Mom and I went to the local historical museum yesterday, and at one exhibit they had one of those old timey scales. For shits and giggles, I put my camera-laden bag on a bench and stepped onto the scale. Apparently, over the last month and a half, I have lost seven pounds. This brings my total weight loss so far to 25 pounds. Whereas that is a good, healthy chunk of weight gone from my body, I can't help but think of how heavy 25 pounds of anything is to carry around. And I probably have twice that much left to lose. No wonder I've been so miserable! Sad, but incredibly motivating. (Incidentally, I'm only 20 pounds away from my pre-Portland weight from seven years ago. I looked and felt pretty good back then.) I blew off my ab workout yesterday, but when we got home from the museum (and photographing pelicans at the pier), I threw on my workout clothes and got down to business.
Today, Mom and I are going swimming at her cousin's condo, which is about 10 minutes away from here, but not before I get my Heinz pasta sauce and do some weight training. It's really awkward, though. If I could find someplace that sells used exercise equipment (i.e. hand weights), I might buy a pair and bequeath them to my friend before I fly back home in a couple of weeks. I want to progress in my strength training, not stall. Again, I guess I should remember that something is better than nothing.
The Self Challenge starts at the end of next month, and that is going to help immensely. It is the main reason I've lost so much weight over the last two years, so I'm really excited to get going with that again. And funnily enough, you know how I have the goal of running eight miles on August 8th? I recently found out that that is the day the summer Olympics start! I freakin' love the Olympics! So that's a happy coincidence.
My abs are a bit sore today, which is good, though I had no soreness after my strength training on Monday. Bleh. I need real weights! Ok. Time to get going.
Cheers!
Today, Mom and I are going swimming at her cousin's condo, which is about 10 minutes away from here, but not before I get my Heinz pasta sauce and do some weight training. It's really awkward, though. If I could find someplace that sells used exercise equipment (i.e. hand weights), I might buy a pair and bequeath them to my friend before I fly back home in a couple of weeks. I want to progress in my strength training, not stall. Again, I guess I should remember that something is better than nothing.
The Self Challenge starts at the end of next month, and that is going to help immensely. It is the main reason I've lost so much weight over the last two years, so I'm really excited to get going with that again. And funnily enough, you know how I have the goal of running eight miles on August 8th? I recently found out that that is the day the summer Olympics start! I freakin' love the Olympics! So that's a happy coincidence.
My abs are a bit sore today, which is good, though I had no soreness after my strength training on Monday. Bleh. I need real weights! Ok. Time to get going.
Cheers!
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3 comments:
well done on the weight loss! that's ace.
you going to upload the pelican pictures?
i completely forgot about the olympics. now i'm excited too. i love watching the triathalon and the hockey. the water polo is good too, but alarming -- i've seen underwater footage and that game is brutal. lots of kicking and tool-grabbing.
greco-roman wrestling cracks me up because i have no idea what's going on and i'm not sure anyone does.
Thank you, thank you! Unfortunately, I can't upload the pelicans because I shot them with film. I'm thinking about picking up a cheap digital while I'm here, though. As much as I love my Holga, I can't really afford to use it if I want to get pictures of everything I'm doing out here.
Normally, I prefer the Winter Olympics because I love figure skating. It fascinates me. And the skiing, snowboarding, etc. I like to live vicariously through these people. The Summer Olympics are fun because I love the high dive. I have to say, I'm pretty intrigued about this water polo...
Glad you're back abloggin'!! Congrats on the weight loss and continuing to work out while you're away from home.
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