Toria's Daily Ramblings » working out

Feeling like a lazy bum

Toria — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:49:05 +0000

Argh, my migraine has meant that I have not worked out the last two days — I probably won’t tomorrow either, I know from experience that working out is usually the worst thing I can do when trying to keep a migraine at bay

I enjoy my days off from working out, but only when they are preplanned ones — when they aren’t, even if I have a really good reason I still feel like a lazy bum.

You know, I never realised how much diet pills really cost because they are not something I ever really looked into before. Earlier I came across a review of a well advertised fat burner called Hydroxycut and I about fell over where I got to the part that said a bottle costs any where from $40 – $80, yowsers!

You’d be better off getting a cheap exercise bike or a few months at a gym for that in my opinion

New Elliptical Arrived

Toria — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:40:37 +0000

Argos came and collected my broken Elliptical today and replaced it with a brand spanking new one, that’s going to be my job first thing tomorrow…setting it up again…I expect that even though it’s the fourth time I have done it now it’s still going to take me well over an hour, ugh.

If this one breaks down I won’t be getting another elliptical, they just obviously aren’t built for every day home use — at least not the ones in my price range. I am not sure what I would get instead though, maybe a treadmill? Maybe a stepper? Maybe I will try out the blowflex that I have been seeing on TV a lot recently as I have read a lot of good Bowflex reviews — the only thing that would probably stop me getting one is that they say you need a good 6 foot space for it and I don’t think I’d be able to squeeze that into my tiny house.

Let’s just hope this elliptical doesn’t break any time soon, and if it does then not for a few months when I will have moved into my new bigger house and will have more room to play with

Double Work Out Week

Toria — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:13:19 +0000

As of Wednesday, when I get my replacement elliptical — I am going to do aerobics in the mornings and elliptical in the evenings for at least 6 days. Having this week off when I hadn’t planned for it has freaked me out and with Christmas just around the corner I feel I really should step it up a gear.

Oh boy it’s going to be hard to motivate myself to do it though.

I still hate working out, even though I’ve been doing it for almost two years now…I have to force myself into it every day and doing that just once per day is hard enough.

I will do it though, I will.

Who’s gonna win it? No one knows!

Toria — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:45:36 +0000

I am super excited because tonight is the Big Brother UK finale. Yes, I like Big Brother and reality tv…I am proud to admit it.

This is the first year in a long time that the finale has been really open, we just don’t know who’ll win…or even who will be out first. This never happens on Big Brother UK, the finales and all the evictions are really predictable — you know what’s going to happen as soon as nominations are announced.

I am allowing myself the evening off from working out, so I will be nice and relaxed for kick off…rather than tired and sweaty like usual and I am going to allow myself a small bowl of ice cream as a treat. Then I am going to settle down, laptop nearby so I can see what’s going on on the forums and watch live feed at the same time and ENJOY it

Rex or Sara to win.

Elliptical vs Treadmill – let battle commence

Toria — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:57:33 +0000

I have mentioned before, my work out equipment of choice is the elliptical — I always head for it at the gym and I have one at home.
I love it, I love the work out it gives me, but I have been using it for almost a year now and I am considering trading it in for a Treadmill, the thing about it is that I simply don’t have the space for both at home — I’d definitely need to sell the elliptical and still need to get a fold up treadmill.
So it’s one or the other and that’s hard for me, it’s like trying to chose between Mummy or Daddy, Brother or Sister, Big Brother or Survivor — OK not really, but it is a tough call, do I stick with what I know and love and am just temporarily a bit bored of, or do I give something new a go and hope that I end up loving it just as much?

Decisions, decisions.