I spent New Years Eve in Seattle with a few friends. As we sat around, drinking champagne, we talked about resolutions. Not an uncommon discussion point. But then, we decided to do something different: we gave each other resolutions.
My friend Kira (one of five people to actually read this blog) gave me the resolution to keep up with My Sweaty T-shirt. It seemed like a pretty great resolution.
Haha, I am terrible at resolutions. Here it is a month later and this is the first post of 2016.
So, here is what I've been up to:
-I have made an effort to ellipticize more often. Seriously, an elliptical is my favorite workout.
-I have found a simple kettlebell routine that I like.
-I attempted yoga. I will do this again and write about it. It went hilariously.
-Yesterday, I tried a light weights circuit that I enjoyed.
-I have lost five pounds.
Now, I am very excited to have lost five pounds in the month. If I lose five pounds per month, I will lose sixty pounds this year. That would be quite the achievement. That's the sort of thing one could write into Men's Health about and have them write you up as a success story.
However, I looked at my Timehop yesterday. For those who don't know, Timehop shows you your social media posts on that day for as long as you've had, for instance, Facebook. So, I open it yesterday and two years ago, I announced that I had lost five pounds.
So, I'm good at losing five pounds, or at least pounds 250-245. Now, I have to push through more to continue the trend. I really, really don't want to be here a year from now being all ecstatic that I'm down to 245.
One thing that I'm doing now is keeping track of my food in take. That has had a big impact on my diet. For one, I don't drink as much alcohol. Not that I was putting back gin by the gallon, but I did enjoy happy hour. Now, I have a drink on the weekends.
Also, I haven't had any pop since January 3. I know this because that was the day we travelled home and it was a long stressful day and I drank a lot of Coke. Haven't touched pop since.
I'm also trying to eat more fruits and veggies. This has been a dietary goal for years. Smoothies help. Oh, smoothies. I will write an ode to my Nutribullet one day.
So, there is progress. Its progress I've made before. Now, its time to go further.
