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Ladies and a few gentlemen who tolerate my excessive girliness, I’m wiped. Work is kicking my whole size 18 behind. I might have lived it up during my work-cation in Los Angeles, but I quickly learned that they are going to make me earn it. Working for lawyers is already a full time job, but my boss told me and I quote “you haven’t began to know what over-time is.” I work with a good group of people and I have a job that I love in this tough economy…so no complaints from me. I just wanted to let you know why my blog posts might be a little sporadic. That being said, I’m just now blogging about Saturday’s work out. That’s crazy huh? Anyway, I was being so lazy on Saturday, I got out of bed and laid on the couch and watched like 4 hours of TV. I didn’t even eat….Then one of my friends text me saying “Get up!” over and over. Your real friends will always look out for your best interest. Y’all know I have a secret fear about sitting on the couch for too long anyway. So I got and up and told my fur baby, let’s go for a walk. She was so excited, because most times I leave her at home because she doesn’t know how to act around other dogs. We had to move out the door fast before my tiny bit of motivation left me. We walked along a less traveled path to avoid as many dogs as possible. After about 3 miles, I was ready to quit and go back to my car, but my Mom called and asked to join me! How freakishly cool is that? I’m about 99.9% sure that I would not have walked the whole 6 miles if she didn’t come and join me. Yay for Mommy! I haven’t had time to work out since then, but I’m promising myself that I’m going to try to get it in as much as possible. …FYI…I’m still cookie-free!
OMG! Boot camp class tonight was so over the top. I don’t know if Lyle was mad at somebody or what. We did 90 reps, yes I said 90 reps of everything. I couldn’t believe it when he said do 100 jumping jacks and run to the other end of the gym. Then do 90 sit ups, and then do a suicide run and hold your body up in the plank position while your partner runs a suicide down the gym with no breaks. Then we “only” did 20 pushups. Lyle worked me out of my hair weave! Is that just a funny little saying I made up? Ummm no; during the 10 squat thrusts exercise, my weave ponytail flew off. I was a little embarrassed but it was mostly funny. Everybody knows I wear weave, it’s not a secret. Lyle turned his head like he didn’t see it, and most of the class was still doing their squat thrusts and didn’t notice. I went in the bathroom and put it back on real quick, and came back like nothing happened. LOL! Now for those of you who might be confused, imagine a mini hair net on a drawstring, with fake hair sewn on it. I wrap up my real hair in a ponytail, and then put the draw string weave ponytail on top of my hair. What does this look like? Just look at my pics from California, I was wearing the same ponytail. Anyway, boot camp was extreme, I sweat through my shirt and most definitely had sweat dripping in my eyes when did 60 straight leg sit ups, the kind where you lay on your back and then reach up and touch your toes. Or was it during the 90 arm pulls with the resistance band
? Lyle said he was “trying to do something different.” I think he accomplished his mission. He told me I did a great job of keeping up for the whole class. My knee was wrapped up, so I tried to do all of the exercises as long as I could, and I hope I lost like 10 pounds from this class alone!
I went to boot camp class last night. I pretty much limped the whole way through it. I tried to run, but my left knee was killing me, so I just walked during the runs. I was so happy that class wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. My body isn’t used to working out almost everyday like I’ve been doing. So, I decided that it would be best to take a day off. That was until one of my best friends called and asked me to walk with her in the park. How could I tell her no? I always ask somebody to walk with me, when I need motivation. She said she wanted to walk 3 miles. It was so nice outside today, there was no good reason not to be outside and take advantage of the sunshine. My friend is a curvy girl like me, and when she stepped outside she said the weather was just delicious. LOL, only a thick girl would describe the weather as delicious. 
I liked her description so much that I decided to call this post a delicious walk. I was so proud of her because she normally doesn’t walk for 3 miles, and she finished the whole walk. But that’s the good thing about working out outside. Even if you feel like quitting, you still have to walk back to the car. It made me think back to how hard 3 miles used to be, one time I almost had a panic attack because the car was no where in sight. But, now I’ve walked the same path so much that it was routine. My knee gave me a little trouble on the hills, but for the most part we walked at slower pace than I normally do, so I was okay. It was fun to take a stroll with my friend having good girl talk and work on getting healthy at the same time. I was truly a delicious walk.
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I lost 3.4 pounds at my Weight Watcher’s weigh in today! I was honestly quite shocked. I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve been mostly eating right, sorta tracking my food, but totally getting in activity. Oh yeah, and I gave up cookies. I guess all of that equals weight loss. I’ll take it! The topic of the meeting today was “From Opps to Wow.” I thought that title was kind of silly, but what we discussed was important. Basically we talked about letting go of the past. Even though we might have an “opps,” if we keeping working at it, our little stumbles can be corrected and turned into a “wow.” I’ve had my share of poor food choices and bad weigh ins, but tonight I finally had a “WOW moment.” After the meeting, something inside me said, “Yay, go celebrate with pizza from Pi Restaurant!” That’s really what thought was in my head. I even justified it by telling myself that it was okay because even President Obama likes pizza from Pi. I had to snap out of it, and get back focused. I came home, made a little sandwich to hold me over and went to the gym. I walked 3 miles around the indoor track. Both of my knees were hurting and my lower back was tight. I was pretty much limping around the track for 3 miles. It was much like the other day when my body was completely fighting my positive thoughts. I was listening to Joel Osteen’s new Audiobook, which was so encouraging. 
It was ironic that he also talked about moving forward and letting go of the past. Joel put it as only he could, “you can’t unscramble eggs.” What’s done is done. Each day we get to start over and work towards a new “WOW.”
What Did Carli Eat Today?
B- Bowl of Rasin Bran Cereal
*Sucessufully avoided the homemade cookies in the office*
L- Chicken Ceasar Salad w/ a small breadstick
S- Granola Bar
S- 1 pt Weight Watcher Bar
D- Shredded Beef on a English Muffin & later I after the gym I made Sweet potato fries
My body, wasn’t sore today, so maybe it is good that I took the day off and went on my shopping adventure. I love walking in the park, but it was so gross and raining outside that me and the little sis were forced to go to the gym. I’m already praying now for good weather on race day. Anyway, I was supposed to walk 7 miles today. The thought of walking around the indoor track 133 times was less than exciting. I decided to do the treadmill instead. I watched Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End 
on the treadmill TV, but it was still boring. When you get used to walking outside, and actually seeing how far you’ve really gone, it’s hard to adjust to walking in place. I walked about 5.25 miles. I could’ve done more, but I was just sick of being there. I felt like a hamster on a wheel. My little sister said, “I’ve worked out on every machine in here can we please leave?” I was ready to go too, so we did. I recently downloaded Joel Osteen’s latest audio book . I think I might try walking with that and see how that goes. I’m so used to a quick workout, I’ve got to find new ways to get through longer distance programs as I prepare for my half marathon. I think next time, I might do half on the track and then the other half on the treadmill to break up the monotony. You guys and gals who do longer runs and walks…How do you stay motivated?
This morning when I woke up, my nose was a little stuffy. Everyone at the office was coughing and sneezing all week, I hate being around sick people, because you know you’ll be next. Anyway, I planned to walk about 7 miles today for training, but my body was still aching from basically over doing it during the week. I figured I would at least try to walk a few miles; that was until my shop-aholic cousin called, and asked me to take a spontaneous road trip to the Coach outlet store. I reluctantly agreed to go with her. By the time she picked me up, we were both so excited, that we left with no map, no GPS Navigation System
, no nothing, just shoppers ambition to conquer discounted coach purses and accessories. After about 2 hours of driving, we realized that we hadn’t come across the second highway that was supposed to take us there. We didn’t even know what city we were in. We decided to pull over and ask someone at a gas station. We discovered that we made our way to Springfield, Illinois. The cashiers were clueless and had no idea where the outlet mall was. Thank God, my Daddy taught me how to read a map. My cousin and I took the map to the back of the store to spread it out and see it better. The cashier followed and watched us as if we were going to steal it. (Unfortunately, when it happens to you enough in your life, you catch on to judgmental people and their sterotypes of you.) I almost acted ugly and told her that I would buy every map in the store before I stole a little $2 map of Illinois. She made me not want to buy a map at all. Anyway, we found Tuscola on the map, and figured out which highway we needed to take to get there. Eventually a local guy was able to point us in the right direction. After about 3 and half hours, we finally made it to our destination. There was the Coach Outlet store and all of her splendor! (Yes, I am a real shop-aholic.) They had so many wonderful purses to choose from, and there was a 30% off coupon in addition to the already discounted prices. I got the cutest hot pink purse. My cousin also found great deals on the things that she was looking for. We had a fun time doing something wild and crazy. When we got back 2 and a half hours later, my Dad asked, well was it worth it?! My answer was of course! …I’m going to try to walk tomorrow; I needed a day off, or was this just an excuse to go shopping…I’ll never tell 
I certainly don’t recommend walking 6 miles for the first time and going to boot camp class the next day. However, that’s exactly what I did. I already for paid it, and I missed Tuesday, so I had to go. I was still sore from yesterday’s 6 Mile walk, which made class extra hard. Lyle was really dishing it out tonight. Do pushups while your partner does gym floor suicide runs and switch roles, Hold a plank while your partner does suicides runs and switch, and sit in an invisible chair while your partner runs a suicide and switch. Geez…and that was just the beginning. By the time we got to the floor ab exercises, there was sweat dripping and stinging my eyes. I told myself I was burning off the GIANT chocolate covered strawberry a secretary gave me at work, or was it the crab rangoon at lunch? It was a terrible food day for me, so hopefully I balanced things out….So what’s next on the list? 8 Miles on Saturday. I will finish this race!
My Body is telling me no…..But my Mind is telling me Yessssss! My half marathon is less than 1 month away, and I know I need to be really consistent with training if I’m going to finish that race. I missed boot camp class yesterday, because I was so tired and had a ton of stuff to do at home. Sometimes life just gets in the way. But today, I had to walk. In my mind, the most logical distance after tackling 5 miles was 6 miles, and that’s just what I did. I mapped it out and planned to walk 6 miles with my little sister. Thank God she agreed. We walked around the entire park which is roughly 6 miles. I said to her, ”hey did you read my blog?” (she never does even though I talk about her almost everyday). I told her that I gave up cookies. She smiled and clapped and gave me a hug, I was happy she was so excited, but I thought her reaction was a little extreme. She said do you still have that box of Girl Scout cookies? I proudly said yeah, I didn’t even it open it. She said “Oh, Yes! I can have them.” She was excited about getting free cookies, not about me abstaining from them….But I can’t throw her all the way under the bus, because she’s the one walking with me and supporting my goals…. My iPod was on random, and when we were about half a mile from the car, that old R. Kelly song Bump N’ Grind
came on and, he sang the unforgettable lyrics…”My mind is telling me noooooooo, but my body, my body is telling me Yessssssss!” I thought how ironic, right now my body is telling me no Carli you can’t do this, but my mind said yes! I think the mind is far more powerful than the body. My theory must be right because despite the pain in my lower back, feet and ankles and knees, we finished. By the end, I was walking like a rode a horse for 2 hours but I finished all 6 miles and that’s what counts.
