My Goals

So as summer quickly approached and I anticipated the thought of having 2 whole months off, I set a lot of goals and things that I wanted to accomplish this summer. So far I have only been working on one of those goals. Weight loss and healthy me. I cannot even believe how much effort and thought is going toward this goal! I am so excited and happy to finally feel like I am getting back to "myself". You see, with all of the cancer stuff and things that have happened with my health in the past two years, I sort of lost focus on who I wanted to be and what I wanted to achieve in life. It kind of became more of a "let's kick this stuff out of me" mindset. Not a bad mindset to have when diagnosed with cancer...but it was all that consumed me. I had anxiety, I thought something was ALWAYS going to be wrong with me. Well now that I feel settled into my teaching job, our apartment is FINALLY big enough for the two of us (no more 1 bedroom nonsense) and our wedding planning is well underway, I am finally starting to get a sense of normalcy to my life again. Gone are the days of blood draws every two weeks, calcium concerns, doctors visits, ultra sounds, and body scans. Don't get me wrong, I still have to do those things every year to make sure all is well, but its not so frequent and fresh on my mind all of the time.

So here I am halfway through week three of my fitness journey. Way back in May, I set it in my mind that I was going to get a trainer, and I was going to lose 20 pounds by the wedding. That is it. That is all I want. Luckily, my parents really good friend has a son who is a personal trainer. He does freelance and will meet you at any gym to help you. He also helps with the nutrition thing, and he lays things right out there for you. Easy right? It actually has not been as bad as I thought it was going to be. We meet twice a week to do heavy weight lifting (he kills me every time) and then I have to do cardio on my own. *his plan of course. He also set a limit on my calories, protein, fat and carbs. So far it seems to be working. I can't believe all of the junk I was eating before, and how many calories I was truly consuming! I mean I did have a slight addiction to fast food and bar food, but seriously I think I was consuming about 3,500 calories a day. SO BAD!

 I absolutely LOVE going to the gym now! I have always been a people watcher and loved going to Starbucks (Ahem-300 calories in my ONE drink I used to get 4x a week!) to watch people and just hang out. Well now, I sit and literally do 45 minutes of cardio just so I can watch people! The gym is the best place! Plus I have to wait for Matt to finish his workouts so it works out for me to do that much cardio. This coming from the girl that used to do 15mins and be done. I am enjoying this journey so far, and have found a new way to people watch. People are so funny at the gym. I saw a guy making lion noises to pump himself up. Ummmm OK?!?! I also love watching those girls that think they are all that, yet they are only lifting like 5lbs and just trying to look pretty. Hmmm hardly a work out ladies.

Well, so far in my third week of this, I have lost 7 pounds. only 13 more to go to reach my short term goal of 20 pounds. Ultimately I would like to lose 50 pounds. I know I will get there if I stay on this path and say no to those foods that were making me fat! I also got really really really cute new gym shoes. They kind of keep me motivated :)

As for my other goals this summer? I want to plan for my new grade. I want to get everything organized for school. I want to organize our closet and office. We also have a couple of trips this summer. I know I need to enjoy the summer and not think about school, but I can't help but get excited for my classroom and my second year of teaching :). I will update more about the summer and our trips soon! Thanks for reading and for all of the support on this fitness journey in 115* weather!