Day 3 - Piece of Cake (or I should say Popcorn!)
Well, today started out good - with my husband looking over my shoulder (we’ll call him Rick - because that’s his name!) - I pulled out a non-fat yogart and peeled back that foil lid like a pro - and pulled a banana out and cut it up, mixing it in - hoping beyond hope that it would somehow mask the taste of that nasty stuff whose commercials make it look like the chicks are practically having orgasms while licking the foil lids - can you say FALSE ADVERTISING? Anyway, I was straining to see the facial expression on Rick’s face - wondering - did he look at the history on my laptop and figure out I was doing this - and, gulp, did he see how much I actually weighed? Is being over 270 lbs grounds for divorce in Missouri when your spouse weighs about 175 and is at about 9.5% body fat? I sure hope not - he hasn’t said anything yet - and I sure hope he doesn’t-but then again that doesn’t mean anything - he should work as a spy for the US Government - he could be captured by the enemy and tortured and he would talk!
Okay, so I choked down the yogert, took a a bottled water - chatted with Rick and listing all the things I had to do today - which included, but wasn’t limited to, picking up the vacuum cleaner (Tuesdays are my day off work) - and Rick said, "Aren’t you going to the gym?" "I don’t think I have time," I said (pretending the vacuum would actually get used by me even if I did pick it up today!) Then, the little bugger had the nerve to tell me that the vacuum repair place didn’t open until 10 and it was only 8, so after I dropped the kids off at school - he figured I could be at the gym at - oh, 8:10 a.m. - Darn Lee’s Summit, MO for being so small! So I went digging through all of his bottles of pills and took two "B Complex" and two "Green Tea" capsules - by the way - why in the world would someone take fish oil? YECK! Let me let you in on a little secret - take them with milk or juice or anything but water - because if you don’t get them down right away, the taste made me want to throw up!
Okay - off to the gym I went - the two jerk guys (I’ll call them Jughead and Chuck - just for the heck of it) weren’t there! Ha! They were probably at McDonald’s eating a Delux Big Breakfast (not that I would ever do that myself, of course). . .anyway, I hopped up on the elipticle - God has such a great sense of humor - he made sure there was one open - RIGHT NEXT TO RICK! UHG! Okay, so I hopped on - oh good, things were looking up - at least 2 hot chicks and 3 that were my size or bigger – Just as I was programming the elipticle - trying to make sure Rick didn’t look over my shoulder to see when I programmed in my weight - my phone rang - it was my friend Robin - I’m sure I ticked off a ton of people up there - but I talked to her for 22 minutes - it went by quickly! Then I put my ipod on - and was able to complete 52 minutes before I about died - I checked the internet on my phone to see what time the movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" was playing at our local movie theatre - 11:20 - perfect. . .I ran back home (okay, I drove), got cleaned up, mailed a box to my sister that I told her I mailed yesterday - oops! Stopped by Quick Trip and got another Figi Water (did I mention I just love the look of the bottle- isn’t it adorable?! Did some other boring stuff - picked up the vacuum cleaner and decided to buy another one so I wouldn’t have to lug the heavy one up and down the stairs all the time - well, okay, like once every two weeks. Then I headed to the movie -
My first movie I went to by myself. . . did I mention I MIGHT have another problem besides food and my weight? Possibly a little shopping issue. . .I paid more for a small popcorn and small soda than I would have for a large of both - but - I did it - Yay, me! Okay - I got butter on the popcorn - I never get to get butter on the popcorn because Mr. Health Monster that I’m married to wouldn’t ever hear of it! By the way, I know it was bad of me, but boy - it did taste good - and my hands felt really soft - or was that greasy?
Okay, the movie has now become my top favorite movie of all times (at least for this week) - without ruining it for all of you out there - the only part I had a huge problem with was when her roommate counted up all of her debt and it only came to $16k - are you flipping kidding me? The chick lives in NY and she bought at least one Louis and one Prada purse (which I happen to know from personal experience cost roughly $810 and $635, respectively) and all of her debt only came to $16k? I don’t think so! But the movie was a riot - and brought back old memories for me before I got married to Mr. Never Bounced A Check nor Never Paid A Bill Late In His Life. . . remember yesterday or the day before when I said Rick had a saying that drove me nuts: "It’s not complicated - calories in vs. calories out - 3,200 calories = a pound"? Well, he also has another equally as icky saying, "It’s easy to stay out of debt - Don’t spend more than what you earn!" Well, gee - why didn’t I think of that????? So how come the more I earned the more I spent? Food for thought!
Okay, so the rest of my day was pretty blah, blah, blah - oh - except that right after the movie - I stopped by my friend Amy’s shop in downtown Lee’s Summit to tell her about the movie - which happens to be right next door to a Bike Shop - well - isn’t the President telling us we need to stimulate the economy? Well, stimulate the economy I did! I bought a bike - not just any bike - I had the owner order it - in PINK. It will be here in 5-7 days - it’s way cool - the handle bars are high enough and the peddles are spaced appropriately so I don’t have to have curviture of my spine to ride it - and it has a nice big cushy seat on it! I can’t wait - now I’m going to start going on bike rides with my kids (and hubby!). . .I really am excited about it!
I ate a peanut butter and jelly (low sugar strawberry) sandwhich and I put 10 choco chips on it (I usually put a handful - but I counted out only 10 and made a happy face out of them) . . .baby steps!
I got some e-mails from a couple of you out there which really helped! Thank you! I texted messaged my personal trainer Todd and he said "one blog at a time!" He is too funny!
So, hopefully, tomorrow will be better (eating-wise) than today, and hopefully I am able to get my tushy up to the gym. I weigh in with my trainer Thursday morning. . .gulp!
Goodnight - and thank you for all of your wonderful and positive comments! I’m actually feeling like maybe I’m really not in this alone!
Hugs,
Marlene
February 24, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I am laughing so hard "whose commercials make it look like the chicks are practically having orgasms while licking the foil lids " That is so funny. It sounds like you are on the right track, best of luck to you with your goals!