Welp...

So, I've been doing this running thing for a week now. So far it's going alright. I haven't lost a whole lot of weight...maybe 1.5-2 lbs...but that's healthy. I feel like I've toned up some. My mom says she can tell around my waste area : )

In other news, the Mike thing... Well, we're not official yet, but that's going to have to be okay. I do care about him a lot, and I have no intentions of finding someone else to hang out with. I really like him, and I can see this going somewhere. Tomorrow I think we're going to go see The Time Traveler's Wife : ) And, I think he's going as my date to Nick & Mindi's wedding reception <3

Well...

Never thought I'd be saying this, but I am actually enjoying running. I did week 1 of the program. Worked out 4 days this week, and it was therapeutic.

Alright

Well, today I did the whole workout thing again : ) It went fairly smooth. I actually enjoyed it. Hoping I can stay motivated and stick to the program : )

In other news I got to hang out with Mike last night and today : )

Other than that, I'm getting ready for work right now and hoping to make the big $. Well...$60-$70 would be nice...

First one down

Alright, well I just got done with my first workout. It actually wasn't as bad as what I thought it would be. Basically I am supposed to do three of them this week. For the workout you start out with a brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. After that you alternate a minute of jogging and 90 seconds of walking, for 20 minutes. That makes the workout 25 minutes long. I know it says to do these workouts three times a week, but depending on how I feel tomorrow, I might try and do four of them this week. For the training tips it says that if you feel that the workouts are progressing too quickly week to week, so slow it down a little. I hope I don't have to, but let's be honest, I have let myself get out of shape.

Next week the workout changes slightly. It will start out with a brisk 5 minute warm-up walk, just like the week one workout. But then you alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for 20 minutes.

On another note, I've been trying to cut down on drinking. For awhile I was drinking every night of the week. Last week I drank 3 nights. This week I'm hoping to keep it to 2 nights, if any.

Making Some Changes

Well, the time has come to make some changes. I've been feeling sort of guilty the past year or so, as I haven't been in school and have basically just been partying and waiting tables. I'm 22, and I feel like I'm not headed anywhere fast in life. My five year reunion is coming up in the spring, and I don't really feel like showing up with the life I have right now.

I do have an Associate's Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management at least. But I'm growing weary of the restaurant industry sort of. The place I'm at now has been my comfort zone for a little over four years now. I feel I'm a great server, and I am very popular with the regulars, but it's not the place I would like to work at much longer, let alone try to move up in.

This week my goal is to apply at hotels around town. I would like to try that end of the industry. I feel like my skills and work ethic would take me better places in hotels. Also, I'm not opposed to the long hours, but I think they would be slightly less stressful than a restaurant's hours.

...So that pretty much wraps up my career rant/revelation...

Now onto another area in my life. My lack of exercise. I used to work out a lot in highschool. I was always obsessed with weight loss and ALWAYS thought I was overweight. Now I would kill to be at that weight. I always bounced between 140-150 then. Within the past few years of alternating Weight Watchers and getting lazy I have ended up at...183. WOAH. While it could always be worse, I never thought it'd get to this point. So, what am I thinking I'm going to do?

I'm going to start a 9 week 5K running program.

I've had a lot of stuff on my mind, most of which is related to me stressing about my weight. I think running, or really any kind of workout would be thereapeutic and good for me...REALLY GOOD FOR ME. So, with the aid of google, and some motivation I will be doing the first workout today. I'm hoping it goes alright. Whenever I start working out I always get impatient, and this time I CANNOT let myself get like that!

Well, off to start the day : )