So today I got to weigh myself for the first time since last Tuesday... and I've dropped 2.5 pounds! How's that for a start? At this rate I can be down at least fifteen pounds by the time the school year starts, and have some great habits to take with me into my busy schedule. I'm stoked!
I feel like I ate more than usual today judging by the full feeling in my stomach... but honestly, I started my day out with a Dunkin Donuts small blueberry iced coffee with SKIM MILK and SPLENDA (absolutely unheard of for me until this week), then went on to have my usual fruit/yogurt/granola/hard boiled egg breakfast. For lunch I snacked on 1/4 of a leftover hoagie and lots of salad, and for dinner I had a salmon burger (~340 cal) on a white roll (only 110 calories according to the package) and some more salad. In between I had a small sugar free vanilla iced coffee with nonfat milk and Splenda from Starbucks. That doesn't really sound like more than usual... maybe I'm adjusting. No complaints!
I got up super early this morning to take the train home and still have time for the gym... and though I was only on the elliptical for a little over 20 minutes, I ended up burning 220 calories according to the machine. I'm working my way up! My goal next time is to get up to 300. After dinner I went back to Gi's for another intense basement workout, which I closed out with a 100-calorie burnoff on her treadmill. I wish my knees weren't so weak, cuz I really do enjoy the machines. You just close your eyes and go somewhere else in your mind and get really into the music, and not think about how much time has passed or how much it burns. It's really great stress relief and it's actually almost a form of meditation in my opinion. I hope to someday go an hour on the treadmill/elliptical... but baby steps first.
There's also something about not working out alone. It makes the whole process so much more bearable and it's actually really fun. I don't know how we haven't spent every summer doing something like this! I totally understand why friends will go running in the park together or bike everywhere together or whatever. Exercising is SO much better when you have good company... and especially with Gi, who already knows a lot of great exercises and ways to stretch. I swear, the hour just flew by this time! Tomorrow we're doing it again, and I hope to just keep that awesome sore feeling going. I love this!
Wow I just took a step back and reread this entry and I realize how far I have come in just a short week. My mentality has completely changed towards staying fit and being active and healthy. I never saw it as a lifestyle that could ever suit me and my sweet tooth and my laziness, but I've come to realize that I am who I decide to be. And if I decide to be healthy, then goddammit, I'm going to be healthy! I am defined by my actions, not my thoughts or my unrealized dreams. I do not need to be lazy. I do not need to be overweight. I do not need to lack confidence. Anything that I want for myself I am more than capable of reaching. I belong in the world of fit, active people as long as I want to be! I don't need to feel like an outsider anymore. I own gym shorts and a sports bra at this point for godsakes... doesn't that automatically mean I joined the club?
Three things I'm thankful for today:
-Splenda. I cannot believe I was so revolted by Splenda for the longest time. It's actually the most ingenious invention, and quite possibly the closest thing to sugar without actually being sugar. God bless.
-My high school parking lot for being the perfect place to start practicing driving. Yes, I drove today! I'm on my way to FINALLY getting a license!
-My friend Meghan for always going out of her way to keep in touch and stay in my life. We had a long phone convo today and it was just what I needed.
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