4-26-2010

My first day off from school. WOW. I had to take a package and ship it Fed Ex.  I was at the wrong place and on top of that I had a flat tire. I was about 1/4 of a mile from the tire shop. I was going to try and just limp on over. Nope. It was way too flat to make it out of the parking lot. I pulled off to the side in front of Dollar General. I was blocking 2 or 3 spaces so I could be towed out if needed. I was getting some very nasty looks from some blue haired granny's throwing me some nasty looks. I called road side service since I am paying for it. They were an hour away. No way was I going to sit there for an hour waiting. I put my big boy pants on and changed my tire myself.

After we finally got the tire squared away we headed over to the track at Clemson. Trevor and I tried to run some laps. I ran about 3 good laps before I got sick of running into the 100 mile an hour winds. OK maybe 100 miles an hour is a little over statement. I would get close to Trevor and he would sprint away so I would not pass him. He would walk a little bit and then roll around in the grass. He was so funny.

I cooked dinner tonight. Ground turkey instead of ground beef. I could not tell a difference. It was a great meal and probably a much more healthy alternative.

I went and played basketball tonight. I took Trevor with me. He was so funny running around messing with people. I played about 6 or 7 games. It was a very good night. I bought new basketball shoes. Very nice. I was drenched as usual when I left the gym. Looking forward to the next basketball night.

I go visit my Dr. tomorrow. I hope she has her calendar cleared. I am going to bombard her with all kinds of questions. I also find out about my blood work from like a month ago. I hope I can get an appointment with the nutritionist soon as well.

Enjoying the new me.

SHEP

Weak Workout

Today's workout was less than stellar. I spent about 20 minutes on the stationary bike, SQUEAKING the WHOLE time. I moved to some sort of machines. I am weary of how much I use these torture looking devices because I am not exactly sure how to use them all. I ONLY use the machines that I know that I can use and not cause injury to myself. No idea what exercises I did with those machines, but I know I am shaky in the arms and chest right now.


This week I have been much more slack than normal with my eating. I have had several desserts at school this week. I have to remember I eat when I get lonely or bored and I have to distance myself from tempting food when I am in a funk.


When I get a teaching position I want to splurge and get myself a personal trainer. I am really clueless about what I should be doing other than cardio. I have never been given a tutorial on how these machines work at the gym, or what types of exercises I should be doing or how to do the ones I should be doing. As you can see, I have added a few more ads to the blog, IF I begin to see any income from these ads I will be using it for a personal trainer. So far the $1.93 I have made is not going to get me very much training.


My goal for tomorrow: Drink 2 32 ounce bottles of water. Avoid any desserts in the lounge.


Hoping and praying for results.


SHEP
(IF there are any spelling errors I apologize, SOME how the spell check option is missing from the top)