It's happy for me because I don't have to work or go to school like the majority of people in this world. Ahh, the life of shift work:-)
Today is my second day off, so basically it's like my Saturday night, except I won't be going to the bar and getting wasted on a Monday night. Speaking of bars and getting wasted... Now that I've been trying to eat better, I've definitely cut back on the alcohol consumption. My problem with drinking is not only do I like the worst drinks, nutrition wise, but I also eat like a pig when I drink. I need a shirt that says "Friends don't let friends drink and eat" for real! I need to stop drinking Margaritas. I think once the summer is officially over, I won't be in such a Marg mood anymore. I hope.
Pictured to the right is yours truly, moi. Ok, I'm not obsessed with taking pictures of myself or anything like that, I was just taking a picture of my new headband... or trying to at least. You can't really see it:-( It's cute though, and actually stays in place which is what I look for in most headbands. I took that picture after my fabulous run yesterday. Yes, fabulous and run can be in the same sentence! For me anyways:-)
I decided to go to lake Artemesia yesterday for my run. I have been passing on the gym a lot recently. Now that I got my running groove back, I just can't pass up a good run. Plus, the weather is absolutely perfect running weather right now! By the way, I just looked up "Artemesia" and Google tells me it means "Perfect." I'd say yesterday was a perfect run. I didn't really want to do laps around the lake, so I decided to take the path that leaves the lake and goes by the College Park Airport and over to Riverdale Park. It had been so long since I took that way that I kind of forgot where to go after that. Once I made it to Riverdale, I stopped to look at a map and decide where to go next. I ended up going out to River Road, took that to Paint Branch Parkway, passed MFRI, then made a right onto the path and ended up back at the lake. Once I looked at my RunKeeper app and realized I was pretty close to 10k, I decided to take a half lap around the lake, then go down to the park and loop around so once I made it back to my car I was at 6.15 miles. Almost a 10k!:-)
I like trying new stuff, so I decided to give these things a try. I had the flaxseed with cottage cheese the other night, it wasn't bad. And I used the coconut oil last night to saute spinach and it was great! You can also use it as a moisturizer for your face and hair. I might have to give that a try as well!
I definitely want to go back there and get some more things. We will probably go to "Great Sage" which is the restaurant there, to use our gift cards. They have Happy Hour, Gluten Free Nights, etc. Which makes me want to take my mom on a gluten free night! She might like that.
While there, we also went into "Nest" which is basically a store with hippy clothes, cookware, house ware, etc. But, while in there I saw "Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook" and I had to get it!
I have been eating much better recently. Some days I will log everything I eat into MyFitnessPal, but other days I try to just keep in mind what I have eaten. I don't want to have to rely on an app my whole life, but it does help.
Today I'm going to work out with Lt. Bussing. I'm not sure what he has in store for me, but as long as we don't do sprints, I'll be happy! I might need to do something else after that, depending on how many calories I burn. I'll admit it, I'm addicted to burning a lot of calories. At the gym, I can burn over 1,000 calories easily. But, I realize now that it's about the quality of calories burned, not quantity. When I burn 1,000 calories at the gym, it's because I went on the stairmill for 30 minutes, then the elliptical for 30 minutes, then did some weight machines. My heart is working extremely hard, but my body is not moving much at all. I'm sure it helps with my endurance and what not, but it obviously wasn't getting the weight off. Now that I've been running, and working with Lt. Bussing again, the weight is finally starting to come off. Finally.
Speaking of weight, let me do a "weigh in" like I used to. It'll help keep me accountable and it's more exciting to read a blog with a weigh in! Maybe?:-P
Previous Weight - 166.6 (9/10)
Current Weight - 163.2 (9/17)
Weight Lost - 3.4 pounds
Yes! Finally. I feel so relieved to see the scale move. And it feels amazing to not see any 170's anymore! Now I need to get in the 150's again and I'll feel really good!:-) Ultimate goal for now? 145.
This has been a long, hard struggle with myself, my eating habits, my exercise habits. It's more tough mentally than it is physically. It's hard to believe sometimes how "addicted" I am to food. Put me around sweets and I pretty much can't control myself. If you left me in an empty room with a pie and told me not to eat it, that would be torture! I'm trying my best to sever my relationship with food. I don't want to love it anymore. I just want to be able to think of it as something I need to survive, not something I need to be happy, or to have fun. It's just food. I keep telling myself that, but it still gets the best of me sometimes.
Fortunately, I have been feeling more like my "old self" as in, the super healthy, exercise every day Anna that I used to be. I've been taking tons of vitamins and drinking green teas like I used to. Running almost every day, like I used to... It feels pretty great:-)
Sometimes when I'm running, I like to think of things that make me happy. I think of things to keep my mind off the fact that "Hey, I'm running. It's kind of hard to breathe. I sound like I'm having an asthma attack. I want to stop." And instead I just think of anything besides running to keep my mind busy. A lot of times I think of myself, and all that I've been through to get where I am. I'm not saying I'm so special or anything like that. And I haven't had a "hard life" by any means. But to go from being 231 pounds, lazy, thinking that you'll never be able to run, never be able to get a good job, never be pretty, never be a lot of things... to 160ish pounds, running miles and miles, and living what once was only a dream? Now that's the kind of thinking that gets me through my long runs. I won't lie, I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm not cocky. I'm just happy that I was able to go from nothing to something.
Alright, I'll stop with the emoness and finish this blog up. Thank you for reading and for all those who continue to give me support on this never ending journey<3
Anna
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