I'm hosting a pity party and you're invited! RSVP below.

It's been a little while since my last weigh-in. So, it should come as a shock to you when I say I've lost a bajillion pounds! Juuuust kidding. Actually, I've gained a few.

Last time, I was 226.2, so needless to say this was a tad disappointing. But before you jump to the comment section to tell me that you're ashamed of me, let's talk about today.


This morning I didn't wake up for the gym. I have personal training on Wednesdays and I decided that I'd just do some extra cardio either before or after my workout to make up for not going this morning. I was just too tired, despite the fact that I went to bed early last night (11:00 p.m.). But I did wake up early enough to eat a good breakfast!

This morning, work was super lame. Carrie complained a lot, I didn't have much to do, and I just didn't feel like being there. I spent some time an hour playing solitaire on my phone and feeling sorry for myself for having a job I dislike so much. Lunchtime eventually rolled around, and I went to the volunteer appreciation luncheon at the country club. Basically, it was me, and bunch of people 60+ years of age enjoying a (not so delicious) free lunch. I came late and left early, but enjoyed listening to the things old, retired people talk about. For example, there was discussion of pickling things, rhubarb, flowers, Alaska, winter homes, HIV (don't ask) and denture cleaning.


After the luncheon, I went back to work and finished up some stuff that I had prepped in the morning. Then, I did some monotonous data work-up, and was left with nothing to do, so I stole Sheli's 30 tubes and prepped them for her out of sheer boredom. Then I played more solitaire, got fed up with the boredom and left early to go home, have a snack, and put on my sexcessory since I promised Mark I'd wear it on Wednesday.

Half of this was a snack for me - yum!

And since I know you're dying to see the sexcessory in action, I took a pic of me wearing it.

Don't worry, your arousal is nothing to be ashamed of. Just kidding. It's not so sexy, I know. And because it cuts into my leg and rubs my thigh raw, I have to wear this damn sleeve underneath it to protect my skin. It's basically like wearing a legging that never touches your butt or ankle. Yeah, it's awkward.


At training today, Mark and I worked out outside. He told me to stand in the sun to get some color. I told him he should just share some of his melanin with me (he's black...that's why it's funny). But, training kind of sucked. He kept trying to get me to do some exercises, but they either hurt my knees or I couldn't do them because I'm still super out shape. And maybe I was having a bad attitude, but I was really frustrated. You'd think after training for 5 months and working out pretty consistently that I'd be able to do more. But I still suck. 


At the end of the workout, I told him that I was disappointed and nearly started crying. And then I think I made him feel bad because he's doing the best he can in terms of working with my crappy knees. But we've decided that it's time to ramp up my workouts from this point on. We're going to focus more on cardio and I need to focus more on my diet.


On my way home, I did cry a bit, but decided that instead of wallowing in self pity (which would result in eating my feelings) that I would go rollerblading (or as I like to call it "blading," so it sounds more bad ass). So after a delicious protein shake, I pulled out my rollerblades and transformed into a blading bad ass.

My blades

My mom got me these blades for my birthday 3 years ago (I think) and I haven't really touched them since that summer. And I wasn't very good that summer either. I kind of shoved them in my closet after I had a pretty bad wipe out that required Jenna to rub antibiotic ointment near my ass. So, I'm proud to say that even though stopping and turning are still major struggles, I bladed for 45 minutes. Without falling. It was pretty awesome. I don't know when I'll be able to do it again since the weather is supposed to go back to being suckworthy, but I'm thinking I'll try to make it a 3x a week thing once it's warm again. And then perhaps I'll be able to conquer turning and stopping (because throwing yourself into a pole is not so fun).


After blading, I came back in and made another salad for dinner. It was awesome, per usual. And because it was so gorgeous outside, I ate it on my balcony.

Salad o' awesomeness

View from my dinner seat

For dessert tonight, I was pretty pumped about this:

Dairy-free green tea ice cream? Um, yes please. But it turns out that since it was made from coconut milk, it tasted more like coconut than green tea. HUGE letdown since I hate coconut. I had about one spoonful and shoved it back into my freezer. I shall be giving it away this weekend.


After dinner, I chatted with a few friends, watched Modern Family (since my cable is still free!) and am now blogging. I should have cleaned my living room like I said I would, but you know what? No one else is living in this filth and I just didn't want to.


All in all, today was kind of crappy and disappointing. I'm disappointed that I gained weight, I'm disappointed that I'm still super out of shape, and I'm disappointed that the green tea ice cream was not nearly as delicious as I hyped it up to be. But, life is full of disappointments. I just have to keep on trucking. Or perhaps I should change that phrase to "I just have to keep on blading." Yeah, that's definitely more bad ass.


What are you doing now that the weather is nicer? Do you prefer exercising indoors or outdoors?