Finally overcame whatever hurdle I had in front of me, and I'm down 5 real pounds now. I created a route that I really love walking- it's 5.45 miles and it's got just enough twists and turns to keep me happy. I'm pretty sure if I keep walking it every day like I've been, the pounds will start melting off. It's also becoming clear that I'm going to smash my goal of walking 100 miles between April 5th and May 3rd. I've only got 14 miles to go, and 8 days left. That means to meet the goal, I'd need to do just 1.75 miles a day. PSHAWWW, that's small potatoes now ;-)
I've also started doing some core exercises as of this afternoon. I found this quick two minute workout, which, when you look at the perky blonde doing them, you think they must be effortless. HA HA HA, nope. You see, there's this thing called GRAVITY, and when you actually get down into planking position to start the routine, you realize right away that it's no piece of cake. It's more like rocks in your half baked plain potato. I felt SO HEAVY trying to do those moves, but I think with practice, in a few weeks I should pretty much be comfortable with them, although I doubt they'll be easy. I should really get myself a yoga mat for things like this.
My only other thing is... well, I need to get better with food. I've been very generous with calories, knowing that I burn a lot on my walks, but still, eating a few less calories wouldn't hurt one bit. (Says the girl who practically begged her boyfriend for Domino's new specialty chicken pizza for dinner tonight... it's pizza, but instead of bread, it's on fried chicken tenders. OMFG SO DELICIOUS. fuck.)
In other news, I did some planting the other night. Beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and sweet peas, all to be grown in containers. Also planted some Gala apple seeds, and plan to do some radishes as soon as I get a good container for them. I probably won't be growing out apple trees in my apartment, but I know people with yards who'd want them :-P It'll be a bit of a challenge to grow these things to fruition inside, but I'll make it work this time, now that I have more space.
Ok, I've got some knitting to do now, so off I go.
I've also started doing some core exercises as of this afternoon. I found this quick two minute workout, which, when you look at the perky blonde doing them, you think they must be effortless. HA HA HA, nope. You see, there's this thing called GRAVITY, and when you actually get down into planking position to start the routine, you realize right away that it's no piece of cake. It's more like rocks in your half baked plain potato. I felt SO HEAVY trying to do those moves, but I think with practice, in a few weeks I should pretty much be comfortable with them, although I doubt they'll be easy. I should really get myself a yoga mat for things like this.
My only other thing is... well, I need to get better with food. I've been very generous with calories, knowing that I burn a lot on my walks, but still, eating a few less calories wouldn't hurt one bit. (Says the girl who practically begged her boyfriend for Domino's new specialty chicken pizza for dinner tonight... it's pizza, but instead of bread, it's on fried chicken tenders. OMFG SO DELICIOUS. fuck.)
In other news, I did some planting the other night. Beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and sweet peas, all to be grown in containers. Also planted some Gala apple seeds, and plan to do some radishes as soon as I get a good container for them. I probably won't be growing out apple trees in my apartment, but I know people with yards who'd want them :-P It'll be a bit of a challenge to grow these things to fruition inside, but I'll make it work this time, now that I have more space.
Ok, I've got some knitting to do now, so off I go.
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