progress...

I'm listening to the sound of hammers and drills from the kitchen. Our new crew of sheet-rock installer arrived at 8:00 AM sharp and have been working diligently the entire time. It's such a relief to know we're beyond the chaos of Antonio and his messy-lie-infested-life.

Tom and i rose early and went for a 30-min walk after the crew arrived. I plan to mount my bike and get in another 30 mins so that my 10,000 steps are fine'. ;o) It'll feel good to have 3 days of work-outs behind me. If i can get it in tomorrow AM -- that'll be 4, and i'll feel even better about that! (If?? I mean WHEN!)

I've started dragging out equipment that's been stored in my closet for a while; a medicine ball, my thera-ball (large, inflated ball you do push-ups, sit-ups, balance exercises on), and hand weights. I need to put together a good weight-training plan for my core, my back, & my arms. If i can fit in 1 hour of cardio a day (30 min walk should be automatic every AM + 30 min bike ride at night, before a sauna.) -- with weights 3x's a week -- even if i only do 20 mins of that (push-ups, sit-ups w/trunk twists, lat-flys, bicep curls, tricep dips, etc) -- i should be good, right? I mean; i don't need a trainer to tell me i should be doing all of that -- right?

I just need to DO IT! Tom's started working out a little this week as well. I think he did 3 nights of biking, and walked with me this AM. It's a start. We both just need to be diligent about it. Of course; it doesn't help that we ordered a pizza last night for dinner. LOL! It was a thin-crust, heavily sauced pepperoni and we didn't finish it (something new for us! We used to ALWAYS finish it!) -- so we've improved a little there. ha!

We did have the left over 3 pieces (me-1, Tom-2) for b'fast, tho ~ before our walk. Was that such a bad thing?? i figured it contained at a min 15 grams of carb, cheesy-protein, & tomato/veggie sauce/ Not ideal; but not horrible. And it's not like we mowed on it or anything. I had 1 small piece.

In any case -- i'm realizing that i'm running out of time and May will be upon us shortly -- then i'll only have 7 weeks to be in better shape than i'm in! I MUST get my shit together!!

Didn't weigh in today...didn't want to after that pizza. Plus; i had a bit of an intestinal bug yesterday/last night; mild fever and diarrhea. I always tend to retain fluids when i have a bug...didn't wanna see THAT on the scale either. ;o)

k, gonna get my bike-ride in. I feel pretty good about today. Gonna have my exercise out of the way, progress is being made in the kitchen, and the house was cleaned 2 days ago. We have a few errands we can run later this aftn when the crew is gone -- then we can relax with a nice light dinner (soup/crackers), and watch movies all night. Ahhhhh...just having no worries about anything right now feels good...

Well, except for worrying about losing more weight before June 26! ARG! *(that's our vacation date to Pensacola)

k, gotta bike!