Spanning Time

I have been very tired lately, like all of the time. I'm tired now. I could sleep the entire day and still feel like I need to lie down. I am sure this mystery can be solved by some regular activity... I did give a mini-strength training work-out a try last night and it was mad hard to get up off the floor after sit-ups, but it felt good... On that note, however:
I'm going to get some Months under my belt... I'm reading old posts today about how I've gone __ days since I started, cheated, started again on my fitness goals. I'm not talking about my progress on this site again until I have some Months to talk about. Until then... We dance!

Since my tech savvy-ness is too tired to figure out how to post one, just imagine a funny animated meme of a cat dancing.

I don't think I've talked very much about what I do for a living.

I am fortunate enough to have an exciting career in the art of Accounting Analysis!!! Though the work is often boring, repetitive, boring, and BORING I rather enjoy the company of my coworkers. We have a lot of fun throughout the day making jokes and fart sounds. :) I have also been deemed the Party Planner here because I had two good ideas in a row once and that's how you take over an office social scene (who knew?) I am in the midst of planning a baseball themed party for this Friday to celebrate the Detroit Tigers making it to the World Series!!! I'm mostly excited because this means I get to wear jeans to work and my Tiger's T-shirt... and eat hot dogs...

I got a little grill so we can cook out near the "picnic" area of our office park and the rest of the office is bringing side dishes to share. It should be great as every potluck we have had was overflowing with delicious culinary talent... and cheese dip! Everything is better with processed cheese food... heh heh!

"What are you struggling with right now?"

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I recently signed up for the Nerd Fitness email list and the introductory email asked a question that I thought I would answer briefly...

 "What are you struggling with right now?"

-Right now? Right now I am struggling to keep my eyes open during the most boring day that I have experienced at work in the longest time. This curse/blessing of a day is aggravating because it highlights the fact that the hours of the day that I have the willpower to do anything, be it physical or mental, are spent chained to a chair in a partial cubicle staring at a monitor (accountant). I eat right most of the time, or at least what I thought was "right", and the same way I ate when I was 26 (now 32) and lost 30 lbs in 6 months, but I'm constantly either fighting with the 5 year old inside that wants a McDonald's Happy Meal or rationalizing why working out is "not an option today" due various ridiculous reasons (no time, too tired, already walked a lot...) Also, my boyfriend hates home cooking, or rather, prefers going out to eat or getting take out. My willpower is generally shot by the time I'm sitting in a booth looking at pictures of golden fried chicken on a bed of lettuce with eggs, cheese and bacon... but there has been a kind of "leveling up" in the works for a bit before I stumbled upon the site

Improvements that I have been able to stick with this year include: Shorter, more attainable goals - 10 lbs in two months rather than looking at the 100 I want to lose as it s l o w l y dwindles down <- I just hit this one!!!

Using my stove - I now cook/make lunch every day for work and make most dinners for myself either ahead of time and freeze them or when I get home from work

Don't give up - In all of the years that I have been "struggling" with my weight, and overall health and fitness level, I have never been able to say, "I give up" and just let it go... I know there is no other option than getting healthy. I did stop counting attempts, but I have not stopped attempting to change my body for the better.

 I'm looking forward to using all that Nerd Fitness has to offer to aid in my goals.

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