DAY FOUR

switching back to "normal sleeping hours" sucks!
i am exhausted. not to mention my quads are killing me.
i was able to drag myself along the treadmill for 20 minutes. 10 minutes at the "10" incline, and then 10 minutes walking a 1/2 mile - total 1 mile. it's amazing how slow time moves on a treadmill. i did manage to do some ab stuff on the giant ball.

i had planned to go to the beach and practice some heliolatry - but no. my director called me in for a meeing - at 1pm - in the middle of the sun's business hours. who knows what this will be about...

then i'm off to get the big Diesel - shopping at petsmart for him and champ (the Beta fish) and them some socialization (for Diesel, not champ the beta fish) at red's and wild wings.

good news from the garden - 3 of my potted bulbs are sprouting and have leaves and there's one teeny tiny sprout of rosemary in the herb garden. this may be the only things i've managed to successfully grow from seeds or bulbs.

now i'm off to work up the energy to drive all the way to work, on my day off :(

DAY THREE

after 3 night shifts in a row at nameless medical center and sitting in an hour of traffic anxiously awaiting the arrival of THE VIDEOS, i purposefully took the ravenel bridge route home. for some reason driving over the harbor and seeing all the motivated people running and biking the bridge inspires me to do the same.
however, when i get home, i can't wait to get out of the car... but in order to get back on a "normal human schedule", i force myself to get on the treadmill and catch up on LOST and criminal minds.
i managed to run a 12 minute mile and then walk a 15 minute mile (in my reebok toning shoes, no less) before i felt i was going to trail off the back of the treadmill into the corner of the room in a pile.
still fighting the draw of the couch, i ran my errands at the hardware store and tar-jay for some gardening and house cleaning stuff. (i'm convinced i'm burning more calories because i'm still wearing my workout clothes and the reebok toning shoes.)
i finished the window boxes and the flower beds and hoping something will grow other than weeds...
finally, i worked up the nerve to take AP and Lateral "before" pics (hospital humor... definitely better understood if you worked the last 3 night shifts) let's just say i MAY get the nerve to post "before" pictures IF the "after" pictures show a vast improvement.
starting weight for this little 60-day venture: 146.7# (5' 8")
tomorrow's goal = take my measurements
(with some magical fairy dust and wishful thinking, i won't lose any inches in the bust region...)

NO energy for the beach today; maybe tomorrow after i tackle the IRS to reclaim the refund that is rightfully mine.

looking forward to pj's and the couch with a glass of red wine (because it's less calories, not because it's better than beer)

DAY TWO

so i'm finally home from the night shift again...

my main problem is the 1 1/2 hours i spend in traffic on the way home from work everyday. i have no idea where all these people come from... with all the backroads, main roads, highways and interstates i can choose from to get to my blessed couch, it's a friggin parking lot on each and every one. no matter which route i try to create to get home, it just ain't happenin' in a reasonable amount of time.

i've resigned to joining a gym next to the hospital that will remain nameless so i can spend time more productively exercising, rather than riding the bumper of the car in front of me at 5 miles an hour.

it has now recently dawned on me: what do i do after the 60 days? assuming i complete the program... is there a "phase 2" i can progress to? or do i just keep replaying the same dvd's?

DAY ONE

after working the night shift in the ICU (at a hospital that will remain nameless) i've seen more infomercials that i can stand. i leave work feeling horrible about myself: my lack of cardio stamina, sexual stamina, make up coverage, hair style, and even my penis size... which i don't even have.
that being said, i've finally been convinced to dedicate my life to INSANITY with Sean T. for the next 60 days. INSANITY looked like faster results with less required "extras" - like a pull-up bar or a dumbell rack longer than my couch...
since it takes 7 days for delivery, i feel the need to do some low-grade cardio workouts in an attempt to prepare my body for DAY ONE so as not to keel over from a massive coronary before i finish the first workout.
i'm also dreading the publication of my "before" photo...
it's now 10am and i worked all last night and i'm scheduled to work tonight so i am headed to bed for now...