I'm So Gifted At Finding What I Don't Like The Most

It's 9:30 on a Saturday night and I'm at home alone writing a blog. How cool am I? It's so hard to be responsible. I would have really enjoyed going out tonight, but alas, I accepted 12 hours of overtime tomorrow, so I must be good and go to bed early tonight. This whole weekend has been so not cray. I worked the first 8 hours of my first day off. Then I was tired so I didn't go out last night. Then I'm not going out tonight. And I won't be doing anything fun tomorrow between getting off work and getting ready for work the next day! So yeah. Blah.

Either way, I spent these three days off mostly trying to get rid of my Gettysburg weight. So yeah, no weigh in for me this week! Haha. I didn't gain a lot, but enough to get on my nerves and feel depressed about it. I just hate how frickin hard it is to lose 1 pound, but to gain 5 is sooooo easy! It can be so frustrating. And I can tell so easily when I've put on just a little. I see it. I think every single time I go to the bathroom I stare at myself in the mirror and critique my body for a few minutes until it makes me mad and I just move on.

I try my best to be positive, but sometimes I need to be hard on myself if I wanna make any progress. When I start to let things slide is when I start to gain weight. So I must be my toughest critic. I am being positive by not telling you how much weight I gained though! I'm sure I can get it off pretty quick... hopefully. I really don't like setbacks, but I know they will happen every now and then so I just try to accept it and move along.

Today was fun! I went to the CrossFit Regionals with Katie who is a friend of mine in the department and we watched them do their thang. It was awesome!! I had a great time and it was such good motivation to become stronger and more ripped!! I so want to do what those girls can do. It's amazing!

After that I came home and went to the mall to get my eyebrows did. I like getting my eyebrows threaded so I go to this place at Columbia mall. I always try to get the same lady because she does an awesome job! While I was there I decided to make a little pit stop at Elite (Sports Authority) and look for some new shoes. I wanted some that I could wear while lifting and doing my classes like Kickboxing and Total Conditioning. I needed something more light and stable. My shoes are all running shoes so they're really not meant for the kind of workouts I do.

I ended up getting these. Nike Free's Trainers. They're so light and comfortable! Very flexible too. I can't wait to try them out tomorrow when I go workout! I picked them out of the three I tried on because they were the most comfortable but also, they're black lol. If you know me, you know my favorite color is black and that's pretty much all I wear. So I was sold!

I think when I get off work tomorrow night I'll stop by 30 and get my sweat on. I'm definitely gonna try some of the workouts I saw at CrossFit today. I'd be too scared to try them at LifeTime because I'd probably mess up and embarrass myself! Hahaha!

Ok, I have a question for people. I encountered an issue tonight. I always have this problem... Peeling hard boiled eggs! Arghhhh. I've tried a few tricks that people have told me and still I always end up with some ratchet looking eggs! I got this plastic egg timer thing from William Sonoma and I thought it worked great at first. You're supposed to leave the egg in the water until the egg timer turns a certain color then take them out of the water. I've also tried adding salt to the water and that didn't work. Anyone have any advice?!

I'm starting to freak out. 1 more week till we head to Nags Head, NC for a week. I'm excited obviously but my paranoid workout addict self is kicking in and I'm so worried I'm going to gain like 50 pounds while I'm away. I'm hoping that my crazy workout streak will keep me committed to doing something every day. Even if it's just something small, I have to. And I really, really need to watch what I eat. I need to not give into my bad vacation habits. I'm going to come up with a chant to tell myself over and over again before we get there and throughout the trip!

One last thing before I hit the hay. Has anyone tried getting wrapped? It seems like the new craze and luckily I know someone who does it so I am going to give it a try! I've heard from a few people that they've had good results. Even if it is just temporary, I'm still willing to give it a shot. Even if it just makes my flabby stomach look a little better before the beach, I'll be happy! I'll make sure to take before and after pics/measurements so I can post them on here. I'm going Tuesday so I will update after that!:-)

I'm tired now! Bed time for me. Hope tomorrow isn't too busy on the ambulance!

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!

P.S. I love hearing from people that they read my blog! It's such a pleasant surprise and it makes me happy. BTW, I'm almost at 10,000 views!!! I <3 you guys!

My Strange Addiction

I'm a slacker, I know. I haven't updated in a little while. I seem to always have an excuse though. Usually it's because I want to wait for a weigh in, or because there's something I want to talk about but it hasn't happened yet, etc. But in this case, I kind of just wanted to wait for the end of the month so I could showcase all my hard work! Just wait till you see my calendar, it's epic!;-)

I went to the tattoo shop yesterday and got more color done on my back. My artist had thought she might be able to finish the whole thing but we both underestimated how much was actually left! She was able to do the pagoda, the mountains, the two butterflies, and lots of leaves and branches! All we have left now is the clouds at the way top, the sun behind the peacocks head and the leaves and branches on the lower right area.

All of that is gonna have to wait till around fall time. As much as I would love to have it finished now, I really don't want to sacrifice anymore fun in the sun, pool time! I love tanning too much to have a new tattoo throughout the summer so this is it for now. I think it all blends together pretty well so you can't tell that I have a few spots missing.

I have been working out like craaaaaaay. Pretty sure I'm addicted. Some people have actually told me that. I feel like some people admire me for it, and others think I'm crazy. Either way, I don't give an F what people think! Nobody knows how hard I've had to workout to get the decent body I have now. People try to say that I'm good and I don't need to lose anymore weight. Ummm, ok. It's not like once you get to the weight you want to be that you can just stop! Obviously that happened to me while I was in the academy and it didn't work out so well. Apparently my body needs strict diet and intense workouts just to stay in decent shape!

I guess my problem is I feel scared that if I don't work out, I'll automatically gain weight and fall back into old habits. Which is easy to do! And I never, ever, ever wanna go back to old Anna! So I do my best to work hard every day. Can't help it!

My favorite cardio equipment is the stairmaster. I mean, I kinda hate it, but it works the best. Look at that thing! It's covered in my sweat. That's after 45 minutes of being on there. It's torture but it's kinda cool to see your own sweat dripping off of you. I'm like "bye bye fat!" I love it! Always makes me feel awesome afterwards.

Well since I missed 2 weigh ins (again) I'll post them now!

Previous Weight - 152.8

Next Weigh In - 152 (5/22) 0.8 pounds lost

Current Weight - 149.8 (5/28) 2.2 pounds lost

Now maybe, juuuuust maybe, I can lose some more! This is right around where I got at my lowest weight ever, so I need to get past it! I'm aiming for 145. We'll see!!!

For the most part, I'm happy with my body. The main things I want to improve on are: my stomach, my back fat/love handles, flabby armpit area and the back of my thighs. I'd say that's about it. I've been working on ab/core work sooo much and I can actually see a lot of definition, the only problem is it's covered with my old, saggy skin. I've come to terms with the fact that I probably won't ever have a nice, flat stomach unless I get surgery. It's sad, but I can live with it. I will keep trying my best to work on that area and tighten it up the best I can. Maybe I can find some kind of cream to help too? Maybe? lol

Soooo, I'm starting to train for a competition I'm doing in September called "Iron Team Endurance Competition" It's a 4 person team competition with police departments, but I guess fire departments can join in as well.  Here's the flyer...

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY POLICE
SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAM
FOURTH ANNUAL
IRON TEAM
ENDURANCE COMPETITION
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
0900hrs
Each four-person team will perform the following exercises:
Chain drag ( perform while wearing a gas mask)
Monkey bars ( perform while wearing a gas mask)
Team tire flip ( perform while wearing a gas mask)
Push ups
Sit ups
100-yard Zodiac boat paddle *
100-yard Zodiac boat carry (land)
35-yard water crossing *
3.5 mile trail run
50-yard equipment carry
Barrel roll
Clean and Press
25-yard tire pull
Pole flip/ carry
Individual tire flip
Low crawl
*All participants will don life vests prior to entering the water, and will be required to wear them until they exit the water.
 Above events are from 2012, distances are approximate and subject to change for 2013

 Highlight video of the competition

Not gonna lie... I'm kinda scared. Mostly for the monkey bars and clean and press, but everything combined is gonna wear me out so I really need to start training hard for it. Right now I'm mostly working on my clean and press. I'm getting pretty good at it, just need to up my weight. Anyways, I'm excited!

There you have it ladies and gentleman. My goal for the month of May was to workout every single day with no breaks. Well, I did it! Not to mention I had worked out 5 days consecutively at the end of April, plus today, so that makes 37 days straight!! Now, I know most people disagree with me. "Ohh, you have to have breaks every once in awhile!" Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm aware of that. But honestly, I just really wanted to see how committed I could be and obviously, I AM. My diet may not have been perfect that whole time, but my workouts were epic.

If you've been following my blog for awhile, then you kinda know my color scheme on my calendar, but if you don't... Basically, purple is any workout I did at my gym, dark blue is a workout at Co. 30's gym, pink is some form of running or walking, and green is any workout I did while at work. Generally the green workouts aren't as good because I really don't have the time to get in a killer workout while I'm on my shift.

It's officially June and probably one of my favorite months! So many fun things going on. Charlie's birthday is Monday, we go to Nags Head, NC the 16-23, Roch's birthday is the 22nd, and Rick's is the 28th. But we'll be celebrating the 29th at his annual birthday BBQ bash! Can't wait. Also just excited for the endless amount of hours I'll be spending at the pool tanning! I have so much to look forward to and I'm so excited!!!:-D

I guess I'll go start my laundry and do boring before-my-shift stuff. At least I'm on the engine tomorrow! Yay! Hope we get some good calls;-)

Have an awesome week!

Anna