Happy new year! (Day 1)

So anyone who knows me knows I like to do what "I" want to do...not what anyone tells me to do, or what the crowd wants to do...even if something's a good idea, and good for me, I can tend to wait 5 minutes & then decide to do it because "I" wanted to.  Dumb...I know I have control issues, and maturity issues, and apparently problems with authority. :)  I like to call it being spunky & independent. (cue eye roll)

Case in point?  During our first year of dating, Jeremy & I were out with friends & had been drinking quite a bit.  We all were loading into a car getting ready to leave, while someone was waiting for our parking space.  I was concentrating more on talking to someone than I was on getting in the car, and apparently was taking my sweet time.  Jeremy tried to get my attention, "Get in the car!!"  Instead of getting in, I laughed & said "Are you telling me what to do?"  and he of course said "YES! Get in the CAR!"  I paused briefly & decided to get in, & while tripping over myself I mumbled "ok, but i'm getting in because I want to, not because you're telling me to..."

Ok, so enough rambling.  So I know I need to get in shape...and I know I've said I was going to in the past...and we all know how that turned out...so I waited for all the other new year's peeps to get in the gym & give up on their resolutions so i would have plenty of space to see how I liked getting back on the wagon.  I'm not pledging to run a marathon, a half marathon, or even a 5k.  I'm not saying how many pounds I want to lose, or what size clothing I want to wear at the end of it. 

However...last summer my friend mary & I made a decision.  As we sat drinking our beverages on a raft in a river in the ozarks, watching a skinny little thing wearing a black bikini float by, enjoying that we had finally gotten to an age where we were comfortable with our bodies (um, yeah right)...we decided that next year we would be the ones in the black bikinis...and no, not THOSE girls who think it's a right instead of a priviledge.

So...there it is.  I want to look better in my bathing suit.  Pretty vain...but I also want to be healthier, take fewer medications, be firmly ON the wagon, maybe driving it, by the time I start nursing school in august.  Once that starts if i dont have the health habits firmly going, there won't be any time or mental capacity to start. Classes for the spring semester start this week, so my pledge is to streak through my spring semester.  Ha - NO nakie pictures.  Sorry kids.  I pledge to do something every day, whether it be yoga, running, whatevs, until the end of this semester.  We're talking early to mid-May...this is doable.  I'm thinking of it like a 3rd class i'm taking this semester, and the homework is to keep the motivation rolling.  The end result is to have enough motivation that it has become a way of life, so that i have a snowball's chance in heck of staying sane/healthy through the next year of books and clinicals and stress.

With that said, without further ado....

DAY 1!!
Starting weight = 185 lbs (gah! please dont judge me...)
Starting measurements:
     Chest - 41"
     R. Arm - 11 3/4"
     L. Arm - 11 1/2"
     Waist - 40"
     Hips - 45"
     R. Thigh - 21"
     L. Thigh - 21"

My streak starter:
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (is that 1%? dunno...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of around 3.4
30 min was a slow jog at 4.7
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles...huh. that's farther than i thought i could go...but it was a comfortable effort & I didnt want to overdo things on my first day.  Would be embarrassing to puke all over the fancy treadmill in front of the gym rats regulars.

What I ate today:
Breakfast - Smoothie made of 2 pears, 1/2c blackberries, 1/2c blueberries, 1c skim milk, 3/4c lowfat vanilla yogurt.
Snack - 12 oz can of low sodium V8
Lunch - an orange & leftover chicken/artichoke/gorgonzola/mushroom pizza from Waldo pizza, 2 pieces.  (I know...but you cant let that stuff go to waste!!).  Also 28 oz of ice water.
Snack - mozzarella string cheese
Dinner - chicken breast, spring mix salad, 2 Tbsp caesar dressing & maybe 2 Tbsp shredded italian mix cheese.  Also 2 -12 oz diet cokes.  Which i justify b/c i was parched, and didnt have any sweets all day...usually I have a 32oz diet dr pepper every day, so I'm still down 8 oz, right? :D Right.  Tomorrow will be better.
Snack - Hot tea, and a 100 calorie pack of light microwave kettle corn. (maybe on the kettle corn...as of the writing of this post i havent made it yet, and might just go to bed early instead)    

So, just day one, but I'll take it.  Not a bad start.
Day two?  Stay tuned.........