It always blows my mind that February is such a short month. It’s missing 2 to 3 days! It’s like the calendar just basically said, “Screw you, Day 30 and 31, we don’t want you.” And skipped to March. The impressive thing is that even in a short 28-day period, I can feel my body changing. I feel lighter, I look lighter, and most importantly, the scale shows lighter. Plus, I can run faster and longer. I can lift more. And I’m still cooking new recipes on a daily basis!

I think I’m making it a goal to reach my target weight by next February. Yes. February 2011, I want to be able to say that I’m at my target weight and maintaining or even losing more. I think it’s a feasible goal. Some might say I’m stretching my capabilities. I’d like to think of it as the cliched “reach for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land amongst the stars” kind of thing. It can’t be a bad thing to set big goals, right?

What are your goals for the rest of 2010? Now that New Year’s Resolutions seem ages away, what do you hope to accomplish in the next 9 months?

 

Consumption: 1243 calories, 10.4g of fat. Total steps: 11,247

Data for February 28.

I don’t mean to toot my own horn but man, chicken tortilla soup for the win! By the way, I totally forgot that dry beans need to be cooked, so that added about an hour and a half to my total cooking time. Oops.

Workout: Treadmill. Chest. Bicep.

Super indicates that they were back-to-back super sets. So I did two super sets. I can probably increase the bicep curl to 25 pounds but super sets make me feel like I have no muscles. At all. I also need to work on triceps. Desperately. Those little guys need to get tougher! I’m surprised I haven’t been sore this week. I don’t know if that means I’m not working hard enough or that my body is just used to the exercise and repairing itself quickly. I feel like no pain no gain comes from somewhere. It makes me feel like I’ve been productive when I’m sore. When I’m not, I start to think that I didn’t push myself hard enough, that I could’ve worked out longer and lifted more. It makes me feel like I haven’t given it my all. I’ll have to research muscle soreness later.

Any ideas or information? Am I supposed to be sore after every hard workout?

Saturdays are the new bum days. I’ve officially decided that Saturdays are my new rest days. It gives me a chance to watch some TV, lounge around, and basically let my body recuperate. I’m not saying do NOTHING, but sometimes you just need a day to relax. I should’ve gotten my steps in, but I just couldn’t be bothered. And, I just noticed that I didn’t get steps in on February 26 either.

This is what happens when I don’t blog daily. I lose track of my exercise. It’s not too bad right now, since I’m still keeping myself accountable, but I’m sure there will come a time when I don’t want to monitor any more. Hopefully I’ll use this site as accountability. That way I’ll be forced to stay on top of myself and keep my lazy half in check. The only slight positive was that my eating was on plan, but still a bit low. I was so full after dinner though, I couldn’t eat any more. I had three pita pockets stuffed with teriyaki chicken. Three! And my total consumption for the day was still less than 1200. This just goes to show that you can still eat a huge QUANTITY of food and still be within your calorie limit.

Note to self: Eat more meals spread throughout the day!

Consumption: 1139 calories, 4.4g of fat. Total steps: 3,266

Data for February 27.

I’ve also discovered that pita pockets are great for just about everything. You can make it an Asian fusion wrap, a Greek one, you can even wrap burgers in it, or use it as a pizza base. So many options!