So, today won’t be my first Carb Nite. We decided to go to the Renaissance Festival tomorrow so I’m holding out until then ;)

  I feel pretty good. The last 2 nights I have had 7 hours of sleep and just under 3 liters of water a day. It’s not 8 hours and exactly 3 liters but it’s a start and I can feel the difference :)

  School is going to be hard. But then again when is it ever easy? I do need to work out my concentration and focus level. I seem to have a very dramatic and persistent wandering mind. I think I need some sort of other outlet, which will hopefully be taken care of when I get back to the gym.

  I also need to work on some healthy recipes, more so with meat. With veggies I have a few different ways I like to cook them and if I get tired of it all I can eat veggies raw. But I very quickly get tired of how I cook meat and fish. It probably doesn’t help that I’m not much of a cook anyway *siiigh*. I’m glad my handsome husband loves me for me and not what I can do. I’m so bad at those old-school “traditional” wifely duties.

  Anyway!! Happy Friday All!! Hopefully I’ll have more interesting things to share within the next few days :)

Keeping this short again.

Road behind the friend I lost over the summer on the way to work. Awkward. Praying she didn't notice [not that it matters I guess...how did I become 15 again?!]

Minor notes:

-must get 8 hours of sleep...at least 7 on a regular basis

-must drink more water

-must focus

I also needed some motivation today so I reread a good article:

[since hyperlink feature is apparently not working >:/ HERE!!]

http://athlete.io/5368/yogurt-is-not-a-meal/

Things are really great. I need to get my sleep back in order though and I really need to get my head back in the game as far as schoolwork, but besides that, things are great :)

Diet is going really well and even with the exhaustion from lack of sleep [and being pretty heavy again], I feel really good. I decided to keep pushing the gym back for a couple of reasons. I don’t want to stress my body out quite yet. I’m in the beginning stage of Carb Nite, so I want my body to really respond to that. I think with better sleep and then hitting the gym again next week after my first carb nite, my body will do wonders. I also think, once I get back into the gym, I’m going to put my at home workouts on hold and just focus on getting to the gym 3 days a week. Once my body adjusts without getting too sore, I’ll start doing the at home ones again and post them.

Random side note: I REALLY want to join Zuzana Light’s new website. But the problem is my knee tendons are still sensitive so I really don’t want to add in jumping heavy workouts until I get most of this excess weight off and build more strength. I’m going to work it in eventually but for now, this diet, gym, and then my own knee safe home workouts will do until I can utilize her site to the fullest :)

I also must drink more water haha!!

That’s about it. I just wanted to put up a mini update. I’ve had a lot of interesting thoughts swing through my head as of late, when I have more time I’ll post and share :)

Why ‘ello Tumblrians :)

I speak in lists because I’m lazy ;)

-Diet was pretty good this week, although won’t be today

-Still reading “The Carb Nite Solution” by John Kiefer, once finished I will begin [probably in about 2 weeks]

-Personal notes: last day in a department I’ve been working in for over 7 years, moving to Sales – also much lingering “To Do” things I need to get done SOON!!

-Wanted to get my diet in order before preparing for workouts, finally made it to the gym this morning

-Did a workout from the 12 week program [although I’m technically restarting next week] = upper body, kneeling x-rows, bent-over pronated bb row, push-ups [8 legs wide apart, 6 legs close together, 4 1 legged = chest to floor], seesaw press, iron cross, windmill…definitely different than any kind of routine I’ve done before but I think this 12 week program will help strengthen some weakness I have and mayhaps help even me out for heavier lifts in the future [my true desire]

-I’m also going to start adding in some at home workouts that I did in 2012 and will be more specific with them in here. One thing in the 12 week program above is it asks for a lot of cardio……which I know I will not stick to [I hate cardio…most of the time]. SO!! My at home workouts are inspired by Crossfit so mimicks HIIT cardio pretty well without the bore.

-Seeing Pacific Rim tonight…I am so stoked!!! :)