Hangs head in shame....back again***Diary of Kaplooie***

Well...I'm in Alaska and its not super warm here but when it hits 45 degrees we be like "break out the grill, where'd I put my shorts?"
 
Haha, sounds like England. It doesn't have to get much hotter than 45 for us to reveal our pale, translucent skin & brave our blustery beaches armed with picnic baskets and ice creams! Any excuse for a BBQ! xo
 
Okay I'm up for the second time today. Got up this AM after having nightmares that I am broke. Had to get online and check my bank account, lol...not broke. I went back to sleep and just woke up again. Getting ready to go to the gym AFTER I drink a bunch of coffee. The BF brought home two monster black bass around midnight last night, fileted them up and now they are ready for me to make some ceviche. So I have to go to the store and buy limes and veggies. Still have leftover pork belly also, we only ate about half of it between the three of us last night. That's going to be good refried! Pork belly sure makes eating lower carbs easier. Lol!

I was pretty excited to get in the weight room today, but the BF needs to take a rest day and my best friend, who is a meathead is out of town till the 24th so I'll have to wait till tomorrow. I"ll still get a good long cardio sesh in, aiming for 45 minutes today if the ankles will hold up.
 
Today is the day. WEIGHT ROOM HERE I COME! As soon as my gym clothes dry. Forgot to put them in the dryer last night. We slept in this morning. reeeaaaaalllly late. Don't know what prompted it but I got up and got the kiddo off to school and snuggled back up in bed because its flippin FREEZING in my house right now and didn't re-emerge from lala land until 11. I'm on pinterest right now looking up links for things to do in the weight room besides look in the mirror and flex. I'm going to do that too, but probably only three or four sets of 10 or so reps.

Oh, and here's the good part. Finally back down to that elusive 225. Lower carbs did the trick. I've been around 50g a day for three days. Also upping the fat intake and keeping the protein around 80g a day. My skin feels so much better. I've had a rash on my back for weeks and its finally going away.

Edit: I did it, I lifted the weights!!!
 
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Thanks Cate, making big positive changes around here.

225 again this morning, its really real. 6 more lbs and I'll be at my lowest for the year at 219. Up early this morning to get the kiddo to school and get ready to go join him for a presentation by his geography class. If they would have told me before I was a parent that there was mandatory participation in this kind of stuff I might have chosen the childfree life. I really really love my kid but I really really hate school stuff. Especially considering its going and doing stuff at the school I escaped a long time ago and some of the teachers are the same. *shivers*

I am quite sore this morning, did a lot of arms yesterday and I can barely lift them today. Good thing today's program calls for more arms! Well, biceps and back. *cantwait* *Imlying* I'm following a 12 week plan I found on bodybuilding.com. Came highly recommended by a few of the women that work at the gym. And its free so...there's that.

I'm kinda exhausted. The BF brought home four bass and three perch last night around midnight so we were up till 0200 processing it to freeze and cleaning the kitchen. And I was drinking wine while doing that so I also have a headache. We went for a bit of a walk last night after dinner which was very nice. Part of the walk was uphill so it was a good quick workout too. High tide was late so you know...he decided to grace me with his presence ;)
 
I'm going to run away and hide today. The BF smoked his last cigarette last night and this is going to get ugly. I figure I can stretch out the gym to at least 2 hours today and if I do my weekly shopping a few days early right after the gym and then stop and get coffee and drink it really slowly and then drive home the long way that will keep me out of the house and away from the monster for oh...5 hours or so...Give or take. I like and support his effort to quit and be healthier...I just don't want to be around for his first day of nicotine withdrawl. And he's cold turkeying it.

I should get a turkey to roast. Ya...tangential. But really. That would put a lot of pre-cooked protein in the freezer.

The kid had a friend spend the night last night and my living room is destroyed this morning. My Dad came and picked them up before I had a chance to yell at them to clean up. I made them and the BF lasagna hamburger helper last night and made my own low carb derivative of it. Mine was better.

I did not make it to the gym yesterday, despite wanting to go I was so sore that it was late night before I could even lift my arms over my head. Today will be more productive there anyways. I have lots of time to spare and I'm only minorly sore. I can actually touch my nose today without leaning my head over to meet my hand mid chest to complete the connection.
 
The door fell off my truck yesterday. I just got that damn thing fixed. Now I have to crawl through until they can fabricate some parts at the shop. And that sucks because I worked my arms and back pretty damn hard yesterday at the gym and I can barely move them today. I'm dictating and my dog is typing for me right now because I can't lift my arms above my hips. I'm drinking coffee through an IV line. Thank flying spaghetti monster it's leg day today. Of course, tomorrow I'll be bed bound. I'll need to cath to pee. And there will be no climbing through my truck cab to get to the drivers seat. Maybe we'll just go full Dukes of Hazard and enter through the window. I'll let the BF wear the short shorts though.

I could not sleep last night. My arms were killing me, no matter what position I laid in I was uncomfortable. I think I may have finally drifted off somewhere south of 0100. So I slept in till 0930ish. The gym opens at 1200 today and I will be there. Thankfully the gym is less then a block from my house and I can walk becasue I'm not driving (see prior references).

I know I blew my calorie limit yesterday, had huge meaty buffalo wings with blue cheese dressing for lunch. They were amaze-balls! But ya, there are a lot of calories in that. So today I'll suppliment a but of cardio before leg day begins to have a good burn. The program I'm following calls for leg presses, leg extensions, wide stance barbell squats, leg curls (will have to find an alternative because there is no leg curl machine at the gym), and standing and seated calf raises which, I can do the standing without a machine no problem but there is no machine for seated calf raises so I'll have to look up an alternative again. I also want to add cable hip adductions and abductions.

Fun fact, a long long time ago I got a certificate in nutrition counceling and personal training. I pulled out all my old text books last night and hit them hard. My focus was nutrition counceling for subsistance lifestyles (very appropriate for the area I live in), and personal training for the elderly. So, not all of my expertise transfers to what I'm trying to accomplish with my personal goals right now, but the books are like a holy grail of information for me.

Okay, one more hour before the gym opens, it should take me about that long to get my sports bra on.
 
I am impressed by anyone who can go into a gym. I also feel like everyone is watching me, and even more impressed when people can do the weight machines. I feel fr you with the sore muscle thing!

Good luck at the gym!
 
Paladin, the cardio room seems less intimidating to me. When I go in the weight room I feel like I definatly do not belong in there. But I pay the same membership fees as everybody else so they can keep their mouths shut about the fatty doing her thang. The gym has specific rules against body shaming, fat shaming and unsolicited advice so they can think what they want but they can't say anything out loud.

My dog ate my eggs this morning while I was pooping. That's how my day started. BF left to go fishing while I was in the bathroom and the dog, seeing the treasure left unguarded, stole it. I'm so mad. I made her go to her bed. I hope the reduced sugar ketchup gives her a tummy ache. No I don't, but still...

I'm so sore I can't function. My arms are still killing me from two days ago and now with the legs.... I'm supposed to go to a Memorial Day service and its an important year for it since my three times veteran (WWII, Viet Nam, Korea) Grandfather passed away this year, but I'd have to walk. And then stand for an hour. And its just too raw still, the emotion and I don't do well crying in public. I know my Mom and Grandmother will be disappointed in me but I REMEMBER him, he practically raised me and I don't think I need to make a public show of my grief. I'll visit his grave today sometime and lay down some flowers, its right behind my house, and I'll do it alone. I miss him, he was a really great man.
 
As long as you remember him that's all that matters, nobody has the right to tell you that you have to go somewhere or do something to honour someone.

Your poor legs though!

Mmy cats would do that with my cereal (or any other meal) if I left it alone too long. Animals are silly creatures, it's not like I don't feed them loads! lol.
 
224.6 today. Man this is some slow going with the weight loss.
I had a very active few days. I'm doing yard work and putting in my garden. Lots of heavy lifting. I have a very uneven yard situation so I can't mow it, I have to weed eat the whole damn thing. All 7500 square feet of it. Its laborious and my arms and back are tired and aching. I also go my compound hunting bow back from the shop yesterday so I spent a few hours losing arrows and siting it in...so much fun! It was a birthday present from my BF. I've been doing some freelance work creating content for a few websites the last few days also. Its been keeping me busy. I have a job interview this afternoon and I'm super nervous. The BF thinks I have it in the bag but I'm online studying up on relevant information so that I know what I'm talking about and don't get hung up on tough questions.

omg I'm so nervous. I hate interviews. I'm so bad at them. Horrible at first impressions.

Today is day 8 of my lifting program. Chest & Triceps. I can't decide if I'm going to go this morning or go after the interview. I think the BF is out of commission for the day, he was awake at 5am with what seemed like an asthma attack but he does not have asthma. I think its the quit smoking thing, and I think it was an anxiety attack. He is also really sore from the gym two days ago, he went pretty hard and tore himself up. Get this, in the time its taken me to lose 9 lbs, he's lost 22. 22 effing pounds off that guy and I've only lost 9. I hate him, but I love him. He's down a total of 30 lbs since last January.

Anyways...I'm procrastinating.
 
*Fingers & toes crossed for your interview!*
We're the same- I only have to say I'm going to be stricter with my diet & G loses a kilo! He's the slimmest he has been since his teens, because of me watching what I eat.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
 
I just have to say that is the weirdest interveiw I have ever been on.

So, I show up at the office which was non-descript and I had no idea where I was going so I called the lady who was interviewing me and she met me in the parking lot, and led me though an enourmous warehouse up the longest flight of stairs I've ever seen and to a little hovel stacked to the brim with files and fixtures and baubles.

Then she starts detailing her job, turns out she is interviewing me to replace herself because her husband is being transfered so she's leaving. Its facility and property management. We got in her truck and toured all the property holdings. She asked maybe a half dozen questions I though would be relevent interview questions, the rest of it was just a laundry list of work she's doing, work to be done, and it is a really hard job. I was amazed at everything she handles. But I was not intimidated. She was very cool and to the point. I like people like that. She didn't sugar coat anything. When we were done she asked if I was still interested in the job, and then she said she'd call me to schedule a meeting via skype with the company owners. Sounds positive. Can't wait to get more information.
 
Sounds positive, sounds challenging & also sounds like some major exercise. All good!
 
I think all the warehouse space is empty because its overpriced...maybe I can convince the owners to lower the the price and then the friend that I have that has a good business plan for a crossfit gym can afford it ;) lol

For some reason, some cruel trick of the universe, its shark week again. And leg and abs day....I don't know if this is a good combo. It's also the first day of summer vacation for most kids, not my underacheiver though! Mine has a month of summer school starting on monday so it just a plain ol' weekend for him.

I didn't eat dinner last night, just snacked on a bunch of crap (healthy on plan crap). I babysat for a friend so her and her hubby could go on their first date night since said baby was born. They were only out for about three hours and paid me with a bottle of my favorite whiskey. I will babysit for them anytime if thats how they always pay me!!

Plans/goals for today? Gym, yardwork, and if the wind stays down and the rain stays away, some target practice with my bow. I may pick up the house a bit and invite some friends over for a bbq if it gets really nice out. It's supposed to be amazing all weekend and that excites me because I do love to be outside this time of year.
 
Sunday Fun Day...maybe. Its looking beautiful outside right now but where we are that can change in a heartbeat. The saying goes, if you don't like the weather wait five minutes. I've got some new strawberries and mint to plant in today, hardened them off last night. I also have to actually get to the gym and do my leg day today. I was a slacker yesterday...well, not totally, I made bulgogi and we apple wood smoked it on the grill so no too slackering. I also did some target practice with my bow and found an eye patch to use so I can actually see through my sights.

Oh, and I lost a lbs. 223.2 this morning. SO that brings my total so far to 10 lbs, its been a little over a month, and thats a decent rate of loss I suppose. I hope to be even lower after shark week is gone. My goal for June...I can't believe its JUNE tomorrow, is to get below 219, my last dieting failure low weight. And then keep going.

I have this crazy idea in my head to build a stone wall in the garden, I have a ton of stone that I can use for the project on the side of the house. I think a little back breaking work will do me some good, and the kiddo. He can help.
 
Hi kaplooie & well done on the 10lb loss. It is a very decent loss. I especially liked your "And then keep going."
Building a stone wall is far from a crazy idea. Stone work is very physical & I love it! I might just have to have another rock project for Winter, although I'm not meant to lift heavy weights & I'm not good at being sensible about it. I'll put some photos on some time of my rock projects. Building a wall would be very rewarding!
 
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