An Update

So the diet hasn't quite materialized yet. Personal discipline is at its usual low.

I have been exercising nearly every day. This week, things got a bit off track. But I hope to put things back together tomorrow morning.

I've got a ton more I could talk about, but I'm too bored with life and don't feel like discussing anything right now.

My weight loss (more importantly, fat loss) isn't going as well as last time. But exercising is good for me regardless of cosmetic reasons.

A Little Light in the Tunnel; A Bad Morning

Today was to mark the first day of my diet. Not surprisingly, the universe conspired to derail it. There was an incident this morning with a cockroach in my jewelry drawer and I ended up running so late that I didn't even think about grabbing my pre-prepared diet food. So, I'll eat healthy today and start the formal diet tomorrow. As far as the cockroach, let's never speak of it again.

In other news, I've been working out for three straight days. For the last few weeks, I haven't set foot in the gym and have been tired and cranky. It's a bad cycle of laziness. So, on Saturday, when I had no other responsibilities, I decided to start my exercise program. It was really not so bad, and on Sunday morning, I woke up at 8:30, before my alarm. So it looks like I'm going to start feeling better and having more energy. So yay for that.

It looks like, so far, on day three, my goals might actually be attainable. I guess I'll specify my goals for you guys a little later on.

An Obstacle

My roommate was supposed to leave town on Wednesday morning. This was to mark the beginning of my transformation.

I'd planned to lock myself down and really get my shit together. While she's gone, I'm going to live something of the monastic life for those three weeks or so.

I'm going to be at the gym every day, start eating healthy again and just basically bring back the discipline that I've been sorely lacking lately.

However, a few obstacles have appeared here at the beginning of my journey:

1.) Krysta won't be leaving until Thursday morning.

2.) My parents will be in town Wednesday night.

3.) I am going dancing Thursday night till late.

4.) I have no groceries at all.

So, it looks like I may have to wait until Friday night or Saturday to start getting my shit together. But nothing will stop me after that.

An Assessment of Progress

These were my New Year's Resolutions:

General
Don’t waste my days
Relaxing is fine, wasting is not.
Get back to New Orleans
My favorite place in the world, so why am I not there more often?

Financial
Get promoted
And truly deserve it. No sleeping with the boss(es) to get this one…
Buy a computer
With editing software. Next, take over the world!
Fix my car up nice
Cause it needs it. Bad.
Save at least 3,500 dollars
Oh where, oh where have my life savings gone?

Physical
Try new sports (and play MORE racquetball)
Gonna join a kickball league in March, dominate the racquetball court, and maybe take up basketball again.
Remember to take my vitamins
Exercise at least 3 times a week
I want to be able to run! . . . More than a block.
High fruit and vegetable intake
Because they’re good… and good for you!
Flat tummy, bigger butt, better wardrobe
Just a general summation of how I want to improve my looks in ’08.

Intellectual
Record my life more carefully
Books I read, movies I watch, random hilarious or thought provoking events. I love reading about it later.
Read 30 books (keep a list)
Français? Oui, s’il vous plait.
Parce que je voudrais apprendre plus français.
Learn to use a DV camera
This is, in the immediate future, to help me get promoted. In the distant future? Camerawoman on Ice Road Truckers, or the like.
Explore creativity more (guitar, drawing, writing)

Interpersonal
Keep in touch with friends, make new
Call my family more
My grandmothers are old. Every few weeks, my immediate family wonders whether I’m still alive.

This is how I've done so far:

Generally, I have been about 50/50 on wasting my days and I have not gotten back to New Orleans, yet. There are no plans in the works for me to do so.

Financially, I have not gotten a promoted, bought a computer (did buy a snowboard), fixed my car, or saved 3,500 dollars. I've saved 300. Maybe. And with plans to spend it frivolously ni the near future.

Physically, I missed the deadline for kickball, have not bought raquetball equipment, and found out that I now suck at basketball. I have forgotten to take my vitamins 99% of the time and, though I was very well behaved for about six weeks, recently I have not been eating many fruits or vegetables or working out. My stomach is still flabby, my butt is still tiny. Small success: I have been dressing better.

Intellectually, I have not been blogging diligently, nor keeping track of movies, books, and events. I am working towards my goal of thirty books, but have not been keeping a list (makes it kind of hard to know if I accomplish my goal). I have no expanded my French, learned to use a DV camera or really explored my creativity at all.

Personally, I have not spoken to my Grandmothers in months. I just recently saw my mother and father, though.


In a nutshell: I am SUCKING at keeping my resolutions.

A Definition

met·a·mor·pho·sis: 1.) a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism. 2.) a marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.