Mosaic’s Journal

I did not leave the house today, its cold and its snowing again.  I worked on shoulders and arms in the house.  As far as cardio goes, shoveling snow counts!!!!                 
       

This weekend has been hell!!!  I wake up to my oldest son telling me that there was a hissing nose in the basement and the carpet is wet.  And he says I will let you sleep in 30 mins longer before you get up.  HUH?  I ran down stairs to find my main water line pipe cracked and my carpet saturated.  I call my landlord and he had it fix in 20 mins.  Meaning that is when the guy showed up.  2 hours later a team came over to extract the water out of my carpet.  To make a long story short, I was so occupied with my home I did not work out at all over the weekend.  Today would have been a good day, but I am force to baby sit my oldest boy, for a few days.  You see he likes to get kicked out of school atleast once a month.  Tonight, I will hit the gym and take my frusterations out over there.  Plus since I have stop smoking I have become an edgy bitch.

With the windchill at -24, I had to stay home I am taking a break today, I have worked out 6 days in a row I need some down time.  I worked on my chest the other day and it was so sore and so tight I asked hubby to massage the top part of my chest.  Even thought he was more interested in the bottom part,  "hands off"!  These mammies are mine!  haha  Tomorrow is weigh in day, I am hoping I am closer to loosing 9 more pounds to reach my goal of 20 before Feb 5th.  There is not much to say, just cleaning, and cooking, and doing mommy stuff.  Cheers!

I received an email yesterday from military.com.  As some of you know my hubby is in the ARMY.  We have TRI-CARE as our insurance, (HMO).  Any who, in the email it said that the insurance will start paying for lap band surgery.  I sat back and started to think, do I really want this done to me?  Years ago I try to have a Gastric Bypass, and I was denied cause I was 1lb shy of the cut off.  I tried again a few years later and was told I was to healthy for it.  So I gave up, took my losses and started to live my life.  Last year I had enough, and started to work out.  Seening progress, this site has been my cheering squad.  Over the last 7 months, I found what I was looking for.  The inner me trying to come out,  I learned how to eat, exercise on days I don’t want to.  And made it a part of my life.  For a second I did consider talking to my doctor about the lap band.  But, there are no easy fixes just hard work and determination.  So no I will not talk to my doctor about the lap band.  I have had so many surgeries over the years, I am surprise it has not taken it’s toll on me.  I have one more left, and it will be my LAST one.   Feb 5th is the day for my last surgery and then I will be DONE. 

On a lighter note, I will be working on legs today, unfortunatley I did not want to drive in the cold.  haha I know its no excuse.  But I will work just as hard here at the house as I do at the gym. 

Cheers!

That is how I am feeling right now.  I woke up this morning to lots of snow again.  I wanted to work out so bad but I did not want to chance it driving.  I worked out at home, doing arms, shoulders, chest, and abs.  I am hoping tomorrow the roads will be better and then I can take my happy self to the gym.  I am still eating clean, but I did treat myself to a gyros and a baklava (sp).  Don’t worry it was plain, and the baklava, was only 2inches across.  I still have not had a smoke, does this make me smoke free?  I don’t think so, I want to give it atleast 8 weeks to say I am smoke free.  I still have the cravings, and I am watching what I eat.  I am so worried about weight gain, and I have become noratic about what goes in my mouth.  If the roads are better I will work out tomorrow morning as always.  Cheers.

Today was family day at the gym, for us at least.  Hubby took the kids to the gym side to shoot hoops and I went to the cardio and weights side.   I started doing my legs, 4 sets of 12 using moderate weight.  I did this for all of my leg work.  Next was what I like to call side, upper, and lower abs.  I started doing side first, and I like doing this one the best.  I hate doing upper abs, since doing them on the floor hurts my back I use a ball.   Next was lower abs using a ball.  Then 20 mins of reg cardio.  Tomorrow, all of my arms, abs, chest and HIIT cardio.

 ps.  I am still eating clean and still not have a smoke, even though last night I wish I had one…

This morning I had no real plans for the day.  Instead of wasting it doing nothing I just decided to work out.  I wanted to concentrate on key parts of my body that I feel are the weekest link.  Chest and abs.  I worked on them so much I am sore, and swollen.  On top of that 20 mins of HIIT cardio to top things off.   Tomorrow legs or everything below the belt, and cardio.  I am putting in alot of time working out.  Come Feb 5th I won’t be in the gym for 6 weeks.  Plus I will bounce back much faster, and yes I still have not smoked.  I chew the nicatine gum 2-3 times aday.  I will weight in this coming friday and I hope I am close to losing 9 more pounds before I take another progress pic.   YAY! 

Waking up this Saturday morning, I did my morning routine.  Ya know Coffee, and well I stop smoking so I can’t do that any more.  So it was just coffee.  Hubby left to do his thing at work for an hour.  I was planning out my day, and said to myself, I am going to workout.  When hubby came home I got ready to leave for the gym.  I notice my pants was a bit loose but no worries.  Its cold here I went with no jacket, just a long sleeve shirt and what god gave me.  After doing HIIT a few times I notice I don’t have the strength, or the endurace to lift weights.  Today I changed it and just worked on my abs, and legs.  I decided to start cutting, I have my mass and wanted to defind what I have now.  Even though my surgery is on the 5th I am hoping to show something.   After working on my legs and abs, I walked over to the elliptical and warmed up and off I went.  I lasted for 20 mins.  I worked my tail off like it was no tomorrow.  And in the middle of it all, my pants started to fall down.  In the middle me going fast, i shimmie my pants up and continue to do so until I was done.  I HATE doing HIIT, but I LOVE the results so far.  Note to self, buy smaller pants and a sports bra. lord knows I don’t want my tits flopping in the wind.  hahaha

P.S.

I stop smoking 2 days ago, right now I am chewing nicatine gum, and manage to chew 3-4 times aday so far. 

Walking in the gym I made my way to the elliptical.   I hooked up my head phones to the tv on the machine.  Put in my stats, and away I go.  20 mins later I was done.  I tapped out, called uncle.  My legs where on fire, I was hot and sweaty.  Being very tired I started on my chest, then bi, tris, and of course my abs. ( hate it).  Then thinking I had the energy I did 10 mins on the stair master.  Now that I am home I will be taking the weekend off to chill.  I have 9 more pounds to go before I will post another progress pic of me!  If I don’t make that 9 pounds before my surgery on the 5th I will just post it anyway.  But this girl needs a goal, and dammit I will lose those 9 pounds if its going to kill me! (I kid)

Today I did my first HIIT, and I kick my but.  No it whooped me good.  I did HIIT for 15 mins and after that I was drained.  I worked on my legs, abs, and some other things.  But I felt so weak, next time I’ll eat before I work out.   I will be posting new progress pics when I lose 10 more pounds.  I figure every time I lose 20lbs I will take a pic of it.