kermane’s BodyBlog

well not new friends completely, just some friends who like to dance. None of my friends do, irregardless how liquored up they might get either.

I on the other hand like to shake my money maker to quote the black crowes. I realized I"m back to feeling like me yesterday at a wedding of a friend. I was watching the bride get down with her friends, and I’m dancing in my seat. I so wanted to dance but I didn’t want to be out there by myself and look like some hanger on. You know the person no one is dancing with and looks lost in their own world.

The friend is really a son of my husbands friend, so besides my husband his friend, his son, bride and my husbands friend sister I knew no one else there. And its always more fun to act silly with a bud. A girl dancing by herself invites the unwanted attention of men sometimes, and several of the men there were feeling no pain thanks to their friends Bud and Coors.

My abscess is gone, along with it the staph infection that caused it, I don’t think I mentioned in the other blog it was a staph infection, just glad they caught it early, scary what could’ve happened if they hadn’t.

So anyhow I’m looking forward to working out tommorow, I feel rested and like me. Also I’m wondering if there’s a website PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DANCE LOOKING FOR FRIENDS WHO LIKE TO DANCE.

Dancing is so liberating and freeing and I think alot of people are scared of being judged while doing it, myself included thus the reason I didn’t get out and dance by myself. Wait isn’t that a song by Billy Idol? Dancing with myself or something.

Last week I mentioned my abscess on my leg, which unfortunately flared up majorly and painfully so much it had to be drained yet again and this time packed with steri strips.

Its amazing that something that started out small, grew in 4x its size within days. I’ve been going to the doctor several times getting it checked finally today good news its on the mend officially. I’m so relieved otherwise surgery was in my future.

So needless to say last week I ended up bombing on my clean eats, either too little food because the pain was just too bad to eat, or the wrong kind of food. I think I’ve become a germaphob now after all this, constantly checking my son for abscesses, antibacterial soap in every room.

Last workout was Thursday and to be honest I did that thru some pain, tried toughing it out thinking I was being a big old baby, so I’ve not worked out since well the nasty abscess shrinks.

Haven’t been able to sit for long periods in my office, thus I haven’t been able to check on peoples blogs, hope your holiday weekend was a good one.

One more doctor appointment next week and as long as it keeps healing like it has since Friday no surgery! I’m glad its healing, the idea of any more surgery on my body sickens me.

When you start going thru withdrawals. In my case workouts. Ended up having to have an abscess drained on my leg, no workouts Monday or Tuesday which to be honest was probably best, Monday even the simple act of walking was painful. Along with the pain I kept thinking, man I should be working out, yep I’m a workout addict.

Today I did a light workout, walking is still not up to normal but far better than Monday. I’ve never had an abscess before and apparently mine is stubborn, hoping by Friday it will not be so painful. Otherwise back to the doctor.

So today, no real cardio, couldn’t do my rbike, sitting down on a hard surface hits the darn thing just right, thus pain.

5min wu on treadmill(side note I hit 1000 miles on Friday when I did my workout I was just so busy I didn’t blog that day)

one arm db rows: 23×35x3

military press/seated: 15×35x3

hammer curls: 15×35x3

Did each set as a big old circuit and in between each set I walked for 5min on my treadmill, so 20minutes all together on the treadmill.

Been taking the kiddo to the batting cages this week. He can hit fine if you pitch to him but the pitching machine he can’t, mainly I think its fear, so hopefully he’ll get over that fear the more we go to the batting cages.

83 degrees here, beautiful!!!!

The obsession is with my own arse. Once upon a time it was on its way to being a shelf ass.  You know the type of butt if someone put a bottled water on said butt that person could walk around and the water would stay perfectly like it was on a shelf?

Genetics play a huge(pardon the pun) part in it. I look at my Aunt with her shelf butt and saddle bags and shudder at what my arse might end up looking like.

So its no longer looking like a shelf butt but I obsess over it, check it out each day looking for differences. I mean I obsess over it like some of you obsess over the scale. Is there less cellulite, is my butt line(where my butt use to sag and touch the back of my hamstring, I swear I have a line from the indentation of it on each leg) shrinking???

I really need to stop the insanity. In all reality since I do not notice changes in the mirror of my body as a whole each day what makes me think I can notice a change in my bootay??

Ok glad to get that off my chest, which I worked hard today. Week 3 of my 4 week high rep routine.

10min wu on treadmill

flat db press: 15×35x3

incline db press: 12×35x3

decline db press: 10×35x3

10min cooldown on treadmill

Later I did: 30min HIIT on rbike.

Hoping that by the end of this week I will hit 1000 miles on my treadmill, I"m at 996. I’m starting my birthday challenge on MOnday, clean eats til my birthday on August 16th.

Been having to say that to myself the past couple days. Its hard to abstain when your hubby has M & M’s every night, and still looks good. Aww to be able to get away with that. So far so good for me which is good, I’m starting my clean eats to my birthday thing on Monday, want to see how I do, its in August so not that far off.

So I must admit I like to watch reality tv now and then either a model show or one of those Real Housewives shows. New REal Housewives, I watched one lady pay $120,300 in cash for furniture for her house. In cash!!!!!! My jaw was on the floor, 1st over the amount of money she spent, 2nd for her paying in cash.

Today I worked Back/biceps

10min wu on treadmill

one arm lat pulldown: 30×35x3

seated military press: 15×35x3

standing hammer curls: 10×35x3

upright rows: 30×35x3

10min cooldown on treadmill.

Later I did: 30min HIIT on my rbike.

Was pedalling away like a mad woman when I was like : EWW what’s that smell??? Well it was me. I was glad I work out by myself because I stuck. My dog ran out of the room when I came up from the basement.

Made sure to get cleaned up I don’t want to disgust the parents later today at baseball. Supposedly its going to rain, but keeping my fingers crossed it will not. My kiddo is doing so good hitting now, now to practice catching and throwing.

I was disappointed Tara didn’t win last night on Biggest Loser but once Helen weighed in 1st and I saw what she weighed I knew she won. 3 years in a row the women have kicked arse on Biggest Loser.

It seems that either I was going out late at night and attacking people for their iron rich blood or something kicked in my system. So if you’re in OHio and heard about late night apparent vampire attacks it was probably me, sleepstalking.I’m not anemic, in 6 weeks times my iron level has went from a 6 to a 12.4. And I must admit I was not diligent with my iron pills. Suppose to take 2 a day, and most days if I remembered it was one.

I’m strange, is what my doctor said. She’d never seen anyone have such low iron jump so quick and the patient not be dilligent with the iron pills, oh well, I’m just glad its up, unfortunately I have to go back in 3 months to check it again.

Today was leg day, and I was not loving the idea of working out, evil Kermane tried to talk sweet(yes I do have a sweet side) Kermane from working out, but sweet Kermane beat the crap out of her. ROFL

10min wu on ellpictical

bulgarians: 10×35x3(each leg)

fire hydrants: 15×35x3(each leg)

one leg knee ext: 70×35x3

standing hamstring curls: 50×35x3

Did 10min of ellpictical between each set, finished with 15min of ss on treadmill.

Today was baseball practice and all our practicing hitting has paid off, now on to catching and throwing, which means I need to learn how to be a better catcher too because well I suck(vampire pun attended) at it.

Tommorow we have a game and another on Saturday. We were supposed to campout on Saturday with CubScouts but that was just cancelled and it was actually suppose to be warm, none of my whining about being cold.

It deserves to be visited and worshiped. Wish I’d come up with that but I heard it on a Model show, one of the models said it. But Hey I think it applies to more than modeling.

Though for 5 days my body was a M & M dumping ground, no more of that though. I think I became possesed by something, like a chocolate fiend?  LOL

Got to watch some movies this weekend Righteous Kill(ok), The Univited(ok), neither bored me but neither made me go OH MY GOD. Tommorow Underworld Rise of the Lycans comes out, I love vampire movies and werewolves, hope it doesn’t suck too bad(pun intended)

Today was just cardio: 30min HIIT on rbike

45min ss on treadmill

NOt done one right after the other, the 1st fasted this morning, the second later in the afternoon. Today was nice here, in the 60s but windy so not so warm feeling but not too bad.

Got to practice baseball with the kiddo. I’m getting better pitching, nothing like my hubby but hey practice makes perfect.

So today food wise I’ve treated my body like a temple. I also bought Jillian Michaels Metabolism book and I’m looking forward to reading it.

Tommorow is legs and a doctor visit to get the iron level checked, hopefully I’m no longer anemic. I’ve had red meat several times this past week and spinach so hopefully that helps too.

Having someone look at you with such love in their eyes that you would kill to protect them. Watching with great pride as your child picks himself up after falling rolling skating and trys again. Why? Because his Mom who doesn’t know how to skate was out there trying her best.

Knowing someone is watching my actions and emulating me. Now granted sometimes while driving words come out of my mouth that he shouldn’t say, especially being in 1st grade, but I’m talking about the times, that he asks "Are we working out today Mom?" "No I don’t want any candy can I have a banana?" "Mom can I have water." He’ll ask for water when he gets a treat after baseball, the concession people all look amazed.

So Saturday we went to his friends birthday party at the skating rink, the 4th time in my life I’ve tried skating. INside my voice was screaming "hey dumbass do you not remember the last time we tried this we fell and our right glute and hamstring were a lovely shade of purple for 3 weeks" Why yes I did remember that, but I also knew that after telling my son after he fell when we first got there that he needed to get back up and try again then I would be a hypocrit for not trying again myself and guess what? I didn’t fall this time.

I used my core and my quad strength to stop myself from falling, near the end I got braver and went a little faster. Not as fast as some teens there but pretty good for my 4th time ever trying skating, only I and another Mom tried it with the kiddos. A 3rd had tried, fell and said no way.

Friday I did work my legs, heavy reps(35), light weight(50lbs)

squats, calf raises, then some dumbbell work: outer leg lifts(35 reps, 28lbs),  cable kickbacks(30lbs, 35 reps) Just ss cardio: 20min.

I knew I was going to try skating Saturday and didn’t want to kill my legs. Also went bike riding with the kiddo Saturday had to use my hubby’s bike, mine had a flat tire again, I think its time for a new tire.

Today my menfolk are feeding me: breakfast was pancakes(I haven’t had pancakes in probably 2 years), lunch(left over pizza from my cheat dinner on Friday) Dinner: who knows, they took me out yesterday to Tumbleweed(steak, veggies, baked tater(I rarely eat taters)

I’m nice and bloated today, back to clean eats and hitting my workouts hard tommorow, going to try clean eats until my Birthday in August. Except for a small piece of cake on my son’s birthday or maybe I’ll skip the cake.

Have you ever actually seen a woman??? If you had you would realize that we are not straight up and down like guys. We have a waist and hips and bootay. Why do you insist on ignoring these simple facts?

Why do you insist on making jeans that if they fit our hips they gap like crazy at the waist. Do you think we want to walk around with our underwear hanging out, feeling the cool breeze go down our pants? Of course we have the option of wearing a long shirt to hide the effect, but wait, that’s right most women’s shirts stop at their belly button anymore.

No the solution is not for us to go back to wearing granny jeans. What are granny jeans? They are jeans that go clear up a little past your belly button, much like granny panties.

No the solution is to adjust your damn measurements. And while we are on that subject, do you all make your own measuring tapes? I mean why is a size 5 pefect in one style but in another style its a size 9??? Do you like playing mind games with us.

I wrote this as I sit here in my jeans that fit fine from the very bottom of my arse thru the legs but gap like a window left open in the breeze around my waist and one of my dh’s tshirts, poor guy has to share his shirts.

I guess I could wear a belt, but I seem to fall in between belts right now, either they are too big or too small.

Anyhow I did work my chest today, took it easy on ss cardio, trying to let my legs rest up, they’re getting tortured tommorow.

5min wu on treadmill

bench press: 50×35x3

high cable crossovers: 20×35x3

flat db flys: 15×35x3

in between sets, 5min of ss cardio each on treadmill, followed by:

20min HIIT on rbike.

My legs are still sore today I think the tabata intervals yesterday wore them out too.

On a side note: I can wear my dh jeans, but they gap at the waist too, darn pear shaped body!

So I did legs yesterday with the high reps, and while I was doing it, I was sweaty and tired because I did them circuit style but I was thinking, "this is such a puny weight for me, it will do nothing" Uh I was wrong. My hammies are screaming at me today. I think this change I’m doing for a total of 4 weeks will help me see some good changes. Going from low reps heavy weights to high reps light weight.

Yesterday legs: 5min wu on rbike

pause squats 50×35x3

good mornings: 50×35x3

knee ext: 50×35x3

hamstring curls: 50×35x3

in between each set 10min ss hills on my treadmill, followed with a 5min cooldown on rbike. My legs are hurting today, no pain no gain. Have a feeling I use some fibers I rarely used before.

Today was back: 10min wu on treadmill

lat pulldowns: 50×35x3

front lat raises: 10×35x3

seated rows: 50×35x3

back ext: 10×35x3

in between each set: 10min on ellpictical, 10min on treadmill followed by

20min Tabata style intervals on rbike, which didn’t make my legs too happy with me.

On a different note, I received a statement from my insurance company on a test I had done where they said they would only cover $200 on a cat scan, being as I have been in the insurance field both at insurance companies and at a doctor office, I scanned my EOB(explanation of benefits) and realized it was coded with a routine diagnosis, well it wasn’t routine, I called and verified that with the insurance, then called the hospital, the first dx(diagnosis) was a routine dx followed by 2 medically necessary dx(diagnoses). They are calling the lady I spoke to at the insurance company to straighten it out.

I realized I’m lucky. I know how to read my statements, I know what to look for when something is wrong and how to get it handled. I can’t stress enough, always read your statements from your insurance company, if you call them, mark on the statement, the date, who you spoke to and what they said, always, always keep your own record. They are supposed to have everything recorded in the computer but they are human.

Its so important to understand your health coverage.

Ok enough of my little rant there. I’m off to feed myself yet again before the ravenous beast escapes me and hunts down some food in the field.