It had been a long week between meetings, projects, little sleep, and a lot of stress. As soon as I hit the bed and closed my eyes, I drifted off into a blissful slumber. I dreamt I was about to heat up my frozen lunch at work. I turned the package around to read the nutritional info and the ingredients. As I read each chemical in the list of ingredients, it started popping out at me from the package box in its 3-D molecular formula. As the number of chemicals grew, they started getting bigger and bigger while menacingly floating towards me. It became clear to me that giant molecules of every preservative added in that stupid frozen lunch were attacking me! I began running away faster and faster as the molecules kept increasing in size. I headed towards my corner office and just as I entered, I hurriedly closed the door on the preservatives. I woke up with a start and yelled, “I’m being attacked by giant molecules!” at which point, hubby looked at me like I was clinically insane, a look that I am quite familiar with.
Well, this quest to limit preservatives is not limited to just my dream world. My new year’s resolution was one of the most common ones made—to lose weight. I’m happy to say that I stuck with it and have had successful results. Though I’m still not quite where I want to be, I’m very happy with the progress I have made. In order for me to achieve this goal, I knew that I needed to avoid distractions. So, I only made one resolution, and focused on it. One of the most important things to me was that to reach my target weight, I would not compromise my health. This meant that I paid more attention on getting balanced meals and exercise instead of starving myself, spending countless hours at the gym or taking any kind of harmful weight loss pills. At the beginning of this plan was to avoid processed food as much as possible and I can’t believe the difference it has made in the way my body feels. I’ve established a regular exercise regimen and I’m really feeling great about myself after a very long time! I want to begin chronicling my progress because I believe that it will give me an added push to achieve my goal. So here is my first report:
Target lbs to lose = 22
Lbs already lost = 8
Lbs to go = 14
Now if only dreaming about giant molecules could make those lbs disappear…
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Progress Report
The following has happened since the last time I wrote (I promise to update more regularly from now on):
**In no particular order**
1. First and foremost, I got married to my best friend, my soul mate, my companion for life. Our wedding was beautiful and we couldn't have asked for a better day!
2. I got to meet my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins from around the country and around the world after many many years. Seeing them has definitely intensified my travel bug and I'm anxious to go visit all of them!
3. I have realized that some people are truly not worth stressing out about. Like my twin cousin says, "Accept, don't expect." He expanded this idea to mean that instead of expecting people to behave a certain way, we should just accept the way they actually behave. That way, we can not only accept the fact that there is no point in wasting time over people who constantly let you down, but also become more aware of the people who will stand by you through everything. I have applied this philosophy to my life recently and I have never felt more free.
(That's enough emo-ness for now)
4. Two of our good friends moved within 7-8 hours from us! We are so excited for their new opportunities and can't wait to visit them!
5. We have hotel and tickets booked for Las Vegas over Labor Day weekend. It is sure to be an epic reunion of friends!
6. Spain won the World Cup and they certainly deserved it! Hubby and I have made it a goal to be in Brazil in 2014 for the next one!
7. My sister turned 18 and graduated high school! Wow, I'm getting old!
8. We moved into a new apartment! Goodbye, incompetent management/maintenance, bugs, and frozen pipes!
9. I went to Philadelphia for training, fell in love with the city, and really really hope to be moved there next year.
10. Hubby got his first speeding ticket so now he can finally stop gloating about how he has a clean driving record. Haha!
**In no particular order**
1. First and foremost, I got married to my best friend, my soul mate, my companion for life. Our wedding was beautiful and we couldn't have asked for a better day!
2. I got to meet my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins from around the country and around the world after many many years. Seeing them has definitely intensified my travel bug and I'm anxious to go visit all of them!
3. I have realized that some people are truly not worth stressing out about. Like my twin cousin says, "Accept, don't expect." He expanded this idea to mean that instead of expecting people to behave a certain way, we should just accept the way they actually behave. That way, we can not only accept the fact that there is no point in wasting time over people who constantly let you down, but also become more aware of the people who will stand by you through everything. I have applied this philosophy to my life recently and I have never felt more free.
(That's enough emo-ness for now)
4. Two of our good friends moved within 7-8 hours from us! We are so excited for their new opportunities and can't wait to visit them!
5. We have hotel and tickets booked for Las Vegas over Labor Day weekend. It is sure to be an epic reunion of friends!
6. Spain won the World Cup and they certainly deserved it! Hubby and I have made it a goal to be in Brazil in 2014 for the next one!
7. My sister turned 18 and graduated high school! Wow, I'm getting old!
8. We moved into a new apartment! Goodbye, incompetent management/maintenance, bugs, and frozen pipes!
9. I went to Philadelphia for training, fell in love with the city, and really really hope to be moved there next year.
10. Hubby got his first speeding ticket so now he can finally stop gloating about how he has a clean driving record. Haha!
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