July 26, 2007--Day One

Today was the official first day of "Fat Camp"!

So it didn't start all that well. The alarm went off at 6 a.m. and I said "No, I'm on vacation!" (I spent the entire day at work yesterday, telling everyone 'I'm on vacation!'. I guess I just couldn't let it go) and turned the alarm off going back to sleep. I woke up at 8 AM and then my body and mind coordinated to say, nah, I'll stay here. Tyler agreed, he didn't move at all. My mind finally decided it was time to get up at around 9:30, and spent the next 45 minutes fighting my body to actually get out of bed. It was really pitiful. And neither Tyler nor Midnight bothered to be my backup alarm today. What good are pets if they don't get you up when you need to?

But when I did get up I actually put on some workout clothes and took Tyler for a walk! After I showered and dressed, I pulled out the recipe books and made a grocery list. Today was "Food Gathering Day" at the Fat Camp. Since my fridge died a couple months ago, my fridge and freezer were pretty bare. And what was in there wasn't all that great. Silly me, thinking that at noon on Thursday there wouldn't be many people at Hy-Vee. Apparently, everyone in town decided to take vacation today and go grocery shopping. Gah. By the time I finished I was very overwhelmed, overstimulated, and just plain cranky. And I forgot a bunch of stuff. So I came home and unloaded. There are only two things I dislike about my apartment: the funky smell only I can smell, and that it's on the third floor. I had almost $200 worth of groceries to bring up. It was heavy. Three trips of heavy bags up three flights of stairs. Good thing I'm at "Fat Camp". But I still had the dilemma of having forgotten a bunch of stuff. I decided to head to Aldi's to see what they could offer me. If you've never been to Aldi's, don't go for the first time alone. There are certain rituals and rules you must obey. Thankfully, my mother is an Aldi's fanatic and I am well versed in the rites of Aldi. But I don't go there often, so I was a little rusty. I think I pissed some folks off. But it wasn't my fault, my staff texted me right as I walked in. I can't ignore that!

Anyway, I make it through the line, and I even remembered to bring my own bags! I was bagging up my stuff and saw I got the wrong kind of chicken and no fruit. Except a pineapple. I was very excited to find pineapples at the Aldi's store. So I put the stuff in my car and marched right on back to the store. I got me the right chicken, but they didn't have any fruit of the frozen kind. By this time I was back to being overwhelmed, overstimulated and cranky, so I bought one of their insulated bags and put all my frozen stuff in it, and went back to Hy-Vee to get the frozen fruit I needed. Go figure, the frozen fruit and veggies are in the frozen dessert and pizza aisle, which I had skipped with great pride in myself earlier. I went home and lugged all this stuff up the stairs again. Took forever to put it all away. I didn't realize that a homemade "Fat Camp" would be so expensive! But if my fridge hadn't died on me, I wouldn't have had to spend so much. And after I make all this stuff, I'll have food in the freezer for a very long time. So it'll balance out.

I took Tyler on another walk. It is so frigging hot! It's not really hot, but it feels hot. And it sucks, because there's a pool down the block that we walk by every day now, and there's never anyone in it. I'm always so jealous of this pool. But it's part of the Homeowners Association in this area, and as a renter, I don't belong :( Today there were lots of people there. I wanted to wander in and just jump in. But I didn't. But I think I"m going to go to a pool more. I've not been to a pool in at least a couple years. But I really want to go.

So anyway, that was my day at "Fat Camp". I had frozen pizza for dinner--I have to eat what I have, even if it's bad for me, and if I take this slow, it'll go over better. I also baked some orange rolls I had in the fridge, but they didn't taste very good, so I'll toss those out. I'll cook up some of the good things tomorrow. I have a bunch of vegetables that I"m not sure what I'm doing with, and a whole lot of spices that I grabbed--there was a woman literally pushing me out of the way in the spice aisle today. I don't know anything about spices, I couldn't remember what I already had, and I couldn't take the time to grab my list. So I grabbed anything that looked like I might need it. My food will be flavorful at least.

Tomorrow's schedule begins with taking Tyler to be groomed (which will make walking easier) and shopping. I still need some non-grocery supplies, and I have to hunt again for a black jacket. I seem to have spent most of my adult life looking for a black jacket. I found one online at Torrid, but we don't have a store handy, and according to the sizing chart, my chest is a size "0", my waist is a size "1", and my hips are a size "2". So I'll shop tomorrow, and if I don't find one, I'll order one and hope. I will pick up Tyler in the afternoon, go for a walk, come back and cook. I also need to vacuum. My personal "Fat Camp" is slow progress, but to change one's lifestyle, one should take it slow.

Oh, and I should add that I noticed on our walk this afternoon that it was not as difficult for me to make it through as it has been. Only a few days, but I'm already in better shape! Yay me! I'm going to stretch now. My number one supporter and nagstress, Carol, informed me that I should spend tonight stretching. So I shall.