Day 30 – I’m Working on a New Me…

Today is a good day even if I am a little tired and scatter-brained.  The only thing I actually accomplished on my ‘To Do List’ was my workout.  Oh.  I did manage to half-ass vacuum half the house.  I spent a good portion of the morning going through almost 3000 emails.  (Yes, three thousand!)  I still have about 2700 more to go.  This is what happens when you really do not check your email accounts very often.  Ha

Tomorrow is going to suck.  I have a dental appointment at 0800.  I typically do not go to couch (I do not sleep in my bed when my husband is gone) until at least 0200.  After I get off work at 2300, I need to go out and shovel the drive.  By the time I am finished, it will be close to midnight.  I will need to get up by 0500 so I can go out and shovel the drive again.

Currently, our local meteorologist is saying there is a strong Lake Effect Snow Band developing.  Unfortunately, where I live falls right into that area.  The good news about Lake Effect snow is that it is hit or miss.  I could be receiving three inches an hour, but someone on the next block over could be getting one inch or maybe nothing at all.  The bad news about Lake Effect snow is there is no real way to predict who will actually get what.  I am sure there are a lot of children doing the ‘Snow Dance’ so they can have a ‘Snow Day’ tomorrow!

The plus side to all the snow we are forecasted to receive between yesterday and Friday is I will be able to get another workout in!  Sure we have a snow blower but I am truly too lazy to go dig it out.  The last major snowfall we had, I just shoveled.  A friend of mine was like, “Why didn’t you just get the snow blower out?  You literally walked right past the shed when you were shoveling!”  Hey, I never said my way of thinking is logical!

During today’s workout, Allie, the Lead, says, “Keep your knees and thighs pressed firmly together” as we were performing one of the hamstring exercises.  I hollered back, “GURL!  Have you seen my knees and thighs?!  They’re so together you can’t tell where one ends and the other begins!”  Hence, my whole reason for working on a healthier lifestyle!  There is most definitely ‘thigh gap’ happening on this body.  Hell, I’m not sure if I ever had it.  Ha

I did try to use the TransFIRMer fully assembled, though.  Umm, yeah.  Not going to happen yet.  Felt like I tweaked something in the left knee.  I stopped immediately and just used the 8″ portion.  Once the workout was finished, I had just enough time to take a quick shower before work.

My food has been on point today.  I have 120 calories left of my actual calorie allotment.  If I wanted to, I could actually have another serving of Girl Scout Cookies!  LOL  I won’t, though.

I went ahead and took my measurements a couple of days early.  No particular reason except curiosity.  So here they are:

	Wednesday, 3 February 2016	Tuesday, 9 February 2016	DIFFERENCE
Upper Chest	38”	37”	-1”
Bust	39”	38 ¾”	-1/4”
Midriff	33”	33”	0
Upper Arm	13 ¾”	13 ¾”	0
Waist	35”	34 ¼”	-¾”
Upper Hip	50”	47”	-3”
Lower Hip	49 ½”	49 ½”	0
Upper Thigh	30 ¼”	30”	-1/4”
Mid-Thigh	26”	26”	0
Calf	18”	18”	0
Weight	216.8	215.2	-1.6

Not too shabby.  My belly overhang sits right at my upper hip level.  It does not seem to be as ‘overhangy’ as it used to be.  Maybe I am doing something right?  I don’t care.  I will take whatever losses and be happy!  They are G.O.N.E.  I do NOT want them back.  I am working harder to make their friends go away, too!

It really is all about the Baby Steps – physically AND mentally!

Day 30 and I am every so S.L.O.W.L.Y. whittling away at the fat me and chiseling out a new, healthier me!

Day 30 is a resounding success!