This is officially my 100th post, how funny... :) You ever have one of those days or weeks where you feel like you couldn't possibly add any more stress into your life and come out breathing? I'm having one of those months it feels like. I am sure there is a light somewhere at the end of the tunnel but haven't seen it creep through the concrete barriers yet. I'm sure it is coming :)
My body seems to have hit the same slump I found myself in back in December. Even though the intensity of my workouts have steadily increased the amount of calories I am burning a day have slowly decreased. Today we had boot camp and it was dreaded leg day. My knee is still a bit swollen and hurting from the high impact workout. Even though I was completely getting my ass kicked the entire workout, and by kicked I mean it felt like someone was swinging a Louisville Slugger, I only managed to burn 294 calories in the hour workout. How on earth does that happen? Not only that but so far today I have only burned 2103 calories. When I first started back into my hour workout sessions I was easily exceeding 2600 a day...now I am lucky to break 2200 yet my workouts have gotten tougher. I feel like if I don't exercise 3 hours a day I don't burn enough calories to matter. How crazy is that?
My trainer keeps saying that a stricter diet will kick things in the right direction. I am sure since he doesn't see all this weight just falling off that he thinks I sit at home with a box of bon bons or eat myself into a 4,00 calorie diet, but I don't. Most days I am LUCKY to hit 1300 calories. Today after having vegan shrimp, rice, and a veggie I still was only at 1020 calories for the day. I had to add something else to get to 1200. I am not overeating, I track every little thing I put in my mouth. I also do not drink diet soda anymore and have recently went from Iced Tea to just plain water. Math wise I am burning way more than I am eating yet I am still not dropping in weight and my body is starting to burn slooooower. I don't know anymore...I feel at my wits end with so many things right now I might as well add my fatness to the list.
Next week is the last week of Boot Camp. Unless there are 6 people interested in signing up for one there won't be another one in Allen and since I am not driving to Wylie for the one there in the evenings I guess I am back to just being on my own for the most part. We will most likely still do the personal training 1 or 2 times a week but with all the added expenses recently and the upcoming ones for getting the house ready to sell, I don't know what will be in the budget.
Speaking of moving...still waiting on my middle credit score to change after NCM agreed to delete their collection off my report so that I can get a pre-approval on a mortgage. I hate how after 6 years the ID fraud that trashed my A+ credit rating can still make my credit worthiness look like crap. The fact that I have never paid a mortgage late for the 2 houses i have owned or any car doesn't matter...I am still a credit risk. I wonder if I will ever move past 600 something...it just plain sucks. Still working on the packing although haven't finished an entire room yet. Between work, school (which by the way is seriously kicking my ass), finding time to "workout", spend time with Cristian, cook, clean, do laundry...I have no time. I guess it is a good thing I can operate on 2 - 3 hours of sleep. It is such slow progress...I still have no idea where we are going to move. I want Cristian to stay in the same school district but places around here that have the sq footage we want, with bigger secondary bedrooms, and a large yard are soooo expensive, well unless you count the ones that are falling apart. There are houses listed pretty high that need a ton of work and for that kind of price I don't want to have to spend anything fixing anything up.
We did look at a few new construction places though...one is in McKinney with Frisco ISD, one is in Wylie with Plano ISD...there is nothing in Allen under 300K in that department but we have a list of resale homes in Allen that may work if they are still on the market at that time. I want to live in a VERY good school district for Cristian but the house needs to be affordable. The way the economy has been I don't want to end up homeless if one of us loses our job. I would love to be a little closer to Lara's family so the drive out there isn't so steep but there really aren't any good in between areas unless you want 3 and 4 school ratings. I really really want Cristian to stay at Reed...but I don't necessarily want to buy a house in that zoned area either. At the moment he is slated to move back to Marion next year. I have been told that I can put in a transfer request but the administration office told me that they don't normally approve those unless there are extra-ordinary circumstances so it looks like whether we move out of this neighborhood or not he will have to change schools...really gets under my skin. At this point I have no idea if we are going with resale or new construction, Allen or somewhere else, or when my credit score will rise high enough for the occasion. Fun times I say...
Lara's birthday is coming up fast...maybe I will take a break from the stresses of life and work some on her present :)
Cheers,
M E
My body seems to have hit the same slump I found myself in back in December. Even though the intensity of my workouts have steadily increased the amount of calories I am burning a day have slowly decreased. Today we had boot camp and it was dreaded leg day. My knee is still a bit swollen and hurting from the high impact workout. Even though I was completely getting my ass kicked the entire workout, and by kicked I mean it felt like someone was swinging a Louisville Slugger, I only managed to burn 294 calories in the hour workout. How on earth does that happen? Not only that but so far today I have only burned 2103 calories. When I first started back into my hour workout sessions I was easily exceeding 2600 a day...now I am lucky to break 2200 yet my workouts have gotten tougher. I feel like if I don't exercise 3 hours a day I don't burn enough calories to matter. How crazy is that?
My trainer keeps saying that a stricter diet will kick things in the right direction. I am sure since he doesn't see all this weight just falling off that he thinks I sit at home with a box of bon bons or eat myself into a 4,00 calorie diet, but I don't. Most days I am LUCKY to hit 1300 calories. Today after having vegan shrimp, rice, and a veggie I still was only at 1020 calories for the day. I had to add something else to get to 1200. I am not overeating, I track every little thing I put in my mouth. I also do not drink diet soda anymore and have recently went from Iced Tea to just plain water. Math wise I am burning way more than I am eating yet I am still not dropping in weight and my body is starting to burn slooooower. I don't know anymore...I feel at my wits end with so many things right now I might as well add my fatness to the list.
Next week is the last week of Boot Camp. Unless there are 6 people interested in signing up for one there won't be another one in Allen and since I am not driving to Wylie for the one there in the evenings I guess I am back to just being on my own for the most part. We will most likely still do the personal training 1 or 2 times a week but with all the added expenses recently and the upcoming ones for getting the house ready to sell, I don't know what will be in the budget.
Speaking of moving...still waiting on my middle credit score to change after NCM agreed to delete their collection off my report so that I can get a pre-approval on a mortgage. I hate how after 6 years the ID fraud that trashed my A+ credit rating can still make my credit worthiness look like crap. The fact that I have never paid a mortgage late for the 2 houses i have owned or any car doesn't matter...I am still a credit risk. I wonder if I will ever move past 600 something...it just plain sucks. Still working on the packing although haven't finished an entire room yet. Between work, school (which by the way is seriously kicking my ass), finding time to "workout", spend time with Cristian, cook, clean, do laundry...I have no time. I guess it is a good thing I can operate on 2 - 3 hours of sleep. It is such slow progress...I still have no idea where we are going to move. I want Cristian to stay in the same school district but places around here that have the sq footage we want, with bigger secondary bedrooms, and a large yard are soooo expensive, well unless you count the ones that are falling apart. There are houses listed pretty high that need a ton of work and for that kind of price I don't want to have to spend anything fixing anything up.
We did look at a few new construction places though...one is in McKinney with Frisco ISD, one is in Wylie with Plano ISD...there is nothing in Allen under 300K in that department but we have a list of resale homes in Allen that may work if they are still on the market at that time. I want to live in a VERY good school district for Cristian but the house needs to be affordable. The way the economy has been I don't want to end up homeless if one of us loses our job. I would love to be a little closer to Lara's family so the drive out there isn't so steep but there really aren't any good in between areas unless you want 3 and 4 school ratings. I really really want Cristian to stay at Reed...but I don't necessarily want to buy a house in that zoned area either. At the moment he is slated to move back to Marion next year. I have been told that I can put in a transfer request but the administration office told me that they don't normally approve those unless there are extra-ordinary circumstances so it looks like whether we move out of this neighborhood or not he will have to change schools...really gets under my skin. At this point I have no idea if we are going with resale or new construction, Allen or somewhere else, or when my credit score will rise high enough for the occasion. Fun times I say...
Lara's birthday is coming up fast...maybe I will take a break from the stresses of life and work some on her present :)
Cheers,
M E
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