Follow an overweight twenty-something as she details her journey to lose weight and establish a healthy lifestyle.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Health and Wealth - are they related?
What a week! Started off with a bang by getting a flat tire. But this wasn't just ANY flat tire...this was a flat tire AND a bent wheel...we're talking bent beyond repair, not to mention the ruined wheel cover. Luckily I had the tire certificates and my tire only cost me $18, but the rim and lug nuts ended up taking $89.19 from my already low paycheck. Luckily I had planned on $85, but it's going to cut everything EXTREMELY close. So this whole week I've been thinking about all week - my finances and how much our lives are dependent on our finances. In an attempt to try and curb eating out I have started keeping every receipt from when I eat out, get starbucks or whatnot to see how much I spend on unhealthy food. What I found was astounding. I also did a little test this week, to see how I felt after each time I ate fast food DURING my workout. I found I lacked energy, didn't meet my targets and tended not to push myself as hard. I've been trying to remember what life was like when I was skinny (125 pounds) and even then I felt fat. But I did learn something over the past few days - how much muscle I don't have. When I have checked my progress after each work out, it shows a pie chart of all my muscles. ALL have grown except bicep and tricep. So I know where I need to work and I've always known that I don't have upper body strength, now I just gotta build on it and really work it during the weekends, so my mission is to have gained muscle by the end of next week when I will have my official weigh in at curves. Stay tuned for the official weigh in!!
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