brokehervows:

Like I don’t have a gym to go to and its bothering me so much.

Nah, I legit went through withdrawls when I couldn’t get the the gym due to work. Kinda backslid into my depressive state, but that was when I realized I probably wouldn’t have time to go for a month also! (Seriously, almost 30 days without a day off, averaging out at 10 hour days + moving apartments. Yuck!)

That was when I realized working out is my version of anti depression/anxiety medication. Luckily, the job I was doing involved a lot of running around and maintenance and carrying boxes, so when I kept losing weight, I was able to shake myself out of it and focus on what mattered (the job).

But if you can’t make it to a gym, videos are great. I got the 30 day shred, and while I didn’t start it in earnest yet, it tied me over until I could get back to the gym on a regular basis. 

I’ve decide every time I drop a pound, I’m going to put $20 into a clothing savings fund. When I reach my goal weight (135) I will have saved $700 for a shopping spree as a reward for all my work. Next check I’ll have to start it off, I’m due to put in $260 if I count from my starting high weight of 170 (which is when I realized I couldn’t eat/not exercise the way I had been for years.)

I hope to make it to there by my birthday (July 25th), but if I don’t, NO CHEATING, I’ll just have to wait for my presents to myself. 

Work has ramped up so hardcore. I was overwhelmed last week, and it sucked, but I managed to turn it around this week and get everything done for opening.

I went from a very sedentary work environment (when hiring and interviewing people this spring) to a reaaally physically active environment (setting up stands for opening, moving boxes of frames from one building to another… like… a lot, painting buildings..) so that even though I haven’t made it to the gym in 2 weeks (one ofthe reasons last week suuuucked. Made me sad) the pounds are shedding off like crazy. It’s cause I’ve been active all day long and it really made me have to plan out my meals better. Even though some days were  vending machine lunches (peanuts, chips or poptarts) at least when I went to Wawa I opted for salad, yogurt or fruit. So all in all, not a bad week. 

It took me forever to go down past 160 for real (without bouncing back over it a day later) and now my low point is 158. :) I’m going to set up a savings account just for clothing when I reach my goal weight of 135. Hopefully I can make it there by my birthday at the end of July. I mean, I was 170 in January (my high weight), and realistically it’s just under 1.5 lbs a week, so… ya know. Possible.

I’ve finally dropped down to my lowest weight pont (161.2). I’ve been yoyoing up and down 4 or 5 lbs, but now that my time of the month is over, I think I got rid of the bloat. Excited for this month, moving into a new apartment that is 3 minutes instead of 10 minutes from my gym. 

Also, work is getting to the physical labor of setting up stands part, so even in my work time, I’m getting more exercise than my usual computer bound self of the past 2 months. More lifting, moving, walking and full time standing awaits me through april. This’ll be so much better.