excel is my hero

So I have been an f word for exactly one week and I already have the enitre wedding planned. No, I am not kidding. You should see my totally over-elaborate spreadsheets that I am using to keep track of everything. I am usually not this anal, just ask my friend Dawn (who I make fun of all the time for opening excel spreadsheets to track her fitness progress–now that’s anal!)
Anyway, The only thing I am waiting on is a few meetings with vendors to get a date set in stone and then I should be all done until next summer.

A side rant: Jeff just called me from home. He went home for lunch and the power was off. All the poor guy wanted to do was a few dishes. So I call up National Grid to ask what’s up. I sit on the phone for five minutes trying to get past the robot guy they make me talk to, repeatedly pressing zero to no avail. So I finally get someone human, who tells me that all my payments since May have been going to my old address. WTF?? The human tells me that I will need to call back the same number I just dialed, since he cant transfer me. Again, WTF?? So I call back and talk to the same robot, who still doesnt understand me trying to lisp out the last four of my social. Finally, I get to a nice lady who fixes everything, except that we need to turn OFF the breakers in the house in order for our power to get restored. So I call up Jeff, who by now is twenty miles away and none too pleased about having to drive back home jsut to flip one switch.
Poor fella. Love you, f word!

f word

 I am officially an f word.  Not flake, not fornicator, not freelance photographer, but FIANCEE. 

 Last night was our “date night”.  I was busy making Cubano sandwiches when Jeff got home.  We ate and decided to get a movie on demand.  I, being the most indecisive person ever, could not pick between ‘The Bucket List’ and ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’.  Jeff leaned over and asked me, “Will this help you decide?” and handed me my ring.  He asked me to marry him, to which I immediately replied, “Shut up!?” Then I said yes. As I think back, I dont recall what I expected, but this was perfect; it was totally us. But I still wont refer to myself or Jeff as the f word.

 On the weight loss front:

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Also, today is my half-birthday! Happy un-birthday to me!

plateau

I think I have plateaued. It blows. I work and work and work and nothing comes off. This week, I have lost only one inch in my waist and nothing elsewhere. My weight has flatlined. All I want to see is some fluctuation in a downward direction. Is that so much to ask? I dont think so considering I have upped my yoga practices to five times a week! Gimme a break, body! Help ME help YOU! I only have 15 days to lose 12 pounds! I know that is asking a lot, especially if you are unwilling to compromise! Why do I bother to workout if you will not budge and release some of the fat globules out of my legs, belly, or anywhere else!??!
Beyond my frustration with the weight loss, I am bored to tears at work. The summer is a slow season in finance to begin with, but with the economy in the shitter, it makes for torturous days with nothing (and I do mean NOTHING) to do.
So I am pretty much in a funk today.
I hope everyone else’s day is going much better.

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more headway

Today I will be trying a new, more advanced yoga class. The Vinyasa is conducted in a room that is less hot (90 degrees) so that the yoga can flow faster. I have a feeling this will be a good cardio workout, with lots of sun salutations (downward dog to upward dog variations).
Yikes! Wish me luck!

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losing battle

 Another inch lost off of my waist and hip/ass area as well as my bicep!  My calves came down by an inch as well.  In total, a loss of 3% body fat from last week.  Week 1 had a 4% body fat loss, so at least I am remaining consistent!  And a total loss of 7% in two weeks is not too shabby!

 Woohoo!

 I’ll keep you posted on the actual weight number come morning, since I only weight myself in the mornings, naked before the shower to keep all results based on the same factors.

 Toodles!

and down we go…

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more progress

 Down another three pounds as of this morning. Woohoo! Hopefully the pounds just start melting off from here on out. Today is another yoga class at 5:30. I am getting better. Last practice, I ate too little and got a bit lightheaded and had to sit out a few more poses than I’d have liked to, but oh well. It happens. I can’t wait for the day that I can make it through all poses without falling out of them or having to sit down before I pass out. Some day…
 My fitness friend at work and I have a sort of mutual motivation thing going on. we discuss our progress and/or setbacks and it helps us stay the path. It is quite helpful. Starting next week, I may even bring in my dumbbells to tone up my arms whilst sitting here in the slow, lazy days that the summer brings. Couldn’t hurt, right?

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the yoga is working!

 I have been keeping up with the Bikram Yoga three times a week as well as tracking my calorie intake and measurements on my-calorie-counter.com. There is an upside and a downside to the yoga.
The downside: I have maintained the same weight over the past week.
 The upside: I have lost two inches from my waist and two inches from my hips/ass area!!!! Amazing! I cant even tell you how nice it was to see progress after a grueling week of seeing the scale not move at all.
I started keeping track of the measurements and weight last Tuesday, so this is just a week’s worth of progress. I am so happy to see that this is working. Now imagnie if I had cut all booze out of the equation!
 So that is what is on this week’s agenda. No booze for the weekend, plus I will be adding in a Sunday class to my yoga regime in order to up the ante. I want to cut out booze until the target date of 8/8/08, but I want to work in baby steps here.
 I’ll keep you all posted on any further progress, since you are all dying to know, I am sure.

mindfuck

 Yoga yesterday was amazing, as per usual. You know what, I am lying. I find it such, well, torture when I am in there, sweltering, bent over, sweat literally running into my eyes, muscles aquiver. But for some reason, as soon as I am done, I cant wait for the next practice. There seems to be some sort of imaginary string that is pulling me back, pulling me back, pulling me back. I dont get it; it’s got my mind hostage–I am not supposed to like working out or fitness of any kind. And the physical aftereffects are a strong contender–My skin is softer (my friend commented on my “glow” the other day), I feel stronger and I really enjoy the sweating; I dont quite understand what this spell is that yoga has over me, but if this is what brainwashing feels like, pass over the kool-aid.

 Shocker of all shocks, I did not make it to the 6am yoga class this morning. My body would not let me get up that early. Mostly because of a fitful sleep last night, but also probably a bit of dread at gettnig up before the sun is up.
 So tonight there is a Bikram class at 7:15p that I will hit up. This will most likely not sit well with Jeff, since I cant eat 2 hours prior to the class, so that means he cant put dinner on the table until 9p or so. Oh well, he can deal with it like I deal with his late practices on Mondays and adapt. Or eat without me.

 And here is a weight loss tracker, that will hopefully help me to get down to my goal…

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And also, I just found out that for a person my size, 90 minutes of Bikram burns 1220 calories! Holy crap! Added Bonus!