Stayed at work waaaay later than I wanted, but I guess that happens when 520 freshmen and 700 parents are gonna to infiltrate campus tomorrow for our first session of ORIENTATION!
I’m off to the gym – multitasking by watching Idol while on the treadmill at the gym!
Please keep my mental health in mind the next 3 days. This is my 9th summer of orientation and it’s still exciting and nervous. Also keep my eating habits in your prayers while I’m subjected to limited choices in food!
But eventually over time, we all become our own doppelgangers. Ya know, these… these completely different people who just happen to look like us.
Today I’m wearing a dress I bought in July and wore on my birthday last August. The dress was a 12 (when I normally wore a 16), but it was stretchy material so it fit and I wore it.
Well let’s get back to the word fit. Just because one can physically wear it, does not mean one should. I was initially frustrated that I’ve dropped nearly 25 pounds and most of my clothes still fit. See that’s where I was wrong. I didn’t FIT into a lot of my old clothes, I wore them, but it seems my body was fighting against the clothes. Well now these same cloths actually do fit or are even a little too big at times. I honestly would rather have clothes baggy than need to squeeze into them.
So getting back to the dress, I must say I fill it out quite differently – I don’t think I’m a 12 yet, but again due to the stretchy material it is far from a crime to be wearing it. I hope to take some pictures in it so I can post my very first “before” and “in progress.”
I always love the halfway point of any run. Once I hit that point I get all revved up again.
I started my day with another 3 miler this mornings sans dog. My time was pretty much the same, it’s weird because I thought the dog slowed me down. I WAS breaking in sneakers on this run so that may have affected time. We shall see after a few more trial runs.
I saw a BUNCH of other joggers this morning. Usually the streets have been pretty quiet at 6:30am, but not today. It was so fun to wave, smile or say good morning to other folks. I felt like we were part of a “club.”
I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.
Fight Club (via 365to30)
I love me some Fight Club
I am not a morning person – I love sleeping in on weekends. Well this morning I got up at 9:30 and had a leisurely morning. I planned on hitting the gym around 11. I made it over to the gym at 11:35 to discover it doesn’t open til noon on Sundays. Who knew?! So I parked at a random apt complex across the street and am going to jog for a bit until the gym opens.
Got back to the gym yesterday and it was glorious. The good thing about living in a college town is now that school’s out it’s less busy. Got in a solid 3.25 mile run on the treadmill at a ~11 minute pace.
I don’t know if I’ll ever be a fast runner, I was in a car accident when I was 5 and had some leg trauma (I couldn’t walk for 48 hour after the accident due to something with the lap belt…many of the details are still foggy). I remember being fast when I was really little, but post accident I recall a difference. I seriously look at people who do 7 minute miles and can’t even fathom it, I push myself to the extreme to do a mile under 10 minutes. Pushing is what it’s all about I suppose. I just try to run every run at my personal best.
After my run at the gym I met with my trainer Isaac. We did core/abs and it’s awesome to see how much stronger I’ve become. It’s great to conquer stuff that was hard a little while ago; it’s not as fun for Isaac to throw new things are me that are challenging as all hell – but I do my best and look forward to the day I conquer that exercise.
I’m headed to the gym in a bit followed by the pool. Last week I went to the pool for the first time this year and put on one of my bathing suits from last summer. THAT’s when I really noticed a different. I generally wear 2 piece tankinis and it’s was awesome to see it loose and for bulges to not be where they once were. I have my eye on a new tankini with an open back from Target. I’m planning on getting it once it goes on sale and hopefully in a L instead of a XL. I’m current on that L/XL cusp. Cusp sizes are always a pain in the ass…I’m trying not to buy things that require an XL, because I KNOW very shortly it will be too big and I don’t want to waste anymore money than I already have in life on XL. The only cusp I EVER want to be on a M/L.
Back to the gym this afternoon and a meeting with my trainer. I’m gonna try and log some major gym hours this weekend since I’ve only had time to run lately.