lorelei729’s BodyBlog

Tip to the women: Don’t weigh yourself if you feel bloated and you started your time of the month.  Today’s weigh in: 143. Yuk.  I almost didn’t post it, but really… who would I be lying to?  Just myself.  And I need to be honest. Even though it may just be water weight (I know I didn’t eat THAT poorly) This has already helped me put a lot into perspective. 

This ugly, 2 pounds higher number makes me see a couple of things.  First off, I do need to be more consistent in my diet!  I was finally able to eat near perfect yesterday, I wrote down everything I ate, and it was all protein rich and natural fibers.  I even drank plenty of liquids.  My only problem time was dinner, which I had run to go shopping after my 3pm meal and didn’t get home until 6:30.  For some reason I was ravished, and after my grilled chicken, rice and lima beans, I still felt hungry.  I topped it off with some peanuts and a cup of green tea and I was good to go.

The second thing my ugly number today shows me: I need to get more serious with my training.  I had some really good workout sessions, but in complete honesty, there was really only one EXCELLENT day and the rest were kinda sub-par.  I didn’t try to hugely challenge my body.  My new-found extra time in my schedule will help with any excuses I have, I just need to start taking myself seriously. 

I need to be motivated. 

I need to be disciplined.

I need to re-find my passion in fitness.

I need to focus on a goal.

And it’s going to take a lot of hard work to get there.  Now I’m ready.

Over this weekend I am going to write up a new challenging exercise program and a weekly goal, which I will post on Monday.  I will be keeping track of my daily diet on my little notepad and posting any difficulties and/or progress.

“Every day we are all closer to the person we were meant to become.”~Maria KangAs a side note, exciting things are happening in the lives of many people around me.  My cousin just had her first baby.     I’ll be in wedding number three this year (my sister’s in April, a friend in May and now my best friend in June) and my husband is going through a course to get motorcycle endorsement.  I have my own challenges and excitement (outside of three weddings in one year!) I’m finishing up summer college classes and preparing for my final semester.  We will be going to 40 hours/week of fieldwork experience.  Where we go out into the work world and start basically learning-on-the-job…only we don’t get paid.  I will be working every weekend, but there will be no double days like I’ve been doing for the last month (college all morning and work all night).  I also have a blissful month off between the end of summer classes and the beginning of my final semester.  Yes!  I need it.  It’s going to feel like a vacation.  But I intend to do a lot of strong training then, and really see what I can do.

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