It hasn't been a year since my last post.... that is way more impressive than I thought this would be.
What an interesting year it has been to boot. I've learned a lot. I've lived alone for over a year now... and I do love it. There have certainly been moments of princess sydrome getting kicked in the face. Mice... spiders... house centipedes (or as I refer to them - mexicans)... ants.. you name the beast... I dealt with them. It sounds small but killing your own monsters helps you man up. I still need to bust out Raid with the juicy buggers... but for the most part - I get rid of my own monsters.
The mice... well. That was the worst of it all. Nothing like lying in bed at night terrified to hear the wooden snap of the traps going off and terrified not to hear it. Then... hearing the snap and having to deal with the mess inside of it. Uggggg. Thankfully... that is a problem that is long gone and hopefully I will move out of this place before the little guys want to move back in at the end of the summer.
I certainly fell off the boat in terms of working out. I have a fine line where I work out because I want to and work out because I feel guilty if I don't. Obviously one of these things is healthy and the other is scary.... so I try to balance it as much as possible without killing myself.
As of late... I've really wanted to put some focus into my chicken wings. They are not as toned and lean as I'd like them to be... so that's going to change! I can totally do it.. I just need to refocus where I put my efforts in. Right now I am doing a lot of cardio and I need to throw in some arm stuff to really lean out.
I also need to stop eating delicious things like chocolate like it's a food group.
BWA HA.
Anyway. Everyday is a potential moment for a fresh start so... today... I woke up (after a semi awful night at work getting told by a customer that I was 'certainly not skinny') and decided to clean. That's a workout! While i was scrubbing my kitchen floors with pine-sol... i tried to focus a lot of weight into my arms. I think part of making a change comes from consciously thinking about that change. Today my shift at work is a pre-close.. which means I get to lift a whole shit ton of heavy stuff. So in the back room... i might do a few squats and lunges along with lifting coffee beans and flavoured syrups. Another essential ingredient to today being a success is avoiding that darn pastry case. I find it so hard at night to resist the flaky delights in there.... but i just have to remember that those little fiends are part of what hold me back and feed my inner comfort food monster... I need to DO things rather than fall into a comfortable space. That's the only way to truly grow.
So today... after I finish this blahrg... I am going to continue to clean my wee basement so that I adore it once again... then make myself something healthy and delicious for breaky... then WALK to work and get myself set up for a good day.
Mini goals.
- no pastries
- 10 squats, 10 lunges
- 2 60 second planks
- clean basement
- conscious focus on my arms
- walk to and from work (5km just like that!)
-A... aka.. the Pastry monster.
