Despite how the year began, I still have hope. I say this because within the first ten days of the year, I had already cried so much that my eyes were swollen the next day due to fights; however, as school has begun I feel a sense of regularity restored to my life. To be honest, for the entire duration of the winter break, I was in front of a computer screen playing World of Warcraft. But alas, now it's back to 8 a.m. classes and homework assignments (that I have already put off).
I have hope for the year because of my sense of motivation and productivity. For example, I only had one class today that ended at 9:20, so around ten I made it to the school gym -- which is absolutely amazing and free for full time students -- and worked out with a friend on the elliptical machines for about half a mile (I'll be honest, I wasn't really paying attention to time). She had errands to run, so I decided to stay. Ashlie has a yoga class during this time frame, so I was killing time until she got there. Around noon, I finally discovered that she, too, was running errands. While that means that I spent the better part of two hours by myself, it also means that I stayed at the gym for two hours. I admit that I did take breaks and I was not nearly as strenuous on myself as I should have been, I know that I need to work up my stamina so that I don't kill myself. I ended up going about three miles combined on the elliptical and the indoor track. Tuesday, though, may be a different story entirely as I saw an interesting class that I would like to take called Piloxing, which is a combination of pilaties and boxing, and Ashlie wanted me to take a pilaties class with her. Not only have I been to the gym, but Zach and I started dieting this week. Well, maybe I should clarify that I started dieting this week -- at the end of the second day, he had stopped for Hardee's and Taco Bell for lunch and dinner respectively. I have been pretty good so far; if ever I go out, I try to get a salad or something that I know has fewer calories.
Why this sudden health kick? I'll be honest, costuming has a lot to do with it. I come up with these great concepts or see costumes that would be perfect...on a skinny girl. While I do want to lose weight for every day purposes, it would be great to pull off a somewhat skimpy costume now and again or not be embarrassed to wear shorts in public. Another possibly embarrassing statement would be that when I was on the elliptical and started feeling tired, I would think of Heather's amazing steampunk costume and tell myself, "No. You want to be able to pull off an outfit like that, don't you? Stop being a wimp!" So I will try to keep track of how much weight I lose and periodically post it on here. That will be a "pounds lost" number, not an "I weigh this much" number, mind you.
It was finally cold enough to wear the scarf that Zach got me for my birthday! I was so excited! When he got home from school, around 4 p.m. or so, it started snowing. He said that I would never really wear the scarf, so I made a picture to show him that I did.
Yes. It's going to be a good year.
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