3-2-11

Today was a good day.  Since my daughter doesn't have to be at school till 30 minutes later now I didn't have to rush at the gym.  When the alarm went off at 4:15 I really wanted to hit that snooze, but I didn't.  I was hungry this morning when I woke up so I had a couple of boiled eggs before I left.  I grabbed my gym bag and was out the door.

By 5:00 I was in the locker room getting ready for my workout.  I had extra time and I made the most of it.  I did an extra set of everything and added a one. Yeah my legs were a lil wobble when I stood up the last time to head to the pool but I felt good.  

I was able to get in a full hour in the pool today even though it opened up 15 minutes late.  I know I know the time clock isn't set with the rest of the world.  I really get tired of hearing that one, but since I had the extra time I didn't make a big deal about it.  In you are new with that news there have been issue with the pool being open on time.  It's suppose to be open at 5:30 but it's not on a regular basis.  I had several talks with the director and I ended up with a free month.  Now the month is over and I guess that means being on time is too.  I had such high hopes, silly me.

When I was done I added up my calorie burn and I was already at 2,955 the day was going to be good.  On my way home I stopped to pick up a few things at the store and the smell of the freshly cooked bacon was more than I could resist.  I had bacon and some scrambled eggs and got a biscuit for my daughter.  So now I am off to a good start on both levels.

The rest of the day went equally as well.  My lunch that I forgot yesterday, yeah I remembered it today.  Hey no carbs today, yeah me.  I find I do better on lil or no carbs.  Oh did I mention that even though I missed three days at the gym I still managed to lose 4 lbs?  Yeah counting calories had some to do with that.  hhmmm I wonder how much I could have lost if I had gone those day?  AAahh I am not going to go there I had a good week.

So I had an epiphany,  revelation, or maybe just a reaction to the boiled eggs, but while I was swimming I realized something.  I realized just why this blog is so important to me right now.  Anyone that knows me well enough knows I am always hard on myself.  I have a tendency to be it all or nothing.  I guess that is why I missed three days of workout.  See what I mean?  I lost 4 lbs but I am still focused on the missed days.  EEEEyiyiyi  I realize this more when I am blogging.  I realize that the things I am probably beating myself up
for, or at least feeling kind of bad for, come to me when I am writing.  But I have been like this for 47 years, I dont' think I will be changing this over night. Usually when I start to write I am focused on what I didn't do right, or feel I did wrong, by the end I realize that I didn't have such a bad day.  So even if I am the only one that reads this, which I now know I'm not, I clear my head to see how things really are.  You ever do that?


I have been on the journey since Jan 2011.  I have now lost 75 lbs and I feel sooo much better than I did a year ago.  I have only begun.  Stand back and watch me, I may melt before you very eyes.