~Missy's Kicking Butt in June~

[Missy]

Just got back from one of the best workouts I've had in awhile. I must say I feel so good right now...so much more energized and pleased than when I don't workout. Matt and I both did the cirquit workout (fat burn room) and my heart was pounding out of my chest the whole time.

I spent 15 minutes on the elliptical today and burned 150 cals and then did 15 minutes on the treadmill and burned another 130, ran a bit on the treadmill a bit today too. With my cardio alone I burned 280 cals + whatever I burn doing my half hour weights workout in the room.

Matt and I are both working 9 hour days now, so we don't have a lot of time at night once we get home from the gym. It's frustrating, but we're pulling in awesome pay checks, so it's worth it. Plus we have been putting quite a bit of money away for the wedding. The girl that sits beside me at work today told me she's pregnant...I really wish I could have a child right now. As much as I want one...I don't want one just yet because I want to get to my goal weight before getting pregnant. We'll probably be trying to plan for one a year after we get married or so...so 2009 possibly. I'm turning 27 this year...so having my first kid at 29 would be pretty good for me.

Our rent is going up again in September too and we really want to get a house. We know it's not in the budget, but I feel like we dump all this money into rent and get nothing out of it....if we dumped a lot into a house, we can at least sell it and get something back. That won't be for awhile though....boo!

Don't have much planned for the weekend. Next weekend is my cousins wedding. It's going to be a nice wedding because he's wearing his soldiers uniform. He just got back from Afghanistan in March and might have to go back again soon....the family is really down about hearing that news.

Anyways...I guess my goals for June are to just get back into focus, work hard during my workouts, focus on the positive...and maybe lose 5 pounds at LEAST!

Food for today was:
Breakfast: 2 omega-3 eggs, 2 flax toast, 1/2 banana, 1 cup skim milk
Snack: 1/2 flax bagel w/light cream cheese, 1 turkey stick
Lunch: Tomato & Basil soup w/whole wheat crackers, egg salad sandwich on flax bread, 1 apple
Snack: 13 mini rice cakes, 1 whole tangerine
Supper: whole grain pizza w/turkey sausage, red & green pepper, mushrooms
Snack: whey protein shake, 1 sugar free popsicle

[Missy]

I'm sweating like a pig right now, probably too much information haha. Matt and I just got finished cleaning the apartment like crazy people. We went all out, moving the furniture and vacuuming under everything. Scrubbed out the refridgerator and oven along with the microwave. I did all the dusting, watering of plants, cleaning the bathroom and kitchen along with mopping all the floors. We also have 2 loads of laundry going at the moment.

Going out shopping after lunch to see if I can find a nice shirt to wear to my cousins wedding next weekend. The one I bought before I don't really want to wear haha. I thought about wearing a dress, but I think I'd be more comfortable wearing pants.

Not much else on the agenda for today. We might go out for a walk after supper since it's gorgeous out.

It's our cheat day today too. We are having whole wheat spaghetti with extra lean ground beef. I'm cutting up mushrooms, onion, red & green peppers to go in the sauce and we're going to have some garlic bread on the side. Still somewhat healthy, but still a little bit of a cheat for us.

[muppet]

Ha! Missy, what you call a cheat day, I call a good one for me! I guess that's why my weight doesn't change much. I'm just so hesitant to do anything too drastic, that I know I won't keep up. I keep telling myself to watch the portions and to make smarter choices -- you know, like fruit instead of cake.... And I do try but I'm not very strict with myself, and I know I need to get a little tougher if I really want to lose any weight.
Keep up the good work Missy! I know what you mean about feeling good after a workout. It's a physical and mental thing for me. It feels great to work my body and it makes me feel good knowing I've done something good for me. Exercise is great --- I just wish it was enough and you could really lose weight with just exercise.

[Missy]

I'm really looking forward to tonight because it's the season premiere of Hell's Kitchen. I got into it the middle of last season, but decided I'm going to watch the whole thing from start to finish this year!

We got a downpour not too long ago, it was pretty windy for awhile too. I don't really have much in the terms of news to update on.

Today's Foods-

Breakfast: 2 omega-3 eggs, 2 flax toast, 1/2 banana, 1 cup skim milk
Snack: 1/2 flax bagel w/light cream cheese, 1 turkey stick
Lunch: salad w/light italian dressing, soup and an apple
Snack: 13 mini rice cakes, 1 tangerine
Supper: whole wheat pizza w/turkey sausage, mushrooms and peppers...no cheese
Snack: protein shake, 1 sugar free popsicle, caffeine free diet coke

[Missy]

ARGH! I haven't been in to post in awhile because our cable/internet was out and we had to have a guy come in to fix it. Everything is up and running again, so here I am!

Went to the gym Wednesday night and sweated a storm in the circuit workout with Matt. His cardiovascular system isn't as good as mine so it takes him about 1/2 hour to do the room and I do it in about 15 minutes or so. I usually go back to motivate him! Spent 1/2 an hour on the treadmill as well and burned off 300 calories.

We got a pretty wicked storm here today when I was leaving work. I just got to my car when it came down. The wind was pretty fierce too, knocked a bunch of trees over onto the roads and some power lines were out because the street lights weren't working.

I'm about to head out to the gym...I'm not looking forward to it. My feet have really been bothering me again lately. I did buy those really nice running shoes awhile back and some orthopedic insoles to go in them...but it still kills to walk and cardio is the worst. I get claims at work from ppl who have plantar fasciitis...and they get like $500 orthotics shoes and sometimes go see a physiotherapist. I have benefits now, so I might look into something like that. I can only imagine them getting worse if I ever get pregnant and add more weight to it...not to mention I'll have a hard time when I get older. It's probably better to invest in it now while I'm still young.

Have a great weekend everyone!

[muppet]

I really feel for you and your feet. It took such a long time for mine to get better, and I'm not quite sure what did it. Last fall, when I went back to work, my feet would just kill me after the day was over. But I wore my insoles, and got some good shoes. For exercise, I quit walking and starting riding my bike. I also did some stretching exercises I found on line. I filled up a plastic pop bottle with water and froze it (24 oz size) and would roll the bottom of my foot on it. It felt really good, especially after a long day at work on my feet.
And eventually it did just go away. I can still feel minor twinges, but I'm back to wearing my cheap flip flops, and other type of shoes , as well as going barefoot most of the time around here. But I'm very aware, and I know if it starts to hurt again, I will go right back to the right kind of shoes, all the time, as well as icing. I really should keep up the stretching exercises.
Well, probably talked about all of this before. But I know how frustrating and painful it is, to have this problem. I hope some of this helps.
Carol

[Missy]

Just got back from a very crappy workout. I guess it's still something, but I get so mad at myself when I can't achieve what I want to. I was doing well at the beginning of my workout, I did the circuit room, lifting pretty heavy as usual, had my heart rate up high...

Then, it got down to cardio time....and my foot pretty much gave up on me (my right one). I usually try to suffer through the pain my feet give me and pump out my cardio, but today something was actually "pulling" in my heels...and I don't want to pull anything or make things worse. So...stopped doing the treadmill and went to try the stationary bike...I was on there for maybe 10 min and burned like 15 cals or something. It's hardly worth it to me. I feel like I could walk to the corner in less time and burn more. I wish I had my REAL bike here...those stationary bikes are junk. I maybe did 15 min total of cardio today and maybe burned 50 cals at most....I'm so disappointed.

I think on Wednesday I might try kicking it up another notch in the room to burn more cals and maybe add the stepper (if I can)...it doesn't seem to be as bad on my heels because I can use the front of my feet to do it. Same with running the stairs, so I might try that.

I'm going to try that water bottle method Carol, it sounds like it would feel awesome on my feet.

Anyways, have a good night everyone!

[Missy]

Wow, I can't believe I keep forgetting to post in here lately. I guess I've just been pretty busy. They are still offering the overtime at work so I've been grabbing up the extra hours like crazy. I spent this past weekend at my parents place for Father's Day. We spent most of the weekend outside on the patio so I have a pretty good tan now. On Saturday night we had a bonfire and some drinks in the backyard. When I lived at home, we always used to do that, so it was really nice to bring back some old memories.

The weekend before that I went to my cousins wedding. The weather was gorgeous and I was glad they had a beautiful day. The wedding was very pretty too, they wrote their own vows which I thought was really sweet. The dinner was excellent too. I'm not sure what they did to the beans they had with the dinner, but they were delicious.

Matt and I just got back from a 30 min run. We decided to do something different than going to the gym. It was pretty hot out today too, so I sweated out a couple buckets, but it felt good to run. We went the same route we did previously and I did SO much better this time around. I lasted much longer and almost (almost) could run the whole way without stopping. I think I am about 20-30 pounds lighter this time than I was the last time I tried. I must say I do feel a sense of accomplishment. Since Matt and I decided to only go to the gym 3 days a week now (Mon, Wed, Fri)...maybe we'll do the 30 min jog on Tues & Thurs.

Anyways, I've gotta run and take a nice cool shower. Hell's Kitchen is on tonight, so I don't want to miss it. Take care everyone!

[FrugalSue]

Your new avatar looks great, Missy! Glad to see you post here again. It's been kind of echo-y in here lately! Sue

[Missy]

I am beyond depressed right now. Just got back from an awesome workout at the gym, but while I was there found out that my one and only true inspiration has quit. He told me he's had enough of the crap that management has been giving all the employees there and he's leaving. He is going to another fitness training studio...but I won't see him anymore because I can't afford to switch gyms and pay membership fees upfront again. My motivation of going to that gym is totally shot since none of the people who inspired me to be there are there anymore. I don't blame him for wanting to leave. I've heard horror stories about the management there...but I'm going to miss him like crazy. I seriously love him to death. He saved my life. He's still in the city so I'm sure we'll get together once in awhile...but I'll have no one to ask questions at the gym anymore!

Anyways, Matt and I did the "fat burn" room today. I wasn't sure I'd be able to do any cardio because of my feet, but I did manage to get in 30 minutes on the treadmill today. I did run some of that too. Probably not the best idea..but I'm tired of having crappy cardio sessions. Ended up burning 265 calories on there today.

I'm going to go to the doctors tomorrow to get a referral for someone to look at my feet and possibly get custom orthotic running shoes. I can't take the pain anymore, it seems to be getting worse. I'm pretty sure it's plantar fasciitis since everything I've read about it seem to be what I'm experiencing.

Food for Today:
Breakfast: 2 omega-3 eggs, 2 flax toast, 1/2 banana, skim milk
Snack: 1 turkey bite, 1/2 flax bagel w/light cream cheese
Lunch: Egg salad sandwich on flax bread, chicken soup, 1 green apple
Snack: 1 large tangerine, 13 mini rice cakes
Supper: whole grain rice, hot peppers, chicken breast
Snack: whey protein shake, fruit bar

I haven't weighed myself in awhile either, I'm afraid to look because I haven't been doing that well lately...ahh well, I'm getting back on track little by little.