Tip-Off

It’s Thursday and I am finally back to work. It’s nice to see that the building is still standing. Anyway, I have been hitting the gym hard. I actually am working with Flo four times this week because I had a little bit of extra time. My chest and back are really sore today but I will be back there today for more punishment.

Tomorrow is my Masters exam and I am a little nervous. I’ll be happy when it is done. I have been studying a lot and I am hoping it will pay off. That is one of the reasons I haven’t updated the blog recently, because I have been spending every waking minute studying, training or sleeping. There is no rest.

I am excited as always for March Madness starting today. It is a little sad without the Huskies there but I’ll manage to watch a good bit of the games. My bracket is boring. I like Kansas over Kentucky.

Study Study Study

Hi Everyone,

I have forgotten about the blog. I have my Masters exam on Friday and have been studying my brains out. I'm a little stressed out but I am hanging in there. Wish me luck.

The storm here really took a lot out of the neighboring towns. I actually had to take an extra day of rest because my knees were in a lot of pain. I really do blame the weather.

Back to studying.

I'd like to thank the Academy

It’s 8 am-ish and I think the Oscars just finally finished. I’d like to implement the Oscar format into my daily life. From now on every time I go to the gym and do a good job I want someone to be waiting for me at the gym door and tell me at length why I did a good job and why I deserved to recognized and then I want Colin Farell tell me he wants to spoon (seriously Colin, nice job there). Did you all catch that? I mean I know ABC was nice enough to hum it in to the NY stations sometime during the evening. Here you have the nominees for best Actor/Actress and each nominee had someone on stage telling them how great they are. It was like defending a thesis or something.

I actually got some sleep this weekend which I was desperately in need of. I did a lot of lifting last week and am really seeing results. The weather is getting warmer out too which helps me add on a lot of walking. The extra boost of cardio will be helpful in the coming months.
Have a good week!

Hurt-Tar

I’ve been slacking on the blog the last few days. I feel like all my hours in the day have smushed into one. All my projects for school have been assigned and I am a little overwhelmed. That being said I have still gone to the gym every day. Monday when I did arms with Flo I got very dizzy and had to sit down…because I am so stressed out and I forgot to eat. Some people when they are stressed out eat to compensate and some people like me just forget to eat all together. I sat down and was able to compose myself and finished the workout. Since then I have remembered to eat all my meals. I realize I did all this to myself and will be better for it but the next two months are going to be really crazy. I just need to remember to keep on my schedule, breathe and maybe get a little sleep.

By the way since I have been able to walk, scratch that, since I have been able to stand on the scale without toppling over I have lost 22 lbs. It’s about 12 lbs since I started working with Flo. I’m getting there. I have about 13-18 more lbs that I want to lose but at that point I may look a little too thin. I figure as long as I keep lifting I’ll be where I want to be.

I work with Flo today. I have my lunch in my bag.

I am really looking forward to the Oscars. With all the garbage going on between the Avatar camp and the Hurtlocker camp I am hoping Inglorious Basterds wins the whole thing. Nice job by the Hurtlocker producer to get his invitation revoked.

On a related note: I am really happy I don’t have Cablevision anymore.

Scared Females

Happy Monday

The snow storm on Friday really messed up my schedule. I stayed home on Friday but made it to the gym on Saturday and Sunday. I would really like to have the weather stop screwing up my stuff here. I am really starting to drop weight. Since I started walking again after surgery (not since I started with Flo) I have dropped 20 lbs. Most of the weight I have lost with Flo has come in the last 7-10 days. Something must have clicked on. I am hoping to keep it up. I say I have about 15 more lbs (maybe a little less) to lose before I have in a real good place. The second I ditched my diet regiment anxiety I started losing more.
I was at the gym late on Saturday. I am usually way gone by the time it gets dark out but on Saturday I went around 6pm. I did a bit of boxing and it felt good. I actually scared a female gym patron out of the room I was in. She comes in and drops one of those yoga mats on the ground. She looks up and sees me staring at the swinging heavy bag, I was in between reps, and she looks a little frightened but hangs in there. I am all amped up; I put my gloves back on and start swinging again. About 10 punches in the strap on my right glove comes apart and I yell a really bad expletive (this is a family blog; I will not repeat it unless you ask me to). She picks up her things and leaves. It’s nice to see that I still have that sort of effect on females.