Queen of the Workout Room

I really shouldn't be writing. It's past my bedtime, and I've had a long day. I did sleep in a bit this morning though, and I don't have to be to work until 10am tomorrow... yeah, I know. I should wake up at the same time every day. I do, though--within a two hour time frame. I usually wake up at the same time every day regardless. I have noticed lately that I am sleeping much lighter. I wonder if that has anything to do with the workouts.

I should warn my readers that today's post probably will be a lot of rambling. I don't have time to form complete thoughts or sentences. I just want to get down what's been going on lately so I can clear my mind and pass out.

First, the best news ever. Katy has joined the CF forums and is now doing the WODs. She has done three so far (including today's) and I couldn't be happier. Well, except for the fact that she beat my time on "Cindy," but even that was just more motivation to get my times down and start busting my ass even more than I already am. Her posts on the forum are hilarious. I tried conveying how funny it was that she posted how she lifted her Swifter mop handle (to learn form) and then proclaimed that she had achieved a personal record on the forums, but when I did, Tony just sat silent like he couldn't fathom why that was making me laugh so hard.

It's odd, I've never been a competitive person, but when I saw that Katy had done better than I did and it was only her first day, I was stunned. I wanted to do better immediately. She has years of experience with Capoeira, and I'm sure that has given her the upper body strength advantage. She should be coming home this fall, and when she does, I'm going to drag her to the gym with me. I can't wait. By that time I should be hot.

I weighed myself this morning. I try not to do that every morning, but that scale is so damn tempting. I'm at 155. That's a half pound less than my lightest so far. My weight seems to be fluctuating, but I'm hoping that this means it will start dropping again soon. I don't know what more I can do physically without injuring myself.

The Zone diet started today. I'm still reading about how to do it, but I know now that I'm supposed to eat a certain amount of protein, carbs and fat per day. It's amazing how much this diet lets you eat. You just have to eat in proportion. There's about a 1:3 ratio of protein to carbs, and I still eat way too many carbs. I used to think it was great to eat fruit at my desk all day, now I'm trying to snack on nuts and yogurt so I don't get too much sugar in my diet. It's really hard. Still, I'm full, and that helps. It's easier to ignore the sugar cravings when you're stuffed. Besides, I still have my no calorie, non-cancer causing stevia packets.

If you don't know about stevia, I suggest you look it up right now. It's a natural sugar derived from the stevia plant, and unlike aspartame and nutrasweet it doesn't cause a shitload of problems with your immune and nervous systems. Also, it's guilt free. It's expensive, but totally worth it. I'm not sure how it bakes yet, but I plan on finding out.