It's been a great couple of weeks! The first weekend of October, we all went to Brigantine to relax, eat, drink and play for a few days to celebrate some friends' 30th birthdays. And the following weekend, I made both a curry chicken pot pie AND homemade pasta on two separate days. Carbs galore and I didn't gain a bunch of weight.
I feel like I'm finally relaxing into incorporating carbs into my day to day. Not having strict "good days" and then free-for-all "bad days" when it comes to eating.
I'm also trying to spice up my workout routine. I tried to go to Zumba this week, but the instructor was a disappointing TWENTY minutes late (by which time I had already been on the treadmill for 12 minutes). Next week, I want to try yoga! As I'm getting closer to my goal, I'm realizing that I'm going to want to keep working hard once I've reached it, not just to lose more weight, but to keep building muscle and more importantly - staying healthy!
I'm so proud that my parents have been going to the gym and eating healthier lately, and I hope I've had some little part of inspiring them by forging my own journey into getting healthy. I've got a few more months until next year's physical and my next round of blood work is in 6 months. I want to see how healthy I can get by then! #1 goal besides being a healthy weight: HAVING HEALTHY BLOOD PRESSURE.
One of the only annoying things about this last 25 pounds I've lost this year is that none (and I mean almost 100%) of my old clothes fit. Some dresses are passable since I can cinch the waist, but I am in the midst of trying to piece together an entire new wardrobe that actually fits and accentuates my figure...all while living in my own apartment, paying for a personal trainer, and having JUST bought a car. Whew. Money's tight these days, but I can get through it. And having a new body to work on and be proud of is worth it!
Weight- 190.4lbs
30 Min. Run- None! I've been doing 1 mile runs @ 6mph.
Pounds from goal- 6.4lbs
