Yes we can!

In celebration of the admittance of Osama Bin Laden into the depths of hell, I bring back the Obamanators old motto...YES WE CAN!  However, I will not say anything about the death of Osama Bin Laden, except...why are there so many fb posts quoting Team America: World Police?! My friend reminded me of this movie last night and now all I can hear in my head is "I'm so Ronrey"...Thanks a lot jerk!  That movie is great on so many levels, and completely inappropriate and insensitive.  But that's what a parody movie is all about is it not?

For those who haven't seen this disaster of a movie, this is the song stuck in my head:

And that is all the discussion I think the Bin Laden death deserves.  Dude finally got what was coming, lets move on cuz we got bigger problems here at home. Like...the ever increasing gas price situation. UGH someone get my car out of the auto shop so I can drive my 30mpg car vs driving the hubbies jeep that gets 15mpg please!

Moving on. I also use "Yes we can!" because...(drumroll please)...ONE POUND DOWN! Only 9 more to go. And time to celebrate with pizza.  Bahahaha. I'm well aware it's been like 3 weeks since said weight loss challenge has been accepted.  Still, this is with me not really changing my diet much and pseudo working out.  So it's an accomplishment for me, regardless.  Hooray!

...I'm a beast, I'm an animal...

Mission: To lose poundage. (and to beat a friend in a weight losing contest...you're going down Boelter)
Plan of action:  Work out at lunch every other day or so and/or work out at home.  Plus, eating less too. 
Starting weight: 166 lbs. I hadn't weighed myself since January and it was a nice surprise last week to find that I'd already lost almost 10 lbs since the holiday binge.  Not by working out, but rather by eating better.  Works for me. 
Goal weight: 155 lbs or less.

Advantage: I get to lose 5 lbs less than my friend.
Disadvantage: He's a dude. It's so easy for guys to lose weight and so not easy for me.  Hubby lost 20 lbs last year easy.  I gained 5. But that's because of disadvantage #2.  I live to eat.  (We're going for cheesecake at the mall later...)

I picked up weights yesterday...I'm not going to say the size because it's rather embarrassing.  Ok, fine, they were 3 lb weights.  Way to make me feel weak.  These flabby arms can't even pop the ice cube tray.  Not surprisingly, my arms are kind of sore.  But I'll never admit it out loud because then I'd have to admit out loud how I used the lightest free weights in the gym.  Wow. I'm so weak.

The funny thing is, I don't really care about losing weight.  In the long run though, it'll be to my advantage to get in some kind of shape.  Especially considering just yesterday I signed up for a charity event, Bike MS: Tour de Farms. It's a 2 day bike ride through farmlands in IL at the end of June to raise money for MS.  Day one I chose to do the shortest distance, 35 miles.  Considering the longest I'd ever ridden a bike previously in my entire life is probably about 5-6 miles, I need to start training like last year.  Day 2 will be worse since Steph decided we should go for 50 miles.  I am so dead, but we'll give it a shot.  Plus it'll get me to actually have to work out/train.  Step One: Get a Bike.  The husband, who is a biker (roadcross bike not motorcycle), already has an idea of what bike I should get. 

I have 2 months to get in shape.  Perhaps it is time to bust out Insanity, since it seems an insane and daunting task to whip me into the kind of shape I need to be in for a 50 mile bike ride.  Maybe I am insane...already know I'm an idiot for signing up for this.

PS. If you're reading this, I'd much appreciate any donations for the Bike MS event.  **CLICK HERE** for my fundraising page. Help support me and motivate me to train for this event!  Thanks and much love!

Am I Insane? I think not.

So I may or may not have been guilted into working out this afternoon but not nearly enough to continue Insanity.  I'm not insane. Even though the person responsible for this guilt is also an Insanity challenger, I know after failing completely to perform at any decent level during the first 2 workouts, I'm no where near fit enough to even attempt such madness.  But I did recently purchase Zumba for our Kinect. 

I must say...minus botching the moves in my front picture window (note to self: put up drapes...) where everyone and their brother can see me in my sweaty glory, I really do enjoy this as an exercise.  Now that my review class is complete and I've got several months yet to study for the big exam, I will have to increase my work out to 3-4 times a week.  The past 3 weeks has been 1-2 times a week depending on whether or not I decided to go out in the middle of the week.

Now after about 45 minutes of offbeat, tripping over my own two feet, I feel accomplished since I finally managed a work out this week.  Despite my oddly joyful demeanor for the last 4 days, I've been quite unproductive in terms of managing my dieting and exercise.  Perhaps that may be the root cause of my misplaced contentment?  Most likely not, since I do feel refreshed even now after I broke down, got my heart rate up, and peed from my pores.  After a good long hot shower, I was even more relaxed and the joyous week continues.  Now its time for a pasta dinner.  Feed my belly!! nom nom

a grumpus kind of mood

i use the term grumpus loosely at the moment...simply because at any moment i could go from grumpus to full blown bitch mode.  which wouldn't help anyone in my general vicinity.  i could use the excuse that i'm just tired, but that would be just a slight fabrication of the truth.  in fact, i'm pretty well rested having gone to bed super early last night.  so much so that when the dog woke me up at quarter to 5 this morning i debated getting up and doing day 2 of insanity (more on that later).  but i was in a pissy mood and preferred the warmth of my bed to 45 mins of sweating my nonexistent balls off.

now we all know the reason behind my current state of mind, and one glance at my calendar will confirm it but i find no reason to state it so bluntly.  certainly doesn't help that it will be raining all day.  and perhaps a good portion of my grumpiness is residual from last night.  i refuse to air it all out for the world to see but essentially my evil alter ego got to me again.  unfortunately the one person who had helped me work through this before now has about a million of her own problems and i hate to lean on her, when she needs to lean on me.  logically, i know better. however, what i know conflicts with what i feel.  it's a work in progress that i thought was a disappearing issue, however it's become apparent in the last couple weeks that indeed is not the case. i think i need to meditate soon.

i blasted through this mornings routine since i pouted in bed much later than when i should have gotten up.  seemed like a good option at the time.

in other news yesterday i completed day one of:

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i should add as a disclaimer, i'm not doing the diet portion of the insanity challenge and in no way do i expect to have the kind of results that are posted on that page.  especially considering i won't be doing the continuous 60 day workout challenge either.  but i was able to copy it from my cousin (ssshhhhhh...) so i figure why not give it a shot.

OBLI..QUOI??

day one was just a fit test.  yes, just... but seeing as i don't have the upper body strength to  even do *one* push up, i couldn't even do the second to last 'exercise' which resembled something of a push up/jumping jack cross.  and since it was do as many reps you can in this small amount of time, i felt rather lame when the people in the video were doing like 80 reps. actually, the number of reps they did compared to the number of reps i struggled to do for the other exercises varied drastically  but came as no surprise since i haven't worked some of those muscles in months or even...ever.

i'm sore all over today...the kind of sore that tells me i just did something to confuse my body in all sorts of ways.  the kind of sore i was when i first went snowboarding, minus the bruises. the kind of sore that makes things fun.  i wont be able to do day 2 of shaun t's insanity challange today, but i will after work tomorrow.  at least, i intend to.