I think I'll start flooding this thing with daily updates. I think I stay on track better with (near) daily updates.
My goals are going to need to change based on my current schedule. It's got to go slower for me.
March goals: To at least work out for 30 minutes everyday with moderate activity, but preferably more intense activity. I'd like it to be an hour, but I don't see it happening on school days, so 30 minutes-1hr. If nothing else, I'll at least walk for a total of 30-40 minutes each day to and from school during my school days, but I'd like to pair that with dedicated activity.
To eat cleaner and healthier in the easiest and most convenient way possible, as I've gained a bit of weight that's caught up to me from my vacations in the winter months, and it's making me feel sluggish. I want to gain muscle weight, and it's impossible to gauge that without a starting timeframe and position. So my goal is to cut my weight down to about 120 lbs, even though I dislike this weight, because it'll give me a frame of reference for my muscle tone and build. I'll cut to 124 lbs(ish) this month, and the rest next month. I don't have a clear standard for this anymore as I am not calorie counting, but as long as I have clumps of foods in each meal I should be fine. Only fruits and vegetables for snacks, fruit with breakfast, vegetables with both lunch and dinner constituting over 50% of the meal's size. Limit breads, sugars, and saturated fats.
Yesterday:
Exercise: I tried out a new DVD system (The really, really corny Hip Hop Abs.. My mother wants to do this SOO badly, so we got it and tried it.) and while she has to return it because she bought the wrong thing, it was okay. It did do a lot of isolation moves and techniques, which was pretty good. I don't like everything about it, especially the lack of warm-ups and adequate cool downs, nor did I like that there was no pace for beginners/non-dancers, and I disliked that they were so short--20 minutes in length. It was also really, really corny. However, I did work up a bit of a sweat, and I did feel burning sensations in my muscles from the exercises, so I feel it was a decent workout that was rooted in classic aerobics. It did go very, very fast too. 20 minutes burned by in no time. It'd be a great supplemental to a cardio day, but I don't think you'll see amazing results in muscle tone and definition with this system alone.
Diet: I ate some fruit, pancakes, bacon, and milk and cranberry juice for breakfast, hummus and pita bread and cabbage salad for lunch, a green smoothie for a snack, and anchiote-marinaded chicken and dill basmati rice and spinach salad with a homemade dressing (olive oil, fig balsamic vinegar, and herbes de Provence) for dinner. I did, however, eat waaay too much for dinner. I think I could have been satisfied if I'd eaten the salad first instead of last--but I was way too excited about chicken. I snuck in more snacks than that, but I don't remember them now, I just remember they were definitely not healthy.
Today:
Exercise: I plan to burn through another quick 30 minute DVD session because of my test tomorrow, and I hope to remember my stretches before I fall asleep. I forgot last night and crashed hard. I did do my walking, as it's necessary for parking and getting to school.
Diet: So far it's been oatmeal and a banana for breakfast, 2 cups of green tea, dried fruit, olives, an orange, and a spinach salad for lunch, a green smoothie and some brown ale cheese, mustard, and chicken meat from last night for a snack, and probably leftovers for dinner... if we don't have any, then probably egg and chorizo tacos since I have all the ingredients already for those.
Considerations: I think I need food in my car that'll stay good in hot weather so that I can eat it on my way home from school so I'm not dying when I get home and destroy everything. A fig bar or energy bar or something like that. I need to be more consistent about grocery shopping too, and I need to organize my fridge so that my food is there and ready for me to grab. I did get new running shoes for work/working out, and they're great.
It doesn't help either that I have midterm exams beginning next Monday.
