People have been talking a lot about the positive responses their changing physiques have elicited from friends, loved ones, etc. I have to say that no one's really commented on my biceps (what's up people?), and that I myself have only noticed major changes in the upper body. It's the only part I can see in the bathroom mirror (still no full-length). I tried to check myself out in the H&M dressing room, but those mirrors are so damn distorted! Same with the gym. Sometimes the slimmifying is so over the top. And no matter where I look, the parts I've always hated still exist. How's that for destructive thinking?
I think I'm okay with not "seeing" what's going on. We do so much weighing here - of chicken breasts, broccoli, and oatmeal (that's a messy one), so I'm not interested in stepping on the scale. Yeah, I feel my belt getting looser, and oh, my sneakers basically feel like they could slide off at any moment (I'm exaggerating). Sort of.
A sign of overall weight loss? I hope! My exhausted booty nearly tripped over my super sized Saucony's as I finished today's jumps.
I'm also trying to wean myself off the four cups of coffee a day. Although I almost got hit by a bus while running across the street to the Starbucks before class (it's true, folks. Addiction will kill you). I only had three cups today, and tomorrow I'll take it down to two, and then...I'll go totally insane and you'll have to read more posts like this.
But seriously. After I read Patrick's blog post about the woman who goes to the vending machine everyday, I tried to pay attention to the moments I felt I "needed" coffee. Besides the morning cup, and the one I "needed" at 6 p.m. to keep myself awake at my desk, I noticed that I tend to crave the stuff when I'm about to tackle a task I don't like: grading papers, teaching, work meetings, reading things I don't want read but should probably read because I have to teach it. You know the drill.
Coffee makes me less miserable. Adds some sweetness to my drudgery. Which means I MUST make time for writing my novel or else I'll turn into this guy:
Until next time! Cheers.
Weird, never heard of people's shoes getting looser, but if you happen to store fat in the feet, it'll come off there for sure!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the coffee, I struggle with it too!
Maybe try green tea? But try to find a place that sells it loose. I find it has a much bigger kick than the pre-packaged brands.
ReplyDeleteI've also struggled at times with my coffee intake. Now I'm down to one cup a day, which I have in the morning and then I have a few cups of green tea throughout the day. I know the caffeine level is similar but the "high" is different.
Poca,
ReplyDeleteI've been following your impressive progress! I had to kick coffee when I was preggo and what I found worked super-well for me was switching to half-caf and then gradually decreasing the amount of caf down to near zero. That way I still got the coffee ritual w/o the caffeine. And, you don't have to go cold turkey and deal with nasty withdrawal headaches--I felt almost nothing as I titrated off the stuff. Good luck!
Shivani, now I can only see your pictures and imagine your huge clown feet. Must make those pistol squats a bit easier!
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