new me, part iv

I've been remiss in posting lately, I know. I've just been trying to catch up and keep up with schoolwork, since it's dawned on me (earlier than it usually does in the semester, which is actually a good thing) that school will be out in a month. Which means that I will need to be done with two papers and all of my grading. So I've been spending countless hours grading, a few hours doing homework/reading, and a few more doing more observations for research. And then I've been too tired to post.

Here I am, though, at posting number four of my new me series. And the results this month, my friends, are disappointing, although I expected them. So take this month as a lesson in what not to do when you're trying to lose weight.

Here's what I've done since new me part ii/iii:

March 5-11:
Calories burned: 690
Exercises done: Walked on track 3.5 miles (2 days); Walked, jogged, or hiked on treadmill 5.31 miles (2 days); Lifted weights 1 hour, 25 minutes (2 days)

March 12-18:
Calories burned: 560
Exercises done: Walked on track 0.5 mile (1 day); Walked, jogged, or hiked on treadmill 4.25 miles (1 day); Lifted weights 30 minutes (1 day)

March 19-25:
Calories burned: 1352
Exercises done: Walked on track 1.2 miles (2 days); Walked, jogged, or hiked on treadmill 7.98 miles (2 days); Lifted weights 35 minutes (1 day); Used elliptical machine 1.8 miles (1 day)

March 26-April 1:
Calories burned: 300
Exercises done: Walked on track or outside 6.42 miles (3 days); Lifted weights 1 hour, 15 minutes (2 days); Used elliptical machine 2 miles (1 day)

I didn't count calories this month, which was probably my biggest downfall. This partially had to do with the fact that Al came into town during spring break and my efforts at good eating went downhill and never came out of the valley. I also neglected to exercise while he was here, and missed two regularly scheduled days after he left, too. So it's no big surprise that I didn't make my goal of going a distance of twenty miles in one week, and I definitely didn't make my goal of sticking to a calorie limit. I did mangage (somehow) to fit into an old pair of pants and look decent, but that must have something to do with my muscles firming up and changing shape rather than loss of fat in my thighs (my first problem area when it comes to pants; my second is my stomach). My weight last month was 191, and this month it's an iffy 190 (my scale is old and kept oscillating between 189, 190, and the last few seconds--but I think because I was leaning forward and applying more pressure--191 again).

So it's back to the grindstone. Same goals as last month apply, only a vague "lose more weight than other months" is added to it (five pounds or more would be great). With the wedding getting so close, I'm going to take Dexatrim Natural and try to do so regularly. I took some last month, but so intermittently that I doubt it did any good. I tried looking at all of those other diet pills, but they scare me. All of those side effects and warnings, and I had a friend end up in the hospital once because she didn't know she wasn't supposed to drink Coke with her diet pills. Besides, I don't like pumping my body full of chemicals that aren't ibuprofen.

Okay, have to grade. This'll be at least a twelve hour workday. It'll be fun, fun, fun. (Sarcasm here. Hard to express through writing sometimes.)