just let go for 6 days a week of the drive thrus, tv dinners, vendor machines, and take out! fill you fridge with a rainbow of natures own. slice, dice, chop and toss!

I’ve been perusing the Internet for some REAL deal I’m a busy poor girl recipes that are practical, nutritious, and delicious and hopefully I will be able to start them and share what’s up after our next trip to the grocery store. (maybe i need to start up a second blog!) (or better yet maybe I need to study nutrition and kinesiology!) at any rate…

it’s been a little over two weeks and idk what kind of results I’m seeing. I have more energy but my hip flexors an knees are hurting from time to time (time to slow up and purchase a bag of frozen peas!) and the weight around my belly! I’m just not sure I’m getting the results I want. so my biggest fear is that I am still not eating well to lose fat and build muscle. ( it would help if Uly would let me buy what i want :’( but that’s an argument for later this week!) so yea going to keep on with the same strength workout for 2 or three more weeks and amp up my diet with more protein, healthy fats, and veggies! (apparently I love fruits with high glycemic indexes and shitty yogurt!) all in time, I am still a learnin!

it’s just that I get so anxious for results damn it!

I’ve had several goals and plans swimming around and I need to. define them!

goals: six pack abs, 5k by aug

plan: run lots and switch from intervals to regular runs from time to time, eat well lots, continue this strength workout for at least 2 more weeks (sprinkle in some leg work) then switch to the other one I found.

if anyone has any good beginner running ideas for better more quality improvement they are certainly welcom in my message box. I started running intervals of 1minrun/walk for a week now I’ve been doing 2minrun/1walk and I’m almost reaching a distance of 2 miles. idk if I should start running solid or start doing 3/1 hmmmmm

ok bed time! niiiiiight!

it’s been ages since I’ve reblogged or truly posted anything on here. so for anyone that pays attention I apologize! the pone app gets tiring and frustrating and I don’t have real Internet. but it hasn’t been bad at all! I’ve been working out A LOT lately. (about two weeks I think)

I decided I’m not going totolerate feeling and looking how I do. and people will always say that I’m small and thin, but the fact of the matter is they are just saying that in comparison and they havnt seen me naked or felt what it’s like to live in my body. I DO have cellulite and I DO have excess flab and I’m makih tje choice to take care of myself NOW before it gets to hard to! now I’m not trying to be perfect (let’s face it, I will never have decent sized boobs!) bit I’m striving for a better me!!! and I love the competition I have myself the challenge. getting out on the road and tearing it apart.

and eating a pretty healthy at least 1500 cal diet (when I eat healthy I tend to feel full well before that mark but it’s important to eat while trying to lose weight so as to notnloose current muscle!)

right now since I’m a beginner I’ve been doing interval runs. I’m up to 2min run 1min walk for about aile and a half. I’m taking it slow so as to not burn out. I also walk to and from for a total of 20 mins. then I do some strength training using my good ol body weight. situps pianola and the like. I’m using a workout from prevention magazine for a tone core fit beachbody whatever jazzy jazz and I’m really liking it and plan on sticking with it for at least 3 more weeks.

I’m tracking progress in inches for now. and really there will be a pou t when I can’t loose anymore and I will feel it and continue to workout (maybe trying focusing on stregth anduscle building for a change) but my Intentions are to be able to run a very decent 5k in the fall.

some of the stuff I enjoy eating is cottage cheese with fruit. salads. veggies in hummus. celery and peanut butter. and the fun meals over at fitness magazine I’m excited to try!

everyday when I’m done working out amd the pain and exhaustion subsides I. FEEL. AMAZING.

today’s my birthday so yesterday and today were breaks from everything. which I hate so much. it’s going to be hard to get back into the swig after a crazy night of alcohol, but I’m ready to burn all those toxins out of me and push on!

tonight i will be starting day one of my 3 over night shifts. not too thrilled about it, but im making the best of it by preparing for it.

ive done some research on sleep cycles and what i have found the most interesting is that napping does not equal sleeping. why? because of a special phase called REM. it takes a lot of time to get into this phase which then turns into an up and down cycle. so if you are only getting a few hours sleep and napping you are not getting a one to one trade off.

if you sleep 7-8 hrs a night you should get like 4 phases of REM (each cycle is about 90 minutes, plus whatever time it takes you to fall asleep) however i will be getting about 5 hrs of sleep (which isnt HORRIBLE like i thought itd be, since i dont have class til 11 somedays 9 :,( ) 5 hrs means ill get about 2 cycles of REM. So in order to stay a little more on track i plan on taking a 1.5-2hr nap in the afternoon to get one more cycle in. i hope this works!

its really important when working night shifts to retain as much of a normal lifestyle as possible. so i plan on getting plenty of exercise in and eating super healthy. we are about to go to the store and load up of fruits and other yummies! maybe ill get a sleeping mask too, and some ear plugs… (another interesting fact, humans have been sleeping at night since the beginning of time. we have developed a rhythm (circadian) and things like light will disrupt it!)

ive been using a website called sleepyti.me to help kind of understand what the sleep cycles are like. essentially you type in the time you would like to wake up and they tell you what times you should go to bed to feel the most rested, OR what time you would like to fall asleep and they will tell you what time you should wake up! its pretty great!

at any rate. i just thought id babble some of the interesting things i found out.

i went for a run yesterday, today i did some yoga, tomorrow i plan on going for another similar run and adding some strength training afterward.

aaahhhh i love life!

to day i ran/walked 2 and a half miles (i ran a total of one mile) yesterday i went for a long walk with pip and did a short .25 mile run and it got my gears going. i need more days like these. there’s enough sun to inspire me!

but really. the yoga is helping getting me motivated.

ran a mile and a half today in 16 mins. which is pretty fantastic. i had to make a couple little stops for uly. his asthma or something was acting up :(

hopefully i will do the same next time with NO STOPS!

and then i will do that a few more times and bump up to two miles!

this is getting to be so much fun! im looking to be able to run a 5k next moth if there is one.

i was thinking today in the shower about what i will do this winter for running. and im suuccchhh a puss when it comes to snow. but up here its REALLY SNOWY AND REALLY COLD. so i might get some strength workout dvds and run when i have afternoons off so its a smidge warmer.

i need some strength training anyway. and omg my breathing is horrible. i think i need some lung capacity training or something if there is such a thing. but i think that might involve swimming :S

well see.

im spose to be doing lame homework right now. i hate it so freaking much.

and im considering a different career. not sure what, just not this…

BUT i am determined to get good grades so i will b.s. my way through this.

also this is my 8th run! yay me :D

and i get to get my car fixed friday!!!!!

I fit a run in today. It was so worth it! I was on cloud nine til about 20 mins in to work. That place is making my soul tired. People are greedy, consumerism is disgusting. I wish I could even explain the things people put us through like were robots with all the wrong answers.

At any rate it was another ten min mile. An it was a little tough again. I’m wondering if I’m not pacing my self right that I’ve jumped the gun and need to slow down.

I dunno. I just run. I know how far I want to go and I will run as well as I can til I get there ( form and breathing and all… )

Another mile. 10 mins. It was much harder today with the air being chilly. Uly came along with me so that was awesome :) he’s gonna get me an armband for my iPhone Woot!!

We went to dicks and I was just in hog heaven trying on the yummy Nike stuff :3 eventually I’ll have the money to get some new things.

Can’t get over how much of a struggle today’s run was. I really want running to be fun buy I spose it’s hard work first right!?! Chill just bites!

Tomorrow I’m aiming for a mile and a quarter with no stops. I finished today’s workout with pushups situps and arm circles so I’ll start doing that everytime now.

I love this. And the Indian creek trail!!!

Walked .5 miles
Ran 1 mile
Walked .5 miles
Ran .5 miles
Walked .5 miles

Total walking 30 mins
Total running 15 mins

Yay me! I’m getting there! Continuing to work on distance rather than time. Thinking about doing some fartlek type workouts. But probably not until I’m able to run a solid two or three miles. Need to do high kicks and Frankenstein stuff too! Track and xc is allll coming back to me!

Tomorrow I have the day off! Yay so I’ll have time to do another nice workout!

Totally taking advantage of this beautiful weather.