Recap (Day 620)

Hi all!

Happy Monday! It's a new week, what are we all going to do to make it a great one? How are all of you doing today? Sorry I've been MIA for the past 2 days, it's been quite busy. Let me give you a quick recap:

Saturday we had our garage sale and that made for such a long day. It was really slow but we made a few dollars, so it's better than nothing. I did get a bit of a sunburn on my shoulders but nothing too horrible. But I most definitely did not drink enough, so I had a bad dehydration headache. And sadly I did not get much homework done, but it all worked out well.

Sunday I headed to church in the morning with my mom and then we were out for a bunch of the day. Thankfully I was finally able to get my nails redone and now I have burgundy tips. :) I'm absolutely in love with them. I know the picture isn't the best and it definitely doesn't do them justice but here they are nevertheless. Plus we had some other shopping to do and then just spent the evening with family and working homework (like every other Sunday :) ).

I have so much to get done today and this week. Finding an apartment, getting my final done and my other homework, start packing, get a head start on next week's homework, among numerous other things. While I am still at home I am trying to work ahead in as much homework as possible because once I start working full-time, I will not have as much free time.

Amazingly enough I have gotten quite a bit accomplish last night and today though. I got a head start on a bunch of homework (although I really need to focus on my final that's due on Sunday) and sent out an important email about an apartment that I'm hoping to get into. But I'm going to cut this post short because it's time for a walking/jogging interval and some strength training. After that, it's back to homework. It's never ending. I hope that you all have an amazing day! So until next time.

~Sara~

Perspective (Day 606)

Hi all!

Happy Monday! How are you all doing today? It is a warm day here and we are more than likely going to get storms today and almost every day this week. Eh... But at least the sun is shining right now.

I have so much on my mind today, mostly about weight loss journeys and motivation. While I was doing some interval training this morning (see the picture... it was a great workout!) I was thinking about how people focus on how far they still have to go instead of how far they have come. So many people just look at their ultimate goal compared to where they currently are and it can seem daunting. Believe me, when I started in September of 2011 it was quite daunting to think about how far I had to go. I try to not look at how far I still have to go, but how far I have come already.

I mean come on, I am jogging and I don't hate it! I'm currently in a size 20 (down from a tight 24), inching closer and closer to an 18, I haven't been in a size 18 since high school - 5 years ago. I've lost 43.6 pounds, that is about an elephant's heart or a little more than 2 car tires! Yeah, I still need to lose 111 pounds but before I needed to lose 155 pounds. I have more energy on a daily basis. I don't break out into a sweat from  walking a few steps. I am so much more confident now. I don't feel like people see me as this overweight woman anymore... I have so many other things to offer people. I am eating lower carb most days -- me, the carb queen, who would eat a butt load of carbs at every meal before. And most importantly, I am achieving my goals.

Another thing I was thinking about came around from a blog post I read on MyFitnessPal -- you may or may not know that I'm on that site. If we're not friends on there and you want to be look me up... sbengsch
Anywho... I have this awesome friend on there who started his journey at 450+ pounds only 33 weeks ago. Today he weighs 319, which is a loss of 131 pounds so far. This dude is awesome, he is so motivating. He posts a blog every Monday about his past week and today he said that he jogged for the first time! Eek, I was so freaking excited for him when I read that! I know exactly how he feels, I jogged for the first time last week. But thinking about it, 319 pounds, that was 4 pounds higher than my starting weight. At that point, I didn't even dream about running. When I weighed 315 pounds, I avoided running/jogging/other forms of exercise unless I was at home by myself. You know why? Because I would sweat like crazy with very little movement, just walking from room to room in my house would do it. And don't even get me started on climbing the stairs.

I guess the point is, we can do anything that we set our minds to. Setting goals has been something that is very beneficial to me. What goals do you all have set for yourself? But I suppose, this post is long enough already and I have homework to get to. Have a wonderful day! So until next time!

~Sara~