Every Gym’s Nightmare

Hey guys-

Sorry for the lack of posts. This week has been NUTS at work (which is a good thing- cause it means business is doing better than it has in a LONG TIME) and it will continue to be for a few days. Im going to take a few more days off of the blog, and will be back and raring to go next week. If you have any fitness questions, feel free to email them to me and Ill get them answered next week.

And also- retest for Jerome, and my body fat retest, are on Wednesday!

The winner of the Oikos Yogurt Giveaway is…..

Lacey of Common Objects and Everyday Events.

Congrats! Email me your address (kelly@everygymsnightmare.com) and I’ll get your loot in the mail!

I haven’t decided when the next giveaway will be. I think I’m going to bag it this week and then start over fresh next Sunday but I’ll keep you posted.

Weekend in Review

It feels like I didn’t even have a weekend.

Friday- Jerome and I went to my studio and worked out after it was closed. He had never been there before, and it was nice to have the place to ourselves. There are also a lot of exercises I can do there, but not at my gym, due to differences in the equipment and space. Then we watched Twilight (loved it! I have never read any of the books or anything, and it was super over-the-top and angsty, so i see why little girls everywhere freak out over it).

Saturday- BAD DAY. First, I discovered my ID was missing first thing in the morning. I ripped apart my apartment and my car and couldnt find it anywhere. Last I remembered using it was at a bar a week ago and was this close to driving there to see if anyone turned it in, but then i found it in my sweatshirt pocket. I still have no idea how it got there.

Then, I had to go down to Pearle vision and raise some hell. I know I mentioned it on Twitter, but I had to go order glasses last week, which I have never had before. Jerome gave me a pair of his old Versace frames so I wouldn’t have to buy any, and wouldn’t you know it, I get a call a few days later telling me they broke them and they will give me 50% of a new pair. Well, thats all fine and good, but I cant afford to 50% of a new pair of Versace frames right now, so I felt like I was getting penalized with cheap frames for not having extra money right now. So I politely bitched until they agreed to give me a credit and then I get to decide what kind I wanted to buy.

Anyhoo, ordered those, then Jerome had a huge beer pong tourney at his house that lasted entirely too long into the night.

Sunday- Easter! Im going to have chilli (weird, I know) with my mom and dad, then come home, pound out a few articles, and then hit the gym. I had way too much beer last night so I feel like a good, long, cardio sweat session is on the agenda. We will see how I feel after dinner though.

Food Journaling

Yeah, I stopped. I completely forgot for a day, and then realized I don’t really care, so I bagged it. Frees up a lot of time and purse space, and I know it won’t change how I actually eat, so who cares. Weigh ins are still every Wednesday so I can make sure I’m not losing any weight, and then the big day is April 22nd to test my body fat and Jeromes, well, everything. I can see a difference in him visually, so itll be fun to see the actual numbers.

Gymnastics

I have an interview on Tuesday to coach gymnastics on Tuesday! There is a little, non-competitive gym up the street from me, who turns out it owned by a coach from a rival high school team, that remembers me from high school days. It’ll probably just be a little part time thing in addition to my training (I train so early I have A LOT of free time). I miss gymnastics, and I’ve been out of the competitive game for so long I dont even know the code of points anymore, so a low pressure atmosphere will be fun. Wish me luck!

Happy Easter!!!

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What are you guys doing today?

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I was going to ask if anyone wanted to buy my treadmill, but then it dawned on me how impossible it would be to ship it.

I guess I’ll have to craigslist it. Its too big for my apartment and I never use it. Its a good treadmill, could just get some cash from it too, which is more appealing to me as I dont know how much longer my studio is going to stay open.

I really hope none of my clients read that.

And if I have to get a new job, I would probably first go to the Anytime Fitness I work out at, and see if they need trainers. But some guy I had to fire for stealing clients works there now, which is horribly awkward, but its MY HOOD, and i canwork there if I want.

I hope no one at Anytime reads that, cause Im pretty sure he didnt use us a reference.

Man, Im sticking my foot in my mouth left and right.

OOO! Dr Phil has obese babies on! Peace!

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Another Mariposa video!

Since I stopped going to counselling and have felt comfortable calling myself recovered from my eating disorder (a few years now) I haven’t paid much attention to my food. I naturally eat healthy options to take care of myself, but calories haven’t been anything that I’ve given a second thought to, much less tracked, in ages, and fast food has been pretty much a weekly occassion (especially on the way home from the bar- damn you, drunken munchies) with zero guilt.

Now that I am doing my little experiment, I truely appreciate my outlook on food.

Aside from cutting out the crap, I am simply tracking my calories, and its drudging up old feelings. Not old eating disorder feelings where I need to restrict or see how low I can go, but old recovery feelings. I feel like the simple act of tracking my calories, not even changing my eating habits based on those calories, is putting too much emphasis on food. I’m not used to it, and quite frankly, I hate it.

I don’t like the way it feels to have to account for everything I put in my mouth. Food is food. Whatever. Im not trying to lose weight, I’m just trying to eliminate some crap, and make sure I’m eating ENOUGH for the extra training I’m doing. Even though my goal is the different than what it used to be when I food journalled (make sure Im eating enough for my workouts as opposed to making sure I’m eating enough to stay alive) I still think its too much work. Too much emphasis.

Its sucks. I hate food journalling. I hate weighing in (no loss this week- which is a good thing). Even though its for a completely healthy goal, I feel like even just tracking is making my life too hard. Unfortunately, to do this right, I have to track, though, and it is helping to get a full picture. I just can’t wait till the 22nd when I dont have to do it anymore. I don’t know how people do it indefinately. It makes me really examine what is healthy mindfulness, and what is unhealthy emphasis. Im just writing stuff down in a little book, and that’s almost too much for me.

I guess if it shows me anything, it shows how far I’ve come. Its exhausting and annoying thinking about calories and food. I can’t believe I wasted so much time on it for so many years, and it makes me sad some people will never know a life without that constant burden.

Hi Kelly,

Christina

I can tell by the tone of your email that you are freaking out about this, but remember you dont even know what it is. Go see your doctor. If its a strain, it should heal fairly quickly, so as long as you listen to what the doctor says and dont do anything to aggrevate it, it should heal in a couple weeks and you can go right back to what you were doing.

Endurance and muscle don’t go away over night- in fact, the average rate of losing muscle mass is about half the rate it took you to put it on. so however long it took you to gain that muscle it will take twice as long for it to start to atrophy. And even then, its not like it all dissappears at once- chances are you wont even notice it. You might be sore the first few workouts after healing up, but that happens anytime you take a break.

If you continue to workout the muscles you use when you run with weights, or other cardio activities, of course you won’t lose muscle mass. Chances are, you’ll see better results because you’ve mixed up your routine a bit, which everyone needs to do.

I always get clients that call in and say, “doctor said i cant use my knee for a while, so ill see you in two weeks,” to which i reply, “nice try- there are always ways to make modifications to workouts that no matter what your injury, you can work all your muscles. Get your ass in here.”

Unless your legs need to be amputated, Im quite sure you will run again. Breathe. Everyone gets injuries. Hell, avid runners break their legs sometimes, and get right back to running after they heal up. I realize you put a lot of work into your training, but put it into perspective: you don’t have to run constantly in order to stay in shape. I never run, and I’m in shape. Just find something else to do, like spinning, which you mentioned, until the doctor gives you the go ahead.

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I feel like I owe everyone an apology for neglecting the blog recently. I don’t know why, its my blog and I can do whatever I want with it, but I have been slacking recently, and I’m not sure why.

Ok, I think I am sure why.

1) I haven’t had a camera so a lot of the things i wanted to post about, i couldnt cause you would have no idea what I was talking about without a pic. BUT, my fabulous boy said i can use his camera, so now that’s not a problem. I just need him to show my how to upload the pics, now. Thanks, baby! That problem is solved.

2) I think I had SAD, and didnt even know it, until the sun came out the past few days and for some reason Im just happier. Work is nicer, home is nicer, Im outside, walking the dog more. I dunno, but sunshine makes me happier, thus bad weather zaps me of motivation, hence the seasonal blahs.

3) Stress. Money stress, more specifically. All my clients decided to go on vacation all at once, which means I’m working a lot less. Good for the first few days, but when you get the paycheck- not so exciting.

4) I also think I lost interest cause i stopped focusing on the ME side (my fave side) and stuck with the informational stuff. Which makes the blog feel like work. And Im not making any money off of it so I started to resent it. So, you will find more personal crap insights as well. Because venting makes me feel good.

So, back on track now, more frequent posts and less stress. Wahoo. Thanks for sticking it out with me.

Honestly, I dont get how people are so diligent with thier blogs. I either admire, or feel sorry for you. Not sure which one.

Daily Workout

I took the pooch for a long leisurely walk to the bank today, and after work (a whole whopping 2 hours worth) Im headed to the gym for 30 minutes of cardio, and lower body weights.

Tomorrow is weigh in day

If you recall, Im watching my food and working out more, kind of just to see what happens. Im never very cautious of my food, and really want to focus on training more. I’m tracking my body fat, hoping it drops a bit, but I’m weighing each week to make sure I dont lose any weight. I want to know that if my body fat drops, its because I gained muscle, not just lost weight. Last week I lost 2 pounds, which is ok, but I’d prefer to not lose that each week. I dont think I will, I think its just my body evening out from eliminating junk. Anyways, Im not trying to lose weight, Im trying to maintain it while I train more.

Superficial Motivation

Jerome and I were at the store last night and there was a huge dude walking in front of us.

Jerome said, “I want to have that face value intimidation factor like that guy. I want to get big so I have that intimidation factor.”

Ive told him before, “I don’t want people think of me as the skinny girl, I want them to think of my as the fit, muscular girl.”

Whats your completely superficial motivation? We all like to work out for our health, but health aside- what’s your superficial motivation?

Currently Eating….

Oikos Honey yogurt with Bear Naked Granola. Want your own? Enter my giveaway!

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Sorry for the delay folks- the computer seems to be fine now (I think it just enjoys messing with me) and for your patience, you get the chance to win some free yogurt!

Side note: I can’t send the giveaway email alert because it maxes me out, and then I cant sedn emails for 24 hours, which is why I usually do the giveaways on Sundays, and I need my email during the week, so don’t think you’ve been blacklisted, or that I finally figured out you are the one leaving the mean comments (I know who you are) (I’m kidding about that) (no one leaves mean comments except for the occassional “You’re too skinny”, which in fact bothers me, but makes me laugh because I cant remember the last time I posted a full body picture of myself)(anyways….)

This week’s giveaway comes to us From Stonyfield Farms organics in the creamy, thick form of Oikos yogurt.

I’ve never tasted Oikos yogurt before, as my only yogurt criteria is it has to be fat free and under 60 cents a carton, which leaves me with safeway brand (which I love.) After trying the Honey flavor, though, i totally understand why people shell out the dough for real greek yogurt. I had no idea the texture of the stuff, and well, yeah, its freakin’ good.

Stonyfield Farms Organic has graciously offered free Oikios coupons to one lucky winner.

Here’s how to enter:

This giveaway will end on Sunday, Apr 12 (i think thats the 12th) because it was posted late. Good luck!

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The weekly giveaway wont be posted today due to computer issues. I’ll get it up and posted as soon as I can- hopefully tomorrow! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

The winner of the Gaiam Back Support Giveaway is….

Sara from www.howeverabsurd.com!

Congrats! Email me your address (kelly@everygymsnightmare.com) and Gaiam will get your brace in the mail to you.

But Wait!

As you know, I really don’t need the brace for my back issue, and would feel like a schlub keeping it all to myself. So, I’m willing to sell my brace to someone for $50- that’s over half off!

Hey, a girl’s gotta eat.

First come first serve, so the first person that emails me at kelly@everygymsnightmare.com and wants the brace can have it for $50.00. Paypal and check accepted.

Its a size small. To see if it will fit you check out the sizing chart.

Next giveaway starts Sunday!

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