queso grande

so i did go overboard a bit yesterday at don pablos. after i OD-ed on chips and cheese though, i only ate a couple bites of my meal, which i just ate today for lunch. as a result, i'm up a pound or so. i've been exercising and drinking a lot of water. i feel like i might be gaining muscle back already though, too. maybe this is the reason that when i exercise and try to be fit, i end up gaining weight. it's frustrating but i know i'm on the right track. i have a nutritional consultation later this afternoon, so maybe i can talk about some of this stuff then.
also, i tried on these pants a few days ago at old navy and i liked them. they're a bit long, since my inseam is only about 30" and they only sell "short" on their website, but they looked good and i need more dress pants. anyway, i tried them on last night and they looked really good! i don't know if it was the working out this weekend or what but my derriere just looked awesome. yay! :)

CW: 190.8
M: 42-35-46.5

gym time

i signed up for gold's gym on saturday. i received a call from the gym after i signed up for a sweepstakes when my mom and i went to the original pancake house last sunday for brunch. i decided that i would really like to go for a consultation and the guy that i was supposed to meet with, ty, seemed really nice, like he was on my side. i was nervous about the fees involved, but since we discussed the rates after the consultation and fitness evaluation stuff, we figured out a plan that would work.
i'm so excited to start working out! i really feel like ty "got me" after talking to me for a short time and he knows how much i want it, so it's so encouraging.
during the consultation, i worked out on a treadclimber for the first time and i liked it a lot. ty also showed me some resistance training equipment which i feel pretty confident about. the gym also has a pool, a cardio theatre, and some fun-sounding classes that are available.

CW: same as before? i haven't weighed myself in a few days and i like to weigh myself in the morning... :)

not so bad

so i figured that i had really put on some weight recently, what with the not really giving a damn what i eat and not walking while my parents were on vacation. the reality is that i actually lost some weight, what with the sweating my tookus off at kings island for the haunt and sustaining myself on kool-aid, energy drinks and odwalla bars during that time. yay!.... i think. :)

CW yesterday: 192.4
CW today: 191.4

yikes

not sure what my weight is currently because i'm kind of afraid to look. i haven't been walking as much because i've been working at a new job and it's pretty exhausting. at this new job though, i've been using a lot of muscles i know i need to use more... i'm just not sure if i'm working them in the correct way or if it's muscle and joint strain. all i know is that my back has been killing me.
i've been having the worst luck with this job too. within two evenings, i got stung by a bee, slammed my knee into a metal fixture, and pinched my finger in between a moving part of said metal fixture. i blame the exhaustion on me making more mistakes but it's still frustrating.
currently watching the bengals v. patriots game. bengals aren't getting killed yet but their linebackers are in a world of hurt. oh well, hope they get better soon... who dey!

CW: who knows... i'll get back to you in a bit.

walking, walking, walking... :)

for the two weeks, i've walked five or six days a week. one of those days five miles for the 'race for the cure' and one of the days i walked with jenny and oreo at sharon woods for 2.5 miles. i don't think i'm losing weight and i'm really heavy right now but i've got to start somewhere, right? my calves are tighter and i feel a change a-coming. :)

CW: 194.5

it's food-related... :)

a bit better

i've still been on the high side, weight-wise. i think i hit 190 last week but was too embarrassed to blog about it...
i'm back down a bit, trying to eat better (have added lots of fruit) and exercise (canoing, yay!). i can't go cold turkey, i've proven that much, so i'm trying to exercise moderation, in earnest. it's so hot though that i don't feel like doing anything... and the bike in the basement needs new batteries (the display and resistance run through the battery, apparently), so i'm thinking that i'm going to have to be the one in my family to purchase them because no one else has yet. i have so much support.... anyway.
i really enjoyed canoing on sunday with steve, brett and jenny. we did an eight-mile stint in extremely low water, where i basically freaked out about huge rocks coming our way and steve had to keep getting out and pushing us through the gravelly, silty mess that we kept getting ourselves into. we were so exhausted (in a good way) when we were done that we all just crashed on the beds in jenny's condo. good times. :)

CW: 188.2