As many of you know, Dene' resorted to cleaning her kitchen Saturday night because she was bored out of her gourd. Sunday turned out a bit more interesting.
Sunday is major cardio day for Dene'... earlier in the day, she had walked approximately 7 miles in 2 hours (Dene' noticed that she walks much faster while listening to her I-pod).
Dene' knew that "the cool kids" were going to be at the Y at about 2:30, so obsessive/compulsive Sunday cardio girl that she is, she went in at 1 to get a head start on the elliptical. Dene' became slightly annoyed that Stacy and Jay (aka Hunky Trainer Dude) both showed up at 1:30... mysterious that they should BOTH be an hour early. Stacy and Jay "did shoulder work" while Dene' stewed on the elliptical for an hour. Dene' kept playing her downer/ticked woman songs on the I-pod and sweat up a storm for a full hour (a new record for Dene' on the elliptical). Afterward, Dene' got over herself and went over to where Stacy and Jay were "doing shoulder work". Dene', Stacy, and Jay went into the small classroom where they often do "Cool Kid Yoga Stretches". Jay decided to take his shirts off (yes, he wears at least two shirts, one being long sleeved, at all times at the Y). Anyway, Jay wants to look at his muscles in the mirrors... Dene' just wants to look at Jay.
Jay has been "getting his tan on" and building up his muscles and he has a tiny waist and huge arms and... a "happy trail".
After Jay (and Dene') finish looking at Jay's muscles, everyone decides to do an hour of cardio (okay, at this point, Dene' has already done 3 hours of cardio, but she wants to be a "cool kid" so she hops on a treadmill for an hour). Jay spends most of the hour "texting" his "friend" Amy. Dene' continues to sweat profusely and is extremely glad she brought another shirt that she changes into.
During this time, Christy finally showed up and all "the cool kids" started working on abs. Jay's favorite ab exercise is to hang from a bar and lift his legs or knees. Dene' is not particularly good at these... no upper body strength, bad abs, weighs as much as Christy and Stacy put together. Jay, Stacy, and Christy hang from the "high bar" and work their abs... Dene' passes and mentions that she has done 4 hours of cardio that day. A few minutes later, they move to a lower bar. Dene' does participate this time... and is able to do 10 of the stupid knee lifts. Jay comments that she has gotten better (only did 3 her first time a week ago). Second round, Dene' does 12 and says she's been using her exercise ball at home to sit on while watching tv and on the Internet. Jay is surprised that she has been "doing extra at home" because Stacy and Christy NEVER do anything extra and usually complain about what they have to do at the gym.
They then transfer themselves to the large cardio room where the girls proceed to lay on the floor and do leg lifts while Jay throws their feet back toward the ground. This hurts Dene''s back, so Jay takes it easy on her... but she still manages to pull out 20 and 20 (he doesn't make her do the 3rd set). Dene' does get to throw Jay's legs to the ground... unfortunately, Jay's feet are about "chest" high and come very close to kicking Dene' where she does not want to be kicked. Dene' and Jay laugh about this since Jay is always telling the girls not to kick him anywhere. Dene' leads everyone through Yoga stretches... Jay is never very flexible, even less so at this time, and wonders if it may have been due to extra-curricular activities with Amy. Dene', Stacy, and Christy roll their eyes.
The "cool kids" shut down the Y and the girls are trying to figure out where they are going to go. Dene' remembers that Jay got new fish for his salt water aquarium and sneakily leads the conversation into an invite for the girls to go to Jay's to "hang out and drink beer" (Jay has a fabulous apartment right on the lake)... Dene' offers to bring beer. Dene' stops at a gas station and buys a 24 pack of Coors Light... and then hopes nobody sees her carry it to her car (flash back to high school). Everybody gives Dene' a hard time about the quantity of beer she brought (but that plus a few more are consumed by 5 people over the course of 6 hours). Dene' is very happy she has begun bringing "extra clothes" to the gym and changes out of her sweaty things.
Dene' does have the chance to talk to Jay... asking him what he thought when he first meet her. He had no idea she would work so hard and was pleasantly surprised (and continues to be surprised). Jay also orders pizza... what, a TRAINER ordering pizza for his trainees? Dene' eats about 5 small squares of Domino's very thin crust veggie pizza to go with her 3 light beers she had already consumed. Luckily, Dene' isn't all that fond of Dominos or she may have been tempted to eat more. Dene' jokes that Monday is her weigh in, but she will not blame Jay if it doesn't turn out well (she doesn't mention that not only is it post-big loser week, it is also AF week). Dene' often calls Jay "Obiwan" and Jay calls Dene' "Grasshopper"... yes, they are mixing their movies/tv shows... but that makes it funnier to them. Monday morning Dene' had to send Jay a text message saying "Obiwan is wise. He would not lead Grasshopper to the dark side. Grasshopper should not question his wisdom... even about pizza. On a week she should have lost nothing, Grasshopper lost 5 lbs! Total 77!" Jay's response is "very good my child".
Back to Sunday night... Tragedy strikes and Jay's spider crab "shanks" Nemo with his rostrum, killing the little fellow and proceeding to carry him off to consume him bite by tiny bite. Jay is quite annoyed (his brother bought the silly spider crab) and vows to return the culprit to the store and get a new Nemo with an anemone to hide in.
During the course of the evening, many humorous conversations ensue and fun is had by all. Then, Dene' reveals a deep-dark secret that she is still (and will be for some time) reminded of by Jay, Christy, and Stacy. Christy has been complaining because she is... "anxious"
because she has not had... "male companionship"
in 2 months. In a momentary lapse of judgement, Dene' reveals that she has not had... "male companionship" in something over 15 years.
Looks of shock and gasps fill the room... Dene' will never hear the end of this and has the feeling that she has now become their "special project".
Just as Dene' suspected, there were comments and smirky looks sent her way at the Y Monday night. Christy also invited Dene' to San Antonio for the weekend to stay on the river walk... Christy confessed that Jay jokingly gave her orders to find Dene'... "male companionship". After Dene' and Christy went and had a fabulous salad for dinner, Dene' sent Jay a text message. This message is edited before it gets censored, but the gist of it is "Obiwan... fear not, Grasshopper IS going to [find male companionship]... just not yet (lol). She has waited this long, what's a little longer?" Jay's response was "lol !!".
This report of Dene''s exploits has taken so long, she has now been released from a prior commitment (the Zoo 5K with her daughter) by said DD, and Dene' is now planning to leave Friday afternoon for San Antonio. She is bummed that she will miss the weekend workouts with Jay, but she hopes to return to town early enough Sunday night to "hang out" and tell him of her trip (no exploits though, there shall be no exploits without Jay).
Stacy just called, she says that Jay thinks it will "do Dene' good" to go to San Antonio and that she thinks Dene' has changed a lot since they first meet... she was always nice, just now she is willing to have more fun and relax.
Dene' has been saying that it was a "fortuitous confluence of events" that Jay became her trainer instead of some of the other people at the Y (Dene' was one of Jay's first people on his first day there... and he became the trainer of Stacy and Christy). Tonight at dinner, Christy noted it was strange how we all came together. On the phone just now, Stacy said something similar. And tonight at cardio class, something happened and the instructor repeatedly said "things happen for a reason". Dene' is not exactly sure what the "reason" is, but too many things are saying things are going to work out. Maybe Dene' will finally find the happiness she desires and the person she used to be so many years (and pounds) ago...
Ok....I am in heaven!!!!
, I am not good at quoting, I just try and pick up what people have said...
Sorry, can't help you with this... I don't count calories. 
I have been trying not to this week.
The house,kids,etc has felt a little out of control and my weight has followed it.I skipped Friday's weigh in for the first time because I just couldn't handle facing the scale.
