Makin' Changes!

After what's been nearly a 2 year hiatus from a healthy lifestyle, I'm back in the game!  I've decided that I'm ready to make a commitment to myself and to those people in my life.  It's time, and honestly, I'm tired of my fat ass not fitting in my pants anymore!  (Not to mention the flabby arms I let hang out of sleeveless shirts!)


So...this is what I'm committed to doing:

• working out for at least 30 minutes a day
• drinking a gallon of water a day
• logging my food on myfitnesspal.com (I love this site.  They also have an app for both android and iPhone)
• logging my runs on run keeper (also an app)
• eating healthier and choosing smarter snacks
• no extra salt or sugar
• finding ways to de-stress and keep my blood pressure at bay
• not work so long

Wait?  What's this about blood pressure?  Yeah, I know.  33 years old and I've been pre-hypertensive for the past year and a half.  (It's really high during the school year.  Gee, I have no idea why! *insert big ol' eye roll*)  I'm now on a mission to make sure I'm exercising more and not adding/eating so much salt.  I also have to find a way to de-stress myself.  I'm not sure if that's going to be doing yoga, deep breathing or cursing at this moment!  (I can only do two of those at school!)  

What about you?  What are you committed to doing to keep yourself healthy?

So, My Fiancé Has A Bike.

When we started dating two years ago,  man, we used to go everywhere on that thing.  By bike, I mean crotch rocket.  And by everywhere, I mean, EVERYWHERE.  Including a B&B that's about 3.5 hours away.  (No, it didn't take us that long to get there...but that long on a bike with only 1 stop and a backpack on my back filled with the essentials for the weekend.  YEAH, long ride!) 
 
When we met, we both were in pretty good shape.  In fact, I was in the best shape of my adult life.  I was down to 135, running almost every day or doing some sort of cardio like it was going out of style.  I watched what I ate.  I logged my calories on  myfitnesspal.com and was really in tune with my body. So, riding on the back of that bike, I didn't really feel like a big lard ass.  And at one point, when I saw this picture on the exhaust of his bike, I scoffed, then chuckled.  "I take it this is my warning to not be gaining any weight?"  Why, yes.  That is a picture that says, "No Fat Chicks".  Crude?  Yes.  Hilarious?  Perhaps at one time. (Cuz, let's face it, no one wants to see anyone's big ol' booty on the back of a crotch rocket--man or woman!)  But this is also what I come to expect from my man that also has a scantily clad woman on his helmet.  He's grown up a lot since he first bought his bike several years ago.  

You see...as these past two years have gone by, we both have gained weight, or as I like to call it, "Happy Fat".  Cooking, hanging out and just spending time together took a huge step to the forefront of our well being.  And well...our bodies have paid.

So, what's all this have to do with the motorcycle?  Oh yes.  Well, we rode a few times last year...and this year, not at all.  I'm feeling a little guilty looking at this plaque on his bike and thinking I still qualify for riding on the back.  So, it's a little form of motivation.  I LOVE riding, but I refuse to look like one of those chicks whose butt is too big for, what's a barely visible seat to begin with.  

Here's to losing weight and being fit.  Ride on!