Getting Back on Track

Hello Everyone (Those that still drop by from time-to-time anyway.)

I am sitting in a little coffee shop down the road from my house. It's nice enough but I hate to tell Madz, Rach, and Claire that they do not serve any fair trade. It is amazing because this place is such a nice coffee shop, locally owned and everything. However, the guy who owns it is apparently a neo-conservative. So, I'll be headed to another coffee shop soon, there is one about the same distance away that serves all shade-tree, fair trade, organic coffee. Like anything else it is feast or famine I guess, one or the other.

"Back on Track"

Last semester I has an awful time. I did well in school, but not to my normal standards. In addition, I rarely had time to work out and I was smoking intermittently along the way. As a result I put on about ten pounds(5 kilos). This only added to the holiday weight that I had as well. So, I have decided that it is time to make some changes. I am going to lose all the weight that I have put off since coming home, plus another 20 pounds. My goal is to have a trim waist, six pack abs, and most importantly make my health a priority. So, I will be trying to incorporate some pilates and core strengthening exercises. This will help me with my hip issues, it doesn't really affect me but from time to time I am aware of the extra stress that is placed on my right hip.

I am going to make this very transparent and post my pictures along the way. I have a goal of about 2-2.5 pounds, or 1 kilo per week that I want to lose. This will put me on track to starting my last full semester of classes at well below my current weight and will throw all my classmates for quite a loop.

I am going to take some photos this weekend and post the results here for the world to see. I think that this will give me the incentive and motivation to "get back on track." The ultimate goal is to be in great shape when I get to Australia next summer. Internship or no internship, you better be ready!!!

Love to everyone, talk to you soon.