My schedule’s getting lighter, my body more strong, and still my biggest ob
Now that I have made it through some rough, busy days, my scedule will be lighting up quite a bit. I still have my four days of college 9-3 monday through thursday, but work is down to 2 or 3 days per week. Whew! What a relief. Though I liked the pay checks, all the work/college combo was draining me beyond belief.
This week, though, I’ve had more time to train! Yesterday I had an excellent interval run on my treadmill. I worked for 35 minutes, with a 5 minute warm up, 1 minute intervals of running as I raised the speed for each interval. I had about 2 minutes of rest between each speed interval and my final speed-spirt was at 7.5mph. I burned approximately 350 calories in 35 minutes. And while I know I could do better at my pinicle a year and a half ago… I have to start somewhere and that’s not bad at all.
I was also practicing my basic calisthenics with my husband… He always criticizes my push ups. I’ve been doing "real" push-ups for quite a while, and he actually gave me credit for getting my arms to 90 degree angles, but still said that I needed to straighten my body more. The only good thing about him being so critical is that it challenges me to show him that I can do better. I also tried to purchase a door exercise bar because I am dying to try pull ups and our house has no where to practice them. But the bar I bought had to be screwed in. I didn’t know they had to be, but my husband doesn’t want screw holes in our door ways, so that’s out for now anyways. I wonder if there is any other way…
Then about my obstacle… As I posted before, I’ve always struggled with my eating habits and though I can eat healthy in an all-around sense, I always seem to snack or eat at an unscheduled time. Hence my problem now. I can’t seem to make it through lunch on the meal I’ve planned for myself without boredom of the food or wanting something else to go along with it. Also, at college, the girls typically bring in lunch and all eat together. There are typically snacks and al sorts of junk food. And though they’ve all decided to start "dieting", I can see all of the failure they’re setting themselves up for, but I know they aren’t receptive to advice and don’t really have true motivation. Packing lunch for college isn’t very realistic as we have the tiniest fridge in our classroom and it’s already crammed. How can I make it through lunch? Here’s what my current plan is:
Meal 3 / Lunch:
- 1 cup lettuce
- 2 TBSP salsa
- ½ cup Red pepper slices
- 3 oz. tuna
- ½ cup broccoli
I’m considering starting to write a daily journal on paper to carry with my of what I eat, when I eat it, and how I feel when I’m done. I also want to keep track of my H2O intake. I think that may be part of the problem. If I’m not fully hydrated I may just think I’m hungry when all I need is water.
I’m afraid I’ll set myself back a lot if I don’t nip problem quickly.
