New Favorite Thing

Allow me to introduce you to my new favorite toy;

My Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor!

Paul, my trainer, not my husband, suggested I invest in

one of these and since I do everything he tells me,

I picked one up.

It comes with a chest strap which holds the transmitter;

and since this woman has NO boobs(seriously, is she a boy??!)

and I have LOTS of boobs, I was

concerned it would be very uncomfortable.

WRONG.It sits right under my SPORTS BRA

and I forget I have it on.

Never even think about it.

You set you height, age and weight, push START

and it records your heart rate and calories burned during your workout.

It even transmits my heart rate to the cardio machine I'm working on.

BUT THE BEST PART - the BEST PART

is that it tracks my heart rate and

CALORIES BURNED during my personal training sessions.

No more guessing.

The first time I wore it I was sure I burned 5000 calories.

Imagine my surprise when my heart rate monitor read 258.

WHAT??!! Ok. I just have to work harder next time.

And I did.

451 next session.

Excellent.

451 more calories to play with.

Love, love LOVE my heart rate monitor.

As of Today....

Down 20.

thrilled :-)

So Much Pain

Personal training session yesterday.

Paul, my trainer, not my husband

worked me so hard that

sweat was dripping off me.

There were drops of

"water" on the mat and

Paul, my trainer, not my husband

pointed it out and said,

"That's you."

Dripping.

My hamstrings are

KILLING ME today.

I haven't hurt this much since I

started working out.

LOVE IT.

Hot Stuff

20 - count 'em, 20 push-ups

WITHOUT STOPPING

REAL push-ups, not "girly" push-ups.

and 5 of these:

I did a lot of other stuff too, but

the dips were new.

Not a favorite of mine. Nope.

Book Suggestions, Please

I need something to read.

Any suggestions?

Love Me Some Orange

So, my son has been going to quite a few

Sweet 16 parties lately.

The last one was semi-formal.

He wore:

a navy blazer

white shirt

blue pants

blue madras bow tie

bucks

He said he was the best dressed guy there.

He said all the girls thought he was the

best dressed guy there.

Lots of girls - lots of attention.

So,

for the next party he wanted a new bow tie.

We got him this:

And then we got him these to go with it:

The colors match up in real life.

He'll wear them with a white shirt, blue blazer and these:

He is so cool.

Sucky Day

Awake at 3:30am.

Worrying.

Out of bed at 4:00am.

Wore an outfit I will never wear again.

Hair did NOT cooperate.

Bad choice in jewelry.

No breakfast.

Work a little before 7:00am.

Stressful morning.

Loud outside my office all day.

Drat! Left my lunch at home.

Designer of necklace I am wearing should

be shot for putting sharp Ninja star type

thingys on it, as it is now cutting into my jugular.

Remove necklace, throw it into bag hoping it gets

all tangled.

Oh look, there's my lunch. It was in my bag after all.

Throw it out because it's warm and I already ate.

3:30 - ow.

Ow?

Yeah, ow.

Arm muscles starting to ache from yesterday's workout.

Not good if they hurt already.

What happened to the 48 hour rule??

Hair now an afro.

Did I really put that much eye liner on??

Cannot wait to get home and wash my face!

Headache.

Gym.

Hour session.

FAILED.

Didn't have it in me.

Did 1/2 hour.

So annoyed.

Bed early.

Try again tomorrow.

What?!

The other day someone said to me....

"You look great! You look like a Bratz Doll."

*blink blink*

What?

THIS is what Bratz Dolls look like:

I think we can safely say I look

NOTHING

like a Bratz Doll.

I think maybe my lipstick was too dark.

....a Bratz Doll?

Fall Fair Weekend

I am exhausted!

This is our Fall Fair Weekend at school.

It is the biggest fundraiser of the year.

It's going so well.

I am so tired!

Friday night was our kick-off party

with our silent and live auctions.

We have such generous families.

We raised A LOT!!!! of money!!!!!

Saturday was the first day of our fair.

It's a big deal.

Rides, games, vendors, an international food tent.

My job is to make sure everyone has what then need.

They did not.

I was busy.

By the end of the day my feet were KILLING me.

I was asleep last night before my head hit

the pillow.

Today is the FINAL day of the fair.

I had big dreams of going to the gym

early in the morning and getting it over with.

Yeah, didn't happen.

BUT I am running around all day and yesterday

I had to carry an enormous fire extinguisher

so I counted that as a mini work out.

I am down 14 pounds!!

So happy about that.

This exercising thing REALLY does work.

Ok, back to the fair.

Wish me luck!

Hmph.

There are not enough hours in the day.

Crazy Week

Welcome to Crazy Week.

We are gearing up for our biggest fund

raiser of the year.

Yesterday I was at my desk at

6:35 AM

It's just easier to get things done when

no one else is around.

I'm A Proud Member Of The Cult

Just Saying Hi

I just wrote this long boring blog post.

I deleted it.

Just wanted to say hi.

Hi.

Down Ten.

:-)