Measuring up

I’ve got my second measurements tonight. It’s been two weeks and as you know I’ve been less than perfect. My hope is that I’ve gone down a few, even portions of inches here and there so I don’t look like a total goof off to my former trainer.

My elliptical arrived on Monday around 2pm. I zipped home from work to meet them and then zipped back after they were done installing it. After running an errand I got home to a hungry Neil. I wasn’t all that hungry but didn’t want poor Neil to starve so I cooked dinner, went downstairs for a half hour cardio session then came back up to eat my dinner. It’s a great feeling to have done a workout and the best part is I didn’t have to wear gym clothes to do it. Sports bra and capri pants was all I needed so it was nice not to overheat or have that annoying pull of my t-shirt collar. Sweet, sweet freedom.

I hopped on Tuesday morning for another go at it but to my dismay a squeak had developed somewhere mysteriously over night. I tried to make it quiet by holding the arms while they moved which dampened it but I don’t like doing it the entire time. I pushed through much to the annoyance of both my cat and Neil (who said he could hear it up in bed - squeak woosh squeak woosh) but figured I would inspect later to find the source. I ended up working OT up until Michelle’s Tupperware party which went later than I had thought (it was my first time tee hee). So there really wasn’t time or really energy, to go to the depot and pick up some WD-40. I thought I’d take today off but Neil said he’d be able to stand it since it’s important to me (awwww). So on I ellipted this morning, thankfully with less squeaking and to another 35 min cardio session.

Eating has been okay but there have been a few slips here and there, no biggie. The thing that I’m still proud of is that I haven’t had any pop since I’ve started this blog. It’s not super hard anymore but it’s more that when I do eat out I get either water, which is not worth the money to get a bottle at the fast food places or iced tea, which is high in calories. Oh well - I’ll figure something out I’m sure.

For now - I’m off to work where another day of powerpoints and flash animations await me! I’ll post measurements very late tonight so check in to see if anything has shifted.