| Diet, Fitness, Clothes, Hell's Kitchen |
[May. 28th, 2008|11:11 am] |
I hope you all had a great holiday weekend!
My left eye is itchy, dry and red. I suspect allergies but boy is it bugging me. It’s better than it was half an hour or so ago, so maybe whatever got in it is clearing out now.
My workout schedule this week has gotten all turned around. I think that is a good thing. Shaking things up every once in a while can actually help. I have been trying the elliptical a time or two every week and last night it finally felt right rather than weird and off. I was able to get my heart rate exactly where I wanted it and keep it there the whole time I was on it, so yay!
Our lunchroom has 5 full boxes of donuts and kolaches in it. You can smell the sugar when you walk by. :(
Clothing Buying Woes:
I have developed a clothes buying phobia. I cannot bring myself to actually go shopping and try on clothes in a store. I can get myself to order some things online, but only after a lot of working at psyching myself up to do it. I’m afraid that if I order clothes in a smaller size, they’ll be too small and I’ll get frustrated and give up. And this is after I’ve ordered clothes in a smaller size and they were loose on me when I got them. Part of the problem is that my measurements, when translated to sizes using various company’s size guides, don’t actually reflect what fits me. The size guides tell me I should be wearing clothes at least a size larger than what I’m actually wearing, but what I’m actually wearing is almost too big for me. It’s confusing and upsetting. To make matters worse, the size guides also tell me that my top is 2 sizes smaller than my bottom. And yeah, I’m a bit pear-shaped, but not quite to that extent, IMO. And I haven’t been buying smaller tops because I don’t care if my tops are too big. Honestly, I sometimes get so angry with American clothing retailers and their weird sizing! I am at a point where I don’t have any clue what “size” I am.
( Hell’s Kitchen )
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| American Idol, Hell's Kitchen, TV |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|12:04 pm] |
Ick! Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune all go retrograde in May. :(
I took my measurements last night. My upper half is two sizes smaller than my lower half. I know that’s to be expected as that’s generally how losing inches works, but it’s still a little annoying.
( American Idol )
( Hell’s Kitchen )
AOL’s got a 50 best TV comedies list up. I could probably quibble over placement and I don’t care for either The Simpson or Friends. But I think my not liking the those two is partly generational and partly just who knows what. I do understand that millions of people find them funny. As a result I actually agree with 49 out of the 50 shows on the list. The only one that doesn’t belong is #50, Everybody Loves Raymond which was never funny at all, doesn’t belong on any “good” list and was, IMO a favor David Letterman did for Ray Romano, who doesn’t deserve any favors. *ahem* Sorry, I feel strongly about that show. But the rest, yeah, funny times. Looking through it brought back some great memories and I was happy to see Larry Shandling at 11 and Mary Tyler Moore at 4, and Bob Newhart in there a well-deserved twice. Yay!
I’m a little frustrated today – having communication and planning problems that make me really sad. Bah!
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| Diet, Exercise, Hell's Kitchen |
[Apr. 16th, 2008|11:55 am] |
Yesterday I went to the gym for the first time in many years. I rode a recumbent stationary bike for 20 minutes. Today my knees hurt less and I’m getting around so much better and I feel about 2000% better in general. I even slept better last night. I am really looking forward to going back tonight.
I am going to Trophy Fitness Club, which is very convenient to me, not crowded, has TVs on each bike/treadmill/stairmaster/elliptical, plenty of free weights and machines, free classes, and really nice locker rooms + a “water house” with rain shower and steam cave in addition to the whirlpool . Plus it is next door to and affiliated with a spa, which makes it easier for me to use facials, manicures, etc. as rewards instead of food.
One funny thing - the trainer who showed me around was a little ... on something, I think. He was sort of bouncing off the walls. And when asked what the monthly fee is, he said it is $47.63. Somehow I don’t think that’s right!
My plan is to keep biking and maybe walking on the treadmill a little for the next two weeks until I have my knee strengthened and loosened up a little, then have one session with a trainer to get a good cardio & light weights circuit set up that I can alternate with the bike and treadmill. I would also like to take the yoga and pilates classes, but I think I need limbering up before I do that, as well, so that’s another thing to start in a couple of weeks. I think this should be a big boost to losing weight as well as finally getting rid of at least some of my knee and back pain.
The only TV I watched last night was ( Hell’s Kitchen )
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| Stress, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, Step It Up and Dance |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|11:32 am] |
My left eye is twitching. It hasn’t done that in a long time. It usually happens when I’m really stressed, and I can’t figure out what I could be stressed about right now. Other than needing to get my taxes filed (which should take 5 minutes and result in me getting money), I don’t have much of anything to do over the next few days. This is making me worry that perhaps I am stressed by the lack of stress in my life? I think that is probably not a good thing.
I have managed to make it to Thursday without going to the grocery store. I should be okay for tonight and tomorrow morning and I’ll go to the store tomorrow night and buy the right things to get me back on my diet.
I did not watch any American Idol this week.
I did watch ( Hell’s Kitchen )
And ( Top Chef )
Oh, and I caught the first episode of ( Step It Up and Dance )
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