Self-improvement summer is in full effect! I'm 100% focused on improving myself until Friday ( when I leave for Miami with Mr. Chris).
The plan: Diet, Exercise, and Organize
Diet: Ok, being a first year teacher was fun but it wrecked my diet. Basically I've cut out all refined carbs ( white rice, white bread, white pasta, and added sugar) and replaced them with 100% whole grain goodies, which I also limit. I've upped the veggies, stuck with lean protein, and cut back on my fruit intake.
" But how do you liiiive like thatttt?!?!1!!"
Easy, take today for instance: 2 cups of coffee and Plain non-fat yogurt + fruit for breakfast, Sun-dried tomato and goat cheese omlette with broccoli on side for lunch, and Lime Spice baked fish with black beans and a salad for dinner. Oh and red wine if I please...which I always please.
Things look good so far. 10 lbs and 2 inches down since March!
Exercise: Training for my half marathon took a hiatus. I got lazy. However it's back on in full force. Running 3 days a week and cross training with weights another 3 days. Things are looking good. Today's a running day so as soon as the sun goes down bring on the 4 miles!
Organize: K.O. my BTFF helped me with this one. My apartment has been stripped down, purged of the loads of trash, organized and slowly beautified. It's actually NICE being home now. I'm spending more time here, which of course means saving money...which is something I can never accomplish. I still need to hang more stuff on the walls and get some curtains but it's a HUGE improvement and all due to Katherine. Observe her brilliance:
Desk ( Previously filled with boxes):
Bedroom ( Work in Progress: Previously nothing on the walls and junk everywhere):
Closet ( Previously black hole to the gamma quadrant):
Why yes I DID make the hanging mirror myself. ( $3 flat mirror + $1 ribbion from craft store + pretty hanger I had + super glue). You can't see all the shoes and hats but trust me...they're there and they are organized!
The car is my next big project. Toxic Waste Dump on Wheels. I start tomorrow.
Aside from "The Plan" I'm also taking time to see some friends in H-town catch up on my reading, cook, lay out by the pool, and spend time with the kitties.
Izzy went to the vet yesterday and they had to sedate her. Which left her acting like a drunk kitty the rest of the day. Stumbling, falling down when she tried to turn around, spilling everything, and misjudging ALL distances...especially from the floor to the bed.
All in all self-improvement summer is off to a good start.
-HK
2 comments:
I LOVE your Reagan diploma on your desk! So when are you gonna come here and clean my apt and make it look as snazzy as yours? =p
Again, you need my BTFF Katherine. She's a saint!
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