Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in the last few days.
My interview was really, really amazing... I want the job more than I have ever wanted a job. I hate this period of waiting to see if I get second-rounded... I sent my thank-you letter, and now I feel like there's not much I can do but wait. The interviewers kept me for over an hour asking about my experience and skills, so that seems like a good sign - they were interested in me. Now I've got to keep going, whether that particular company hires me or not.
I missed the gym the ONE day that I was at the interview, although there was lots of running around DC done that day... I was not a couch potato. My legs were extremely sore for three whole days after I learned the squats, so when I went back to the gym, I was trying to stretch them out really well and do some lighter cardio. Yesterday I was able to do my full hour of cardio again, so that's good. Today I will mix up some cardio with some upper body strength.
The scale at the gym is FUBAR! I texted Ruth about this. It jumps allllll over the place! For instance if I get on it, step off, reset it and step on again, it will give me a two pound or so difference. Derek said he will get me a new scale tonight, so that is good news. I am afraid I will be heavier than I thought... but if so, I know what to do to work through the weight again.
I've been feeling kind of crumby not knowing how much I weighed... I think I invested too much interest in the number on the scale, instead of being proud of how much work I was doing. (Sound familiar? Who HASN'T done that at some point?) I'll get a real number tomorrow morning and keep going forward from there.
I have been going to and from the gym in some VERY inclement weather, including rain and snow. The rain was a mistake - it started pouring while I was walking back home, out of the blue! My gym shoes got SOAKED! Good thing I wasn't wearing my pea coat or it would have been history :(
Also tonight: bills. Last time I looked at the medical bills, I managed to assemble them all in one pile and look at them... and then I freaked out and put them away. Mom said she would actually help me pay the medical bills, so I don't know why I find it so scary to type them in and add them up. But I do. This weekend: NO EXCUSES, I need to get that taken care of so it's off my mind.
I share your desire to ignore the things that weigh on me the most, but just the opposite is the best thing to do and it sounds like you know that. Feel the fear and do it anyway!! You have to face the tough stuff and then it is not so tough.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your interview and good luck with a call back!! I hope they call you soon.
No matter what, you know you have lost weight. It does help to have a consistent scale. We bought a new scale when I started my program and it would give me different results every time I got on it. So we took it back and bought a more expensive scale, and it seems to be very precise. I like that a lot better, even if I don't like the number it flashes up on me!!
Have you read the book, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers (I think that is her name?). It was a life changer for me when I read it for the first time about 15 - 20 years ago. I recommend it!!
You are doing great! Keep up the good work!
Roberta
Hey, sore quads from squats should not restrict you from any exercise, even more squats. That pain is just weakness leaving your body, it is not dangerous like knee pain.
ReplyDeleteOkay! I have done my bill collection/counting work, AND some more squats! Thanks everyone :)
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