My achy breaky arms

Earlier this week, I did weight training for the first time in months. Legs on Tuesday morning, then arms on Friday morning. I’m in pain. That’s a good thing. I’ve also been more conscious with what I’m eating, so good for me. Salads once a day, cereal in the morning with skim milk… I’m feeling good about this. Slow and steady wins the race. I also have great plans for the Christmas break that hopefully will have me coming in to work a little slimmer in 2010.

I can’t wait to start running again.

Meanwhile, honesty policy: I weighed myself this evening and I’m 214lbs. So I guess we have to start from there.

This is where I’m headed

This is what I looked like at 140lbs in my junior year in college. I don’t quite know how to feel about it; I’m mostly sad but I’m also angry about how I “let myself go.”

2009’s almost over. I have little net weight loss to show for the year; I actually gained. Tinginingining! By this time last year, I was close to 200lbs. Now, I gained that back, and I’m currently tipping the scale at 214lbs.

So we start anew. I’m using this picture as a motivation. Did lower body exercises day before yesterday, did 30 mins of brisk walking today so I wouldn’t shock my system, and I’m doing upper body tomorrow. Once I get soda out of my system – yeah, I started up this year again, sorry – I imagine it’ll be heckuva lot easier.

This is a good place to be, folks. Let’s try this again.

Starbucks turkey chicken sandwich on cranberry bread

I had this the other day. According to their booklet, it’s 470 calories, mostly protein. Good job, Starbucks.

Locked out

Funny story. I got up yesterday morning at 4:15am intending to do a 5k at Grace Christian. When I got to the gate of my village, I found it locked! LOL I couldn’t get my car out! So instead of running, I just did 15 minutes of frantic dancing and 20 minutes of weight training. Not the most satisfying of exercise mornings, but adequate enough to jump-start my lethargy. I have a meeting with Hazel Gonzales tomorrow and the last thing I want to do is look pudgy.

Y’all should know that since I’ve stopped running, that I’ve gained ten pounds. Let that be a lesson to me. Cardio works for me; when I don’t do it, I get fat. (And all y’all exercise gurus can tell me about all the alternatives, but the truth is, I like running. It gives me time with my thoughts. It also gives me great time to be creative and come up with more concepts and ideas for my job at the church in the Philippines where I work.

Who’s joining the Dare to Be Fit and Right Fun Run?

Race for Life Commercial (with me in it!)