Good news :)

So I've been stuck for a bit on the weight loss thing, hovering around 181-184 (Sadly, mostly around 184. :/), and of course, nothing seemed to be working. Bleh.

Well, the past two days, I've been walking. Not just walking, but walking hard. As in keeping beat with faster BJ songs and making myself practically stomp up the hillsides instead of walking like a normal person. I sway a lot because of that (wide steps, hips get involved). I probably also look pissed-off as hell, or at least like I think I own that sidewalk.

But it works. Because I managed to knock off a pound and a half in the past two days after clinging to 184 for a couple of weeks now.

Added plus: since I'm not actually running, my asthma doesn't act up (yes, I have asthma, damn it), and therefore my lungs don't seize up and I'm not gasping like a landed fish within thirty seconds. Nor do my feet, which think I'm still a mite heavy for anything strenous on occasion, give me the 'structure is failing, boss' messages.

But it does get the heart going, which is the whole point, after all.

So, this'll work. For the next twenty pounds at any rate. Maybe by then my feet will be unencumbered enough that I can work on that whole lung-seizing thing (IE: Stamina).

Wow, also doing much better here:

Seems I've graduated a bit. I only need 1,650 cals now if I want to lose weight, which makes me happy. Odd as that sounds, I'm glad, because that means I'm finally back in a more or less 'normal' eating range for a person of my age, activity level, and weight. When I first started, the recommended intake to maintain was over the suggested healthy intake of 2,000 calories for the average adult (the suggestion was something like 2,500 to maintain and 1,900 to lose) O.o), and, believe it or not, with truly healthy choices on my menu, it was really hard to even hit the minimum safe intake for healthy weightloss.

Now I'm where it's not only easy to keep the calorie balance where it should be for weight loss, it's also close to what I'm instinctively intaking on my own anyway, before I do my calorie counts for the day.

I'm happy. I'm in normal range now. This is definitely do-able. :)

You know you've become a silly fangirl when...

You read an article today about a favorite rockstar getting a new girl back in November, and you immediately start looking for all her faults and gnashing your teeth over her possible flaws.

I swear, The Boys have ruined me for life.

No, wait, Jon did. Him and that stupid vampire movie.

You hear me, Jon? You've ruined me! Now I'm even agonizing over your guitarist! GAH!


:P !

Nostalga pics!

rebl1969 Started this, so blame her. This was originally just going to be a picture of my Junior year mullet cut, but it mutated into a giant 'look at me!' fest. So you get the mullet, my first year in Tucson, both Significant Events of senior year (warning for old friends--There Is A Kon In These Pics), and what I looked like 2 years out of HS.

Enjoy?

( At least I'm kind enough to put it behind a cut )