Day 1 Commence!

Day: 1
Starting Date: Thursday, June 23. 2008
Name or Nickname: Jillian
Thinspirations: Britney Spears (the pretty one about 4 years ago)
Body type: Mesomorph
Weight:156
Height in inches: 5' 6
Age: 20
short term goal or first 30 days: 150 lbs
long term goal or next 30 days: 140 lbs

Problem 1: I'm mostly an meso so I have an awful muffin top and large bustline.
Solution: My workout has a lot of cardio and ab exercises.

Muscle training:
15 minute ab workout (mixing rapid repition and muscle contraction)
Isometric and theraband exercises for arms
3 sets of 12 Squats, lunges on each leg, hip raises, and dead lifts
Cardio:
30 minute treadmill or bike

Problem 2: I tend to not get enough calories
Solution: Keep a food diary. Make a game plan for my day and get my recommended caloric intake everyday so that I will have energy to exercise.

Problem 3: Stick with it
Solution: I think this program is awesome and I'm so glad that I have volunteered for it. I will be moving to Tennessee next weekend to start my last year of college. I will be away from my husband (he's military and has to stay in Jax) Knowing that I have this program to stay accountable to, I will be much more likely to get up for my 6 am workouts.

My body type..Mesomorph

Your body is closest to a Mesomorph. You have a naturally fit body but to maintain it or improve it you should exercise and diet correctly for your type. Strength training can be done more often and for longer sessions then would be good for an Ectomorph, but you must still be carefull not to overdo it. You should train with moderate to heavy weighs and at a moderate pace, not resting too long between sets. You will find you gain muscle quite easy (some women and even men might not want to get too bulky, but this won't happen suddenly. When you are happy with your muscle size simply train to maintain it). Stick to a good healthy diet to keep you lean and muscular, and watch for any slow creeping fat gains. Engage in and enjoy aerobic activities, sports, etc. but do not overdo.

Shaky Foundation

I'm going to write on a serious and personal note for a change.

Yesterday, while I was in class, my sister called from her college to tell me that our mamaw died. I was so devistated my professor told me I should probably go home after I calm down in my car. I drove eight hours back to my home town on frickin' 2 wheels. After 5 hours of sleep, I wake up to mom rolling ontop of me and my sister saying that her girls were home. She cried, we laughed.

All day, we've been recieving food from family members and people from church. The last round of people just cleared out and mom pulled out a note written to her that she found at Mamaw's house. Just to watch her face as she started reading. The little conversation me and my sister were having came to a screeching halt. The tv was off so the silence was broken only by mom's slight wimper as she went back and forth between reading the letter and taking a break to cry.

Then, the rest of us fell like dominoes. After Mom held it together all day, keeping all of us strong too, we all just collapsed into tears. It was so devistating to see the person who has been the 'tough one' all our lives, showed her weakness. For a moment, it was like now who will keep us together. She quickly pulled herself together, but for that moment it made me so scared to think, what happens when it's my mother who is gone, and I'm trying to make arrangments and keep my family strong, all while dying inside. Will I be strong enough? How will I make it through when the person I always call for advise and guidance is no longer there?

Excuse me while I chit chat?

*sigh* after a 58 hour week between school and work, I was so worn out and had a ridiculous headache at work. Since it's the Friday before a holiday weekend and the begining of the month, all the big-hitters were getting there 15 prescriptions each. We all joked that the day would be complete if this crazy patient that always yells at us would come in. Well, our frickin' wish came true lol.

To start, I kind of have to backtrack and say that when I closed last night, I came home and collapsed in bed after a shower and was like a boohooing mess from being so tired, and pretty much complained about everything in my life. So today, my husband being the intuitive one he is, decided to bring me my favorite lunch. Well, I actually just ate a hot pocket because I was starving. So he figured he'd still come see me and hang with me for my lunch. He came about 20 minutes early. So I said hi and told him to shop for whatever he needed.

Cue 'crazy lady' She stormed in and came to the in window which had a huge sign that said to proceed to the next window because mine was closed. Heaven forbid we throw her off, so I take the script and start typing immediately. We like to expidite the crazy peoples prescriptions because they often ...let's say bother...yes bother other customers. Anyway, after I got done typing, I had to wait for it to be reviewed by the pharmacist. So, when my husband came to tell me he was leaving before I even took my break *sigh* I told him I loved him blah blah etc etc bye.

Crazy lady then storms the front and tells the pharmacist that I'm talking to my boyfriend and feels that is going to affect the time it takes to complete the prescription. *deep sigh* So my pharmacist now must pretend we are all collectively working on the prescription and keeps yellin' back "Almost done with Mrs *crazy ladys*'s?" The lady was done within about 5 minutes and out the door.

Moral of the story: If you want your prescription done very quickly, become a psycho the minute you step into the pharmacy!

Sidenote...I just saw a commercial for one of those skanky redhot commercials or something and the chick had awful roots!

I have to say that one of the worst things about working at a pharmacy is watching overweight patients come in time and time again with no change. Each time, they come through the drive-thru, of course because heaven forbid they walk in. I'm not talking about the people like me with little muffin tops. Oh no, I'm referring to those who get to the back of the pharmacy on the rare occassion they do decide to walk in and are out of breath.

As much as I dislike that, I commend another patient at the pharmacy about 10 fold. The first time he came in, he had a pile of prescriptions and was probably around 300 lbs. I figured he was like the rest and expected to have this routine for a long time. I am so glad he proved me wrong! Everytime he comes in, he is thinner and thinner. Because he is dieting and exersizing, he is able to get taken off of his medication.

Moral of the Story: If you're overweight and your doctor puts you on cholesterol/blood pressure/diabetes medication, that's not giving you the green light to stay the way you are! Dr. is buying you time so you can hopefully lose some weight and get better.

Expired..as in null..void..

So this lady comes to the pharmacy the other day to drop off a prescription for a 7 day trial supply of Lunesta with a coupon. This is just fine. I'd do that with a smile. Of course, people can't leave well enough alone. She presses on how she wants that coupon back. Not only can we not give them back, the coupon will only work once anyway. After we argue about that, she leaves. I'm entering the coupon and cringe as I realized it is expired. So after a couple days, she come to pick up her prescription. ( Note, I tried to call her like 3 times) So I tell her the coupon is expired and her prescription will be like 27 dollars. She is appalled. She says things like 'What do you mean expired?' 'You must be wrong' 'My doctor gave it to me though'..after she tells me how wrong I am and demands her prescription and coupon back, I circle the expiration date and give it back as she peels out in her Cadillac???...cheap, hateful people

Excuse me sir..I believe you just harrassed me?

So after having a rough day of someone calling in sick for a lame reason. The people in the pharmacy were all pretty low in morale and wanted to kill each other when a call came in. I swear the guy sounded like Burt or Ernie. The conversation went about like this

Me "Thank you for calling Pharmacy. How can I help you?

Weird Guy "Um yes I have a question about an itch"

Me "Ok do you have a bug bite or rash of some sort?"

WG "I've been itching and hurting there"

Me "Where have you been itching"

WG "Right under my sac"

Me "Right umm...ok..it sounds like you need some lamisil, but you may want to go see a doctor"

WG "I just need something now that will work"

Me "You can get the cream, but I suggest a doctor's vis-"

WG "Can I just come to the drive through and show you?"

Me "Excuse me??"

WG " I mean you're a doctor kind of right?"

Me "Sir I think you need to call your doctor"

WG "Can't you just look"

This is when I hung up the phone. He wanted to come flash me in the drive-thru...what the heck?