Holy cow somehow this day just flew right by me. It is now 2:30 PM and I am just writing out this post. Mostly because I’ve spent the last couple hours running errands around town like a chicken with my head cut off. Love those days, but alas, I am comfortably planted in my office chair awaiting a phone call from my boss for some billing amounts to do month end invoicing. Yup, sometimes I do work. Alas, without the amounts we need to bill I am at a standstill, for the moment.
Tonight is my rest day from exercise and I am certain my body is in much need of it, especially because I have every intention and therefore WILL go to the gym tomorrow morning at 9 AM for kickboxing. I am certain that pushing my legs further tonight would not be in order. I mean last night, despite being incredibly tired already, I made myself do a 30 minute butts and guts class which was less painful than the previous night but still pushed the limits of those guts. And then following that I ran for 45 minutes, a nice 4.5 mile run. Decent enough and exhausting really. So four days in a row of four major workouts and I am just physically spent. Tonight is rest, although the actual reality of having Friday be my rest day might not be the smartest thing in the world. Friday night already almost always produces an “Eh… it’s the weekend and I don’t care.” Kind of attitude for me. At least if I were exercising I’d have that high to steer me away from the bad foods, but whatever. I need a rest day and I will once again test my resolve in avoiding the foods that I should not binge on. Easier said than done. Last Friday night was a candy binge-fest which did result in me declaring an emergency removal of the candy drawer. I have had this giant candy drawer for years in my house. For the most part I just don’t even touch it. Really I kind of forget of its existence. But when I remember and my brain is in candy sugar mode, one piece will just not be enough. And its pure existence in the house means I’m in trouble. I do great at avoiding a candy binge when it’s not so readily available to me.
Anyhow; the candy drawer is gone. Not that there aren’t plenty of other triggers in the house to binge on. Hello Hint of Lime Tostados that I keep buying because you are so delicious and yet so binge-inducing. But whatever, we have to temper all this with I eat clean and healthy like 80% of the time so if I have a few indulgences from time to time it’s not the end of the world. Plus the truth is I think it’s quite possible that tonight will include Friday night date night which means we are going to a restaurant and healthy food won’t be on the agenda. Sure, sure I won’t order the worst thing on the menu I’m sure, but by nature restaurants are just not healthy. But a girl has to live a little to enjoy life. For serious!
Anyhow, I’m not stressing about a bad day, especially since I have a gut feeling that I can keep tomorrow pretty damned clean in my eating so some indulgences tonight would be fine. Plus tonight I get a package delivered; okay it’s already been delivered actually waiting for me at home, with some Quest Nutrition bars in it. Super excited for that. We’ve all figured it out by now, that when I do something I go full force with it. Full speed ahead as they say. One of my best and worst traits all wrapped up into one really.
It’s actually quite funny to me that I sit here and write all this stuff about me and my life every day and I do have those moments of like, “why the hell do I do this?” Who wants to read about my boring day or my need to buy a quest nutrition bar…. And then I think it’s quite possible no one actually is reading this. Okay, I know a couple of you read it and I love you for it. But overall I am one long winded girl. I think in real life I don’t chat this much, unless you really know me. I chat this much with people I am really close too, other than that I don’t say much at all.
That whole social anxiety thing I talk about, or the fears and insecurities I have at the gym, yeah, that transfers to all aspects of my life. I don’t actually talk to anyone at the gym. It’s very hard for me to actually be outgoing. I keep thinking that I really need to try and open my mouth. I am not a bad person and people probably won’t look at me funny if I make polite conversation. If only I could get out of my own damned head for a moment and realize they aren’t checking me out and judging me nearly as much as I think they are. In fact, I am almost certain most people are not assessing me as much as I assess every situation.
So anyhow in the vein of just discussing things I love. I want to tell you all, if you are interested, and most of you are probably not, but whatever anyway… Victoria Secret is having an online sale right now that is pretty awesome. I say this because I am totally obsessed with them and their workout clothes in particular actually. Basically I have discussed before how my boobs are completely deflated saggy things and the only semblance of help they get is a Victoria Secret bra. Anyhow, it took me a while to realize that in order to love the way I look while exercising or feel comfortable or confident at the gym that this would probably hold true for workout bras. And then I bought an expensive workout bra. I do mean they are stupidly Victoria Secret Bra kind of expensive, but boy oh boy are they awesome. It’s like once you know how amazing something can be, you can never go back you know.
Anyway, I am going to bring up this point just so anyone knows, Victoria Secret does sell all of their clothes in sizes XS-XL, and yes, I wore tons of VS clothes when I was 220 pounds, including their workout gear so that should not be an issue. The reason I am bringing this up now is because right now until the 30th, like 2 more days they are having two coupon codes that coincide with each other making a great deal, one is for an additional 20% off clearance stuff and one is for free shipping and handling off a $25 purchase. All of this happens to go with their big semi-annual clearance sale as well. So well stock is getting more limited and sizes are running out they do have some of the workout stuff on clearance and with those prices it would be a great time to try some of it for less than the sticker shocking full price that I have paid before. Yuck.
I am nothing if not a contradiction. I coupon my ass off and won’t pay for toiletries in life so that I can afford my beloved Toms shoes, Coach Purses, Expensive makeup (Too Faced, Philosophy, Urban Decay), and of course my all things Victoria Secret.
In case anyone is wondering the shipping code is SHIPSEMI which is listed on the front of their website really, and the extra 20% off is FASHION20, also listed there…. But these are some of my picks…
This is for clearance Yoga and loungewear as they call it, but I adore and workout in the yoga legging all the time. Like amazing. I prefer crop Capri’s but they have full length pants. I also like leggings because they are tight fitted at the bottom but they have pants that have more give. Whatever floats your boat I guess? But they have some clearance for $19.99 so with an extra 20% that is like $16 a pair. Let me say these are normally 2 for $55 and I buy them at this price all the time so $16 each is a GREAT price.
http://www.victoriassecret.com/clothing/clear-ance#filtered
Then we move to their Sport line of clothes where things start to get REALLY stupid expensive. Any workout pant in this line is crazy good, but crazy priced. Regularly like $65 a pair. They are clearance between $30-$40 so an additional 20% means like $24-32 for a pair and honestly these are quite worth that price. And then we have the sports bras. These are the ONLY way to go. Anything in the Angel, Incredible, Runway or Showstopper is an amazing sports bra. Actually pushes up the girls to the appropriate level and keeps them secure while I run. I would not go any other way on the sports bras. They are pretty true to size in terms of whatever bra size you are. Although in cup sizes sometimes I go down a little because I want them tight and firm and not giggly as I run. The sports bras are an awesome price on clearance. The angel sports bra which I LOVEEEEE is $24.99 instead of $46.50 which I totally have and will pay that price for, so with 20% off it’s a whopping like $20…. Great way to try some of them. And the Y-back training tanks are pretty awesome too. Just thought I’d throw that out there.
http://www.victoriassecret.com/victorias-secret-sport/sport-clear-ance
Anyhow, that is my advertisement for the day I guess. I am kind of an addict and would highly recommend any of these and in case you want to see me rocking some of these clothes, I ususally post daily pictures of my workout outfits on twitter… just look at the tab above under twitter feed….
But if I’ve ever learned anything it’s that what works for someone might not necessarily work for the next person as we are all so different. All this talk of cute workout clothes and shopping and the great deals makes me want to go place another order. Ha. So with that said enjoy your Friday nights everyone and have a great weekend. I fully intend to!
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