Well, it's Monday morning and I'm feeling pretty terrific today. What was shaping up to be an incredibly crummy day has come 'round full circle. Who could have known that that torture device called a "scale" would actually bring me joy?
As of 10 o'clock this morning, I am weighing in at 192.6 lbs. (I would also never have predicted that being this weight would bring me a sense of relief and accomplishment. All things are relative, yes? Yes!).
So, for those that are mathematically challenged, as am I, that is a 7.4 lb weight loss since 5/26. Holy cow. Wowza. Woot woot.
Now, all tooting of my own horn gotten through, let's talk turkey...and boneless, skinless chicken breast...and brown rice... ;)
I mentioned in the first post that I've got some goals in mind already. Here they are, a list of groove-getting-back maneuvers :
1. Join myfooddiary.com and start logging in just what it is that I am putting in my mouth -- and essentially gluing to my hips and stomach.
Well, this bit is done and done. I have logged in every conceivable calorie for the past week. I entered a goal of losing about 2 lbs per week and I've really tried to come as close as possible to my daily allotment of calories without going over. Of course, mishaps do occur -- like Saturday night's BBQ chicken pizza with friends. But, overall, it has made me much more conscious of what I eat. I actually stop and think, hey, lady, do you really want to eat 5 cookies right now? Do you have any idea what that's going to do to our MFD report?
I've noticed this tendency to "talk to myself" like I'm two different people lately. Which really, at the moment, I am. I am the old me, who wants to eat whatever she likes and feel badly about it at some point down the road. But, I'm also this new person, who is sick to DEATH of that mentality. Screw you, she says, look where that attitude has gotten us! Thanks, but I'll take over for a while. And by the way, I'm commandeering that exercising business, too.
Which brings us to...
2. Get a-movin' and a-shakin'.
So far so good here, too (though my knees offer a protest now and then!).
There's the regular, good ol' stuff. Taking walks with the little ones in the double stroller. Playing hopscotch out front with the big kids. Dancing along to music in the kitchen while I make dinner. lol. Yes, I do that quite often. It's only slightly less embarrassing than dancing along to Pre-K television shows. Luckily, there are more structured methods to my exercising madness...
Back when I got divorced from my first husband (known from here on out as Uno), I bought the Turbo Jam exercise DVDs. I liked them a lot and they were pretty effective. I went through my boxed up DVDs and, viola!, there they were. I will be starting out with these again, probably today.
I've also recruited my friends and family this time around. Accountability abounds. But, then, so does support. One kind friend has offered to let me borrow his Wii Fit. Definitely excited to try it out. I'll update on that as soon as it surfaces. My best friend dropped off 30 Day Shred, an offering from Jillian Michaels (one of the trainers from The Biggest Loser, I think. I've never actually watched the show). Also excited to try that one out. Maybe today, or tomorrow. We'll see which wins, Jam or Shred. :)
Last, but certainly not least, my mother "signed over" her gym membership to me. PiYo and Zumba, here I come! My sister wants to come with me and my mother has offered to watch the kiddos. We'll see on Wednesday.
3. I've got to quit smoking. Sigh. It's true. I've taken up smoking again, full force. Life has been stressful, but that's a terrible excuse. It's more that I've been lazy about staying away from a bad habit. I stopped smoking for years, only to come back to it because it feels comforting. However, my lungs would disagree. They are definitely in protest mode, as the count on my inhaler would plainly show. So, no plan of attack for that...it's just hovering as a problem I've acknowledged, but have not begun to fight back yet. For the time being, that is where it will stay.
However, it does affect my next goal...
4. Re-harness my creativity and have something to show for it. (ie. See if the title of "Renaissance Woman" is truly unattainable).
There is a group nearby that is holding auditions for The Sound of Music at the end of summer. Well, the hills are alive with the sound of music, and so am I! After a 10 year hiatus from all things theater, I am finally going to listen to that voice that has been screaming, I miss this!
Fingers crossed, please, that I get a part, even if it's Nun #3. ;)
Then there is my songwriting. I cringe even typing that line; it sounds so ridiculous. But, I'm determined (ridiculous or not) to give it a go. I've been writing for months now and, some time in the future, I am going to record them on my little sister's FLIP and post them to youtube.
Well, that's a little vague, isn't it? I'm supposed to be working on goals that are acheivable, so let's give that a date. By November (and my 31st birthday) or before, I will have at least five songs up. There. Done. Goal set. Yay me.
I'm also going to submit one story a month for consideration at a few lit mags. I've submitted to GlitterTrain already, twice, but they are not loving me. lol. So, on to a few other places. Cross your other fingers for me to be published? Thanks a bunch!
So, that's the plan in a nutshell the size of TX. At least for now.
Here's to wearing shoes with no laces and keeping my fingers crossed,
all love,
nik*
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