Excited :)

Tomorrow I'm going to start my routine all over again. I'm super excited to get back to focusing on me. There's been a lot of craziness going on around me, and I just want to step back from all the drama, and just...do me. I've been reading A LOT of books lately. I canceled my cable awhile ago, and I've been staying away from the internet long enough to get some actual brain to paper time :) It's been really enjoyable. I recently finished the book "Nappily Ever After" by Trisha Thomas and it was an easy read...and I actually identified a lot with it.

So, today, I'm going to focus on getting my house in order. Cause I know that I do not function well in a messy house...and considering that it's generally messy all the time...well..haha. I've been sick with a godawful cold since Wednesday, and I'm just now feeling that my nose is going to stop being simultaneously stuffed up and running (don't you hate it when it's BOTH?!?) My ear was so plugged up, that I couldn't even hear my loud bathroom fan running. Pretty sad eh? All unhappiness about being sick aside, I'm just glad it's not stomach or anxiety related. I'd rather have a cold any day that have that.

Anyway back to what I was saying. I'm going to clean my apartment, then I'm going to clean THE apartments--sweep, mop, vacuum, wipe down...all the lovely stuff. Then, I'm going to settle in with a new book...not sure what but I'm excited...and I'm going to sleep for at least 8 hours...if not 10 :)

Tomorrow is a new day, fresh, with no mistakes in it. Tomorrow, is the restart of my adventure. I lost almost 30lbs the last time I started on this adventure 6 months ago and I've ready to start losing again. Back to the basics with tracking my calories (blah), weighing in (ugh), exercising (yay?), and focusing on me. Yes. I've mentioned these goals before, but I want to be able to run a whole 5k by the start of the new school year (Sept 8th?) for those of you who are counting. Annnnnnnd--I want to be under 200. I haven't weighed myself in about a week or so, so we'll see if that amounts to 20 or 25lbs. I know I've gained a bit of weight with all the traveling and such, so we'll see what the damage is.

Ten weeks is what I have. And, to be honest, 25lbs in 10 weeks is a lot. So, I'm not going to sweat it if I don't reach that goal, but at the minimum, I want to be in the 20-'s. If that makes sense. Out of the teens :) If I can make it there, I will be a happy girl. But you all know how I like lofty goals!

Here's the plan to reach both goals:
Exercise--
M,W,F work out with my DDR/home video in the morning. Bust out 30 minutes of work out time.
T,R,S start the Couch to 5k program with week one. Do this after work, at the handy dandy lil track near Greenlake.
Sunday...the Sabbath. No working out...I'm keeping it holy ;)

Eating--
Eating out 1-3 times a week. Tops. And I mean it! I can eat out for lunch once a week, and can do dinner up to 2 times during the week. No mas.
Bringing lunch to the Club 4/5 days a week.

Cooking my own meals during the week. This can include sandwich making or eating pepperoni and carrots (a weird combination I know but I love it). Doesn't have to be a full scale meal, I just need to eat the food that I buy from the grocery store 5/7 days a week. At least.
Tracking, tracking, tracking. I need to get back on track with tracking my calories. A little cookie here, a couple of chips there, and I've gone over my calories. I'm getting back to tracking now.

Personal--Take a Class, find a book club, get more involved in a church, volunteer, restart game nights...
The possibilities are endless. I just want to do something that is stimulating and that I have fun with. I'm not picky (unless it's spending the night at a club or wasting money on booze...then no thank you), I just want to have a fun, sun filled, wonderfully fresh summer.

So that's the plan people. And...I need your help. I need your help to stay motivated and to keep up with my goals. I am a pretty self-motivated person, but I need people, and I would love to have your support :)