Day 3

Good morning! Today I had to finish up some un-finished workouts from the November Challenge at the fitness center. One of them was to "Do 5 exercises that you have never done before." Yeah. Ok. I think I've done everything, even boxing, yoga and pilates. So I did 5 exercises with one of the coaches that I "never did THERE before." LOL! It was good. I haven't ever used the cable crossover machine at the gym so I guess that counts. Right?

Breakfast:
3 eggs.
16oz protein shake.

Lunch:
Salad with baby greens, spinach, tomato, onion, feta, mushroom, olive, beans
Went to the fitness center for a lunch and learn: "Nutrition during the Holidays" very interesting.
mini snack packet (from the fitness center-which included 3 triscuits 3 wheat thins, 3 other crackers and 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds.

Water input so far... 40 oz.

Dinner:
Grilled Shrimp
Salad
baked potato

Snack:
Slice of ham and lorraine swiss cheese

Workout:
5 exercises, 3 sets each- that I never did b4 ;) - upper body
30 minutes, 5.88 miles on the bike. (WARNING! As much as the skinny ass "fitness professionals" will say it is, this is not an excuse. I have a pinched nerve in my foot. I really wanted to run again but I don't want to irritate my foot as it is really swollen today. I don't want to cripple myself. Then I'll really be depressed.)

OK. Let me clarify what I wrote above. I do not hate skinny ass fitness professionals. But it has been my experience that a majority of them (NOT ALL! I KNOW SOME REALLY NICE ONES TOO!) really dislike people who are overweight and think that we just sit around eating bon bons all day. Let me tell you something! My problem is not what, how, where, why or who (WHO?) I eat but its my metabolism. I am not lazy. I am not a pig. I do not gorge myself on things. (Not on a regular basis, anyway. LOL) But I have to say that some of the "fitness professionals" that I have had to deal with treat me like I have major cooties. I did not chose to be stricken with this non-existant metabolism. It was handed down to me from my family. I know it is my metabolism because I can literally fall asleep while I'm typing! I am cold almost all of the time. People that I know with great bodies are usually burning up all the time.

While I am on this rant, then there are the people who wish for you to perpetuate this! I mean, aren't the "fitness professionals" supposed to try to help get you motivated to work out? I recall one such person, who will remain nameless, who retorted when I asked if the gym was busy during lunch time, "Oh. So is THAT going to be YOUR excuse why you're not coming here?" WTF????? That really made me want to be around that person and ask them for advice. Then there's my brother's estranged wife. She's absolutely the BEST example of a fitness professional by far. She thinks that overweight people are subhuman. Literally. For example, she once told me that she was arguing with a woman at a shoe store and she said, "I can't believe this OBESE woman was talking to ME like that." As if the woman didn't even have the right to breathe the same air as her. As if she was so despicable because of her weight. It has been my opinion that this is pretty much the way most of THEM feel. Like they are superior just because they have a great metabolism. Burns me up.

Then there's the people who can just eat anything. That really gets me. Then they have the nerve to patronize you because you're a fat-ass and like its your fault. Like, recently, I went to a meeting after a lunch-time workout. I got there a little early and I was talking to the meeting facilitator who is a beautiful, skinny, "body to die for" woman. She asked me why my hair was a little wet and I told her I was just at the gym. "Oh! Thats Great! I should join. I've never even worked out in my life." And as she is talking to me, this mother of 2, sexy vixen of the corporate world, was eating a piece of birthday cake. To her credit, she didn't offer me any!

I did have a really bad binge time last month. I don't normally do that but I was so depressed because I go to the gym twice a day most days, on weekends I sing with a band and dance for four hours and sweat my ass off and I barely eat and I have gained 30 lbs in the past 6 months. Anyway, it was someone's anniversary at work and I had 2 pieces of cake! The next day someone brought in doughnuts and I had three! I had a roast beef sandwich for lunch that day with potato chips on the side. It was so scary that my boss asked me what was up and I just said, "I look like I eat like this all the time, I might as well do it." Thank GOD I got out of that funk quickly!

OK. Rant done. I feel better. Sorry about that. I promise to stay positive tomorrow.