So I know I haven't blogged in forever, but I feel like it's not worth blabbering if there is nothing going on...
Well, technically there is ALOT going on, but most of it is too personal to discuss and other stuff is just boring, and well everyone always has crap going on in their lives and I see my life as the same as everyone elses and my problems are not more important than anyone elses...so...I just have a lot going on.
Stress and me don't get along, it's a fact. Stress tends to make me overeat, have bouts of rage, and apparently gives me shingles. What!? What!? Shingles?! Honestly, I only thought older people get shingles, but I guess everyone that has had chickenpox WILL get it, eventually. It lays dormant in your system until something brings it on, generally illness or stress. Stress? Really? Ug...just Ug... I have Shingles on my head, scalp, and in my ocular nerve. It's painful, makes me super grumpy, and I had it back in September and it went away, and now it's coming back...Coming Back!? yea..exactly what the hey..not fair.. Anyhoo, so I'm back on meds for it, which make me uber sick..Can't these scientists come up with meds that cure something without giving you some other ailment?! I mean really....
I thought I would take a break form Wow, yes world of warcraft for you fellow geeks (For the Horde!), to write a bit about how my weight loss is going. World of Warcraft? Erin really? Won't that make you fat just sitting there playing online games? Well...yes...if I do it all the time. But I do it in moderation because I really like it, and it's the only hobby I have alright! Quit hassling me people! Anyway, as you can see I'm slightly uppity today. It's the meds.
So, weight loss has been...meh..just meh..just ug. I lose weight, gain weight, lose some more weight, put it back on. It's been a very aggravating last couple months with my weight. But the stress, well I guess that does it.
Let's talk about my "excuses" as to why I have been doing horrible at weight loss....
Online Classes!
I haven't been going to the gym as much mostly because my online classes have me online..ALL THE TIME!... I swear all these teachers think their online class is the ONLY online class I have and so I have 3 online classes and every class I have to spend at least 20-30 hours a week on...that is too much time for an online class! I hate them now, not doing them anymore, after this semester that is. I'll take sitting in a classroom falling asleep over sitting here at my computer freaking out and screaming at my screen because my stupid microsoft power point test is NOT cooperating! Ug..ug.
Stress and Illness
I know this is a lame cop-out on "avoiding" the gym, but sorry I'm going to use it. NO ONE likes to workout or do anything for that matter when you feel like ick! It is a fact of life! Especially considering I'm contagious to people that have never had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine, I'm avoiding people like the plague. You can bet I would feel like the Grim Reaper himself if I gave some poor little kids, pregnant ladies, old people, or anyone with a compromised immune system chickenpox. Kids can handle it ok it's more obnoxious for them with the itchy bumps, but once you're an adult, chickenpox is actually a a very serious illness and can actually kill people! Craziness. So I'm kind of home-bound, been home bound, now I'm home-bound again. Thank goodness it's a Friday, since I have a 3 day contagion period. Oh and if that is not bad enough...my hair started falling out, so I had to shave it a while back. It's starting to grow back, but I mean...really?..ug....just UG!
Moving on....
Are there dangers to not working out once you've started a regimen?
Honestly...I don't know, but I can tell you I don't think it's good to suddenly stop a workout regimen...
Not being at the gym has been making me sort of crazy. I didn't realize how much your body loooves those endorphins and feel good hormones you get from working out. My body wants it baaaaad. It's like "GO TO THE GYM FATTIE!" But somedays I just can't go. And it's definitely taking its toll on me, my family, and my kids especially, since I'm a big raging grump with no fuse when I haven't gone to the gym in a while. Robert forced me to go the other day, and no he didn't literally drag me and carry me, but he said "you really need to go" so I did, and you know what? I felt a million times better when I finished my workout.
So..what am I going to do about this? I'll tell you...Working out like I was, 6 days a week, just isn't going to work anymore. Mostly because I really don't have time! Literally...It's not an excuse, remember those online classes I told you about? Yea..so between my online classes, my campus class, bringing my 5 yr old to kindergarten, then picking her up 5 hours later, juggling everything with my 3 year old as well, cleaning house, doing housework (I'm no Betty Crocker or Martha Stewart, but that's another whole blog lol), caring for our plethora of animals and rescues...I need to find time to go to the gym.
I'm figuring I'm going to start going to the gym Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 3 days a week, weight lifting and cardio.
My cardio has been super bad because my cardiovascular system is not in shape, so swimming is going to be my cardio. I have such a strong desire to run (irony right? because i want to run, but i'm fat?) but I loooove running. I listen to music and I want to just...GO! It's weird, I think I was a cheetah in my past life. Swimming will be my cardio choice because it's easy on my bad joints and hurting body, and is actually the best form of cardio out there because it helps people gently gain cardiovascular health and burn fat and build muscle.
Update as of today: Weight is 215....Ug!......just Ug.
Until next time!
