Back to the Grind

Last week did not go as planned health-wise.
I've started to make this week a better one, though!

I made this "motivation wall" on a magnet white board to keep on my fridge. (It smudged pretty
badly pretty quickly, unfortunately.)

Today I started a workout routine that has a workout for each day. It starts with the "Starter" level and moves through Levels 1, 2, and 3. I'm hoping that having small steps to improve each day will help me stay motivated to get moving.

I also started reading a book about yoga because I would like to start working on it. Someday I would like to start going to classes, but until I can, I'm going to learn what I can in order to do it on my own.

Hooray for learning new things!

Finally Starting a New Journey

For the past couple of years, I've been meaning to eat right and get active. I do a bunch of research to learn the best ways. I'm practically an expert.
Yet I've never been able to stick to a new "lifestyle." I truly enjoy working out, and healthy foods are appetizing.
For the longest time I told myself that I was too busy to get to the gym. I had assignments with deadlines. And after all, sleep is an important step to weight loss!
I'm now officially less busy than I've been since middle school. I can't use that excuse anymore, but I still find it hard to get going.
Today that will change. I'm not worrying too much about what food I eat- I'll eat what I want. I just won't let myself eat out as much as I use to.
I'm getting active. I'm planning on having some kind of workout at least three times a week, more when I feel up to it. The best part? My workouts can be just about anything active.
The weather is improving, so hopefully I'll be able to get out to walk, jog, ride my bike, or enjoy some other outdoor activity. Otherwise, cleaning my apartment and dancing around both count!

My first step along my journey is commit to this blog! I'll check in about once a week with an update of how it's going and what's motivating me at the moment.

Day 1 of my Journey:
I'm getting active TONIGHT. I've got some great music playing, and I can't wait to enjoy my empty apartment in order to dance like a lunatic!
My current motivation is imagining the faces of friends that I don't see very often when they see my new, fit body! (I guess that's one perk of being fairly secluded lately!)

If you want to join the journey with me, comment below. We can hold each other accountable!

A fresh start and Tea

I've attempted to have blogs before, but it never works out very well. I vow that I'm going to post every day. And when that doesn't happen, every week. In the end, my blog stays desolate and un-updated.
This time, I will have no schedule for how often I'll blog. There will be nothing specific that I have to blog about. I'll just post something whenever I have a thought that I feel is worth sharing.

The thought that made me decide to start blogging again?
I'm ready to live in a big-girl dwelling. Preferably a multi-bedroom house. I want to be able to decorate the different rooms, paint the walls, have throw pillows that bring everything in the room together. But mostly, I found some cool "Tea Station" things on Pinterest, and I want to have a place with a room that I can devote to tea drinking. I suppose it should be the same room as my library, since drinking tea and reading books go well together. I would just have to make sure that tea never gets spilled on my books!

Well anyway, thanks for reading. I may or may not post again soon- Time (and my thoughts) will tell!