Meatless Monday
I'm back:) I took a little leave of absence this week because I was so crazy busy. Cheer camp and moving in last week, orientation leader training all last week, then this entire weekend was freshman orientation! I start class tomorrow, which seems so crazy to me, and I have a lot of stuff going on this week.
More importantly, though, I'm back to being motivated, and determined. It's been an exhausting week, so I haven't been keeping up on my exercises, and my eating habits have gone a little out the window. I'm starting fresh and new, today is a new MONday, and I'm absolutely committed to continuing this weight loss journey. 15 pounds is an awesome, amazing accomplishment for me, but I need to do more, I need to get farther until I am 100% comfortable with the way my body looks. Then am I done? ABSOLUTELY NOT. In order to maintain that body, I need to continue exercise, and continue a healthy lifestyle for the rest of my life. I will not undo all the progress I've made--especially just because I'm back to school and there's an all you can eat buffet.
Today, being the meatless monday that it is--I had two scrambled eggs, a banana, and then I got pancakes thinking that I was being good since I can't have meat, and then I looked at the syrup and all I saw was sugar. So instead? I just put a little bit of yogurt on them. And you know what? It was so good!
This whole summer I was motivated and determined to lose weight. I had one goal in sight and I wanted nothing more. Then I come to school and I meet people of all shapes and sizes. Some girls are so skinny and have no muscle tone, some girls have the perfect ratio of muscle and lean, and some girls, like me, are on the bigger side. But I feel like everyone, no matter how big they are, are always trying to recreate their body image. This tiny girl looks in the mirror and thinks she's fat, while I'm over here wishing that I could be here size. It's all about perspective. Those girls bigger than me are wishing they could get down to my size, and I'm wishing I could go down about 5 pants sizes. It is rare to find someone who is happy with their body 100%.
Tiny Tuesday
Today was my first day of continuing my workouts:) I set the alarm for 6:30 AM, and got to the gym at 7:00 AM. On the treadmill I took a warm up lap (.25 miles), ran two miles, and took a cool down lap. Then, being arms day, I did bench press, bicep curls, triceps dip then abs. I ate greek yogurt with chia seeds for breakfast, a raspberry vinaigrette salad for lunch, mashed potatoes, and a BBQ pulled pork sandwich for dinner. I also played ping pong, and Just dance 2 with my friends, and sweated buckets outside so that probably helped. I did good all day I was just a little tired in the afternoon because I had all four classes. And three of them were in satan's bedroom. I was hungry last night when I got back to my room, and I had gotten two containers of fruit from the store (I ate the first one earlier). So I had strawberries, grapes, pineapple, and cantaloupe for a late snack.
Weightless Wednesday
I lost two pounds since last week!!! I weighed in last week at 208.4 and today it was 206.7! :) I only have 6.7 pounds to go until I reach my goal. Which, my time deadline was supposed to be this weekend because that's when my race is, but I'm going to extend it a little bit. This morning for my work out, my legs were sore and stiff so I didn't end up running all that much but I did the elliptical. For leg day I did squats, leg press, jumping lunges, calf raises, and also abs. Today is going to rock because I only have two classes. So on the agenda is getting any and all homework completed, practicing my cheers, and hanging out with my fantastic friends. An update later to come!
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