Work is getting overwhelming and just well, tough.
I still try to make sure I get to the gym 4-6 times a week.
Spinning out my aggressions on the bike usually makes me feel a lot better. Especially if there is good music.
Ending my work week with an intense and calming yoga class on Friday evenings is a nice way to end the week.
I need the gym to keep me sane.
Now maybe I am understanding why my weight loss has been so slow lately. Check out this New York Times article titled: Women Who Drink Gain Less Weight.
Apparently I need to be drinking A LOT more booze!
I was able to hit the noon spin class today. I have to say if I make the time to leave work it works out really well. I felt so good and ready to take on anything (or just about anything) once I returned to work for the afternoon.
As long as I don’t have a meeting in the way I plan on attending that class as often as I can. It is nice to leave work and come home instead of having to head to the gym.
Since my morning yoga class was canceled I am spending almost every evening after work at the gym. It kinda sucks. So it is nice to have my work out over with before the work day even ends.
I am still counting the calories and working out 5-6 times a week. The weight loss has been slow. But the number is still going down, even if it isn’t a quick as I would like.
The regular Friday evening yoga teacher, Suraya, at my gym is pretty great. But I also love when Ken subs.
He refers to the Friday evening yoga as Happy Hour.
I love his teaching style. It was an amazing workout. Man, my thighs were burning and I can still feel that yoga. (Could be the three spin classes this past week, too.)
I find yoga on Friday evenings a great way to end the workweek … especially when it is a tough week.
Tonight in spin class it was the battle of the fan.
I like to sit in the front row: I can see and hear the teacher better and I am closer to the fans.
Once class heated up I got off my bike to turn on a fan. I asked the guys behind me if they wanted the smaller fan on them. They said no. So I just turned on the big tornado fan and got back on my bike.
After about 5-10 minutes one of the guys behind me got up and turned the tornado fan. Uh, OK, now I had no cool air on me. So I asked him to turn on the little fan for me.
Here’s the thing … you know where the fans are in class. If you don’t want a fan on you don’t sit on a bike right near them. Other people do want air on them. And the guy could have moved to a bike away from the fans.
Hopefully I won’t endure this battle again. I seriously don’t understand how people can work out when they are so hot and sweaty. Spin is tough enough as it is. I don’t need that enhanced with being hotter than necessary.
Tonight I made a fake cheeseburger for dinner.
I made one last week, too. It wasn’t exactly a substitute for the real deal, but it was satisfying.
The Boca burger heated up in the oven along with half a potato cut into fries. Once the burger was “ready” I put on a piece of fat free Kraft single cheese slice to melt.
I lightly toasted two pieces of Sara Lee Delightful bread. Once the “bun” and “cheeseburger” were ready I added a little Light Miracle Whip, a little ketchup and Tapatio. I had the burger along with my potato fries, which were seasoned with Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy and pepper.
A low calorie and fairly satisfying meal. I also had a glass of red wine to wash it all down.
After another week of counting calories I was excited to weigh in and see another loss on the scale.
There was a loss, just not as much as I was hoping. 0.4 was my weight loss. I was hoping it would be at least a pound. But it wasn’t a gain and it was actually a loss.
Let’s see how next week’s weigh in goes.
My dad, Michael, writes a blog for the San Francisco Chronicle, which I have mentioned before. Check out his post about no calorie indulgences while in the baking portion of his schooling.
Did you read it? OK, so you can really only look at that yummy goodness to keep it at 0 calories. But that stuff looks good, doesn’t it?
I indulged today. After my hair appointment, which followed two hours at the gym, I stopped at Bittersweet to get a Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa. I had no intention of getting anything from Bittersweet … but the sign outside the shop advertising this yummy hot cocoa had me walking in, ordering and paying. And I figured my hard work at the gym this morning earned the drink.
A co-worker brought in Krispy Kreme doughnuts to work today. Evil woman!!!
I decided to look up the nutritional information on the Web site. Hmmmm, not easy to find. I used Google to look it up and somehow came upon the KK nutrional information page, which I could NOT find from the main page.
Once I finally found the page I clicked on U.S. and a tiny box opened up on my screen. I couldn’t make the box bigger. I did, however make the text 150% and could read it better but had to scroll over to get all info. An original glazed is 200 calories with 12 grams of fat.
If you want any other KK doughnut nutrional information click here.
So the healthy eating has continued into Week 2. And I have been trying to limit the alcohol intake to just weekends. So far so good on that goal. The last adult beverage I had was a glass of wine on Saturday.
I haven’t felt that I have encountered any major food obstacles in the past week and a half. I have eaten out and have been able to accommodate for that each time. A little planning helps.
I am continuing to track my food by counting calories with eating and exercise.
I wasn’t able to hit the gym yesterday. But it is Thursday and I have taken three spin classes this week.