Monday mornings suck

[mugglechump]

I do not want to go to work. Weekends are too damned short. Especially when we have two soccer games instead of the usual one, and Meredith insists we MUST go to the mall to find shoes to go with the outfit she wants to wear Monday (then doesn't actually wear). Grr.

I've decided that I like Richard less and less as time goes on and must now work up the energy/courage to break things off. At least I can honestly say I am busy next weekend. James has asked me to go to the movies on Saturday. Richard spends Sundays with his daughter, so I don't have to worry about that day.

Meredith's game next weekend is at 9:00 Sunday in bloody Maryland. Since she has to be there at 8:15, I'll be leaving home shortly after 6:00 to get her there in time. Bah.

Gripe gripe gripety gripe.

I've also decided that I need to exercise. I decided that before, but I'm planning to actually do it this time. I'm tired of my knees and feet hurting. I'm tired of being this fat. A little pudge is ok, but I'm not pudgy. I'm fat. I need to lose about 100 lbs. in total, but my first goal is to get back down to a weight that starts with a 1. The fact that Mer's not-quite-an-uncle Steve's mom died this weekend from illness related to her obesity probably has something to do with this re-determination.

Comments

[dragonsangel68.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the exercise! I always find that starting the habit is the hardest thing to do, but once you're going it's all good :)

Don't you just love those early games that always happen to be a million miles from home? *hugs*

[13oct.livejournal.com]

Hats off to you for being such an amazing Mom. Hope I have the patience for all this when my time comes.

All the best for the weight loss. I have had good results with kickboxing... but what I find the toughest to do, is to get going... once that happens, I am usually ok.

[castoffstarter.livejournal.com]

BUT I STILL LOVE YOUUUUUU! Dude, I finally get online and see you've posted a music meme and everybody has already eaten the whole thing. Stupid other people having more intarwebz time than me.

[persephone33.livejournal.com]

I had a weight epiphany this morning, too. I can't fit into any of my pants. Distressing is what it is! Good luck!

[heyurs.livejournal.com]

Yeah...they do. : / My knee has been killing me since last Wed. I know I need to lose weight, too, and agree that I will be happy to get under 200. When I do get to 199.999999 we are having a PARTY! :D

Why is it SO hard to get back in the groove of doing things the right way? :(

[crazy-lil-loud1.livejournal.com]

*hugs Kate*
I got your letter.
It made my day.
I am going to be emailing you tomorrow, and I will also be working on a real letter to you!

Start out small with the full weight loss, I don't want you overdoing anything. The best thing to do is just do a lot of cardio. Get your heart pumping to a rate that is fat burning, it is the same as cardio. Crap, I forgot the formula right now, but I will remember it or I can look it up [I am right now actually, it is taking a while for it to load.. stupid dialup!]
Below is an example of the Karvonen formula for a 23 year old person with a resting heart rate of 65 beats per minute (*to get your resting heart rate, take your pulse for one full minute.):

220 - 23 (age) = 197
197 - 65 (resting heart rate) = 132
132 * 65% (low end of heart rate) OR 85% (high end) = 85.8 OR 112.2
85.8 + 65 (resting heart rate) = 150 112.2 + 65 (rhr) = 177
The target heart rate zone for this person would be 150 to 177


I know that mine is 160, we had to figure it our for our fitness class. The best thing to do is cardio for 20 minutes, and you want to do endurance, not strength training, which means less reps, and more sets. Which means you want to be doing like.. 23 sets, and 3 reps. I think you get what I am talking about, I mgiht have sets/reps mixed up though.
Example of what I am trying to explain:
You are doing leg curls. You set it at a weight, and you do around 15 up and downs, [a set] and then you do that 3 times [rep]-- that is for endurance. Strength traning would be 10 ups and downs, and 10 reps.
It might hurt more the first week that you are doing it, but sooner or later you will realize you actually get energy from doing the things, the endorphins get pumping, and you sleep better at night. [not to mention you don't get winded half as easy, I can actually go up a flight of stairs, it has really helped my asthma..]

[womangirlchild.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on both of your goals. I'll keep you posted when I hit a weight that begins with a 1. Good luck to you! :)