Today's Meals and Workout

Meals of today:

Breakfast

• scrambled eggs: one egg, one egg white, pepper
• pineapple chunks
• clementine

Lunch

• spinach with balsamic vinaigrette, Parmesan cheese
• grilled shrimp

Dinner

• chicken sandwich (from Cookout- my splurge of the day)

Snacks

• clementine
• Dark chocolate covered pomegranate (a MUST-BUY after trying them at a friend's house)

Workout of the Day:

• 45 minutes on the elliptical, varying intensities and speeds based on the song.
• 15 minute mile cool down on the FREAKING COOL new treadmills at GCC!

• 3 reps of 21 arm curls on each arm- 7.5 lbs
• 3 reps of 10 tricep curls on each arm

Super motivating to have new running shoes to work out in AND brand-new equipment! The health gods were shining down on me today FA SHO.

Goals

I figured this was a pretty solid way to officially start off my first blog post. You can't really start a journey without goals!

As a super important person in my life recently reminded me, I'm a very goal oriented person. I constantly need to be motivated by something. Monthly sales goals at work are a stronger driving force than the paychecks I make.

BUT back to the point. These goals aren't all health related. It's super important- I think- to have varying time lengths for your goals. So, after all that here are mine:

SHORT-TERM:

• lose 5 more pounds by the time I go back to school January 5.
• start saving money so that I'm not broke for the last 14 days of each pay period.

SEMESTER-LONG:

• work out/exercise/be active for at least 45 minutes, 5 times a week.
• keep up with my school work so I'm not swamped around finals (a goal every semester.......let's make it happen!!)
• get my GPA up to JOMC standards

LONG-TERM:

• fit into a size 4 by July 27
• form healthy habits that become second nature
• start working out longer and longer each week that passes
• graduate in May 2014
• find a real world job

Now is when I have to figure out how to make all these happen. Prioritizing my goals like this should help from day-to-da decisions like "should I go to cinco?" to more significant decisions like "which of these internships should I pick?"



Happy Friday, everyone!