Summer
Summer has arrived. As much as I bang on about how I looove winter and hate summer - I'm actually really starting to enjoy this weather. It's been sunny every single day, and its' really starting to warm up. Today i'ts up to about 28C or 30C... I went out for a toning session this morning and worked pretty hard for the hour. I then decided it's high time I wash my car. It's been about 6 months since I last did it (I'm thinking of the environment - not all due to my laziness!) and I used one of those self-wash places for the first time. It was cool!
And it was cheaper than I expected. There were two handles to use and a variety of switches you could move between for suds and brushes and high and low pressure washes and rinses. Mmm shiny car.
I also gave it the once through with the vacuume... I have a nice clean car now, yay!
Thing about this time of year, there are always long waits for the carwash because it really is that nice outside. There's a light cool breeze and there's not a cloud in the sky. I love that I have some weekdays off so I don't have to fight the crowds to enjoy the things I wanna do during the day - except that I am on my own and have nobody to hang out with. Which, actually, come to think of it I have no problem doing. I like spending time on my own.
I also had to do my fitness test this week - I suspected it was coming but I really wanted/needed one more cardio session to boost me up before I got tested on my run. I still beat my time though, which I didn't think would happen since I've been kinda slacking off lately. 2km run = 15 mins 20 sec. I've been aiming to get under 15 minutes... and I would've if I had been training more over the past couple weeks. I'll take it though.
My sit ups have decreased though, and I"m pretty disappointed with that. We haven't done alot of ab work so I hope they note that. My squats and shoulder press are still up around mid to high-30s per 1 minute test. I'm content with that. I did the plank with two feet (unlike last time, where he made me do it with only one foot) because I know i'm behind.. and I only just made it. Urgh.. i've lost my conditioning a bit.
To top it all off, I went shopping yesterday afternoon and bought some little shorts and little boardies for summer - i am DETERMINED to tan these pasty legs of mine - and caught a glimpse of myself in the reflection of those mirros that let you see your behind. Jesus. What a wake up call. I've discovered I've regained those folds on the back of my ribs - and I have always hated the "love handles" on the back of my hips.. and they're just growing. URGH. It's sickening.
So it's a wake up call to work harder on my fitness. I'm really going to have to go on my own.
Also troubling me is that I renewed my membership with the PT group training but the prices have gone up and it's really alot of money.... maybe I should've held off on renewing it because I could join a gym for much less and be able to go more often. Sigh. I just love being in the outdoors though - and I have a HATE for treadmills, I will only run outdoors... i dunno... I really find it hard to motivate myself so that's why I love my PT groups because there's other people waiting for me so I have to go! heh, but it's digging a big hole in my pocket. I'm trying to look into a different sort of PT training locally, and see how much that'd cost me instead. I find I've hit a plateau and I really need better results to be happy. I can maintain what I"ve got going on but my goal weight is still a fair way off and I'm not getting any closer to it. And my body shape hasn't changed in a while.. bleh
Conundrum!
Anyway, my car is shiny and it's pretty :)
I'm bored for tonight, I want to go out but I have nobody to go with!! Might just stay home like a BUM.
Oh, I forgot I took some photos on my CRAPPY phone camera from The Killers this week. Here's one of the best where you still can't see anything. It said NO CAMERAS and then everyone inside has a camera. People were even sporting some SLRs... urgh, if I wasn't scared of someone taking it off me I would've... anyway...
And it was cheaper than I expected. There were two handles to use and a variety of switches you could move between for suds and brushes and high and low pressure washes and rinses. Mmm shiny car.
I also gave it the once through with the vacuume... I have a nice clean car now, yay!
Thing about this time of year, there are always long waits for the carwash because it really is that nice outside. There's a light cool breeze and there's not a cloud in the sky. I love that I have some weekdays off so I don't have to fight the crowds to enjoy the things I wanna do during the day - except that I am on my own and have nobody to hang out with. Which, actually, come to think of it I have no problem doing. I like spending time on my own.
I also had to do my fitness test this week - I suspected it was coming but I really wanted/needed one more cardio session to boost me up before I got tested on my run. I still beat my time though, which I didn't think would happen since I've been kinda slacking off lately. 2km run = 15 mins 20 sec. I've been aiming to get under 15 minutes... and I would've if I had been training more over the past couple weeks. I'll take it though.
My sit ups have decreased though, and I"m pretty disappointed with that. We haven't done alot of ab work so I hope they note that. My squats and shoulder press are still up around mid to high-30s per 1 minute test. I'm content with that. I did the plank with two feet (unlike last time, where he made me do it with only one foot) because I know i'm behind.. and I only just made it. Urgh.. i've lost my conditioning a bit.
To top it all off, I went shopping yesterday afternoon and bought some little shorts and little boardies for summer - i am DETERMINED to tan these pasty legs of mine - and caught a glimpse of myself in the reflection of those mirros that let you see your behind. Jesus. What a wake up call. I've discovered I've regained those folds on the back of my ribs - and I have always hated the "love handles" on the back of my hips.. and they're just growing. URGH. It's sickening.
So it's a wake up call to work harder on my fitness. I'm really going to have to go on my own.
Also troubling me is that I renewed my membership with the PT group training but the prices have gone up and it's really alot of money.... maybe I should've held off on renewing it because I could join a gym for much less and be able to go more often. Sigh. I just love being in the outdoors though - and I have a HATE for treadmills, I will only run outdoors... i dunno... I really find it hard to motivate myself so that's why I love my PT groups because there's other people waiting for me so I have to go! heh, but it's digging a big hole in my pocket. I'm trying to look into a different sort of PT training locally, and see how much that'd cost me instead. I find I've hit a plateau and I really need better results to be happy. I can maintain what I"ve got going on but my goal weight is still a fair way off and I'm not getting any closer to it. And my body shape hasn't changed in a while.. bleh
Conundrum!
Anyway, my car is shiny and it's pretty :)
I'm bored for tonight, I want to go out but I have nobody to go with!! Might just stay home like a BUM.
Oh, I forgot I took some photos on my CRAPPY phone camera from The Killers this week. Here's one of the best where you still can't see anything. It said NO CAMERAS and then everyone inside has a camera. People were even sporting some SLRs... urgh, if I wasn't scared of someone taking it off me I would've... anyway...
