I can't believe a week has gone by since my first post. I have to mention that my birthday was great. It lasted from Thursday until last night, Monday. I feel so blessed that so many people took part of their day to hang out with me. Linda, a friend of mine who along with my friend Mike, took me out to one of my favorite restaurants. They busted out with a red velvet cupcake that I love and sang me happy birthday. Right before I blew out the candle, Linda said to make a wish. We hear it all the time for our birthdays, but I feel it was the first time that I took the time to reflect and really think about what I want to wish for. I guess I can't say what I wished for, but I can say that I didn't take it for granted and that I was immediately overjoyed despues. So thank you everyone again for making my transition to 27 years old a great one to remember.
I haven't worn this dress-pant for years and I was bummed when it couldn't fit for my birthday.
This past week, I started working out again. The goal was to just get back into strength training and rehabilitating my knee from a previous injury. At the same time, I wanted to improve by average what I ate. I still ate my rice and at times I ate spam because I was broke and/or I couldn't think of a place to eat at 12 am. I did buy strawberries, kiwis, apples, bananas and ate at Subway a few times. So on average, I think I am heading to the right direction..
On Sunday I got my body fat test aka Body Composition Analysis. I usually do it about once a year to see where I am at. What they do is dunk you in a tank of water and from there, they measure your weight, weight of lean body mass, weight of body fat and the body fat percentage. I've had it done at a gym once or twice, but this place I go to is the purest form and the gold standard by which all other ways of measuring are compared to. It's fun and I think it's a great way to have a starting point to look back on in the future. So here it is..
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 154 lbs
Lean Lb: 125 lbs
Fat lb: 29 lbs!!!
Body Fat%- 19%
My condition is considered "Fair" about 1.5% away from "Poor." It's scary to see that I can be considered "Poor" for my height, weight, and age. It's another step closer to a future with acute coronary syndrome, a stroke, diabetes, and a trip to the ER. Just to think four years ago, when I used to run marathons, compete in road races as a cyclist and compete in triathlons, I was 142 with 9% body fat. I always thought I'd be like that, eating whatever I wanted. With all that, I definitely kicked my butt into the weights. I have a program now that I will be following to the best of my abilities. I believe it's much easier to hit the weights when you know exactly what you're going to do. Too many times I have been to the gym and worked out here and there, and wondering what next to do. It wastes too much time and I think there is also a lack of motivation.
Challenge of the night:
Tonight was the first night that I did not eat WHITE RICE for dinner, at home... It was ridiculously hard. I almost went across the street to the chinese restaurant just to buy some! Part of this new venture in life is to overcome all the temptations and bad habits that have made me so unhealthy. Even cleaning, I have such a hard time finishing my room. I start but I never finish. It's like I was motivated then I stopped because I didn't know how else to clean my room so I left it as it was and developed anxiety from quitting. That's right. I get anxiety when I quit. It's because I know in my head I shouldn't, but my body is telling me to just stop. I recently ran into a quote by Benjamin Franklin, "Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today." It's an instruction, but coming from an icon who invented many famous things, I think I'm going to take that into consideration. I hope I can one day stop being such a quitter. I believe quitting should only be done when it's smart, thought out and for good reason, not because of laziness. I am gonna slap the hell out of that quitter in me and call it my bitch.
Goals for now:
1. Be more thankful
2. Pray/meditate more
3. Eat healthier
4. Work out more
5. Quit less (however you want to look at that)
6. Stop being so judgmental and love more.
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