I didn't give in to apathy

I really was not in the mood to get on the elliptical of naughty noises today.

Had a rough night last night - was exhausted today and spent the chunk of the day out and about.

Normally I try to get it done between 1 and 3 p.m. but that didn't happen today.

So I decided that I could get things done later in the afternoon - completely forgetting about "Meet the Teacher" night at my son's school.

Buh-bye plan.

By the time we were home from that, we had a late supper and then the baby was fussy and we were all a bit out of sorts.

Nonetheless, I did not want to bail on the challenge this early on and I am writing this entry after completing 30 mins on the elliptical!

Scorecard

Health & Wellness - 1
Apathy - 0

Is it bedtime yet?

OK so I had a 10 minute walk in this a.m. only because today was icky and I had a dental appointment so no walking the kids to school.

Just logged 30 mins of Fat Burn on the Elliptical of naughty noises.

Now I just want to sleep!!!!

For those keeping score:

Sloth and apathy - 0

Health and happiness - 1

I'm sweating!

OK 22 minutes on the elliptical of naughty noises - maybe I should call it ENN???

Anyway, got Hubs to take the kids upstairs to watch a movie but he really seemed to be stalling. Then before he went up he was complaining about the lack of chocolate and chips in the house.

I told him to eat some baby carrots and I got bitched at.

Seriously, he needs to make up his mind to either be fully supportive of healthy lifestyle changes for the whole family and vocalize or he needs to SHUT UP!!!!!

Because whether anyone in this family likes it or not -- we've got to change our ways. And it really feels like it will be now or never.

For supper I had 1 lean hamburger patty. Meat is from the farmer's market and the patty has no filler - just beef (and garlic powder and black pepper).

Had two tsp of Diana's honey garlic sauce on it and a slice of processed Velveeta.

For snack I had 1 evil 2 bite cupcake but I didn't eat the frosting and just before my workout I had a Skippy PB sandwich.

Had 1 500 ml bottle of water during workout and half a bottle while typing this.

Now it's time for a shower!

I'm dying - holy crap!!! Sweating like a pig!

OK, kudos to me for 20 mins on the semi-operational elliptical.

me - 1
Apathy - 0

For music I flipped on channel 100 aka ROD and then selected TV shows, MuchMusic and The Wedge ep 217

I have sweat dripping down my face and I drank 500 mL of water while on there.

It's a little hard to breathe right now but I thought I'd update and then go hop in the shower (not sure I can make it up the stairs right this second) so this is my breather.

WHOOSH (the sound of me exhaling loudly).

While I am cooling off I will tell you the tale of the elliptical. The one in the store was awesome but when I bought this, I had no idea how un-handy hubs was. So instead of paying an extra 200 or 300 on top of the price of the elliptical, I figured hubs would be able to figure it all out.

Well, it did get assembled after great amounts of swearing and, somehow, the electrical component was not completed properly so the monitor (which you can use to program resistance and all sorts of nifty things) only works with 4 or 6 C sized batteries.

I don't have any batteries so I'm using this old school, baby!

However, for some reason (maybe because I weigh so much) it creaks like a son-of-a-bitch!

It creaks so badly it reminds me of the first time I spent the night in a cheap motel.

Sounds like well-used mattress springs. And it's sort of rhythmical.

I hope the neighbours can't hear it or they'll think I'm screwing around on hubs since he is out with the kids.

Shower time!