Trying to get in Shape...

Yep, I am trying to get healthier... . Okay, I will admit it. Working out is great, it's healthy, I feel better blah blah blah. I will be honest.

I want to look better naked.

I mean really? Why else would we work out? I mean if I want to reach my goal of being mistaken for Ms Marvel as I walk down Ottawa streets, I have some fucking WORK to do.

I have put on a few of the pounds I lost through feeding Erica and the pregnancy (yes, I lost fat while knocked up: gestational diabetes and walking 3x a week AND watching evey bite you eat like a hawk will do that to you). I should have expected it, and now that I know I can lose weight it's all about the willpower. So far so good. I try to do 45 minutes of elliptical trainer 5X a week. One of those nights (Sunday) I plan to do an hour. Last Sunday I flaked out once I got to 600 calories (as per the machine), which was around 50 minutes. Anyone know how close these read outs are to reality?

So, on a 45 minute workout: I am doing around 520ish calories. My problem? I am expecting instant results. Like I want to see that scale go from A to B right away. I guess it's a patience thing. I am considering hiding the scale until sometime in November... then seeing whatI lost from now until then. Problem is I may not lose as much as I want (if anything) then WAH!!! I have been watching what I eat, but I also don't want to cut out ALL treats. If you do that, then when you want to do maintenence, aren't you kinda screwed? Gain it all back?

But I will get where I want to be one day. It's just juggling priorities: I want to game, I want to work out, I want to spend time with the man... it's hard to do everything. As the management for the Federal Civil Service says "Everything's a priority: you have to do it all!" (note: work=frustration)

EDIT: 3x a week? Bwa-hahahahaha... when I was knocked up: we were walking 3x a DAY even on Christmas day...