The turtle will win the race!

The last few days have been a struggle with this process. I know to lose weight, it's all simple mathematics. Burn more calories than you take in = weight loss. Simple, right? For me, being disciplined is a struggle with my will. I know I need to get to the gym. Yet I'd rather sit around, or go do "fun" things. I got held accountable by the bff last night, and admitted that two days in a row I didn't make it happen. I recommitted myself to higher expectations for myself in working out, and got back into the gym this afternoon.

While in the gym, I'd rather do cardio than anything else. Today after I finished cardio and headed to the weights where I have to do some actually forcing of my will, I questioned myself as to why that is. What I found is that I dislike weight training because it's monotonous and often times, painful either in the moment or a day later. And so is this journey!! Gym routines, planning healthy meals, saying no to cravings, being disciplined at the grocery store: it's not exactly a barrel full of monkeys, you know? But the end result that I want is sooo desirable, it merits these daily sacrifices. In my senior portfolio in high school english, I made a cover page with this ancient asian quote: "There is no brilliant achievement without dull and determined effort." I don't think I could say it better than that.

Exercise: 2 miles on treadmill (1.5 miles jogged at 12 min mile pace, .5 mile walk) 100 crunches on fitness ball, 3 sets of 10 tricep dips, 3 sets of 10 girly pushups, 3 sets of 10 leg extensions (80 pounds, targetting front thighs), 3 sets of 10 Standing Calf weight machine (40 pounds, ouchies)

Eating: Breakfast~ Whole wheat english muffin with jelly, 1 banana, water Lunch ~ Turkey Wrap (Mustard, Lettuce, 2 slices of deli turkey, whole wheat wrap) Carrots with Hummus, water

Current Weight: 194.0