Whiner

So, I'm at the gym on Tuesday,

1 hr session with Paul, my trainer not my husband

and all of a sudden he says,

"You know what, maybe we should just call it a day. I don't

think you have it in you."

*sound effects* car skidding to a halt.

WHAT?!!!

Ok, let me back up and set the scene.

We were working on

ABS.

First on the mat doing double crunches.

Truly the worst thing I have

EVER DONE at the gym.

EVER.

4 sets of 20.

I was stopping after 10.

Sometimes doing one then resting.

Oh and I may have been complaining a little.

Paul, my trainer not my husband actually

SAT DOWN while I was trying to finish.

THEN

we went right over to the torture chair

Also known as the abdominal crunch machine.

I was like

"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME??"

Please note that I did not say that

but I'm pretty sure my thoughts were

singing out loud and clear.

THAT

was when he said, "Maybe we're done."

I said, "No, I just can't do this anymore. How

about arms?

PLEASE LET'S TORTURE MY ARMS FOR AWHILE!!!"

I sounded like a crack head.

So we finished up with arms but the whole time

Paul, my trainer not my husband was very quiet.

So, yesterday I had another training session.

I said...

"About yesterday.....I did some thinking and maaaaybe

I complained a little, I'm sorry."

He said, everyone whines now and then.

OMG

I was whining at the gym???!!!!

I AM PAYING THIS GUY TO LISTEN TO ME WHINE??

Then he said, no, you weren't whining, maybe complaining

a little.

Ok.

So I said, the next time I complain just tell me to

SHUT IT.

He agreed.

For the rest of my session I was all smiles.

Everything was 'AWESOME!'

NO COMPLAINING AT ALL.

This is not going to last.

My Guys

Had a bit of "a day" yesterday.

Made a few stupid mistakes.

Stayed at work to finish a project.

Headache.

Left work 2 hours later than I usually do.

Got home.

THESE GUYS

had the table set and dinner waiting.

I'm a lucky girl.

Latest Favorite Thing.

Christmas Shopping

Started my Christmas shopping.

I am determined to be finished

by December 1st so I can enjoy

the holiday season!

Crossfit

Here is today's Crossfit workout:

For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run

Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. Start and finish with a mile run. If you've got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.

Lol.

(no, I don't do Crossfit, but I am a little obsessed with it. I watch the Crossfit games over and over. It's amazing what the human body can do....not mine, but some human bodies.)

The Bionic Woman

So, about a month ago I was doing

squats with a medicine ball

And the next day I had very bad knee pain.

It goes back to the arthroscopic surgery I had in college

because I fell while doing this

-another story for another time......

Well, my knee has bothered me every day for a month.

I finally went to a doctor and he told me I have

"A LOAD OF ARTHRITIS IN MY KNEE."

-a load.

I guess that's a technical term.

So he gave me a choice:

a) anti-inflamatory pills

b) cortisone shot

I chose

I got the shot on Friday, took it easy at the gym.

Saturday, I gave my new bionic knee a try.

YEAH BABY!!!

I felt like a new woman!

I ran, and ran and ran.

Well, no, actually I walked, ran, walked some more,

ran, walked, ran...you get the idea.

(I walk till I'm bored, then run till I can't)

NO PAIN!!!!!!!

Yeah, yeah, I know steroids are not the best,

but I'm hoping that as I get in better shape

my knee won't bother me as much.

Damn surfing accident.

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.