i suck.
i can’t finish 30 day challenges. i also can’t make it past day…3. wow.
i admit defeat. back to normal.
anyway, this is my last week at home (incredibly long, i know) and i’m just trying to get everything in order to pack up for spring semester and also really do a good job dieting and exercising. yesterday morning i weighed in at 162 which made me very happy, but i’ll be happier when i break the rut of 160-166 that i’ve been fluctuating in since summer. i can’t wait to run in warmer weather, though. the snow and wind has been killer on my motivation.
so far today i’ve had one pieces of homemade bread, half with cream cheese and half with peanut butter (we were almost out of cream cheese), orange juice, and coffee. oh, and i just had a very miniature turkey hoagie. that was DELIGHTFUL.
i’m not sure what exercise i will do today. it’s family dinner night, so often most of the evening is occupied. perhaps today will be my rest day and the rest of my week will be spent gym-ing and running. (i also realized today i miss swimming laps. it really makes me much less stressed when i do it, but i fear/know that i am way out of swimming shape and that it is going to huuuurt when i get back in the water.)
i hope everyone’s week is off to a good start! :)
i’m almost back to being not sore enough to move…
but i did spend about 10 hours today on a plane. so i’m probably way over calories and too tired to do any kind of exercise, even a video. but that is okay. i’m going to NYC to visit my other friend at school tomorrow, so i’ll be walking to the train station tomorrow afternoon, and that’s a fair bit of a walk. and when i get back saturday, i am going to pick this thing right back up.
this is me just having returned from Liia’s school gym, looking like a crazy flushed alien girl. running was SO HARD TODAY. oof. i went exactly 2 miles but walked probably about half of it. bleh.
it’s okay though, i forget that’s what happens when i do giant weight circuits and abs. i am quite sore. and by that i mean whenever i lay down i grunt and groan when trying to sit up again. i am such a dainty little girl (PSYCH).
anyway. now i must pack and shower and prepare to leave sunny CA. sad. :(
california california california.
it is so beautiful here. i love the people from the northern east coast, but boy, do i love how i feel when i’m in florida/california/all places warm.
maybe i need one of those UV sunlight lamps. :)
anywho, in a bit Liia and i are going to the gym and then to make healthy tasty dinner delights and watch the golden globes! i hope you all have a lovely sunday.
at the gym
i did 20 minutes of elliptical and 5 minutes of jogging (to give my legs a break)! and i shall do my 2 miles tomorrow!!!
(secret: i’m actually excited to run 2 miles. seriously, though, i have hated running all my life. i have NEVER been excited to run ANYTHING EVER. in fact, when i had to run in gym, they used to surprise test us with a heart rate monitor stick, and i would just walk around the track and when my gym teachers got pissy with me slacking off and tried to test me, i would just jump up and down all the way over to them. brilliant. i was brilliant.)
and WIT for me tomorrow!
a big thumbs up to all of you. :)
this is the reason my abs are shaking right now.
there is nothing better
than doing the pilates videos i started doing almost a year ago and realizing that what used to literally bring tears to my eyes is now still challenging but doable.
AWESOME. sometimes i forget how much stronger my body has become, even when i’m having an off week (er…month.). i love feeling stronger. what a fabulous reminder on why i exercise. this feeling, right now.
i am slowly but steadily getting back on the diet train. it’s hard, but i know i can do it.
happy weekend! :)
linguistic anthropology
is taking over my life. that’s cool, i guess.
i’ve been eating super sporadically and weirdly. like today, i had an omelette. and then like 1.5 chocolate chip pancakes and some hashbrowns and some more eggs. and then a little bit of mac and cheese and vegetables at dinner.
it’s been weird. i blame the studying. throwing me off my game.
anyway, now i’m hungry, which is just really awesome. i also really need to go to the gym and elliptical a little but i feel overwhelmed with work. blarrrrrrrrr.
i’m just gonna do it. just gonna go. at 10pm i shall leave this library and go to the gym.
