Summer of discount tents.

I'm terrible at this.

But, I just got back from my trip home, and I'm trying to take advantage of how relaxed I feel to get shit done.

I didn't hit the weight loss goals I wanted to before I left, aside from finishing Couch to 5K (which is a fantastic program and I think everyone should do it. Because it's fantastic.).

I did weights once from the start of July until just now, which is terrible. No excuse for it. I know I was really focused on trying to finish C25K, but I shouldn't have let that slide.

I started again today with a program I found online that seems to be pretty good- I mean, I was sweating like crazy only a few minutes in, so it can't be too bad. It emphasizes not working out to failure, which is something I had been doing. We'll see how it goes. I want to complete a month (3 times a week) and see how I feel then. I'm planning on buying some heavier weights. Unless our company decides to get us a good  deal at a local gym (we should find out this week), then I can just use their weights instead of upgrading my own.

I'd really like to start a barbell lifting program if that is the case. I would be SO STRONG.

And of course, keep up the running. I've tried running on a treadmill and I do not like it, but I also tried running on gravel while I was away on vacation, and I'm not the biggest fan of that, either. Well...I might like it better if I had different shoes, but my Skele-toes had so many rocks and pebbles jammed in every nook and cranny that it hurt to walk on them. I really do like running, slow as I am. And I like lifting weights. I just want to run around and be strong, really.

My diet took a dive over vacation- I expected it to, I was spending a week with people who really don't understand my food limitations and eat out a lot, so I survived on Clif bars and french fries. Lost three pounds, but I feel so icky inside. I'm Belgian, but I don't want to see another fry for a long, long time.

I'm trying to get better about not procrastinating as much. I just get overwhelmed by all that I need to do and how few hours I have every day to myself to do it, including working out, that I just don't do crap. Baby steps, I guess.