"un-interesting"

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging very often it's not that I'm really all that busy, I just haven't been able to think of anything interesting to write about.

This semester has been fairly easy so far. I'm just waiting for things to start happening. I know it's going to be crazy in a few weeks, so I'm trying to enjoy my downtime.

I really haven't had much homework. The only thing I've really had to turn in was a resume/cover letter for my capstone course. My online class just got started last week. I have four quizzes to take before Feb. 8th and I haven't taken the first one, which isn't good because we are supposed to do one a week, so since I am being a slacker I'm going to have to do 2 this week. I am going to knuckle down tomorrow and just do it. I have one class, and it's supposed to be nasty out so I should have no excuses.

As far as working out/eating right goes I did really really well my first week and lost 2-3 pounds. However, last week and both weekends did not go well. I am going to try to get back into the right mindset because really that first week wasn't so bad. I drank nothing but water all week, and ate within my point range. And to tell you the truth, I could already see an improvement. My skin looked much better (because of all the water) and I just felt better.. kind of cleansed. I don't know why I stopped.. it's just really hard for me to do it at home, but yet I've been doing bad here again.. not near as bad as I was before break though..

I've also went to Zumba twice. (Tonight being my second night.) It was a lot more difficult tonight, but I think it went well. I'm just proud of myself for making it through it. I also joined the gym last week (on Thursday) and did the eliptical for 35 min. I am going to go tomorrow if I'm not completely sore from Zumba.

I really do like the Zumba class. I'm sure I look like a complete idiot trying to "dance". I have never been good at it.. I don't really care though. I enjoy trying to follow different dance moves though. The only songs that I knew that we danced to were "Save a horse ride a cowboy" and "Hips Don't Lie". If you ever have the chance to do Zumba, you should try it. It's fun and you don't even realize that you're exercising. The class I go to is free for students, and it's an hour long. It doesn't feel like an hour at all, even though it's a lot of hard work. I'm going to try to go every week.. it should get easier for me as long as I keep working out.

Now that I've rambled on about random stuff.. I think I'll go to bed so I can get up to work out or at least start on some homework. My room is also a disaster, so that will have to be added to the list.

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day 2 and random pictures

Of my diet that is. And so far it's going pretty well. I didn't realize how much I eat that I shouldn't. I feel completely satisfied. I'm sure it will get more difficult when I go back home because that seems to be the hardest place for me to keep track of everything. My roomie/cousin Chelsie is doing Weight Watchers with me which is really helpful. It always helps me to have someone doing it with me. I don't know why but it does.


I did Zumba yesterday. It was fun and challenging. We (my roomies and I) are planning on going every Monday. Except of course next week because the university is closed for MLK day. So we will have to wait until the week after. When I'm not doing Zumba I'm going to try to do the DVD that I have. It has 4 or 5 10 minute pilates workouts that work different parts of your body so I am planning to do 30 minutes on the eliptical and then come back and do one a different 10 minunte workout everyday. Hopefully I can keep up with it. It has to be better than doing nothing right?


Anyway. I am happy that I am finally in the right mindset to do this. I am excited about it and I'm ready to do what it takes for the first time in my life. I don't know why this seems to be so hard for me. I have no problem motivating myself in other parts of my life. It's just that this has been a struggle for my entire life and it's a difficult thing to do but I know I can do it.

Since I promised more pictures.. here they are! I revised these on Picnik just for fun.. but I think they turned out pretty cool. The last one is my favorite.