Wow it's been a while!

It has been well over a month since I have last posted anything on this blog! I just a MacBook Pro and I cannot get off of this thing! So I figure I should use this to good use, and start blogging once again. It makes me feel ONE MILLION times better!

What has happened the past month in my life? I have discovered that I love my boyfriend more than anything else right now (except maybe my new computer at this present moment), I haven't seen my parents in a while, but I do not feel as obligated as I used to to run home and see them. I have also come to discover that I WILL be going out of the country in the Spring- hopefully to Spain. When that happens, I will absolutely be posting more and more things.

I have not worked out in probably a month, and while I know that it makes me feel so much better in my regular day to day life, I have not found the time or energy to do so...UNTIL THIS MORNING! I finally got up and popped in a work out DVD after eating 7 grain blueberry pancakes (which I should have taken a picture of!) and feel great! While it was only a 10 minute video, I feel a lot better after just 10 minutes and I am not motivated to take on my 2 case studies due by noon on Friday and get in shape for New Orleans in 25 days! I started a "diet" about a week ago, and things so far are going well. I still have my weaknesses for chocolate chip cookies and cake but I am definitely trying.

Anyways, that is all I have to write about right now, I cannot wait until summer classes are over (Thursday is the LAST DAY!) and then for the next 2 weeks, I will be working. As I read over this post, it sounds more like an e-mail to a friend I haven't talked to in a month....but I guess that is what this is supposed to be?? Who knows!

love and light (as danielle from RHWNJ says)- preetz

Backaches from the Yoga...

As much as I think that yoga is a great way to bring some peace of mind to yourself and stretch everything out...MY BACK MUSCLES ARE KILLING ME! I had no idea how much those poses would actually do for my muscles and I am actually so impressed that I got up, stretched out and did it again this morning. It was a nice way to kick off the morning and it only took me 10 minutes to do (thanks to Tony Horton's 10-Minute Trainer Videos).

Even though it seems that no body is reading this, I find it to be a nice way to get my thoughts out and to attempt to be creative with my writing. Perhaps if I added pictures people would actually stop on this and READ ME!

So this morning I woke up and did my yoga, popped in an Abs video and sat on my exercise ball instead of back on my couch. Tomorrow I am going on a 2-day fast (OH GOD!) because I will not be too busy Thursday and Friday. I can lay around my house and veg out, while not spending too much of my own energy (just thinking about it is making me STARVE!) It will also give me the chance to organize my life again and catch up on some movies, etc. At work for 4 more hours, gym, and then home finally to make some awesome fish with mango salsa and broccoli (yum).

love and laughter,

preetz

Yoga and Smoothies

Today was wonderful! Got up this morning and did Yoga (again, not really my thing) because the gym at school is closed and I forgot my tennis shoes at one of my jobs (that's right, I said ONE of my jobs...I have 3).

After the morning smoothie of mine, I got ready to got to my second job! I just started this morning and I am working part of a summer camp in the Eastside of Gainesville getting the kids interested in reading and having some fun with them too! I absolutely LOVED it! This is what I want to do with my life I think. Be in a place where kids can come and play and be safe and learn something also (without them knowing it of course :)

After that, it was time for errands, paperwork for another job (I am a temp at the bookstore on campus) and then FINALLY home to get some cleaning done.

Now with my apartment clean, I can finally focus again! Now to most people this would sound like the worst day ever, but it is showing me that I am back to my old self again. The hard-working girl that I once knew is back. I am not longer in a "self-pitying" position that I have been in since the Fall semester of last semester. Hopefully I can keep this up, and even though I am exhausted right now, I feel accomplished and that I had an INCREDIBLY productive day!

Time to read a little and then hit the sack! I cannot wait until the USA take on Argentina tomorrow! GO TEAM USA! (I also find it very ironic that IF we lose tomorrow, America will forget that soccer even exists as a sport and most will even deny it's place in the sporting world.)

Caffeine Withdrawal

I have done this many times in my lifetime. I start drinking soda, coffee, tea and anything else that has caffeine in it, and then when I want to stop I get the WORST headache of my entire life. I know that I should not quit cold turkey but I have trouble "weening" myself off of anything. I have been brewing green tea in the mornings usually which has a much lower caffeine count that coffee and regular black tea, but this morning I got off to a slow start (I hate those mornings!)

I was set to wake up at 7:30, but the alarm went off and I did NOT get up! So the next time my pair of eyes opened was at 9. I had a meeting at 10:30 and with my new sense of "I WANT TO WORKOUT ALL THE TIME" mentality, I got up, got a quick 10 minute total body workout, showered, barely ate anything and went on with my morning. Hense the missing of my morning caffeine and the worst headache I have had in a while. Now I am at work, sitting and staring at a computer screen waiting until I can get off work, hopefully get one of my temp jobs back and then go to the gym on campus to get my biking on.

That is all for now! Write more later tonight to tell how the rest of my headache ridden day went :

love and laughter,

preetz

Back to the Grind!

Time to get my routine back in check. Friday was great! Got up, went to the gym at 7 am, grabbed some coffee, hair cut, went home for the weekend. What a great weekend it was too! I had a great time with my parents and felt that my dad has changed his attitude a lot, which is a good thing for me and my current situations (which I will not let spill right now).

But now, I am back in the home of the Gators (with my new football tickets in hand) and on my week off from school, I have meetings, summer reading camp and work at the library to deal with this week. But, as said in a previous post, I have found my motivation again. I have even made goals for the week! Here they are:

CLEAN MY APARTMENT (and keep it that way)
Organize books/papers to make my portfolio
Workout 4-5 times this week (cardio and strength)

Those are it for the moment. I have LOTS of other things on my to-do list, but my goals are pretty set in stone. I have been re-inspired with my boyfriend hopefully coming in to town in T-minus 2 weeks.

That is all for now! Happy Fathers Day to any and all dad's out there. Thanks for being the person your children can rely on!

keep scrapping by, preetz

Let's try this again

Okay well, the past 2 weeks have been completely miserable for me. I have TRIED to stay on top of everything and on track, but it was completely unsuccessful. I even put my weight goal up on Facebook and it didn't seem to help! With the hunger pains, other girly pains and the pain from being sick...I totally lost it. But again, it is time to start a new. I have nothing but good for you foods in my fridge and am ready to try again. This is much tougher than I thought and have not had the motivation to do anything really in the past 2 weeks.Good thing my friends were down from Alabama this weekend or else I probably wouldn't have left the house (no I am NOT depressed!)

Anyways, I am also going to re-title this blog. It shouldn't be so much about me trying to "get fit" but instead of trying to be the person who I really am. I feel as though I have lost that somewhere in between junior year of high school and now, but with the help of the people around me, I think that I am finally back on the track to finding out who the heck I am!

I have found the motivation (who knows where it came from!) in order to take up 2 other jobs, FINALLY get on track when it comes to homework and studying, and am ready to hit the gym in full force again.

Short-Term Goals:

1. Find a routine that works and stick to it.
2. Put a portfolio together that I can use for interviews.

Long-Term Goals:

1. Lose 10 lbs (oh God help me).
2. Cook more.

These are to only get me started. Hopefully I will be unstoppable!

love and laughter, preetz

Day 4

I have not posted the last two days. For whatever reason, I am sick! Who gets sick in June in Florida?????? The only thing I can think of is I got sick from my elementary schoolers who I went to visit on Friday. I haven't seen them in 2 months and they have all of their kid-germs. Monday was a great day! I worked out HARD for about an hour and then at night, I went to an Adult Swim class at UF. We learned how to do the breaststroke. Going to these types of classes by myself is WAY out of the box for me. I usually wouldn't go BUT seeing that I am trying to make healthy changes, I thought I would give it a try. I have been eating just fine the past few days also. With the exception of last night of course. I did not get home until 9 from class and my roommate and I decided to go to Moe's and watch Glee. I got a Unanimous Decision (a vegetarian taco) with black beans, sour cream, guac and lots of jalapenos. That is what I live for! The taco itself is only about 170-190 calories, so in reality it wasn't a bad dinner at all! With being sick, I do not feel like eating AT ALL but I know I have to.

Other than that, everything is going great! My best friend is getting married in T-minus 4 months almost to the day! I have my bridesmaid dress and it fits as of now, but hopefully I will have to get it taken in :) I have decided to grow my hair out and I will not be giving up on this! I am very fickle about pretty much everything but this is about beginning to hold myself accountable. Here's to good health and the journey we take achieving it. Salutations!

Day 1=FAIL

I was doing SO WELL! And then everything went down the tube. I woke up this morning, had an apple, worked out, drank my morning coffee, cereal, cottage cheese, fake chick'n nuggets and broccoli and ended my day with a Gator baseball game (where we won of course). THEN the 3 girls I was with decided they were hungry, and I was also starving. Instead of going up to my apartment and not going with them...I chose to drive us all to Chili's for dinner. Terrible mistake! I had 4 tacos (mini ones with corn tortillas) at 11 at night. Tomorrow will be a better day because not only am I going to work out 2 times but I am now also broke after this weekend. Another GOOD reason to commit to becoming a healthier person. Goodnight!

The Commitment

Although I am far from being a great writer, I have decided to create a blog about my journey through getting in shape and finding out anything new about myself along the way. This is going to be tough, and regardless if anyone reads this or not, I need to keep myself accountable. So if you do read this and are interested in my "journey" LET ME KNOW so that I can continue forward...knowing that someone is reading this :)

Here is a little about myself...I am a student at The University of Florida (GO GATORS), am an avid Gator sports fan. I have a wonderful family and consider myself culturally diverse...being half Indian, having so many different kinds of friends and also a fantastic, Jamaican boyfriend! This being said, there are a lot of foods I should stay away from but, they are just too good!

So, here it is. Day 1- THE COMMITMENT. From this day onward, I will be doing the very best I can to commit to a healthy lifestyle. I will be starting with different challenges (need to figure out which ones first!), trying to keep to my anti-fast food, vegetarian thing that I have been trying to do since New Years, and exercising instead of sitting on the couch all day after I get out of class.

THE GOAL- My best friend is getting married in October and although it is HER day, I find this is a very good reason to start to really do this and make it count. More to come soon!