I had a fantastic week in Vegas. A week that told me that despite things that try to hold me back, that I am amazing. I am valued, I am loved, I have something to contribute, and I am attractive--personality-wise and physically. I feel so energized, and, I feel like I need to do as much as I can to be the best me possible. That means I want to be the best supervisor, friend, and best personal me I can be. I want to have the best options, and I want to have the best relationships. I've been working on honing in on how I can be the best person possible at work and outside of work. I have goals for work, and I'm definitely going to be discussing those with my supervisor. Outside of work, my ultimate goal, is to be healthier.
I want to be a good example to the kids I teach and mentor. We talk about academic excellence, good citizenship, and healthy lifestyles--and I want to be an example in all of those arenas. Healthy lifestyles is one that will benefit me in so many ways. I miss running. I miss that energy I felt. I miss feeling toned. I miss the pride in my body and reaching my goals. I miss it all--and I don't want to miss out on losing weight and being healthy because as I get older, my body is going to be less resilient.
So, starting tomorrow, couchto5k training commences. I will finish by the time I go to Hawaii. I will have completed ALL of the weeks, and done all of the runs I'm supposed to. If I have to redo a week that's fine, as long as I'm running 3 days a week. By this weekend, I'm going to buy groceries, and not eat out so much. I want to strength train 2 days a week as well with my JM video. One day a week, I want to throw in some kind of other exercise--whether it's yoga, another video, biking, ymca playing, etc. I will bring my water bottles into work, and I will get my tracking back in place.
I'm done. So done with being lazy and less that what I know I can be. I'm done being chubby. I'm done with my flabby tummy. I'm done with my sore back. I'm done with steps backwards instead of forwards. I done with the unhealthy eating. I'm done. So. so. so. done. Body, life, I'm taking you back.
