It’s been decided. April is total fitness month! I was hoping to have my senior project done so I could use my program to monitor my nutritional intake, but I’ll keep track until it’s done. I practiced with my raw month and lost a lot of fat on my body. I was finally losing that stomach that I’ve always had. Then when March came around I slowly went off of it and gained 5 lbs back. I’m not really concerned with weight loss or numbers so much, as total health.
I’m going to keep track of calories, fat, protein, etc, and then plan to work out 5 days a week (hopefully). I’m also going to focus on taking my vitamins EVERYDAY, along with fish oil. I’m going to stick with 85% raw.
I’m thinking I will mostly follow some of the exercise onDemand programs I have through comcast. I also have tons of recommended exercises I’ve found online.
Problems I expect to occur:
-LAZINESS! This I think will be the most difficult, especially with the recent always tired/lyme/mono scare. I’ve barely had energy to eat and shower, working out will be a challenge.
-Saying NO to the vending machine. Sometimes at the lab or in between classes I hit the vending machine…it’s right in between my two classes and if I’m hungry I stop.
Ways to overcome the anticipated problems:
-Bring snacks to class. Bring bananas or peanuts if I have to.
-Plan out meals and have food available!
-Do anything to workout…even if it means crunches and push ups before bed (my most likely form of exercise).
I’ve taken some pictures of some of my raw foods I’ve made, and I will post them soon. I’m also going to take measurements again on April 1st (or March 31st).
What I want to accomplish
Hopefully this will push me to continue to write (one of my potential goals), as well as continue to be healthier. I think feeling healthier will give me motivation and confidence in my job search, and I might just have a beach body by summer =).
Question: I have a friend who just found out she has lyme’s – do you know of any groups I can link her to that might be helpful? Many thanks!
*hugs*
Many thanks, I know it would ease her mind a bit to have something other than her doctor’s words to peruse.
Happy Thursday-eve!
thankee! i’ve linked it to her =*)
hugs!
Hey! Sorry it’s taken so long to respond. I’m so sorry to hear about your friend. I’ve been soo pooped lately I haven’t been on LJ in forever. There is a lot of great info out there, but there’s also a lot of crap and people who swear they have it and are basically pretty nutty. I know I have a letter that was written to friends and family of a Lyme patient that’s great for describing to other people what it’s like. I’m going to try to find it tomorrow and I’ll send it to you.
Again, sorry it took so long to get back. I hope everything will be okay for your friend. I’ll find some of the stuff I think is really good and let you know.
Sorry it’s taken a while again. I made a journal entry you can direct her to, or email, or take bits and pieces haha. Lymenet.org is a great website with a lot of info and support on the message boards and stuff.
If I can be of any help just let me know. I hope your friend is doing alright.