Last week was just as exhausting as I ever imagined. By Thursday night, I was definitely ready to let loose, and accomplished this by the usual night at Maloney's. I'm not gonna lie: I'm totally over Maloney's, but there really isn't much else to do in Westwood as far as going out is concerned. Also, I'm not looking forward to getting my midterm grades back... don't think I did very well in biochem or cardiovascular physiology, but at least I aced my nutrition one.
Speaking of nutrition, for our class, we have to go in and get our body compositions measured. I got mine done this morning, and let's just say it was definitely NOT the way to start out my week. Turns out, I have a high enough body fat percentage to put me in the obese category. Yikes, I was expecting it to be bad, but not THAT bad. J, S and I have been dieting and exercising since the beginning of this quarter in order to slim down for our spring break cabo trip and I have already lost about 9 pounds. I can't even imagine what my body composition would have said if I hadn't been losing weight for five weeks. Well, at least the three of us are doing really well, and I am actually really proud of myself for being so disciplined. I originally wanted to lose about 20 pounds overall, but the nutrition center put my target weight much lower than my original goal, so now I am shooting for about a 30 pound overall loss. Sounds daunting, but I am already 30% there, right?
And don't worry, we are doing this all the healthy way. I'm not starving myself by any means. I'm just eating healthier, cutting the crap out of my diet, and exercising as much as I should have been all along. I am really excited for our final results and our trip! And at least I don't have to worry about it falling through since everything is already booked! This week, the group that is going to Cabo (J and I don't know S's friends yet) is going out to a gay bar in Weho, which I am very excited about. I have always wanted to go to one and it sounds like we will have a fun little group. Another thing I can check off my "To Do Before I Graduate" list!
This upcoming weekend, some girls and I were planning on going to the Grand Canyon on a road trip, but unfortunately that fell through. So looks like I am going to have to find something else to keep me busy. Maybe I can check off a few things on my "To Do Before I Graduate" list! What does this list consist of? Well, it might be a good idea for me to come up with a solid one haha.
Congrats on working your way toward being healthier. I've actually wondered myself if I need to do something like you did to get my butt back in shape, because though I can acknowledge that for one reason or another my body has been kind to me and managed to maintain a slim-looking figure, my eating and exercising habits are rather poor. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that I also have an alarming body fat percentile score. Good for you for having the motivation and work ethic to keep your plan moving; lord knows I haven't been able to do anything like that.
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