The Blonde Diaries

I realize I have not checked in with my results on Week 8 of Weight Watchers. I have a pretty good reason: because I was completely off the diet and don’t want to fess up. But since the week is almost over I probably should fess up so that I can see it in writing and learn that burying my head in the sand isn’t going to make the weight go away on its own.

So how was Week 8 you might ask: Well for starters I woke up with a terrible knot right below my shoulder blade last weekend that pretty much kept me out of the gym. I am use to knots but never any this bad. Basically I just layed around popping IB Profin pills and swapping out heating pads the entire time. No gym for me. Which then led to my spiral downwards because if I’m not going to the gym and feeling bad I should treat myself. Hmm maybe that isn’t the best idea/theory to have.

So in the end I was up 1 pound from the week before. Not terrible but not heading in the right direction. So I have spent this weekend trying to make up for it. Last night (yes a Friday night) I was at the gym running again. It felt fabulous to get on the treadmill and forget about the drama at work and the drama at home over this vacation issue. I was quite proud. I did 15 minutes of running and a total of 30 minutes on the treadmill before I threw in the towel due to horrible itching on my legs. Something about the apartment gym room makes me itch.

This afternoon I went to the actual gym (ie not the apartment gym) and had a great cardio session. 25 minutes on this new contraption called the summit trainer (pictured below) and then 45 minutes on the exercise bike. It felt fabulous to get in a really good sweat and I feel like I am back on the track to becoming a big loser (weight loss wise).

Tags: cardio, exercise, summit trainer, weight loss