Heya wordpressers (is that a term?)!
I know I’ve been gone long, but blame work + working out + a mini vacation up north (to cool things off, of course, but the truth is often far from imagination… more on that later). Okay, so in the past two weeks, I’ve been working out diligently and have been rewarded with a 4 pound loss, and 3 inches lost overall. I’ve been alternating between a full-boy weight workout and running on every other day. I spent the entire last two weeks sore because man, those 35 pounds really rip your muscles (okay, so I use 25 pounds for most of my exercises, but I DO do my abs with 35 pounds! Sadly, that exercise has been tested defective because 2 weeks of working out has not eliminated my soft tummy ).
I was so psyched for working out, and it was working out so well… I am sad to report however, that after the laziness (and a sunburn I got from the beach this saturday), I have fallen off the wagon. The two days after I got the sunburn (a first for me, I don’t usually go outside without sunscreen, but alas, in the midst of all the buzz of the beach, I forgot >.<), I was really careful not to do anything to make it hurt more, so I slacked off on working out. Then, I didn't want to go out in the sun running, and now it's been 5 days, and I still haven't worked out . Without the soreness, I feel so fat. Somehow, being sore made me feel thinner and healthier, and I have to say, my pimples were vastly reduced! The special anti-acne soap helped too, I'm sure. Well, I am determined to get back on track and shimmy my way into those green-washed denim cut-offs I've had since 9th grade. I simply must! Aside from all the cosmetic stuff, working out really does make me feel better about myself; it somehow exudes a sense of healthiness, that eating right can only add too (I still have to get to that stage).
Apart from that, my life has been pretty boring lately. Work is getting tedious, and some days I fantasize about quitting – it would open up time to do so many more things I am interested in doing! But, alas, money is the enabler of all that I want to do, and work gives me money, so I stick around. I don’t know how people do their 9 to 5 jobs for like thirty years or so. The more I do it, less appealing it becomes. However, I must note, I don’t have a regular office job, I work in the food industry, which is laden with people who are too young or inexperienced to get other jobs, or don’t have the qualifications to get other jobs (I fit in the inexperienced category. You’d think a high school diploma would count for something T_T). Of course, the only reason I’m not quitting after summer ends is because I need to have continuity in my resume, and show that I can work for an employer on a long term basis. I don’t think I’ll do this job into next summer; I have doubts if I’ll do it till the end of the semester, to be honest, but we’ll see how it goes.
School’s coming up the week after, and I am oddly excited! I can’t wait to be back on campus, walking through the historical buildings, drinking my beloved Vanilla Bean Hot Chocolate from Second Cup (they just don’t make it like that at any other location. There’s only one Second Cup I know that has those particular chocolate flakes which I like to add to my drink, and therefore I refuse to have my hot chocolate anywhere else, under normal circumstances), seeing my friends, hitting the books (gives me something to do), and even riding the subway . I am determined to get an awesome GPA this year, work out, eat healthy, stay organized, and be on top of everything. I’ve already signed up for time management seminars, so hopefully that helps me. Ah! I’ve gone on for too long now. I’ll post my thoughts on an interesting article about the juvenile death sentence in the States in the next post.
Until then,
xoxo
-A
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