Transvestites and Treadmills

Workout: 20 minutes weights (back and tricep) / 41 minutes elliptical / 19 minutes TM 3.0 mph 11% incline

Wooooooh, Buddy. My legs are sore. Between the squats yesterday, and the cardio today, they are screaming at me. I love it. :)

I was only going to my usual 30 minutes of elliptical, but then I came upon the Rocky Horror Glee Show. Seriously, it just made my week. I had to keep going. Brilliant. I love the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and almost started doing the Time Warp right there on the treadmill. 

If it weren't like 100% probability that my klutzy behind would fall off and break something I'm sure is neccessary to function.... let's just say, I would have been jumping to the left.... And a step to the RIII-IIII-III-GHT. 

I took pictures, and was fully prepared to post them.... except I'm a total tard and left my memory card in my computer. So they are stuck on the hard drive of my camera. Forever. Sorry....

I hope everyone has a great night! 

Awesome Socks.

Workout: Kettlebell workout(see below) / 30 minutes elliptical


First off, don't you love my workout socks? One of my best girlfriends sent them to me. :)

I wanted to get some pictures of me actually doing the exercises, but I wimped out, because of course my gym was super busy this morning.

Geeze. Don't people WORK anymore?

So I managed to get these totally posed shots....

Only on a fitness blog cold this picture be appropriate. And even then.... Lol

Yeah. cute, I know. But sheesh. I did just get off a 12 hour shift! :)

So, now that I have once again graced the internet with SUPER UNATTRACTIVE photos of myself... I'll get to the workout.

First off, the workout I posted yesterday I altered a whole bunch. The only one I did the same were the Turkish Roll-ups. 

I didn't feel my leg was quite ready for jumping squats yet, so I did normal squats, and followed each squat by swinging the KB over my head. 

The last exercise was too confusing, and when I tried it the way it was explained, I felt silly and it didn't feel like it was doing anything. So I just did a combination of a bicep curl then lifted my arm straight up. I did this on each side.

I also went up from 10 lb to 15lb, since I have been using 15 lb dumbbells, anyways. I think I may go up to 20 lb or 25 lb for the exercises you use both arms with. 

I did:

4 x 10 Turkish Roll=Ups

3 x 10 Squats with Overhead Swings

3 x 10 Curl Up / Arm Raises.

All in all, I felt it, and I think it was a good workout. I'll keep it in my arsenal. :) 

I'm also going to start a new "Favorite Workouts" page, and update it as I discover new fun workouts. I also found an elliptical interval workout, but you have to watch the time a whole bunch... so that will start when I'm finished with Glee! hehe. :) Everyone have a WONDERFUL day. 

More Cowbell? Nope. Just Kettlebell.

I totally cheated on eating healthy tonight. We had a mandatory torture session going away dinner to attend tonight, and since I had to get up at 4:30 this afternoon to go to it. This translates into waking up 4:30 in the morning and going to eat a buffet-stlye food (which was mostly fried. I wish I were kidding.) and listening to people tell inside jokes that you are not clued in on.

It was a nightmare blast.

But oh well. I'm going to shrug it off, and focus on my workout after work, and then enjoy my two days off. See. Positivity. Pass it on. :)

I've gotten B.O.R.E.D. with my arm weights workout. It's not that it doesn't work- I am seeing really nice results- it's that I'm sick of it. My gym here on a base has a plethora of kettlebells, so I got to thinking.

Actually, I got to eyeing them suspiciously. Then glaring. All because they intimidated me, and I was a wimp.

No more.

I have found a workout here, though ou have to scroll down a little ways. Basically it is :

+10 Turkish Roll-ups
+10 Squat Jumps
+10 Double Arm Swings

I'm gonna give it a shot. I'll start with a 10lb kettlebell (that's the smallest one we have). Hopefully I survive and don't drop it on my head. :) I even convinved my co-worker to take some pictures! :)

Please let the gym be empty..... Haha.

Wish me luck!!

Ugly Green Monster Rears Its Head...

Workout: 30 minutes weights (arms) / 30 minutes elliptical / 50 crunches +~ 5 more minutes of ab work.

That was yesterday's workout, because today is a rest day. A planned beforehand, bona-fide not a I'm feeling uber lazy and want to sit around and eat candy spur of the moment rest day. Feels good. :)

Also, my New Years Resolution to give up Diet Coke has already gone out the window. Hehe. I love it so much. Plus, I also said I didn't want my resolutions to be about deprivation, so much as goals. So I've nixed that one. I will still try to limit it, and definitely drink more water. But 2011 is about me becoming healthy, not me putting crazy diet restrictions on myself, that I will eventually freak out and break.

Plus, limiting what I can and can't have when my diet is already restricted to whatever nasty, awfully prepared galley food just isn't right. When I get back to the States and my kitchen (oh the joy!) I will be able to prepare my own food.

One of my biggest pet peeves is there will be MAYBE 2 overcooked vegetable choices at each meal, yet 5 fried options. And a wilted salad bar. The fruit is yummy, if it's fresh, though I will give them credit, they are pretty good about providing fresh fruit. Oh, and they have an entire bar dedicated to ice cream. Plus free candy, chips, another bar dedicated to cake-like desserts.

And then the military harps on us to stay in shape.

Which we should. I agree wholeheartedly. But they make working out a punishment, and provide us with 90% crap food, and 10% healthy food, cooked to be super NOT-tasty. It's quite the oxymoron. Emphasis on the MORON.

Anyways. I'll get off my soapbox. It's just I spend all day looking at the pictures of delicious food everyday. I'm feeling quite Green with envy.

Stylish Blogger Award!!

WOOHOO! Sophia over at Raven Waves gave me the Stylish Blogger Award!! What a sweetheart, and since I am a total n00b blogger, it made me super happy!! So everyone should go check her out, she's really funny, and super pretty. Plus, she speaks Greek, and I'm totally jealous.

There are 4 duties to perform to accept this award:
1.  Make a post + Link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2.  Share 7 things about yourself.
3.  Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers
4.  Contact these bloggers and tell them they’ve won!

Seven Things About Katy



1. I love video games. And I'm a total XBOX 360 fanboy. I get mad at Shane if he buys a game for (his) PS3, since I refuse to play it. Seriously, I am a total XBOX geek.

2. My best friend Ellie and I once spent 6 hours writing a love letter to a super creepy guy I worked with, all because I lost a bet. That letter was very intense, and made me blush. It was a huge hit at work, though. (Don't worry, the guy knew it was a joke, and thought it was hilarious. Thank God. He could have turned out to be the serial killer type. It really was a gamble.)

3. I am a HUGE Florida Gators fan. I love them. I won't miss a game if at all possible, and even then I follow it on ESPN.com. I even tried to schedule my wedding (on a Saturday) around a bye week. But it didn't work out. So I'll probably be THAT bride checking game scores under the table.

4. I have a six (almost seven!) year old adopted brother. He's varied between being the world's most precious little boy to being the world's most obnoxious little boy. I love him so very much.

5. When I was a little girl (and only child) I had an imaginary twin sister name Jacqueline. I wanted a sibling sooooo badly.

6. I can't stand Miley Cyrus, but am obsessed with Hannah Montana. I saw the movie in theaters, and own it on blu-ray. That show is too darn cute.

7. I am in love with blogging. It's so much fun, and I love reading about everyone else's day. It is also a huge inspiration to me.

I am going to tag:

+Hungry Runner Girl

+Skinny Runner

+The Nutty FlexitALLIEan

+Philidelphia Phitness Pharmacy

+Muncher Cruncher

+Run Yoga Repeat

+The Balanced Bean

+The Fitness Apple

+Salt Sweat Sugar

+Eat Watch Run

+Shut Up And Run

Put Some Dang Clothes On!

Workout: 30 minutes elliptical / 50 crunches


I know y'all are probably sick of hearing me talk about Glee! but it's so dang addicting. I seriously didn't want to stop the elliptical at 30 minutes today. In fact looking back... I don't know why I did. Hehe. I probably won't next time. I was having a lazy day, and wasn't even going to go to the gym..... then I realized if I didn't go, I couldn't see the final Britney number.

No gym = No Glee! It's a rule.


I'm so glad I went. They performed one of my all-time favorite songs "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel the Glee! cast. Which means I was making a total fool of myself on the elliptical again.


Sigh. 


Then it was time to sit around on the internet in my smelly, sweaty gym clothes take a shower. Eventually. I mean. No rush. You know what taking a shower in a public locker room is? Take that, with 1/10 the space, and you've got where I have to take every single shower for 7 months. So forgive me for not really being in a rush.

Like today, I walked into the bathroom, and there in full naked glory is a girl in NO RUSH WHATSOEVER to get dressed. I mean, I'm not a prude, but when I have like 4 inches of space to squeeze by you and all your girly parts, I'd much rather you be clothed in a towel, than your birthday suit. 


It's not your party. And you can't parade around naked if ya want to.


Do you get annoyed by people hanging out naked in public locker rooms?


I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not hiding behind closed doors just take off my sports bra, but I try to limit the nudity to as brief a time as possible. I know we're all girls (or guys depending), but modesty goes a long way in my book. 


Do you have a show that your are OBSESSED with, and thus limit yourself to only being able to watch it at the gym?


I have many shows I'm obsessed with. Glee! is the first one I've put such restrictions on, but I think I might continue to use this method. Tis very effective.

African Zombie Apocalypse ....... Or Not

Workout: 30 minutes weights (chest/back) / 30 minutes elliptical / 50 crunches / 30 minutes laughter


WHEW. I seriously love Glee. I think I burned an extra 50 calories laughing tonight alone. It was amazing. I will be super sad when I run out of episodes! Or.... I'll just find something new to distract me. I'm loving working out this week. I don't know what it is, but I feel like I'm just getting a better workout in. My arms and chest feel like jello (I even had trouble lifting my arms in the shower this morning. WIN.) and my legs are sore (good sore!) and I couldn't be happier. What is it about exercise that turns us all into masochists? :)

Tonight the living quarters on base (think metal shipping containers. I'm not kidding.) lost power. Not really that big of a deal, especially since the internet stayed up for like an hour (I'm still confused on that one) afterwards, so I could still stalk use Facebook to my heart's content. (I'm what my best friends and I call an ELITE LURKER. I love Facebook, especially pictures. Even more so when I'm on boring deployments and the only thing saving my sanity is the internet and the gym. Which resulted in..... BLOGGING. :)


Anyways. I got off track. So then after the power goes out I realize I have to go to the bathroom SUPER BAD. Not that big a deal, except it's pitch black. I grab my flashlight and we're off. 


No, the bathrooms are not connected, and yes you have to go outside to get to them. It makes for a very grouchy Katy in the middle of night when I have to pee because I've drank 1000 oz of water that day, and I can't find my shoes in the dark.


So I walk in the pitch black bathroom (also a converted shipping container) and immediately feel as if I have been transported into a Resident Evil game. It was CREEPY.Throw in the fact that the bathroom doors don't lock, and zombies anyone can just waltz on in, and you've got me with the heebie-jeebies.


Dead silence + dark bathroom + no door locks = Katy thinking of every scary movie scenario she's ever watched.

LOVELY. 


Of course the scariest thing that ACTUALLY happened was the person who left without washing their hands (this is gross and unsanitary in America, but HERE that should be punishable but torture law.) and I escaped back to my pitch black room unscathed.

Have you ever been in a creepy power outage situation before?


Normally I OWN power outages and have like every person I know over and we have a blast. But, like everything else, this place takes the fun and makes it lame.


Do you judge people when you see them leave the bathroom without washing their hands?


I do. Immediately. It's just gross.