It’s all up to me

Today is the first day of my high-powered, ultra-focused summer plan and I am psyched! You would think that calories burned would equal calories burned, but for some reason I see the greatest physical change around my hips when I’m using cardio equipment vs. Turbo Jam or another at-home workout. This really was proven to me last week when we were in the crazy phase and I didn’t make it to the gym. I worked out every day at home but it wasn’t my treadclimber/elliptical routine from the gym. Today, the shelf around my hips is back and instead of having an hourglass shape (granted, a big hourglass but hourglass nonetheless) I have lumps on my butt.

Kyle slept until 6:00 which is great b/c Justin was up a couple of times last night. It’s amazing what a difference it makes to wake up when the sun is already up. I have seen way too many sunrises this past year. I know they’re supposed to be beautiful but I’m glad I’m no longer getting up at 4:00 am on a regular basis.

The plan was to go fishing this morning, take Kyle to therapy this afternoon and then hit the gym after that. I had to scrap the gym plan already b/c a friend of mine was coming over to pick up a saw we no longer use and my hubby doesn’t know him so he wanted me to stay as a social buffer. I would have had Ben come over a different time but we want it gone today or tomorrow to make room in the garage so I didn’t think I could be picky. Instead of going to the gym I did the TJ Cardio party in the basement. Combine that w/all of the walking we did w/fishing this morning and I earned my star

It’s so much nicer to eat lunch at home instead of cramming it in my face at my desk at school at lightning speed. I was able to slice up tomatoes to add to my regular wrap, add cottage cheese and a couple of green peppers. I’m sure there will be challenging food days this summer but I typically prefer to eat healthy foods and now I have the time to fix them.

I’m going to stick w/the daily weigh-ins that I tried last week. I expect small fluctuations so I don’t think going up a bit will get me upset and if I make an unhealthy choice I’ll be able to see the result the next day. This morning I was at 232.5 (lots of sodium-rich foods yesterday) and I can’t wait to see it go down tomorrow.

Progress toward workout goal: 35/300