This week has been a blur of homework, little sleep, gym time, and lots and lots of friend time. On the diet front, I'm okay. I've been eating over my points just about every day (aside from Monday's goddess day), but I'm tracking everything and still haven't used up my weekly points.
I've also hit the gym three times this week, walking between 45 mins and an hour each time. I'm hoping to get in a hardcore sweaty "last chance" style workout tomorrow- where I leave the gym dripping with sweat, aching, but feeling so freaking amazing. I think I'm going to have to hit the treadmill and kick it up to get there, but I can do it.
So one of my favorite things I've found with the iphone is a Pedometer app. I don't know how accurate it really is, but it's helpful to show me how fast I'm moving (it gives current and average mph speed) and how long I've been going. I was a little sad to see that off the treadmill, my fast walk is about a 3.4-3.6 mph pace. I always walk at 4.0 mph on the treadmill. But I think it's also good to see what I can do- for instance, I find that I go much faster when I walk/jog alone, but I'll walk much longer (and slower) when I'm with my friend Ambria.
Either way, right now I'm just happy that I'm back in the gym. My gym buddies and I all signed up for a program called "Body For Break"- a little competition that encourages you to come to the gym and lose body fat in preparation of spring break.
I'm trying not to go back to the crazy mindset I had last year- where I couldn't just go workout for 30 minutes or so... instead I would run 3 miles, go to spinning, and then lift weights. For what I want to accomplish, sure, that's a great way to go about it. But I've shown myself time and time again that an all or nothing mentality can't be what I have. Instead, I need to focus on making small sustainable healthier choices.
I can do this. :)
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