Heavy Lifting

Tonight we are setting up a home office in our spare bedroom. We had that room originally as an office but then my brother in law moved in with us, so we moved the desk to our bedroom. Well I got lonely out in the living room all by myself so we moved it out there. And now, since we don't have anything going on in the spare bedroom, we are moving it back.

Tonight.

Exciting.

Except not.

This desk is huge! Its solid wood and an L-shape meaning its really really REALLY heavy. It comes apart into two sections, thankfully, so I will be able to help move. Wee! I have to clean out the desk too because its stuffed full of art books, computer books, computer related odds and ends and a ton of Brian's drawings. All said and done it would probably be about 150 lbs of stuff crammed into this desk. I couldn't be happier today.



I hope that I can lift my load tonight. I will have to. Now where am I going to put that futon and those bikes??? The bikes can go in our bedroom and I guess the futon can go in the living room where the desk currently is. Unless Brian wants to re-arrange the living room for more Kinect-related playspace. In which case the futon will stay in the office.


I like rearranging furniture its nice not to get stuck in a rut.

Does heavy lifting count as exercise?? No? Ah well, Dance Central it is.

Tonights dinner is chicken stir fry with brown rice, carrots and onion with soy sauce and ginger. I may put a few scrambled eggs in there as well. So far I've had 2 oz of sharp cheddar cheese (6 points) and 1 cup of my 3 point chili. I think I have enough points.

I am definitely noticing the difference in points. When I started I got 30 points a day. Now I get 28. I am definitely missing that extra 14 points a week but slowly starting to get used to it. I need to get going again, I have to make a list of things I have to do this weekend and make sure it's all done. I can't forget my head. It's vital

Never Give Up

Never give in.
Finish what you started.

Basically, tell your inner devil to shut the f^&@k up.

I went on a bike ride today, after going to Curves (second day in a row, and second time this week)

I had a Frosty from Wendys (small) and a grilled chicken sandwich, for a total of 600 calories (my breakfast and lunch, since I didnt eat before Curves.)

I was in the fat burning zone the whole time in Curves, but I still havent bought the Curvesmart tag. I think once we can go three times a week then I will buy it. Also having money helps.

Secondly, today was so nice. It was forecast to rain today, but luckily the skies are blue blue blue. It is also humid humid humid. We have had a lot of rain recently, which was causing it to be humid.

We rode about an hour, maybe 45 minutes. I burned 396 calories (bye bye Frosty)
I am exhausted. I need a nap.

Friday we are going to Curves even though I said we would go tomorrow, truth of the matter is, I would go tomorrow anyway, but Friday I am in town for an errand, so it only makes sense to squeeze in my workout at that point.

Also we have a friend coming over so the rest of today (post nap, of course) and tomorrow will be spent scrubb-a-dubb-dubbing

Biking Around

We have a lovely trail not far from our apartment. I just Googled it and its length is a total 6.8 miles. We live in about the middle chunk of the path, so we get a good 2 miles or so out of it.

They are connecting them to other trails in the area, and the connection point isnt far from where we enter the trail, so that is also good news.

Our bike ride the other day was less of a ride and more of a "what the heck are we doing wrong here" moment. Our tires were low on air so we had to buy a bike pump. This time however it was much easier to ride, and yes I even took pics and have them on my computer, so its time to upload them.

We went further on the trail today than we had ever walked, the bikes made it easier. There are a few bridges along the trail that you have to walk over and I am extremely afraid of them. I get very nervous whenever we come to one.



Scary bridge.

Here are pics of me!






And here are some of hubby






Arent we cute?

I got lots of sun today, my thighs are killing me, and I am dying for a nap. So I will see you all tomorrow. Its a Curves day, maybe I'll take more pics. (After all, I do have such a nice 10 megapixel camera and I hardly use it....)