Well it was another wonderful day in LA...can you sense my sarcasm? Ugh. I try to stay positive, keep myself distracted from the bad things, and focus on the good. But it's hard. Especially when it feels like the bad things just keep piling up and there just aren't that many distractions when you have no money and only a few friends (who also have no money).
So in yesterday's blog, I said I was going to get up for the bootcamp workout. But I didn't. We ended up filming some stuff for the web series my roommates are doing, and we didn't start until about 11:30 because Robert had to work. One of his friends from work came over to help film the scene we were all in. Afterwards we all ended up hanging out for a bit and watching random stuff on YouTube. It was very refreshing to have a new face around and he seemed pretty cool. Hopefully we'll all hang out again. Anyway, we ended up staying up till 2:30. I was still planning to get up to workout, even though the class is at 5:30am, and I even set my alarm. But then my wonderful body decided it didn't want to sleep again. So when I looked at the clock and it was 4:30, I decided I probably wasn't getting up at 5. But I actually thought about it, and I don't think I'm going to do the class. I haven't paid for it yet, and money is pretty tight. The main reason I originally wanted to do it was because I felt like I needed something organized and structured to get me started and make me stick to it. But I've already started and I feel pretty good about how focused and committed I am. So I don't think I need it, and it seems stupid to pay the money and make myself have to get up that early when I don't work till 10:30 or 4:30 (depending on if I work lunch or dinner).
Anyway, I woke up feeling really dehydrated and low-energy. I'm starting to think I've been feeling so crappy just because I'm not used to the dry climate and I need to increase my water intake a lot. I generally drink a lot of water, because it's pretty much all I drink. But I guess I'll just make sure to drink a lot more and see if that helps. I laid in bed watching shows on the internet for a while. I could not force myself to get up for the longest time. Finally around noon I got up and got ready to go running. As soon as I left my room, my roommate told me that our gas was shut off due to the bill not being paid. The bill was not paid because they were billing the prior resident (who hasn't paid since February)! We were never told anything about gas, and obviously never got a bill, so we just assumed the apartment paid for it. So I called and got everything sorted out, but now we have an extra bill to pay (plus the startup fee, etc). AND they can't come turn the gas back on until Thursday! Seriously people?? Argh. So no using the stove or oven for a few days.... Luckily my roommate has a George Foreman Grill, so I'll still be able to cook chicken and stuff. Anyway - that was just a lovely start to my Monday. Finally I went running - the same 4.6 miles (alternating walking/running again, but running at least half). I felt really draggy and low energy, partly because I felt like crap already, and partly because I don't think I ate enough yesterday. I think I'm going to start drinking a glass of non-fat milk after my workout and maybe once later in the day. This will add calories and some protein, which I think I've been lacking a bit. I should have done my strength training and ab exercises after running, but I didn't have time before I had to go to work. I was going to do them when I got home, but I feel so crappy and low energy, so I think I'm going to give myself a break. The goal is to do them every other day, so I'll just switch and do them tomorrow.
Food-wise, I ate hardly anything today. I just feel awful and food did not sound appealing. I had an orange when I first woke up, and then a spoon of peanut butter before I ran, just to get some protein in before working out. Then I had a shake for lunch before I left for work. When I got off work, I did not feel like eating anything, but I knew I probably should and I really needed some more calories for the day. So I stopped at McDonalds and got a strawberry banana smoothie - the only thing I could think of that sounded somewhat appetizing. The smoothie is 260 calories (the medium size), so I'm still way under what I should be eating, but I just can't even think about food right now. Ugh. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow.
Overall, it was a pretty crappy day. Feeling bad physically, the news about the gas bill, and work sucked. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow. I have to say, working out was probably the highlight of my day. Even as low-energy as I felt, I just felt so much better afterwards. I always do - mentally and physically. I wish I could remember that when I'm laying in bed dreading having to work out!
Plan for tomorrow: Get up and exercise, go run a million errands that it seems like I never have time to do, probably going to buy some better weights - I only have two 3 pounds dumbells right now because that was the only weight Walmart had in stock a long time ago when I bought them. They're way too light, so I've been just doing one arm at a time and holding both of them in one hand. It's better, but still a little lighter than I want, and I feel like it hinders my form because I have to hold them both. So I figured that since I'm not paying money for the exercise class, I can spend a fraction of the money I saved on some new weights.
Anyway, that's about it. Plan for tonight - Sleep! Please!
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