The View From Kalamazoo

Oversharing? Maybe.

Nevermind my earlier amazement, I know why my weight popped up – my moon just begun. Let’s see – I was up on the 18th and again today, so that figures just right. Now I know that around the two crazy/funky-hormone times of my cycle I tend to blow up like a blowfish and my weight will reflect the retained water. That’s it – I’m a retaining wall! (no, not a dyke. very different. oh, nevermind.)

The good news is – I’m not pregnant. Bri. will be pleased, Emma will not since she is, of course, jonesin’ for a baby sister.

And on such a shitty day, too – cramps are just be the icing on the cake.

I don’t think today could possibly get shittier, but I won’t go into most of it now. Or here. Or whatever.

Anyway, leg extension went up 3 lbs., chest press went up 2 lbs. Added 2 onto my arm reps – biceps and triceps are now 14 per set instead of 12. Crunches with the heavier medicine ball, and a new terrific experience on Big Wiggly Ball: I balance on my elbows/stomach, plant my feet so I’m straight as a board then push down with my elbows to lift my stomach – sort of a reverse crunch I guess. It’s really odd, I feel like a goon. Today’s weight – 274.3 🙁 Up a pound, which sucks, but Olga reassured me that some fluctuation is normal, I was bad on my water yesterday (note to self: don’t forget water bottle at work again!), and all is not lost. *sigh* Damnit. I followed it all with more interval training – 5 min. of brisk walking, 1.5 minutes of jogging, 4 min. of brisk walking, 1.5 min. of jogging, then 3 min. of somewhat slower walking as a brief cool-down. Tired my Happy Fat Ass out something fierce, after already spending a 1/2 hour with the weights. I hope to add another set to that to take my cardio from somewhat over 15 minutes to closer to 20. I’ll do cardio tomorrow morning with Bri. and see how long I can go (or otherwise maybe I’ll try to learn how to work the elliptical machine so I’m not doing exactly the same exercise 2 days in a row, since Olga advised me to skip a day.)

I want mood icons on this system.
I want to find mood icons that look like Cartman. (“Hey!”)