.


When I got home this time I sat down an worked up the photos from the shoot yesterday.  They looked great.  Did you have any doubts about it?? lol  In all that I realized I hadn't eaten since I stopped to get my daughter.  She had wanted a snack to hold her over till later, so we split some popcorn chicken from Sonic.  Then, at 8pm, after my son returned from football practice came home asking to order pizza.  At this time I realized I had not eaten much at all today.  We ordered pizza.  Even after having three slices I was still in my calorie range for the day.  I burned over twice the amount that I ate today.  YEAH ME :D  I am going to work really hard to be down that thirty pounds by the time I go for my three check-up with my Dr next month.  I can do this


So today I was thinking about a bucket list.  Everyone has them don't they? What is your bucket list?  I want to drive RT66 coast to coast some day and do photos.  I also want to drive hwy1 in along the Calif coast line.  I tell everyone if I die before I make it all of those places don't put me in a box but scatter my ashes along the places I didn't get to so they can say I made it there.


I have my goal long term goal set at hitting 199.  No not 200, 199.  I just like the one better :D  When I hit that goal I have a list of things I want to do then too.  I want to go sky diving.  I want to climb a rock wall (this one I may not wait till I hit that goal to attempt) And I want to an amusement park and ride all the roller-coasters I can get to.  Oh and run at least a 5K :D


What's on your bucket list?