I was supposed to be asleep 2 hours ago...HA HA. Good one Beth, good one. I'm going to blame it on the heat? Or maybe that rockstar I had too late. But I had to have some caffeine to stay awake during Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters...duh.
Well, no matter the reason, here I am; still awake. It's really not that big of a deal, I'm trying to reset my sleeping schedule to fit my upcoming work schedule here in a couple of weeks when school orders start at work. For those of you that don't know, the next 9 months will consist of me waking up an extra hour and a half early (noooo say it's not so!) to go into work and make 50ish pizzas for the high school lunches. It's so much fun. (not really) But it could be worse. I could still be at my old store where I had to make pizzas, subs, pasta, AND chicken on a daily basis. Don't miss those school orders at all! Buuut I do have another 2ish weeks to get my sleeping figured out, so tonight doesn't matter that much.
My plan was to right about my workout/diet so far, but this summer I've been SO bad at keeping a regular schedule, so now you get to hear all about my failures and justifications instead.To be fair, I do swim or disc golf on a daily basis so I'm keeping active, but I have only ran a handful of times in the last 2 months. :/
I bought a bike! The original plan was to sell my car and bike to work the rest of summer/fall, but after one 6 mile ride home, I was sure I was going to die. I was literally crying riding my bike up that last hill to my apartments. Now that I think about it, I haven't even been on a bike since I was at least 15. I got my license 8 days after I turned 16 so I know I never got on a bike after that. I just figured it was, you know, like riding a bike. (It's not.) At least not where those mysterious bike riding muscles are concerned. So the new plan is, keep my car, and gradually work up to the 6 mile mark. Maybe by next summer I'll be in decent enough shape to ride to work, or at least the much closer Spokane Falls Community College...
Wait, what? Oh yeah, I registered for classes today! Well, one class. It's in the evening and fits around my work schedule which is a freaking miracle. I figured I can try one class from all areas I'm interested in this year and (fingers crossed) I'll find one I just LOVE and be able to go back to school as a full time student next fall. This class is just intro to communications, but turns out a communications degree can get you places. Especially coupled with a business degree. I'm still super iffy about the option of being in business management later in life, but I figure with the couple years of experience I already have under my belt, I might as well take a couple of classes and see...I'm excited.
Oh right, we were talking about what terrible shape I'm still in.
So I'm super happy that I haven't gained any weight back this summer, but I definitely haven't lost any more either. I'm gonna go ahead and credit that to my diet, which isn't all that special but involves a lot of "not drinking your calories". That was really tough for me in the beginning because I hate water! I grew up on pure well water so this bottled water/tap water stuff just tastes super gross to me. I started out small...I always had those low calorie add flavor packets on me in the beginning. And then little by little I was putting less in, and now I pretty much only drink straight water. Except for my 10 calorie rockstars. I can't give those up, I am way too much of a NOT morning person to give those up.
Another thing that helped was I developed a severe lactose intolerance lately. I want to blame 5 years of eating pizza every day? Or maybe the 16 years of living in milk-loving family. We went through a gallon (or more) a day. There were 8 of us, but still. And don't even get me started on tubs the ice-cream we'd go through! Well, all that finally caught up to me and now I can't eat ANY milk product, at all. I have these lactose pills that worked for a while, and now kind of work, but it's just not worth the stomache ache later :( So, no more pizza for me! I know it's great news for my waist line, but just so sad for my taste buds!
Other then the water and lack of cheese, I mostly just try to avoid fast food and eat at least 1 salad per day. I tend eat a lot a lean cuisine meals because I just don't have the time to cook much, and it makes me feel better about myself to see the low calorie count on the box. Hey, someday I'll have the time to be a susie home-maker, but not right now (have you seen the pile of laundry I need to do?).
Well, now it's almost 3 hours since I was supposed to be in bed, so I'd better try to do that sleeping thing.
Till next time!
you said rain boots, right?
