Motivation Monday

Well Valentines Day is this week, and so is my boyfriends 30th birthday! I heard we will be getting a big snow storm on those two days, which sucks but might also be my savior. He wanted to go get these amazing, AMAZING tropical drinks at New China but as much as I adore them, I can't help but wonder how many hundreds of calories are in each drink. Then we were supposed to indulge in Mr. Beefys because, as he sees it, he can end his 20's the way he started them. :) But with the winter storms finally brewing, these plans may not occur...unless we just put it off until the weekend.

Then there is valentines day which I guess I can call my "cheat day" but then I also have that whole weekend off and wouldn't mind using Friday or Saturday as my cheat day. Maybe just some champagne and a salad for V-day? It doesn't matter what we eat or do, just that we're together right?

This is one of those weeks where I want to call it quits because there's too much going on. But the more times I quit, the more I'll have to start over. NO MORE STARTING OVER. Just progressing from here on out.

In order to try to track my progression and line it up with the goals in my head, I made a list of goals so I know exactly what I want and what I expect. March-November I will be mastering different workouts that claim they will deliver results. There are so many workouts to choose from that say "Do this for 20 minutes a day and you'll have killer ___" I'll pick some gems, I'll post exactly what workouts I'm doing to tone each area, and I'll post pictures of my results. Like a science project, with me as the test subject! Haha. I will lay out my hypothesis for the month and then return with my findings.  I also like this idea because if it does work, you guys can use this as a tool to get in shape (or, dare I say it, I can reuse it years down the line if I, curse-it-be-the-day, ever get out of shape again.

Oh, and side comment. I had another revelation today. I was talking about calorie deficits in my post yesterday and I was trying to do the math on how much calories to consume and how much to burn. Well, I realized that LoseIt.com also tracks this for me. It's called "Net Calories." So my net calories each day should be -1000 if I want to lose 2 lbs per week.