Jaglette’s BodyBlog

Christmas time used to invoke humor, generosity, altruism, good will to thy neighbors - a reprieve from negative thoughts/actions for 14 days… What happened?

It has been on my mind for 29 days. I’ve been dieting and working out with the idea that it was going to happen. People in the gym have encouraged me to do it.

I discovered today that there is registration deadline of 15 January although the comp is not until March. I’m not going to do it. Only 29 days down, and I feel stronger and tighter - but I just cannot see what fat I have remaining disappearing in the next 60 days. Not to mention I have a week in London to get through -and it won’t be pretty (but not nancy and sid style).

I refuse to step on that stage with any fat on the bod - and the butt just ain’t going to give it up that easy. It is going to be a battle.  Sigh… maybe they’ll exend the deadline for the women’s category. It’s still on the mind.  Maybe the tan will hide the fat…nah, you just can’t hide the jiggle in the wiggle. 

There is always the end of next year?!

Only HIPT today and diet is good to go (sans flax seed crap).

I did have an interesting experience this afternoon. You haven’t lived until you have an overweight Indian lady (the dot kind) who smells like chili mac (she apologized though) thread your eyebrows (better than waxing she says). Not only does it pull the hair from the root, but I  swear it was pulling at my optic nerves and perhaps some brain matter. 

I have a high pain tolerance, (I thought) but this "sucked".  She seemed to be overly aggressive (kept breaking the thread) and enjoying herself - so I refused to make a sound  (didn’t want to expose my weakness). However, I couldn’t control the tears that began dripping down my face.  Now, most professionals would apologize for making a client uncomfortable - but she cackled like a witch and felt the need to exclaim the obvious - "YOU CRY".  Yes, it is true, you are making me cry.  Then she said "I thread girl whole face today and she no cry."  Wow, she hit me where it hurts - pride. 

Like an idiot, the only response I could spit out was "oh yeah, but can she bench 90lbs?"  Not smooth, especially given she didn’t understand what the hell I was saying. Now I’m thinking of great come backs "after the fact" . Perhaps I’ll go in next time and challenge her to thread my bikini area to show her I’m no wimp… although that will probably leave me in the fetal position. I’ll figure it out!

Given my heart rate was up during this experience, and it was not fun - I’m categorizing today’s event as HIPT (high intensity painful training).

PS - my eyebrows look great! 

Today, I discovered some new quirks with my body.  Never too old to learn!  But first, after last night’s love fest with the wine, and oh yeah - the basket of warm bread - I woke up not feeling my normal clear headed but always tired self, but rather fuzzy headed and always tired. Which I attribute to the booze, as I am a light weight now that I started this journey. 

But, to get myself back on the wagon and pay a little price for gluttonous behavior, after an egg white omelette - I did 60 minutes of low intensity steady state cardio. Not only did I sweat like a pig, but I smelled like one too!

So, back on this quest,  I decided to start taking my flex seed oil (in liquid form).  And I could have sworn that I read people take tablespoons of this to supplement the good fats in their diet. So, I did just that… and almost puked it back up. OH MY GOD - IT TASTED LIKE SOMEONE SH*T IN MY MOUTH.  Then it occurred to me, that maybe people add a tbsp to shakes or food - and not take it solo. At least I hope that is the case.  I’d rather swallow gasoline.  My first lesson today.

The second discovery, I won’t disgust you with the details, but I found that stuffing large amts of food in my mouth in the long run probably caused me to shed a few pounds this morning. You can figure it out!  Have a great weekend!

After working my ass off all week, I declared today "cheat today".  Okay, I declared tonight "cheat night".  Two lovely ice cold beers followed by an outstanding dinner at Romas.  Fresh mozarella cheese with tomatoes/mushroom ravioli/two bottles of red wine and a slice of blueberry cheese cake! Oh my god, I’m in heaven right now with a light buzz and puffy belly (: 

Tomorrow - back to protein shakes and tuna. Yay….  I’ll toe the line until my trip to London in a few weeks - where I’ll be sure to drink thick ass beer and eat lots of fried fish and chips (;

Hmmmm, 1.3 lb gain in the past two days. Not good.  Dragged ass at the gym this morning.  Still managed get a decent heavy leg work out in, but could not foster the energy to finish up with cardio.  I know the issue is that I’m not eating. I was starving when I woke up this morning and reviewing my diet the past two days explained why.  Since modifying my eating habits, I just don’t have an appetite for food.  I forced myself to eat some blackbeans and tuna for lunch.  Forced pieces of sliced chicken in the late afternoon and just forced down a bowl of Kashi Lean Protein cereal.  Breakfast consisted of non fat yogurt and pineapples but I had protein shake in me right after working out.  I need to eat more.  Also, cardio is almost non-existent in my work-outs now, need to incorporate them back in…. 

But ending on a positive note- getting stronger. I added some body measurements from two weeks ago, and have already noticed my stats are bigger than many of the men on this site! Not sure if that is good or not (definitely not good for skinny jeans!)

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The last day of my four days off ):  Mucho sleep - I just don’t understand how I can sleep so much.  I have approximately 15-20 years left on earth and I don’t want to spend it sleeping -  too much living to do!  Anyhoo, very rested today, then I watched a depressing movie called "FOOD, INC".  Wow, what an eye opener - recommend you watch it.  Definitely changes the way I buy food now and I see a garden in my future.  Besides addressing where our food is derived, it spotlighted our government in yet another negative manner.

Today was back, tris, abs - I feel stronger, but not leaner today. My weight is the same as last weigh- in as is my bf. I’m wondering how accurate the bf reading is for I really do not have too much fat on me - 25% seems excessive.  I’m waiting for my measurement tape to arrive to compare against my numbers from two weeks ago. Hopefully, that will give me a better picture.

Back on track today.. lots of rest, protein, and worked chest and legs.  I pushed hard on legs to the point of feeling a bit light-headed at times.  I felt strong on chest today and upped the weight.  My goal was to finish up with SS treadmill - but after legs I could only finish up with 20 minutes.   More of the same tomorrow!

No work out today, however I did join a group of friends for a day of eating, drinking, and dancing.  What I discovered is that my new eating habits are starting to become a lifestyle rather than choice.  I was able to walk past lines and lines of steaming pots filled with delicious calories without a second thought.  More importantly, although being in a location in which every person had a drink in his or her hand - I was content with a few glasses of champaign and one beer.  This is quite an accomplishment for me - typically I’d be sucking them down hard and fast with everyone else.  Knowing that I have control over my body (or my body as control over me) allows me to start getting out more. I love the fact that I’ll be up early tomorrow working out while my friends are in recovery! (:

Happy Thanksgiving!  My day started with a long mountain bike ride through soft sand, crappy roads, lots of hills, and a head wind like you wouldn’t believe.  My quads, hammies, and gluts were burning like Rome - but it hurt so good (if that makes sense). The sun was blazing, so by the time I returned and had a free T-Day meal offered to me - I had absolutely no appetite.  I went home and made a frozen protein shake and feel satiated. It was a very good T-Day. Oh, camels are comparable to big spitting dogs - don’t let anyone tell you different!