Armitage's Journal

[Armitage]

Hi, peeps! It's November 2, 2004, 9:30 pm, and I'm a human marshmallow!
That's the bad news (other than Election Day, but I'm sooo not getting into that!); the good news is that I've finally managed to talk my husband into working out WITH me. Whoohoo! (The cynic in me wonders how long it'll take before he wimps out, though....)
Oh, well. Today, I went out and got myself some creatine, decent food, CLA, and diet soda (must....have....caffiene....). I did a bit of weightlifting and discovered that I'm a weakling, lol-I had trouble with a measly 15 pound weight! ACK! I used to curl 65 just a few months ago! Eh. That's what bedrest does to a gal, I guess.....
So, now I'm dragging my butt out of bed. Since I'm such a weakling, I'll be gradually increasing the weight I use, but I refuse to use anything lighter than 15, just because of pride, lmao. I don't care if I'm bawling in pain at the end of my sets; I can't stand being squishy anymore! I want my body back!!!!
Annoying incident of the day? At GNC, where I bought my suppliments, I was waited on by a guy with a pot gut and flabbier arms than mine, lol. Normally, that wouldn't bug me, but he had the audacity to suggest that I shouldn't be lifting weights! He said I should try aerobics and swimming instead, lol. So, being a bit peeved, I asked him what he did for exercise in my best gym-bunny voice, and he said he was a runner.
I just smiled, picked up the biggest package of creatine I saw, and said, "Exactly!" Paid for my stuff and walked out, listening to the girl behind the counter laughing her head off.....


Current Stats:
Wt: 120 Bust: 38 Waist:30 1/2 Hips: 35 (Not too awful for 3 months postpartum, lol)
GOAL STATS: As close to 36-24-36 as I can get, lmao

[Armitage]

Hehehe....
Ooowww......
I thought I had some pretty decent ab muscles, but I might have been wrong, lol. I'm really sore, especially my abs, but it's a "good" type of pain. I won't whine too much.
LJ is in worse shape than I am, though, and in some perverse way, that makes me feel better. I tried to teach him the right way to do a situp yesterday (he uses his back to get off the floor, and somehow manages to pull himself up with his legs; I tried it "his" way and couldn't do it, lol), and he's walking around the apartment holding his stomach this morning and wincing every time he laughs. Poor guy....
I noticed this morning that I lost five pounds during the course of the night, so I'm guzzling water. As much as I hate to do it, I'm going to have to turn the heat down in here at night, because I wake up every morning dehydrated as hell, and I can't afford to keep doing that.
LJ just about choked this morning when he got up and saw what I had for us for breakfast, lmao; canadian bacon, egg whites (my version: 12 egg whites, scrambled together with mushrooms, a wee bit of onion, garlic, and oregano, topped off with green pepper rings-can ya tell I discovered this "recipie" while pregnant?), soy milk, and rice bread. He was moping about it and saying, "Where's the cereal? Can I have pancakes instead?" Lmao! The ironic part is that my 7 year old thought it was great.
When he saw me eating two hours later, he wanted to know what I was doing: "I thought you were trying to lose weight." Noooo....I want to GAIN about ten pounds of muscle before I try to cut. Poor guy is just confused, lol. I never realized how little he paid attention to what I was doing before; if I wasn't aware of the fact that he hardly pays attention to anything, I'd be hurt!
On the bright side, he gamely slogged through another workout (legs, glutes, and lower back), took his supps like a good boy, and is drinking water instead of soda, so he hasn't wimped out on me yet. We BOTH cheated a bit today, though; Halloween candy is a bad, bad thing. I'm thinking of buying my daughter a little safe to put her candy stash in; she'll get a kick out of it, and it'll keep us out of her 10-15 lbs of sugar, lol.
Oh, well. Off to go play with the baby and make lunch before LJ has to go to work. Seeya'll later!

[Armitage]

Not sore anymore, even though I busted butt today. No awful side effects from loading creatine, either, so I think I'll be all right. Diet kinda went to pot at dinner (takeout again, lol), but at least I ate all the broccoli and skipped some of the rice this time, lmao.
God I want a soda! I'm already sick of water. Maybe I'll run over to Rite Aid and grab a Gatoraide or something.
Wait-skip that. I'm determined to finish the gigantic pile of laundry before i leave the house, lol. By the time I'm finished with it, Rite Aid will be closed, so I guess I'm stuck with water, lol. Blah......

[Armitage]

Worked out for an extra 10 minutes on cardio today (no weights); I'm trying to work my way up to an hour a day, but right now I'm lucky to get through twenty minutes, lol. * Cough* Cough*...must...quit...smoking....
Did okay on the diet today, though; no cheats, not even a lousy soda. And I found a protien bar I can actually stand the taste of, so that's a victory in itself, lol.
LJ, on the other hand, wimped out today. When I said it was time to hit the gym, he suddenly got VEEERY interested in teaching the baby to talk, lol. I finally gave up on him and told him he could save me $10 by watching the kids instead of having me take them with me. When I got home, though, he was apologetic and pitiful, so I can't really be too hard on him; I've done this before, but he's never been in shape in his life. I guess this means that I'll have to do that whole "lead by example" thing, lol....
Off topic but funny....I just got word that our old landlord is selling the house we used to rent, to cover his costs after the ceiling fell in and dumped a raccoon on the new tenants while they were in bed! I TRIED to tell him....
Oh, well. We might buy it and remodel it, if we can get enough people together to work on it. Considering how many people crashed on our couch and cried on our shoulders while we lived there, it shouldn't be too hard; that house was the safe haven for half of Lexington, and I really don't think anybody wants to see it torn down.
Looks like I have myself a new project to get into.....