Back On The Horse

Been awhile...if you assumed that's because I fell off the wagon and then wallowed in self-pity, you'd be pretty much spot on.

But I got things back on track over the weekend and in fact just now I fought off a major Taco Bell craving, so, yay me!  And I'm 6 miles down and 94 to go on my 100 Mile Challenge!  Which means I have a heck of a lot of catching up to do, but I can do it!

I really don't have anything to say.  I just wanted to come here and do something to help me keep myself going.  And be accountable.  On that note: I had chineese buffet twice.  And I am sorry.

100 Mile Challenge

I know now that I want to start doing for-realz menu planning starting in August (because that's the first month after my college graduation on July 30).  I will track calories and plan ahead and it will be amazing, but in the meantime (as far as food goes) I'm just going to continue making reasonable decisions and never ever eating out.  Which I've been doing well so far, yay!  But I need something else to help me get my ass off the couch.  It's SO FREAKING HOT down here, I just never want to leave the apartment.  But I have to.  Because as of today, I hereby challenge myself to walk/jog 100 miles before August 1st! 

Wouldn't it be fantastic to be able to say, "Yeah, I did 100 miles in a month and a half.  I pretty much kick any ass that's in front of me."  Becuse to me, a woman who two years ago could not jog for more than ten seconds and then had to rest for two days, that would be amazing.  Not that I'm exactly a marathon runner now - I can usually not die after jogging about a third of a mile, but then I only need to walk for about that far again before I can resume jogging, and I can just keep doing that for like three miles.  I'm doing MUCH better, so I am VERY excited about this challenge! 

I'm gonna go find a tracker to put on my sidebar!  YAY!

Doors and Windows

I know I said that I was going to weigh myself once a month, but I got curious.  In eight days I have gained two pounds.

I started with the GYST Challenge because I am the type of person who likes to set up for something before getting started.  I'm all about doing the research first and things like that.  So I figured that getting into a regular sleep schedule and cleaning the pigsty and having school stuff out of the way would make a great start.  It turns out I don't have the luxury of doing weight loss the way I do other things.  For this, I have to just dive in.  Apparently I can't be trusted to just "wing it" on diet and exercise while I set everything up.  That is why I am replacing the GYST Challenge with a new one today. 

The new challenge has to do with food.  I'm calling it the Home-Cooked Challenge, and it is a long one.  I'm going to stay on it until I am in ONEderland.  That could take months, but I was thinking back on all the things I've eaten for the first eight days of June and I realized that I needed something strong and serious to get my eating habits in order.  The challenge is to never eat anything that I did not cook myself.  I eat out a lot, and I almost never make good choices when I do.  I will seriously go out at get half a dozen Krispy Kremes and eat them on the drive home and then hide the box.  It's a serious problem.  So from now until I'm under 200 lbs, I will only eat what I myself have cooked. 

Since the HCChallenge has an indefinite length, I figure I can have two challenges at the same time if I really want to.  I don't currently want to, but once I get used to all the cooking I probably will.  The only rule is, the secondary challenge has to have a time limit.  Only one massive indefinite challenge at a time. 

GYST Challenge Day 3

Yay, more X's in my chart!  It's pretty absurd how happy a chart can make me. 

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1	X	X	X
2	X	X	X
3	X	X	X
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GYST Challenge Day 1

Well, Day One of the GYST Challenge is over.  And I did all the things I was supposed to do!  I even managed to not make a train wreck out of the food today.  So I feel pretty good.  Except for this headache.  That part sucks.

But I get a chart!

Day	Wake	Clean	Work
1	X	X	X
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Thievery: A 21-Day Challenge

I got this idea from Andrew at http://waterballoonist.blogspot.com//.  They say it takes 21 days for something to become a habit.  Well, I need some new habits, so I'm going to issue myself (and anyone else who's listening) a challenge.  I'm calling this one the "Get Your Sh*t  Together" Challenge.  I don't know about you but my life is a mess.  I am so lazy.  I spend so many hours playing Sims, watching X-Files, and getting absolutely nothing done.  For the next 21 days, starting tomorrow, I want to get my act together.  But goals are just wishful words if they're not specific.  And measurable and attainable, while we're at it.  So here's what I mean, specifically:

1)  I will get up in the actual morning, not morning in the loose "morning is when you wake up" definition:   

	Wake
Mon	7
Tue	8
Wed	7
Thu	8
Fri	7
Sat	8
Sun	7

2)  I will clean something every day of the week.  I will keep up with the dishes every day and also add:

	Wake	Clean
Mon	7	Kitchen
Tue	8	Bathroom
Wed	7	Kitchen
Thu	8	Laundry
Fri	7	Bedroom
Sat	8	Kitchen
Sun	7	Living/Dining

3)  I need to actually do my job and my homework.  I think it's best to just schedule time in for that: 

	Wake	Clean	Work
Mon	7	Kitchen	9am-3pm
Tue	8	Bathroom	11am-3pm
Wed	7	Kitchen	9am-3pm
Thu	8	Laundry	11am-3pm
Fri	7	Bedroom	9am-3pm
Sat	8	Kitchen	----------
Sun	7	Living/Dining	----------

When this challenge is over, I will do another one.  It will involve either food or exercise, depending on which one needs the most help at that point.  

I think that this will probably be the hardest challenge for me.  I don't want to be a grown-up.  I never really got to be a kid, and now society is telling me I have lost my chance.  It makes me sad.  But I can't rebel by simply not doing the things all adults need to do.  That won't actually work, it won't get me my childhood back.  So it's time to face the facts and stop living in a dump.  Maybe I can schedule in some time to jump in some puddles.  That was probably the saddest sentence I've ever written.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to be a kid again, just for a little bit?  I need to know I can still at least visit the place.