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This is Sara.

So, I have noticed a couple of things:

1. Don't eat just before you work out. I was trying to get in the habit of having some food-based energy before working out because I kept burning out in the middle of my workouts. So tonight I ate a plate full of pasta thinking that before I could change, get to the gym, checkin on my credits at the salon and get on the machines I would have settled the food enough. That was not the case. I ended up bloated with a cramp in my side. So I did a 30 min interval-run and 20 min on the steps.

2. When you start working out you can see the areas of fatty build up alot better. The areas where the fat is thinner burns off pretty quick. The front of my hip bones are showing in a cute way and my calves are starting to look alot tighter along with areas in my back. But then, there are areas made more pornounced where the fat is hanging on like squirrel about to get chased out of a tree! These areas are very pronounced now, I can see exectly where they start and end whereas before everything just flowed from one part to the next.

3. Radio DJs piss me off. I listen to a lot of dub step, tech trance, grime, etc. One of the best places to find these genres in large quantities is Internet radio. So I get a mix every couple of days, dump it on the iPod and have 4-6 hours of non-stop cutting edge delight. And it just so happens that the tempo is a perfect running speed.

Unfortunately you have to deal with the DJ popping in now and then. Don't get me wrong, most of them have sexy British accents and when they are already established producers (like Plastician for instance) their ego isn't over-compensating. They are cool, confident, chill and only speak when they have to and when they have something to say. But the dub step and d'n'b scene is full of these ya-hoo ego junkies that can't contain themselves from swallowing the mic, cutting the mix just so they are the only noise on the line, or saying obnoxious things like "Bounce! Bounce! yeah baby this track is hot! Out-ta jimmy joe. Out-ta' billy bob! Thats right!"

So every now and then the lucky person next to me gets to hear me speaking out loud in head-phone voice things like: "Ah for Christ's sake shut up!", "Will you drop the freakin' track already!!" and "Come on!" If I wanted annoying talk radio and DJs wailing bullshit in my ear I can turn on any local radio station and get that. Besides, they are messing up my rhythm and a sweet mix.

So, thats it. No more weight has come off yet. I think I will ignore the scale for another week or so.