BMC update, and some random notes

Well, here we are on day 3 of the Bahama Mama challenge, and my stats are like this:

Food: 0/2 days on target, but day 3 is starting out well. However, I have exactly 3 flexpoints left until next Monday, if I don't count activity points. Which I'm not, since they don't exist in Joyworld.

One good thing, though...both days of the challenge, I have logged absolutely EVERYTHING that has gone in my mouth. I haven't done that in so long, I thought I forgot how.

Exercise: 2/5 on cardio, 1/3 on strength training. Woo! Right on track.

Water: 3L on Monday, barely 1L on Tuesday, with 1L down on Wednesday and four more bottles sitting on the desk.

Vitamins & meds: Took them late monday and tuesday, so I could only take one glucophage. Last night, I discovered the wonders of the reminder option on my cell phone, so I set a reminder to buzz at 6:05 to tell me to take my pills...and I actually did! (I also set an alarm to tell me at 6:01 that "yes, you really DO want to get up this early. Gym, remember?" I listened to that one, too.)

So I'm on track with exercise, but everything else is lagging. Still finding my groove...

Now for the random notes portion of our program...

If you're the sort of person who packs a workout bag with various toiletries so that you can shower at the gym, and you're also the sort of person who occasionally brings a paring knife to work to cut fruit, it's not a good idea to throw the dirty knife in the same compartment of your workout bag as the shower items. Because someday, you're going to feel like slacking for 3 weeks, and the bag will go unused long enough that you will forget there's a SHARP FUCKING KNIFE in with your shampoo. And when you scratch yourself on the tip of the knife, you will sit on the floor of the gym locker room for 20 seconds thanking your kick-ass guardian angels that you didn't slice a 5-inch gash in your hand instead.

Or maybe that's just me, but still...knives in gym bag are bad, mmmkay?

When I got to the gym this morning to do my 35 minutes on the precor, 3 of the five machines were in use. This meant that I couldn't have a buffer machine on both sides, so I had to choose one immediately next to someone else. So, when I got on my machine, there was a guy on my left...probably around 30, pretty fit looking.

Like many or most, um, worker outers, I set my pace according to what song I'm listening to. I have about 70 songs on my workout playlist, and I put it on shuffle play all the time. The song tempos are varied between 120 and 200 precor strides per minute, so I get a different workout every time. Today, the ipod decided to kick a little ass--the first 3 songs were between 150 and 180 spm. I poked around at 130 or so setting up the machine, and then I finished the first song at tempo--about 165 spm.

About a minute into the second song, I notice that the guy next to me is glancing over at me. And speeding up. I guess he didn't want to be outdone by the fat girl.

I upped the resistance just to mess with him. :)

Also on a gym-related note, it drives me absolutely CRAZY when people don't zero the locker room scale when they're done with it. It takes two seconds to slide the little weights back to the left, people!

(182.)

I don't know if I mentioned it, but I haven't ordered from Diet Gourmet again. It's not that I didn't like them...I did. Their online ordering system went down the second week, and they emailed a different link, but I didn't order. And then, much like when I miss a TV show I like for a week, I lost all interest in it.

I may go back to it next week, when I'm sure I'll have the money for it. On the week between paydays, spending $45 all at once for a week of lunches is a little scary.

Someday, I hope to grow up and stop living paycheck to paycheck.

I'm working on dividing my workout playlist into several shorter ones designed for specific types of workouts. I've discovered that some of the songs that are perfect for walk/running are too slow to really get my precor on. And most of the BNL stuff varies in tempo throughout the song, making any kind of cardio difficult. I like varying my speed during a workout, but not every 30 seconds. Some songs also are on a different...meter? (note: I haven't read music since my HS choir years) than the traditional 4-count. Some seem to be in 3:4, or 12:12, or 72:65, or whatever that beat is that makes it nearly impossible to find a good pace and stick with it. So those would need to go on the strength training playlist. Upbeat enough to take your mind off the pain, but you can't dance to it.

I foresee posts about this later. Be forewarned.

I still haven't gotten my TOM. I took the last provera 3 days ago. I'm a little worried. I only mention this because usually, things happen immediately after I whine about them not happening. So bring it on!

I had more to say, but I'm hungry. Let's see if I can stay on track with the food today...

UPDATE: I drank all my water today! By 3:30! Go me!

It does no good for the scale at home to vanish if you still weight everyday at the gym.. That's all I'm saying.

I know...but I don't weigh every day. :)